FC Cincinnati broke ground on its West End stadium more than a year ago, but a few critical pieces of the construction remain unclaimed. That’s why Mary Ossai-Charles and dozens of other subcontractors attended a community outreach event Wednesday night, each hoping to score late-phase projects such as painting, partitions, and audio-visual effects. “It would […]
Two Ohio State football players were arrested early Wednesday on felony rape and kidnapping charges, jail records show. Defensive backs Amir Riep and Jahsen Wint were being held in Franklin County’s main jail in Columbus, according to the jail’s website. Both men are 21 and due to be seniors next season. “We are aware that two […]
You have to be 18 years old to run for election on Cincinnati’s city council, but this teen plans on filing the paperwork to run once he reaches that milestone next year. “People, they were like, ‘You’re running? Is that even legal?'” Jalen Alford said. Alford is 17 years old, but he says, don’t let […]
Former Vice President Joe Biden raised eyebrows on the campaign trail Sunday when he jokingly called a university student a “lying dog-faced pony soldier.” This was after she asked him a question about his apparent fourth-place finish in the Iowa caucuses. In video clips of the encounter at the campaign event in Hampton, New Hampshire, […]
Cincinnati City Council member Amy Murray is stepping down from her position, according to two sources inside Cincinnati City Hall. Murray and Hamilton County GOP Chairman Alex Triantafilou said Monday morning that Murray would make “a special announcement about her future on the Cincinnati City Council” at a 1:30 p.m. press conference. In a statement […]
A video posted on social media earlier this week allegedly shows at least four members of a junior varsity basketball team in New Jersey beating up their coach. On Thursday, authorities confirmed an investigation into the incident has begun. In the 21-second video, posted to Twitter on Tuesday night, players from the Malcom X. Shabazz High School (Newark) […]
A Cheviot man is behind bars tonight accused of having obscene images of minors on his phone. Marcus Priestle was indicted Thursday on five counts of pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor or impaired person. According to court documents, Priestle, 30, got into an argument with his girlfriend after she saw images of child […]
Community activists gathered Wednesday to try to figure out what they can do to help stop gun violence in the wake of a pregnant woman’s death. Dominique Lee was shot while riding in a car on Reading Road in Walnut Hills on Sunday. Lee died, but her child survived. “To allow things happening today in […]
Fourteen-year-old Walnut Hills honor student Diana Hutchinson will become the first-ever black actress to play “Annie” in the Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati’s production of the classic musical. It’s a role that’s close to Hutchinson’s heart, she said Wednesday. She’s grown up performing in church plays, watching her older sister act and admiring Broadway actresses Sutton […]
Tony Rankin, a U.S. veteran who found himself homeless in Tennessee after returning from a tour of duty, now lives and works in Cincinnati and has been given an unexpected opportunity to share his story of redemption with the world. Rankin was invited to the White House to meet President Donald Trump and to share […]
From start to finish, President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address was marked by partisan tension that spilled out in the exchange between the leaders of both parties: Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. He refused to shake her hand after she introduced him. She tore his speech up and tossed it aside […]
High school senior Lauren Gibson was shy before joining the Q-KIDZ Dance Team in the West End. “I didn’t really talk, and now I talk all the time,” Gibson said. “I have all these leadership skills, and it just helped me be a better woman in general.” Now, in her seventh year with the team, […]