Charmaine McGuffey

Sheriff Charmaine McGuffey called the roughly dozen masked neo-Nazis "cowards" and asked the Ohio General Assembly to pass tighter restrictions on open carrying firearms while wearing a mask.

Cincinnati Edition continues to cover the local elections with candidate interviews and analysis of the race.

Two people are facing off for the job, and both have experience in the position.

McGuffey has been in the Sheriff's Office since 1983, and has held the post of Sheriff since 2021.

Of the many competitive races on the ballot locally this fall, none has more at stake than the contest for Hamilton County prosecutor.

More women are running for and winning elected office in the Tri-State. WVXU is bringing some of them together for conversations about public service across the political spectrum.

From a tough labor market to social justice concerns, Hamilton County Sheriff Charmaine McGuffey says there are multiple reasons why it's not easy finding enough qualified applicants for the jobs available.

Sheriff Charmaine McGuffey held a news conference to correct impressions that the jail was closed outright. She said a poorly worded news release left some thinking the jail was turning away all arrests, which McGuffey says wasn't the case.

Members of law enforcement say Ohio's new concealed carry law makes officers and the community less safe. Plus, survivor of the Fifth Third shooting Whitney Austin meets with senators on the bipartisan deal on gun reforms.

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.