Hamilton County, OH

FOREST PARK, Ohio (WXIX) - A 15-year-old Forest Park boy accused of shooting his father during an argument over bedtime and fleeing the state with the gun earlier this month faces new charges in an attempted carjacking and pistol-whipping on Interstate 275. The teen was charged Wednesday with felonious assault...

ANDERSON TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WXIX) - A driver was sentenced Thursday to seven years in prison for hitting and killing a Tri-State church musician who was walking in the bike lane on Beechmont Avenue will. Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Judge Melba Marsh also suspended Andrea Bengal’s license for the rest...

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - A Cincinnati-area man is under arrest on 10 charges including kidnapping after police say he stole a running car with a toddler in the backseat. William Mayborg, 52, of Colerain Township, is accused of driving off in a white 2017 Chevrolet Malibu left running outside the BP gas station off Spring Grove Avenue in Northside while the owner was inside on April 18, police wrote in court records.

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - The Hamilton County Coroner’s Office is asking the public for help in cracking a decades-old cold case. Death investigators have been trying to identify a man since he was found unresponsive by railroad tracks in Cincinnati’s West End neighborhood in May 1992. “No one came...

WYOMING, Ohio — 9:15 a.m. A driver struck an apartment building on Springfield Pike in Wyoming after suffering a medical emergency Thursday morning, Wyoming Police say. The driver of the vehicle was transported to hospital and a juvenile passenger was also transported to a separate hospital, police say. Police...

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - A Kroger employee charged with attempted murder in a shooting outside the Hyde Park store who was released from jail on a reduced bond is under arrest again - this time on new charges involving an AR-15 style rifle and drugs, court records show. Kevion Howze, 23,...

CINCINNATI — The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office is warning the community about a recurring scam where residents are being told they need to pay a fine for missing jury duty. According to officials, the scammers are identifying themselves as Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office employees. The sheriff’s office wants...

Animal health officials reported the disease in Florida, Michigan, and Ohio. On May 18 the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development reported two Kent County, Michigan, Thoroughbreds—a 14-year-old gelding and a 4-year-old mare, with clinical signs starting March 28 and April 29, respectively—tested positive for strangles on May 11. Both horses, which live on the same premises, presented with nasal discharge, the gelding developed a fever, and the mare had enlarged lymph nodes. Another four horses are suspected to be infected. These horses’ vaccination status is unknown, and they are recovering in voluntary quarantine.

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A monkey will not be returned to a local man who is accused of giving him methamphetamines. At a hearing Wednesday, Adam Kordes asked that the monkey, named Neo, be returned to him. His attorneys argued a probable cause hearing was not held within 10 days of the animal being seized.

COLERAIN TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WXIX) - One person was ejected from a vehicle early Wednesday after a rollover crash caused I-275 to close entirely for several hours. Shortly before 8 a.m., a vehicle with two people inside malfunctioned and the driver lost control, according to Colerain Township Communications Specialist Helen Tracey-Noren.

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - For thousands of Hamilton County residents, a new policy instituted by Hamilton County Clerk of Courts Pavan Parikh may eliminate one obstacle standing in the way of obtaining housing. Beginning May 2, 2022, the Clerk’s Office online search no longer shows inactive evictions older than three years....

According to a new city report, City Manager John Curp is recommending council hold off on developing a new District 5 building, at least for now. Instead, he is proposing the city create a public safety facilities master plan, which looks at all police and fire facilities.

Steve Chabot, the 69-year-old Republican congressman from Westwood, is a warhorse. He has held Ohio's 1st Congressional District seat for all but two of the past 30 years, surviving one electoral battle after another, regardless of what the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) throws at him. But sooner or later,...

The westbound interstate is shut down between the Colerain Avenue and Blue Rock Road exits.

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - Parents and kids will see new improvements when Parky’s Wetland Adventure in Woodland Mound and Parky’s Ark in Winton Woods open starting Saturday, May 28. The safety updates are in place which fixed deteriorating surfacing, cracking and border issues, officials with Great Parks of Hamilton...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - The Great Parks of Hamilton County is scheduled to reopen the wet playgrounds starting Memorial Day weekend after being closed for two years. There are several new safety improvements at each site, including fixing deteriorating surface, cracking, and border issues. The wet playgrounds remain open from 11...

ANDERSON TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WKRC) - A woman is serving seven years in prison after a person was fatally struck by a car. Andrea Bengal was convicted after a pedestrian was killed in Anderson Township on June 9, 2021. Jee Han Park was walking with his husband that night when a...

HAMILTON COUNTY (WXIX) - The parents of a local mother who is facing charges in a child abuse case have now also been indicted, as they are accused of abusing the same child. Court documents show Armin and Susan Rodriguez have been indicted on charges of endangering children and complicity. Records state the charges are because the two “recklessly tortured or cruelly abused the victim.”

Frisch’s Roller Rink opens for Memorial Day Weekend at Court Street Plaza. 4–4:30p.m.: Grand Opening: Speakers include Mayor Aftab Pureval, Hamilton County Commissioner Alicia Reece, Jordin Nabi, VP of Marketing for Frisch’s, and Christy Samad, Senior VP of Event Management for 3CDC. 4–8 p.m.: Grand Opening Skate...