Our kids are dying—in city parks, on street corners, in neighborhoods that have quietly become battlegrounds.
Everyone sees it. Everyone feels it. And yet we keep acting surprised regarding juvenile crime in Cincinnati.
Cincinnati has 52 neighborhoods—strong, proud, working communities. But too many of them, especially where opportunity runs thin, have become places…
The new year has begun with heartbreak for the West End community. An 11-year-old girl was fatally shot at a neighborhood playground on the evening of January 1.
The Cincinnati Police Department (CPD) is currently investigating the incident, which occurred just hours after the city rang in 2026.
According to initial police reports, officers responded…
Cincinnati is facing a violent crime crisis, but City Council is stuck in ceremony mode. Here’s a plan the city could adopt today—if our leaders actually cared more about outcomes than optics.
Cincinnati Crime Is Bigger Than “Perception”
The data is in: violent crime in Cincinnati is rising—and fast.
Over the past 28 days, violent…


