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Marc Katz

Reporter: Englewood, Clayton, Trotwood, Union, Butler Twp.

Marc Katz has been with the Dayton Daily News since September of 1970 and has covered just about everything in that time. Marc grew up in Columbus and graduated from Ohio University in 1969. Marc worked for the Sandusky Register prior to the Dayton Daily News. He is involved in the Beth Abraham Synagogue. 

Local news in Vandalia, Clayton, Englewood, Tipp City

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WTH? Survey shows Ohioans swear the most in the country

Read enough police blotter reports and there’s enough salt in there to cover a stadium full of bagged peanuts, even with some of the language redacted by scarlet-faced report clerks. It turns out you don’t have to hang around a police station to hear bad language in Ohio. Just pick ...

McDonald’s introducing new menu item today

McDonald’s is unwrapping, so to speak, a Premium McWrap today, consisting of fresh vegetables and chicken in the form of a breast filet. All of it will be combined with sauces in a warm tortilla that will be served in “hand-held package to fit the busy on-the-go lifestyle.” The new ...

Photo illustration by Nick Graham

Fines for texting and driving start today

Starting today, people who text and drive can be cited when a new state law prohibiting the offense goes into effect —ending a six month trial period. Drivers older than 18 have to commit another violation before they can be ticketed for texting, which carries a $150 fine. Drivers who ...

German Township fire crews on scene for a garage fire at 3873 Lawrence Drive, January 12, 2013.

Fire-related death numbers down in Ohio

Ohio has seen a downturn in fire-related deaths over the last few years, including in the Greater Dayton Area. According to State Fire Marshal records, fire (including home, business, vehicle and other) deaths were as high at 175 in 2008, but fell the last four years to 148 in 2009, ...

Vandalia site was considered for major development

A large, in-state manufacturing company planning a $300 million project with a new 300,000 square foot building and 400 jobs decided last week to cross Ohio off its list of possible building sites, including a 30-50-acre plot at Stonequarry Crossings in Vandalia.Even though the unnamed company has not yet announced ...

COLUMBUS, OH - NOVEMBER 27:  The Michigan Wolverines and the Ohio State Buckeyes face off against each other in the 107th meeting between the two schools at Ohio Stadium on November 27, 2010 in Columbus, Ohio.  (Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images)

OSU has been down this road before

Oh gosh, don’t repeat this nightmare. Ohio State was undefeated and not allowed to go to a bowl game under the Big Ten’s no-repeat rule but could wrap up its second straight national championship with a final-game victory over arch-rival Michigan, coached by Ohio native Bo Schembechler, in his first ...

Commentary: Are NFL players too big?

Confession. I’m too fat. I eat too many cookies, too much ice cream and, when I can find where my wife hides them, chocolate bits.That’s why I’m fat.I’m going to guess football players get fat other ways — and just plain heavier — including on drugs.And that’s part of the ...

Commentary: WSU’s first AD left plenty behind

Don Mohr had already lived a full life of accomplishment when he joined Wright State’s athletics staff in 1968 and was named the school’s fist athletics director in 1971. Not that he hadn’t been acting in that capacity already. He was a tough guy to miss, and when he talked, ...

Dream Team? Don’t forget the 1960 U.S. Olympic squad

I’m getting a little tired of this.Any Dream Team in basketball that doesn’t include Oscar Robertson and Jerry West isn’t much of a Dream Team, because there’s still room for Magic Johnson and Larry Bird, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James. Oh, and Michael Jordan.I couldn’t tell you if the current ...

Commentary: Will Reds regret trading prospects?

A few years from now, the Reds may look back and say, “We probably shouldn’t have traded that guy.” And “that guy” could be Juan Francisco or Ronald Torreyes or Yasmani Grandal or Yonder Alonzo or Donnie Joseph or anybody else who is a prospect but not yet an established ...

 

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