The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden has been awaiting word from Ohio Governor Mike DeWine on a reopening date and we now know that can begin June 10. The zoo is planning a phased reopening with limited crowds, and tickets only sold in advance. Those tickets will be timed to limit the number of people entering the zoo at a time.

Starting Monday, June 8, the Cincinnati Recreation Commission will open several neighborhood pools as well as host limited-attendance day camps for children at centers around the city. In this time of COVID-19, they face a variety of challenges to ensure a safe and enjoyable experience for swimmers and campers.

Recent days in Cincinnati have brought to our city a series of daily events in which people call for justice following the deaths of black Americans at the hands of police. The protests here mirror the unrest gripping much of the nation.

The Cincinnati Art Museum now has a reopening date of June 20 after closing in March under the COVID-19 pandemic. The museum has a plan in place for its staff and visitors to maintain social distancing inside the historic Eden Park facility.

With concerns about the coronavirus, many people are hesitant to enter hospitals and doctor's offices, and that may include parents whose children need regular check-ups. But pediatricians are trying to get the word out to families that their offices have been open during the pandemic, and it is still safe to schedule child-well visits.

2020 marks the 17th year of the Cincinnati Fringe Festival, an annual celebration of alternative and "weird" theatrical performances produced by Know Theatre .

On a fifth night of protests in Cincinnati the demonstrations ended in time for the city's imposed curfew at 8 p.m. Tuesday. Also on Tuesday evening, West Chester saw its first protest. West Chester's Police Chief Joel Herzog let a group break the township’s newly formed 30-day curfew.

Days of protests in Cincinnati continue.

After a weekend of protests and more than two hundred arrests, Cincinnati is extending a curfew to at least Monday night. Local protests, like so many across the nation, were sparked by the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd. The demonstrations, which began peacefully in the early hours, turned to vandalism in some areas of the city throughout several nights.

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) will appear at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Fort Thomas on Friday to talk with frontline health care workers and to discuss the impact of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which he introduced prior to its adoption.