Todd Dykes

1 week ago | wlwt.com | Todd Dykes

In late April, President Donald Trump signed an executive called Protecting American Communities from Criminal Aliens. The order called on the Dept. of Homeland Security to publish a list of communities that "obstruct the enforcement of federal immigration laws."On Friday morning Warren Co. Sheriff Barry Riley quickly wrote about the list on social media, saying, "This report is wrong. A mistake has been made.."Riley and Lebanon-based Rep.

1 week ago | wlwt.com | Todd Dykes

During the years he spent as a member of the University of Cincinnati's College of Medicine admissions committee, Dr. Kenneth Davis saw African American medical students leave the Queen City because of financial constraints. Davis and his wife have spent years working to change that reality. But now a new reality looks to undo their life's work. "The shock would probably kill me instantly," Davis said, laughing briefly. Davis, who's retired, spent decades as Cincinnati's only Black general surgeon.

2 weeks ago | wlwt.com | Todd Dykes

Around 4:30 a.m. on Thursday, a home security camera recorded a man approaching an SUV parked in front of a house on McKinley Avenue in Westwood. A tree obscures the camera lens, but the camera captures the sound of one of the SUV's windows being broken. The man in the video then places the sheet of mostly shattered glass, held together by an adhesive material, in a front yard. "To see my neighbors go through this as well as myself, it's upsetting," Al Jenkins said.

2 weeks ago | wlwt.com | Todd Dykes

Several car owners in Westwood are cleaning up shattered glass Thursday after at least one person broke into cars on McKinley Avenue during the early morning hours.The open driver's side window on an SUV crossover is just one example of the damage done along McKinley Avenue, with broken glass on the pavement next to the driver's side door marking the site of a break-in. Neighbors are uncertain about the exact number of cars targeted, but it seems safe to estimate at least a dozen, possibly more.

2 weeks ago | wlwt.com | Todd Dykes

A social-media fueled ruckus that featured hundreds of teenagers running around while the sound of gunfire echoed off buildings at The Banks along Cincinnati's riverfront last year highlights a troublesome trend. "How many fights are recorded on YouTube, right?" said Steve Smith, president of A Wired Family. "We have taken very seriously this threat," Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval said.