Dayton contractor files for Chapter 11 Sep 30, 2009
Other creditors include the cities of Dayton, Miamisburg, Middletown, Moraine, New Carlisle, New Lebanon, Piqua, Sidney, Springboro, Trotwood, Troy, Vandalia and West Milton. Raymond Jergens is listed as the sole owner of the company in the bankruptcy filing. (Dayton Business Journal, OH)
Two join Fifth Third Greater Cincinnati board May 12, 2009
Crawford and her husband founded Craycon Homes Inc. in Piqua, Ohio, and she is the current president of the Piqua City School Board. She serves on several community boards and is a member of the Piqua City Enterprise Zone Tax Incentive Review Council. (Cincinnati Business Courier, OH)
Angry neighbor sends porn as payback Apr 15, 2009
PIQUA, Ohio An Ohio woman is serving 60 days in jail because police said she ordered adult magazines in a neighbor's name during a feud. Police said the 47-year-old woman told authorities she wanted payback after being charged with a misdemeanor because of a complaint made by the other woman. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Feuding Woman Sent Adult Mags To Neighbor Apr 15, 2009
(04-14) 17:54 PDT Piqua, Ohio (AP) ... Ohio woman jailed over adult mags sent to neighbor Articles (04-14) 17:54 PDT Piqua, Ohio (AP) -- An Ohio woman is serving 60 days in jail because police said she ordered adult magazines in a neighbor's name during a feud. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Weird News)
List: Newspapers that have cut publication days Mar 30, 2009
- Piqua Daily Call - Dropped Tuesdays in February. - The Sidney Daily News - Dropped Tuesdays in February. (Anchorage Daily News)
Gandhi items, sold to airline magnate, will go to India Mar 7, 2009
The five objects took up half of a glass display case, atop a yellowed copy of the Jan. 30, 1948, edition of an Ohio newspaper, The Piqua Daily Call, with the headline: "Gandhi Shot and Killed Today.". Himadri Roy, 72, an engineer and real estate investor who had flown in from Montreal, had tears in his eyes as he examined the case and recalled meeting Gandhi as a 10-year-old in India. (International Herald Tribune)
From country boy to city planner Feb 13, 2009
He became a bar mitzvah at the historic Congregation Anshe Emeth in Piqua (150 years old last year), where his dad is a past president and shofar blower and his mother is still the lone religious school teacher. After Dan and his wife Robyn, whom he met at Ohio University, moved to Cleveland, where his parents were raised and both sets of grandparents were longtime residents, Dan found his special niche as senior planner of the city of Shaker Heights. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)