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Wright Patterson Air Force Base engineers recently built an "interceptor trench" to capture that groundwater contaminated with PFAS or forever chemicals. Those chemicals have been linked to cancer and developmental problems.

A newly proposed Ohio Senate bill would add autism and opioid use disorder to the 25 conditions already approved for medical marijuana treatment in the state. Also, the Dayton City Commission just gave out hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal funds to stimulate local development.

Host Jerry Kenney brings us this week's stories in WYSO Weekend:

With a theme of “Taking Care of Our Own — For Airmen and Guardians, By Airmen and Guardians,” the annual Air Force Assistance Fund campaign at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base runs through April 15.

For 90 days, all Wright-Patterson Air Force Base personnel and two of their adult family members can explore the Headspace app’s premium features at no cost. This includes active duty, civilians, contractors, Reserve and Guard members.

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – On Saturday evening, first responders got a crew around 5pm that around four children needed rescued from the water in Eastwood Park’s Mad River. Dayton District Fire Department Chief David Wright says upon arrival, all but one female child were accounted for. “Wright Patt showed up with their dive team. I […]

Jun. 6—Dayton exhausted all possibilities to avoid suing Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and the Department of Defense, city leaders said, including taking out millions of dollars in loans to closely monitor so-called "forever chemicals" and prevent them from tainting its drinking water supply. But the base consistently violated several environmental laws, including the Safe Drinking Water ...

Base opens vaccines to 16 and older Screenshot Col. Patrick Miller during a Facebook Live coronavirus town hall update on Wednesday. WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE — Col. Patrick Miller popped on social media Wednesday for the installation’s first coronavirus town hall in almost a month and a half. As the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base commander tells it, no news is typically good news, but as the base approaches new pandemic milestones, installation leadership updated the community on s...

Dayton’s space bid aimed high but fell short, for now Thomas Gnau A pair of recent decisions with national implications appeared to dent the Dayton area’s significance for national defense. First, the Air Force revealed a list of finalist locations for the basing of Space Command headquarters. The list did not include Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Next, a standing committee of the House Republican conference did not select Dayton’s congressman, Mike Turner, to serve as ...