More than a few famous people are from the Miami Valley, including Charles Kettering, the scientist whose work included inventions such as the electric starter, freon refrigerant and incubators for ...

DAYTON, Ohio, March 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Charles F. Kettering Foundation today announced the appointment of Sarah Longwell as a Kettering Foundation senior fellow. Kettering's senior ...

The "Boss" Kettering awards are GM's highest internal recognition for technical innovation. The award is named for GM's Charles F. "Boss" Kettering, the first head of GM's Research and Development ...

Some of President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees (Tulsi Gabbard for director of national intelligence, Pete Hegseth for defense secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for health secretary and Kash ...

Legend has it that Charles Kettering, later known as "Boss Ket," earned his first $14 cutting a neighbor's wheat crop. With the money, he bought a telephone from a mail-order house, dismantled it ...