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A Miami County judge approved transferring the African (Jackson) Cemetery to nonprofit Land of the Freed on Wednesday, Oct.

28, 2026, so the group can restore headstones, research those buried, maintain the grounds, and build a memorial on Zimmerlin Road in Springcreek Twp.

Seventy-five-year-old Ronald Thien, who walked away from his Huber Heights home (about 7 p.m. on Oct.

26), was found safe and the Endangered Missing Adult Alert was canceled at 11:45 a.m. on Oct. 28.

Rooted Life Boutique opens today on North Main Street in Piqua, offering women's apparel, accessories, candles, and gifts while providing retail space for local women-owned makers (including Amber Temple Art, Ember & Beam, and Scent Sisters) and launching two in-house apparel lines; store hours are Tuesday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–7 p.m.

Residents along Whipp Road filed a petition with Kettering City Council asking the city to address speeding and dangerous driving, listing 96 accidents since Jan.

2021 and 25 reported speeding infractions; the petition focuses on East Whipp between Bigger and Overbrooke (East Whipp between Bigger and Overbrooke). City engineering and police will evaluate data, a driver-feedback sign is up, and patrols will increase in coming weeks.