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When luck runs out: Mystery Powerball winner beat the odds before fate intervened
If you won the lottery but lost your ticket before you were able to cash in, your incredible luck just ran out.
• Unclaimed ticket: An unknown person bought a winning ticket in Huber Heights last year and failed to claim a multi-million-dollar Powerball jackpot.
• Missed deadline: The ticket was purchased at the Huber Heights Walmart in July. By the ticket’s Dec. 30 expiration date, the $138 million prize had yet to be claimed.
• First time in history: It was a first in the nearly 15-year history of the Ohio Powerball lottery, and in the more than 50-year history of the Ohio Lottery Commission, that a jackpot went unclaimed.
• The rules: You cannot claim a prize without the ticket. Even a photo of the winning ticket with proof of purchase won’t do. Ohio winners have 180 days to cash in a winning ticket.
Montgomery County leads in child support license suspensions third year running
For the third year in a row, Montgomery County suspended more residents’ driver’s licenses in 2024 for failing to pay child support than any other county in Ohio.
• Montgomery County: In 2024, the county dealt out 1,961 of the state’s 15,841 license suspensions for child support defaults. That stat puts the county responsible for 12.8% of the state’s 2024 total suspensions despite having only about 4.5% of the state’s population.
• Trend continues: Montgomery County has been a notable outlier in Ohio for child support license suspensions for years, also leading the list in 2022 and 2023.
• Next highest: Hamilton County yielded 1,826 suspensions — 11.5% of the state’s total 2024 suspensions with only about 7% of the population.
• How suspensions work: State law requires that suspensions can only be handed down to Ohioans who are in default for at least 90 days, who did not pay an amount equaling at least one month’s obligation, and who failed to pay at least 50% of their obligations in the 90 days leading up to an advance notice of their suspension.
• New laws: Recently passed legislation limiting license suspensions for non-driving offences will impact how child support nonpayment suspensions are handled, but won’t necessarily limit them.
What to know today
• One big takeaway: Is property tax relief coming for Ohioans? Here are five things to know from our reporting.
• Big move of the day: The Ohio Tax Credit Authority has approved a 2.594%, 30-year “job creation” tax credit to support Anduril Industries’ planned manufacturing facility in Pickaway County.
• Super Bowl LIX: Are you a passionate Eagles or Chiefs fan? If so, we would love to hear from you.
• Quote of the day: “Certainly as it stands, that broad-sweeping cessation of refugee resettlement in the United States, that will impact so many people, including a lot of people in the Dayton area,” said Katie Kersh, senior attorney with Advocates for Basic Legal Equality (ABLE), about President Trump’s recent executive orders.
• Things to do: Valentine’s Day is quickly approaching and many businesses across the Dayton area have announced activities around it. Here is a guide to help you plan.
• Happening today: The Lunar New Year, also known as Chinese New Year, will start today, beginning multi-day celebrations across Chinese and other Asian communities.
• Dayton history: Dayton’s architectural landscape tells the story of a city that constantly reinvents itself while holding dearly to its preserved historic buildings.
• Photo of the day: Nood Bar, a new concept by Chef Dane Shipp, is one of four vendors located inside The Silos. The restaurant serves authentic Asian-inspired noodle dishes with an assortment of bao buns and dumplings. Check out more food photos from The Silos from reporter Natalie Jones here.
