Nick Swartsell

1 week ago | wvxu.org | Nick Swartsell

Getting from Downtown to Uptown Cincinnati without a car could get easier in the future. The city of Cincinnati is wrapping up the planning phase of a two-mile complete streets project on Gilbert Avenue. The Department of Transportation and Engineering's Elese Daniel says the city has completed a feasibility study and selected a preferred design. The design features curb bump-outs to make pedestrian crossings easier at intersections and a two-way protected bike lane.

1 week ago | wvxu.org | Nick Swartsell

Emerson Colindres is now in Honduras, a country he last saw as an 8-year-old, immigration attorneys confirmed to WVXU Wednesday. Colindres, a recent graduate of Dater High School well known for his soccer skills, was detained by Homeland Security agents June 4 during a routine check-in at the department's Blue Ash office. He was held on an immigration detainer at the Butler County Jail until early Tuesday morning, when Butler County Sheriffs deputies transported him to an airport in Michigan.

1 week ago | wvxu.org | Nick Swartsell

A sprawling, 76-acre site perched above Covington could be reimagined soon. When it opened in 1953 as Ida Spence Homes, the hilltop complex later known as City Heights offered federally subsidized housing for people who otherwise couldn't afford it. At 366 units, City Heights was Northern Kentucky's largest public housing complex. It was home to generations of residents. But over the decades, the buildings aged. Support for upkeep from the federal government decreased.

1 week ago | wvxu.org | Nick Swartsell

The officer who shot and killed Ryan Hinton May 1 won't face charges from Hamilton County Prosecutors. Attorneys for the Hinton family say they'll file a civil suit over the 18-year-old's death. Hinton was one of four people fleeing from a stolen car at an apartment complex in Price Hill when the shooting occurred. Cincinnati Police say Hinton aimed a gun at the officer. CPD hasn't named that officer, citing Marsy's Law. Body camera footage is blurry and hard to see.

1 week ago | wvxu.org | Nick Swartsell |Becca Costello

Detentions of Greater Cincinnati immigrants have drawn protests this week. The demonstrations come as the Trump administration ramps up immigration enforcement across the country. A group gathered outside a Department of Homeland Security office in Blue Ash Tuesday for a news conference pushing back on the arrest of Alonzo Tomas Mendez. Mendez was one of several people Homeland Security agents arrested in East Price Hill May 31.