Two Colerain High School students in Cincinnati made a mockery of prejudice by taping "Whites only" & "Blacks only" signs on water fountains.

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Police arrested the Ohio man behind a YouTube video showing himself and others defying the coronavirus lockdown at a street party in Cincinnati. In a clip that has gone viral, Rashaan Davis, 25,  can be heard narrating the large gathering on Friday night, showing some folks standing on cars and dancing to music. The following day he was arrested and charged with […]

By now we all know that we should be staying home to protect ourselves and others. But, over the weekend, Russ got a video from a friend in Cincinnati of a man talking about how the city was “celebrating COVID-19” and Russ says “the streets were packed.”  There were a lot of young Black people […]

It’s the 2 words Devon and Leah Still have wanted to say for 5 years, and now it’s finally here,  Leah’s CANCER FREE!!! And, she tells TMZ Sports that she has big goals to achieve! In 2014 Leah’s battle with neuroblastoma became a national story. The Cincinnati Bengals donated jersey sales to the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital;  Ellen DeGeneres […]

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Marian Spencer was a trailblazing civil rights activist who brought change to her native Cincinnati, becoming an important political figure as well. Spencer passed earlier this week. Spencer was born June 28, 1920 in Gallipolis, Ohio, living in the home of her grandfather, a former slave, with her parents and siblings. A stellar student, she […]

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CINCINNATI (AP) — A man who authorities say claimed to be an Illinois boy who disappeared eight years ago has twice made similar claims in which he falsely portrayed himself as a juvenile sex trafficking victim, according to an FBI affidavit filed in federal court Friday. Brian Rini of Medina, Ohio, was jailed in Cincinnati […]

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[UPDATE: 09/06/2018] CINCINNATI (AP) — A gunman opened fire Thursday morning in a building in the heart of Cincinnati in an attack that left him and three other people dead, police said. The shooting sent people scrambling across the city’s Fountain Square amid cries of “shooter!” It happened at a 30-story building, home to the […]

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  CINCINNATI (AP) — A Cincinnati police officer who used a stun gun on an 11-year-old black girl accused of shoplifting told her that actions like hers hurts the “community,” according to body camera footage of the arrest. “You know, sweetheart, this is why there’s no grocery stores in the black community,” said Officer Kevin […]

The 11-year-old who was tased in the back by a Cincinnati police officer who assumed she was shoplifting will no longer face charges. Mayor John Cranley announced on Wednesday that the charges of theft and obstructing official business were dropped at his request, reports  Fox19. “Tasing an 11-year old who posed no danger to the […]

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CINCINNATI (AP) — Authorities in Cincinnati will upgrade technology and change operating procedures while independent reviews are being launched into the failed response to a 16-year-old student who died trapped in a minivan parked near his school. Acting City Manager Patrick Duhaney said Monday the city will upgrade computer-assisted dispatch, police in-car mapping, and training […]

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CINCINNATI (AP) — Council members in Cincinnati have scheduled a special meeting for Tuesday on the death of a 16-year-old boy who called 911 twice after getting trapped by a minivan’s rear bench in his school’s parking lot. The city’s Law and Public Safety Committee said Monday it will meet to discuss Kyle Plush’s “tragic […]