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Mayor Aftab Pureval says the events that took place early Sunday morning shows just how bad gun violence has become. "It's so commonplace that two officers are standing right there, and shots are still fired nevertheless," he said.

Alongside Sunday's shooting in Over-the-Rhine, Cincinnati Police said there was also another shooting incident in the Central Business District where two people were shot.

鈥淒on鈥檛 tell me we can鈥檛 strike a better balance between the freedom to live and the freedom to own guns,鈥� said Ethel Guttenberg, the grandmother of a Parkland, Fla., school shooting victim.

How does a Democratic mayor work in a Republican-led state on changes to stop gun violence? Hear Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep's talk with Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval about his efforts to curb gun violence as the state legislature peels away gun regulations.

Whitney Austin was shot 12 times on Sept. 6, 2018, and miraculously survived. Herself a gun owner, she writes in a column for WVXU how "preserving the Second Amendment and reducing gun violence are not mutually exclusive goals."

When asked what he thinks Ohio should be doing after 19 children and two teachers were gunned down in a Texas elementary school, Senate President Matt Huffman (R-Lima) said he doesn鈥檛 think the new permitless conceal carry law is an issue here.

On Thursday's Cincinnati Edition, we spend the full hour with the Political Junkie Ken Rudin. We will take your phone calls at 513-419-7100 and emails at talk@wvxu.org. The show starts at noon.

Uvalde, Texas, is reeling from the second-deadliest school shooting in U.S. history after a gunman killed at least 19 children and two adults at Robb Elementary School Tuesday. Onlookers in and beyond Texas may be wondering what support they can offer. The community is looking for blood donations, legal assistance and funds for victims' families. Read on to learn how you can help.

Cincinnatians can now apply for a grant to help fund community-led projects for litter control and beautification. The Safe and Clean program has been re-launched as the Safe and Clean Accelerate Grant with $500,000 available. There's no limit on the amount for each grant.

A type of problem-solving training used by Cincinnati Police is now available to the public, and applications for Safe & Clean Fund grants will open in about a month.