Dan Bazile

Sep 28, 2024 | spectrumnews1.com | Dan Bazile

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Spectrum News anchor Dan Bazile has spent the last week in Springfield, giving an inside look into the challenges the community is facing. Being fluent in creole, Bazile has been able to converse with the city's Haitian community, learning what the past few weeks have been like and speaking with them about their hopes for the future. Bazile now offers his own perspective on what he's learned, seen and heard.

Sep 26, 2024 | spectrumnews1.com | Dan Bazile

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Rose Goute Creole Restaurant in Springfield is filled with the aroma of Haitian cuisine. Lunchtime found the business packed with customers, long lines and not one empty table, as visitors arrived to get a taste of the rice, beans, chicken and plantains.

Sep 25, 2024 | spectrumnews1.com | Dan Bazile

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Residents voiced concerns and frustrations about Haitian immigrants at a recent city commission meeting in Springfield, Ohio, as attention remains on the city. There was a visible increase in law enforcement outside the meeting and security remained tight with officers from surrounding cities assisting to keep the peace. Tensions have been elevated in the city amid a controversial false rumor that Haitian immigrants in the city were eating pets.

Sep 24, 2024 | spectrumnews1.com | Dan Bazile

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Clergy from multiple faiths are banding together to support Haitians who have been thrown in the national spotlight over unfounded rumors circulating about their community. Bishop William Barber II, senior lecturer and president of Repairers of the Breach and founding director of the Center for Public Theology and Public Policy at Yale Divinity School, stood in front of the Greater Grace Temple to address community members and fellow clergy at a prayer vigil on Sunday..

Sep 23, 2024 | spectrumnews1.com | Dan Bazile |Madison MacArthur

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — On any given Sunday morning, Haitians gather to worship in their native languages of Creole and some French. Some Haitian immigrants on a recent Sunday said that while they've made Springfield their home, the past month has not felt like it and the community is apprehensive..