Ashley Bethard

Feb 20, 2025 | daytondailynews.com | Ashley Bethard

We’ll produce a weekly roundup of staff-written stories about local impacts from these policy changes, as well as wire stories from our content partners the Associated Press, the New York Times and other nationally acclaimed reporting outlets that are tracking the major federal policy changes each week. You can find that online at daytondailynews.com, springfieldnewssun.com and journal-news.com and on Fridays, and in print inside on Sundays.

Sep 7, 2024 | daytondailynews.com | Ashley Bethard

In 2023 alone, 7,000 children were admitted to Dayton Children’s Hospital for mental health issues, including suicide attempts or suicidal ideation. That’s what Dayton Children’s CEO Debbie Feldman shared with a group of business leaders in March of this year. In fact, mental health is the number one reason for admission.

Oct 7, 2023 | daytondailynews.com | Ashley Bethard

Election season is upon us – and in many ways, it feels like it never stopped. Every year, for every election, Dayton Daily News editors and reporters gather information, talk with election officials and local candidates, and dig into issues on the ballot to provide you with the most comprehensive voter information in the Miami Valley.

May 8, 2023 | daytondailynews.com | Ashley Bethard

May 8, 2023 | daytondailynews.com | Ashley Bethard

We’re lucky: we don’t have to look very far to find people helping others in our community every day. One of my favorite things we do at the Dayton Daily News is cover the stories of those helpers, who show up in big and small ways for their neighbors and community members, with our Community Gems initiative. On Sunday, we publish the first of our Community Gems features. You can find them here.