Wilmington College President Corey Cockerill looks back to Christmas in 2011 when her sister, Erin Balbier, gave her a domino-shaped object, colorfully hand-painted with a cartoonish robot. That was her first bot — short for robot. Specifically, it was a Bilingual YesBot. Cockerill quickly became intrigued with bots, not just the whimsical figures on the JoyBots, LoveBots, GratitudeBots and PeaceBots, but their intrinsic messages centered on connection, delight and creative courage as represented by BotJoy, the global art movement ushered in by Gary Hirsch, WC’s 2026 Commencement speaker.

The Cincinnati Bar Association recently presented Supreme Court of Ohio Justice Patrick F. Fischer with the Themis Award, which recognizes extraordinary service by an attorney to the legal profession and the broader community.

Citizens throughout Ohio are against the onslaught of data centers and BESS facilities in our state, especially in our beautiful rural home and farm areas. I ask that you become very involved in this process on behalf of the citizens you were elected to represent. 

Phillip Stoops was born Aug. 20, 1754 in New Castle, Delaware.

Congressman Dave Taylor (OH-02) today introduced the Housing Regulatory Clarity Act.

Homeland Credit Union is excited to announce the launch of its newest mortgage product, Dream Home Mortgage, designed to provide flexible and accessible financing solutions for qualified borrowers throughout the communities it serves.

We got out on U.S. 27 headed toward the Great Miami River, on the west side of Cincinnati. Now I ran and the chicken flew. She kept looking back to see if the rats had followed us.   

U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon took heat Thursday over forthcoming changes to the federal student loan system that will impose new borrowing limits for professional and graduate students.

To the AOCs, Sanderses, Mamdani, and DSA activists: I ask you, as a man who buried brothers in the long fight against tyranny and totalitarianism, to look in the mirror. You claim moral superiority – caring for the poor, fighting inequality. But intentions don’t rewrite economics or history.