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In the past few weeks, the joint efforts of the city manager, mayor and council members have brought down proposed firefighter layoffs from 80 to zero and proposed police layoffs from 189 to 25.

So what tips can I offer, as the 10th Cincinnati Fringe Festival is about to begin? I've attended these annual round-ups of theater, dance, comedy, music, monologues and oddball unclassifiable performances for a decade, so I have accrued some modest authority.

To Jones' credit, his love of Bluegrass music allowed for such bands to be a part of his show.

On Saturday, June 1, the trio performs at The Comet in Northside in honor of its new release, a 7-inch vinyl single/EP on longtime Cincy Punk/Experimental label Centsless Productions, which has previously released material by local faves like The Socials' new release is titled The Beast Bites and it features four mangy, lo-fi tracks of melodic, ... (more)

In order to avoid deficits for fiscal year 2014 and beyond, the Contemporary Arts Center on Monday laid off four employees and Director/Chief Curator Raphaela Platow announced other cost-saving measures.

Michael Jones, research director at the University of Cincinnati Economics Center, attributed the job gains to improvements in manufacturing and continued growth in health care jobs.

I'm sick of chubby and portly and misshapen young black women wearing stingy shirts, bad bras and too-small pants that leave too much fleshy real estate exposed; I am sick to death of them walking around thinking this is cute and acceptable.

We've been here before, but it wasn't quite the same. The frequently sun-struck paintings in the engaging exhibition, Continuity and Change: The Return to Figurative Painting , now at Cincinnati Art Galleries, are the work of seven area artists - Emil Robinson, Rob Anderson, Linda E. Anderson, Aidan Schapera, Brian Burt, Tim Kennedy and Eve ... (more)

Dave was born Jan. 4, 1948, at Portsmouth; the son of the late Paul Haaf and Irene Haaf of Portsmouth.

As the U.S. Congress debates foreign food aid programs, it should look at the missed opportunities to promote stability and development around the world.

I grew up in Delhi Township and graduated from Oak Hills H.S. in 1983. In 1987 I received a Bachelor's Degree, with Honors, in Political Science from the University of Cincinnati, followed by a J.D. from the College of Law in 1990.

Haiti is suffering from hunger in the aftermath of storms and drought that have struck the impoverished country.

The controversy over the extra scrutiny the Internal Revenue Service imposed on some conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status could take a new turn Wednesday when IRS official Lois Lerner is expected to assert her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination at a House Oversight Committee hearing.

Tonic Tours will begin offering public tours of microbreweries in July. The events will be held every second and fourth Saturday of the month.

There is a unique way you can help tornado victims in Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Regional Food Bank is providing aid and they are a member of the Feeding America network.

More than 200 Cincinnati police officers, firefighters and civilian workers received layoff notices today-saying they'll be losing their jobs soon depending on the city's final budget.

The Ohio Department of Transportation today unveiled a map identifying interstate highway locations where motorists will be legally permitted to drive 70 miles per hour beginning this summer.

Hundreds of Tea Party activists rallied in downtown Cincinnati today. It was one of dozens of demonstrations planned around the country to protest Internal Revenue Service scrutiny of conservative groups.

Feeding America and its member agency, the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma , are working to provide emergency food, water and supplies to tornado victims.

Directing signs of anger at the Internal Revenue Service, hundreds of protestors marched from Fountain Square to the Federal Building, calling for heads to roll.