The Cincinnati Reds are hosting some familiar names from the 90’s this summer. An I Love the 90’s Concert will take place at Great American Ball Park on June 27th. It’ll include Vanilla Ice, Naughty By Nature, and others. The concert will follow the Reds game, where they play the Washington Nationals.
A Cincinnati Police officer, who was beaten at the Westwood YMCA last year, will face a citizen review board today. WLWT reports that Doug Utecht will go before the citizen complaint board, after being accused of failing to de-escalate the confrontation with Darrell Nichols. Utecht reportedly sustained a severe cut on his forehead, bruises on […]
The next generation of cell phone service is up and running in Cincinnati. WCPO reports that Verizon activated its 5G service in several local neighborhoods on Thursday. These include Over-the-Rhine, Mt. Adams, and downtown. Verizon is the first cell phone service company reported to bring 5G to the area.
A liquidation sale starts today at downtown’s Millennium Hotel. Items from inside the hotel are going to be up for public sale, including flat-screen tv’s, furniture, and kitchen ware. The Millennium hotel closed on new year’s eve, after being sold to the Port Authority for redevelopment.
A local lawmaker is pushing to pass a new law that would allow concealed carry, with no permit, in Ohio. WCPO reports that Ohio state rep Tom Brinkman introduced a bill in Columbus that would make permit-less carry legal. It would also no longer require Ohioans to take concealed carry training. According to Brinkman, the […]
Cincinnati Christian University is closing its doors, after nearly operating for 100 years. WCPO reports that school officials plan to shut down in January, after the university had lost its accreditation. The higher learning commission recently pulled its seal of approval from CCU, because of severe academic and financial issues.
A fundraising campaign is being launched to raise funds for building a statue of a local civil rights icon. The Woman’s City Club, according to WCPO, needs to raise $125,000 to build and maintain a statue of Marian Spencer. The statue is planned to be placed at the Women’s Committee Garden of Smale Park, downtown. […]
Construction is ahead of schedule for the new roller coaster at Kings Island. Thanks to no weather delays, last month, construction workers were able to complete the coaster’s loading station, and good portion of its ride columns and tracks that include a lift hill and drop. Journal-News reports that the Orion is to be one […]
Cincinnati Police are looking for two men that shot and killed a man in broad daylight, yesterday. Authorities told WCPO that they found a man, unconscious with gun shot wounds, at the corner of Vine and Benton Street in Over the Rhine. He was taken to UC Medical center, where he later died. No suspects […]
A woman is expected to have surgery this week, after she was hurt in a fight with a local McDonald’s worker. WLWT reports that when Britnay Price believed to have been given a wrong order, at the McDonald’s in Colerain, she voiced her frustration with one of the workers. The exchange was so heated, that […]
New regulations for electric scooters are being considered in Ohio. Ohio state house bill 62 proposes that scooters cannot go above 15 M.P.H, would have to use lighting at night, and would prohibit those under 16 from operating one. Bird and Lime scooters debuted in Cincinnati, last Spring, as well as other cities in Ohio. […]
Ever wanted to make an app for your phone or smart tablet? All you need is your library card. The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County will be offering Treehouse to its members. It’s an online school that offers lessons on web design, photoshop, app, game development, and coding. Anyone with a library card […]