Birthday freebies Everyone deserves some free stuff By Jim Bucher Why does it seem when you were a kid that birthdays were a big deal? Parties with your friends, games, pop and cake, plus money and cards from relatives. Ah, those were the days… Now I, personally, don’t know if it’s because I don’t want […]
Heads held high A loss is a win By Marc Katz Bat bags and used bats, some of them cracked, some of them still useful, littered the floor and corners of the Fifth Third Field home clubhouse. A cardboard box held worn cleats and sweat-stained caps. Some jerseys hung on wire hangers in otherwise empty […]
It’s a draw Artwork: Jed Helmers Should drawing blood for evidence-gathering be illegal? By Sarah Sidlow Who is Alex Wubbels? Glad you asked. She’s a nurse in Salt Lake City, Utah, who recently made waves when bodycam footage of her July 26 arrest became a viral sensation. Why was she arrested? Ask Detective Jeff Payne. […]
Trump lost Hail to the generals By Mark Luedtke I keep waiting for President Trump, one day on camera, to pull off a Mission: Impossible-style mask and reveal himself as Hillary Clinton. As soon as then-candidate Trump won the election, deep state rulers initiated a coup. Wikipedia describes the deep state: “Although the state within […]
More than a game Former Dayton Dragons manager Alonzo Powell avoids Hurricane Harvey By Marc Katz That pitcher, Alonzo Powell was saying, “doesn’t really care if you have a situation. He wants to get you out.” The “situation” is in Houston, where Powell works as an assistant hitting coach for the Astros, the best team […]
A tale of two cameras Pay up and get beat down By Mark Luedtke Few issues have generated as much anger as red-light and speed cameras. Dayton’s rulers shut down red-light cameras at the end of 2015 to comply with state law, and they’ve been shut down ever since. It’s funny how current articles about […]
Don’t call it a comeback Dayton green-lights the traffic camera revival By Sarah Sidlow Everyone loves a good comeback story: Michael Jordan’s heralded return to the NBA, Aerosmith’s late ’80s Permanent Vacation re-debut, City of Dayton’s traffic camera reboot… Well, maybe not that last one. In July, the City of Dayton announced it would re-introduce […]
They’re bacaaaaaak Traffic cameras get the green light By Jim Bucher The famous of infamous on again, off again red light/speed cameras are once again back on in the City of Dayton. You may recall the city shut down its photo-enforced traffic program in mid-2015 to comply with a new state law that put tough […]
Education confrontation Parents to school district: get on my lawn! By Sarah Sidlow If your house were just a stone’s throw away from a better school district, what would you do? If you’re Kevin Kinlin, you petition the Ohio Board of Education to transfer your house into another district. When Kinlin and his wife Pamela […]
Woody’s way, or the highway Looking back on Ohio State history as the new season starts By Marc Katz Laugh Out Loud. Isn’t that the way we say it these days? It’s LOL on your cell phone. I got into one of these laughing gigs recently reading about how Ohio State’s Urban Meyer isn’t afraid to […]
Major key Last weekend a local couple was watching TV in their living room, having a relaxing evening, when suddenly […]
Jesus take the wheel A local couple recently decided to visit their church on a particularly warm and muggy Sunday […]
Flightless In a local park, police were dispatched to the crime scene. A woman called the police when she realized […]
Stolen in a nanosecond Just last week a woman visited her local sheriff’s office to place a tip on a […]
Totally secure knot …not In a local home a garage door was broken into. This garage door was perfectly secured […]
