Cincinnati VA, in turmoil, gets new leader and other top stories.

• Cincinnati VA, in turmoil, gets new leader

  

  Buy PhotoLeadership changes were announced Tuesday at the Cincinnati VA Medical Center, already in turmoil for more than the past year.(Photo: The Enquirer/Anne Saker)Buy PhotoThe Cincinnati VA Medical Center, which has been embroiled in controversy this year over its governance and management, underwent yet another leadership shakeup Tuesday. The hospital’s director, who had been on the job less than a year, was sent to another Veterans Affairs hospital, and a Dayton VA official was named actin..

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• Why employers are looking to hire ex-offenders in Cincinnati

  

  Buy PhotoCarlos Christian, author of "Prison without Bars," spoke at the Inaugural Reentry Week Symposium at Great American Ball Park, Tuesday, April 26, 2016. Here he shakes hands with a formerly incarcerated individual.(Photo: The Enquirer/Fatima Hussein)Buy PhotoWhen 1 in 6 Hamilton County residents have been incarcerated, and employers have long held to the policy of not hiring ex-offenders, the pool of available job candidates becomes a lot more shallow.The status of ex-offenders in the jo..

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• Cincinnati man calmly tells 911: 'I just shot and killed my wife'

  

  CINCINNATI (AP) - A suburban Cincinnati man called 911 and gave his address, and when the dispatcher asked what she could help him with, he replied calmly: "I just shot and killed my wife." He told her he would leave his gun in the kitchen and wait for police on his front stoop. Police said Jeffrey Hawkins, 57, surrendered to officers at his Colerain Township home after the call Monday morning. He had told authorities his wife, 59-year-old Jo Ann Hawkins, cleaned out their bank account on Satu..

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• Cincinnati Bengals release linebacker AJ Hawk

  

  Brock Osweiler (17) of the Denver Broncos breaks out of the pocket and scrambles ahead to avoid a tackle by A.J. Hawk (50) of the Cincinnati Bengals in the first quarter. The Denver Broncos played the Cincinnati Bengals at Sports Authority Field at Mile High in Denver on Dec. 28, 2015. (Joe Amon, The Denver Post)CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Bengals have released linebacker A.J. Hawk.A native of southwest Ohio who starred at Ohio State, Hawk joined the Bengals as a free agent last spring after sp..

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• Things to do this week: April 26-May 1

  

  Felicia Day(Photo: Provided/Christina Gandolfo)Sometimes, I pronounce Tuesday as "Chews-dee." Try it out. It's fun. There's a TV star in town tonight signing books: Felicia Day, from "Supernatural," "Eureka" and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." Or are you heading to Lexington to see Pearl Jam? Either way, bring an umbrella.Here are my top picks of local events today through Sunday. Go have some fun.TUESDAYFelicia Day: You’re Never Weird on the Internet, 7 p.m., Joseph-Beth Booksellers-Rookwood, 2692 ..

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• EXCLUSIVE: 'Ain't got no revenge in our hearts,' Pike Co. family says

  

  WARNING: Contains content some might find upsetting. Buy PhotoLeonard Manley is father of shooting victim Dana Rhoden and grandfather to three other shooting victims who were Dana Rhoden's children -- Clarence "Frankie" Rhoden, 20, Hanna Rhoden, 19, and Chris Rhoden Jr., 16.(Photo: The Enquirer/Amanda Rossmann)Buy PhotoStory HighlightsMethodical investigation underwayNo one arrested; no clear motiveChildren spared as were dogs. Why?ON THE PIKE/ADAMS COUNTY LINE — Tears well in Leonard M..

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