Cincy ‘Slap Seen Round the World’ Puts Jury on the Hot Seat
Jury selection got underway Tuesday in Hamilton County Municipal Court for 45-year-old Alex Tchervinski, the man who has been labeled both victim and defendant in the viral July 26, 2025 downtown Cincinnati brawl. Multiple smartphone clips of the fight rocketed around social media, and now a panel of local jurors...
Mother Accused of Pouring Boiling Water on Child, Attempted to Hide Severe Burns
A deeply disturbing case has emerged from Cincinnati, where a 24-year-old mother has been arrested after allegedly causing severe burn injuries to her young son. Authorities say the accused, Laneasha Walker, is currently being held at the Hamilton County Justice Center. She faces three counts of child endangerment...
Council member pleads guilty to altercation outside meeting in Clermont County
BATAVIA, Ohio (WKRC) - A Batavia Village Council member arrested after a dispute turned into a physical altercation following a council meeting pleaded guilty Wednesday. Michael Gardner pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of disorderly conduct. He was originally charged with misdemeanor assault following the March 23...
2 women accused of making up fake missing child, prompting false Amber Alert
ST. LOUIS (WKRC) - Two women were accused of making up a missing child who does not exist while attempting to recover their stolen vehicle, prompting a useless Amber Alert. According to police reports obtained by First Alert 4, police were contacted sometime after 8 a.m. on March 30 regarding a missing 5-year-old...
Case dismissed against Cincinnati brawl victim
CINCINNATI (WXIX) - The case against Alex Tchervinski, the victim and once considered a suspect in a large brawl in downtown Cincinnati, is dismissed. FOX19 NOW’s Brenda Ordonez says one of the state’s witnesses failed to show for the third time as Tchervinski’s trial was set to begin Tuesday.
Police: 2 found dead in suburban Cincinnati home in apparent murder-suicide
LIBERTY TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WKRC) - Two people have been found dead in a Liberty Township home on Wednesday. Two people have been found dead in a Liberty Township home Wednesday. (WKRC) Emergency crews were called to 4422 Hidden Oaks Lane at about 3 p.m. for a welfare check. The caller...
Cincinnati mass shooting: Suspect asks court for emergency medical release from jail
CINCINNATI (WXIX) - One of the two men charged in connection with Cincinnati’s mass shooting is asking the court to let him leave the Butler County Jail for urgent medical care, court records show. Attorney Clyde Bennett II filed a motion for emergency release of Derrick Long on a...
Grandma Who Disappeared Around Thanksgiving Found Dead in Woods
Authorities have identified the body of a 65-year-old woman missing since December as Carol Graves, ending a grim five-month search in Northern Kentucky. The Covington Police Department recovered Graves’ remains Monday afternoon in a wooded area near the 800 block of Crescent Avenue. Graves originally vanished on...
Cincinnati Food Shelves Picked Clean As St. Vincent De Paul Demand Explodes
Across Cincinnati, St. Vincent de Paul’s Catino pantry and its neighborhood counterparts are seeing food fly out faster than volunteers can load it onto shelves. The nonprofit served more than 134,400 people in 2025 and says pantry visits have jumped roughly 300% since the COVID-19 pandemic, draining supplies of...
Taste of Cincinnati makes historic change to event
CINCINNATI (WKRC) — One of the biggest culinary events in the Tri-State is adding another day. Taste of Cincinnati will now start on Friday instead of Saturday. It's a first in the event's 47-year history. It will still run on Fifth Street between Main and Sentinel streets in downtown...
