WYSO Today

WYSO Today brings you news and weather for Dayton and Southwest Ohio. Gov. Mike DeWine voices opposition to a plan by fellow Republican Vivek Ramaswamy to reduce or consolidate Ohio's pubic universities; Democrat Amy Acton reveals her thoughts on expanding gambling in Ohio; and properties damaged by storms may qualify for lower property taxes.

WYSO Today brings you news and weather for Dayton and Southwest Ohio. The Clark County Prosecutor won’t file criminal charges against Springfield City Manager Brian Heck; Lebanon will immediately stop using its Flock cameras; Amy Acton states her position on Flock cameras and other license plate reader devices; and a long-awaited cleanup of a contamination site in Clark County is moving forward.

WYSO Today brings you news and weather for Dayton and Southwest Ohio. A federal judge is granting a temporary restraining order against seven ICE officers operating in Springfield; U.S. District Court Judge Walter Rice has retired after 46 years on the federal bench; Amy Acton responds to the security incident at her weekend rally; and Vivek Ramaswamy comments on his plans for data centers if he is elected governor.

WYSO Today brings you news and weather for Dayton and Southwest Ohio. Some employees of a local nonprofit law firm have unionized and claim management is making the collective bargaining process difficult; Vivek Ramaswamy clarifies his plans on cutting property taxes if elected governor; and Ohio's two GOP senators want to ban other states from issuing driver's licenses to some immigrants.

WYSO Today brings you news and weather for Dayton and Southwest Ohio. A man in Springfield is suing Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers for what he claims is retaliation for recording officers, as protected by his First Amendment rights. In addition, the Department of Homeland Security responds to a 20-year-old Haitian immigrant's death after he was required to wear a GPS ankle monitor. More news on algae blooms in Lake Erie, the denial of a solar farm rehearing and state-program rideshare credits to prevent impaired driving during the Labor Day weekend.

WYSO Today brings you news and weather for Dayton and Southwest Ohio. Dayton Public Schools is against sharing data from the district's Flock cameras with outside agencies, while Miamisburg joins a number of cities imposing a moratorium on data centers. In Columbus, around 200 people attended a vigil for 20-year-old Haitian immigrant Pierre Damas Bel who died by apparent suicide after the Department of Homeland Security required him to wear a GPS monitor.

WYSO Today brings you news and weather for Dayton and Southwest Ohio. An immigrant from Haiti and Wright State University student that was ordered by the Department of Homeland Security to wear an ankle monitor died by apparent suicide Monday; Governor Mike DeWine reacts to the college student's death; and the Ohio Supreme Court orders a Southwest Ohio city to let voters decide on a data center ban.

WYSO Today brings you news and weather for Dayton and Southwest Ohio. A community garden is helping to fight food insecurity in Dayton; the GOP is using AI distortions in ads against Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton to claim that she has a drinking problem; and the spotted lanternfly returns to Ohio.

WYSO Today brings you news and weather for Dayton and Southwest Ohio. A trans right rally was held in downtown Dayton over the weekend to bring awareness to the harm that the trans community has faced recently from state and federal laws and policies; faith leaders and community members gathered in Springfield for unity and protest regarding ICE; and Indigenous leaders are speaking out after Donald Trump renamed Lake Ontario to Lake America.

WYSO Today brings you news and weather for Dayton and Southwest Ohio. Dayton City officials take a stand against cuts and stricter eligibility rules for SNAP and Medicaid benefits; an ad attacking Sherrod Brown for his immigration record features footage of a deadly highway crash that was used without the surviving family's knowledge; and 14 are now confirmed tornadoes to have touched down in Ohio on a stormy Aug. 11.