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Dayton Man Latest Arrested in Heroin Distribution Bust

DAYTON -- Another suspect has been arrested in the two-year Dayton-to-Portsmouth heroin investigation.Shawn Shank, 37, of Dayton was arrested Tuesday by the FBI and the Safe Streets Task Force.He was...

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"Black Hawk Down" POW Michael Durant to Appear at Air Show

DAYTON -- Air show officials confirmed today that Michael Durant CW4 (Retired) will make an appearance at the 39th annual event. Durant, now a New York Times bestselling author and motivational...

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Fireworks Show Scheduled at Wright-Patterson

WPAFB -- An 18-minute fireworks display will light up the sky June 28 on the grounds of the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force."Fireworks are a great American tradition, and the base wants to share...

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Ohio Gas Prices Hovering Around $4 a Gallon

CLEVELAND (AP) -- Ohio motorists are grumbling as gas prices begin to hover around $4 a gallon.Rising oil prices amid fears about refinery problems in the Great Lakes have pushed pump prices up over...

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Ohio High School Rape Defendants Face Sex Offender Hearing

COLUMBUS (AP) -- A judge plans to classify as sex offenders two Ohio high school football players convicted of raping a 16-year-old girl last year.Judge Thomas Lipps scheduled next week's hearing as a...

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80 Springfield Soldiers Set To Deploy

SPRINGFIELD --  About 80 soliders, set to deploy to Operation Enduring Freedom, received a big sendoff Thursday from loved ones. The soldiers are from the Ohio Army National Guard's 371st Sustainment...

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UPDATE: Prosecutors Approve Charges In Facebook Threat Case

RIVERSIDE -- Prosecutors have approved charges of making terroristic threats against a  man accused of threatening to bomb a Riverside church.    If convicted on the charges, Denver Vinson could get a...

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Truck Slams into Huber Heights Home

HUBER HEIGHTS--ABC 22/FOX 45 was first on the scene when a truck ran into a house off Brandt Pike around 12:30 Thursday afternoon. Police say the driver went left of center and drove into the house....

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Police Investigating Spray-Painting Vandalism

HUBER HEIGHTS -- Police are investigating at least 13 cases of vandalism where vehicles have been damaged with spray-painted vulgarities.Residents in the area of Rosebury Drive were informed by police...

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Is Dayton Really the Birthplace of Aviation?

DAYTON -- Dayton is now in a fight for who is first in flight. The Connecticut Senate just passed a bill trying to delete the Wright brothers from history, saying the first powered flight was not from...

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Beavercreek Police Searching For Credit Card Thieves

BEAVERCREEK -- Beavercreek need the public's help identifying two people using stolen credit cards. Police say on May 17th around 2am, someone stole the credit cards from a parked vehicle at W.O....

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Kettering Fire Crews Battle House Fire

KETTERING -- Fire crews have been called to a house fire on Carrollton Avenue in Kettering. The fire broke out  around 4pm Thursday in the 1600 block. The Oakwood fire department was called in for...

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Family Still Displaced After Arson; Police Need Help

TROY -- Police are looking for 25-year-old Michael Legrant after they say he set fire to an apartment complex.Fifteen people were left homeless after the complex caught fire early in the morning on May...

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Study: Drinking Coffee Might be the Healthiest Thing You Do All Day

BETHESDA, Md. -- Researchers at the National Cancer Institute studied more than 400,000 volunteers, ages 50 to 71, who were free of major diseases at the study's start in 1995. By 2008, more than...

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Bungling Thief Botches Gas Station Burglary

TROTWOOD -- Police are on the lookout for the person who attempted to break into the Rich Oil gas station.Police say the would-be crook broke through the back of the store, which was boarded up. They...

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Women's Career Fair Set for June 11

DAYTON -- A career fair, set for June 11, is all about empowering women.The Empowering Women Career Fair is being held in conjunction with Montgomery County’s Workforce Development Division and the...

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Soak City Waterpark to Make a Splash with Dive-In Movies

MASON -- Visitors to Kings Island can turn a day of soaking up the sun at the Soak City Waterpark into a night out at the theater with Dive-In Movies.On Friday nights from June 21 through July 26, the...

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Ohio Lawmakers Increase Penalties for Kennel Abuse

COLUMBUS (AP) -- The Senate version of the Ohio budget increases penalties for kennel owners who abuse animals -- but it's not as tough as some would have liked.The new budget amendment would allow...

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Ohio Economy Grew Slightly in 2012

DAYTON (AP) -- Newly released statistics show Ohio's economy grew slightly last year for the third consecutive year.But the state's real gross domestic product increase of 2.2 percent in 2012 still...

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Gay Couple Sues Bakery for Allegedly Refusing them Wedding Cake

DENVER -- A gay couple is pursuing a discrimination complaint against a Colorado bakery, saying the business refused them a wedding cake to honor their Massachusetts ceremony, and alleging that the...

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