Voter turnout heavy at polling places Nov 5, 2008
Lines were so long at one Miami County polling place that four extra machines were delivered there. Other than that, Luring said the voting process has been running smoothly. (Dayton Business Journal, OH)
Local safety councils receive $1.5M from state Oct 3, 2008
Miami County Safety Council, $116,700. Springfield - Clark County Safety Council, $222,800. (Dayton Business Journal, OH)
Ohio man loses bid to be 'Count of Monte Cristo' Sep 12, 2008
Miami County Probate Judge Lynnita Wagner rejected Landis' request in documents filed Tuesday. She said his desire to distance himself from the 2005 rape charge is trumped by the right of the public and officials to easily connect him to convictions he has on felony drug charges and a misdemeanor sex offense. (USA Today -- News)
Burglars target SW Ohio churches Aug 2, 2008
Miami County Sheriff's Capt. Dave Cuchak says investigators think the intruders are looking for drug money. He blames the sour economy for helping to spur such crimes. (WKRC.com, OH)
New facility to double GM Mechanical's space Jul 24, 2008
The Covington-based company is moving about two miles from its current facility on state Route 48, about 30 miles northwest of downtown Dayton, in Miami County. Miller purchased the building July 11 at 7502 state Route 41 for $425,000, and is in the process of a more than $1 million renovation of the 60,000-square-foot space. (Dayton Business Journal, OH)
Former wildlife officer to go to jail Jul 16, 2008
Thirty-five-year-old Jason Snyder apologized to hunters who were in the Miami County Common Pleas courtroom Monday, saying what he did was "terribly stupid.". Snyder had been a wildlife officer for six years. (WKRC.com, OH)
Ohio judge says he takes gun to work May 15, 2008
Miami County Municipal Court Judge Mel Kemmer filed an order last month banning bailiff Scott Niesley from his courtroom and chambers, his assistant's office or anywhere else the judge is in the courthouse. The county sheriff's records show that Niesley made a verbal threat against the judge and four other court employees to another bailiff in January. (FOX19.com, OH)
Dayton-area counties land $8M in farm loans Apr 12, 2008
Miami County had seven applications approved totaling $415,000 and. Warren County had two applications approved totaling $80,000. (Dayton Business Journal, OH)
Panelists upbeat on economic climates in Miami, Shelby counties Apr 9, 2008
Jim Dando, the Troy director of economic development, said the housing crisis has left Miami County relatively unscathed and in Troy new housing starts is exactly where it was a year ago. An overall decline in residential developments has provided funding for a flood of commercial real estate projects, he said. (Dayton Business Journal, OH)
Daybreak receives $600K loan toward new shelter Feb 22, 2008
Miami County Community Action Commission also received a $550,000 HDAP grant and a $1 million HDL grant to acquire and rehabilitate 52 units in eight buildings. Last year, OHFA awarded $412,000 in federal housing tax credits to the same development. (Dayton Business Journal, OH)
2 top sheriff officers resign to run for sheriff Feb 16, 2008
Beck resigned his position in early 1992 with the Shelby County Sheriff s Office and Miami County Prosecutor s Office to run for sheriff in Allen County. The only work he did during that time was part time with his brother s print shop, he said. (Lima News, OH)
Jail cells in Ohio county get pink makeover Dec 17, 2007
Inmates at the Miami County Jail are putting color on the jail's once cream-colored walls after Sheriff Charles Cox entered the academic debate over the color pink's calming abilities. After Sandy realized Cox was serious, she said she picked purple for the jail bars, which had been blue. (AZCentral -- News)
Ohio sheriff orders jail cells painted pink Dec 15, 2007
TROY, Ohio (AP) - Inmates at the Miami County Jail in Troy are under orders to paint the cellblocks pink to test the sheriff's theory that the color will have a pacifying affect on prisoners. Sheriff Charles Cox says he's entering the academic debate over the color pink's calming abilities. (WKRC.com, OH)
Dayton coffee table book releases this month Dec 6, 2007
Purchases can also be made by mail through the Miami County Historical and Genealogical Society in Troy. E-mail kmaurer@bizjournals. (Dayton Business Journal, OH)
Dayton unemployment rate rises Oct 24, 2007
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Full-circle at the YMCA Sep 18, 2007
Haight began his professional association with the YMCA by serving as program director for the Miami County YMCA in Piqua, Ohio. But he'd return to the YMCA of Northwest Illinois to assume the same position, which he held for five years. (Freeport Journal-Standard, IL)
State giving $3M for community block projects Sep 5, 2007
Miami County, north of Dayton, is completing street and sewer work, creating a public park, purchasing fire equipment and funding work in the village of Pleasant Hill. The county is contributing $811,500. (Dayton Business Journal, OH)
Grant to assist painting company's $880K expansion Aug 13, 2007
Miami County is getting a state grant to help with a local company's expansion project. in the village of Bradford is planning an $880,000 expansion project, and Miami County will get $88,500 to improve infrastructure, according to a press release issued by the Ohio Department of Development Friday. (Dayton Business Journal, OH)
Lt. Gov. Fisher highlights areas of improvement at local development forum Apr 11, 2007
A panel of local officials followed Fisher's address, and included Harry Bumgarner, assistant city manager and director of economic development in Piqua; Charles Cochran, president of the and the ; Steve Stillwell, city manager of Sidney; and Ron Widener, Miami County commissioner ... Cochran said the Troy Development Council last year moved workforce development initiatives into Miami County's hands, and they're working to improve it. (Dayton Business Journal, OH)
Hudson schools narrow search Mar 9, 2007
James Barney, superintendent of Milton-Union Exempted Village Schools in Miami County in southwestern Ohio. William DeFrance, superintendent of Eaton Rapids Public Schools in Michigan, south of Lansing. (Akron Beacon Journal, OH -- Living)
Rodney Atkins fits into only one mold Jan 22, 2007
Aug. 12, Miami County Fair, Troy, Ohio. Aug. 13, Huron County Fair, Norwalk, Ohio. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
