Jolene Almendarez
General Assignment ReporterJolene Almendarez is the granddaughter of Mexican immigrants who came to San Antonio in the 1960s. She was raised in a military family and has always called the city home. She studied journalism at San Antonio College and earned a bachelor's degree in Journalism and Public Communications from the University of Alaska Anchorage. She's been a reporter in San Antonio and Castroville, Texas, and in Syracuse and Ithaca, New York.
Jolene spent several years as Managing Editor of The Ithaca Voice where she enjoyed the city's gorges and restaurants (especially Shortstop) but missed San Antonio tacos constantly. She's tried Cincinnati chili and thinks anything served with a side bag of cheese is exceptional.
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People with fewer means were more likely to get drafted and serve during the Vietnam War. -
It's important, founder Iris Roley said, for the next police chief to understand the kind of work that's been happening to improve policing in the city for the past 20 years.
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Did you remember to buy sugar, gravy mix, and celery for your stuffing?
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Teachers are describing a "toxic culture" where they're threatened with discipline and termination for not administering the tests.
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The decades-long working relationship between Cincinnati Public Schools and Metro may end in June 2022.
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Inflation and COVID-19 are among the biggest unknowns when it comes to a 2022 economic forecast.
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A $20,500 grant helped buy 2,300 bilingual and Spanish language books in four Cincinnati neighborhoods.
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The interactive KidSPACE has been closed since March 2020 due to the pandemic.
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There are maybe half a dozen all-women American Legions left in the country.
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"To continue that awful silence of indifference just opens the door to it happening again," said Steve Coppel, whose dad escaped Nazi soldiers during World War II.
