🌱 Patch AM: How Dayton’s record August rain is forcing farmers to adapt fast

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In today's newsletter:

• How Dayton's record August rain is forcing farmers to adapt fast
• How a Dayton tip led to a violent Kettering gas station arrest
• Why are Dayton-area youth group homes drawing lawmakers' scrutiny now?

Also on today's calendar: Warped Revival and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the wall say to the other wall. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Nice with some sun, with a high of 83 and low of 65 degrees.
• Thursday: A t-shower in spots; humid, temps: high: 84, low: 62.
• Friday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 83 and low of 59 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• How recent heavy rain impacts farmers and their crops (wdtn.com) — Record August rainfall in Dayton—8.57 inches so far—is forcing Miami Valley farmers like Monnin's Fruit Farm to change how they protect crops from disease and splitting fruit. Growers say they're applying far more fungicides and sometimes picking early to keep apples and other produce market-ready despite the soggy fields.
   

• $1 million bond set for man accused of ramming cruiser, undercover vehicles at Kettering gas station (whio.com) — A Dayton police tip about a stolen SUV led Kettering officers to a BP station, where they say 22-year-old Angelo Locurto rammed a cruiser and two undercover vehicles before being arrested. He's now held in Montgomery County Jail on multiple felony charges, with bond set at $1 million and another court appearance expected later this week.
   

• How Ohio lawmakers are looking into juvenile justice concerns (nbc4i.com) — Ohio lawmakers are scrutinizing how delinquent youth are placed in group homes and foster care, a system that heavily affects the Dayton area, which hosts about 80 juvenile group homes. Testimony, including from Dayton's police chief, describes rising calls to youth facilities, strained children's services, and concerns that diverted youth are being re-traumatized instead of rehabilitated.
   

📸 Around Dayton

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Dayton

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Thursday August 27
• Warped Revival →
  The Brightside Music & Event Venue, 905 E 3rd St, Dayton
  7:30 pm
Friday August 28
• 9th Grade Orientation
  Mad River Local SHS
  7:35 am
Monday August 31
• Staff PD Week
  Mad River Local District
Tuesday September 1
• SHMS 6th Grade Open House
  Mad River Local SHMS
  3:00 pm
• MRMS Open House
  Mad River Local MRMS
  3:30 pm
Wednesday September 2
• SHS Open House
  Mad River Local SHS
  3:00 pm
• SHMS 5th Grade Open House
  Mad River Local SHMS
  3:00 pm
Thursday September 3
• SA Open House
  Mad River Local SA
  2:30 pm
• VS Open House
  Mad River Local VS
  4:00 pm
Saturday September 5
• Apple Celebration →
  Hidden Valley Orchards, 48 Bypass, Lebanon, OH 45036
  9:00 am
Friday September 11
• Mitchapalooza! →
  The Brightside Music & Event Venue, 905 E 3rd St, Dayton
  8:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday August 27
• 2026 Women Who Mean Business →
  Dayton Convention Center, 22 E 5th St, Dayton
  11:30 am
• The Daytonians: Stories of Heroes, Inventors and Tragedies
  Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum Woodland Cemetery & Arboretum, 118 Woodland Ave, Dayton, OH, 45409, United States
  6:00 pm
Friday August 28
• 9th Grade Orientation
  Mad River Local SHS
  7:35 am
• Woodland Historic Tour
  Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum Woodland Cemetery & Arboretum, 118 Woodland Ave, Dayton, OH, 45409, United States
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Look what was in my shoe box an incredible find, as these promotional Death Row Records "Dog Pound" chains from the mid-1990's are now highly sought-after hip-hop memorabilia.
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🗞 Nearby News

Riverside

• Local school district helps prepare kids for back-to-school (whio.com)
• High school golf: Botkins, Fort Loramie battle at Ottoville Invite, other area results (sidneydailynews.com)
• Hospital employee hit with gross sexual imposition charge after alleged attack of patient (local12.com)

Oakwood

• Kroger, Instacart Launch Grocery, Prescription Delivery (theshelbyreport.com)

Trotwood

• VWCO Sheriff's activity log 8/24/2026 « The VW independent (thevwindependent.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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