Good morning, Dayton.

A community vigil at Courthouse Square honored Pierre Damas Bel, a 20-year-old Wright State student who died earlier this week.

A peace walk will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. in Springfield & is expected to promote healing.

Jeff Schmitt Cadillac in Beavercreek will unveil its $4.5M remodeling at 631 S.

Orchard Lane — featuring a modernized facade, showroom, customer lounge, and service drive. A VIP re-opening event is set from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 10.

Sen. Jon Husted met with local defense leaders at Sierra Nevada Corp on Sept.

3 to discuss the firm’s $100 million investment and $13 billion Air Force contract. The Dayton-based company employs over 400 workers (and plans additional hangars) as part of its growing operations at the airport complex.

Concrete crews face a heat wave that makes concrete set fast and shrink before it cures so Brandon Alden of Alden Concrete Construction said workers now start at 5:30-6 a.m. to pour concrete quickly, mix in water+electrolytes and take extra breaks+in the shade.

Local residents reflected on 25 years after Sept.

11, 2001, describing how the tragic event reshaped their lives and spurred acts of service—veterans, teachers and community members recalled lasting memories that continue to influence trust and unity.

Judge Walter Rice retired on Aug.

28 after 46 years on the federal bench and will remain active as an inactive judge by mentoring law students and overseeing re-entry and naturalization ceremonies (a legacy of second chances he leaves behind).

Drivers on I-75 near Austin Landing face lane shifts and reduced lanes into winter as a $55.1 million widening project begins from Lyons Road Bridge to Pennyroyal Lane, with heavy work scheduled to start spring 2027.

Kettering Health began a $15 million renovation at Greene Memorial Hospital in Xenia, including demolishing unused sections for parking, and estimates the work will finish by year-end.

The project follows past plans to close the old site and build a new health center nearby.

Army veteran Joe Bolger from Dayton will ride in the Coast to Coast for Cancer event from Sept.

25 to Sept. 27, cycling 80 miles per day from Topeka to St. Louis to raise funds for cancer research.