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0000017a-3b40-d913-abfe-bf44a4f90000Howard Wilkinson joined the WVXU news team as the politics reporter and columnist in April 2012 , after 30 years of covering local, state and national politics for The Cincinnati Enquirer. On this page, you will find his weekly column, Politically Speaking; the Monday morning political chats with News Director Maryanne Zeleznik and other news coverage by Wilkinson. A native of Dayton, Ohio, Wilkinson has covered every Ohio gubernatorial race since 1974, as well as 16 presidential nominating conventions. Along with politics, Wilkinson also covered the 2001 Cincinnati race riots, the Lucasville prison riot in 1993, the Air Canada plane crash at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport in 1983, and the 1997 Ohio River flooding. And, given his passion for baseball, you might even find some stories about the Cincinnati Reds here from time to time.

This Week's Top Stories, Including A Report On Drug Dealers And Probation

Jim Nolan/WVXU

  

Each Friday on Cincinnati Edition we present an in-depth discussion of the developments behind the headlines.

Joining us to discuss this week's top stories and for a closer look at how local drug dealers are receiving probation instead of jail time are, from WCPO.com/WCPO Insider, Issues reporter Lisa Bernard-Kuhn and Executive Producer and Chief Investigative reporter of the 9 On Your Side I-Team, Craig Cheatham; and WVXU political reporter Howard Wilkinson.

To read the special WCPO Insider report on local drug dealers and the courts, click here.

Jay Hanselman brings more than 10 years experience as a news anchor and reporter to 91.7 WVXU. He came to WVXU from WNKU, where he hosted the local broadcast of All Things Considered. Hanselman has been recognized for his reporting by the Kentucky AP Broadcasters Association, the Ohio Society of Professional Journalists, and the Ohio AP Broadcasters.