Jolene Almendarez
Jolene 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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The controversial harm reduction method allows for the safe use of drugs under the careful watch of medical professionals, peers or both. A lack of funding and political will are at play. -
An effort to gather data among major service providers has never been done before, even though all the agencies keep the data on-hand.
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Artist Erin Fung says her exhibit offers museum goers the chance to listen in on conversations with Indigenous groups in Cincinnati, as well as a roundtable discussion with Indigenous elders, young artists and hunters in Inuvik, which is in the northwest territories of Canada.
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Lebanon Mayor Mark Messer proclaimed May 25 Pro-Life Day in the city as about half of those crowded into City Hall cheered. The other half remained silent in protest of the city's ban on legal abortion access.
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Longtime community leader Iris Roley says seven public sessions are designed to recap the history of the agreement, inform the public about policing, and invite feedback about how to improve services.
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While abortion was illegal in most states by the mid- to late 1800s, women in Cincinnati were still finding ways to terminate unwanted pregnancies and births.
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Cincinnati officials are giving electric scooter companies the chance to implement better technology to curb the misdeeds of some riders — or else face consequences.
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It's a bittersweet goodbye for The Marx as it wraps up its final show May 22. But theater lovers can expect a bigger, better experience by 2023.
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After two Ohio State University students died of a possible drug overdose and a third was hospitalized, the university warned students of possible counterfeit Adderall pills laced with fentanyl in circulation. Resident Agent of Cincinnati’s DEA office Joe Reder says there's been an increase in fentanyl-laced pills in the area.
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Records recently obtained by WVXU show city officials warned e-scooter companies its considering a "total ban" on the devices.
