Cross off names from your Christmas shopping list, taste wines from around the world and celebrate fall the 19th-century way.

CINCINNATI — It's bye week time for Cincinnati Bearcats football, and basketball is off to a winning start in the 2025-26 season. It's the perfect time to do a Recruiting Roundup check-in with both programs.

More than 20 city council candidates entered the race for Cincinnati Council, running for nine seats.Democrats swept the race with 8 incumbent candidates making up the the majority of those reelected: Jan Michele Lemon Kearney,

According to the Cincinnati Astronomical Society, the Kp index, which is used to characterize the magnitude of geomagnetic storms, is reading near 7. Typically, for the aurora to be visually present in Southern Ohio, the Kp index needs to be closer to 8, but Cincinnatians could "still see some auroral glow via camera imaging," the society said.

CINCINNATI ( Cincinnati Business Courier) - A company that once counted among Warren County’s largest employers has closed its local office and will not relocate in the region as it pursues virtual work.

In 1804, Ohio passed “Black Laws” that barred testimony, schools, and jobs for Black residents—proving freedom in the North was fraught with racism.

Assistant Cincinnati Fire Chief Sherman Smith has been fired, fire department spokesperson Lindsay Lomax Haegele confirmed to The Enquirer.