Nine people were arrested and seven illegally owned guns were seized during two state-backed enforcement operations in Cincinnati. Authorities highlighted two stops that ended with taser deployments.

Police are investigating after one person was shot inside a Westwood home early Wednesday. Detectives searched the apartment and found shell casings.

Samuel Ramirez, 45, was indicted on 32 counts of rape and one count of gross sexual imposition after hospital staff alerted authorities that alleged child victims came forward. Authorities say the victims were between 9 and 14.

Darrin Johnson — who assaulted a UC student in 2021 and pleaded guilty to a federal hate crime — has been ordered detained after a court found a supervised‑release violation. The move pauses his planned March release while the courts decide next steps.

More than a dozen coyotes were found dead and dumped on a western Hamilton County hillside, and state wildlife investigators have opened a probe.

Amanda Lorman, 42, died months after being critically injured in an Oct. 15 hit-and-run on Westwood Northern Boulevard. Cincinnati police are asking witnesses to call 513-352-2514.

A Cincinnati man was arrested March 13 and indicted on dozens of sex-related charges tied to alleged assaults of a juvenile across several years.

Seven Adams County deputies say Afroman used footage from a 2022 raid in viral songs, videos and merch, sparking a lawsuit that tests free-speech limits.

Authorities say the body of 32-year-old Keely Shuler of Pomeroy was recovered from the Ohio River during a multi-agency search; family members confirmed the identification. Officials ask for privacy as investigations continue.

Police broke up a planned street takeover Sunday, towing 65 vehicles and arresting 39 across multiple Cincinnati neighborhoods.

A late-night house fire in Miami Township's Vista Woods community killed one person and sent another to UC Medical Center by helicopter. State and county investigators are on scene.

A 4-year-old was found in a Deerfield Township pond Saturday and later died at Cincinnati Children's Hospital. The Warren County Sheriff's Office says the incident is under investigation.

A Clermont County woman was pronounced dead after a tree toppled onto her Jackson Township home. Deputies say the case remains under investigation.