WXIX-TV

Hookah bars face proposed regulations after string of shootings, crime concerns

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - Three people were shot in two separate shootings near two different Roselawn hookah bars in August. Meanwhile, just last week, the city filed a lawsuit against a hookah bar in ...
KVOA 4

Tucson City Council unanimously approves limiting hookah lounge hours

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) — Hookah lounges in the City of Tucson will now have to close up shop earlier than usual. On Thursday city officials approved an ordinance that will regulate hookah lounges - the ...
Rolling Out

Hookah smokers risk cancer and herpes spread, experts warn

Behind the fragrant smoke and social atmosphere of hookah lounges lies a growing public health concern that medical experts increasingly warn about. As hookah bars multiply across urban centers and ...
The Cincinnati Enquirer

These Cincinnati neighborhoods took back their streets from hookah mayhem | Opinion

We tend to live in the silos of our communities, thinking that our problems are unique to just us. In September, we learned that both Clifton and Roselawn − and very likely other communities − have ...
WLWT

Police: 1 hospitalized after overnight shooting at hookah bar, near scene of Saturday shooting

One person has been hospitalized after an overnight shooting at a bar in Roselawn.It happened at the Vybe Hookah Bar and Lounge around midnight.Police have confirmed one person was taken to the ...
Dallas Observer

Where There’s Hookah Smoke, There’s (Sometimes) Food: What’s a Gourmand to Do?

Hookah buzz has filled local food blogs since Stephen Pyles brought Samar to Dallas, cementing a trend already adopted by eateries including Al Amir, Kush Mediterranean Grill & bar and Urban Café & ...
WOSU Public Media

Weinland Park hookah lounge shut down by court, city attorney to go after nearby pizzeria

The Columbus City Attorney's office announced it got a temporary court order to shut down a Weinland Park hookah bar and it intends to go after a nearby pizzeria too. The city got the order from the ...
Tennessean

Nashville Police arrest two after one killed, two injured in shooting outside hookah bar

Nashville police arrested two men after one man was killed and two others were injured in a Monday shooting as they left a Nolensville Pike hookah bar. Sadiq Al-Sahaf, 23, and 22-year-old Mohammed ...
WCPO Cincinnati

Proposed city ordinance would shorten operating hours for hookah bars

CINCINNATI — Cincinnati council member Mark Jeffreys has proposed an ordinance that, if passed by city council, would shorten the hours hookah bars are allowed to operate within city limits. The ...
WXIX-TV

Clifton hookah lounge ordered to close after several nuisance complaints

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - Bohemian Hookah Lounge on Ludlow Avenue in Clifton has been ordered to close after being in the center of a heap of controversy. The primary complaint about the business has ...
komonews

Police chief labels Rainier Beach hookah lounge 'chronic nuisance' after double homicide

SEATTLE — A Seattle hookah lounge has been declared a nuisance property about two weeks after a deadly double shooting in the parking lot. Police Chief Shon Barnes, in a letter addressed to the ...