Mark Heyne

If you've ever blamed the weather for a splitting headache, you might be right.  A new University of Cincinnati study finds that lightning may affect the onset of headache and migraines. 

"What we found was that on days with lightning around the patients'  homes there was approximately a 30-percent increase in headache activity, or headache occurrence, and also a 30-percent increase in migraine," said fourth-year medical student Geoff Martin, one of the researchers.

The study looked at chronic headache sufferers.  There are a number of ways lightning might be a  trigger.

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The family of a man who died after being tased by a University of Cincinnati police officer has settled its claims with the university and officer Richard Haas.  After Everette Howard Jr. died in August 2011, UC police took all of their Tasers out of service. 

Home sales in Cincinnati ended last year at the highest level since 2007.  The Area Board of Realtors says closings were up 12 percent from 2011.  December home sales rose more than 5 percent compared to the same month a year ago. 

Kenton County officials will be breaking ground Tuesday for an expansion of the county's dispatch center.  The ceremony will be at 3 p.m. at the County Police/Dispatch Center, 11777 Madison Pike, Independence.

The county and the city of Covington consolidated their communications centers last fall in a move to save hundreds of thousands of dollars.