Newport News

At dark behind Fort Frye High School. An antique tractor and engine show are also planned.

NEWPORT - Crystal Phillips has nurtured a wide variety of animals in her 10 years as biologist for the Newport Aquarium.

The Flying Pig Marathon is set for its 11th edition Sunday May 3 and the City of Cincinnati is advising drivers to plan ahead and avoid streets along the race route.

NEWPORT - Newport residents at a neighborhood meeting this week opposed a proposal for the city of Cincinnati to pay Campbell County to house misdemeanor offenders in the county jail in Newport.

Thursday's oil tank fire on Ohio 7 between Reno and Newport drew manpower and equipment from nearly 20 fire departments - and while those firefighters were on the scene, their peers were working to make sure their home areas were covered in case another emergency arose.

The tri-state raised awareness about physical and sexual violence Friday night. The 20th annual 'Take Back the Night' march and vigil was held on both sides of the Ohio River.

Just before noon Thursday, temperatures reached 60 degrees, there wasn't a cloud in the blue sky and a light wind breezed through the fields along Ohio 7 north of Marietta.

What: Taste of Home cooking school, "Easy, Breezy Spring." When: Doors open at 5 p.m. Thursday, April 23; show starts at 7. Tickets: $15, available at Food 4 Less in Marietta and Warren's IGA in Marietta, McConnelsville and Newport.

Five Days with the Patriots and Pioneers of Washington County, final day highlights: Annual Pioneers Day Bell Ringing at the Fearing House, Harmar Village.

The popular "Ride The Ducks" tours resume in Newport this Thursday. The amphibious vehicles travel through Newport, Covington, Downtown Cincinnati and on the Ohio River.

NEWPORT - If Cincinnati gets streetcars, Newport wants to be involved. The Newport City Commission passed a resolution Monday night supporting Cincinnati's proposed $185 million streetcar plan.

Picture this: Cincinnati is under martial law. Gunboats patrol the Ohio River. Cannons bristle from Mount Adams and Price Hill.

NEWPORT - Do you love the Purple People Bridge, or could you live without it? That's what operators of the Ohio River span that links Newport with Cincinnati want to know.

This weeka s transition to digital TV has thrown cable customers in the New Matamoras, Ohio area a curve-ball. For a number of years, their cable service was owned by Time Warner cable.

Rev. Donald E. Shelander, a retired priest put on administrative leave in March 2006 by Cincinnati Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk as a result of child abuse allegations, has been restored to active ministry ...

NEWPORT - Newport will seek a federal grant to build a bike path along the riverfront in front of Newport on the Levee.

Smoke billowed across the horizon in Reno Thursday morning as half a dozen fire departments battled a blaze at a former auction house.

SANDUSKY -- There are eight opportunities all across the state this winter to participate in Special Olympics Ohio's 'Freezin For A Reason' Polar Bear Plunges, including one at Cedar Point.

Dean W. McPeek, of Lisbon Street, East Liverpool, passed away at 10:00 p.m. Saturday, January 10, 2009, at Trinity West Medical Center in Steubenville, following a lengthy illness.

Two US Bank branches were robbed within about 10 minutes on both sides of the Ohio River today.