Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval declared Wednesday the city won’t be taking a stance on a ceasefire in Gaza, saying such a move would only “divide and inflame” the city. Pureval’s comments came after four and half hours of public comment filled with cheers, applause and occasional boos. Hundreds spoke either for or against a resolution […]
The Cincinnati NAACP hopes to drive up voter turnout with the Mobile Civic Engagement Unit The Cincinnati NAACP hopes to drive up voter turnout this November with a bus that will be unveiled on Monday. The Cincinnati NAACP Mobile Civic Engagement Unit will start in April traveling to what the organization described as “historically marginalized […]
Gifts for Valentine’s Day have traditionally been cards, flowers and heart-shaped boxes of candy. And when it comes to sweets, Cincinnati has a rich history. Whether it’s chunks of dark chocolate unearthed in a scoop of Graeter’s ice cream or the origins of famous candy makers from a century ago, there are many stories of […]
The Cincinnati region has been connected to monumental crimes and criminals in years past. In this column, we’ll look at cases with local ties that were huge news when they happened. When the first elderly man in Anna Marie Hahn’s orbit died, Cincinnati police didn’t suspect anything nefarious. Ernest Kohler was 62 years old and, […]
Expect a dry and mild start to the week before rain chances to return to the Ohio Valley Region. According to the National Weather Service in Wilmington, dry conditions will remain through the week before rain chances return Thursday night into Friday. Mainly clear skies are expected Monday, with just a few high-level clouds streaming […]
FAIRFIELD – This summer’s move from Springdale to Fairfield will give the Cincinnati Center for Autism more space to serve additional children. The center has purchased an empty, 3-story office building at 100 Commercial Drive, just south of Furniture Fair. The non-profit center was founded by Fairfield residents Matt and Susan Brennan 20 years ago […]
A photo of Stanley Aronoff from 2012 Cincinnati has lost a long-time civic leader, but his name remains an integral part of the cityscape, backlit by the dazzling lights of downtown. Stanley Aronoff died on Jan. 31. He was 91. The Cincinnati native was a former Ohio Senate president who spearheaded much of the city’s […]
Updated regulations from the Biden administration regarding the display of Native American art and cultural items are causing major museums around the country to remove or conceal certain exhibits. Two Cincinnati museums are following suit. The 34-year-old federal law titled the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) requires the “repatriation” of human remains, or […]
Cincinnati could be the latest city to ban new Downtown parking lots, part of a national movement to better use existing land and curb carbon emissions. This week, Cincinnati City Council will vote on amending the city’s zoning code text to prohibit new surface lots in all of Downtown and parts of the East End, […]
Time for everyone’s favorite topic: parking! (With Sydney Franklin!) You’ve probably heard by now that Cincinnati is this close to banning new surface lots in and around downtown. That means three things: You can take advantage of the existing 150 surface lots in the area instead. You’ll have to utilize the area’s big and small […]
What could have been Cincinnati’s darkest day did not turn out that way. During the Civil War, Cincinnati had a bit of a buffer from the South because Kentucky, a slave-holding border state, did not secede from the Union. But in the late summer of 1862, Confederate forces were finding it easy to waltz in […]
From the moment Laketa Cole pulled up to Cincinnati City Hall on her red motorcycle with the license plate “SASSY,” it was clear she wasn’t your typical council member. She’d go on to win three terms on city council, then nab a post with the powerful Public Utilities Commission of Ohio before settling into a […]