Becca Costello

An effort to ban horse-drawn carriages in Cincinnati failed a council vote Wednesday. Council Member Chris Seelbach says he’s been working on an ordinance to prohibit animal-drawn carriages for commercial purpose for at least seven years.

Early voting is underway for the Nov. 2 election. The ballot in Hamilton County has key races in several municipalities, as well as two county-wide tax levies.

As the Village of Lincoln Heights celebrates its diamond jubilee of 75 years since incorporation, WVXU has been telling stories from the community as part of our series Round the Corner. We sat down with renowned historian Carl Westmoreland to hear about his experiences growing up in Lincoln Heights…

Delores Lindsay co-founded the Lincoln Heights Health Center in 1967, the first community health center in Ohio and one of just 10 across the country.

Cincinnati and Hamilton County officials Wednesday announced a finalized agreement to develop a gravel lot at The Banks into a park honoring Black musicians from the area.

A director of ethics and good government could take on responsibility for implementing anti-corruption reform in Cincinnati. Creating that new position is a key part of City Manager Paula Boggs Muething’s reform recommendations, outlined in a new report.

Lincoln Heights is celebrating 75 years since officially incorporating as a village. But seven decades of declining resources and denials have the county have taken a toll on the majority Black community.

Monday night at 11:59 is the deadline to register to vote in the November election. But if you have to register to vote in person, the deadline is earlier.

Corruption accusations and counterpoints escalated to yelling at a special meeting of a Cincinnati council committee Thursday. The meeting was meant to correct an error in a proposed charter amendment.

Council approved a 5% merit raise for Boggs Muething in June as part of the city budget. Some on council said they shouldn’t approve a raise before they conducted a performance review. Boggs Muething is the highest-paid city employee with an annual salary of about $270,000.

Shootings are down about 22% compared to last year, when Police Chief Eliot Isaac says the city saw the most shootings in at least a decade.

Parker has been serving in the office as an assistant U.S. attorney for more than 20 years. If confirmed by Congress, Parker will take over the job from Acting U.S. Attorney Vipal Patel.

City of Cincinnati employees have another month to get vaccinated or start getting tested for COVID-19 every two weeks.

Does Cincinnati’s next mayor need decades of experience at City Hall or fresh ideas for a new direction? David Mann and Aftab Pureval took a confrontational tone in the first debate Tuesday night.

The leadership of First Lutheran Church in Over-the-Rhine say they will not delay demolition of the bell tower in their historic building. Meanwhile, community advocates who have been trying to raise enough money to repair the tower have filed an appeal on the city’s emergency demolition orders.

A federal judge in Cincinnati is ruling a consent decree dating to the early 1980s must be modified to remove race- and sex-based hiring goals.

Commissioners unanimously approved the $125,000 contract Thursday.

The Cincinnati city manager will develop a new citizen engagement policy, prompted by an ordinance passed unanimously by council Wednesday. It’s based on a motion passed six years ago that was never implemented.

Health officials say local emergency departments are filling up quickly, and it’s partly due to people looking for a COVID test.

“The money is there,” said Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley. “The only thing stopping us now is the relocation of the substation that Duke Energy owns, and some negotiations with the railroads.”