WYSO Staff

A local state of emergency has been declared in the Dayton area as Winter Storm Fern dumps more than a foot of snow on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026. Clark and Champaign declared a Level 3 snow emergency.

The MeowZa Cat Boutique has relocated to the Cross Pointe Shopping Center on Alex-Bell Road in Centerville. It’s next to Dayton Humane and Company resale boutique.

A Springfield Police officer has been cleared of any wrong doing after deploying a Taser during a foot chase on Sept. 17.

The initiative, known as Operation Evergreen, is a partnership between the Ohio Department of Agriculture and the Ohio Christmas Tree Association.

The funding will enhance classroom learning on Wright State’s Dayton and Lake campuses, benefiting both students and EV industry workers seeking skills training.

In Butler, Champaign, Clark, Greene, Miami, Montgomery and Warren counties, 41,000 people voted early in person, and more than 12,000 of the nearly 18,000 absentee ballots requested have been returned.

The purchase of the Dayton Mall by Hull Property Group coincides with Miami Township’s ongoing effort to create a new Miami Crossing District Master Plan.

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The 2025 Acorn Mast survey, conducted by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, finds an average of 72% of red oaks and 56% of white oaks on 20 wildlife areas across the state bore fruit this year.

Nearly 200 students spent several hours packing more than 42,000 meals for children in the South African country of Lesotho. The work was done in partnership with the Lesotho Nutrition Initiative.