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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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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Nearly two weeks after 7-year-old Ngone Talla died in her wheelchair on a Cincinnati Public Schools bus, the Hamilton County Coroner's Office has not released a cause of death and the police investigation remains open.
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The Cincinnati Health Department is urging residents to isolate and report any bat found inside their home, warning that indoor bat encounters are potential rabies exposures requiring immediate public health assessment.
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The Cincinnati Police Department's latest 28-day neighborhood report shows Hyde Park recorded 14 violent crimes year-to-date through Sept. 26, a 180% increase over the same period in 2025, even as overall Part 1 crime remains down 50% from last year.
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The Ohio River Trail near the East End closes Monday, Sept. 28, for one day of storm sewer work, reopening Tuesday with a gravel detour that could last up to a month.
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Alyvia Jean Frederick, 22, was arraigned Sept. 22 on a theft charge after allegedly driving a cognitively impaired man to a Madison Road bank, taking his $3,000 cash withdrawal and leaving him on the roadside with his documents still in her car.
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Hyde Park recorded 76 Part 1 crimes through Sept. 19, down nearly 53% from 161 in the same period in 2025, driven by steep property crime declines, though violent incidents have more than doubled year over year.
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ODOT will close I-75 in both directions through downtown Cincinnati from Friday night, Sept. 25, through early Monday, Sept. 28, for Linn Street Bridge girder installation, pushing detour traffic onto I-71 and the Norwood Lateral through Oakley.
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Oakley recorded 484 Part 1 crimes through Sept. 19, 2026, a 17% jump over the same period in 2025, with personal and other theft accounting for most of the increase, according to the Cincinnati Police Department's latest neighborhood report.
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Ohio's measles outbreak surged to 180 confirmed cases as of Sept. 17, with 47 new infections in one week, while a confirmed exposure at Cincinnati Children's Hospital and rising vaccine exemptions in Hamilton County schools raise concerns for east-side families.
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Seven-year-old Ngone Talla, a Roselawn Condon School student with cerebral palsy, was found unresponsive in her wheelchair when a First Student bus arrived at her family's home Wednesday. The Hamilton County Coroner's Office said the death appears natural, but Cincinnati police and the coroner are still investigating.
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More than 1,100 Cincinnati households, including Oakley, Hyde Park and Mount Lookout residents, have filed trash complaints after staffing shortages left 13 neighborhoods without pickup for nearly two weeks, with the city promising all collections will be completed this week.
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