Scott Wartman

2 weeks ago | cincinnati.com | Sydney Franklin |Scott Wartman

Hyde Park residents are collecting signatures for a referendum to overturn the Cincinnati City Council's approval of a $150 million development. Last week, supporters said they had collected over half the 9,146 signatures to put the issue to a vote. The deadline to submit signatures is Friday. Hyde Park is nearing the May 23 deadline to collect the signatures to secure a November ballot measure.

3 weeks ago | cincinnati.com | Scott Wartman

The death of Hamilton County Sheriff's Deputy Larry Henderson sparked an Ohio Republican senator to introduce a bill to toughen penalties for anyone found guilty of assault on a federal officer. Sen. Bernie Moreno, on Monday, announced the Larry Henderson Act to set a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years in prison for an assault on a federal officer. Henderson was killed on May 2 by a man who prosecutors say intentionally drove into him. The suspect, Rodney Hinton Jr., faces the death penalty.

3 weeks ago | the-daily-record.com | Scott Wartman

The death of Hamilton County Sheriff's Deputy Larry Henderson sparked an Ohio Republican senator to introduce a bill to toughen penalties for anyone found guilty of assault on a federal officer. Sen. Bernie Moreno, on Monday, announced the Larry Henderson Act to set a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years in prison for an assault on a federal officer. Henderson was killed on May 2 by a man who prosecutors say intentionally drove into him. The suspect, Rodney Hinton Jr., faces the death penalty.

3 weeks ago | eu.dispatch.com | Haadiza Ogwude |Haley BeMiller |Scott Wartman

Ramaswamy, who has a net worth of $1 billion, previously ran for president in 2024 but dropped out after the Iowa Caucuses. He is a Harvard and Yale graduate, a published author, and the founder of Roivant Sciences and Strive Asset Management. Ramaswamy is married to Apoorva Tewari Ramaswamy, a surgeon and cancer researcher at The Ohio State University, and they have two sons. The Ohio Republican Party endorsed entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy for governor on May 9 for the 2026 election.

4 weeks ago | cincinnati.com | Sydney Franklin |Scott Wartman

A new Chick-fil-A planned for Mount Auburn was at the center of a small City Council squabble over development priorities in Cincinnati. The nine-member council voted 7-2 to approve new zoning on a lot owned by one of Cincinnati's largest apartment developers and managers, Uptown Rental Properties. The firm asked the city for a planned development designation on a 5.5-acre site where they manage a 103-unit student housing complex and want to build a 5,020-square-foot Chick-fil-A next door.