Miami County News

A Vandalia man is arrested in connection with a West Milton arson fire. Keith Ploski, 31, is accused of setting his soon-to-be-ex wife's boyfriend's house on fire over the weekend.

TROY Three years in prison was ordered Monday, Nov. 16, for a Piqua woman convicted of child endangering in the 2008 rollover death of her 5-month-old daughter after a night of partying.

A Piqua man convicted of sexual conduct with two boys under age 10 was sentenced Monday, Nov.

Telling a Piqua mother she has an "awful attitude," a judge in Miami County sentenced her to three years in the Ohio State Reformatory for Women in Marysville in the death of her 5-month-old daughter.

NEWTON TWP., Miami County - A 16-year-old Covington boy was killed on Sunday, Nov.

16-year-old Robert Lyle was found dead at the scene when police arrived at the intersection of State Route 48 and Sugar Grove Road.

Two new hotels that began welcoming guests during the past year are expected to help boost Miami County's hotel-motel tax by an estimated $13,000 next year.

The groups that can receive H1N1 vaccine this week at the Miami County Health District's clinic have changed.

An accident at the intersection of State Route 48 and Sugar Grove Road between Covington and Pleasant Hill closed State Route 48 on Sunday afternoon in Miami County.

CONCORD TWP., Miami County - Medical Mutual of Ohio's decision to drop Premier Health Partners from its network has left one Premier hospital, Upper Valley Medical Center, in limbo.

The Ohio Department of Transportation has announced a $975,000 project to reduce noise along a six-mile stretch of Interstate 75 in Miami County.

A fire in a grain dryer sent firefighters from Tipp City and West Milton to a farm at 7411 Martindale Road, just north of Dayton International Airport between Tipp City and West Milton in Miami County.

Miami County is home to the Strawberry festival every June. The popular event helps bring in much needed dollars to the county, but recently the economy has seen a big downturn, job losses have mounted and the unemployment rate has nearly doubled.

TROY Sheriff Charles Cox will close the Miami County Incarceration Facility at year's end, cutting another 28 corrections officer jobs and idling 240 jail beds.

CONCORD TWP., Miami County - Two Miami County-based organizations hope an education program combining aviation personalities and state academic standards takes off in area classrooms.

A year-long investigation into possible voter fraud involving Miami County absentee ballots found that no crime occurred.

Ron Alvey/A scene from Washington Township Fire State 43, which is voting precinct S, as voters vote and poll workers take care of the machines and assist voters.

There's a new fire chief in one of Miami County's biggest towns. The city of Piqua announced Tuesday that Michael Rindler will become the town's new fire chief.

Several southern Monroe Twp. residents say they will challenge the Miami County commissioners' decision to allow the creation of 3.9-acre and 2.9-acre residential lots off Ginghamsburg Frederick Road.

Services to seniors dependent on levy On behalf of the Greene County Council on Aging Board of Directors, I am asking for your "yes" vote on Nov.