OH-32 closed due to crash in Batavia Township

Dispatch: OH-32 closed due to crash in Batavia Township

THIS IS. WLWT NEWS FIVE LEADING THE WAY, AND WE ARE FINALLY STARTING TO DRY OUT. AFTER A COUPLE OF DAYS OF DREAR AND GLOOM AND RAIN. THANKS FOR JOINING US HERE AT 5:00. I’M MIKE DARDIS. GOOD EVENING TO YOU. I’M SHEREE PAOLELLO, OUR CHIEF METEOROLOGIST, KEVIN ROBINSON, SHOWING US WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT THE REST OF THE NIGHT. AND THEN, OF COURSE, FOR THAT ALL IMPORTANT HALLOWEEN FORECAST. HI, THERE. HEY. IT’S ONLY BEEN ABOUT 24 HOURS, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT’S BEEN FOREVER, RIGHT? YEAH, WE’RE FINALLY SEEING SOME SUBTLE IMPROVEMENTS OUT THERE THIS AFTERNOON. THE RAIN STARTING TO SHUT OFF FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE TRI-STATE. OBVIOUSLY, THERE ARE STILL SOME SHOWERS, PARTICULARLY IN OUR EASTERNMOST COMMUNITIES. SO ANYWHERE FROM HILLSBORO BACK THROUGH PEEBLES, WEST UNION, DOWN TOWARDS MAYSVILLE, THERE’S STILL SOME ONGOING SPRINKLES AND SHOWERS. BUT AS YOU WORK YOUR WAY BACK TOWARDS THE METRO, YOU CAN SEE THINGS ARE DRYING OUT. EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE STILL PLENTY OF PROBLEMS OUT THERE FOR THE EVENING COMMUTE, BECAUSE THE ROADWAYS ARE STILL ON THE WET SIDE. MIKE AND SHEREE, WE ARE FINALLY KICKING THIS SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM OUT OF HERE. YOU SEE, AS IT HEADS INTO THE APPALACHIANS. SO COMING UP BEHIND IT, I’LL LET YOU KNOW WHAT THAT SPELLS OUT FOR US TOMORROW. AS KIDS GET READY TO START TRICK OR TREATING. KEVIN. THANK YOU. WANT TO GET TO SOME BREAKING NEWS FROM GOVERNOR MIKE DEWINE’S OFFICE THIS AFTERNOON? HE IS NOW TAKING ACTION TO HELP OHIO FAMILIES IN DANGER OF LOSING FOOD ASSISTANCE. FAMILIES COULD ACTUALLY START LOSING THEIR SNAP BENEFITS SATURDAY BECAUSE OF THIS GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, AND WLWT NEWS FIVE ANCHOR ASHLEY KIRKLEN HERE. NOW, WITH THE BREAKING DEVELOPMENTS. ASHLEY. HI, GUYS. WELL, GOVERNOR DEWINE WILL SIGN AN EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT WILL PROVIDE $25 MILLION IN FOOD ASSISTANCE. THIS WILL HELP MANY OF THOSE OHIO FAMILIES WHO ARE NOW IN DANGER OF LOSING THEIR SNAP BENEFITS. $7 MILLION OF THAT MONEY WILL GO TO FOOD BANKS ACROSS THE STATE OF OHIO, AND THE OTHER $18 MILLION WILL GO TOWARDS EMERGENCY RELIEF BENEFITS TO MORE THAN 63,000 OHIOANS WHO ARE AT OR BELOW THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL. NOW, THE GOVERNOR JOINING OHIO’S SENATE PRESIDENT AND HOUSE SPEAKER AND ALSO TELLING US IN A STATEMENT. WHILE WE WILL ALWAYS DO EVERYTHING WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT OHIOANS WHO NEED IT MOST, THIS IS NOT A VIABLE LONG TERM SOLUTION. SNAP IS A FEDERAL PROGRAM THAT IS SPECIFICALLY FEDERALLY FUNDED. THE BEST SOLUTION REMAINS THE SIMPLEST ONE PASSED THE CONTINUING RESOLUTION AND REOPEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. WHILE THIS IS SOME RELIEF, IT WON’T HELP ALL OF THE NEARLY 1.4 MILLION PEOPLE IN OHIO WHO CURRENTLY RECEIVE SNAP BENEFITS. ASHLEY KIRKLEN WLWT NEWS FIVE. ALL RIGHT, ASHLEY, THANK YOU. IN OTHER NEWS, THE SUSPECT ACCUSED OF HITTING AND KILLING A PERSON IN A MIDDLETOWN CRASH FACING A JUDGE FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY. NICHOLAS DEARTH IS FACING CHARGES IN A DEADLY CRASH THAT KILLED STEVEN HOWARD BACK IN AUGUST. THE VICTIM’S FAMILY IS STILL PUSHING FOR ANSWERS. WLWT NEWS FIVE’S ANCHOR AARON THOMAS LIVE FOR US TONIGHT WITH MORE ON WHAT PLAYED OUT IN COURT TODAY. HI, AARON. HI THERE SHEREE. SO A LOT PLAYED OUT, INCLUDING SEEING THE JUDGE SET THE BOND AGAINST NICHOLAS DEARTH AT $200,000. AND WE SAW HIM TAKEN INTO CUSTODY FOR THIS GRIEVING FAMILY OF STEVEN HOWARD, THIS DECISION BRINGING MORE GRIEF AND FRUSTRATION THAN RELIEF. CUFFED AND COURT NICHOLAS DEARTH SEEN HERE BEING TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. PROSECUTORS SAY HE’S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE AUGUST 23RD CRASH IN MIDDLETOWN THAT KILLED STEVEN HOWARD. NOBODY AND NONE OF US IS HAPPY AT ALL. WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BRING JUSTICE FOR STEVEN’S BROTHER, MARK? HOWARD INVOKES MORE EMOTIONS FOR HIM AND THE FAMILY. IT’S STRESSFUL. IT’S TIRESOME. AND IT’S IT’S HEARTBREAKING. HOWARD’S FAMILY SAYS THEY’VE SPENT WEEKS NOT KNOWING THE PERSON BEHIND THE WHEEL OF THE CRASH AT THE INTERSECTION OF CENTRAL AVENUE AND ALAMEDA CIRCLE. NEW REVELATIONS CAME OUT IN COURT FROM THE PROSECUTOR, ACCUSING DEARTH OF DRIVING BETWEEN 86 TO 92MPH WITH THE BLOOD ALCOHOL CONTENT LEVEL OF 0.203. HE T-BONED MR. STEVEN HOWARD, WHO WAS IN HIS OWN VEHICLE AND CAUSED THE DEATH OF MR. HOWARD AT THAT SCENE. TODAY’S JUDGE SAID THE COURT HAD CONCERN FOR PUBLIC SAFETY GIVEN THE CHARGES AGAINST HER, INCLUDING AGGRAVATED VEHICULAR HOMICIDE AND OPERATING A VEHICLE UNDER THE INFLUENCE. DURST’S DEFENSE ATTORNEY, JONATHAN FOX, PLANS TO CHALLENGE THE $200,000 BOND. I’LL BE FILING A MOTION TO ASK THE JUDGE TO CONSIDER A LOWER BOND DUE TO HIS TIES TO THE COMMUNITY AND AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, HOWARD’S FAMILY SAYS THEY’RE COMMITTED TO SEEING HOW THIS CASE PLAYS OUT MOVING FORWARD. TODAY’S JUDGE GOING ON TO SAY THAT SHOULD NICHOLAS POST THAT $200,000 BOND, HE IS SUBJECTED TO HOUSE ARREST. HE’S EXPECTED BACK IN COURT NOVEMBER 6TH. REPORTING LIVE IN HAMILTON, AARON THOMAS, WLWT NEWS FIVE. AARON, THANKS FOR THE UPDATE. THE MAN ACCUSED OF THAT SHOOTING ALONG FOUNTAIN SQUARE APPEARED IN COURT THIS MORNING. THAT INCIDENT CAUGHT ON VIDEO, WAS THE GUY SHOOTING RIGHT THROUGH THE WINDOW OF A RESTAURANT. IT SPARKED A POLITICAL FIRESTORM. WLWT ANCHOR CHRIS JACOBS IS HERE NOW WITH WHAT HAPPENED TODAY. CHRIS. HEY, GUYS. YEAH, 24 YEAR OLD SHAQUILLE FERGUSON IS FACING A NUMBER OF CHARGES, INCLUDING FELONIOUS ASSAULT. HE’S ACCUSED OF SHOOTING TWO TEENS AT A RESTAURANT IN FOUNTAIN SQUARE. NOW, THAT SHOOTING HAPPENED ON OCTOBER 13TH. THIS WAS AT CITY BIRD. THIS IS THE VIDEO HERE. IT WAS ALL CAUGHT ON SECURITY CAMERA AND LED TO A LOT OF DRAMA AMONG CITY LEADERSHIP, MAINLY WITH THE POLICE CHIEF. TODAY IN COURT, FERGUSON AND HIS ATTORNEY SAID HE FIRED THE SHOT IN SELF-DEFENSE. HIS ATTORNEY SAYS THEIR CELL PHONE VIDEO OF THE LEAD UP TO THE INCIDENT, TAKEN BY THE RESTAURANT’S MANAGER. PROSECUTORS BRINGING UP THE FACT THAT THIS ISN’T THE FIRST TIME FERGUSON HAS FACED CHARGES. PROSECUTORS SAY HE USED THE SAME GUN IN A SHOOTING IN NORTHSIDE JUST TWO DAYS EARLIER. DURING BOTH INCIDENTS, FERGUSON WAS ON PROBATION AND NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE A GUN. IT WOULD NOT SEEM TO BE MY REVIEW OF THE EVIDENCE I HAVE AT THIS POINT. YOUR HONOR, I DON’T BELIEVE THERE IS A MERITORIOUS SELF-DEFENSE CASE HERE. WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A VIOLENT INDIVIDUAL WHO BRINGS GUNS WITH HIM AT ALL TIMES AND HAS FIRED AT MULTIPLE PEOPLE, INJURED MULTIPLE PEOPLE WITH THAT FIREARM WHILE BEING ON PROBATION FOR ANOTHER FIREARM OFFENSE WHERE HE USED AN AGGRAVATED ASSAULT. WELL, THE JUDGE ULTIMATELY GIVING NO BOND. AS FOR THE VIDEO THE PROSECUTION WAS TALKING ABOUT, PROSECUTORS SAY THEY HAVE NOT YET SEEN IT, AND FERGUSON WILL BE BACK IN COURT FOR ANOTHER ARRAIGNMENT ON

One side of State Route 32 is closed, following a crash in Batavia Township on Thursday evening. According to Hamilton County dispatchers, it happened at 6:15 p.m. near the intersection of OH-32 and Olive Branch-Stonelick Road. Multiple emergency crews are responding to the scene, and the eastbound side of OH-32 is closed at the intersection with Olive Branch-Stonelick Road. Dispatchers were able to confirm that multiple vehicles were involved, but the exact number, along with the presence of any injuries, is still unclear. This is a developing story and will be updated as we learn more information. For live traffic updates, click here.This story was curated by Hearst’s WLWT Alert Desk.Sharing brings us closer together. If this story happened near you, share this article with friends in your area using the WLWT mobile app so they can read along with you. The WLWT app is available for free in Apple’s App Store and on Google Play.See news happening? Send us your photos or videos if it’s safe to do so at www.wlwt.com/upload.

BATAVIA, Ohio —

One side of State Route 32 is closed, following a crash in Batavia Township on Thursday evening.

According to Hamilton County dispatchers, it happened at 6:15 p.m. near the intersection of OH-32 and Olive Branch-Stonelick Road.

Multiple emergency crews are responding to the scene, and the eastbound side of OH-32 is closed at the intersection with Olive Branch-Stonelick Road.

Dispatchers were able to confirm that multiple vehicles were involved, but the exact number, along with the presence of any injuries, is still unclear.

This is a developing story and will be updated as we learn more information.

For live traffic updates, click here.

This story was curated by Hearst’s WLWT Alert Desk.

Sharing brings us closer together. If this story happened near you, share this article with friends in your area using the WLWT mobile app so they can read along with you. The WLWT app is available for free in Apple’s App Store and on Google Play.

See news happening? Send us your photos or videos if it’s safe to do so at www.wlwt.com/upload.