Paula Christian

CINCINNATI — Toxic chemicals, including chloroform and benzene, were found in the basement of an Over-the-Rhine low-income housing complex in 2023.

FORT THOMAS, Ky. — A few Southgate residents accidentally voted in the Fort Thomas City Council race despite not living in that community, after poll workers mistakenly gave them the wrong ballots.

PEEBLES, Ohio — A rural, heavily wooded neighborhood near Peebles was cut off after severe flooding on Sunday submerged its only bridge, stranding residents who could not get in or out until Monday morning.

MOSCOW, Ohio — A terrible stench from a coal waste landfill is causing headaches, breathing problems and nausea for some Washington Township residents who said their health and the smell have worsened since the WCPO 9 I-Team first reported on the odor in 2023.

CINCINNATI — Iris Roley, a consultant for the City of Cincinnati, hired her two sons as subcontractors to work with young people after school at Government Square, and to help with summer safety — duties that could earn them six figures for just over 14 months of part-time work, city documents state.

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, Ohio — A Clermont County commissioner is pushing for air testing to determine if unsafe levels of hydrogen sulfide exist near a coal waste landfill after a

PIERCE TOWNSHIP, Ohio — A large portion of the former Walter C. Beckjord coal plant is advertised for sale, just as Clermont County officials threaten to sue the owners to force the removal of billions of pounds of coal ash before the land can be redeveloped.

CINCINNATI — Cincinnati City Council is poised to revoke parts of a controversial rule passed in 2024 that pushes graffiti clean-up costs to property owners who are the victims of vandalism.

CINCINNATI — For generations, the twin spires of St. Francis Seraph Catholic Church have been a landmark on the corner of Vine and Liberty streets. But this historic Over-the-Rhine church is set to close with a last Mass on June 28.

CINCINNATI — Former priest and convicted rapist Geoff Drew is set to live in an Over-the-Rhine halfway house when he is released from prison Aug. 17, after his elderly mother refused to allow him to live in her West Side home.