Sean MacKinnon

1 week ago | wlwt.com | Sean MacKinnon

This week, volunteers who help in a wide range of emergency situations were let go from a federal agency called AmeriCorps. It's the latest in the White House effort to trim the government workforce and the impacts from that decision and others are being seen here in Cincinnati. "When organizations like AmeriCorps get hit, it affects all of us. Because we can't exist in a vacuum. We need all of these other partners," VP & COO of Lighthouse Youth and Family Services Bonita Campbell said.

1 week ago | wlwt.com | Matthew Dietz |Sean MacKinnon

THE WAY WITH BREAKING NEWS AND THAT BREAKING NEWS. A SWAT STANDOFF HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IN OXFORD. GOOD EVENING, AND THANKS FOR JOINING US HERE AT TEN. I’M CHRIS JACOBS. SO THIS IS ALL TAKING PLACE JUST A FEW BLOCKS AWAY FROM MIAMI UNIVERSITY. THIS IS ON SOUTH LOCUST STREET AND WEST HIGH STREET. POLICE HAVE BEEN THERE FOR HOURS NOW, AND OUR SEAN MACKINNON IS OUT THERE. SEAN, WHAT ARE YOU LEARNING OUT THERE? YEAH, CHRIS, WE’RE LEARNING A LOT TONIGHT FROM THE BUTLER COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE.

1 week ago | wlwt.com | Sean MacKinnon

Thousands of people across dozens of communities are using the weekend to recover after the Ohio River brought flooding to our region. People whose homes flooded are now forced to rip out their walls and start again, like in New Richmond, where a week after flooding began, there's still work to do. At 9 a.m. along the Ohio River Saturday, it's clear spring has returned but now that the river is back in its banks, there's no time to waste.

1 week ago | wlwt.com | Sean MacKinnon

At the Savannah Center in West Chester, Friday was a major GOP fundraiser headlined by Ohio U.S. Sens. Bernie Moreno and Jon Husted. Butler County Republicans spent the night socializing among the silent auction baskets and putting their pocketbooks where the politics are. Before "Lincoln Day" dinner began, Husted sat down with WLWT, fresh off a flight from Washington, D.C."We have an unprecedented opportunity with a Republican president and a Republican Congress," Husted said.

1 week ago | wlwt.com | Sean MacKinnon

A focal point of Blue Ash, Summit Park, could get a new neighbor: a 5,000-seat football stadium surrounded by three hotels. On Thursday, city council set public comment for May 8. The city manager said council could vote on the proposal as early as May 8, but typically a second reading and vote would happen in June. "No, for real, that’s going to be nice. They think they’re going to be in the NFL. That’s a big stadium," Kayla Griffin, who was bringing children to Summit Park, said.