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Kenton County Commonwealth Attorney Rob Sanders has opened an investigation into an Edgewood pain management clinic, where Dr. Pragya Gupta agreed to stop practicing in June after letting an unlicensed employee administer anesthesia.

The Fairfield High School football program is like family to senior quarterback Talon Fisher. As Fisher, 18, prepares for his fourth year as the starting quarterback, he wants a special season filled with significant aspirations.

As the 2023-24 school year begins, Cincinnati Public Schools Superintendent Iranetta Wright sat down with WCPO anchor Adrian Whitsett to discuss changes to the district and its schools. o

Recreational marijuana is once again on the November ballot in Ohio, but this 2023 measure isn't the same measure seen by voters in 2015.

Woodward senior wide receiver Donte Ferrell's story is one of perseverance throughout his high school career. While Ferrell has natural athletic gifts on the football field that are known to fans and opponents, he also exemplifies the traits of a successful student-athlete around the entire Woodward High School community throughout the academic year. This is partially thanks to Ferrell's special bond with Woodward basketball coach Jarelle Redden.

Stores are stocked with Halloween merchandise and decor earlier than ever this yea. Should you shop now, or wait for lower prices?

It could take several years for Maui to return to what it was before the wild fire. Is it worth visiting, to support the people there, or should you avoid it?

Students get your notebooks ready because class is back in session! It’s the first day of school for some of the largest school districts in Greater Cincinnati including, Cincinnati Public Schools and Boone County Schools. CPS Superintendent Iranetta Wright visited Hughes STEM High School and Dater Montessori School.

Students get your notebooks ready because class is back in session! It’s the first day of school for some of the largest school districts in Greater Cincinnati including, Cincinnati Public Schools and Boone County Schools. CPS Superintendent Iranetta Wright visited Hughes STEM High School and Dater Montessori School.

Ohioans for Child Protection SNAP have made a formal request to Attorney General Dave Yost asking him to conduct a statewide investigation of the history and scope of child sexual abuse and its covering up by the state's Catholic dioceses.

Twelve of the Tri-State's school districts start the 2023-24 academic year on Thursday.

Northern Kentucky high school football is making its triumphant return. CovCath (9-3 record in 2022) returns plenty of talent this season as it moves to Class 4A. The Colonels were in Class 5A last season.

The defense was expected to call its witnesses Wednesday, including Mixon, but the entirety of the day was taken up by the state's witness, a Cincinnati police sergeant. The sergeant took over the investigation into Mixon's case in February after charges were initially dropped before being refiled in April. Mixon allegedly waved a gun in a woman's face during a road rage incident. After the charge was refiled, Mixon appeared in court and pleaded not guilty. The charge is a first-degree misdemeanor and could carry a maximum sentence of 180 days, a maximum fine of $1000 and a maximum of five years of probation in Ohio.

As students move into the University of Cincinnati's residence halls for the new school year, both parents and the students themselves are having mixed feelings about the campus' safety. In fact, incidents in the school's surrounding neighborhoods are up compared to this time last year.

Former Cincinnati City Councilman Jeff Pastor owes taxpayers more than $117,000 and city, Hamilton County and federal officials want to be repaid. A federal judge ordered Pastor on Aug. 10 to repay the $15,000 in bribe money he took from FBI undercover agents who were posing as real estate developers in a massive scandal that encompassed City Hall in 2020.

WCPO has reported on various off-campus parties in CUF that blocked traffic or caused property damage. Early Sunday, four people were shot after a party.

Spencer Singh decided to switch gears and take a new path forward after a motorcycle crash changed his life.

The program opens up applications from local entrepreneurs and businesses for short-term leases in currently vacant storefronts on Main Street. 3CDC said they're working to fill 25 to 30 of them.

It's not just renters being targeted by the rental scam, with fake apartment listings. One landlord says her ads are constantly being stolen, and that renters are sending deposit money to a fake landlord.

TJ Nelson can't help but smile when discussing his upcoming senior season with the Anderson High School football program. "Everybody has been welcoming since day one," the Anderson senior safety said. "The transition is smooth. I love it." Nelson, a Bowling Green verbal commit, and senior tight end Jack Sammarco, a West Virginia commit, enrolled at Anderson after being at Walnut Hills last season. Both players are expected to make a significant impact for the Raptors this year.

In April, Conners was sentenced to five years of community control, a fine of $1,000 and he was banned from holding any fiduciary position or having a government contract for five years. Conners was superintendent of the school between July 2013 and March 2022, when he was fired. According to the auditor's office, the Auditor of State's Special Investigation Unit (SIU) began an investigation into Conners in May of 2018, after the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office contacted them. The investigation showed Conners' janitorial company, MC Services, was contracted by Cincinnati Technology Academy from April 2014 through July 2021.

A Blanchester woman has been living a "nightmare." Tina Christman said sewage has been overflowing into and around her home repeatedly over the last few years — and it’s making her sick. "This was my first little house I got,” Christman said with tears in her eyes. "I was excited because I was homeless for two years and I finally got a place." It was supposed to be home sweet home, but she said issues began after about a year. Over the last four years, Christman said sewage has flooded her home about 10 times.

In Northside, there are plenty of sidewalks, homes and businesses, but green space isn't plentiful — yet, nestled behind a high, black fence on a main Northside street is a bit of an oasis. It's a plot of earth dedicated to trees, lawn and flowers, belonging to Happen Inc., a Cincinnati-based, non-profit that is child and family centered. Tucked into one corner of this plot is the Butterfly Garden, and on a random summer day, teenagers are tending to it as bees buzz between the zinnias and butterflies loll along the hedges of marigolds.

With gas prices rising again, is it time to consider E85 Flex Fuel, or E15 ethanol fuel, which are cheaper? But are they safe for your car?

Bengals running back Joe Mixon was in court Monday afternoon for his trial. He faces an aggravated menacing charge after a woman accused him of waving a gun at her. The first day of the trial adjourned shortly before 4 p.m. and will resume at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. The alleged victim's testimony will continue with cross-examination from the defense.