Courtney Francisco
WCPO
Cincinnati, OH, United States
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Families fight for help as Cincinnati Children's stops accepting Ohio Marketplace insurance
A contract disagreement between Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and an insurance corporation called CareSource will leave at least 1,000 children without affordable access to their treatment. → Read More
Organization in need of apartments for 22 former and current teens in foster system that are living alone
22 Hamilton County teenagers face the possibility of becoming homeless if they cannot find new units by November. Many of them have aged out or will soon age out of the foster care system. → Read More
Cincinnati Children's to stop accepting Ohio Marketplace insurance, impacting 1,000 patients
This impacts patients who purchased their coverage from the Ohio Marketplace. CareSource was the only marketplace option contracted with the hospital. → Read More
JFS: 18 children in Ohio died while in state custody in 2021
ODJFS: 18 children died while in state custody in 2021. We are waiting for causes of death for that year. → Read More
Small Kids Adventures Learning Center II day care to be shut down after 1-year-old's assault
ODJFS suspended the business's license earlier this year after police arrested Kristian Hemmitt. Detectives said in March that while she worked there, she was caught on camera assaulting a 1-year-old. → Read More
CPD: Man killed 3-year-old and his mother to get back at her for having a miscarriage
A new motive was revealed Friday in court for the killings of 3-year-old Nylo Lattimore and his mother 29-year-old mother Nyteisha in December 2020. → Read More
Man accused of shooting kids has bond removed so he can't get out of jail before trial
A judge set Darius Harris’ bond at $1 million on June 22, 2021 after he was arrested and charged with firing a gun outside a convenience store, striking four people with bullets. Their ages were 18, 6, 7 and 8 at the time. → Read More
Tri-State organizations undergo more active shooter training as mass shootings continue across US
After seeing mass shootings across the country, Wesley Chapel Mission Center's Kevin Corey invited organizations to his staff's yearly active shooter training. → Read More
Cincinnati reverend writes book designed to steer children away from guns
Rev. Alvin Scales III wrote, “A Young World Drawn to the Gun” and created a test to go alongside it. The book covers topics like gun accessibility, emotional triggers and what could draw children toward guns. → Read More
'Why did they have to shoot him?' Violent carjacking leaves father of 3 in hospital
Family said the father’s youngest children slept through the gunfire. The man, 39, manages two restaurants in Clifton. → Read More
Campbell County Detention Center deputy jailer charged with raping 2 inmates
Antonio Myrick, 29, was arrested Tuesday and Campbell County jailer James Daley said Myrick's employment with the detention center has been terminated. → Read More
Hamilton County Coroner on overdose deaths: 'It's not really getting any better'
Four out of 10 counterfeit pills seized across the nation are laced with lethal levels of fentanyl, Cincinnati DEA resident agent said. → Read More
Cincinnati family shines light on abuse, visitation struggle after mom kills 2 children
Lexington police said Nikki James stabbed her children, 13-year-old Deon and 5-year-old Skyler Williams, May 2. Their family said the mother stopped letting their father visit them. → Read More
Cincinnati day care pushes to reopen amid child abuse allegations
Carl Lewis, attorney for Small Kids Adventures Learning Center II, said the day care owner and administrator should be credited for bringing the abuse to the attention of authorities, and he said those in charge were not seen on camera abusing children. → Read More
Cheviot council member facing backlash after using transphobic slur
Brian Smyth used the term in a written post when discussing the Delhi Skirt Game after critics said the theme was insensitive. → Read More
Shots fired in OTR three times in last week, all caught on video
The Cincinnati Police Department is sharing video of three separate incidents in which someone fired a gun in Over the Rhine this week. → Read More
Elmwood Place names interim police chief after department loses half of staff
Officer Kevin Kelsey will serve as chief until a permanent one can be found, the city council decided. Kelsey, employed since 2020, is one of the department's two full-time officers → Read More
Cincinnati day care takes legal step to re-open amid child abuse case
A Cincinnati child care facility recently connected to claims of abuse is trying to re-open. → Read More
'Are we allowed to pull people over?': Elmwood Place down to only 2 full-time police officers
Mayor Joseph Anneken confirmed Chief Eric Bartlet's last day was April 14 and another officer quit before their shift the next day. → Read More
CPD release body camera video from Covington shooting in which officers killed a man
Cincinnati police are providing an update on a shooting that happened April 11 in which Cincinnati officers shot and killed a man in Covington. → Read More