Insect Invasion: 6 Ohio Cities Combatting Bed Bug Onslaught
Ohio is facing a major bed bug resurgence in 2025, with six key cities—Cleveland-Akron, Columbus, Dayton, Cincinnati, Toledo, and Lakewood—experiencing high levels of infestations. As one of the states with the worst bed bug problems in the nation, Ohio is seeing a rise in these persistent pests, driven...
Cincinnati has a new director of public services
Cincinnati has a new director for the Department of Public Services as of Monday. Mark Riley will lead the department that manages trash and recycling pickup, filling potholes, and snow removal. Riley has worked in public services and water utilities in several Ohio cities, most recently in Reynoldsburg near...
Police respond to shooting reported Downtown
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Police searching for wanted fugitive in Ohio
OHIO — The Cincinnati Police Department’s District Three Investigators are actively searching for 30-year-old Qua’shawn Hogan, who is wanted on charges of aggravated burglary and felony strangulation. According to investigators, the incident occurred on June 18, 2025, when Hogan allegedly kicked in the front door of...
Owner charged after 1 dog found dead, another held in harsh conditions in local...
CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A Springfield Township man is facing animal abuse charges after after police found one dog dead and another in bad shape in his yard. Someone called police to say two dogs were being kept in harsh conditions at the home on Aquarius Drive on June 24. A...
CPD: Man dies three months after alleged assault in Spring Grove Village
A man has died from injuries he sustained three months ago after an alleged assault, according to Cincinnati police.
‘Never been this bad:’ Possible road rage shooting latest in Downtown crime uptick
The owner of a Main Street bar said his employee was an innocent bystander when gunfire erupted Downtown Sunday. Cincinnati police reported a 37-year-old man was found shot in the 600 block of Main Street just before midnight June 29. He was taken to an area hospital with injuries that were not life threatening,...
1 killed in Mount Auburn shooting
MOUNT AUBURN, Ohio (WKRC) - One person was killed in a shooting Tuesday. It happened around 12:30 a.m. on Mcgregor Avenue at the intersection with Reading Road in Mount Auburn. Authorities confirmed that homicide units were on the scene and that one person was fatally wounded. It remains unclear if...
PD: 19 rounds fired into crowd in OTR shooting; 2 people injured
Two people were injured in a drive-by shooting in OTR on Monday night, according to police on the scene.
Tri-State restaurant vandalized just before grand opening; owner moved to US with $700
SPRINGDALE, Ohio (WKRC) - A local man's restaurant grand opening is put on the back burner until he can afford to fix what vandals did. Mohammad Alhayek was so close to welcoming people inside Mr. Hayek's Fish and Chicken. He started with only $700 and a dream. "Coming [to] America,...