Dayton News

It only seems like several weeks ago that he left us too quickly, life drained from him by a blood disease, at age 76.

The following property transfers, for at least $150,000 each, were recorded June 15-19. Rockingham County June 15 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company to Suzanne S. Riddleberger and Ronald L. Williams, 404 Dry River Road, Bridgewater, Ashby District, $155,600. Marlin E. and Juanita E. Fulk to Walter V. and Joanna M. Gruba, lot in Broadway, Plains ...

The Houff Community Center Gallery Hall will feature the artwork of Peggy Anderson during July.

From left, Lucila Sandoval and Leticia Camacho Carrillo, who received Learner Merit Awards Sunday, chat with their teacher, Ronnie Saltsberg, who received a Small Group Tutor Merit Award, during the Skyline Literacy Annual Appreciation and Merit ceremony at Hillandale Park.

Though Gifford Wenger's Army jacket is a little tighter now than it was 60 years ago, the World War II veteran can still fit into it.

Broadway's budget for the next fiscal year is a behemoth compared to the spending plans being considered by other Rockingham County towns.

A Rockingham County School bus filled with students was involved in a crash with a car in Dayton this afternoon.

Three area law enforcement agencies will be getting state assistance to help provide resource officers for local schools.

Clarence E. Peifer of Bridgewater will defuse any preconceived notions of how a person who turned 95 should appear or act.

MOUNT CRAWFORD, Va. - Roscoe Vernon Alexander, of South Main Street, Mount Crawford, died Saturday, May 16, 2009, at Rockingham Memorial Hospital, Harrisonburg.

MOUNT SOLON - Charlene Howdyshell Long, 79, of Mount Solon passed away Wednesday, May 13, 2009, at her home.

A teenager from Dayton has been injured in a head-on crash with a tractor trailer.

Thanks to growth and an increasing number of funding sources, Success By 6 Coalition, has changed its name and hired a full-time coordinator.

The Veterans Health Administration is considering putting its archives on the grounds of the Dayton VA Medical Center, the VA historian told a group of regional leaders Tuesday, April 28.

The following property transfers, for at least $150,000 each, were recorded April 13-17. Rockingham County April 13 Emmer M. Frank to William I. and Michele K. Baker, 6261 Joseph Funk Lane , Linville District, $225,600. April 14 Associated Developers, LLC, to Helen Holdings, LLC, 1447 Flowing Spring Lane, Central District, $195,000. Lawrence Wilt, ...

The art of growing plants indoors is deeply rooted in James Showalter's past. "I started off helping my parents, who had been doing it for more than 30 years," Showalter said.

Following a March 2008 raid of the Cargill Meat Solutions plant in Dayton, a federal indictment against eight people indicated that only a handful of illegal immigrants had been working there.

A federal trial is underway in the Valley. A former manager of the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles is accused of helping hundreds of illegal immigrants in the Valley, and elsewhere, get fraudulent identification cards.

Religion Calendar Posted 2009-04-18 SATURDAY >>BRIDGEWATER UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 219 N. Main St., will host a blood drive from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. in the church fellowship hall.

Thieves around the Valley are targeting vehicles. State Police report that someone stole a Yamaha dirt bike from a home on Clover Hill Road in Dayton last week.