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Steven Matthews covers the cities of Huber Heights, Fairborn and Riverside. H grew up in West Milton, OH, and graduated from Wittenberg University in Springfield, where he freelanced for the News-Sun. Matthews began writing for the Pulse Journal in May of 2003, and has covered Lakota East, Lakota West, Mason, Kings, Little Miami and Fairfield high school athletics. He covered these areas until August of 2011.
He covered education for the Pulse and Middletown Journal until Feb. 2012 when he joined the Dayton Daily News staff.
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Money spent to put tax issues on ballot the ‘cost of doing business’
Asking voters to approve more money for cities, townships and school districts on May 7 will cost thousands of dollars — an expense that government officials say is “the cost of doing business.” The May 7 ballot is a special election in an odd-numbered year. That means the cost of ...
Local soldier laid to rest
A West Alexandria man who died in Afghanistan while serving in the Army National Guard was laid to rest on Monday. The funeral and burial for Spc. Cody Dalton Suggs, 22, took place in West Alexandria as friends and family remembered the young man who was dedicated at his job ...
Beavercreek names campus after Gen. Wolfenbarger
The General Janet C. (Libby) Wolfenbarger Campus at Beavercreek High School was unveiled Friday afternoon in a dedication to Wolfenbarger, a 1976 graduate who is the leader of the Air Force Materiel Command.Wolfenbarger — the Air Force’s first female four-star general — was joined by her family and friends as ...
More digital billboards coming to the area
Advertisers will soon have more opportunities to use digital billboards along a major area highway. Two digital billboards are to be built along U.S. 35 in Beavercreek by the end of the year. Digital billboards use computer-controlled screens or light arrays instead of printed paper to promote products or services. ...
Country Club of the North nearing end of $5M project
Country Club of the North in Beavercreek is close to completing a nearly $5 million construction project.The project features extensive renovations to most of the previously existing clubhouse and a new addition that expands the clubhouse to hold another 130 people for special events.Country Club of the North, 1 Club ...
Businesses around Wright-Patt preparing for ‘trickle-down disaster’
Across Fairborn and Riverside, business owners and city officials are watching the sequestration situation closely, wondering how many Wright-Patterson Air Force Base employees would be furloughed and what the local impact would be. “It makes me very nervous,” said Tony Spaziani, owner of Giovanni’s Restaurant e Ristoranti Italiano, a Fairborn ...
Fairborn council to decide fate of proposed CNG station
Fairborn City Council is expected to decide tonight the fate of a public compressed natural gas fueling station that Vectren Energy Delivery of Ohio is proposing to build. Vectren officials said if the project is not approved by City Council, the company will look outside the city to build what ...
Area cities, businesses brace for impact from defense cuts
As Air Force spending cuts loom, business owners and city officials in the surrounding communities are bracing for any possible collateral damage. Business owners near Wright-Patterson Air Force Base expect to take a hit, but city officials say it’s too early to tell how the cuts will impact their income ...
Fire Station 2 in Fairborn back to being open 24/7
Fire Station 2 in the city of Fairborn is once again open full-time — a move that took place on Thursday after more than two years of being open just half of the time. Fire Chief Mike Riley said the adjustment was made possible because of a new five-year contract ...
Street linking I-675, WPAFB to get $1.5M upgrade
The city of Fairborn is planning to spend nearly $1.5 million upgrading six intersections along Broad Street that city officials say will lead to more efficient traffic flow and help spur redevelopment. The Broad Street signal interconnect project for the mile-and-a-half stretch consists of improving the intersections of Highview Drive, ...
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