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Crash with injuries reported on North D Street in Hamilton
HAMILTON, Ohio — A crash with injuries has been reported on North D Street in Hamilton. Units from the Hamilton Police and Fire departments are responding to the scene. Units were first dispatched at 6:18 p.m. The extent of the injuries is unknown at this time. For live traffic...
Authorities investigating after car strikes pole in Butler County
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (WKRC) - Authorities are investigating after a car struck a pole Friday. It happened around 2 a.m. on South Breiel Boulevard in Middletown. The condition of anyone involved remains unclear. The road was temporarily closed following the crash.
Coroner identifies woman in fatal Clifton crash
CINCINNATI (WXIX) - The Hamilton County Coroner’s Office identified the woman who died in a single-vehicle crash in Clifton on Thursday. Amanda Campbell, 36, was pronounced dead at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, the coroner’s sheet says. The crash was reported on Clifton Avenue near McAlpin Avenue...
Teenager dies after wrong-way, head-on collision in Warren County
LEBANON, Ohio (WCMH) – A teenager is dead and a man hospitalized after a head-on collision in Warren County early Friday morning. According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, the crash occurred on Interstate 71, in Deerfield Township, when a 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee was traveling in the wrong direction – northbound in the southbound […]
Troopers say speed, alcohol involved in fiery, fatal Liberty crash; driver charged
The Ohio State Highway Patrol has charged a driver for a fatal accident in which Troopers say unsafe speed and alcohol may have played a part. Troopers say 41-year-old Nicholas Thompson of Youngstown died after the car he was in ran off a curve along Colonial Drive just after midnight Friday, struck a utility pole, and caught fire near Biscayne Avenue in Liberty Township.
Puppy abandoned in sack at Greater Cincinnati park gets new home
CINCINNATI (WKRC) - There's a great update for a puppy that was found abandoned in a sack at a Butler County park. Ryder, the dog that was abandoned, was officially adopted by his fur-ever family on Friday. The Animal Friends Humane Society in Hamilton shared a picture and an update...
Man found guilty in connection with 2021 rape case, court documents say
CINCINNATI (WXIX) -A man is facing 16 and a half years in prison in connection with a rape case from 2021, according to Hamilton County court documents. Court documents say Spencer Beard, 34, appeared at the Hamilton County Courthouse on Friday, where the jury found him guilty of rape. Beard...
Voices of America Country Music Fest adds surprise artist
WEST CHESTER, Ohio (WXIX) - It is one of the biggest country music festivals in the Tri-State, and it is about to get much bigger. On Friday, Voices of America announced Diplo will be added to the festival’s four-day lineup as a headliner, performing alongside major artists, like Jason Aldean, Keith Urban, Sam Hunt and many more.
Ohio man gets 4 death sentences for fatally shooting his wife, her parents, and her aunt in the head
HAMILTON, Ohio (TCD) -- A panel of three judges convicted a 42-year-old man of murder and later sentenced him to death for killing his wife, her parents, and her aunt in 2019 by shooting each of them in head so he could be with his mistress. Butler County Common Pleas...
Ross High School student seriously injured in single-vehicle crash
BUTLER COUNTY, Ohio (WXIX) - The family of a Ross High School senior says he may have lost his ability to walk after a single-vehicle crash in Morgan Township on Tuesday. According to a traffic report, officers were called to Layheigh Road near Bell Road around 4:20 p.m. Once they arrived at the scene, they discovered that Brayden Bastin, 17, was driving a 2011 Hyundai Sonata eastbound on Layheigh Road when the vehicle traveled off the road and into a ditch before rolling over and coming to a rest.
Metro driver under arrest in crash that killed 87-year-old woman
CINCINNATI (WXIX) - A Metro bus driver charged with causing a crash that killed an 87-year-old woman is now under arrest. Deon Willis, 47, of Lockland, is facing five misdemeanor counts of vehicular manslaughter, jail records show. Willis was operating a Metro bus on Jan. 11 despite his license being...
Greater Cincinnati man dies at group home, caregivers charged for not trying to save him
CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A 61-year-old developmentally disabled man is dead, and now two of the women responsible for his care are facing charges that they didn't do enough to save him. The women turned themselves in at the Wyoming Police Department after being charged. They were working just a couple...
A prosecutor’s perspective: a look back at the Hamilton Easter Sunday Massacre
HAMILTON, Ohio (WXIX) - Known now as the Easter Sunday Massacre, the tragic deaths of 11 members of the Ruppert family in 1975 continues to haunt the community. The case led to two high-profile trials, numerous news articles and a new book that offers the late prosecutor’s perspective. The...
Assault with injuries reported on Chesterdale Drive in Springdale
SPRINGDALE, Ohio — An assault with injuries has been reported on Chesterdale Drive in Springdale. Hamilton County emergency crews 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 News 5. This...
Man who blamed killing of coworker on 'a witch' committed to psychiatric hospital
A man who told police that he fatally stabbed a co-worker because "a witch told him" that the co-worker intended to shoot him was committed Thursday to a psychiatric hospital. Jan Tolentino, 20, will be under court supervision for the rest of his life. Earlier this month, Hamilton County Common...
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