Bill Rinehart
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- Sep 30, 2026
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OKI Wanna Know: Who was the Clifton baron with a detective's name? (opens the original)
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Our feature OKI Wanna Know roots around in the proverbial attic for answers to your questions about local history, animals, and whatever else. This week, we get introduced to some of Cincinnati's unofficial royalty. Julie Johnson of Clifton wants to know more about a man named Thomas Sherlock — one of the "Barons of Clifton." There's a street named after Sherlock, and another street bears the name of his Clifton estate. The so-called barons were very wealthy businessmen who lived in Clifton duri
Ohio could have vibrant fall colors. Kentucky outlook less certain (opens the original)
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Ohio's Fall Color Forester is optimistic this season. David Parrott with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources says last year's leaf colors, overall, were disappointing because of a hot, dry summer. He says this year should be different. “It’s looking pretty good for us. There’s only a small area of the United States that seems like it has a chance of having an average fall season. Ohio is in the little bubble that’s predicted to have that,” Parrott says. “Considering the fact that we had a d
Cincinnati historic districts drive population growth, preservationists say (opens the original)
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A report due out in late October says nearly 50% of Cincinnati's population growth occurred in neighborhoods with historic district designations. Beth Johnson is the executive director of Cincinnati Preservation, which commissioned a study looking at the economic effects of preservation. She says there are studies from other cities, and on a nationwide scale, but nothing specific for Cincinnati. Johnson says the study shows 5% of the city's land accounted for almost half of its population growth
OKI Wanna Know: Why is Oktoberfest in September? (opens the original)
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Cincinnati's big German heritage festival starts today, and to clear up some mysteries about it, here's WVXU's Bill Rinehart with a mini version of OKI Wanna Know. Oktoberfest Zinzinnati got started in 1976 at Fountain Square. Local German heritage historian Don Heinrich Tolzmann says the original party happened long before that in Munich. “It goes back to a wedding party. October 12, 1810, and on that date, Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria married Theresa, a princess from a neighboring state,” he
OKI Wanna Know: Who named this West Side road? (opens the original)
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You ask all kinds of questions and sometimes you don't know where to find the information to satisfy your curiosity. That's where our feature OKI Wanna Know comes in. This week, we take what sounds like a bumpy ride. There's a road on the West Side that has a bit of a spooky-sounding name: Devils Backbone "We used to bike up and down Devils Backbone. I can imagine why people named it that because it's pretty curvy and has a lot of steep hills. But who decided to name it," asks B.A. Klapper lives
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