Early voting for Ohio’s May 5 primary election ends on Sunday, May 3 with no early, in-person voting scheduled for the following day.

Gas prices have continued their quick climb this week, rising around 17 cents per gallon from Tuesday, April 28’s prices to an average around $4.41 in the Dayton metropolitan area.

A new era has begun for the 6888 Kitchen Incubator, an initiative of the OH Taste Foundation, located inside the Dayton Arcade.

The Dayton Daily News talked to area renters about their experiences trying to find quality, affordable housing and analyzed market trends for this story. According to the Rental Housing Journal, national rent prices have surged since 2020, with estimates showing an increase between 30-32%.

Gas prices in Ohio have risen by 36.6 cents over the past week, with the current average gallon price at $4.146, marking a notable increase from last month’s average of $3.835 and significantly higher than last year’s $2.993.

Ahead of oral arguments Wednesday, April 29, in front of the U.S. Supreme Court about Temporary Protected Status for Haitians, Springfield advocates are continuing to do what they can to help the immigrant population.

Prosecutors are seeking special protections for two children potentially taking the stand during their father’s upcoming trial in the February shooting death of Tipp City mother, coach and educator Ashley Flynn.

The groups trying to eradicate Ohio property taxes are roughly 108,488 petition signatures away from the number they are mandated to file to get a ballot issue before voters in November. But they say voters might not get the question until 2027.

Members of a panel tapped by Dayton’s city manager to interview incoming Police Chief Eric Henderson said they feel his vision for the future of the police department will bring the community forward.

West Carrollton schools is nearly ready to unveil its new Pirates-themed and safety-focused middle/high school, which is on schedule to be in use for the 2026-27 school year.

Meadowdale Career Tech High School received a prestigious state award for improving academic growth and student success.

This weekend, events across the Dayton area including festivals, markets and live performances. Here’s a look at what’s happening.

The defense team for a Tipp City man accused of killing his wife and staging the scene submitted a list of 128 names of potential witnesses to testify.

A missing former commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is part of what people in the Trump administration are saying is a growing list.

The U.S. Air Force Marathon has announced the F-16 Thunderbird as the featured aircraft for the 2026 Air Force Marathon.

For more than 40 years, Daybreak has been rescuing youth and young adults, providing the only emergency shelter in our area. This year alone, 500 young people who have no place to call home have been served.

Area property tax foreclosure filings are mounting quickly this year, according to a Dayton Daily News analysis of Ohio Supreme Court filings that show foreclosures increased 354%.

Several community members and a few local leaders — including Dayton’s own mayor — are criticizing the selection process for Dayton’s new police chief, saying the process lacked transparency.

Dayton police have released body camera footage of an arrest that went viral on social media after video showed an officer allegedly punch the arrestee twice.

A member of the Middletown-based professional skydiving team Team Fastrax crashed into a stadium scoreboard Saturday, April 18 before Virginia Tech’s spring football game, delaying the start of the event.

The annual Living City Project, a citywide cleanup initiative supporting numerous neighborhoods around the Dayton region, returns Saturday, April 25.

Rabbit Hole Books has a “clear path” to its reopening day Thursday, April 23, after more than two months of being shut down following a fire in the adjacent garage.

Washington Twp. has put a 360-day moratorium on requests for new data centers in the township while a Franklin resident has joined a statewide grassroots effort to have the facilities banned in Ohio.

Katie Meyer, the president and CEO of the Downtown Dayton Partnership, has died. She was 41.

Reach Out and Read Ohio, a state branch of the national Reach Out and Read, has been launched to help improve early literacy and provide pediatric support for families.

The city of Kettering celebrated its annual TreeFEST on Saturday, April 18, with volunteers and city staff planting 135 trees at Gentile Nature Park.

Fresh from an event full of turntables and paintbrushes, DJ Kimyon Huggins is a man in his element. Internationally renowned and known for mixing sets as far afield as the Dominican Republic and Belgium, most would be surprised to learn that Dayton was where he got his start.

A Ponzi scheme is an investment fraud that pays existing investors with funds collected from new investors.

Ohio Congressman Mike Turner on Sunday defended the U.S. war with Iran as a necessary fight to stop Tehran from going nuclear, even as new polling shows a solid majority of Americans oppose the conflict and question whether the president has a clear strategy.

Four Republicans are running for their party’s nomination in the May primary for a seat on the Ohio Supreme Court held by Associate Justice Jennifer Brunner, the only Democrat currently holding statewide office in Ohio.

Ohio voters should brace for more school tax issues on local ballots as districts across the state say their budgets are harder to predict due to property tax reform, less state funding than expected and changes to the U.S. Department of Education.

Shook Construction, celebrating its 100th anniversary, was honored with the prestigious Soin Award for Community Impact, a recognition of the significant contributions made by the company to the Dayton community.

Warren County amusement park Kings Island is gearing up for the start of its 55th season this weekend.

Play likely won’t resume at Warren County’s Armco Park Golf Course until Wednesday after a fire early Tuesday, April 14, destroyed a golf cart barn and the course’s fleet of golf carts.

Caleb Flynn, a Tipp City man, is set to go to trial for the murder of his wife, Ashley Flynn; his defense objects to the prosecution's request for a delay. Flynn is charged with multiple counts of murder, felonious assault, tampering with evidence, and intimidation.

A U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services employee raised concerns about the information that went into a report about Haiti’s conditions that the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security cited to justify her decision to terminate Temporary Protected Status for the country.

Congressional allies are advocating for the extension of the Health Coverage Tax Credit, a crucial support for local retirees of Delphi, especially those in the Dayton area. The tax credit has enabled retirees whose pensions were significantly reduced to afford essential health insurance.

Dayton native Steve Martino will never forget the moment Craig Schulz, son of legendary cartoonist Charles M. Schulz, asked him to direct “The Peanuts Movie.”

Made Studio and Shop is expanding in Dayton’s South Park neighborhood with a new, larger location on Wayne Avenue. The studio will offer a broader range of classes, retail, and more.

Crossroads Church's senior pastor, Brian Tome, will be suspended and given an extended leave after an investigation into allegations of "inappropriate physical humor."

Video newly released by police shows the full interaction with a Miamisburg man who said he was wrongfully arrested over the summer while walking in his golf course community.

Four newcomers to the political arena are vying for the Republican nomination to face either Rep. Greg Landsman or Damon Lynch IV in November for the Ohio 1st Congressional District.

A Montgomery County couple is accused of defrauding more than 25 investors from across southwest Ohio of nearly $11.5 million from 2020 to 2025 in a “classic Ponzi scheme.”

Three Ohio Republican lawmakers are aiming to place significant restrictions on sports betting after asserting that the loosely regulated market has hurt Ohioans’ fiscal and mental health.

Montgomery County commission candidate Norman Scearce’s Trotwood church is at the center of a decades-long debate about assessment delinquency.

An attorney for a Wright-Patterson Air Force Base officer who helped spearhead last September’s “Operation Honor” is asking the Air Force for a new inquiry into how his client helped build local support for the event.

As the Dayton Dragons season begins, two neighboring businesses just outside Day Air Ballpark are emerging as a central part of the downtown experience.

Rabbit Hole Books owners say they plan to reopen on April 23 - William Shakespeare’s birthday - despite being denied an appeal to remain in the building at 21 West

The WGI Sport of the Arts World Championships is a popular convention that draws more than 65,000 people to the Dayton region over two weekends in April. This event showcases winter guard, indoor percussion, and winds activities, combining athleticism, music, theater, and pageantry.

Several residents of Greensboro, North Carolina, criticized their city’s hiring of Dayton’s outgoing police chief, calling on the city to rescind the job offer.