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Posted: August 31st, 2008, 5:57am EDT
Nearly 20,000 Ohioans packed a high school football stadium Saturday night to cheer Democratic Sens. Barack Obama and Joe Biden, who made their first swing through Ohio after officially becoming the party's presidential ticket last week.
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Posted: August 31st, 2008, 5:01am EDT
A plan has been submitted for the 62-acre property once owned by former Red's owner Marge Schott, and it's making its way through the approval process.
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Posted: August 31st, 2008, 5:01am EDT
News from Hamilton and Clermont counties
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Posted: August 31st, 2008, 5:00am EDT
News from around Butler and Warren counties
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Posted: August 31st, 2008, 4:57am EDT
Muslims here and throughout the world are preparing for Ramadan, a month-long fast from dawn to sunset that begins Monday.
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Posted: August 31st, 2008, 4:57am EDT
Eighteen dachshunds have a temporary home at the Cincinnati Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals shelter, after spending most of their lives in a puppy mill.
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Posted: August 31st, 2008, 4:55am EDT
John McCain introduced new running mate Sarah Palin to voters in Pennsylvania on Saturday as they wound their way toward St. Paul and a Republican National Convention where the mood was suddenly threatened by Hurricane Gustav.
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Posted: August 31st, 2008, 4:53am EDT
Ohio Republicans head to their party's national convention in St. Paul, Minn., knowing that no GOP presidential candidate in the last century has won the White House without also winning Ohio.
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Posted: August 31st, 2008, 4:51am EDT
Marriage Fest 2008, hosted by the African American Healthy Marriage Coalition of Southwest Ohio, will be 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 6.
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Posted: August 31st, 2008, 4:49am EDT
Lakota East High School band supporters are hoping a novel use of Ohio's annual corn crop will help them harvest more money for their historic Hawaii trip this year.
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Posted: August 31st, 2008, 4:49am EDT
Hundreds of members of Crossroads church are waiting, watching and praying that Hurricane Gustav will veer away from New Orleans.
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Posted: August 31st, 2008, 4:48am EDT
A memorial service here for Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones on Saturday comes as a stark reminder of a condition that nearly took vice presidential candidate Joe Biden's life 20 years ago.
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Posted: August 31st, 2008, 4:47am EDT
For a teacher, what could be better than learning about the highest court in the land from the highest source - a Supreme Court justice.
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Posted: August 31st, 2008, 4:46am EDT
Things to do in Greater Cincinnati
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Posted: August 31st, 2008, 4:37am EDT
Don't bother checking your mail Monday. The Post Office is closed. So are a number of other services and agencies.
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Posted: August 28th, 2008, 1:39pm EDT
A blood stain on the carpet under Sarah Widmer's head and another blood smear on her vagina were tell-tale signs that her death in Hamilton Township was more than an accident, a search warrant unsealed this morning in Warren County indicates.
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Posted: August 28th, 2008, 1:22pm EDT
Youth threatened police volunteers.
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Posted: August 28th, 2008, 12:41pm EDT
An ABC News producer covering the Democratic convention was pushed into traffic by a sheriff's deputy on Wednesday and then arrested.
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Posted: August 28th, 2008, 12:39pm EDT
Bond was set at $200,000 today for a dump truck driver accused of driving drunk and killing an elderly Clermont County couple married for 60 years.
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Posted: August 28th, 2008, 7:07am EDT
Watch for overnight closures next week on the ramps at Interstate 75 and Union Centre Boulevard as state transportation officials widen them.
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Posted: August 28th, 2008, 3:34am EDT
City and state officials are increasing demands that inspections of nursing homes and assisted-living facilities be taken away from the Cincinnati Health Department.
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Posted: August 28th, 2008, 3:34am EDT
In a time when consumers are seeing expensive gas and groceries, rising unemployment and home foreclosures, and shrinking budgets, the needs of social service agencies are increasing.
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Posted: August 28th, 2008, 3:33am EDT
There's no trace of the tree that was growing out of the floor of the gallery, and the theater lacks simply a curtain. The Sharonville Fine Arts Center is ready for business.
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Posted: August 28th, 2008, 3:33am EDT
Michael Munoz, president of the Hamilton Township Board of Trustees and son of Cincinnati Bengals Hall of Famer Anthony Munoz, had a health scare when he returned home from Australia this month.
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Posted: August 28th, 2008, 3:33am EDT
The people who love Joe Nuxhall are trying again to get him into Cooperstown.
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Posted: August 28th, 2008, 3:01am EDT
Barack Obama stepped triumphantly into history Wednesday, the first black American to win a major party presidential nomination, as thousands of Democrats transformed their convention into a celebration.
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Posted: August 28th, 2008, 2:54am EDT
Hamilton County public health officials think a mite called Pyemotes herfsi is the culprit for bites, red bumps and rashes being reported in Montgomery, Madeira, Blue Ash, Loveland and other tree-lined suburbs.
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Posted: August 28th, 2008, 2:46am EDT
Steven Warshak did more than lie to banks, hide his money and mislead thousands of customers who bought his "male enhancement" pills, a federal judge said Wednesday.
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Posted: August 28th, 2008, 2:32am EDT
What do Carmen Electra, Pete Rose, George Foster, and former stars of the Brady Bunch TV show have in common? They'll all appear at Kings Island during Labor Day weekend.
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Posted: August 28th, 2008, 2:32am EDT
A charge against a Mount Healthy foster parent and day-care operator was dismissed because a 10-year-old boy recanted his story that he was shown computer porn at the center, a prosecutor's spokeswoman said Wednesday.
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Posted: August 28th, 2008, 2:31am EDT
Twin brothers from Deerfield Township who blew up a mixture of chemicals in a soup can were ordered Wednesday to perform 60 hours of community service and report to a probation officer after pleading guilty to a charge of possessing dangerous ordnance.
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Posted: August 26th, 2008, 12:34pm EDT
A homeless man is behind bars on $200,000 bond, accused of holding up a Springfield Township restaurant and shooting its manager in the face.
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Posted: August 26th, 2008, 12:25pm EDT
Cincinnati Public Schools will pay $75,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by Terry Joyner, who claimed she was fired for publicly alleging financial wrongdoing in the district.
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Posted: August 26th, 2008, 12:02pm EDT
Judge must decide whether defendant thug or hardworking government employee.
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Posted: August 26th, 2008, 9:24am EDT
Police say a woman who confessed to killing her boyfriend and hiding his decomposing body in a bathtub for five days also tried to burn the body.
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Posted: August 26th, 2008, 7:51am EDT
A 20-year-old Hamilton man was arrested and charged Monday in the Aug. 4 shooting of a boy, police said.
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Posted: August 26th, 2008, 7:41am EDT
A 49-year-old man was arrested and charged Monday with committing an armed robbery at Family Dollar, Cincinnati police said.
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Posted: August 26th, 2008, 7:25am EDT
A 26-year-old mother was charged Monday with leaving her three small children home alone for about four hours, Cincinnati police said.
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Posted: August 26th, 2008, 7:18am EDT
A 22-year-old father was arrested and charged Monday with letting his two small children wander around a filthy, insect-infected apartment building while he slept.
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Posted: August 26th, 2008, 6:13am EDT
A 26-year-old man surrendered late Monday to charges he kidnapped and raped his ex-girlfriend Friday.
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Posted: August 26th, 2008, 6:12am EDT
A motorist was hospitalized this morning with serious injuries after his vehicle ran off the road and slammed into a utility pole.
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Posted: August 26th, 2008, 5:58am EDT
Fewer rubber ducks on the Ohio River on Sunday could mean fewer meals on the table for needy families, organizers of the Rubber Duck Regatta 2008 warned.
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Posted: August 26th, 2008, 5:51am EDT
Barack Obama's wife, Michelle, cast her husband - bidding to become the first black president - as a leader with classic American values during the Democratic National Convention.
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Posted: August 26th, 2008, 5:39am EDT
Owners of property within the Miami Conservancy District will be charged a $1.53 fee per parcel per year starting with the January tax bill.
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Posted: August 26th, 2008, 5:35am EDT
A Fairfield Township criminal defense lawyer and former vice chairman of the Butler County Democratic Party will run for the Area III Court's judgeship.
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Posted: August 26th, 2008, 4:12am EDT
More than 500 people gathered for calling hours Sunday night, many returning Monday for the funeral remembering the little girl who died of heatstroke after being left in a hot minivan.
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Posted: August 24th, 2008, 8:08pm EDT
A cold front landed in the Greater Cincinnati area late Sunday, bringing scattered thunderstorms, strong winds and threats of minor flooding near the Butler-Warren county line.
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Posted: August 24th, 2008, 5:21am EDT
Local Democrats embraced Delaware Sen. Joe Biden on Saturday as Barack Obama's vice presidential running mate, extolling the experience he brings to the Democratic ticket.
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Posted: August 24th, 2008, 5:11am EDT
Democrats open their four-day convention Monday with political winds at their back, but with a nagging, all-important question before them.
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Posted: August 24th, 2008, 4:45am EDT
Special report: The system designed to protect Cincinnati's most vulnerable residents broke down at two nursing facilities where police say they found deplorable conditions.
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Posted: August 24th, 2008, 4:44am EDT
Scot Conover has harnessed the wind to reduce electrical costs at home by installing three windmills atop a landmark barn.
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Posted: August 24th, 2008, 4:39am EDT
Veteran health correspondent Bob Arnot will be the keynote speaker for the Health Improvement Collaborative of Greater Cincinnati's Celebration of Collaborative Leadership.
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Posted: August 24th, 2008, 4:35am EDT
Kathy Hill, director of the Cincinnati Perinatal Outreach Project at Children's Hospital, joined the conversation "to learn from others and get ideas."
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Posted: August 24th, 2008, 4:34am EDT
Big Bird's eyes showed a bit of her personality Wednesday as the red-tailed hawk perched on the gloved hand of her keeper, Ron Reddix, of Colerain Township.
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Posted: August 24th, 2008, 4:33am EDT
When parents spray, squirt and stock up on household cleaning products, they might not stop to think of the potential dangers for their children.
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Posted: August 24th, 2008, 4:33am EDT
News from Hamilton and Clermont counties
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Posted: August 24th, 2008, 4:33am EDT
News from Butler and Warren Counties
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Posted: August 24th, 2008, 4:31am EDT
If you are a graduate, donor, season ticket holder or friend of a friend of the University of Cincinnati, don't be surprised if you get a letter or call from Myron Hughes, executive director of the UC Alumni Association.
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Posted: August 24th, 2008, 4:10am EDT
Things to do in Greater Cincinnati
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Posted: August 24th, 2008, 4:10am EDT
The past seven days were a week marked by tragedy - the death of a baby, the ongoing saga of a man accused of drowning his wife - and strange news, from Chris Henry's (maybe) last chance, to a bite from an escaped ape.
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Posted: August 24th, 2008, 3:26am EDT
In picking Joe Biden, Barack Obama gets a running mate with lengthy foreign policy experience, but who just a year ago openly questioned Obama's readiness for the presidency.
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Posted: August 22nd, 2008, 8:26pm EDT
An ultralight plane crashed into the Ohio River near the Brown County village of Ripley Friday evening, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol in Georgetown.
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Posted: August 22nd, 2008, 8:19pm EDT
Just as Ryan Widmer was being freed from jail, a memorial Mass was beginning for his wife in Mason. He missed it, but his eulogy of her was read.
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Posted: August 22nd, 2008, 8:05pm EDT
A two-alarm fire extensively damaged a house here Friday night, leaving a family homeless.
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Posted: August 22nd, 2008, 7:34pm EDT
Jodie and Chris Edwards said today they do not blame their child care provider in the death of 11-month-old Jenna, left alone for hours by her mother inside a hot minivan.
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Posted: August 22nd, 2008, 6:52pm EDT
Clermont County Auditor Linda Fraley doesn't want to lose the people's trust and said she will pay for a re-valuation of her property.
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Posted: August 22nd, 2008, 6:36pm EDT
A former executive with Knowledgeworks sued the education foundation, accusing it of firing him after he brought a gun to work and told co-workers he was considering suicide.
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Posted: August 22nd, 2008, 6:26pm EDT
Something gooey popped up in the Ohio River Friday. It's bight green. It's sticky. And it certainly doesn't look normal. But it's likely not hazardous, officials say.
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Posted: August 22nd, 2008, 6:20pm EDT
Cuts in bus service might be unavoidable next year because of soaring fuel prices and equipment needs, Metro executive director Marilyn Shazor warned today.
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Posted: August 22nd, 2008, 6:10pm EDT
Parents facing jail time in Hamilton County for not paying child support can catch a break next week.
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Posted: August 22nd, 2008, 5:05pm EDT
Police say suspect was upset because his cell-mate wouldn't give him the battery to his hearing aid remote. The suspect "wanted the battery to start a spark to be able to smoke tobacco."
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Posted: August 22nd, 2008, 3:52pm EDT
Former executive wants job back, claims he was fired while being treated in emergency room.
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Posted: August 22nd, 2008, 2:34am EDT
Preliminary autopsy results indicate 11-month-old Jenna Edwards died of hyperthermia, according to Hamilton County coroner Dr. O'dell Owens.
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Posted: August 22nd, 2008, 2:27am EDT
A law that would make it a crime to leave a child alone in a car where there is potential danger has been in the works for months and may be introduced by the end of the year in the Ohio General Assembly.
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Posted: August 22nd, 2008, 2:25am EDT
Noel Green, who lives in Louisville and Covington, was making his first visit to the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden in Avondale last week when one of its residents got a little too up close and personal.
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Posted: August 22nd, 2008, 12:46am EDT
Special report: The system designed to protect Cincinnati's most vulnerable residents broke down at two nursing facilities where police say they found deplorable conditions.
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Posted: August 21st, 2008, 7:14pm EDT
If a car can remind you to buckle up, why can't it warn you about a forgotten baby in the backseat?
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Posted: August 21st, 2008, 6:54pm EDT
A law that would make it a crime to leave a child alone in a car where there is potential danger may be introduced by the end of the year in the Ohio General Assembly.
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Posted: August 21st, 2008, 5:48pm EDT
Spokesman says consideration has nothing to with problems at East Price Hill nursing home and assisted-living facility.
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Posted: August 21st, 2008, 4:57pm EDT
Gets 15 years for selling teen, 15, for sex
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Posted: August 21st, 2008, 3:41pm EDT
Joseph Whitmore, 26, of Delhi Township, appeared in court today on charges of escape and assault stemming from a Saturday incident in Cheviot.
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Posted: August 21st, 2008, 2:24pm EDT
In a 911 call, the mother who left her 11-month-old daughter in her minivan said she hadn't yet touched the baby but she was certain she was dead. Hear part of her call.
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Posted: August 21st, 2008, 1:53pm EDT
The denial of Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Judge Robert Ruehlman in the case of Ben Hawkins ccame police provided frightening details of what they say are the suspect's efforts to ogle and touch children.
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Posted: August 21st, 2008, 1:30pm EDT
Law enforcement officials will conduct a drunk driving checkpoint Friday night.
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Posted: August 21st, 2008, 1:20pm EDT
A man and woman were charged Wednesday with abusing and torturing her young sons by binding their wrists and ankles on multiple occasions and denying one of the children medical care.
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Posted: August 21st, 2008, 1:17pm EDT
A woman arrested in the kidnapping and robbery of two men in West Price Hill says she was a victim, tied up and shoved into a closet while her captors drained her boyfriend's bank account.
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Posted: August 21st, 2008, 1:06pm EDT
A Mexican citizen was charged with possessing 149 heroin balloons.
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Posted: August 21st, 2008, 12:13pm EDT
Bathtub drowning suspect Ryan Widmer gave police statements that are "not consistent" with the autopsy on his wife, newly released court records show.
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Posted: August 21st, 2008, 10:26am EDT
Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader's petition forms will be presented by Cincinnati's Justin Jeffre
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Posted: August 21st, 2008, 6:12am EDT
A magistrate Wednesday maintained a $1 million bond for Ryan Widmer, accused in the bathtub drowning of his wife, despite her family's second plea for a lower bond.
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Posted: August 21st, 2008, 5:50am EDT
Thirty nursing home residents were told Wednesday they should look for another place to live because it is likely the facility will close when the state stops paying Medicaid money for their care.
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Posted: August 20th, 2008, 8:33pm EDT
U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, the first African-American woman to represent Ohio in Congress, died today after suffering an aneurysm Tuesday night.
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Posted: August 20th, 2008, 8:19pm EDT
Negotiations to keep a paid sick leave proposal off the ballot fell through today, meaning it's almost certain to appear before Ohio voters on Nov. 4.
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Posted: August 20th, 2008, 7:26pm EDT
Update: Police said an 11-month-old child died today after being left in a minivan at Cincinnati Christian University in Price Hill by her mother, a professor at the school.
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Posted: August 20th, 2008, 6:09pm EDT
A Baltimore man admitted today he stole $300,000 in rings from a Kenwood Mall jewelry store in 2006.
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Posted: August 20th, 2008, 6:05pm EDT
When the Hopple Street interchange with Interstate 75 is rebuilt in a few years, it could look very different from traditional expressway interchanges.
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Posted: August 20th, 2008, 6:02pm EDT
More than 140 murders and 4,000 violent assaults in Ohio and Kentucky could be prevented if high school graduation rates were boosted by just 10 percent, a new report says.
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Posted: August 20th, 2008, 5:43pm EDT
A Monroe teen hurt in a crash told officials she was trying to text message a friend when the vehicle swerved off the road, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
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Posted: August 20th, 2008, 4:22pm EDT
Cincinnati voters could decide in November whether the city should ban red-light cameras and change to a new way to elect City Council members
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Posted: August 20th, 2008, 3:55pm EDT
A Butler County man, previously accused of sex crimes against two young girls, now faces 16 charges involving five different victims dating back nearly two decades.
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Posted: August 20th, 2008, 3:43pm EDT
Opponents want a public vote on the $500 million Liberty Town Square project. Officials rejected hundreds of signatures for several reasons, including some petitions being circulated by a convicted felon.
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Posted: August 20th, 2008, 3:29pm EDT
Teen sent away on burglary charge, but he won't be used as a witness against other suspects because he's told so many different stories.
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Posted: August 20th, 2008, 3:17pm EDT
A $15 million gift for new programs at Northern Kentucky University's College of Business will be the biggest private gift ever to NKU.
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Posted: August 20th, 2008, 3:09pm EDT
Terrace Park's Rob Portman says he's probably not John McCain's vice president..
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Posted: August 20th, 2008, 2:45pm EDT
The men pulled two televisions from a Woodlawn home, and a washer and dryer, and a mattress, a box spring a bed frame.
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Posted: August 20th, 2008, 9:44am EDT
A Hamilton Township man accused of drowning his wife in a bathtub pleaded not guilty today, but a magistrate kept his bond at $1 million.
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Posted: August 19th, 2008, 11:15pm EDT
A man was shot multiple times — police estimated it may have been as many as seven times — while in a car in Walnut Hills about 9 p.m. tonight.
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Posted: August 19th, 2008, 8:21pm EDT
Two workers were injured — one seriously — after a paint booth being disassembled at a Mason business collapsed Tuesday.
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Posted: August 19th, 2008, 7:37pm EDT
An anguished Melissa Partin talks about the death of her 14-year-old son Tyler Reiff. Tyler died after he was struck by two cars Monday night on Ohio 129. Police are looking for one of the cars.
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Posted: August 19th, 2008, 7:19pm EDT
Today marked the start of a massive experiment to fix Taft Elementary, one of Cincinnati Public Schools' most unsuccessful schools.
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Posted: August 19th, 2008, 6:46pm EDT
A federal judge says Cincinnati shouldn't let any events take place on the steps inside City Hall.
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Posted: August 19th, 2008, 6:19pm EDT
Authorities seized 33 pounds of psychedelic mushrooms, 1,000 hits of LSD, a pound of marijuana, powdered Ecstacy and more in a drug bust in Springfield Township.
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Posted: August 19th, 2008, 5:51pm EDT
Local delegate Don Mooney will be blogging from the Democratic National Convention. He's already filed his first blog.
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Posted: August 19th, 2008, 4:43pm EDT
Two former village employees established several schemes which defrauded the village coffers of more than $315,000, according to a special audit by the State Auditor's Office.
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Posted: August 19th, 2008, 3:15pm EDT
Ohio would lose 75,000 jobs in five years if voters approve a ballot issue that would give most full-time workers seven paid sick days a year, a study says.
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Posted: August 19th, 2008, 2:16pm EDT
Indiana State Police said today that a 25-year-old Lawrenceburg, Ind., man has been arrested and accused of punishing a 4-year-old girl by burning her hands and feet.
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Posted: August 19th, 2008, 2:09pm EDT
John McCain may announce his vice presidential pick at a rally in Dayton, Politico.com is reporting.
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Posted: August 19th, 2008, 1:36pm EDT
A drug round-up announced today involves 26 suspects in Warren, Hamilton, Butler, Montgomery, and Clinton counties accused of selling a laundry list of drugs from marijuana to LSD to OxyContin
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Posted: August 19th, 2008, 12:21pm EDT
Cincinnati police Sgt. Jeff Brunswick had his bond set at $5,000 today after he was accused of stalking a female police officer.
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Posted: August 19th, 2008, 12:20pm EDT
Two teens were charged with breaking into cars and stealing hundreds of dollars in items - and it's not the first time, police say.
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Posted: August 19th, 2008, 11:53am EDT
Wondering which presidential candidate has the better plan for you?
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Posted: August 17th, 2008, 1:57pm EDT
The biggest and most expensive capital project in the University of Cincinnati's history is opening its $205 million first phase, adding a new architectural touch to the school's medical campus.
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Posted: August 17th, 2008, 4:21am EDT
This year's Midwest Regional Black Family Reunion has a few twists -- games, soul-saving, line dancing, step aerobics, voter registration and health screenings.
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Posted: August 17th, 2008, 4:17am EDT
For parents whose preschoolers and kindergartners are worried about going to school for the first time,
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Posted: August 17th, 2008, 4:16am EDT
Last week in Greater Cincinnati came in with the faces of fat kids on health-promoting billboards and went out with the 20th annual Midwest Regional Black Family Reunion downtown.
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Posted: August 17th, 2008, 4:16am EDT
Christ Hospital and Midwest Ultrasound are offering echocardiogram screenings for athletes and active teens to prevent sudden cardiac arrest.
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Posted: August 17th, 2008, 4:14am EDT
News from around Hamilton and Clermont counties
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Posted: August 17th, 2008, 4:12am EDT
The World Cornhole Championship Tailgate Bash, an invitation-only cornhole tournament, pitted players from five states against each other for a chance to win $2,500.
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