MidLine is a $21M, 57‑unit affordable housing project planned for Vine Street in Clifton Heights. Developers expect a financing close in the coming weeks. The State of Ohio has pledged roughly $1.4M toward the deal.

A Cincinnati man with five prior OVI convictions was arrested early Thursday after a trooper stopped him for signal violations. He refused sobriety testing and faces a sixth OVI charge.

Monroe Township trustees voted April 30 to put Fire Chief Greg Lang on paid administrative leave and ordered him to turn over keys and devices as an outside probe begins. The move follows a December incident that led to charges later resolved in court.

3CDC is moving forward with a roughly $4 million renovation to split the Mercer Commons storefront into a bar and upgraded apartments, reviving a vacant OTR corner.

A man was shot inside Somerset Bar in Over-the-Rhine and taken to University of Cincinnati Medical Center. Police detained a person of interest and say early evidence indicates the attack was targeted.

Neighbors pulled a resident with a disability to safety after a house fire at Lantana and Marlowe in College Hill. Six people were displaced and investigators are probing the cause.

A 22-year-old Cincinnati man was arraigned after prosecutors say more than 200 files of child sexual abuse material were found on his phone; he’s jailed on $275,000 bond.

An 18-year-old was charged with aggravated robbery after prosecutors say he grabbed a security guard’s gun inside a City of Cincinnati youth-services building; bond was posted.

Princeton High's five-star guard Kam Mercer verbally committed to the University of Cincinnati and will reclassify to 2027. The pledge is a major local recruiting win for UC.

Northbound I-71 was closed near Stewart Road Thursday after a report of shots fired, with deputies diverting traffic onto Red Bank Road and delays reported.

Butler County deputies fanned out Wednesday to verify addresses on the sex‑offender registry, checking roughly 530 names and flagging unverified listings for follow‑up.

Butler County deputies named 52-year-old Jerry Stout in a 'Warrant Wednesday' bulletin, saying he's wanted for failure to register. Officials warn not to approach and ask anyone with tips to contact the sheriff’s warrants unit.

Harold “Chip” Webb admitted taking money from New Miami’s evidence room and agreed to repay $3,090, according to court filings and prosecutor statements. The plea carries a felony that curtails his law‑enforcement privileges.