Mental Health

How can city planners help people be healthy? That’s what the Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission’s (MVRPC) Built Environment Assessment set out to answer.

Dayton Mayor Jeffery Mims Jr. hosted a youth summit in Dayton on Wednesday. High school students from the area gathered to discuss youth mental health, purpose and passion, civic engagement, and mentorship.

The mission of Sunlight Village is to provide comprehensive youth and family-focused mental health services that promote healthy communities.

Blontas was her given first name. But Springfielders of every strata knew her as Winkie Mitchell. She was 70 when she died September 1, two days after a brain aneurism. In interviews with WYSO Clark County reporter Tom Stafford, Mitchell’s friends described a life lived in love, advocacy, sacrifice — and the belief that all of us can learn to be a little more human.

We meet Auria Morales, who found a helping hand at the Fringe Coffee House in Hamilton, when she got out of prison a year ago.

We meet Auria Morales, who found a helping hand at the Fringe Coffee House in Hamilton, when she got out of prison a year ago.

America’s new national mental health crisis line — 988 — is going live on July 16. The new 3-digit hotline is supposed to make it easy for people struggling with addiction, suicide and mental illness to get help fast. But with just weeks to go, hundreds of positions remain unfilled.

Death row inmate Kareem Jackson is on death row for killing two men in a robbery in Columbus in 1997 but his execution has been postponed. Meanwhile, two of Ohio's male Senators have different views when it comes to abortion.

Dayton Children’s Hospital announced plans to build a new freestanding mental health building on Monday. Officials say that the new building on Valley Street will help the hospital expand services offered to local children and teens suffering from mental health issues.

After more than fifty years, the remains of a soldier killed in the Korean War are finally coming home. Also, Ohio cannabis advocates have filed a lawsuit against Ohio lawmakers alleging lawmakers are unjustly delaying a vote on a recreational adult cannabis use initiative until 2023.

The Two Days in May Conference on Victim Assistance is an annual two-day event for crime victim professionals put on by the Ohio Attorney General’s Office. This year’s theme was, “A Celebration of Resiliency.” Today’s plenary session focused on lingering impacts of the Oregon District Shooting that took place on Aug. 4, 2019.

A group of Bosnian students and teachers are leaving Dayton, Ohio tomorrow to return home. And thanks to the Dayton Mediation Center, the Students are armed with a new social engagement projects to make their communities better.