Mawa Iqbal
ReporterMawa Iqbal is a reporter for WYSO. Before coming to WYSO, she interned at Kansas City PBS's digital magazine, Flatland. There, her reporting focused on higher education and immigrant communities in the Kansas City area. She studied radio journalism at Mizzou, where she also worked for their local NPR-affiliate station as a reporter.
Originally from the Chicago-land area, this is Mawa's first time in Ohio. So far, she loves everything the Miami Valley has to offer (especially their doughnut shops!).
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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base reported an active shooter situation Thursday night at the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC), one of the most heavily-secured intelligence complexes in the world.
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Several community members testified about redistricting and gerrymandering before the Ohio Redistricting Committee at a Dayton public hearing.
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The Southern District Court of Ohio held a naturalization ceremony for 25 immigrants at a Dayton Dragons baseball game.
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Dayton Muslim organizations hold a community map drawing event to talk about redistricting and gerrymandering.
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Members of the Yellow Springs Speaking Up For Justice group hosted a memorial Thursday night for John Crawford III outside the Beavercreek Walmart.
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Members of the Dayton community held a vigil Wednesday night to honor the nine lives lost in the Oregon District Shooting.
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The Greene County Board of Commissioners held a public hearing on a proposal to build a larger jail.
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A group of local marijuana businesses hosted a free expungement clinic for marijuana convictions.
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A group of LGBTQ community members in West Dayton held the first Dayton Black Pride Festival in McIntosh Park.
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Author and political commentator J.D. Vance will run for Rob Portman's GOP Senate seat in 2022.