Paul Brown Stadium opens in August as construction overruns hit more than $50 million.
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Cincinnati Police Officer Kevin Crayon dies in an altercation with a teen driver.
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Paramount's Kings Island opens its Son of Beast roller coaster, the world's tallest and fastest looping wooden coaster. It is plagued by delays and shutdowns throughout the summer.
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The rebuilt Fort Washington Way opens.
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A devastating tornado hits Xenia in September.
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Cincinnati's most visible symbol, the Tyler Davidson Fountain, reopens after a $2 million renovation.
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Many of Greater Cincinnati's biggest hospitals, facing financial struggles and nursing shortages, set records for turning patients away.
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The Big Pig Gig, paying homage to Cincinnati's pork-packing past, draws hundreds of thousands of tourists and generates money for local arts groups.
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The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra chooses Paavo Jarvi in January to succeed Jesus Lopez-Cobos as its next music director.
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Larry Householder, expected to be the next speaker of Ohio's House, wins election in November despite reports he had been convicted of four alcohol-related offenses in the past 16 years.
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It was a tragic year on Tristate roads: 18 teens were killed in crashes.
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After 77 years as a Tristate tourist spot, Americana Amusement Park in Butler County closes.
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For the 36th consecutive year, Cincinnati's Maisonette restaurant earns the top Five-Star rating from the Mobil Travel Guide.
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Theodore M. Berry, Cincinnati's first black mayor, dies in October. He was 94.
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Cincinnati's riverfront development continues, including plans for the Banks and the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center.
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Tensions between Cincinnati's police division and local African-Americans escalate.
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Construction begins on the Great American Ball Park as thousands of Cinergy Field seats are removed to make room for the new park.
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Voters in November pass a 6-mill operating levy for Cincinnati Public Schools.
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Moeller High School grad Ken Griffey Jr. is traded by the Seattle Mariners to Cincinnati.
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UC's basketball team spends much of the season at or near the No. 1 spot, but after Kenyon Martin breaks his leg in the first round of the Conference USA Tournament, the Bearcats are ousted in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
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Reds manager Jack McKeon is fired after a disappointing season. Bob Boone is hired to replace him.
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Bengals coach Bruce Coslet resigns in September. Former defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau is hired.
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Cincinnati submits a bid in December to host the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.
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Tristate athletes win silver and gold medals at Summer Games in Australia.
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The Reds' Tony Perez, Sparky Anderson and Marty Brennaman are inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame.
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The Corey Dillon saga: Contract talks with Bengals stall as the running back sets NFL rushing records.
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The 66,0000-seat Kentucky Speedway opens in mid-June. Muddy parking lots cause a 20-mile backup on Interstate 71. Read this story.

The Bengals, after spending months negotiating with Hamilton County, land the sweetest stadium lease deal in NFL history. Read this story.

Just when it appeared Barry Larkin's career with the Reds was over, new team owner Carl Lindner approved a contract extension for the team captain.
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Procter & Gamble's bad year: its stock gets clobbered and CEO Durk Jager is pushed out.
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Nordstrom announces plans to build stores downtown and in Warren County, but cash problems force the retailer to change its mind in November.
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Dot-com companies expand on Over-the-Rhine's Main Street. But a tightened economy begins to squeeze the dot-coms by year's end.
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Gas prices fluctuate wildly. Prices in the 90-cent range jumped to nearly $2 in late summer.
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Fifth Third Bank - the Tristate's largest bank - continues to expand, making major acquisitions in Indiana and Illinois.
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