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• New riverboat coming to Cincinnati

  

  The new Spirit of Cincinnati at lock 25 traveling toward Cincinnati(Photo: Provided/Queen City Riverboats)Queen City Riverboats, a charter cruise company based out of Dayton, Kentucky has purchased a new riverboat.The riverboat, known as The Spirit of Dubuque, was based out of Dubuque, Iowa on the Mississippi River. The 350-person twin-paddle-wheel riverboat will replace Queen City Riverboats’ 149-passenger sternwheeler. But it will keep the original boat's namesake –The Spirit of Cincinnati.“We..

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• Cranley concedes: Simpson pulls primary upset

  

  Buy PhotoCincinnati City Councilwoman Yvette Simpson celebrates winning the mayoral primary Tuesday, May 2, 2017 at her watch party at The Greenwich in Walnut Hills. (Photo: The Enquirer/Meg Vogel)Buy PhotoCincinnati City Councilwoman Yvette Simpson pulled off a big upset in a low-turnout mayoral primary on Tuesday, sending a message to incumbent John Cranley the next six months are going to be a dogfight.Buy PhotoCincinnati City Councilwoman Yvette Simpson wipes away a tear after she finds out ..

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• Cincinnati region ranks low in racial equality: report

  

  The National Urban League releases Tuesday the 41st edition of its semiannual State of Black America report.(Photo: Provided)The  Cincinnati region continues to rank low in measures of equality regarding its white and African-American citizens, according to data in a new national report released late Tuesday morning.Of 71 metropolitan areas analyzed, Cincinnati ranks 54th in black-white unemployment equality, and it is 60th of 71 in income equality. The local data encompasses areas of Northern K..

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• Diarra Signs with Cincinnati Men's Basketball

  

  May 2, 2017 CINCINNATI – Mamoudou Diarra (DEE-are-eh) has signed a scholarship to attend the University of Cincinnati and play basketball for the Bearcats beginning with the 2017-18 season, head coach Mick Cronin announced Tuesday. Diarra, a 6-foot-9, 205-pound forward originally from Bamako, Mali, helped 22 Feet Academy to a 29-9 record in 2016-17 while earning First Team All-Grind Session accolades and averaging 18.5 points, 10.2 rebounds and 3.2 blocks. Diarra owns a 7-foot-2 wingspan and ..

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• New heroin-laced drug, 'Gray Death,' surfaces in Hamilton County

  

  CINCINNATI -- A new drug known as “Gray Death” has invaded Cincinnati, according to Hamilton County Coroner’s Office spokesman Terry Daley."It's been coming in for months," Daley said. The drug is seven times more potent than morphine, he said. It is typically light or gray in color and powdery. It got the name "Gray Death" because it can resemble cement.  The substance is often made up of three different opiate drugs plus the powerful painkiller fentanyl or heroin, according to WCPO sister sta..

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• Glasnow hits, pitches Pirates past Cincinnati

  

  Published: Wed, May 3, 2017 @ 12:00 a.m.Associated PressCINCINNATIThree batters in, the game looked grim for Tyler Glasnow. The right-hander walked the first two, gave up Joey Votto’s homer and was lamenting another slow start.Instead of giving in, he ended up getting his first win.Josh Harrison hit a three-run homer — his third in two games — and Glasnow singled home a pair of runs during a six-run rally that swept the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 12-3 victory on Tuesday night, their first of the se..

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• One of Cincinnati's largest CRE firms names top exec

  

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• Voters approve Rowdies' MLS stadium referendum

  

  Like this topic? You may also like these photo galleries:AutoplayShow ThumbnailsShow CaptionsLast SlideNext SlideBuy PhotoApartment buildings overlook Al Lang Stadium, home of the United Socce Tampa Bay Rowdies.(Photo: The Enquirer/Patrick Brennan)Buy PhotoThe Tampa Bay Rowdies' Major League Soccer push took a step forward Tuesday as St. Petersburg voters approved a referendum that should aid in the club's plans for a soccer-specific stadium – an all but necessary piece of every MLS aspirants' p..

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• Greater Cincinnati ZIP code named priciest in Ohio

  

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• Bengals point to their college mistakes while welcoming Joe Mixon ...

  

  The star defensive end was hit with a DUI during his final season of college, which, like Mixon, led to a first-round talent falling into Round 2 before Cincinnati ...

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