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The first edition of the Gazette was a weekly newspaper begun in Xenia in 1868. [1] It converted to daily publication as the Xenia Daily Gazette in November 1881. [1]In 1975, the staff of the Xenia Daily Gazette won the Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Reporting, in recognition of their coverage of the F5 tornado that decimated Xenia during the 1974 Super Outbreak, killing 34 residents and heavily ...
Xenia Township (/ ˈ z iː n i ə / ZEE-nee-ə) is one of the twelve townships of Greene County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census , the population was 6,742. Geography
Xenia Station is a replica building based on the original Xenia Station Downtown Xenia in 1930. Xenia was founded in 1803, the same year Ohio was admitted to the Union. In that year, Hollander-American pioneer John Paul bought 2,000 acres (8.1 km 2) of land from Thomas and Elizabeth Richardson of Hanover County, Virginia, for "1050 pounds current moneys of Virginia."
WBZI (1500 AM "Real Roots Radio") is a daytime-only radio station in Xenia, Ohio, United States, operating with 500 watts. Its current owner Town and Country Broadcasting operates it with a country oldies format serving Greene, Clark, eastern Montgomery and surrounding counties. Its downtown studios are located on West Second Street and ...
The Millen–Schmidt House is a historic residence in Xenia, Ohio, United States. Built in the late nineteenth century, it was named a historic site after surviving a massive tornado. Eli Millen settled in Xenia in 1837, having left South Carolina because of his sense of revulsion toward slavery.
The 1974 Xenia tornado was a violent F5 tornado that destroyed a large portion of Xenia and Wilberforce, Ohio, United States on the afternoon of April 3, 1974. It was the deadliest individual tornado of the 1974 Super Outbreak, the 24-hour period between April 3 and April 4, 1974, during which 148 tornadoes touched down in 13 different U.S. states.
Sep. 13—Two Xenia natives are performing tonight during NBC's "America's Got Talent" two-night finale. Kramer Sell, a Nashville-based drummer, and his brother, Clayton Sell, members of Drake ...
The tornado was the first violent tornado to hit the city since 1974, when an F5 tornado would move along a near-parallel path, devastating Xenia. Safety actions taken by the city of Xenia prior to the event were highly criticized after only a single siren located in the town sounded as the tornado approached.