The Montgomery County Board of Developmental Disabilities Services declared a fiscal emergency Tuesday. That’s after a recent budget report revealed the agency faces an $18 million deficit per year for the next five years.
Dayton Public Schools hosted a hiring event on Wednesday. The district was looking to hire for any and all positions. This included positions such as teaching, custodial, food services, and more.
In Dayton, unarmed mediators are responding to 911 calls that would normally be fielded by police officers. The idea came about through police reform talks in the wake of the George Floyd killing and the protests that followed. WYSO’s Jason Reynolds spent some time with one of the city’s new “Mediation Response Units.”
Clark County commissioners rejected a proposal to restrict where large solar farms can be constructed last month. The commission's president, Melanie Flax Wilt, said the decision to do so came down to landowner property rights.