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PD: Motorcyclist hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after crash in Independence
A motorcyclist was hospitalized Saturday afternoon after a crash in Independence, Independence police said. Police said the crash happened around 2 p.m. along Taylor Mill Road at Cox Road. A motorcyclist and another vehicle collided at the intersection, but police did not say what caused the crash. The motorcyclist, who...
20-year-old critically injured after motorcycle collision in Independence
INDEPENDENCE, Ky. (WKRC) - A man is in critical condition after a motorcycle and a passenger car collision on Saturday. The collision occurred at the intersection of Taylor Mills Road and Cox Road around 2:00 p.m., according to the Independence Police Department. Police reported that the 20-year-old man on the...
20-year-old seriously injured after motorcycle crash in Kenton County
INDEPENDENCE, Ky. — A 20-year-old man is seriously injured after a motorcycle crash in Kenton County. It happened in Independence, Kentucky off of Taylor Mill Road and Cox Road. Officials said the motorcycle collided with a vehicle. The motorcyclist was taken to UC Medical Center with life-threatening injuries. It's...
'I was given orders': Shooting suspect chased down by neighbor in Northern Kentucky
ALEXANDRIA, Ky. (WKRC) - A man was shot in the head three times at his Alexandria home and his neighbor tracked down the suspected shooter. Police say the victim was shot in his Ridgewood Drive driveway on Friday night at 8 p.m. His wife heard the gunshots and looked out...
Man accused of planting phone in bathroom at St. Elizabeth Physicians, secretly recording victim returns to court
FLORENCE, Ky. (WXIX) - A voyeurism suspect returned to court Monday after admitting to planting a phone inside a bathroom at a Northern Kentucky medical facility and secretly recording victims in bathrooms for “years” for the “thrill,” police records show. Adam Duane, 38, of Burlington, is...
Man shot in NKY subdivision, suspect in custody
ALEXANDRIA, Ky. (WXIX) - A man was shot in a home in Alexandria on Friday, police say. Chief Lucas Cooper of the Alexandria Police Department said the victim was taken to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. A suspect has been arrested. Cooper said there wasn’t a threat to the...
Hamilton County Coroner searching for family, friends of man found dead
CINCINNATI (WKRC) - The Hamilton County Coroner's Office is asking for help finding relatives or friends of a man found dead on Monday. Alfred Hill, a 57-year-old Black male, was last known to reside on Queen City Avenue in Cincinnati. If you knew him, or have any information about someone...
Family, friends gather for balloon release in honor of 18-year-old killed hours after graduation
On what was meant to be a weekend of celebration, loved ones of an 18-year-old graduate who was shot and killed early Saturday gathered to mourn him. Friends and family of Lamon Wiggins gathered Sunday afternoon for a balloon release in his honor. Wiggins graduated from Withrow University High on...
Man pleads guilty to cold case murder, trying to kill fellow inmate
COVINGTON, Ky. (WXIX) - A man, who police say confessed to a cold case murder and later attacked a fellow inmate, is changing his plea. Timothy Delehanty is now pleading guilty to murder in one case and attempted murder, strangulation, and assault in another case. Elsmere police say in January,...
Assault with injuries reported on Glenridge Place in Avondale
CINCINNATI — An assault with injuries has been reported on Glenridge Place in Avondale. Units from the Cincinnati Police and Fire departments are responding to the scene. The extent of the injuries is unknown at this time. Click the video player above to watch other evening headlines from WLWT...
Man accused of biting victim in face, disfiguring him
CINCINNATI (WXIX) - A man is accused of biting a victim in the face and disfiguring him during an argument inside a vehicle parked outside a Cincinnati bar. The victim told police it happened early April 7 outside Bar 29 on Reading Road in North Avondale, court records show. Maurice...
Prosecutor: Boy's fatal injuries caused by beating or 'violent impacts' against object
Prosecutors on Monday detailed the injuries suffered by 21-month-old Kareem Keita, who they say was killed by his mother’s boyfriend:. Brain swelling due to inter-cranial bleeding. Murray had been dating Kareem’s mother, Aminata, for about three months, according to a news release from Hamilton County Prosecutor Melissa Powers.
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