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'This is awful': Large crowds outside OTR church are 'getting out of hand'
OVER-THE-RHINE, Ohio (WKRC) - Public urination, drug use, and homelessness are all common sights in front of a local church. The large crowds have been causing problems for a while. Now, a shooting on Monday night has people upset and demanding that something be done. The amount of people is...
1 hospitalized after allegedly being stabbed by man on bike in West End
WEST END, Ohio (WKRC) - A man was hospitalized after he was allegedly stabbed by a man on a bike. It happened around 4:00 a.m. on Eighth Street and Linn Street in the West End. A homeless man told authorities that a man on a bike stabbed him. The victim...
City of Cincinnati gets a new -- and its only -- department store
CINCINNATI (Cincinnati Business Courier) - Kohl’s has opened its new location in Oakley’s Hyde Park Plaza, where it will be the sole department store within Cincinnati’s city limits and the first since Macy’s closed its downtown store in 2018. The 35,000-square-foot store is a smaller format...
Body camera video shows moments teens are arrested after Metro bus assault
CINCINNATI — New video shows teenagers arrested right after a woman was assaulted on a Metro bus in Colerain Township. WLWT spoke with the victim right after it happened. The victim is 20 years old and wants to go by the name "Sade" throughout the story. According to Colerain...
Court docs: Mother charged with child endangerment after 2-year-old hospitalized with gunshot wound
CINCINNATI — The mother ofa 2-year-old who was hospitalized with a gunshot wound last week is now facing charges. According to court documents, Jana Ryce has been charged with one count of endangering children. Court documents say Ryce left an unsecured, loaded gun in the bedroom, where the toddler...
Cincinnati officials learn about link between food insecurity and gun violence
CINCINNATI — New numbers out of New Orleans point to a problem that has not gotten a ton of attention. "It's super clear that this is an incredibly complex issue," Cincinnati Councilman Mark Jeffreys said. The issue before members of Cincinnati's Public Safety Committee on Tuesday revolved around two...
Police say man shot on Vine Street, officers searching for suspect
CINCINNATI (WXIX) - Cincinnati police responded to a shooting in the 1600 block of Vine Street on Monday. The shooting happened at around 7:30 p.m. Police say the victim was a black male in his late 40s. He was taken to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center after being shot near his hip. Officers say his injury wasn’t life-threatening.
Theft by deception: Group in Cincinnati potentially committing crime by lying for money
CINCINNATI (WKRC)- You've probably seen someone asking for money when you pull off the interstate or at a busy intersection. Panhandling as it's known is considered protected first amendment speech. Cities and towns throughout the years have tried to ban or regulate it, but the Supreme Court has time and time again said they cannot.
Several juveniles accused in Downtown attacks enter ‘admit’ plea
CINCINNATI (WXIX) - The majority of the juveniles involved in one of the several Downtown Cincinnati attacks took plea agreements in Hamilton County Juvenile Court. On April 25, six of seven teens entered an ‘admit’ plea in front of Judge Kari Bloom. A teen, who was 13 years...
OTR community leader calls for action to curb Liberty Street concerns
CINCINNATI (WXIX) - An Over-the-Rhine community leader is calling for the city to stop the alcohol, drugs and shootings that are happening on Liberty Street. John Donaldson says the steps of St. Francis Seraph Church have become a place for alcohol consumption and drug use. “This right here,” Donaldson says...
Arsonist sentenced for Downtown Cincinnati Kroger fire
CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A man was sentenced to up to three years in prison for setting a fire inside the downtown Cincinnati Kroger. Firefighters responded to the multi-level store on East Court Street last December. Investigators say 43-year-old Scott Day intentionally set a fire in an occupied aisle. He was...
Drivers claim Cincinnati gas station sold them bad gas, damaging engines
CINCINNATI — Filling up with bad gasoline sounds like something that would have happened to your mom and dad decades ago. But, it still happens, on occasion, and at least a half dozen Cincinnati area drivers believe they bought bad gas in recent days. Now they are facing expensive...
Prosecutor: Hamilton County woman sentenced after pleading guilty to OVI, child endangering
COLERAIN TOWNSHIP, Ohio — A Hamilton County woman has been sentenced after pleading guilty to multiple charges in connection to a single-car crash in Colerain Township. The incident happened in October of 2023, when Cara Davis was involved in a single-car crash with three children as passengers. According to...
Covington woman arrested after allegedly confronting teen boy with baseball bat
COVINGTON, Ky. (WKRC) - A Covington woman is in jail, accused of confronting a teenage boy with a baseball bat. Helen Combs is being held on a $5,000 bond at the Kenton County Detention Center. According to court documents, Combs went to the boy's home with a baseball bat and a stun gun Sunday.
Assault with injuries reported on Vine Street in downtown Cincinnati
CINCINNATI — Cincinnati police are responding to reports of an assault with injuries downtown Tuesday. Click the video player above to watch other headlines from WLWT News 5. The reported assault allegedly occurred near the Cincinnati Public Library on Vine Street. There is no word on the extent of...
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