Cory Sharber
Cory Sharber attended Murray State University majoring in journalism and political science and comes to Cincinnati Public Radio from NPR Member station WKMS.
While Cory was working for WKMS, he also was a beat writer for the Murray State News for the rifle and tennis teams.
When he’s not at Cincinnati Public Radio, he typically listens to music, plays guitar, video games, and is enjoying all that Cincinnati has to offer. Cory is inspired by reading all the newspapers lying around the house as a kid and watching NBC Nightly News for most of his youth, and was born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. .
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Duke Energy of Ohio seeks a rate increase that would generate $54.7 million of additional revenue, or an increase of 10%. -
The Cincinnati Public Schools Board of Education is set to vote on the 2023 fiscal year budget next Monday. The district's five-year budget forecast targeted $613 million for fiscal year 2023; the budget draft presented Wednesday is $608.6 million.
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FIFA on Thursday announced the 16 venues selected to host matches during the 2026 World Cup being jointly hosted by the USA, Canada and Mexico. Cincinnati will not be among them.
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In 2006, 3-year-old Marcus Fiesel was reported missing from Julifs Park by his foster parents, David and Liz Carroll. The Carrolls were convicted in 2007 of murdering Fiesel; David took a plea deal and is up for parole next month.
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According to Board Policy 7217, the only individuals allowed to carry firearms within CPS are Cincinnati Police officers and other law enforcement personnel.
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“Don’t tell me we can’t strike a better balance between the freedom to live and the freedom to own guns,” said Ethel Guttenberg, the grandmother of a Parkland, Fla., school shooting victim.
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Crossing guards in Cincinnati will see pay increases from $11 per hour to $15 per hour. Roughly 150 crossing guards are employed by the city, but are paid for by Cincinnati Public Schools. Toward the end of the 2021-22 school year, there were 44 vacancies, roughly a third of the total positions.
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The Ohio Department of Health is working with the United States Department of Agriculture to get waivers for families enrolled in WIC so people have more formula options during the national shortage.
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Some 156 days into 2022, the country has now seen at least 240 mass shootings, according to the Gun Violence Archive. That puts the nation on track for one of the deadliest years on record since the archive began tracking gun deaths.
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The 2022 inductees for the Cincinnati Black Music Walk of Fame are Penny Ford, Midnight Star, Hi-Tek, and Wilbert Longmire. The four join inaugural inductees Otis Williams of The Charms, Bootsy Collins, The Isley Brothers and Dr. Charles Fold.
