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Meet Byron Branch, the Dayton police officer headed to the 2024 Paralympics for wheelchair fencing
By: Jason Reynolds | WYSO
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DAYTON, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — The 2024 Paris Paralympics start today and Dayton Police Officer Byron Branch will be participating. Branch lost a leg in the line of duty back… Read More
The Biden Administration announces funding to study expanding Amtrak service in Ohio
By: Gabriel Scotto
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – The Biden Administration on Thursday announced $8.2 billion in funding for rail projects across the country and funding for identifying passenger rail corridors in Ohio and… Read More
Police locate 2nd missing Ohio infant and a suspect is arrested
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Police in Indianapolis have located the second of two missing infant brothers taken when their mother’s car was stolen in Columbus, Ohio, three days earlier, a… Read More
ShotSpotter generates thousands of alerts in Dayton, but officers find few crimes
By: Mawa Iqbal | WYSO
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DAYTON, Ohio (WYSO) — It’s a typical Tuesday at the Montgomery County Regional Dispatch Center. In a dimly-lit room, dispatchers hunch over computer monitors, responding to 911 calls through headsets. The… Read More
Data: Unplugging Speed Cameras Resulted in Less in Fines
By: Associated Press
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DAYTON, Ohio – Data shows an Ohio city’s decision to pull the plug on its fixed red light and speed-detection cameras resulted in a dramatic reduction in fines. The Dayton… Read More
Dayton Gunman’s Friend Expected to Plead to Unrelated Counts
By: Associated Press
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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — A friend of the gunman in the deadly Dayton mass shooting is expected to plead guilty to unrelated federal firearms charges. Court documents show 24-year-old Ethan… Read More
Task Force Seizes Large Quantity of Suspected Fentanyl
By: Associated Press
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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) – Authorities say a joint task force in Ohio has seized a quantity of suspected fentanyl large enough to kill the state’s population “many times over.” A… Read More
Ohio High Court Again Refuses to Hear Abortion Clinic Appeal
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The Dayton area’s last abortion clinic is trying to avoid closure by pursuing a new state license and intervention by a federal court after the Ohio… Read More
Dayton Mayor Endorses Effort to Put Background Checks for Gun Sales on Ohio Ballot
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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The group that’s collecting petition signatures to ask voters if the state should require universal background checks on gun sales says it plans to move full steam ahead. And the effort is… Read More
More Time Granted in Case of Dayton Shooter’s Friend
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) – A federal judge has extended the deadline for the indictment of a man jailed on unrelated charges after the deadly Dayton mass shooting. U.S. Magistrate Michael… Read More
At This Dayton Camp, Children Of The Opioid Crisis Learn To Cope And Laugh
By: Kavitha Cardoza | NPR
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Camp Mariposa in Dayton, Ohio, is designed just for them. The program lets these children share their experiences, learn coping strategies and, most importantly, get to be kids.
Ohio Gunman’s Friend Who Bought Body Armor to Remain in Jail
By: Associated Press
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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge has upheld a ruling to keep in jail a longtime friend of the Dayton gunman. Authorities have said there’s no indication that Ethan… Read More
Group to Give Nearly $2M to Ohio Shooting Victims, Families
By: Associated Press
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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio nonprofit is convening more than a dozen volunteers to oversee disbursement of nearly $2 million raised to help those affected by the recent mass… Read More
Friend of Ohio Shooter Charged with Lying on Firearms Forms
By: Associated Press
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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — The Justice Department says a friend of the Ohio gunman is being charged with lying on federal firearms forms. Authorities say more information about the charges… Read More
Governor: Pediatric Mental Health Summit Set For Ohio
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Gov. Mike DeWine says a pediatric mental health summit to help the state’s communities provide mental health support to children across the state is set for… Read More
Classmates: Dayton Shooter Kept a ‘Hit List’ and a ‘Rape List’
By: Michael Biesecker & Julie Carr Smyth | Associated Press
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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — High school classmates of the gunman who killed nine people early Sunday in Dayton, Ohio, say he was suspended for compiling a “hit list” of those… Read More
9 Killed, 27 Injured In Shooting In Dayton, Ohio
By: James Doubek | Vanessa Romo | NPR
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The shooter was killed by police officers. It was the second major mass shooting in the U.S. in under 24 hours, following a massacre in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday that killed 20 people.
Abortion Clinic’s Fate in Hands of State’s High Court
By: Associated Press
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KETTERING, Ohio (AP) – An Ohio abortion clinic’s future is now up to the state’s Supreme Court. Justices will decide whether to hear an appeal by Women’s Med Center, the… Read More
City’s Leaders Urge Hospitals to Act to Save Abortion Clinic
By: Associated Press
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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) – A city commission in Ohio is urging two local health systems to act to save the only remaining abortion clinic in the area. The state revoked… Read More
Cities Challenge Ohio Traffic Camera Law
By: Associated Press
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Two more cities are challenging an Ohio traffic camera law they say would restrict cities’ use of the cameras and are asking county courts to find the law unconstitutional. Dayton… Read More