http://tdn-net.com en-us Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:16:12 GMT Daily feed of articles http://tdn-net.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=364&ArticleID=131442 The Miami East Board of Education approved and welcomed Todd Gentis as the new high school principal at Monday's regular meeting. News Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:39:00 GMT http://tdn-net.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=364&ArticleID=131441 Concord Township trustees are considering a parking regulation resolution after a resident complained of commercial equipment being parked on narrow neighborhood streets at Tuesday's regular meeting. News Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:38:00 GMT http://tdn-net.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=364&ArticleID=131440 Several months into a $3 million streetscape project, and construction on Main Street has hit a snag. Unexpected delays mean that phase one of the project - the work between First and Third streets - will be complete later than expected, but phase two will begin earlier. News Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:37:00 GMT http://tdn-net.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=364&ArticleID=131429 NEW YORK (AP) - Removable floodwalls would be erected in lower Manhattan, and levees, gates and other defenses would be built elsewhere around the city under a nearly $20 billion plan Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed Tuesday to protect New York from storms and the effects of global warming. The plan which would also include the building of marshes and the flood-proofing of homes and hospitals is one of the biggest, most sweeping projects ever proposed for defending a major U.S. city from the rising seas and severe weather that climate change is expected to bring. News Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:15:00 GMT http://tdn-net.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=364&ArticleID=131430 NEW YORK (AP) - Removable floodwalls would be erected in lower Manhattan, and levees, gates and other defenses would be built elsewhere around the city under a nearly $20 billion plan Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed Tuesday to protect New York from storms and the effects of global warming. The plan which would also include the building of marshes and the flood-proofing of homes and hospitals is one of the biggest, most sweeping projects ever proposed for defending a major U.S. city from the rising seas and severe weather that climate change is expected to bring. News Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:15:00 GMT http://tdn-net.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=364&ArticleID=131428 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - With evacuees anxious to return, firefighters worked Sunday to dig up and extinguish hot spots to protect homes spared by the most destructive wildfire in Colorado's history. News Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:14:00 GMT http://tdn-net.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=364&ArticleID=131423 Restaurant inspections are performed in the county by Miami County Public Health, except in Piqua, which has its own health department. Miami County Public Health can be reached at (937) 573-3500, by email at info@miamicountyhealth.net or on the website at www.miamicountyhealth.net. These violation reports were provided by Miami County Public Health. News Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:07:00 GMT http://tdn-net.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=364&ArticleID=131418 Miami East High School CASSTOWN - Miami East High School has announced the names of honor students for the fourth quarter of the 2012-2013 school year. News Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:57:00 GMT http://tdn-net.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=364&ArticleID=131417 TROY - "Women's Health: Important Issues Across the Lifespan" will be the topic of a UVMC Health Symposium from 5-7 p.m. June 27 at The Crystal Room, 845 W. Market St. News Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:56:00 GMT http://tdn-net.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=364&ArticleID=131416 WASHINGTON (AP) Current and former top U.S. officials on Sunday defended the government's collection of phone and Internet data following new revelations about the secret surveillance programs, saying the operations were essential in disrupting terrorist plots and did not infringe on Americans' civil liberties. News Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:55:00 GMT http://tdn-net.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=364&ArticleID=131415 TIPP CITY - Just do it. That is Gary Boggs' advice to potential foster parents. He and his wife Pat have been working with children for 15 years, seeing 25 fosters go in and out of their home in that time. They are still in touch with seven of those children. The kids have ranged from a 6 month old to 21 years old (kids are allowed in foster care as long as they're still in school), and visited with them from five days to 11 years. The Boggs have had anywhere from one to five kids with them at one time in the house. News Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:54:00 GMT http://tdn-net.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=364&ArticleID=131414 Mike Fulton stood at the edge of the crowd gathered at Treasure Island for the Hotel California concert and grinned ear-to-ear. News Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:45:00 GMT http://tdn-net.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=364&ArticleID=131392 School may be out for summer, yet local school district officials around the county are busy making each building safer and secure while students are on summer break. News Sun, 16 Jun 2013 00:20:00 GMT http://tdn-net.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=364&ArticleID=131385 ATLANTA (AP) - A survey team with the National Weather Service has confirmed two tornadoes touched down in Cherokee and Cobb counties as part of a system of severe thunderstorms that moved across the northern part of the state, leaving thousands without power and a mess of downed trees and power lines. Clean-up efforts and work to restore power continued Friday, a day after the severe weather passed through. Hundreds of trees were snapped or uprooted along the 8 1/2-mile path of Thursday evening's tornado in Cherokee County, which was classified as an EF-1 with peak winds estimated at 105 miles per hour. Nine people were injured with no deaths reported. News Sat, 15 Jun 2013 02:42:00 GMT http://tdn-net.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=364&ArticleID=131384 Vacation Bible school upcoming COVINGTON - The Covington Community Vacation Bible School, with this year's theme "SonWest Roundup" for all cowboys and cowgirls will be June 17-21 at the Covington Church of the Brethren, corner of Wright and Wall streets. The events will include music, games, daily crafts, snacks and a daily skit with Miss Lilly and her gang of Cow Pokes. News Sat, 15 Jun 2013 02:41:00 GMT http://tdn-net.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=364&ArticleID=131380 NEW YORK (AP) - Even as a pared-down version of Microsoft's Office software package arrived on the iPhone, the company is holding out on extending that to the iPad and Android devices as it tries to boost sales of tablet computers running its own Windows system. News Sat, 15 Jun 2013 02:38:00 GMT http://tdn-net.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=364&ArticleID=131379 BOSTON (AP) - The police officer who survived a showdown with the Boston Marathon bombing suspects left the hospital Friday and headed home with a bullet still in his body, nearly two months after the gun battle that severed one of his major arteries. News Sat, 15 Jun 2013 02:37:00 GMT http://tdn-net.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=364&ArticleID=131375 NEW YORK (AP) Laura Radocaj of Vero Beach, Fla., was warned when she was pregnant with twins that motherhood would be harder than she imagined especially because she planned to go back to work while the twins were still babies. "But this has been the easiest transition," said Radocaj, 28, who works from home in corporate communications. So what's her secret? News Sat, 15 Jun 2013 02:31:00 GMT http://tdn-net.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=364&ArticleID=131374 Ronnie L. Thacker SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Air Force Airman Ronnie L. Thacker graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. News Sat, 15 Jun 2013 02:29:00 GMT http://tdn-net.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=364&ArticleID=131371 Judge bans Fort Hood suspect's defense strategy FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) - A military judge will not allow an Army psychiatrist to tell jurors that he shot Fort Hood soldiers to protect Taliban leaders in Afghanistan. News Sat, 15 Jun 2013 02:25:00 GMT http://tdn-net.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=364&ArticleID=131370 About 2,300 visitors will be cycling into Troy on Sunday when the Great Ohio Bicycle Adventure stops in Troy for a two-night stay. News Sat, 15 Jun 2013 02:19:00 GMT http://tdn-net.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=364&ArticleID=131369 TROY - The look on a child's face as he or she opens up a brand new box of crayons is what kept Troy High School senior Abby Brinkman pushing through the ups and downs of organizing a fundraiser to help the children of the Troy Lunch Club, located in the Garden Manor neighborhood. News Sat, 15 Jun 2013 02:16:00 GMT http://tdn-net.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=364&ArticleID=131368 MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court says women in America can terminate a pregnancy and that every citizen has an individual right to own a firearm, but those rulings have done little to settle political arguments over abortion and guns. News Sat, 15 Jun 2013 02:14:00 GMT http://tdn-net.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=364&ArticleID=131363 After a popular show last year, Celtic band Dulahan will return to Prouty Plaza at 7 p.m. Monday, in conjunction with the Great Ohio Bicycle Adventure. Hosted by Troy Main Street, the performance is expected to please traditional and contemporary Celtic music fans alike. News Fri, 14 Jun 2013 03:44:00 GMT http://tdn-net.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=364&ArticleID=131361 CARROLLTON - The week of June 3, 13 members of the Miami East-MVCTC FFA Chapter attended the first session of Ohio FFA Camp Muskingum. News Fri, 14 Jun 2013 03:43:00 GMT