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A new report reviews the domestic violence deaths of 48 people and holds recommendations aimed at preventing future tragedies. Findings on Risk Factors for Intimate Partner Homicide (Hamilton County, Ohio) Separated 77 percent Substance abuse 68 percent Increase in frequency of abuse 66 percent Gun involved 66 percent Criminal history 63 percent Stalking 53 percent Prior domestic violence charge 48 percent Threats to kill 46 percent Prior history child abuse 41 percent Threats of suicide 41 percent Perpetrator mental illness 33 percent Perpetrator bought a weapon 33 percent Property damage 33 percent Threats with weapons 32 percent Previous serious injury...

He fought long and hard, but in the end, Joe Nuxhall lost his battle. The Old Lefthander passed away Thursday night, at the age of 79. He had been battling cancer over the past couple of years, but most recently, was hospitalized for pneumonia and breathing problems. He was supposed to go through surgery to have a pacemaker implanted, but that operation was called off. At 10:55 p.m. Thursday, he was pronounced dead at Mercy Hospital in Fairfield.

A group of University of Cincinnati students are working to boost the morale of our troops in Iraq. Students from three different colleges have started a program called S.P.O.R.T.S. for their senior project. It stands for "Special Program Offering Recreation To Our Soldiers." Their goal is to collect used or new sporting equipment to send to our troops overseas. "We're trying to send it over there and help with morale and as well build relationships with youth over there, get out have some fun, goof around that way they can take their minds off what's going on overseas at the...

CINCINNATI - Mayor Mark Mallory is refusing to fire a starter pistol to kickoff an upcoming road race, saying he doesn’t like the gun’s symbolism in a city that set a record for homicides last year. Mallory said he’ll blow a whistle at Saturday’s Rhythm Race 5K instead. A pistol filled with blanks is traditionally used to start races and track meets. "I think the symbolism is just bad," he said. "It’s just something I don’t do." Mallory made the comment Tuesday while condemning last weekend’s fatal shooting of a man near a youth football tournament held to promote nonviolence...

Per FR policy, Cincinnati Enquirer is link only.STORY:Local exec bet on Romney

NEW YORK Although Cincinnati Post staffers were expecting today's announcement that the paper would cease publication at the end of the year, several newsroom employees admitted the final blow is not easy to take. Members of the 52-person news staff said they were not surprised at the decision by E.W. Scripps Company to fold the paper when the joint operating agreement with Gannett Co. Inc., owner of the rival Cincinnati Enquirer, expires Dec. 31. The JOA's demise had been decided three years ago when Gannett exercised an option to pull out. "We were surprised it took this long to announce...

Editor's Note: This story appears in the July 16 edition of ESPN The Magazine, on sale beginning July 4. To let you know how far I've come, let me tell you where I've been. Not that long ago, there were nights I went to sleep in strange places praying I wouldn't wake up. After another night of bad decisions, I'd lie down with my heart speeding inside my chest like it was about to burst through the skin. My thinking was clouded, and my talent was one day closer to being totally wasted. I prayed to be spared another...

Stem cells derived from bone marrow and intrastromally injected into the corneas of mice can differentiate into keratocan-producing cells, according to an experimental study by researchers at the University of Cincinnati. Winston Whei-Yang Kao, PhD, and colleagues investigated whether bone marrow stem cells could differentiate into cells that expressed keratocan, a characteristic of corneal keratocytes. The study involved Kera-/- mice. Hongshan Liu, PhD, a research scientist in the university's ophthalmology department, presented their findings at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology meeting. The researchers found that, after 1 week, the abnormal corneas of animals injected with the stem...

Story Summary: Two aircraft have crashed near Reed Hartman Highway, just north of Kemper Road in Sharonville, killing at least two people.

LOS ANGELES (Map, News) - Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory, given a chance to make up for his errant ceremonial first pitch on Major League Baseball's opening day, delivered two more wobbly - but slightly better - pitches on ABC-TV's "Jimmy Kimmel Live." Mallory's pitch in front of a sold-out crowd Monday at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati was way off target and made him the butt of jokes among some late night comedians. He made another poor throw in his first attempt on the set of Kimmel's show Wednesday. With actor Kurt Russell as his catcher, Mallory tossed the...

Matt Maupin Scholarship Run - April 14, Cincinnati Ohio All are invited to participate in the annual Matt Maupin Scholarship Run on April 14th in Cincinnati. If you don’t ride, but would like to show your support we would welcome an honor guard holding 3 x 5 flags lining the road as we leave at the start of the run and lining the road at the end of the run.

A performance by the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra featuring John Schneider and Tom Wopat, who appeared in the 1979-85 series The Dukes of Hazzard was canceled after complaints that the series had "racist overtones," according to Ben Jones, who played Cooter on the show and later served two terms as a Georgia Congressman. "What could these politically correct vigilantes possibly be thinking?" Jones said in a statement, in which he called the cancellation "a dangerous affront to the rights of performing artists and their audiences." Jones particularly criticized the NAACP for endorsing the cancellation. "I'm a life member of the NAACP...

The University of Cincinnati is investigating allegations that current football players and recruits engaged in sex acts with a former soccer player during a recruiting visit, according to published reports. UC spokesman Greg Hand said on Tuesday that the university is "conducting an investigation." The allegations reportedly came from an anonymous letter dated Feb. 14 that was sent to UC president Nancy Zimpher, Daniel Cummins, the director of judicial affairs, and Barbara Rinto, the director of the UC Women's Center. The note was signed, "A Concerned Athletic Department Employee" according to the reports. The Cincinnati Post reported that according to...

A former Toledo football standout who once played with the NFL’s Cincinnati Bengals is being investigated for his role in a fight and stabbing yesterday outside Jackson’s Lounge & Grill downtown, authorities said.

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070202/SPT02/302020028/1066 Can only link the story .... cannot post the material. Well worth the read to see the NFL is singling out a community and franchise with concern.

Steinbach the fifth Bengal to be arrested this year Associated Press NEWPORT, Ky. -- Bengals guard Eric Steinbach was arrested and charged with boating under the influence on the Ohio River, becoming the fifth Cincinnati player in three months accused of breaking the law. A Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources officer stopped Steinbach because he was violating an idle-only zone Saturday night, agency spokesman Mark Marraccini said. Steinbach failed a series of field sobriety tests, Marraccini said. The player was released from the Campbell County jail in Newport after posting bond and was to appear in court Tuesday,...

CINCINNATI -- Bengals cornerback Johnathan Joseph was arrested early Monday and charged with possession of marijuana, the ninth Cincinnati player arrested in the last nine months. The arrest came three weeks after coach Marvin Lewis promised to get tougher on player misconduct, hoping to stop a series of arrests that has embarrassed the team and drawn the attention of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. Joseph was arrested on U.S. Route 42 in northern Kentucky. He lives nearby in Union, Ky. The Boone Country sheriff's office arrest report said Joseph was the passenger in a vehicle driven by a woman who had...

AMELIA, Ohio -- Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Deltha O'Neal was charged with driving while intoxicated early Saturday after being stopped at a traffic checkpoint. The two-time Pro Bowl player had a blood-alcohol level of 0.10, above Ohio's legal limit of 0.08, the State Highway Patrol said. O'Neal was alone in his car and arrested at the scene, Sgt. Kevin Long said. O'Neal took a breath test and was released.

Bengals wide receiver Chris Henry was arrested for marijuana possession early Thursday morning. Police arrested Henry, 22, in the 300 block of Philadelphia Street in Covington. He posted at least 10 percent of a $1,000 bond and was released from jail. Henry is a Bengals rookie from West Virginia University. It's unclear how the drug arrest will affect Henry's season.