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Kettering delays severing 45-year sister city link despite British boundary change

PHOTOS: Remembering Orville Wright's massive funeral from the pages of the Dayton Daily...

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PHOTOS: Mikesell's, historic Dayton potato chip company, through the years

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Mikesell’s history: Beginning with a dried beef slicer, D.W. Mikesell grew a potato chip...

The First Street Fire of 1900 destroyed the city block where the Dayton Dragons stadium...

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10 beloved Dayton restaurants that are no longer with us

PHOTOS: Remembering the Blizzard of 1978 across the Miami Valley

The long, twisting path of downtown’s giant Civil War Soldiers Monument

Meet Pvt. George Washington Fair, standing guard over downtown Dayton since 1884

PHOTOS: How much things cost throughout Dayton history

10 of Dayton’s famous urban legends and ghostly tales

Martin Luther King Jr.’s visits to Dayton: From the archives

This Week in Dayton History: Convention Center opens and more front-page stories to...

On this date: Dayton’s Memorial Hall opened today in 1910

Who was Thomas Brown? Meet the name behind Brown Street in Dayton

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Dayton history: How ‘Baby Boy Strayhorn’ became a jazz legend from Dayton

The Uncle Orrie Show: Remembering a Dayton TV classic

Move over, Macy’s! The Rike’s Toy Parade was an early Dayton Thanksgiving tradition

Before actress Allison Janney was a star, she was an aspiring figure skater from Oakwood

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8 legendary acts that make Dayton the ‘Land of Funk’

First Dayton-area Wendy’s restaurant still serving almost 50 years later

5 things we miss that once dominated Dayton’s skyline

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How Second and Main transformed from beloved department store to the Schuster Center