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Escalating heroin and prescription painkiller addiction among pregnant women in Northern Kentucky has added to the problem of a six-month waiting list for Transition Inc.'s Women's Residential Addiction Program - but some relief is on the way.

GLBIO 2014 will be hosted by Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in conjunction with the University of Cincinnati.

Serving as interim chief for the past six months, Eugene Carcioppolo has officially been appointed chief and was sworn in Monday night at the regular council meeting.

More than a dozen business and philanthropic entities support the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority's offer to develop a private-public partnership to fund the streetcar's operating costs , Eric Avner, vice president of the Haile Foundation, told CityBeat on Tuesday.

This photo taken Nov. 25, 2013 shows a University of Maryland Police Department vehicle patrolig Baltimore Avenue in College Park, Md.

Major events for Cincinnati's streetcar project this week: Today, supporters will turn in petitions to get the issue on the ballot; late today or early tomorrow, KPMG will turn in audit of the project's completion, cancellation and operating costs; tomorrow, council will take public comment on the project at 1:30 p.m.; and on Thursday, council will ... (more)

Nearly six months after officially joining the Big East, Xavier's men's basketball team is nearing its Dec. 31 conference debut against St. John's.

State Rep. Connie Pillich, D-Montgomery, outlined issues she will address if elected state treasurer during a weekend visit with the Jefferson County Democratic Party.

Atsuo Sasaki, PhD, a member of the CCC, the UC Cancer Institute and the UC Brain Tumor Center as well as an assistant professor in the division of hematology oncology within the department of internal medicine, is the principal investigator on the study, which is published in the Dec. 13, 2013, online edition of the Journal of Biological Chemistry ... (more)

Dr. Carey Andreoiu, a urogynecologist, has joined Cooper Clinic, and she is the only urogynecologist in Arkansas outside of Little Rock, according to Cooper Clinic.

The Ariel Quartet presents its first Beethoven Cycle during a series of six concerts in January, February and March of 2014.

City Council's Budget and Finance Committee on Monday unanimously agreed to allocate $20 million in capital funding for the $106 million interchange project at Martin Luther King Drive and Interstate 71. The funding will be backed through property taxes, which, according to the city administration, will prevent the city from lowering property taxes ... (more)

Rob Pottorf works from his home studio in Lexington, where he composes scores for movies.

Josh Mandel is the treasurer of Ohio. As Ohio's treasurer, my duties include managing, protecting and investing Ohioans' hard-earned dollars.

If you're having a stroke, it's crucial that you get medical help as quickly as possible.

Being a material girl is "empty," fame is fleeting and power disappears, Gov. John Kasich told the University of Cincinnati's fall graduating class yesterday.

State Rep. Connie Pillich, D-Montgomery, outlined issues she will address if elected state treasurer during a visit Saturday with the Jefferson County Democratic Party.

Samuel Allen was anything but one-dimensional, friends and family say. He was a husband, father, lawyer, military veteran, athlete, artist and musician.

Republican Gov. John Kasich spoke Saturday at the University of Cincinnati December commencement ceremonies.

Dr Mary Steffel, from the University of Cincinnati and Dr Robyn LeBoeuf, from the University of Florida, have found that people who are bad at giving gifts are the one who try to buy individual presents to suit each of their recipients, News.com.au reported.