Jun. 24—Huber Heights City Manager Rick Dzik will spend the next two years on probation after he was convicted Monday of a drunken driving charge in Knox County. Dzik, 42, pleaded guilty Monday in Mount Vernon Municipal Court to operating a vehicle while intoxicated. A second charge, a left of center traffic citation, was dismissed. […]
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Kettering hires Chodkowski away from Huber Heights as assistant city manager
May 28—Kettering has hired Bryan Chodkowski as an assistant city manager, just after Chodkowski submitted his resignation to the city of Huber Heights, where he held the same position. Chodkowski is set to start the Kettering job June 17 after he leaves his Huber Heights position, according to the city of Kettering. Chodkowski had previously […]
Man shot by officer formally charged after point air rifle at Huber Heights police
The man shot by a Huber Heights officer after pointing an “AR15-style rifle” at police has been formally charged. >>PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Charges approved for man shot by Huber Heights officer after pointing air rifle at police Kenneth Haught, 42, is facing one count each of felonious assault, failure to comply with the order or signal […]
Man shot by Huber Heights officer was armed with air rifle, still in hospital
May 8—A man who was shot by a Huber Heights officer after pointing an air rifle at police Sunday remains hospitalized in non-life-threatening condition as of Wednesday afternoon. Police are not identifying the suspect until formal charges are approved, Huber Heights police Chief Mark Lightner said during a press briefing. Officer Shawn Waler shot the […]
Dash cam shows man point rifle at Huber Heights police before being shot
May 6—The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is investigating after an officer shot a suspect reportedly holding an AR-15-type weapon early Sunday morning on the 9000 block of Taylorsville Road in Huber Heights following a road rage incident. “BCI was requested by the Huber Heights Police Department to investigate an officer-involved shooting. No officers were […]
Searchlight wins 11 awards, including Outstanding Young Journalist for Huber
Makenzie Huber, reporter for South Dakota Searchlight, addresses the crowd April 26, 2024, at the South Dakota NewsMedia Association convention in Huron while accepting the 2023 Outstanding Young Journalist award from the association’s executive director, David Bordewyk. (Seth Tupper/South Dakota Searchlight) South Dakota Searchlight won 11 awards in its division of the South Dakota NewsMedia […]
Driver in deadly, fiery Huber Heights crash sentenced to prison
The driver who caused a fiery crash in Huber Heights that killed a man found out how long he will spend in prison. News Center 7′s Malik Patterson will break down the latest details LIVE on News Center 7 at 5:00. >> PHOTOS: Serious fiery crash in Huber Heights Cory Harbarger, 28, pleaded guilty earlier […]
‘We’re closer than we’ve ever been;’ Mayor gives update on Buc-ee’s project in Huber Heights
The mayor of Huber Heights provided an update on Bu-cee’s gas station planned for the area. >>RELATED: ‘Never seen anything like it;’ Local community expresses support amid Buc-ee’s rezoning discussion Huber Heights mayor Jeff Gore said in a Facebook group on Saturday that Montgomery County has approved building permits for the gas station. He added […]
Popeyes celebrates grand opening today in Huber Heights
Mar. 26—The Dayton area’s newest Popeyes at 7666 Old Troy Pike in Huber Heights is celebrating its grand opening from 10:30 a.m. to noon today. The celebration will include a ribbon cutting, check presentation to Bengals Hall of Famer Anthony Munoz of The Munoz Foundation and photo opportunities with Poppy, the Popeyes chicken mascot, said […]
I-70 back open after ‘police incident’ in Huber Heights
UPDATE: 1:27 p.m. Interstate 70 in Huber Heights has reopened following a “police incident.” I-70 West was temporarily closed at SR-201/Brandt Pike. News Center 7 crew on the scene reported that the scene is clear and the highway is back open. We are working to learn what prompted the heavy police presence and will continue […]
Huber Heights man sentenced to 10 years in child sex case
Feb. 6—A Huber Heights man will spend the next 10 years in prison after he was convicted on four charges involving two girls. Joseph Edward Conner Sr. was sentenced Feb. 1 in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court after a jury found him guilty Jan. 11 of two counts of gross sexual imposition and two misdemeanor […]
Escaped Huber inmate never returned to Dodge County jail, last seen in Beaver Dam
DODGE COUNTY, Wis. (WFRV) – An escaped Huber inmate in southcentral Wisconsin has deputies asking for the public’s help in finding her, authorities say she was last seen at an approved medical visit. According to the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office, 44-year-old Jennifer P. Petersen left the jail, presumably the Dodge County Detention Facility in Juneau, […]