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National Champions! Ohio State tops Notre Dame in CFP title game
Ohio State claimed its ninth national championship with a 34-23 win over Notre Dame on Monday night.
• Ohio State controlled first half: The Buckeyes finished the first half on a 21-0 run to take a two-touchdown lead into the locker room at halftime.
• Adding to the lead: Ohio State did not waste much time adding to its lead in the second half. Running back Quinshon Judkins broke loose for 70 yards on the second play then finished the drive with a 1-yard touchdown run to put Ohio State on top 28-7 with 12:46 left in the third quarter.
• Notre Dame comes back: The Fighting Irish made it a one-score game when quarterback Riley Leonard hit Jaden Greathouse in the end zone with 4:15 left.
• Running out the clock: Facing third-and-11 at the Ohio State 34, OSU quarterback Howard dropped to pass and lofted a rainbow for Jeremiah Smith, who hauled in the pass for 57 yards.
• Finishing strong: Jayden Fielding’s 33-yard field goal with 28 seconds left clinched the game for Ohio State.
Trump becomes the 47th president of the United States
Donald Trump was sworn in yesterday as the 47th U.S. president.
• Moved indoors: The proceedings were initially going to take place in front of the U.S. Capitol, but Trump decided to move the ceremony indoors to the Capitol Rotunda because of the frigid temperatures in Washington.
• Inauguration Day on MLK Day: This was the third time a president has been sworn in on the federal holiday honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
• Area residents attend: Area residents were in Washington, D.C. to witness history as Donald Trump and JD Vance were sworn in.
• Local reaction: Local politicians reacted on social media to the Trump inauguration.
• Tech titans: Trump ally Elon Musk, the CEO of Telsa; Google’s Sundar Pichai; Amazon owner Jeff Bezos; Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg; and Apple CEO Tim Cook were all in the audience.
• Executive orders: Trump was set to order the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America and Alaska’s Mount Denali to Mount McKinley in his first executive orders.
• First millennial vice president: JD Vance is a budding kingmaker in Republican politics and the presumptive heir to the “Make America Great Again” movement.
• PHOTOS: Second inauguration of Donald Trump.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
More than 100 people participated in Monday’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day march in Dayton, braving single-digit temperatures and sub-zero wind chills.
• King’s legacy: Marchers said it was important to continue King’s legacy, as racial equality has still not been achieved in the U.S.
• Frigid conditions: Due to the weather, marchers finished the event at the end of the West Third Street bridge (the Peace Bridge) instead of continuing to Sinclair Community College, where the march traditionally ends.
• What they are saying: Derrick Foward, president of the Dayton chapter of the NAACP, said King stood for all Americans to have an opportunity for equal access to health care, education and political representation.
“Those are things that he stood for and he died for, and we will continue to honor his legacy,” Foward said.
• Racial justice events: The march is part of a series of events put on to discuss racial justice in Dayton during January. Other events included an interfaith breakfast on Friday, a concert on Sunday at Shiloh Baptist Church, an MLK Youth Celebration on Monday and a celebration banquet at the Arcade on Monday night.
• How would Martin Luther King Jr. feel if he were alive today? Local leaders gave us their thoughts.