Montgomery County News

With Ohio's primary election just 23 days away, local tea party members and political analysts agree that the movement is not rallying behind a presidential candidate, and may have a greater impact on the general election than the primaries.

Antonio Wynn, charged with complicity to commit murder in connection with a slaying committed by a childhood friend, was convicted Friday.

It's been a 22-year harvest. The wheat turns into flour; the flour becomes batter for pancakes.

An overhaul for a $600 million taxpayer-subsidized day care program will be less susceptible to abuse than the old paper billing system, state officials say, but some JFS directors say it doesn't go far enough to stop fraud.

A 20-year-old Dayton man accused of sexually assaulting a sleeping woman is now charged with two felony counts of sexual battery.

Longtime Wilmington Parks & Recreation Superintendent Scott Parrish has resigned and in the future the three-member Wilmington Parks Board is expected to play a more decisive role as overseers of the department.

Miami Valley Hospital is responsible for the death of a 94-year-old Kettering man from Legionnaires' disease, his family claims in a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court.

"What we really need in our search for truth is a commodity that used to be at the heart of good... WASHINGTON - Federal employees can take unscheduled leave or work from home because of snow expected in the Washington region.

Miami County Communications Center Director Jeff Busch, standing, looks over the shoulder of Jack Staudt, a supervisor at the center Monday.

Two Dayton men are accused of running a prescription pill scam that police say had the accused picking up medications they prescribed to themselves.

Accidental falls kill more people in the Miami Valley than automobile crashes, and the aging Baby Boomer generation means that fall-related hospitalizations and deaths could continue to rise in coming years, according to a Dayton Daily News analysis of state data and interviews with experts.

Dayton police are investigating the death of a man whose body was found at an abandoned farm house in the 5000 block of Frederick Pike, just off of Needmore Road, this afternoon.

Making government more efficient and cost-effective is the idea behind a new effort to change how county governments could operate in Ohio.

Both prosecutors and Antonio Wynn's defense attorney say that Wynn punched Deonta Beans seconds before his death.

A former Dayton Municipal Court probation officer, accused of embezzling more than $90,000 in probationers' fees that were to go to the city, pleaded guilty Monday to seven felonies.

Middletown Police began investigating a group of individuals in September who were believed to be responsible for hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of damage to properties in the area.

An increase in new retail vendor licenses in Champaign, Greene and Montgomery counties signals growing entrepreneurship and improving confidence in investing in those local economies, according to local business leaders.

A 200-page state performance audit analyzed by the JournalNews/Middletown Journal shows the county spends $26,248 per 1,000 residents on debt compared to just $86 for peer counties.

Community members wishing to preserve the former Julienne High School claimed a minor victory Friday after a Montgomery County judge issued a temporary restraining order to halt demolition of the school and convent.

School districts in Montgomery County could become the first in Ohio to explore new revenue streams - beyond relying on taxes, state and federal aid and donations - under a new bill that would allow them to earn profits on its facilities, services and merchandise.