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Kelli Wynn

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I graduated from Trotwood-Madison High School and The Ohio State University.

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Cachet G! founder and owner Gaile McLemore said this afternoon that she is seeking to reopen elsewhere. But a relocation won’t happen soon, and she has not yet selected a location, McLemore said.

Wanted: small business support

It would be a dream come true if Gaile McLemore could come to her East Third Street business and find a line of people camped out and waiting to get in to shop. “I would probably faint, but I would have a big smile on my face,” said McLemore, owner ...

An alkaline hydrolysis machine created by Bio-Response Solutions in Indiana for human disposition. The stainless-steel basket container holds the remains after the decomposition process.

Controversial liquid cremation sought in Ohio

Some in the funeral business are seeking state approval for a new and controversial technique for disposing of human bodies through chemical decomposition. The technique, alkaline hydrolysis, involves placing a body inside a stainless-steel cylinder machine that is used to accelerate natural decomposition, shrinking years into hours. The process uses ...

AMBER alerts fall 43% nationally

AMBER alerts have decreased by 43 percent nationwide since 2005 due to better training of law enforcement officers on when to use the system, according to an Ohio State Highway Patrol official.When the system launched in 1996 “AMBER alerts were going off constantly,” said Ohio State Highway Patrol Capt. Robert ...

Steve Knopp has been a volunteer fire fighter with the Sugarcreek Twp. Fire Dept. for 10 years. Some Miami Valley fire departments rely on volunteer fire fighters to help with emergencies and to save their governments money, but the economy and strict state requirements have a played a role in the decrease of volunteers, according to fire officials. staff photo by lisa powell

Volunteer firefighters difficult to attract

The number of volunteer firefighters in Ohio dropped by 6.5 percent from 2009 to 2011, a trend experts attribute to stricter training requirements and a lagging economy that makes it a challenge to recruit. Many area fire departments rely heavily on volunteers to help with emergencies and to save their ...

Teen driver texting ban advances

COLUMBUS — Ohio moved a step closer Thursday to being the first state to ban teenagers from using electronic devices while driving.Thirty-one states have banned cellphone use for teen drivers but none have gone as far as Ohio might go.The Ohio Senate approved a statewide texting ban with tougher restrictions ...

Internet sweepstakes cafés rip off consumers; need regulation, DeWine says

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine on Friday called for more state regulation of Internet sweepstakes cafes.“One of the jobs of the attorney general is to warn people in Ohio about the consumer rip off,” DeWine said while standing outside a Dayton cafe.He was at the café to call public attention ...

AAA expects increase in this year’s holiday travel

This Thanksgiving travel season is expected to be the first significant increase in holiday travel so far this year. AAA is predicting 42.5 million Americans traveling 50 miles or more from home — a four percent increase from last year.“Driving AAA’s projected increase in the number of Thanksgiving travelers is ...

Authorities in Tennessee said late Wednesday they are suspending until further notice the search for the body of Gladis Russell, the elderly woman believed murdered by Samuel Littleton, because all likely places where she could have been were checked.

Tennessee police halt search for Gladis Russell

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Authorities in Tennessee said late Wednesday they are suspending until further notice the search for the body of Gladis Russell, the elderly woman believed murdered by Samuel Littleton, because all likely places where she could have been were checked. The Chattanooga Police Department said it conducted the ...

Survivor of horrific I-675 crash appears on Today Show

The 19-year-old Mason man who survived a dramatic crash on Interstate 675 and made national headlines was interviewed on NBC’s Today Show. The taped interview aired around 7:30 a.m. Friday. The crash occurred about 7:15 a.m. on Aug. 23 in Sugarcreek Twp. when Brennan Eden’s Pontiac Firebird went into the ...

Oxford man’s death ruled a homicide

MIAMI TWP., Montgomery County — Police have developed a suspect and are talking with the Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office in the homicide of an Oxford man who died after a summer scuffle, according to Miami Twp. Deputy Chief John DiPietro.At first, Miami Twp. Police saw no signs of trauma when ...

 

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