Steve Hirschberg

Effective immediately, Edgewood, Kentucky-based St. Elizabeth Healthcare is the first hospital system in Kentucky, Ohio or Indiana to become a member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network. WNKU's Steve Hirschberg reports.

A 61-day tax amnesty in Kentucky will soon end. Delinquent taxpayers have until November 30 to come forward and pay up. Lori Flanery is Secretary of the state's Finance and Administration Cabinet. She tells WNKU's Steve Hirschberg that the response to the program has been excellent. Flanery says the cabinet  has gotten the word out through billboards, TV and newspaper ads, webinars and one other method.

The second to last Ohio Poll before next Tuesday's election shows a photo finish in the Buckeye State between presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Barack Obama. WNKU's Steve Hirschberg talked about the latest results with University of Cincinnati pollster Eric Rademacher.

Today, Metro unveiled plans for its new, $6.9 million Uptown Transit District. WNKU's Steve Hirschberg talked about the project with Terry  Garcia Crews,  the transit agency's CEO and General Manager. Crews says it will be a vast improvement in service in the University of Cincinnati and hospital areas. 

This week is National School Bus Safety Week. And; as Ohio Highway Patrol Spokeswoman Lt. Anne Ralston tells WNKU's Steve Hirschberg, state troopers will be working hard to make sure safety laws are obeyed.

Cincinnati's Hyde Park neighborhood is the home of one of the nation's few, certified, women-owned animation studios.  The eight year old business is called Flaming Medusa Studios. WNKU's Steve Hirschberg asked owner Darcy Vorhees why there are so few animation studios with women at the helm.