Kettering News

Payless announced its Brookville distribution site in 2007 before turning to bankruptcy 12 years later. Now, an anonymous custom welder is asking Montgomery County for funds to fuel an $11 million possible investment either in this building or in a Union location.

Mystery custom welder eyes Brookville (or Union) for $11.3M investment by April

Ruby and David Crews renewed their vows at Frisch's in Kettering 50 years after the couple married. AIMEE HANCOCK/STAFF

Love at first bite: Local couple renew vows at Frisch’s Big Boy, where it all began

High school football: Wayne-Fairmont II highlights second round of playoffs

About 60,000 Dayton area residential and business customers of an electricity coalition will be switching to a new supplier familiar to several cities and townships in the region. NICK BLIZZARD/STAFF

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Local energy aggregation group saving customers money will get new supplier

State Reps. Andrea White, R-Kettering, and Phil Plummer, R-Butler Twp.. COURTESY OHIO GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

Plummer wins reelection, expects statehouse leadership role; White wins again

The Ohio House of Representatives gather in their chamber at the Statehouse earlier in 2024. (Barbara J. Perenic /The Columbus Dispatch via AP)

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White, Plummer fend off challengers in Ohio House races

Charlotte McGuire (left) and Willis Blackshear Jr. (right) are running for Ohio's 6th District State Senate seat in November 2024

Blackshear holds off McGuire surge in race for Ohio Senate open seat

The Gavel Sculpture in downtown Columbus sits in the reflecting pool alongside the Ohio Supreme Court building.

Kettering attorney indefinitely suspended following criminal convictions

Wingstop will open its newest location at 2811 Wilmington Pike in Kettering on Wednesday, Nov. 6. NATALIE JONES/STAFF

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Wingstop on Wilmington Pike in Kettering opens Wednesday

Gionino’s Pizzeria is opening a fourth location in the Dayton region at 1331 Wilmington Ave. NATALIE JONES/STAFF

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Why is there a Steamboat Willie Mickey Mouse mural on the new Gionino’s Pizzeria in...

The interior of 950 Forrer Blvd, the Kettering distribution center and warehouse Solvita purchased last year. The human tissue distributor wants $400,000 in Montgomery County development funds to modernize the building. CONTRIBUTED

Unnamed manufacturer looks to invest $11M, create 70 jobs in Brookville or Union

$Jeff Fox of Springboro, a platelet donor at the Community Blood Center in Dayton, was making his 538th lifetime donation Monday Feb. 13, 2023. The blood center later rebranded as the Solvita Blood Center and will now be part of Versiti Blood Center of Ohio while Solvita was retain ownership of the tissue services side of the nonprofit. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF FILE$

Solvita announces new owner of blood center, splits from tissue services side

All The Best Delicatessen in Washington Twp. was recognized as “one of America’s Best Restaurants” by a national media firm focused on highlighting independent restaurants across the country (CONTRIBUTED PHOTO).

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Washington Twp. deli featured on ‘America’s Best Restaurants Roadshow’

People came to vote on the first day of early voting Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024 at Butler County Board of Elections in Hamilton. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF

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Election Day expected to be very warm and breezy; afternoon showers possible

Planet Fitness plans to open its newest Dayton-area location in Springboro next month. The business will be at 825 W. Central Ave. in the Midway Plaza Shopping Plaza. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF PHOTO

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Planet Fitness targets opening Springboro business in November

Employee treated for smoke inhalation after heavy fire at Kettering parks building

Mort’s East, a new neighborhood tavern, is open at 2866 S. Dixie Drive in Kettering. NATALIE JONES/STAFF

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New neighborhood tavern Mort’s East opens in Kettering

Mort’s East, a new neighborhood tavern, is open at 2866 S. Dixie Drive in Kettering. Pictured (left to right) are owners Aaron Delidow and Bob Hochwalt. NATALIE JONES/STAFF

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PHOTOS: A look inside Mort’s East on South Dixie in Kettering

Play Kettering (City of Kettering Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts Department) hosted Wag-O-Ween at the Kettering Recreation Complex on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024. The day's activities included trick or treating for dogs on the Walk & Wag course around Indian Riffle Lake, costume contest, adoptable pet introductions and a photo area. TOM GILLIAM/CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

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PHOTOS: Wag-O-Ween 2024 at Kettering Recreation Complex

Zachary Shockey, 10, Samson Scheie, 12, Lance Zhang, 10, and Samuel Snowden, 9, program their robot during a First Lego League tournament at the DoD Starbase building near the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in July 2016. (U.S. Air Force photo by J.M. Eddins Jr.)

AFRL marks 20 years of sending young minds to ‘Starbase’

Montgomery County Common Pleas Courtroom. JIM NOELKER/STAFF FILE

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Kettering man to spend a year of weekends in jail for child sex abuse material

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Kettering woman gets jail, loses license in 2023 crash that kills Moraine woman

Kettering police are seeking a homeland security grant to fund a mobile barrier for increased safety at crime scenes, such as incidents involving SWAT team members. Marshall Gorby/Staff

Kettering police seek mobile barrier for security at crime scenes, festivals

Kettering mother accused of slashing teen’s face with glass vase gets probation

$Motor Vehicle Inspector Elvin Cordero demonstrates Monday, Oct. 21, 2024 at Springboro High School all the checks that they perform during a safety inspection on a school bus. Since 2019, there have been 6,145 traffic crashes involving school buses in Ohio. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

Ohio focuses on ‘most precious cargo’ in safety week for school buses, teen drivers

Man accused of setting fire in Kettering house while 2 sleep faces 12 years in prison

Montgomery County Courts Building. JIM NOELKER/STAFF

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Dayton man’s trial date set after Kettering father’s legs found in Trotwood

Christina Xenos, a 1998 graduate of Kettering Fairmont High School who now lives in Los Angeles, CA, will compete on a Greek-themed episode of “Chopped” — airing 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22 on Food Network (CONTRIBUTED PHOTO).

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Kettering native wins ‘Chopped’ episode with Greek cuisine

Terry Martin, 19, was shot and killed at his home in the 2700 block of Gladstone Street late July 9, 2023, according to police. MARSHALL GORBY / STAFF

Man sentenced to prison in deadly Moraine shooting tied to social media feud

Kettering neighbors challenged a plan by Alter High School to add 119 parking spaces. FILE

Kettering affirms Alter HS adding 119 parking spaces despite traffic concern

Wingstop is continuing to expand throughout the Dayton region with a new restaurant location now open in Huber Heights and several others on the way (FILE PHOTO).

Wingstop opens in Huber Heights, more locations on the way, including Kettering

Job gains and losses and nearly $16 million in federal COVID-19 relief were all parts of the events that shaped Kettering in 2021. NICK BLIZZARD/STAFF

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Kettering hires department heads with MetroParks, city of Dayton experience