UPDATE @ 8:30 a.m. A police investigation has closed a busy Miamisburg street Monday morning. >>1 dead, 7 hurt after shooting at large gathering in Dayton Miamisburg police officers were dispatched at around 4:17 a.m. to the 200 block of E. Central Avenue on initial reports that a man was breaking out windows from inside […]
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18-year-old West Carrollton senior killed in Miamisburg crash
May 15—A West Carrollton high school senior riding on a motorcycle died Friday afternoon following a crash near the Dayton Mall in Miamisburg. Ethan M. Rainer, 18, was taken to Kettering Health Main Campus, where he was pronounced dead, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol. Troopers responded around 2:50 p.m. Friday to the intersection […]
Jury acquits Vandalia woman in Miamisburg church threats case
May 7—A Vandalia woman accused of making threats toward two churches in Miamisburg was acquitted of all charges following a one-day trial. A jury on Monday found Tonya Marie Dieker, 41, not guilty of two counts each of ethnic intimidation, aggravated menacing and telecommunications harassment involving Miamisburg Christian Church and The Journey Community Church, according […]
Fight breaks out between parents, umpires at Miamisburg softball game
Police were called to Miamisburg High School last week after a fight broke out between parents and umpires. On May 5, around 7:00 p.m. officers were called to Miamisburg High School for a fight, according to a Miamisburg police blotter. Police said the fight started after parents told umpires that they were making bad calls. […]
Miamisburg to celebrate grand opening of $5.5M Riverfront Park project Friday
May 5—Miamisburg is gearing up to celebrate a $5.5 million revamp of Riverfront Park this Friday, an idea that was more than two decades in the making. The yearlong project was “a complete transformation” of approximately 7.5 acres of property between the Main Street business strip and the Great Miami River, according to Parks and […]
‘Story of a hero;’ Miamisburg soldier posthumously inducted into Ohio Military Hall of Fame
It’s almost been 54 years since a local man died saving another person’s life in the Vietnam War. Miamisburg native Sergeant Gary Lee McKiddy saved one person and died trying to save another after their helicopter crashed on May 6, 1970. >>PHOTOS: Bill introduced to grant Medal of Honor to Miamisburg soldier killed in Vietnam […]
Indiana woman accused of embezzling $380K from Miamisburg business
Apr. 15—An Indiana woman is accused of embezzling close to $380,000 from Stateline Medical Equipment where she worked in Miamisburg. Corinna C. Bystrom, 44, of Liberty, Indiana, was issued a summons to appear for her Tuesday arraignment in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court for one count of aggravated theft. “An internal audit by Stateline Medical […]
Miamisburg man pleads guilty to shooting at vehicle on I-75, narrowly missing woman
Apr. 11—A Miamisburg man faces up to a dozen years in prison for firing shots at a vehicle in February, narrowly missing a woman on Interstate 75 in Harrison Twp. Jerome Edward Foster, 49, pleaded guilty Wednesday in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court to two counts of felonious assault and a misdemeanor count of endangering […]
Kettering schools set to hire new treasurer from Miamisburg
Mar. 5—The Kettering school district is set to hire a new treasurer tonight. The board of education is scheduled to approve Miamisburg schools Treasurer Justin Ross Blevins as a fiscal consultant before voting on a three-year contract for him effective Aug. 1 through July 31, 2027, district records show. Kettering will pay Blevins a per […]
Centerville’s Hannah’s Treasure Chest out of space; buys larger Miamisburg building for new location
Jan. 26—Everywhere one looks in Hannah’s Treasure Chest, there’s an item ready to help a child in need. Clothes, diapers toys and educational materials are stacked high and deep across tables, shelves and floors at 124 Westpark Road in Centerville, a 14,400-square-foot building that Executive Director Deanna Murphy said the nonprofit has “far outgrown.” That’s […]