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Hamilton woman killed in Miamisburg crash identified
The Montgomery County Coroner’s Office identified the woman killed in Friday night’s head-on crash in Miamisburg as Heidi Saylor, 42, of Hamilton. Saylor was the driver of a small car on Friday night that was headed east on Ohio 725 approaching Linden Avenue, when it crossed into the westbound lane ...
Driver charged in violent crash that killed two people
DAYTON — Prosecutors have charged a Florida driver with two counts of aggravated vehicular homicide for a violent car crash that killed two young people early Saturday morning. Robert Finkley, 29, of Florida remains in the Montgomery County Jail after plowing into the driver’s side of 1996 Dodge Neon stopped ...
Sunny weather forecast for holiday
The week is going to start out wet and chilly, but the weather is going to clear out for Thanksgiving, said WHIO-TV meteorologist Erica Collura.“Thanksgiving is going to be perfect,” Collura said. “We’re going to see sunny skies and temperatures in the low 50s.“Tuesday, though, is going to be miserable.”Sunday’s ...
Family, friends grieve for two killed in crash
Christina Jackson was stopped at the light at Wilmington Pike and Wayne Avenue early Saturday morning, and made a quick phone call to her brother Chad. The 20-year-old Carroll High School graduate was giving her friend, Corey Cooper, an 18-year-old senior at Carroll, a ride home from the Off the ...
Issue 1 would extend age limit for judges
Dayton Municipal Judge John Pickrel will be watching how Ohio Issue 1 does on next month’s ballot. His career plans depend on it.“It’s close to me,” Pickrel said, who at age 66 is in his last term under the current system. “I’ve got a little over three years left.”Currently, the ...
Local foreclosures at lowest in 5 years
Foreclosure activity in the Dayton area hit a five-year low in September, but real estate observers can’t say for sure if the housing crisis has turned a corner.The latest report by RealtyTrac Inc. showed that the number of properties in the four-county metropolitan statistical area involved in some phase of ...
Kasich visits Dayton to rally support for Issue 2
DAYTON — Gov. John Kasich visited Dayton on Sunday to motivate his Republican base to support state Issue 2 in the upcoming election.The Dublin Pub on East Fifth Street was packed with Kasich faithful who gave him an enthusiastic welcome, while a group of protesters chanted slogans and beat drums ...
Both sides dig in on tax debate
Progressive tax rates were designed to ensure that the wealthiest Americans pay more in federal taxes than lower- and middle-income workers.With a maximum rate of 35 percent on wages, the more you earn the more you pay.But there’s a catch: Many wealthy taxpayers get most of their income from investments, ...
New map gives GOP advantage in Columbus
By packing as many Democrats into as few of the state’s House and Senate districts as possible, Ohio Republicans have created enough safe GOP seats to likely ensure domination of the Statehouse in the next decade, a Dayton Daily News analysis shows.Round two of redrawing political boundaries — the Legislature ...
Part-time workers taking place of public employees
Before Ohio’s $8 billion budget shortfall drama this spring and the ensuing furor over government employee benefits and bargaining rights, state and local governments had already been shedding jobs. To fill the manpower gap, Ohio governments are increasingly relying on part-time workers to fill the gap, a Dayton Daily News ...
Ohio trails U.S. average for four-year degrees
The number of Ohioans earning college degrees — considered the key to higher wages and a better standard of living — inched up last year but still lags most of the nation, according to U.S. Census Bureau data released today.The share of Ohio residents 25 years and older with at ...
Congressional map splits Dayton's black voters
The new congressional map approved last week by Ohio House Republicans not only pits GOP congressmen Mike Turner and Steve Austria against each other in the new 10th District, but it also splits Montgomery County’s black community between that district and U.S. House Speaker John Boehner’s 8th.The new map cuts ...
Republican Congressional map scores lower than 53 submitted by citizens
The vote in the Ohio House Thursday was 56-36 in favor of the Republican-drawn congressional map, but in a different contest the map lost out big time to one drawn by a citizen.The outcome of that contest, which awarded points for qualities such as compactness and competitition, was Ohio GOP ...
Republican-drawn map scores low in coalition contest
The vote in the Ohio House on Thursday was 56-36 in favor of the Republican-drawn congressional map, but in a different contest the map lost out big time to one drawn by a citizen.The outcome of that contest, which awarded points for qualities such as compactness and competition, was Ohio ...
Boehner could get more of Dayton, its suburbs
COLUMBUS — The Ohio House today is set to take a politically charged vote on a map creating 16 new U.S. House districts that could pit two Dayton-area Republican congressmen, Mike Turner of Centerville and Steve Austria of Beavercreek, in an epic 2012 primary showdown.Today’s vote comes after a House ...
U.S. poverty level highest in 52 years
The economic effects of the Great Recession on American households and families are stark in the latest data on income, poverty and health insurance released Tuesday by the Census Bureau.As unemployment rose in 2010, poverty also increased to an all-time high, while median income and the number of people with ...
Thousands of postal jobs in Ohio at risk
Thousands of jobs are at stake in Ohio if the U.S. Postal Service follows through on its plans to lay off 120,000 employees nationwide.The service had more than 20,000 employees and 1,200 offices in Ohio at the end of the last fiscal year, according to Victor Dubina, a Cleveland-based spokesman ...
Most Dayton-area residents interviewed are opposed to SB 5
In interviews Sunday, several residents of the Dayton region said they support the repeal of Senate Bill 5.Ten of the 11 people interviewed at AlterFest and the Reggae Festival said unions are still relevant and important.Six said they would vote to repeal the law on Nov. 8, while only two ...
Housing costs leave many with little left to spend
More people in the Dayton region are paying more of their income for housing and rental costs, often leaving them with little money left for basic needs such as food and health care. The sluggish economy has hurt both renters and homeowners in the Dayton region, but renters are getting ...
Deal reached on election mailings
In a rare victory for compromise over partisan politics, Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted and Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald avoided a heated and potentially confusing elections battle Friday when they announced an agreement on mailing out absentee ballot applications.Husted, a Republican, issued a directive last week prohibiting county ...
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