CINCINNATI (AP) — Authorities say two elderly Cincinnati women were killed when their vehicle was hit by a truck that police had been chasing. The Ohio State Highway Patrol said the Sunday night crash in Union Township, east of Cincinnati, killed two women in their 70s in a Chrysler minivan. The Cincinnati [...]
CINCINNATI (AP) — Longtime Cincinnati Reds’ broadcaster Marty Brennaman’s hair might soon be out of here. He had promised recently to shave his head if the Reds won 10 in a row. The National League Central Division leaders won 7-2 at Colorado on Sunday for their 10th straight, despite having top hitter Joey Votto [...]
CINCINNATI (AP) — An Indonesian choir that missed its performances at the World Choir Games in Cincinnati because of travel troubles and ended up stranded has found generosity and an audience in the city. The 49-member Gema Chandra Cendrawasih University Choir arrived shortly before closing ceremonies Saturday with little money, nowhere to perform and no [...]
By The Associated Press Seventeen athletes from Ohio will compete in the London Olympics. They represent a variety of hometowns and athletic events: Katie Bell, 24, Columbus, diving Tervel Dlagnev, 26, Columbus, wrestling Bridget Franek, 24, Hiram, athletics (steeplechase) Terrell Gausha, 24, Cleveland, boxing Peter Graves, 27, Cincinnati, rowing Kayla Harrison, 22, Middletown, judo LeBron [...]
By JOHN JOHNSTON CINCINNATI (AP) — Without whispering a word or touching its tush, Megan-Kate Ferguson gets Cinder the pig to sit. A simple hand signal — followed by a tasty reward — does the trick. “Good boy!” says the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden’s 31-year-old curator of animal development and training. They’ve been working [...]
CINCINNATI (AP) — Authorities say police searching a Cincinnati home during a drug case made an unexpected discovery — a pair of 4-foot alligators. City prosecutor Charlie Rubenstein tells The Cincinnati Enquirer he initially thought authorities were joking when they told him they found the gators on Monday. Rubenstein says the alligators were kept in [...]
COLUMBUS (AP) — A group of state lawmakers is slated to discuss and possibly vote Tuesday on a compromise to a wide-ranging bill that sorts out regulations for casinos, racetrack slots and other forms of gambling in Ohio. Republican State Rep. Lou Blessing of Cincinnati had told a negotiating committee last week that more time [...]
By LISA CORNWELL CINCINNATI (AP) — An airport considered vital to economic development in the Cincinnati and northern Kentucky region is striving to expand service and offset airline cutbacks that have caused concern in the region’s business community. Rising fuel costs that have led airlines to boost fares and airline consolidations reducing the number of [...]
