An Amber Alert was issued for a missing 4-year-old girl in Rock Island, Illinois. The child was found safe, and five people have been arrested.

There’s a history of Cincinnati influence in South Bend, including Kelly, who spent three seasons with the Bearcats before taking the Notre Dame job. A year before Kelly poached Freeman, he hired Bearcats defensive backs coach Mike Mickens, a Cincinnati alum who was a teammate of Freeman’s at Wayne High School outside of Dayton.

The Greater Cincinnati area has been blanketed in almost a foot of snow thanks to the winter storm that began Sunday.

West Side Brewing announced Jan. 17 that it acquired Gilligan's on the Green, an Irish- and American-themed restaurant, at 400 Wyoming Ave. in the Cincinnati suburb of Wyoming. As part of the acquisition, the restaurant will be rebranded to Gilligan's Brewery effective Feb. 1.

The football recruiting trail is picking up some steam as the new year gets older. We start the Recruiting Roundup with an offer for three-star 2026 North Cross School (Virginia) cornerback Jaziel Hart.

Western Michigan football’s offensive line just bulked up. The Broncos announced the addition of former Illinois offensive lineman Hunter Whitenack through the NCAA transfer portal –– the fourth offensive lineman to land with WMU football in the winter portal.

Wisconsin’s James Thompson Jr. (90) is shown during spring football practice Thursday, April 25, 2024 in Madison, Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Badgers football team plays their season opener against Western Michigan on August 31. Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel-USA TODAY NETWORK

From the Senior Bowl to the Hula Bowl, Cincinnati will be well represented in NFL draft showcases this winter.

Doesn't matter where -- around Notre Dame Stadium, past the Grotto or Touchdown Jesus.  The point is, the former Irish athletic director who hired Marcus Freeman should be ripping off his shirt, pounding his chest and whooping at the top of his lungs.

TSU's Eddie George and Notre Dame's Marcus Freeman became closer friends after their teams played each other and both are now enjoying success

For far too long, our region has doubled down on designing our regional transportation system with only automobiles in mind.

According to an NFL Network report, the Bengals plan on interviewing Patriots defensive coordinator DeMarcus Covington for their vacant DC job.