Xenia News

The Roberts Convention Centre in Wilmington will be a hotbed of award-winning bluegrass talent for two full days when the spring production of The Southern Ohio Indoor Music Festival kicks off on Friday, March 28. This is the 20th production of the biannual acoustic music event that occurs each March and November.

In the early morning hours of Thursday, March 6, in the close-knit, rural resort lake community of Shawnee Hills in Jamestown, Ohio, the unheard-of happened - a home invasion.

Ohio Hi-Point students recently competed in the Southwest Regional SkillsUSA competition at the Greene County Career Center in Xenia.

In the quest to find out why after 10 years a Major with the Greene County Sheriff's Office was terminated, 2 NEWS Investigates obtained his personnel file.

According to Greene County Sheriff's Det. Chris Moore, the five individuals forced their way into the home and "held the occupants in there at gunpoint while items from the home were taken."

It's not often a business can brag about celebrating 100 years of serving the public.

After several delays because of weather and reconsideration, the smoke stack at the former Hooven & Allison Cordage Company will meet its fate at 9 a.m. Monday.

Entrepreneurs who caught our eye: Jason Bolt, who's built a business by selling sunglasses embossed with school logos; Blake Patton, launching his own VC shop; Bill Kraus, who's building a restaurant chain his own way; and entrepreneurs from San Franciso and Dayton, Ohio.

Xenia GazetteThe shape of the outside of the building may resemble the old Don's Super Valu, but there is no remnants of the grocer... A new 650-seat sanctuary will be used for the first time this Sunday, leading to a grand opening of the church on March 9. XENIA - Anyone who has not been through Xenia in the last five years may feel a bit lost ... (more)

The decision to close two yard-waste sites in Greene County by the county commissioners came under fire at their regular meeting on Thursday afternoon.

Sunday marked the 24th annual Day of Caring Pancake Brunch. The Xenia event, held at the Xenia Adult Recreation and Services Center, was one of some 40 locations each flipping the flapjacks.

Recently, the credit card company, Capital One, came under attack for contract language that would allow them to show up a customer's workplace or home, without warning and at any time.

A spokesman for Fifth Third bank told us they accidentally reported to the major credit bureaus- that some of its customers filed for bankruptcy when they hadn't.

Remember the old joke about the housekeeper who always says "I don't do windows" You don't have to worry about that when you contact one of the newest businesses in Xenia.

The Xenia Community Schools may not have been in session Monday for the President's Day holiday, but Denny Morrison, the district's new superintendent pro tem, began his tenure.

As everyone knows this has been a very cold snowy winter. It's hard for some people to get around in this weather so try to check on your neighbors to see if you can help with anything.

XENIA, Ohio Sweet success is still possible despite being a week late with tapping sugar maple trees.