Friends and former colleagues remember Jim Scott, one of the friendliest broadcasting personalities in Cincinnati history, who woke us up on local radio for more than five decades.
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In a 5-4 decision issued Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to temporarily block key air pollution regulations established by the Environmental Protection Agency’s Good Neighbor Plan.
Ohio and several other states challenged the regulations in court. The Supreme Court decision means upwind states, like Ohio, aren’t required to reduce harmful ozone emissions that move across state lines.
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The Cincinnati Charter Committee is kicking off its 100th anniversary celebration with an event Saturday. The committee formed a hundred years ago to address widespread corruption in city politics, and voters approved the new charter in 1924.
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Dean chats with Robert Nemiroff, one of the creators of the Astronomy Picture of the Day website. They discuss the site's legacy and various astrophotography techniques.
Homework assignment:
Look for Venus, very low in the western sky right after dark. It will be there every sunset through the rest of 2024!
Send us your thoughts at lookingup@wvxu.org or post them on social media using #lookinguppod
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Cincinnati Police have identified the man officers shot and killed Thursday night after a stabbing and a chase. Investigators say 48-year-old Juan Mack stabbed a woman in Westwood before leading officers to Over-the-Rhine. He was shot after threatening officers with a handgun.
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A man is dead after Cincinnati Police say he led them on a chase and waved a gun at officers Thursday night. Cincinnati Chief Theresa Theetge says District Three officers were looking for a man who stabbed a woman. She says officers found his car and tried to stop him, but he led them on a chase.
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Housing prices in Ohio are rising faster than wages for the state's most common jobs, a report released Thursday says.
The study by The Coalition on Homelessness and Housing Ohio and the National Low Income Housing Coalition (COHHIO) suggests eight of Ohio's 10 most common jobs pay less than the $20 per hour it costs to rent the average two-bedroom apartment. Some areas cost even more. In Cincinnati, it takes a full-time job making about $23 per hour to afford a two-bedroom apartment. In Columbus, the wage is $25 per hour.
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Buddhist monks at the at Gaden Samdrupling Monastery in Colerain Township say they can help kids deal with the pressures and stresses of modern life. The order is hosting a meditation and yoga camp Saturday.
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A school field trip to Washington, D.C. is a formative rite of passage shared by many U.S. school students across the nation. Often, these are framed as “field trips.” Students may visit the White House, the U.S. Capitol Building, the Supreme Court, the Library of Congress, Declaration of Independence (housed in the National Archive), the National Museum of the American Indian, the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the Jefferson Memorial, Arlington National Cemetery, or the Smithsonian Museum – among others. For many students, this is the first time they will connect the histories of their textbooks to items, artifacts, and buildings that they can see and feel.
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If you know a member-in-good-standing of Cincinnati’s Charter Committee today, thank them and wish them a happy 100th birthday.
Not so much for what they are doing today, but for what their predecessors did 100 years ago.
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