A Bellevue man was found shot Sunday morning on the Taylor-Southgate Bridge between Cincinnati and Newport. Cincinnati Police say that James “Jimbo” Back is hospitalized and unable to speak. In a news release, investigators said that Back attended a concert at Bogarts in Cincinnati just after 8 p.m. Saturday, but that his whereabouts were unknown […]
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Police Chase Shuts Down I-75 Near Ohio-Kentucky Line
A police chase has shut down I-75 in Cincinnati near the approach to the Brent Spence Bridge. It is believed that police have located the alleged gunman who shot at an officer near the Kroger store in the Cincinnati neighborhood of Hartwell. Police have been looking for Ronald Foster since he fled on foot Sunday […]
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Athletic Directors at UC, NKU, TMC to Speak at NKY Chamber Event
In a rare joint appearance, the athletics directors at three local institutions will appear together for a discussion. University of Cincinnati Athletics Director Mike Bohn, Northern Kentucky University Athletics Director Ken Bothof, and Thomas More College Athletics Director Terry Connor will be part of the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce’s inaugural Pints & Policies event […]
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Bridge Work Requires Lane Closures
Work on the Clay Wade Bailey Bridge (U.S. 42) will require lane closures over the next few days, starting Wednesday. Traffic will be impacted Wednesday through Sunday on the Cincinnati side at the approach to the bridge, between West Third and West Second Streets. Traffic will be maintained with the use of steel plates, and […]
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Pursuit Starts in Southgate, Ends in Crash, Drug Charges in Cincinnati
A man is behind bars after a police pursuit that started in Southgate ended across the Ohio River in Over-the-Rhine in a crash that injured a pregnant woman in the car and a pedestrian on the street. Keith Johnson, 34, is charged with drug abuse, possession of drug abuse instruments (syringes), and driving under suspension. […]
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Photos: BLINK Attendance Tops 1 Million, Cincinnati Chamber Estimates
The lights are off and now the number crunching is complete, and Cincinnati officials believe that more than one million people attended BLINK over the weekend. That would make the light festival the largest event ever in downtown Cincinnati, beating out Riverfest, Taste of Cincinnati, and Oktoberfest Zinzinnati. “For the entire weekend, we estimate that […]
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Film Shooting in Cincinnati Looks for “Rough, Backwater-Type” Extras
Yet another Hollywood production is coming to the Cincinnati area – and it’s looking for extras. Rough extras. Donnybrook is based on the 2013 novel of the same name and according to Rumble Films, the studio producing it, the movie is “a wild, backwoods version of Fight Club meets No Country for Old Men.” The story involves a man […]
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“Miracle Worker” Teaches Perseverance, Something Learned by Local Actress/Teacher
Stage classic The Miracle Worker is the season opener for the Covedale Center for the Performing Arts, continuing through Oct. 1. It’s the story of teacher Annie Sullivan and her blind and mute student Helen Keller. Only Annie realizes that violent and spoiled Helen has a mind and spirit waiting to be rescued from the […]
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Theatre Review: “Shakespeare in Love” at Cincinnati Playhouse
September on local stages is dominated by the Bard of Avon. Cincinnati Shakespeare opened its intimate new theater with A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Playhouse in the Park begins its season with Shakespeare in Love, later this month Northern Kentucky University will also be Dream-ing and University of Cincinnati’s College Conservatory of Music goes for the […]
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See Actor David Strathairn in FREE Performance of “Theater of War”
David Strathairn, renowned character actor and award-winning star of film, TV and stage comes to Cincinnati for one night only in what looks like a must-see, free event — Theater of War, a theatrical public health project at 7 p.m. Sept. 7 in the Patricia Corbett Theater at University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music. Theater […]
