Local Roundup

11 year old uses BB gun to hold up other children in a Cincinnati park.

Fake parking lot attendant busted Downtown across from the Justice Center. Justice is blind, swift, and walks to work.

Man flees hospital, heads right to impound lot, tries to break his car out. In other news, this man is not Jack Bauer.

Ohio's most notorious drunk driver. Car, Horse, bulldozer, tractor. Someone get this guy a Segway.

Kentucky using stimulus money to hire 60 people to help others find work. Really, if everyone got hired to help others find work, no one would need to find work. Bam, unemployment...solved.

Bonnie and Clyde '09 knock over a jewelry store in Florence.

Local Roundup

Four possible tax levies on the ballot in Hamilton County in November, including levies regarding the Cincinnati Museum Center and the Hamilton County Public Library system.

Kentucky State Police cracking down on speeders through the end of July.

Cincy has 15th most job postings in the US. If you're looking for a job, the interactive map is awesome.

That said, Ohio's June unemployment rate was 11.1 percent, and here are the county by county percentages. Last June's overall rate in Ohio? 6.4 percent. Ouch.

Four Kentucky volunteer firefighters arrested for Arson. STARTING fires is pretty much the one thing a firefighter should not do.

WWJD of the week: Gov Strickland approves another execution.

Local Roundup

Whoops, a Kentucky League of Cities Executive expensed a trip to a strip club.

If you're thinking of building a home, this new Kentucky tax credit might be reason enough to choose Kentucky as your location. Plus they apparently have an incredible League of Cities in Kentucky.

Local cities on a best drivers in the nation survey.

Follow Cincinnati City Council incumbents and challengers on Twitter.

Stupid criminals get caught. Stupider criminals smoke cigars in the back of a police cruiser.

Know any of these gentlemen? Six classy mugshots of sex offenders arrested in a sting in Butler County.

WWJD of the week: Gov. Strickland approves execution of convicted killer.

And finally, it is now illegal to keep chickens in Montgomery. Please make a note of this.

Local Roundup

Ok, Ok, which Ohio Law Firm tried to recruit Alec Baldwin to run for Ohio Governor?

Council Members Laketa Cole and Roxanne Qualls weigh in on the city budget. Laketa Cole thinks police officers should be required to turn their cruisers off for an hour each shift. She did not specify whether she thinks that hour is when she is riding her motorcycle above the speed limit on I-71.

Welcome to Covington, where your roommate will stab you in the back, literally, if the music is too loud.

Welcome to Covington Part II, where our friendly citizens share hugs with complete strangers at 2:30 am, and, oh, yeah, try to take your wallet during the hug.

Will the planned development at Kenwood Towne Place ever get back in gear? Not if this hearing does not pan out for the developers.

600k bond for the teens who threw rocks and hit a young woman in a cab on Columbia Parkway.

WWJD of the week: Jesus would renew his auto tags.

National Round Up

Man drenches wife with garden hose for smoking. Charged with domestic battery. He claims it was an "overspray".

Local Roundup

If you have an Ohio Driver's License, you could potentially join as a Plaintiff in a possible class-action lawsuit.

Cincinnati police may cut up to 200 jobs due to budget constraints.

As it turns out, you can't bring a giant sword into the Drop In Center without getting arrested. Not mentioned in this story, where a homeless man can possibly get a giant sword...

Local Congressman John Boehner is raining S bombs over a climate change bill.

Sometimes when you get a craving, there's nothing you can do.

WWJD of the week: A Kentucky Preacher was arrested for using text messages to attempt to lure a 13 year old girl into having sex with him.