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An Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper will serve no jail time for his role in a crash that killed a 36-year-old Clermont County man earlier this year, a Clermont County judge said Friday. Trooper Jeremy Ault received two years of community control and 80 hours of community service speaking to young drivers. He also was […]

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A low-level drug possession should not carry a lifelong stain and be a barrier to employment or loans, a clear Cincinnati Council majority approved a new law to try to remedy that situation. By an 8-1 vote with Republican Amy Murray as the lone dissenter, the council adopted the ordinance which will take effect in […]

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The US Navy has finally acknowledged footage purported to show UFOs hurtling through the air. And while officials said they don’t know what the objects are, they’re not indulging any hints either. The objects seen in three clips of declassified military footage are “unidentified aerial phenomena,” Navy spokesperson Joe Gradisher confirmed to CNN. The clips, released between […]

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The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office said a jail inmate pried out his own eye when he was in his jail cell on Monday afternoon. A jail incident report stated corrections officers noticed blood on the floor while conducting suicide watch rounds. Upon entering the cell, officers found inmate Aqeel Watson, 42, bleeding from the head […]

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Police in Springdale said a 26-year-old man wanted to be killed by officers when he was wielding a knife inside a Target store earlier this month. WLWT obtained exclusive video from inside the store as police officers worked through difficult and emotional moments to talk Landen Whitehead down to safety. The video showed police arriving […]

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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, civil rights icon Angela Davis, actress Jane Fonda, and attorney Gloria Allred were among the 11 women inducted on Saturday into the National Women’s Hall of Fame. The inductees, all nominated by the public before being short-listed by a panel of experts based on their contributions in areas like […]

Cincy

Cincinnati City Council is considering expunging criminal cases involving people who were convicted of possessing small amounts of marijuana. The issue and a related ordinance were on the agenda at Council’s Law & Public Safety meeting Monday. It unanimously passed in a vote and now will go onto full council. It calls for those convicted of nonviolent […]

Lincoln Ware Rewind

If you missed “Facebook Live Friday,” no worries, you watch it right here! Today’s guest: Kevin Aldrige and Cincinnati Police Chief Eliot Issac call in. Today’s main topics: Ohio School report card, the Skylar Richardson case and the Democratic debates.

Entertainment

Over a decade after the hit sitcom Girlfriends came to an abrupt end, the series co-stars reunite for an upcoming episode of black-ish. Tracee Ellis Ross, Golden Brooks, Persia White, and Jill Marie Jones dished with Entertainment Weekly about their reunion in an exclusive sneak peek of the episode. “The timing was perfect to be able to bring Girlfriends to a whole new audience. We haven’t […]

Ohio

The Ohio Department of Education released its annual Ohio School Report Cards Thursday. Assigning overall letter grades to each district and to each public, community, dropout, and recovery, and career technical school in the state. It’s the second year in which districts and schools received overall letter grades. They are calculated using results in six […]

Local

Longtime Hamilton County Commissioner Todd Portune is expected to announce his retirement Thursday, our news partner at the Cincinnati Enquirer reports. He is expected to say he will not run for re-election next year, and they are reporting, citing unnamed sources. Portune will make a “Major Announcement” at 12:30 p.m. Thursday before the regular Hamilton […]

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LeBron James‘ record is 3-6 in the NBA Finals and 0-1 against the United States Patent and Trademark Office. According to Josh Gerben of the Gerben Law Firm and Darren Rovell of ESPN, the USPTO denied James’ trademark application for “Taco Tuesday.” The examining attorney decided the phrase was a “commonplace message” and didn’t allow the four-time MVP to […]