Three voice mail messages -- WOO HOO! Yes, it seems a bit much to get excited about, but there's a reason. Not long before getting those messages the news staff at CityBeat was once again pondering  

Here at CityBeat, we almost never cover press conferences hosted by the Cincinnati Police Department. That's because we almost never know when the police will hold a press conference. But it's not   

With Over-the-Rhine undergoing pressures caused not only by persistent problems with violent crime but also a push by corporate leaders to develop upscale housing near Music Hall, two longtime neigh  

Doctors -- oncologists, gynecologists and even sex therapists -- have a hard time talking about sex with their patients. They know the mechanics, but they're used to focusing on a disease or a probl  

Even though the girls are exhausted after a long day at school, they get together for two hours on Monday afternoon to listen to poetry and enjoy a snack before calling up their creativity to write   

Ohio can now lay claim to the longest execution on record in the United States, thanks to the long, slow killing of Joseph Lewis Clark, age 57, on May 2. The executioners took 25 minutes to insert   

Nobody wants crime in their community, not even advocates for unpopular social causes. "People who commit serious violent crimes ought to be held accountable, and we don't want those people running  

Despite problems with declining student enrollment and sluggish test scores, Cincinnati Public Schools (CPS) is garnering praise from at least one prominent education group. The Coalition for Commu  

It will come as no surprise that the religious right is more effectively organized than potheads. Two efforts are underway to put referendums on the ballot to change laws recently passed by Cincinn  

If the air bags in one out of 10 cars were defective, a recall of vehicles would be expected, even demanded. This is an example of intolerance toward unnecessary loss of human life cited by Gary Bee  

Four years and counting: The residents of Rockford Woods are "cautiously optimistic" about the city's latest proposal to finish developing their 2001 CiTiRAMA neighborhood. Matt Appenzeller, a resi  

Physical violence is something people understand -- hitting that results in a black eye or a broken bone. But "violent communication" results in more than a few quizzical looks, according to Jeff Br  

Liberty, like God, is frequently used on both sides of an argument. But both sides can't be right, according to Robert Garmong, senior writer for the Ayn Rand Institute (  

Property flipping can be legal or illegal, depending on the circumstances. The legal kind -- purchasing a run-down house, rehabbing it with updates that add value and reselling it for a higher price  

Stacking the deck against the underprivileged isn't something any public official admits, but that's what happens in Hamilton County when a poor person winds up in the criminal justice system. It's