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Tom Uhlman / AP April 7, 2021, marked 20 years since white Officer Steven Roach shot and killed Black 19-year-old Timothy Thomas in Over-the-Rhine. The shooting, along with 14 other killings of Black males at the hands of police from 1995 to 2001, led to nearly a week of unrest in Cincinnati. The protests, lootings and chaos garnered national media attention. Reporting for WCPO, Jenell Walton interviewed NAACP President Kweisi Mfume as he toured the damaged area of Over-the-Rhine's Vine Street business district during the unrest. Her coverage earned her an Emmy nomination. WDBZ the Buzz ...

Cincinnati Magazine March 16, 2021 Artist Winsor McCay (later famous for his “Little Nemo in Slumberland”) captured the essence of Cincinnati’s Irish saloons in this drawing published to illustrate one of Finley Peter Dunne’s “Mr. Dooley” humor columns. Image extracted from microfilm by Greg Hand. So ubiquitous are the photographs of mustachioed men with feet up on the brass rail and plug hats screwed firmly upon their noggins, that you might be forgiven if you concluded that all Cincinnati saloons were identical. This is not the case. For evidence, let’s tu...

Cincinnati Magazine March 2, 2021 Jigsaw puzzles were as hard to find as toilet paper throughout 2020, as Americans looked for anything to entertain us during the pandemic’s lockdowns. Amy Pepe of the Geneva (New York) Historical Society says this current fascination is actually the third jigsaw puzzle craze, and Cincinnati shows the same pattern, with locals jumping on the puzzle bandwagon all three times. The whole family, including the baby, the dog and the cat, took up jigsaw puzzles in 1909, according to this Cincinnati Post cartoon. Complicated puzzles that year usually contained fewe...

Rich Boehne has notified the board of directors of The E.W. Scripps Co. that he will step down as chairman and retire from the board when his term expires on May 3. Kim Williams will become chair of the board, effective the same date. Boehne leaves a long legacy of stewardship over the company, having […]

Rich Boehne has notified the board of directors of The E.W. Scripps Co. that he will step down as chairman and retire from the board when his term expires on May 3. Kim Williams will become chair of the board, effective the same date. Boehne leaves a long legacy of stewardship over the company, having […]