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NEWPORT, Ky. (WKRC) — A Newport business that's been serving up blues music since the 1940s may have to close its doors. The building that houses Mansion Hill Tavern has been around since the 1870s and was used for various purposes over the years. "1944 is when the cafe...

A Guatemalan man prosecutors called a serial rapist , who attacked two women and a teenager within a five-day span, has been sentenced to 15 to 16½ years in prison as part of a plea agreement. Rodolfo Castillo, 28, pleaded guilty Nov. 3 in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court to rape and kidnapping charges. Two of the...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A Cincinnati man was arrested in southern Ohio reportedly in possession of over $50,000 worth of suspected drugs. According to the Scioto County Sheriff’s Office, a man was arrested in Portsmouth after an investigation was conducted by the Southern Ohio Drug Task Force. Eric Johnson of...

NORTHSIDE, Ohio (WKRC) - A Northside staple for decades will close its doors. The last day for Schaeper's Pharmacy on Hamilton and Chase will be Nov. 4. The pharmacy opened in 1985. Owner Rick Schaeper told Local 12 that low insurance reimbursement rates have made it impossible to stay in...

When a natural disaster hits, federal assistance is often badly needed to help communities rebuild. But FEMA has faced some criticism over the years for the pace of that relief and cases in which assistance is denied. Some 20 years after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, there...

The Emergency Shelter of Northern Kentucky, located on 13th Street in Covington, has begun its annual emergency cold shelter program for unhoused individuals in its local area. The program will continue from now until March 31, 2026. The program provides emergency shelter from the cold for a single night. It...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Food or shelter, that's the decision millions of families across the country are weighing as they determine how to spend their dwindling family budgets. People at the Freestore Food Bank in Cincinnati on Monday were among those SNAP recipients trying to decide what bills would need to wait as...

NORTH FAIRMOUNT, Ohio (WKRC) - Several shots were fired in North Fairmount Monday afternoon. Police said they didn't find any victims at the scene on Linden Street near Denham. A car with at least one bullet hole was towed from scene after crashing into a wooded area. Police believe multiple...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) — Violence outside Privee on Elm was preventable, at least according to one local official. That’s the opinion of Cincinnati Council Member Seth Walsh, who voiced his frustrations Monday morning on 700 WLW. “This has been happening for six months, and what happened this weekend was...

The federal government announced that it will now pay 50% of SNAP benefits in November, but it's still unknown how much individuals will receive and when the funding will appear on their cards.