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The Hamilton County Commission voted Thursday to spend $1.3 million in pursuit of a redevelopment deal for the blighted Millennium Hotel in downtown Cincinnati. Commissioner Denise Driehaus considers it an investment, she said after the 2-1 vote. If the Millennium were converted into a well-maintained and upscale hotel — one that’s not, as Mayor John […]
Three children were removed from a Middletown home, and their mother and grandmother were arrested after police said they found the house in deplorable and “unliveable” conditions. Mid-September, a neighbor alerted police to the condition the children were living in and the fact that they were running around the neighborhood naked earlier in the day. […]
Nick Cannon says every time he runs into Oprah Winfrey, things just get weirder. Cannon appeared on “The Howard Stern Show” on SiriusXM, where he talked about his many projects, and about life when he was married to Mariah Carey, specifically, meeting Winfrey. He recalled the first time he spoke to the talk show queen and […]
As often happens within the faith, especially with a younger generation of believers, finding a good church home can be tough. You could have easily subscribed to Bedside Baptist but something within you compels you to just get up and enjoy worship with like-minded people. For those of you looking for an ideal church home […]
An Ohio family will be paid a $900,000 settlement in the wrongful death case of a man who was shot by deputies 13 times. The Dayton Daily News reports Montgomery County authorized the payment to Dontae Martin’s family Tuesday. Martin crashed his car in July 2015. Two deputies who approached the car say they fired […]
A messed up fast-food order led to an argument in a McDonald’s and a customer with a busted face. Now, a witness is sharing what she said happened in that restaurant Sunday afternoon. Colerain Township police expect to get a copy of the video showing the fight on Wednesday. A witness we talked with said […]
Two Muslim men are asking the Department of Transportation to investigate American Airlines and regional carrier Mesa Airlines after crew members on a Dallas-bound flight called the FBI on them. The offense? According to Issam Abdallah, one of the men accusing the airlines of discrimination, crew members became suspicious of him after he “went to […]
Decades before Colin Kaepernick was taking a knee on the football gridiron to protest racial injustice, Olympic sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos were raising a fist on the winners’ stand at the 1968 Olympics. Much like Kaepernick, Smith and Carlos were expelled for their actions. Now, it looks like the Olympics is prepared to […]
Leslie Edwards, a member of the history-making, segregation-defying Tuskegee Airmen, died Monday afternoon at the Cincinnati VA Medical Center. He was 95 years old. Edwards arrived in the Air Force as a World War II draftee, missing his wife and mourning his plan to start a family. He told WCPO in February, he and other black […]
A 16-year-old male is fighting for his life after he was shot in Avondale early Tuesday, Cincinnati police said. Officers responded to the 3400 block of Hallwood Place for a report of a shooting and found the victim suffering from a life-threatening injury, police said. The victim was taken to University of Cincinnati Medical Center. […]
They’re coming to Area 51. Not the aliens, but the alien enthusiasts. Almost 2 million people clicked the “going” button on a Facebook page set up by a California man seeking to storm Area 51, the super-secret military base in Nevada, to “see them aliens.” The date for this “raid” is Friday. The page’s creator disavowed the whole […]
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 […]
