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Colleges Offering 4 Year Graduation Guarantees

A growing number of colleges are trying to entice students with a guarantee: finish in four years -- or the extra tuition is free.The average college freshman takes more than five and a half years to...

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UPDATE: 2-Year-Old Missing in Hamilton Has Been Found

HAMILTON -- The missing 2-year-old boy has been found safe. A Hamilton city officials said it appears the child wandered from his home early Thursday morning. Hamilton police officers found the child...

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Dayton Creates Committee to Expand Immigrant-Friendly Efforts

DAYTON -- The Dayton City Commission on Wednesday approved creation of the Welcome Dayton Committee, a group of public and private sector community partners who will lend their expertise to help expand...

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Jack's Pets Planning to Open Store at Austin Landing

MIAMI TWP. -- Locally owned Jack's Pets is planning to open another new store - this one in the fall at Austin Landing.The 5,000-square-foot store is expected to employ 12 to 15 people and will be...

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Fairborn Gas Station Robbed at Knifepoint

FAIRBORN -- Police are looking for a robbery suspect who held up a West Dayton Drive gas station with a knife about 9:20 p.m. Wednesday.According to the Fairborn Police Department, the suspect is...

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Pothole Patrol: Send Us Your Worst

MIAMI VALLEY -- Potholes! They pop up everywhere this time of year. ABC 22/FOX 45 is out on the roads today with a City of Dayton road crew checking on which holes they're getting to first.We want to...

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New Reds Hall of Fame Grille to Open at Kings Island

MASON -- Kings Island has teamed up with the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and Museum to open a new restaurant at the amusement park, in the Rivertown area near the Diamondback roller coaster.The Reds...

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Teen Arrested for Child Rape

DAYTON -- A 19 year old is in the Montgomery County Jail accused of raping a 3 year old girl.Police say Kendall Lynch sexually assaulted the toddler last month while the girl was being watched at a...

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RTA Theft Caught on Tape

DAYTON -- Dayton police are asking for your help in finding a pick-pocket who found his victim on an RTA bus.The incident was caught on the bus surveillance camera.  Police say a man on the bus had his...

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Child Accidentally Starts Apartment Fire

DAYTON--A Dayton woman falls asleep and her child accidentally sets their apartment on fire.    It happened at a four-unit building on Catalpa Drive.    Police say the child apparently knocked over...

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Ohio State Troopers Making More OVI Arrests

COLUMBUS -- Drunk driving arrests in Ohio were up last year and troopers say it's because they've been cracking down.In 2012, more than 24,000 people were arrested for impaired, that's up 3% from 2011....

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Lawmakers: Ban Employers from Prying into Personal Accounts

DAYTON – For the second year in a row, some Ohio lawmakers want to ban employers from asking for personal passwords to private email and social media accounts. “I don’t want to see employers or...

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Superbug Spreading in Hospitals & Nursing Homes Nationwide; No Cases in Ohio Yet

UNDATED -- National health officials say a deadly superbug is spreading in hospitals and nursing homes across much of the country.  But they stress the bug is not in the general public yet.We checked...

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Police Training: What to do When Confronted By Gunman

KETTERING -- The Kettering Police Department is hosting the A.L.i.C.E Training Instructor Certification Program.  The purpose of this program is to certify local, and school-based law enforcement, as...

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Famed Astrophysicist Speaks to Thousands at the Nutter Center

FAIRBORN -- There are more molecules in your glass of water than there are glasses of water in the entire world, that's just one tidbit of information that came from Wright State's Nutter Center on...

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Dayton Community Engagement Proposal

DAYTON -- Getting your voice heard is the goal of both residents and Dayton city officials. Around 200 people are working on a new community engagement proposal.They met Thursday night to discuss ways...

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Feds Going After Spam Text Messages

UNDATED -- A scam that's targeting you through your cell phone! We've seen the spam text messages for some time, but the Federal Trade Commission is cracking down on them.We're talking about the ones...

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Huber Heights Pulls May Levy Off Ballot

HUBER HEIGHTS -- A little bit of good news and bad news out of Huber Heights. A 9.95 tax levy was pulled off the May ballot Thursday night by the school board because additional funding likely is...

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WASTE WATCH: Ohio's 100 Year Old Boiler Law

COLUMBUS -- The use and operation of industrial-sized boilers is heavily regulated in Ohio. Many industry insiders and state lawmakers say the 100-year-old law leads to a waste of money. In Ohio,...

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Man Robbed at Knifepoint in Franklin Twp.

FRANKLIN TWP. -- A K-9 Unit was called in after a reported armed robbery in Franklin Township.  It happened around 8:00 p.m. on the 8200 block of Martz-Paulin Road.Lt. Taylor of the Warren County...

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