On Thursday, before the 49ers’ game against the Rams, Eric Reid continued his protest during the national anthem by taking a knee. On Friday, President Donald Trump had an idea as to what should happen to players like Reid. Speaking in Huntsville, AL, Trump told a group of his supporters during a campaign rally, “wouldn’t […]
A driver was nearly three times the legal limit when police say she caused a 3-vehicle crash that seriously hurt another person in Forest Park last week, court records show. Niya Baker, 23, of North College Hill faces charges of aggravated vehicular assault, obstructing official business and possession of an open container. She is scheduled […]
Guards at the Santa Rita Jail in California say they dashed prisoners’ plans for a boozy Super Bowl when they confiscated ingredients used to make illegal jailhouse alcohol. A photo posted on Instagram by the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office on Saturday shows about two dozen officers standing behind at least 20 plastic bags of what […]
Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) found himself trending on Twitter late Thursday after announcing he would not vote to allow witnesses at the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. And the word trending alongside his name wasn’t exactly a compliment: House impeachment managers have been pressing senators to allow testimony from former White House national […]
Lamont Baldwin, a 54-year-old former school security guard accused of sexually abusing underage students at Princeton Middle School, did not speak Thursday night as he walked to the front door of the Cincinnati Police Department’s District 1 headquarters. Baldwin stepped inside to turn himself in and face 12 felony charges of gross sexual imposition against […]
The City Solicitor’s Office provided written answers to Vice Mayor Christopher Smitherman Wednesday as he tries to clear hurdles to compel five of his council colleagues to repay the city for fines and legal fees from a civil suit. Five members of Cincinnati City Council, the so-called “Gang of Five”: P.G. Sittenfeld, Chris Seelbach, Greg […]
A Kansas fire chief removed a boa constrictor that was at least 6 feet long after a man found it in his couch cushions, KWCH reports. Police received an unusual call Monday morning when a Rose Hill, Kansas, man said he found a “giant brown snake” in his living room couch while looking for his keys. […]
A Springfield Township mother called police to report a man looking into the bathroom window while her child was showering. Police arrested a man they said was spotted running several houses down. Officers said the suspect told them he was using a cut-through coming back from the store, but police said the story didn’t add […]
Beth Shelburne, a reporter, and producer for WBRC-TV News in Birmingham, Alabama, has recently shed light on the story of a man who has spent the last 38 years of his life in prison for stealing $9. Willie Simmons was convicted of first-degree robbery and sentenced to life without parole in 1982. Simmons, an Army veteran, became […]
A red-faced BBC News is apologizing profusely – with a characteristic stiff upper lip – for flashing footage of Lakers star LeBron James in a report about the death of iconic basketball great Kobe Bryant. The 41-year-old NBA player died along with eight others, including his 13-year-old daughter Gianna in a private helicopter crash outside […]
A US reporter is facing backlash after viewers claimed she appeared to use the ‘n’ word in a live on-air blunder as she presented the news of Kobe Bryant’s helicopter crash death. Some called for the NBC news anchor to be sacked after a clip of the broadcast quickly went viral as the world reacted […]
A local school’s grooming policy is suddenly being enforced against an 11-year-old and his hair, according to the boy’s mother. It’s a case of national becoming local in Cincinnati. Over the last few days, the story of a Texas high-school student who was told to either cut his dreadlocks or be barred from walking at […]