Samantha Sommer
News DirectorSamantha Sommer is the news director for WYSO, where she leads a team of award-winning reporters and anchors and collaborates with NPR stations across Ohio. She joined the station in May 2022 after more than 20 years with Cox Enterprises, most recently as managing editor for investigations for the Dayton Daily News. Samantha also has served as the editor of the Springfield News-Sun, and Springfield bureau chief for WHIO TV and WHIO Radio. She is a Detroit native and a graduate of Northwestern University. Samantha is married with two adult stepchildren and a 4-year-old son.
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The rally was in response to xenophobic rumors about the Haitian American community in Springfield that former president Donald Trump and U.S. Sen. JD Vance spread. -
Ohio Gov. DeWine announce safety measures intended to combat repeated threats against city, school and other buildings and businesses in Springfield targeting the Haitian community. -
Wittenberg University and Clark State College canceled events and moved classes online amid more threats. People also came to Haitian restaurants and pastors expressed support. -
A tornado is suspected to have hit Clark County early Wednesday morning, knocking down structures and trees, and causing power outages. -
An active shooter was reported at the Beavercreek, Ohio, Walmart on Pentagon Road on Monday night. Four people were injured — three of the victims are in critical condition and the fourth victim has non-life-threatening injuries. -
Joby Aviation Inc. will build an electric air taxi manufacturing plant at the Dayton International Airport, in Dayton Ohio, creating 2,000 jobs. -
Clay Mathile, who grew Iams pet food into a massive business and founded Aileron in Dayton, Ohio, has died. -
Officials in Richmond Indiana issued an evacuation order for thousands of its residents yesterday after a fire broke out at a recycling plant. -
The Dayton Daily News reports that Wright Way Ohio LLC is seeking to rezone 67 acres of vacant land near the Camping World store on Interstate 70. -
A train derailed in Clark County near the fairgrounds and Prime Ohio Corporate Park, the fourth Norfolk Southern derailment in Ohio in five months.
