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U.S. Capitol Police Officer Killed In Attack At Capitol Checkpoint

By Merrit Kennedy • Apr 2, 2021

Updated April 3, 2021 at 11:53 AM ET

One U.S. Capitol Police officer is dead and another is hospitalized with injuries after an apparent attack Friday at a Capitol checkpoint in which a man rammed his car into officers and lunged at them with a knife, police said.

Capitol Police identified the slain officer as William "Billy" Evans, an 18-year veteran of the force.

Why Have So Many Recent Extremist Events Involved Ohioans?

By Michael Monks • Mar 2, 2021

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From the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol to 2017's deadly Unite the Right event in Charlottesville, Va., a number of recent high-profile extremist incidents across the country have involved participants from the Buckeye State. Meanwhile, those with extremist sympathies have been found among the ranks of law enforcement agencies, including the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office.

WATCH: Ousted Capitol Security Officials Testify On Insurrection

By Claudia Grisales • Feb 23, 2021

Updated 12:59 p.m. ET

Former U.S. Capitol Security officials told Congress during a joint hearing on Tuesday they did not have sufficient information ahead of Jan. 6 to accurately predict the scale of the attack.

'The Mob Was Fed Lies': McConnell Rebukes Trump For His Role In Capitol Riot

By Kelsey Snell & Barbara Sprunt • Jan 19, 2021

For the first time since the Jan. 6 mob attack on the U.S. Capitol, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell publicly denounced President Trump and his supporters for instigating the insurrection.

"The mob was fed lies," McConnell, R-Ky., said in a speech on the Senate floor Tuesday afternoon.

"They were provoked by the president and other powerful people, and they tried to use fear and violence to stop a specific proceeding of the first branch of the federal government, which they did not like."

Wilmington Man Charged In Connection With Capitol Riots

By Bill Rinehart • Jan 15, 2021

A Wilmington man has been charged in connection with the violent overrunning of the U.S. Capitol building last week. Forty-year-old Justin Stoll was arrested by the FBI and appeared in District Court in Cincinnati Friday.

Rep. Tim Ryan: Probe Underway On Whether Members Gave Capitol Tours To Rioters

By Barbara Sprunt • Jan 13, 2021

Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, says an investigation is underway looking at "potentially members of Congress" who gave tours to pro-Trump rioters prior to the insurrection last week on the U.S. Capitol.

Chief Isaac: Cincinnati Is Prepared For Inauguration Day

By Tana Weingartner • Jan 11, 2021

Cincinnati police officers are heading to Washington D.C. to help out during the inauguration on Jan. 20. Chief Eliot Isaac says his force will be ready here, too.

Cleveland Schools Employee Resigns After Accusations She Joined Capitol Mob

By Jenny Hamel • Jan 10, 2021

Updated: 5:44 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021

Federal agents searched the home of a former Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) employee Friday night. She is suspected of participating in the Wednesday insurrection at the U.S. Capitol Building. No one was taken into custody, according to the FBI.

Cincinnati Council Condemns Capitol Insurrection

By Tana Weingartner • Jan 8, 2021

Cincinnati City Council Friday unanimously approved a resolution condemning the actions of pro-Trump supporters this week who stormed the U.S. Capitol, wreaking havoc, causing terror and leading to at least five deaths.

Cincinnati FBI Trying To Identify Any Local Capitol Insurgents

By Ann Thompson • Jan 7, 2021

A national FBI investigation is underway to identify, charge and hold accountable the angry mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol Wednesday. Did any Ohioans play a role in the violence?

This Is The Most Unforgettable Day Of My Career

By Howard Wilkinson • Mar 1, 2019

When Joe Biden is sworn in at high noon on January 20, 2021, he will have a much different inauguration than his friend and former boss, Barack Obama, had on that date in 2009.

Smokin' With Speaker Boehner

By Howard Wilkinson • Aug 12, 2017

Ed. note: Tales from the Trail is a column that will take you behind the scenes of politics to see some of the funny, and sometimes outright bizarre things that happen on the campaign trail, based on Howard Wilkinson's recollections of 43 years of covering politics.

I am a recovering smoker. A recovering heavy smoker.

I smoked day and night; and nearly everything I did during the course of a day triggered the urge to light up – getting up in the morning, having my first cup of coffee, driving to work, taking a break from writing.

Everything.

Additional indictment for alleged Cincinnati terrorist

By Ann Thompson • May 7, 2015

The U.S. Justice Department says a federal grand jury has indicted Christopher Cornell on an additional charge for "attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization."

Federal grand jury indicts Cornell in Capitol plot

By Ann Thompson • Jan 21, 2015

A federal grand jury has now indicted the Green Township man accused of planning an attack on the U.S. Capitol. Chris Cornell faces charges of attempting to kill officers and employees of the United States, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, and solicitation to commit violence.

Cornell has a hearing Thursday at 1:30 p.m. in federal court.

Court documents say he planned to build, plant and detonate pipe bombs at and near the Capitol and then use firearms to shoot and kill employees and officers there.

Dad: "no way" son could have planned Capitol attack

By Ann Thompson • Jan 16, 2015

Chris Cornell, a Green Township terrorist suspect, will continue to be held without bail in the Butler County Jail. Friday Magistrate Stephanie Bowman agreed with Assistant U.S. Attorney Tim Mangan that he is a threat to the public and a flight risk.

Before the hearing, the suspect's father, John Cornell, told reporters there was "no way" his son could have come up with such a plan on his own.