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Ohio Couple Charged With Locking Girl in Bathroom for 6 Years

By Dana ChivvisFeb 9th 2011 – 11:52AM

An Ohio couple is in jail facing charges they kept a 9-year-old girl locked in their bathroom for six years, letting her out only to go to school and for special occasions, the Dayton Daily News reports. Brian G. Hart, 50, and his wife Rivae L. Hart, 49, told Dayton police they started locking her up when she was 3 years...

The 15 Most Bedbug-Infested Cities in the US

By David KnowlesAug 24th 2010 – 7:55PM
University of Florida / AP

University of Florida / AP

(Aug. 24) -- Just thinking about them is enough to make you itch. On Tuesday, the pest control company Terminix released its list of the 15 most bedbug-infested cities in the nation. To compile the rankings, the company used data on the number of calls received by its service centers nationwide that reported a bedbug...

It Takes a Village to Build a Home for Conjoined Twins

By Marc HartzmanJul 30th 2010 – 7:04AM
Christian Youth Corps Inc.

Christian Youth Corps Inc.

(July 30) -- At the age of 58, the world's oldest living conjoined twins, Ronnie and Donnie Galyon, have spent plenty of time exhibiting the wonders of the human body. But over the last few months, they've shown that the human spirit can be far more wondrous. During that time, the twins have inspired an entire community...

dayton News From the Web

  • 02/10/12 Cafe 125: New Store Locations in Dayton! - Business &... Source: Springfield News-Sun - Springfield OH FOUR POINTS MINI MARKET, 1000 N. Gettysburg & Kammer Ave (2 blks South of Hoover Ave.) and NABALI'S IGA FRIENDLY, 2268 N. Gettysburg Ave., Dayton, official carriers of CAFE 125!
  • 02/10/12 MU surges in TV viewership Source: St Louis Post-Dispatch - St Louis MO Regular-season basketball rarely rivals football in the St. Louis television ratings.
  • 02/09/12 Moraine OKs tougher new law on panhandling Source: CBS - WHIO-TV 7 - Dayton OH The Moraine City Council on Thursday night became the latest area city to approve a new ordinance placing tighter restrictions on panhandling within city limits.
  • 02/09/12 Person of interest questioned in December homicide Source: CBS - WHIO-TV 7 - Dayton OH Dayton police are questioning a person of interest in the death of an 18-year-old in a supermarket parking lot last year.

Background on dayton

Dayton () is the 6th largest city in the state of Ohio and is the county seat of Montgomery County, the fifth most populous county in the state at 141,527. At the 2010 census, the Dayton metropolitan area was 841,502 making it the fourth largest metropolitan area in Ohio and the 61st largest in the United States.

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