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Crews on scene of wires down on Delta Avenue in Mount Lookout

A section of Delta Avenue in Mount Lookout is blocked after power lines fell, Tuesday afternoon.

Crews on scene of wires down on Delta Avenue in Mount Lookout

A section of Delta Avenue in Mount Lookout is blocked after power lines fell, Tuesday afternoon.

AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. A COMPLETE TIMELINE COMING UP. >> FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN 20 YEARS THE CINCINNATI BENGALS WILL NO LONGER PLAY AT PAUL BROWN STADIUM. THE TEAM INKING A NEW NAME DEAL WITH A LOCAL COMPANY. WLWT NEWS 5’S BRIAN HAMRICK HAS BEEN TALKING TO FANS ABOUT THE NEW NAME AND JOINS US LIVE IN FRONT OF THE NEWLY NAMED PAYCOR STADIUM. REPORTER: THE BENGALS HAVE HIT PAY DIRT WITH PAYCOR. THAT’S THE NAME THAT WILL BE ON THE STADIUM. IN FACT THE NAME IS ALREADY ON THE STADIUM IN ONE WAY. YOU CAN SEE THEY’VE LIT UP THE DIGITAL SIGNS. THIS ONE IS ON INSIDE. THE ONE ON THE OUTSIDE HAS IT ROTATING WITH SOME OTHER MESSAGES. PAYCOR REPLACES THE NAME OF PAUL BROWN STADIUM. THAT M, OF COURSE M, WAS NAMED FOR THE BENGALS FOUNDER. THE DEAL IS FOR 16 YEARS BUT THE FINANCIAL DETAILS WERE NOT RELEASED. THE BENGALS HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE VERY FEW STADIUMS THAT DID NOT SELL THEIR NAMING RIGHTS TO A CORPORATE SPONSOR. PAYCOR IS A HUMAN RESOURCES COMPANY HEADQUARTERED IN CINCINNATI. EVER SINCE THE IDEA OF RENAMING THE STADIUM WAS FLOATING AROUND IT’S BEEN CONTROVERSIAL AMONG FANS. >> I DON’T LIKE IT AT ALL. I HATE IT. >> I AM HAPPY MY TEAM IS SUCCESSFUL AND THE STADIUM IS FILLING UP. THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES, GOOD AND BAD TO THAT. >> IT BROUGHT THE CITY TOGETHER LIKE NO OTHER LAST YEAR. TO DO THAT, IF YOU HAVE TO SACRIFICE A NAME CHANGE, WE ARE NOT TAKING AWAY THE HISTORY PAUL BROUN BILL HERE BUT A NAME CHANGE, I THINK HE WOULD APPRECIATE IT. REPORTER: THE BENGALS ARE NOT MAKING ANYONE AVAILABLE TO TALK ABOUT THE NAME CHANGE TODAY. THEY DID RELEASED A STATEMENT FROM MIKE BROWN SAYING IN PART "THIS IS A MOVE THAT I THINK MY FATHER WOULD HAVE AGREED TO. HE WAS ALWAYS FOR WHAT IS BEST FOR THE FOOTBALL TEAM," SAID BENGALS PRESIDENT MIKE BROWN. THEY’LL BE WORKING ON GETTING UP THE SIGNAGE UP INSIDE AND OUT AS WE APPROACH THE SEASON. BRIAN HAMRICK, WLWT NEWS 5. KELLY: SPREADING THE WORD IN AN EFFORT TO STOP SPREADING THE DISEASE, LOCAL HEALTH EXPERTS ARE SHARING THE LATEST INFORMATION ABOUT THE MONKEYPOX VIRUS AND WAYS TO STAY PROTECTED. WLWT NEWS 5’S TODD DYKES IS LIVE WITH WHAT HE LEARNED DURING A NEWS CONFERENCE THIS MORNING. TODD. REPORTER: THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT OUR REGION’S MONKEYPOX CASE COUNT REMAINS LOW. THERE ARE ONLY THREE KNOWN CASES HERE IN HAMILTON COUNTY. THE NOT SO GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE NUMBER OF VACCINES DESIGNED TO PRO-ACTIVELY PROTECT PEOPLE IS ALSO LOW. SO FAR, CINCINNATI AND HAMILTON COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH PROVIDERS HAVE RECEIVED ABOUT 350 DOSES OF THE VACCINE. DURING A NEWS CONFERENCE THIS MORNING AT CITY HALL, EXPERTS SAID THOSE DOSES ARE BEING DISTRIBUTED TO PEOPLE BASED ON THREE RISK CATEGORIES. TIER ONE THE MOST URGENT TIER INCLUDES LAB WORKERS WHO COULD BE EXPOSED TO THE VIRUS AT WORK AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO A CONFIRMED CASE OF THE DISEASE. THE NEXT TIER INVOLVES PEOPLE WHO’VE BEEN IN THE SAME GEOGRAPHIC AREA WHERE A MONKEYPOX OUTBREAK HAS OCCURRED. AND THE THIRD TIER IS, AT THE MOMENT, MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN, BECAUSE THAT’S WHERE DOCTORS ARE SEEING THE MAJORITY OF CASES. >> FOR FOLKS WHO DO NOT GET A VACCINE ALLOCATION, WE ARE KEEPING A WAIT LIST. SO, EVEN IF YOU ARE AT-RISK, BUT WE RUN OUT OF VACCINE, WHICH WE EXPECT TO DO, THEN WE WILL HAVE A LIST OF FOLKS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO GET IT, OR YOU CAN, OR WHO ARE AT HIGH-RISK SO THAT WE CAN GET TO YOU IN THE FUTURE. REPORTER: WEBSITES FOR BOTH THE CITY AND COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS HAVE SECTIONS DEVOTED TO THE MONKEYPOX VIRUS. THEY INCLUDE LINKS TO SURVEYS DESIGNED TO IDENTIFY A PERSON’S RISK FACTORS WHICH WILL HELP WITH THE DISTRIBUTION OF VACCINE. MORE DOSES ARE EXPECTED TO ARRIVE THIS WEEK, BUT JUST HOW MANY IS STILL UP IN THE AIR. TODD DYKES, WLWT NEWS
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Crews on scene of wires down on Delta Avenue in Mount Lookout

A section of Delta Avenue in Mount Lookout is blocked after power lines fell, Tuesday afternoon.

A section of Delta Avenue in Mount Lookout is blocked after power lines fell, Tuesday afternoon.Click the video player above to watch other afternoon headlines from WLWT News 5Police reported the incident at 3:22 p.m. between Kroger Avenue and Linwood Avenue. Delays are expected to exceed 5 minutes at this time.There is no timetable for when the road will reopen.For live traffic updates, click here.This story will be updated with the latest information as it comes in

A section of Delta Avenue in Mount Lookout is blocked after power lines fell, Tuesday afternoon.

Click the video player above to watch other afternoon headlines from WLWT News 5

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Police reported the incident at 3:22 p.m. between Kroger Avenue and Linwood Avenue.

Delays are expected to exceed 5 minutes at this time.

There is no timetable for when the road will reopen.

For live traffic updates, click here.

This story will be updated with the latest information as it comes in