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Retired businesswoman challenges county treasurer
Montgomery County Treasurer Carolyn Rice says she has made improvements in her office and worked with homeowners and other offices or organizations to keep properties filled or useful and help property owners pay delinquent taxes. Rene Oberer, who is challenging Rice in the race for the treasurer’s office, says she ...
Drought leads to less seized marijuana
Ohio officials seized about 40 percent fewer marijuana plants in 2012 as part of a national program to battle growing operations. Officials said the drop can be attributed to drought conditions decreasing production. The anti-marijuana operation, in which Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation works with county sheriffs, seized about 30,000 ...
Boy scout leaders accused
In documentary fragments from decades past, newly released Boy Scouts of America files cast an unnerving light on a deeply buried aspect of child molestation in Scout troops in Southwest Ohio.A Hamilton JournalNews/Middletown Journal review of the files offers glimpses into a world before the Scouts adopted stricter law enforcement ...
Carbon monoxide incidents have doubled since 2003
Awareness and detection of carbon monoxide threats have helped increase the number of incident reports involving the dangerous gas, whose threat rises in the colder months.The increase has been significant. Americans called fire departments for carbon monoxide incidents an estimated 80,100 times in 2010, according to the National Fire Protection ...
Food scraps a growing recycling focus
Millions of tons of food that goes unsold at grocery stores or uneaten in restaurants is being recycled as part of a growing focus meant to keep the potentially rich fertilizer ingredient out of landfills. Unsold or discarded food makes up one-fifth of unrecycled waste nationwide. Experts say efforts to ...
Carbon monoxide incidents have doubled since 2003
Awareness and detection of carbon monoxide threats have helped increase the number of incident reports involving the dangerous gas, whose threat rises in the colder months.The increase has been significant. Americans called fire departments for carbon monoxide incidents an estimated 80,100 times in 2010, according to the National Fire Protection ...
Lunch changes leave some hungry, uninterested
Many students and parents have reacted strongly to National School Lunch Program updates introduced this year that mandate calorie limits and more fruits and vegetables, saying the meals are unappealing or leave kids hungry.The new guidelines affect more than 1.1 million Ohio students who participate in the program, which served ...
Healthier school lunches leave some students hungry
Many students and parents have reacted strongly to new guidelines for the National School Lunch program mandating calorie limits and more fruits and vegetables, saying the meals are unappealing or leave kids hungry after eating. The changes began this school year and affect more than 1.1 million Ohio students who ...
Disabled parking permits see big increase
A sharp increase in the number of disabled parking passes issued in Ohio has some charging that they are too easy to acquire while raising questions about what can be done to accommodate an increasing demand for spaces. Ohio handed out more than 300,000 placards last year, which was a ...
More parents buying child’s first car
Parents say they are much more likely to buy their child’s first car than their parents were to buy their own first car, a trend experts say signals increased costs for usable vehicles that can potentially teach bad saving habits for children. AutoTrader.com surveyed parents with children of driving age ...
Voter group may not air candidate forum over ugly exchange
The race for a Montgomery County Commission seat heated up this week after comments made by the candidates during a forum that was recorded for broadcast caused the forum’s host to consider not airing the segment on television.The forum occurred Thursday at the Miami Valley Communications Council offices and featured ...
Demand keeps Ronald McDonald House full
Ronald McDonald Houses throughout the state have struggled to meet accommodations demand for family members of critically ill or hospitalized children, leading some to set limits on stays or begin discussions about expansion.The Ronald McDonald House at 555 Valley Street across from Children’s Medical Center of Dayton last year was ...
Ohio will offer GED testing by computer
Ohio will soon offer GED tests by computer at five sites, including the Greene County Career Center, as part of the testing service’s move to make all testing computerized by 2014.Ohio is the nation’s 26th state to implement the computer tests, which officials hope will make the process easier and ...
Area home sales outpace last year
Existing home sales and average prices rose in the region including Springfield from August 2011 to August 2012, although the area trailed statewide increases in those categories.Sales in the region including Clark and Champaign counties increased 10.7 percent, from 403 to 446, in August, according to data released Wednesday by ...
Rising home sales may continue into the fall
Home sale gains in the Dayton and Cincinnati areas exceeded the state average in August, leading some market observers to believe sales could remain strong through the end of the year. Sales of new and existing houses and condominiums rose 13 percent in the Dayton area and 16.6 percent in ...
Private police units expand their power
Peace officers who work separate from traditional city and county forces are playing a significant role in Ohio law enforcement, providing what one police chief calls a “necessary” service. Those officers, whose ranks are growing, are employed by organizations such as hospitals, colleges, airports and even a regional transit authority. ...
Researchers target non-drug Alzheimer’s treatments
Some Alzheimer’s Disease researchers in the region are working to find drug-free treatments as the number of patients in Ohio is expected to reach a quarter million by 2025.According to the Alzheimer’s Association, family members and volunteers provide more than $8 billion in unpaid care annually in Ohio. That figure ...
Recycling electronics gaining in popularity
The amount of discarded or unused electronics recycled nationally increased 38 percent between 2006 and 2010, but experts would like to see even more and warn of environmental concerns.The Environmental Protection Agency, which tracks “e-waste” statistics, reported that 649,000 tons of electronics were recycled in 2010. That was just 27 ...
Non-drug Alzheimer’s treatments targeted
Some Alzheimer’s Disease researchers in the region are working to find drug-free treatments as the number of patients in Ohio is expected to reach a quarter million by 2025. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, family members and volunteers provide more than $8 billion in unpaid care annually in Ohio. That ...
Workers build communication skills to stand out
Membership in the communication skills group Toastmasters International has grown both nationally and in Ohio, which officials say signals workers’ desire to stand out with in-person communication.The organization reported an all-time membership high of 273,895 around the world in 2011, which was a 21 percent increase in five years. Ohio’s ...
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