Instagram story viewer> @axioscincinnati> Posts

Axios Cincinnati

@axioscincinnati

173

followers

75

following

🏙️ Your go-to source for Cincinnati's latest news and things to do.
📧 CONTACT US: [email protected]
✍️: Casey Weldon & Kristen Swilley

POSTS STORIES REELS TAGGED

Download All

🎉1 BIG THING: We’ve officially launched our Axios newsroom right here in Cincinnati! Our newsletter team of Casey Weldon and Kristen Swilley can’t wait to dive into the Queen City’s biggest debates, celebrate the people and places that make Cincinnati unique, and spotlight everything that’s new and now across the region.

📍 WHY IT MATTERS: We’re all about smart, local news that cuts through the noise with clear, timely updates. With our combined experience — and a genuine love for Cincinnati — we’re excited to tell the stories that matter and help build community here on Instagram.

🌉 BETWEEN THE LINES: From the latest restaurant openings and neighborhood developments to Bengals buzz, Reds chatter, local politics and can’t-miss weekend events, we’ve got you covered. Hit follow, subscribe to our Axios Cincinnati newsletter (link in bio), and stick around — we’ll be sharing the stories shaping the Queen City every day. taken in Cincinnati by @axioscincinnati

15

0

3 months ago

🎃 THE FRIGHT SHIFT: We became pumpkin-guts-covered villagers in Kings Island’s Pumpkin Eater scare zone. Turns out, scaring strangers is harder than it looks.

🧟‍♂️ BY THE NUMBERS: About 200 scare actors work a typical Halloween Haunt night. Roughly half are returning performers.

👻 BEHIND THE SCREAMS: Actors audition in August, then get matched with characters and locations. Costumes and makeup help transform them just feet from parkgoers.

🎟️ IF YOU GO: Halloween Haunt runs Thursdays through Sundays through Oct. 31. General admission starts at $45 online; haunted mazes cost extra.

🔗 Click the link in bio for the full story.

✍️ Kristen Swilley & Casey Weldon by @axioscincinnati

5

0

7 hours ago

🏗️ FROM IRS TO IRL: Covington is investing more than $100 million to turn the former IRS site into a 23-acre neighborhood with homes, shops and riverfront green space.

📍 THE BIG PICTURE: The plan includes parks, public art and a promenade, while new streets and alleys are designed to connect the development with surrounding neighborhoods.

💰 THE BALANCING ACT: Some townhomes start at $645,000, and the 269 planned apartments at Riverstone Place will be market-rate. A 670-space public garage is planned largely beneath future development.

🗓️ WHAT'S NEXT: Covington aims to have first-phase development blocks under contract by the end of 2026. Garage construction is expected to start this year.

🔗 Click the link in bio for the full story.

✍️ Casey Weldon by @axioscincinnati

2

0

7 hours ago

💵 TRUMP ACCOUNTS: Eligible babies can receive a one-time $1,000 federal contribution invested in the stock market.

📊 BY THE NUMBERS: As of July 30, Ohio had the fifth-highest share of early signups. About 230,000 forms had been processed, an estimated 10% of eligible children, compared with 7.6% nationally.

🧾 DETAILS: Eligible U.S. citizens born between 2025 and 2028 qualify. Parents must claim accounts to manage them, allow contributions and receive the federal payment.

🔒 WHAT TO KNOW: Claiming an account requires identity and relationship verification. Robinhood, the initial trustee and brokerage provider, says its privacy policy allows it to collect Social Security numbers, dates of birth, government IDs and facial biometric data from submitted images.

🔗 Click the link in bio for details on the program and its privacy policies.

✍️ Kristen Swilley by @axioscincinnati

2

0

a day ago

🐅 Not sure how Ja'Marr Chase made this catch — or how the Bengals pulled off this win — but both happened. We'll take it.

WHY IT MATTERS: Despite a shaky second half, the Bengals held on to beat the Miami Dolphins and improve to 3-2.

WHAT'S NEXT: Cincinnati gets a bye week before heading to Baltimore to face the Ravens.

WEIGH IN: How are we feeling, Who Dey Nation?

📸 Carmen Mandato/Getty Images by @axioscincinnati

2

0

4 days ago

🏊 IRONMAN CONTENDER: Seven Hills grad Matthew Marquardt is racing for the Ironman World Championship in Kona Saturday, then heading back to Columbus to finish medical school.

💡 WHY IT MATTERS: He hopes to become the first American man since 2002 to win the title.

📍 THE BIG PICTURE: The Cincinnati native is a third-year medical student and cancer researcher at Ohio State. He also rides with the initials of cancer patients he knows written on his bike.

📏 BY THE NUMBERS: The full-distance Ironman covers 140.6 miles: a 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike ride and 26.2-mile run.

🔗 Click the link in bio for the full story.

✍️ Andrew King by @axioscincinnati

2

0

7 days ago

🦨 BLINK AFTER DARK: Skunks, fire performers and a silent disco are among the festival’s offbeat offerings.

💡 WHY IT MATTERS: Blink is massive. Here’s a shortcut to some of the strangest stuff on the schedule.

🎪 WHAT TO EXPECT: The Art Academy will display an illuminated inflatable Stinker the Skunk. Real Cincinnati Zoo skunk Marshmallow visits Saturday afternoon, followed by Stinkstock from 7-11pm.

🛼 DETAILS: Skate beneath the Roebling at Smale Riverfront Park from 7-11pm all four nights. Findlay Market’s Farm Shed hosts a free silent disco Friday and Saturday, 8-10:30pm. The Art Academy has fire performers Friday and Saturday nights, and Asianati Night Market hosts a cosplay contest Saturday at 7pm on Court Street Plaza.

🔗 Click the link in bio for the full story.

✍️ Kristen Swilley by @axioscincinnati

4

0

8 days ago

⚾ REDS FANS: Cincinnati finished 75-87 and last in the NL Central after making the playoffs in 2025.

📍 CONTEXT: The franchise has not won a postseason series since 1995. The current ownership group has controlled the Reds since 2006, and CEO Phil Castellini said last week it plans to continue owning the team.

💬 YOUR TAKE: Should the Castellinis sell, was this a bad season for a young team, or is something else behind the Reds’ struggles? Tell us what you think and why.

🔗 Click the link in bio to weigh in. by @axioscincinnati

3

0

8 days ago

☕✈️ Your preflight coffee run just got a little more Cincinnati.

VV Italian brought a taste of its Mount Lookout restaurant to CVG, serving travelers a modified menu with many of the same recipes as the original.

Swilley stopped by before a recent flight, grabbed an iced coffee with caramel and made it to her gate next door just in time for boarding.

No airport sprint required. 🙌

📍 Concourse B near Gate B17 by @axioscincinnati

3

0

9 days ago

⚖️ EXECUTION SCRUTINY: Christa Pike survived two doses of pentobarbital during a failed execution attempt in Tennessee, renewing scrutiny of lethal injection in Ohio.

📍 OHIO DEATH PENALTY: Ohio has not carried out an execution since July 2018, when Robert Van Hook was put to death for the 1985 murder of David Self, whom he met at a Cincinnati bar before killing him at Self's Hyde Park apartment. More than 100 people remain on death row, with execution dates pushed as far as 2030.

💉 TROUBLED HISTORY: Ohio halted Romell Broom’s 2009 execution after more than two hours of failed attempts to establish an IV. Dennis McGuire’s 2014 execution lasted about 25 minutes as he gasped and snorted.

🔎 WHAT’S NEXT: Gov. Mike DeWine now supports abolishing the death penalty and does not expect another execution during his term, which ends in January 2027. Whether executions resume could depend on the next governor or action by lawmakers.

🔗 Click the link in bio for the full story.

✍️ Troy Smith by @axioscincinnati

4

0

10 days ago

🐉 IT'S TIME TO CRAWL: The Cincy Bookstore Crawl, which ends Sunday, October 4th, features 27 independent shops across Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. One West Side bookstore has a basement dungeon and dragon cave built by owner Bill MacFarland and his daughters.

📚 THE VIBE: Snapdragon Books & Gifts occupies a 1932 home on Bridgetown Road, with a colorful children’s room and a horror, sci-fi and fantasy room. Tunnels beneath the house are said to date to its bootlegging days.

💬 WHAT THEY'RE SAYING: MacFarland calls the crawl the "Super Bowl weekend for bookstores."

🔗 Click the link in bio for Snapdragon’s location and hours.

✍️ Kristen Swilley by @axioscincinnati

8

0

12 days ago

@sluttyveganatl is coming to Cincinnati, Columbus and Cleveland so we taste-tested the viral plant-based chain before it arrives. The verdict? No meat, no regrets. 🌱

✍️ Full write up at the link in our bio by @axioscincinnati

32

0

12 days ago