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One Shot and Killed in Madisonville
Cincinati Police are investigating a homicide in Madisonville.Cincinnati Police received a call for a person who was shot Friday evening around 10:40p.m. at a bar near the intersection of Bramble Avenue and Whetsel Avenue. Once they arrived on scene they found the victim, dead. The 29-year-old male was shot in the face and chest inside a bar called Inbetween Innings. Local 12 has a crew on the ...
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Reds power past Cubs with trio of homers
CHC@CIN: Votto clubs majestic solo homer in fourth Joey Votto started it; his teammates just finished the job. With the Reds trailing the Cubs 3-0 in the bottom of the fourth on Friday night, Votto -- the National League's reigning Player of the Week -- hit a solo bomb to left field to put his team on the board. That home run opened the floodgates, as Cincinnati went on to score four ...
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Man Hit and Killed on Hamilton Ave.
Cincinnati Police are investigating a fatal accident in College Hill.Crews were called to the 6300 block of Hamilton Avenue for a report of a person struck by a vehicle. The 26-year-old male was transported to UCMC where he was pronounced dead. His name has not yet been released. There is no word on charges at this ...
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New Plan Could Mean Fewer Layoffs
The motion calls for no firefighter layoffs and reducing the number of police officers to be laid off to 25. The new plan also restores funding to several social service programs and the parks department and keeps the Westwood Town Hall open. The budget also reduces car allowances, the next Mayor's office budget, uniform expenses for the fire department, among several other ...
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Parra activated early but feels ready to play
Email CINCINNATI -- Fresh off a trio of rehab starts for Double-A Pensacola, Reds reliever Manny Parra was back in Cincinnati this week to pick up some things and do some laundry before moving on to continue his rehab assignment with Triple-A Louisville. Plans changed, though, when the Reds put fellow left-handed reliever Sean Marshall on the disabled list on Friday, and Parra received a call ...
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Baker hopes Cozart has turned corner
Email CINCINNATI -- For most of May, shortstop Zack Cozart had been having a tough time getting anything going at the plate. The struggles had become bad enough that manager Dusty Baker started to consider making a change in the two-hole, where Cozart has hit most of the season. "I've been kind of wondering what to do," Baker said. "That is the spot for him on my team, but ...
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Sculptor Tsuchiya finishing up Morgan statue
Email CINCINNATI -- Tom Tsuchiya is the sculptor responsible for the statues of Joe Nuxhall, Ernie Lombardi, Ted Kluszewski, Frank Robinson and Johnny Bench that can be seen at Great American Ball Park. On Wednesday, Tsuchiya previewed his latest creation, a statue of former Reds second baseman and Hall of Famer Joe Morgan, which will be unveiled at the park later this summer. Currently putting ...
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Man Found Dead Near Party Source Likely Died of Heart Attack
Bellevue Police are investigating the discovery of a body in a woods.The deceased has been identified as Shane Poore.Officers were called to a wooded area off Riviera Drive, near the Party Source, around 3 p.m. ThursdayA driver became suspicious because of a foul odor in the area and called police.Officers say that the death was originally listed as "suspicious" and Poore's body ...
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New Mission For Church Using Art to Change Lives
Using art to change lives-it's the new mission for a church built more than 150 years ago. Saint Michael the Archangel church in Lower Price Hill has a new mission. Bloc Ministries is turning the old Catholic church into a center for the arts. It's part of an effort to reach out to those living in the community and show them there's a way out of poverty. Local 12 News Reporter ...
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So Cincinnati Procter and Gamble
It's a global consumer product company, and it's based here in Cincinnati. Procter and Gamble has given us everything from Tide to Charmin to Crest Whitening Strips. The company delivers goods used by more than four and a half billion people everyday. Local 12's Tiffany Wilson shows us how P&G got started and why it remains So Cincinnati. You'd be hard pressed to find a ...
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BLOC Ministries - After School Art Programs
A 166-year-old church in Lower Price Hill is getting a new mission: changing lives through art. Mass hasn't been held at St. Michael the Archangel in more than a decade. Bloc Ministries is transforming the church into St. Michael's Art Sanctuary. "I've been an artist ever since I can remember," Mike Altman said. Altman is a cartoonist who moved his family from Indiana to ...
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Local Chef Cooks From Vintage White House Cookbook
Just in time for Memorial Day a daughter of a World War II veteran gets quite a gift.It's a White House cookbook and it dates back more than 100 years. Colonel Jonathan Hunt was an advisor to two presidents and is now buried in Arlington National Cemetery. His family recently discovered he had left them something special from one of his favorite hobbies.The Colonel liked to cook, especially ...
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Hazardous Items in Trash Put Rumpke Workers in Danger
This holiday weekend marks the start of the most dangerous season for companies like Rumpke. When people throw away chemicals after opening swimming pools, it can make for a dangerous combination. It's an issue that's led to several recent fires. Local 12's Rich Jaffe says in April of last year, a Rumpke truck driver unknowingly brought what's called a "hot load" to ...
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Heroes of the Beverly Hills Supper Club Fire Get Overdue Recognition
They say almost everybody in Cincinnati knew somebody who either died at the Beverly Hills Supper Club or escaped from the flames. But the first fire fighters at the scene, the volunteer department from Southgate where the supper club was located, have never gotten a formal acknowledgement of their life-saving efforts.That's changed Friday evening at the Southgate fire house.The fire was ...
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Two Men Found Shot in Dispute in Pendleton
This is the second straight afternoon of violence in the Over the Rhine area.Today, both men were found in an apartment at Spring and 12th around 4 p.m. Police say the shooting was results of dispute. They've found two guns connected to shooting. One man was shot in shoulder, the other in the abdomen. Both were taken to University of Cincinnati Medical Center. Their names and conditions ...
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Marshall goes on DL Parra returns from rehab
Email Reds reliever Sean Marshall was placed on the 15-day disabled list on Friday with a sprained left shoulder. In a corresponding roster move, Cincinnati reinstated fellow left-hander Manny Parra from his stint on the 15-day DL. Marshall's placement on the DL is retroactive to Tuesday, with the southpaw having last pitched on Monday, when he retired both hitters he faced in a 4-3 ...
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Todays MLB starting lineups May 24
Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Atlanta Braves: 1. ...
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Fire Rips Through Florence Home
A fire rips through a Kentucky home.The house on Maher Road in Florence went up in flames around 2:30p.m. Friday.Neighbors say they heard explosions coming from the home.Fire officials say someone was welding in the basement.Everyone got out safely but Maher Road was closed between Dixie Highway and Tonya ...
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Jury Convicts Sentences Man in Brutal Cab Kidnapping
A jury convicted the man who abducted a cab driver and kept him in the trunk of his cab for ten hours, before police tracked them down. That cab driver will never recover. Charles Black was convicted and sentenced today to 55 years behind bars for aggravated robbery, robbery and kidnapping. Last September, Black called for a cab. When the driver arrived, Black forced him into the trunk. Other ...
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Car Explosion Linked to Bomb
DAYTON (WHIO) — A bomb is believed to be the cause of a vehicle explosion under investigation by Dayton Police and the Dayton Bomb Squad. The bomb went off around 3:30 a.m. today in front of 1247 Colwick Drive in Dayton, Ohio. At no point did it appear the vehicle caught fire, but the windows had been blown out. The bomb squad towed the vehicle to an evidence garage. Gun powder was ...
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Man Steals Car From Cleveland Set of Captain America
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - A man is arrested for stealing a car from the set of Captain America. A complaint has been filed for receiving stolen property against Norman Polk. Polk is being held at the Cuyahoga County Jail. A Cleveland police report shows the car was taken from an area downtown where vehicles used for props had been parked. Just after midnight Thursday morning, Middleburg Heights ...
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Bengals Dalton working on long ball
Nobody had to guess what the Bengals are focused on during their offseason team practices. Throw deep. As much as possible. Dalton is trying to refine the long-distance connection that was missing in their biggest games late last season. He tried repeatedly to get the ball to Green way down the field, but missed most of the time. "It's not just Andy," Green said. ...
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Nearly 100 bridges in Cincinnati region need attention
There are nearly 100 bridges that are either so old or have defects that require weight limits in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky, an Enquirer analysis of a national bridge database ...
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Veterans pay tribute at Daters Memorial Day ceremony
WESTWOOD — Veterans gathered at Dater High School to honor their comrades who lost their lives protecting our freedoms. The school hosted its 16th annual Memorial Day ceremony Friday, May ...
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Bengals sign Williams Eifert only unsigned pick
For the third straight day, the Bengals got another of their draft picks under contract by signing safety Shawn Williams, who was selected in the third round.Williams deal is expected to have a cap number of $543,986 this season and total value of $2.716 million over four years.While this could be the first year since 2002 that the Bengals ...
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Cincinnati’s streetcar named bureaucracy
Cincinnati once had a streetcar system that carried 100 million people each year, but it was scrapped in favor of the bus in the mid-twentieth century. Today, just 25 million people use the bus network in Cincinnati, which has led to a proposal for a new streetcar line, but red-tape is blocking the tracks.
Cincinnati, throughout the first half of the twentieth century, had over 200 miles of streetcar tracks and the system carried over 100 million people per year. By the 1950’s the system was deemed unfeasible and was dismantled, with the last streetcar being retired in 1951. Several decades later, the faith that everyone had in the efficiency and convenience of busses has proven unfounded. Read more
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