Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Hamilton County Public Health Director Dr. Stephen Feagins urges residents to get flu shots before Halloween, citing a two-week lag for the vaccine to take effect and last season's record surge that pushed local hospitals to capacity.
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Kirby Rankin, charged in the death of 7-year-old William Evans-Ellis in an Oakley home, was sentenced to 360 days for a separate assault at Jungle Jim's in Fairfield, while the murder trial remains pending.
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Cincinnati officials proposed doubling stormwater storage requirements for redeveloped properties and disconnecting downspouts from sewer laterals at a Tuesday, Oct. 13 committee hearing, but Council member Mark Jeffreys called the flood-mitigation plan "incomplete" and demanded budget specifics before the next storm season.
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James Lockridge, 43, of Evanston, was sentenced to 431 months in federal prison for three armed robberies at Marathon gas stations on Gilbert Avenue and Montgomery Road in February 2024.
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The Cincinnati Police Department's latest 28-day Oakley neighborhood report logged 48 Part 1 crimes from Sept. 13 to Oct. 10, a 26% jump from 38 in the prior cycle, driven by a surge in thefts and violent incidents including a rape and strangulation on Romaine Drive.
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A Hamilton County grand jury indicted Aiken New Tech High School assistant principal Steven Barton on six new counts of sexual battery and two counts of grooming Oct. 8, bringing the total alleged victims to five as Cincinnati Public Schools called the allegations deeply troubling.
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Remnants of Hurricane Isaias are expected to bring rain and wind gusts up to 35 mph to the Cincinnati area Saturday night into Sunday, threatening a wet final night for BLINK and prompting organizers to monitor conditions.
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Northbound I-71 will be rerouted away from Fort Washington Way for about 18 months starting spring 2027 as part of the Brent Spence Bridge project, sending east-side commuters on a longer detour through I-275 and I-471.
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Mount Lookout's year-to-date violent crime jumped from two incidents to five in 2026, a 150% increase, even as overall Part 1 crime dropped 9.5% thanks to falling property offenses, according to the latest CPD neighborhood report.
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Hamilton County Public Health confirmed its first human West Nile virus case of 2026, with 35 positive mosquito pools detected countywide, prompting officials to urge residents to take prevention steps as mosquito season continues through first frost.
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An Evendale man who prosecutors said worked at a Kenwood Towne Centre toy store to be closer to children was sentenced to the maximum seven and a half years in prison for possessing child sexual abuse material and tampering with evidence.
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The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office permanently terminated its Flock license-plate camera program on Friday, Oct. 2, removing all 75 automated readers county-wide after residents raised privacy and data-sharing concerns.
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Ryan Murphy, 35, faces terrorism, felonious assault and other charges after allegedly firing a gun into a woman's Grandin Avenue home on two occasions and into his own Willis Avenue building, and is jailed without bond ahead of a hearing expected the week of Oct. 5.
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