Piqua News

A vehicle hit and snapped a large utility pole in a traffic accident in Piqua about 4:30 a.m. Sunday at the corner of Clark Avenue and South Wayne Steet.

Sheriff Charles Cox will close the Miami County Incarceration Facility at year's end, cutting another 28 corrections officer jobs and idling 240 jail beds.

Release Date: November 6, 2009 The newly formed Utility Department was created from the realignment of the organizational structure of the City of Piqua.

A twice-defeated bond request for Xenia schools scored a narrow victory on Tuesday, Nov.

Release Date: November 3, 2009 From the Office of Mainstreet Piqua: Holiday Parade Set for December 5, 2009 'A Christmas Remembered' is the theme of downtown Piqua's annual holiday parade and Piqua's business community, civic organizations, non-profits, churches and other interested groups are all invited to participate.

Five area theaters will be showing the premiere of "Michael Jackson's This Is It" at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, Oct.

On Tuesday, Ohio voters will elect mayors , city and village councils, Board of Public Affairs members , judges of municipal courts , clerks of municipal courts, township trustees, and school board members.

A retired Piqua Ohio school teacher and his former student have written a book together called "Lucy's Story: Right Choices But Wrongs Still Left." Larry Hamilton and his former student, Christina Delaet, wrote the fictional book about his great grandmother, Lucy Sams, who was a slave refugee.

Alcohol and excessive speed were contributing factors in a crash Friday night along northbound Interstate 75 near Tipp City, according to Sgt.

TROY A $250,000 gift from the Paul G. Duke Foundation will pay for the final section of the Great Miami River Recreational Trail between Troy and Piqua.

Release Date: October 29, 2009 From the Office of Mainstreet Piqua: Sixth Annual Holly Jolly Run Set for December 5, 2009 Mainstreet Piqua will be hosting the sixth annual Holly Jolly 5K Run on Saturday December 5 at 10 a.m. The run will start and end at the rear of the Municipal Government Complex at 201 W. Water Street.

Release Date: October 28, 2009 The City of Piqua Tree Committee conducted another successful tree planting on Saturday, October 24, 2009 with the help of numerous volunteers.

There's a new fire chief in one of Miami County's biggest towns. The city of Piqua announced Tuesday that Michael Rindler will become the town's new fire chief.

The state has yet to decide how it will fund vocational/technical schools over the long term, and a temporary patch has left some schools in the hole.

Release Date: October 21, 2009 Northparks Neighborhood Association Installs Donated Roofs on Park Shelters at Kiwanis Park Shelter with New Roof at Kiwanis Park On October 17th and 18th, a dedicated group of volunteers from the Northparks Neighborhood Association placed two new donated aluminum roofs on park shelters located at Kiwanis Park in the ...

City of Piqua Press Releases Release Date: October 21, 2009 Planned Modifications to Intersection of Greene Street and Main Street This notice serves to advise the motoring public of planned improvements to the intersection of Greene Street and Main Street.

City of Piqua Press Releases Release Date: October 21, 2009 City of Piqua Receives Grant Dollars for Recreational Improvements From Ohio Department of Natural Resources The Ohio Department of Natural Resources has recently announced that the City of Piqua will receive funds from two different competitive grant programs.

Sen. Sherrod Brown says employees who toiled at two former nuclear weapons sites in Ohio in Fernald and Piqua should face less red tape in obtaining compensation for illnesses caused by their exposure to dangerous materials.

Release Date: October 20, 2009 From the Office of Mainstreet Piqua: Holiday Lunches to be Offered at Victorian Christmas Victorian Christmas Decorations "A Christmas Remembered" is the theme of Mainstreet Piqua's annual Victorian Christmas event.

Someone has been stealing the change from newspaper boxes in Miami County and a tip to police could get you a reward.