Wright-patterson Air Force Base
LATEST NEWS
Huber Heights group petitions to put annex on November ballot
HUBER HEIGHTS, Ohio (WDTN) — A group in Huber Heights is petitioning to put a recent resolution into the hands of voters. Residents are speaking up after Huber Heights City Council passed a resolution to approve the annexation of 296 acres of Bethel Township. The annexation would allow a housing development to build approximately 1400 […]
Clayton resident makes 200th lifetime donation
DAYTON — Clayton donor Terry Combs is a “Donor for Life” with a heart full of compassion. She taught special education in the Northmont City School District for 27 years. She is a breast cancer survivor who started donating platelets during the pandemic to help others beat...
'Hillbilly Elegy' is back in the spotlight. These Appalachians write a different tale
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis, the 2016 memoir from Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance, once again began flying off the shelves after former President Donald Trump named Vance as his running mate. Many have turned to the memoir to find out the story of Vance’s upbringing, a core part of why he’s on the Republican ticket to begin with. But the book also brings along a host of assumptions that many authors still find not to be true.
Cougar Gold Is The Award-Winning Canned Cheese Made On A College Campus
When you think of canned cheese, the first thing that comes to mind is probably the highly processed stuff that can be sprayed straight from can to cracker. Although it has since been elevated at a competitive eating level — one of the 2024 competitors at Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest (not former champion Joey Chestnut) holds the record for consuming two cans worth in under a minute — sprayable cheese was created for the sake of casual convenience in the 1960s. But while it might be the cheapest cheese-in-a-can you can buy, it's certainly not the best. That honor belongs to a very special one called Cougar Gold. Sure, it has to be sliced out of a tin to snack on or cook with, but it's well worth the extra effort.
Crews called to New Carlisle home for ‘explosion’
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — Firefighters were sent to a home in New Carlisle for an explosion. According to Clark County Communications, crews were called out to a house in the 500 block of Church Street for a fire with heavy smoke and flames. Dispatchers say the home experienced an explosion around 3:20 p.m. Dispatchers told […]
1 dead after car crashes into house in Clayton
CLAYTON, Ohio (WKEF) -- Ohio State Highway Patrol confirmed that one man is dead following a car crashing into a house in Montgomery County Thursday evening, Aug. 15. Sgt. Jeff Patenaude with Ohio State Highway Patrol says they received a report of a truck into a house on Old Salem Road at the intersection of Union Road. Once troopers got on scene it was determined it was a deadly crash involving two vehicles.
Columbus, BCI agree to plan to update state's criminal background check system
The City of Columbus and the Ohio Attorney General's office have agreed to a plan to modernize how statewide background checks are conducted. Columbus and Dayton sued the state in 2020 because of issues with compliance and tracking in the system used by employers and firearms dealers to check the criminal backgrounds of...
OH: Greater Dayton RTA to increase fares next three years
Greater Dayton RTA will change its base fare structure beginning Jan. 1 for the first time since 2018 and it will be the first of three annual fare increases. Greater Dayton RTA will change its base fare structure beginning Jan. 1 for the first time since 2018 and it will be the first of three annual fare increases.
Countdown continues to college, high school football
DAYTON, OHIO & XENIA, OHIO (WKEF) - Only a handful of days remain until the season openers for both high school and college football!. The Dayton Flyers will be home for their opener on August 31 against Saint Francis. Head coach Trevor Andrews says it's normal for players to have varying emotions about the start of the season, but he is pleased with the status of the team as they reach the final stages of preseason camp.
1 dead after I-75 traffic backup leads to crash involving semi truck
SIDNEY, Ohio (WDTN) — A person has died after a crash involving a van and semi on I-75 Friday morning. According to dispatchers for the Ohio State Highway Patrol in Piqua, troopers were sent to the scene around 7:03 a.m. The crash occurred at mile marker 90 along southbound I-75, just north of the Fair […]
Ohio teen missing for one year
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, Press Release. The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) is seeking the public’s assistance in locating missing 17-year-old David Rowland. David was 16 when he went missing from Dayton, Ohio on Aug. 1, 2023. Authorities believe that he may still...
Dayton Police urge safe trading practices after social media scam
DAYTON, Ohio (WKEF) – When buying or selling on social media, the last thing that anyone wants is to be scammed. However, the Dayton Police Department tells us that scams via shopping on social media are very common in our area. The DPD says that almost 100 online scams...
Local real estate: Vandalia home for sale has finished walk-out basement
This custom-built, brick-and-cedar two-story home in Vandalia has a full, finished walk-out lower level. Originally built in 1999, it has extensive updates and is in the Vandalia-Butler School District. A concrete driveway leads to the two-car attached garage. A concrete walkway connects the driveway to the covered two-story front porch...
Archdeacon: Team Buckeye Tuna and the $1 million fish tale
Maybe it was because they’d positioned themselves so perfectly in the large pod of powerful tuna off the coast of Ocean City, Maryland. Maybe it was the look or movement of that ballyhoo they were trolling on a circular hook through those deep blue waters. Then again, it may...
Dine-In Hawaiian Took Top Prize at Springfield Rotary Food Truck Competition
Twenty-nine food trucks rolled into Veterans Park in Springfield Saturday for the 10th Springfield Rotary Gourmet Food Truck Competition, but only one of them rolled out of town as the grand prize winner. Dine-In Hawaiian, from Hamilton, Ohio, earned the $5,000 grand prize for its signature dish, soy-braised short rib...
It’s essential to note our commitment to transparency:
Our Terms of Use acknowledge that our services may not always be error-free, and our Community Standards emphasize our discretion in enforcing policies. As a platform hosting over 100,000 pieces of content published daily, we cannot pre-vet content, but we strive to foster a dynamic environment for free expression and robust discourse through safety guardrails of human and AI moderation.