By Nancy Bowman Staff Writer TROY -- Longtime Miami County Coroner Judith Nickras' decision not to seek another term this year led to five doctors running March 4 to take over the coroner's job. All five are Republicans. Nickras, a Democrat, is in her 16th year as coroner.

By Nancy Bowman Staff Writer FREDERICK -- An effort to annex water starved areas in this community split between two southern Miami County townships has stalled, but not for long, if John Applegate has his way.

By H E R E A B O U T S B E T H S E A R S It seems fitting that Nannette "Nan" Wilson created a conservation painting while sitting in a room bordered by prairie grass and trees. The Miami County artist recently donated the painting to the Ohio Federation of Soil and Water Conservation Districts.

By Nancy Bowman Staff Writer CONCORD TWP., Miami County -- When the UVMC board took a close look at its Miami County hospital operations and the evolving structure of health care systems in the Dayton region, it knew it was time to consider a major change.

By Anthony Gottschlich and Nancy Bowman Staff Writers TROY -- The Dayton region's health care systems keep getting bigger.