Doug Page
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Doug Page covers the city of Dayton, including police and fire, and neighborhoods.
He previously worked for The Associated Press and several Arkansas newspaper. Raised in Minnesota, he has worked as an Outward Bound instructor; hunting, fishing and climbing guide; plumber, logger, grocery store manager, veterinary assistant, football official, outdoor equipment retailer, hardware store clerk, tree planter, movie stunt extra and general lay-about. He is active in St. John's United Church of Christ of Troy.
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DeWine trying to organize Internet Cafe crackdown
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine is rallying local law enforcement to shut down Ohio’s Internet cafe “sweepstakes” parlors, with or without the help of the Ohio legislature. DeWine held a briefing Wednesday, attended by hundreds of cops and prosecutors from across the state, to teach them how to investigate, charge ...
Gas tax not keeping up with road needs
Federal and state motor fuel tax receipts — the billions that pay for road construction, repaving, maintenance and operations of highway and street departments — are not growing as fast as the cost of those projects. And that may mean more potholes and deteriorating roadways during the coming years. A ...
Judge appoints former mayor to trustee board
A Greene County judge has appointed a former Beavercreek mayor as the swing vote on the three-person Beavercreek Board of Trustees.Candy Prystaloski fills the seat of former trustee Bob Glasser, who resigned Jan. 1 following his election as a county commissioner.Trustees Carol Graff and Dan Paxson had 30 days to ...
Gun sales soar as debate rages
Gun sales have soared in Southwest Ohio in the wake of December’s mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary school and related calls for tougher gun control laws, resulting in rising prices and rationing for many types of firearms, ammunition magazines and ammunition, experts and officials said. Local guns sales started ...
President’s visit experienced by many
DAYTON — President Barack Obama’s visit to the Miami Valley on Tuesday along with British Prime Minister David Cameron caused plenty of reaction from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base to their seats at University of Dayton Arena.Obama and Cameron attended the first game of the two-day First Four round of the ...
First Four events put Dayton on national stage
DAYTON — The city will be on the national stage when it hosts two world leaders, a major community festival today and the NCAA First Four tournament on Tuesday and Wednesday. “This is the best possible chance to show the rest of the world ... that Dayton is a great ...
Organizers, leaders prepare for Obama’s First Four visit
DAYTON — The city of Dayton, Montgomery County and the University of Dayton are mobilizing forces in preparation for Tuesday’s visit by President Barack Obama and the prime minister of the United Kingdom.The president and David Cameron will attend the Tuesday evening NCAA First Four men’s basketball games at UD ...
Obama, British PM coming to Dayton for First Four game
DAYTON — President Barack Obama will be making his first visit Tuesday to Dayton as commander-in-chief. The White House announced Thursday that Obama will be bringing David Cameron, prime minister of the United Kingdom, with him to the University of Dayton Arena to take in a NCAA First Four basketball ...
Fairmont AD Donoher’s solicitation hearing set for today
DAYTON — Brian Donoher, the athletic director for Kettering Fairmont High School, is scheduled to make his initial Municipal Court appearance this afternoon on allegations he offered money to an undercover officer for sex. He has been placed on administrative leave by Kettering school officials. Donoher, 42, the son of ...
State ends Medicaid contracts with companies involved in care of dead teen
DAYTON — State officials announced they would end Medicaid contracts worth tens of millions of dollars with the two private companies responsible for the care and oversight of 14-year-old Makayla Norman of Dayton, who died March 1 of medical and nutritional neglect.The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services announced ...
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