Greene County News

Five people, including three children, were injured and taken to area hospitals after a two-car collision just outside Cedarville on Thursday.

LEBANON - Mark North, recently resigned superintendent of Lebanon Schools, said this morning he has reversed his decision to leave and will stay on as head of this city's schools.

The four state highway patrol posts that cover the Greater Dayton area said drivers made it through the long Fourth of July weekend without a single fatal crash from Thursday evening through Sunday.

Water conservation is still the name of the game in Greene County, which is enjoying a water surplus this summer unlike in past years.

The Fourth of July weekend marks peak water usage in Greene County and, despite a mild summer with average rainfall, sanitary engineers continue to urge water conservation.

I received an e-mail from the Greene County Public Library with the unwelcome news about proposed state budget cuts for Ohio's public libraries.

On June 18, the Greene County Democratic Party voted to endorse single payer for all as our nation's health plan.

Many of the articles written about the Dayton area's job losses and financial woes cry too much about what has happened in the past rather than what can be done in the future to solve the problems.

Xenia officials will hold a public meeting today, June 29, to collect input from residents on a city funding request that would help pay for a study that could help determine future development possibilities for the Hooven & Allison Co.

The second of four men accused of passing thousands of dollars worth of bad checks in Beavercreek and at Wright State University has pleaded not guilty to 12 felony counts.

Greene County sanitary engineers have commissioned a study to determine how to best meet growing demand for water in the Beavercreek and Sugarcreek communities past 2010.

SUGARCREEK TWP., Greene County - Police and fire personnel searching for a pregnant 28-year-old woman reported they had found her about 9:30 p.m. No details were immediately available, but the search was called off.

A teenage boy from Xenia could face serious juvenile delinquency charges after an incident on Commonwealth Drive early Monday, June 22, during which the boy tried to forcibly remove a girl from her house.

One police car in Kettering and another in Dayton were struck during an early-morning police chase that started in Beavercreek, police said Sunday, June 21.

A severe thunderstorm watch is in effect for the Miami Valley through noon Friday, June 19, and there's a moderate risk of severe storms tonight, according to Nick Greenawalt, meteorologist for the Wilimington forecast office of the National Weather Service.

The women's relationship-building program, Within My Reach, will be offered to Greene County residents in July at the Bellbrook-Sugarcreek Family Resource Center.

A Wright State University student being fired from the campus radio station on Tuesday, June 16, was arrested by Wright State police.

A Sugarcreek Twp. man pleaded not guilty Tuesday, June 9, to five counts of public indecency and three counts of menacing, all misdemeanors, after police say he harassed several people over the span of a week while wearing a women's swimsuit.

A small plane made an emergency landing on nearby U.S. Highway 41 in the northern Atlanta suburbs in Acworth, Ga., on Monday, June 8, 2009.

SUGARCREEK TWP., Greene County - After a year of effort, Sugarcreek Twp. will launch a weekly farmers market Friday, June 12, in the parking lot of PetSmart at 4333 Feedwire Road, adjacent to Target and Home Depot.