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PART 1: Remember these restaurants, stores around Dayton?
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — Over the last several decades, countless eateries and stores have entered and departed the Dayton region. is taking you down memory lane by showcasing some fan-favorite restaurants and retail giants that are either no longer operating in the area or are gone altogether. Three Arthur Treacher's locations currently operate in northeast Ohio. A majority of the area's remaining Blockbuster locations closed in 2012. A closure impacted all Border's locations in 2011. The last Chi-Chi's Mexican Restaurant location closed in 2004. Circuit City closed all locations in early 2009. All CompUSA locations closed in the 2010s. Cub Foods shut its last Dayton area store down in early 2013. All Elder-Beerman and Elder-Beerman Furniture Gallery locations closed in 2018. All Fashion Bug stores closed in 2013. In late 2015, Flower Factory commenced going-out-of-business sales. Fox and Hound operated several locations across the region until closing in the mid 2010s. Friendly's closed its last location in the area in the mid 2010s. All hhgregg stores closed in 2017. After filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, all Hollywood Video locations closed by summer 2010. All locations of Linens 'n Things closed in 2008. Hometown Buffet, formerly Old Country Buffet, closed its remaining area location on Lyons Road in 2011. The final area K-Mart location closed in 2017. The last area Lone Star Steakhouse location closed in 2018 in Middletown. All Phar-Mor stores closed in 2002. Quizno's had several locations in the Miami Valley, but closed its last remaining area location a number of years ago at Dayton International Airport . Nearly all remaining RadioShack stores closed down in 2015 in the area. Schlotzky's closed its doors for good at Cross Pointe Shopping Center in Centerville in 2018. Sears closed its locations at the Dayton Mall and Mall at Fairfield Commons in late 2018. The retailer had closed several other of its area locations in the months and years prior. All Stein Mart locations closed by October 2020 after the company filed for bankruptcy protection. After filing for bankruptcy protection, Toys R Us closed its brick-and-mortar stores in the Dayton area in 2018. Got a restaurant or store that you remember from the area? Send me an email here and your suggestion could appear in a future list. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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12-05-2025
- Business
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Demolition, renovation projects around Kettering
DAYTON, Ohio, (WDTN) — A number of properties across Kettering are set to be revitalized. The former Burger King location at 1431 E. Dorothy Lane is being redeveloped into a Chilli's Wings & Fish. Fateh Dahadha, owner of Chilli's, confirmed to that crews are currently renovating the property. Dahadha also confirmed the new location could open within the next several months. Chilli's Wings & Fish currently operates a location at 3103 N. Gettysburg Ave. in Dayton. In 2024, Saint Francis Thrift Store closed its doors at 2824 Wilmington Pike. Clothes That Work, a nonprofit organization that helps individuals during the job seeking process, is looking to move into the closed retail store, according to public building records. Patrick Hillier, city architect and chief building official for Kettering, confirmed a demolition permit has been approved for the Wilmington Pike site, and the rest of the work is 'still in review.' CTW operates at the Montgomery County Job Center, located at 1133 S. Edwin C. Moses Blvd. in Dayton. left a message for CTW for details. We have not yet heard back. Sugarcreek Township shopping center sold for $13.7M A building that once was bright green and housed Pepito's, a Mexican restaurant, is expected to be torn down. previously reported the city approved funding to demolish the building at 3618 Wilmington Pike. The Kettering City Council is expected to vote Tuesday to approve demolition services for 2335 S. Smithville Road in Kettering. In May 2024, the Kettering Development Corporation purchased the property for $270,000, according to property records. An agenda for the council meeting shows the cost is estimated to be $25,000, and is requested by the city's planning and development department. The building formerly housed Van Buren Tap Room & Grille and Cadillac Jacks. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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06-05-2025
- Politics
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Election Day 2025: Polls open for Ohio Primary
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — The polls are open for this year's primary election in Ohio. It's not a presidential year, but every election carries its weight. This election cycle, in Ohio, will see numerous school levies on the ballot as well as Issue 2. The polls opened at 6:30 a.m. and will remain open until 7:30 p.m. tonight. For a full rundown of what's on the ballot, look here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to
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14-04-2025
- Entertainment
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Local Academy-Award winner talks upcoming blockbuster
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — What goes into designing one of the most anticipated movies of the year? spoke with Academy Award-winning Production Designer, Hannah Beachler, for the answers. Beachler served as production designer for 'Sinners,' a film that's been on the minds of movie-goers since it was announced last January. Beachler is renowned for her work on Creed, Black Panther, its sequel and two musical films based off Beyoncé's 'Lemonade' and 'Renaissance' albums. Her process always involves a lot of research and centers around building emotion into a given set that she's working on. 'For me, it's like, how do you design an emotion? How do you design a feeling,' Beachler said. 'I'm not just trying to do brick and mortar, but like, put something into that that is a feeling, in a sense.' Bringing the Mississippi Delta of the 1930s back to life (with a pinch of vision) took a lot of research and an embracing of the region's history. ICYMI: New Ryan Coogler film debuts first trailer 'I'm always research heavy, like in every movie I do, especially with Ryan [Coogler],' Beachler says. Beachler traveled to Mississippi in order to experience the area from a first-person perspective. 'Spent a few days up in Clarksdale, walking around, talking to people, going to juke joints on the blues trail.' During her time in Mississippi, she not only visited Clarksdale, but also Mound Bayou, the latter being known as the first freed city in the state during the Jim Crow era. That first-hand research helped her design a set that both paid homage to the Delta and also satisfied the overall story being told in the movie. 'It was vast, down to how dimensional wood was cut using rough sawn wood, so it would shrink and seep and age naturally. Making sure that the vernacular was part of what you would find in Mississippi Delta at that time.' Watch the trailers for 'Sinners,' and you'll tell just how important the Delta setting and Blues music are to the film's narrative. The story revolves around twin brothers (played by Michael B. Jordan) who return home to Mississippi after being away for awhile. The brothers return is met by an unwelcome presence. This work helped inform things for the production as it was shot on location in Louisiana. Shooting the movie in a real location, outside of a sound stage enhanced the work of everyone involved according to Beachler. With the real life inspiration in place, Beachler took creative inspiration from the shape language found in Tim Burton's filmography while also looking to emulate the sprawling vistas found in the works of Sergio Leone. So she worked to find and design spaces that could match those ideas. As a result, there will surely be moments in 'Sinners,' that remind some viewers of classic westerns. Structures with simple geometric shapes juxtaposed with big landscapes and expansive skies. 'I'm still kind of processing it': Wright State grad talks 'Seeds,' top honor at Sundance Crafting the look of any film takes the efforts of many people. A production designer's work to establish a film's overall visual aesthetic is only highlighted to its maximum in combination with the efforts of direction, costuming and cinematography. Beachler is ecstatic about her ongoing partnerships with Coogler, Autumn Durald Arkapaw and Ruth Carter. Beachler has worked with Coogler, the film's director, on all five of his feature films. 'We have such a shorthand at this point in time that we just kind of understand — I understand what he needs and wants to tell the story in the cultural sense, in the thriller sense, in the suspense sense to really round out cohesively me, Autumn and Ruth Carter.' Beachler, Arkapaw and Carter have all worked together previously on 'Wakanda Forever.' Arkapaw ('Palo Alto,' 'Wakanda Forever') served as Director of Photography on 'Sinners,' while Ruth Carter ('Do The Right Thing,' 'Malcolm X,' 'Black Panther') was in charge of costuming. Beachler says that she loved hiding little 'nuggets,' (unspoken gems) on the set for Arkapaw to find and use in the cinematography. 'I'll see her in the morning taking pictures on set, like walking around and it's so beautiful and I just love giving her like all of this to imagine with, to push light through,' Beachler reminisces. Meanwhile, Beachler spoke effervescently about Carter's stylings of the characters. 'Everytime Ruth brings something on set you just faint and you just — it's Ruth Carter, right? What are you gonna do?' Area student gets lead role in film alongside 'The Walking Dead' star Outside of Coogler's direction, Beachler, Arkapaw and Carter are ultimately why the film looks the way it does (generally speaking). 'It wouldn't feel the way it does without those other two women and, of course, Ryan, then directing everything,' Beachler says. Their collaboration can be most felt in the colors of the film. Sometimes the choices made between each of them will purposefully align, while at other points in the film they are the opposite. 'When you look at all of these different sets, you will see this thing between me, Ruth and Autumn and how, in a lot of ways, in most ways, the color play comes in. And how then Autumn either treats it with a starkness, a softness, a golden, a blue. And whether that's compliment to what we're doing or that's really pushing against it.' The point is to establish moments of safety (when the colors align) for the viewer or tension (when there's more contrast between these elements), among other emotions. 'Everything has a reason in a Ryan Coogler movie. There is not a thing that doesn't mean something. Not a stitch of thread, not a blade of grass,' Beachler says. 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11-04-2025
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PHOTOS: Happy National Pet Day
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — April 11 is National Pet Day! If you'd like to showcase your pet to the Miami Valley, send an email to webdesk@ for your chance to see your pet on-air and/or online. Below are pets that have been submitted to Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
