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Friday Night Futbol: High school soccer teams embrace spotlight of opening games
High school soccer takes center stage under the Friday night lights this week as teams across northwest Ohio get an early opportunity to highlight the sport, its coaches, and its players. Dozens of area boys and girls soccer teams will participate in the “Friday Night Futbol” event. “Anytime our sport is in the limelight, it's a positive for us all,” Findlay girls coach Mike Aubry said. “I know that our players are really excited about the opportunity to play under the lights and get their season kicked off. Futbol Friday gives us such great publicity around the area.” In 2015, the Ohio High School Athletic Association started the statewide initiative where soccer games take place the Friday before the high school football season kicks off. The OHSAA permits the soccer games to be played one day earlier than the traditional Saturday start of the soccer season.
Fishers Are Appearing Again in Northeast Ohio
There have been 40 confirmed observations of this type of weasel in Northeast Ohio since 2013. By Paris Mather. While there are only a few dozen fishers around, it’s likely that they will continue to reproduce and once again have a home base in Ohio. Part of the mustelidae...
2024 Election: Ohio faith leaders share advice they give to congregation members on voting
As the 2024 Election inches closer, some people are turning to their faith leaders for guidance when determining who to vote for. Even though it is illegal for a church to engage in political campaigning activity, people oftentimes look to clergy to help give them a frame of reference and context when deciding who to […]
Buckeye Buckaroos club ready for fair
GREENVILLE – The Buckeye Buckaroos are preparing for The Great Darke County Fair. We assigned what day we were doing decorating night, what day we were having breakfast, what day for pics and what food to have on our barn duty night. We reminded everyone of the barn safety talk that some firefighters came in and did for us. Angie Bender went over the rules and the schedule for the fair. Shannon Langston had a sportsmanship talk with everyone and stressed about being a good example to fellow onlookers and small kids and Amy Rismiller went over fair safety!
Grand jury declines to return indictment in Middletown deadly road rage incident
A Butler County grand jury has declined to return an indictment in the shooting death of a man when shots were fired at his vehicle after what Middletown police say was a road rage incident.
‘Drive Sober’ campaign aims to prevent OVI fatalities
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — Drivers can expect an increased police presence when the “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign starts Friday, Aug. 16. The campaign aims to get people to think twice before they get behind the wheel impaired — and that includes more than alcohol. Officials want people to know that driving while […]
Ohio Prosecutor Allegedly Bit Man’s Finger Off During Road Rage
Green County Assistant Attorney fired but not yet charged after being accused of biting a man's finger off during a road rage incident. This crazy road rage incident happened after midnight on June 30th just East of Dayton, Ohio. The victim told the Riverside Police Department that this started when he honked his horn at the suspect, Christopher Murray. The suspect in the car in front of the victim remained still as the traffic lights turned green and then red again. Murray allegedly got out of his car and asked the victim if he wanted to fight according to Newsweek,
Author who wrote about adoption journey has book launch Thursday at Dayton Metro Library
Longtime Dayton resident Susan Strong’s memoir, “One Yes at a Time: How Open Adoption Transformed our Family,” will have its local book launch Thursday, Aug. 15 at the Dayton Metro Library in downtown Dayton. The book chronicles how Susan and her husband, Bob, embarked on a journey...
Dayton implements group home moratorium to combat resource strain
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — With the largest amount of group homes for kids and teens in the state, the city of Dayton is taking action. During Wednesday’s Dayton City Commission meeting, city leaders implemented a temporary ban on new youth group homes opening. City officials are concerned about the number of kids in group homes […]
TinCaps Tally Two in Ninth, But Fall Short
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WFFT) - While the TinCaps' offense was quiet through the first eight innings of the game, the bats came alive in the ninth for a late rally that proved to be not enough in a 5-2 loss to the Dayton Dragons (Reds affiliate) Wednesday night at Parkview Field.
VP nominee JD Vance to dissolve last vestige of mothballed charity, give its $11K to Appalachia
The Trump campaign says Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance is preparing to dissolve what's left of the modest charitable effort he launched to help people in Appalachia after writing
Redistricting amendment backers slam ‘manipulating’ ballot language written by Frank LaRose
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Backers of a ballot issue that would change how state legislative and congressional districts are drawn in Ohio say ballot language written by Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose is illegally manipulative. The charge by the Citizens Not Politicians campaign comes after it received the proposed language...
Police: High-speed chase that began in Warren County ends with crash in Dayton
DAYTON, Ohio — A high-speed police pursuit that began in Warren County late Tuesday night ended in a crash near the Dayton, Ohio area. According to Franklin Police, officers with the department tried to pull over two cars for speeding on Interstate 75 just after 11:30 p.m. Tuesday. Police...
JD Vance Interview With Rape-Advocating Anti-Immigrant Writer Resurfaces
JD Vance's appearance on a podcast in 2021 has caused quite a stir online after social media users looked into the show's host. The post JD Vance Interview With Rape-Advocating Anti-Immigrant Writer Resurfaces first appeared on Mediaite.
As Northeast Ohio’s drought ends, an extreme drought creeps into southern counties
CLEVELAND, Ohio — The state of Ohio’s drought, which is the worst in the entire Midwest this summer, has both good news and bad news. The good news is that Northeast Ohio, which has been in a moderate drought for seven weeks, has finally emerged from its drought, according to this week’s U.S. Drought Monitor update, released on Thursday.
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