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Yahoo
04-03-2025
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‘Tremendous resource': Woman recognized in West Carrollton for helping homeless
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — A local woman was recently recognized by the West Carrollton Police Department for her generosity and kindness to people in need. During the Feb. 25 West Carrollton City Council Meeting, West Carrollton police recognized Kathi Parker with the Citizen Recognition Award. Private citizens are awarded the CRA for their achievement or action that benefits the community or department in an exceptional manner. According to the department, Parker has operated the South Dayton Emergency Response Team for roughly 6 years. The SDERT provides assistance to individuals and families who are in need or crisis, especially those who are homeless or their place of living is damaged or destroyed. During the 2024 Christmas season, Parker's organization collected and distributed gifts and household items for over 150 families, which includes 447 children. SDERT also provided places for people who are in need places to stay outside of the cold. Parker is said to distribute food from restaurants and private donors to the homeless population. She also frequently gives warm clothes, socks and shoes to those in need. According to police, the SDERT distributed the following on a single day in November 2024: 420 packages of hand and foot warmers 139 hats and pairs of gloves 76 homeless bags with emergency food and toiletries 42 blankets 30 scarves 23 coats 19 boxes of food 7 tents 2 sleeping bags The organization's operator was also recently contacted by Sub Zero Mission in northern Ohio, a nonprofit group which helps homeless, especially veterans, stay warm. SZM contacted Parker wanting to partner with her, as they heard what her organization has been doing and called her a 'tremendous resource' to the community, according to police. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
19-02-2025
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Franklin man sentenced to prison, license suspension for 2023 crash that killed trustee
Feb. 18—A Franklin man was sentenced to prison connected to a 2023 crash in West Carrollton that killed a Greene County township trustee. Bryan Day, 31, was sentenced by Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Mary Montgomery to one year in prison, with no possibility of early release, with credit for 39 days already spent in confinement. He will then spend up to two years on parole, and his driver's license will be suspended for 15 years. Day was charged connected to an April 11, 2023, death of Mark Campbell, 44, of Jamestown. Campbell was elected in 2021 as a trustee for Ross Twp. in Greene County. According to a West Carrollton Police Department crash report, at around 12:50 p.m. Day was driving a 2017 GMC Sierra pickup truck east on East Dixie Drive. When he was approaching the intersection with Dryden Road, he changed lanes and crashed into the back of Campbell's 2017 Toyota Camry, which was waiting to turn left, the report said. The pickup truck rolled and came to a stop in the median, while the Camry spun before coming to rest in the intersection. Campbell was pronounced dead at the scene. Medics took Day to Kettering Health Main Campus for minor injuries. The crash report said that Day had cannabinoids in his system at the time of the crash. He was charged with aggravated vehicular homicide and reckless homicide, and pleaded guilty as charged.
