Reporter wins national award
In January 2015, Dayton Daily News reporter Barrie Barber, NewsCenter 7 anchor Cheryl McHenry and videographer Bob Garlock went on a 12,000mile journey with a crew from the 445th Airlift Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
The result was a series of stories showing the challenges of performing patient care at high altitudes and the dangers endured by soldiers in war zones. During the trip, 11 wounded patients were evacuated and transported from Ramstein Air Base in Germany to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland.
For his behind-the-scenes look at that aeromedical evacuation and cargo hauling mission, Barber this month is being honored with an award by the national journalism group Military Reporters & Editors Assoc.
Barber’s “From Dayton to Bagram” package of stories won in the category of PrintSmall Circulation, Overseas Coverage. Winners in other categories included The New York Times, McClatchy Newspapers, Reuters, the Star-Tribune and various TV stations.
The contest was judged by the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University award will be presented March 31 at the MRE conference in Arlington, Va.
Witnesses said a man who caused a disturbance at the Cricket store, 2290 Patterson Road, was arrested after several police officers responded to the scene Saturday afternoon.
Police did not provide any information about what happened at the scene.
However, witnesses said the man who was arrested went into the Cricket store and was talking about random things and using profanity. The man left and returned to the store carrying a crowbar and a device used to lock steering wheels, according to a Cricket employee.
The suspect also was seen walking down the middle of Patterson Road carrying the crowbar and the other “club.” A driver said he had to veer to avoid hitting the man.
The driver said he turned around and followed the suspect to the Cricket store, where he was arrested. His name was not released and it’s not clear what charges he faces.
Detectives in Springfield are working to determine who is responsible for a double shooting early Saturday that left one man dead and another injured.
Crews were called around 3:40 a.m. to the 500 block of Clairmont Avenue.
Jeffery Rife, 36, and Ronald McElroy, 43, both of Springfield, were taken to Springfield Regional Medical Center. Rife succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at the hospital, and McElroy suffered one or two gunshot wounds but his injuries were not life-threatening, police said.
One resident of the normally quiet neighborhood said she heard about eight gunshots.
Police have not released any information about possible suspects or descriptions of the assailants.