Even through the pandemic, the real estate market stayed hot. New listings are flying off the streets almost as soon as they appear, and often sell above asking price with more than the occasional bidding war. Coldwell Banker Realtor Sue Besl Price says in Cincinnati, the average sale price is up 21% from 2019.

There are few things sports fans love more than a good old-fashioned, bitter rivalry. That's especially true in Greater Cincinnati. If we can't taste championships, we can at least savor the occasional victory over our hated regional foes.

Last week, Cincinnati Public Schools reached a $3 million settlement with the family of Gabriel Taye, the Carson Elementary School student who died by suicide in 2017 after he was bullied at school.

While the Vietnam War ended 50 years ago, the legacies of that conflict have left a lasting scar. That's the findings of a new report from the University of Dayton Human Rights Center, which contends that Vietnam War-era policies underlie much of the militarization of today's society as well as political and social polarization and violence.

A local initiative to end the cycle of arrests among low-level criminal offenders has expanded. Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) got its start in Hamilton County in July 2020 with a grant from the U.S. Bureau of Justice Administration. The program trains officers to connect low-level offenders with a treatment case manager instead of taking them to jail.

The discovery of what is now known as the "Griffin Warrior" has landed high praise for two researchers from the University of Cincinnati.

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With pandemic restrictions easing, local business owners are looking to the future and what they hope is a better year ahead. But many concerns still linger. Some industries have been hit hard by a worker shortage. Many restaurants are finding labor in short supply and even Kings Island has cut park hours due to staffing issues.

COVID-related restrictions are easing and people are venturing out again. But even as our masks come off, many in Greater Cincinnati are still struggling with the economic fallout of the global pandemic that has dominated the last year.

In many Cincinnati neighborhoods, nonprofit organizations called community development corporations work to represent residents as they engage with local government and developers to bring housing, commercial spaces and other economic development. But how well do these groups represent their communities and how much say do they have in the changes happening in their neighborhoods?