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2 days ago
- Science
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Area event introduces STEM students to careers in aviation, engineering
An event at the National Museum of the US Air Force hosted Miami Valley STEM students, providing them with a hands-on learning experience in aviation on Friday. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] News Center 7's Mason Fletcher attended HeliStorm 2025 and spoke with the event organizer. Hear more about how students put their learning into action LIVE on News Center 7 at 5:00. TRENDING STORIES: Loretta Swit, 'Hot Lips' Houlihan on 'M*A*S*H,' dies at 87 'Worst I've ever seen;' Over 30 dogs, several ferrets found in area home with 'feces inches deep' Area police chief placed on paid leave pending misconduct investigation HeliStorm 2025, held May 29 through June 1, provides STEM students the opportunity to connect with aviation professionals as well as earn scholarship money for their school. The top 3 schools with the most students at the event split a $5,000 scholarship. HeliStorm event organizer Michael Kranitz said students have the opportunity to talk to pilots and learn more about aircrafts. He said the flying machines are like video games with consequences and hopes to inspire young people with an interest in the aviation industry. 'What I hope they get out of it is a new discipline that they didn't know about,' Kranitz said. This story will be updated. [SIGN UP: WHIO-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
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2 days ago
- General
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‘I lost everything;' Home torn apart in SWAT standoff
After a 12-hour standoff at their home Thursday, residents are working to process after their home was raided by SWAT. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] News Center 7's Mason Fletcher tours the home, which has lingering tear gas, broken glass, holes in the wall and a broken-in door, hearing about what the residents are left to clean up LIVE on News Center 7 at 6. TRENDING STORIES: Local spa accused of operating as brothel; 2 arrested Loretta Swit, 'Hot Lips' Houlihan on 'M*A*S*H,' dies at 87 'Worst I've ever seen;' Over 30 dogs, several ferrets found in area home with 'feces inches deep' The US Marshals say they can not share more information about an ongoing case, but they arrested a man after a 12-hour standoff outside a home on Main Street in Dayton. 'I woke up at 6 a.m. to the US Marshals at my door asking me to come out before they kick the door in,' a resident who did not give their name said. 'I left the door open for them to enter my home.' He says police told him if the man they were looking for did not come out of the home, they would call in SWAT. He says police put him in a cruiser for six hours as the standoff unfolded. He then returned to what was left of his home. 'It was totally destroyed,' he said. 'I lost everything in this standoff and now I've got to start from scratch.' The property owner, Clara Wengling, says police were looking for the renter of one of her four units in the building. She says the destruction was unnecessary because she gave police keys to every unit. 'It was heartbreaking to watch them just destroy my property,' Wengling said. Wengling says she recently remodeled, and has no idea where to start her repairs. 'I'm a single mother and I just, you know, I just bought the buildings to try to better myself,' Wengling said. Wengling took in two of her tenants last night, one of them even borrowing her clothes because everything they had was ruined in the standoff. [SIGN UP: WHIO-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
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3 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Reported shooting leads to investigation in Dayton neighborhood
Police are investigating a reported shooting in a Dayton neighborhood Thursday morning. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] News Center 7's Mason Fletcher is heading to the scene. We'll have the latest on this tonight on News Center starting at 5:00. TRENDING STORIES: SWAT, police presence block off busy Dayton street 2 men dead after motorcycle goes airborne, hits fence near Dayton International Airport Elon Musk is leaving the Trump administration after leading effort to slash federal government Police responded to reports of a shooting in the 1200 block of W. Grand Avenue around 9:41 a.m., according to Montgomery County Regional Dispatch. It was reported just blocks away from Liberation Park. Dispatchers could not confirm how many people were hurt and what their conditions were. This is a developing story. We'll provide updates as we learn more. [SIGN UP: WHIO-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
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4 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Historic museum moves forward with plans to restore artifacts, preserve building after fire damage
A museum that lost several artifacts to a fire in December has now finished the first phase of its restoration. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] News Center 7's Mason Fletcher spoke with the executive director of the museum. Hear more about the steps they're taking to restore the historic building LIVE on News Center 7 at 5:30. TRENDING STORIES: Mom attacks 12-year-old daughter inside nature preserve, investigators say College football team mourning loss of 18-year-old freshman Man found with over 200 grams of heroin, cocaine during traffic stop The Overfield Tavern Museum in Troy lost several artifacts in a fire last December, but in the first phase of restoring the building, everything of historical significance has been retrieved and wooden beams were put in place to stabilize the building. RELATED: 'You cannot replace that;' Ohio's oldest log tavern goes up in flames; cause now determined Executive Director of Overfield Tavern Museum Chris Manning said the next two phases of the restoration process could take a couple of years. Since finishing phase one, Manning said it's been quiet around the museum, but soon experts will be coming to the building to prepare the site. 'We are going to be working with a historic architect to come up with plans, a guiding document called a Historic Structure Report, which will help us decide how best to approach the restoration,' Manning said. This story will be updated. [SIGN UP: WHIO-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
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4 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Investigators connect shooting that sent bullets into apartments to one that seriously injured man
Investigators have connected a shooting that sent bullets into local apartments to one that left a 31-year-old seriously hurt. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] As News Center 7 previously reported, a 31-year-old man was found with a gunshot wound in the first block of Maylan Drive. He was taken to an area hospital in a life-threatening condition. TRENDING STORIES: Man fishing under Ohio train bridge saves 14-month-old hit by train Olympic gold medalist Mary Lou Retton arrested for DUI about 2 hours outside of Pittsburgh Deputy shot, killed while responding to domestic call in Ohio A spokesperson from the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office confirmed that the man was shot at a shooting near the Meadows of Catalpa apartments. News Center 7's Mason Fletcher spoke with Donna Hawkins, who lives at the apartment complex. She had to dive off her bed after bullets went into her apartment and hit her headboard. 'If I had turned over, it would have killed me,' Hawkins said. The sheriff's office has not said if any arrests have been made. [SIGN UP: WHIO-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
