Piqua News

TROY Three years in prison was ordered Monday, Nov. 16, for a Piqua woman convicted of child endangering in the 2008 rollover death of her 5-month-old daughter after a night of partying.

Two men doing maintenance on a machine were CareFlighted to Miami Valley Hospital in stable condition after being injured by a piece of machinery that fell on them at a Piqua business.

Telling a Piqua mother she has an "awful attitude," a judge in Miami County sentenced her to three years in the Ohio State Reformatory for Women in Marysville in the death of her 5-month-old daughter.

A Piqua man convicted of sexual conduct with two boys under age 10 was sentenced Monday, Nov.

The groups that can receive H1N1 vaccine this week at the Miami County Health District's clinic have changed.

At 1 p.m. today, Friday, Nov. 13, Riverside Drive between Lindsey Street and Main Street will be reopening to through traffic.

Motorists driving through Piqua are asked to be aware of the designation of a new crosswalk at the Fort Piqua Plaza.

Poll workers set up voting machines at Washington Twp. Fire Station #43 on election day, November 3, 2009.

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.