Parks: Red-shouldered hawk found with frozen icicles on wings, belly released back into Burnet Woods
COMING UP ON 643 HERE ON YOUR WEDNESDAY MORNING, KICKING OFF LIVE, LOOK AT TWO BREAKING STORIES WE’RE TRACKING RIGHT NOW ON THE LEFT SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN. THIS IS THE SCENE OF A EARLY MORNING SHOOTING THAT KILLED TWO PEOPLE IN THE VILLAGES AT ROLL HILL. WE JUST SAW A CAR GET TOWED AWAY FROM THE SCENE ON THE RIGHT SIDE. THIS IS CARTHAGE, AND NEIGHBORS HAD TO EVACUATE AFTER A PRETTY BIG HOUSE FIRE. HERE. WE’LL HAVE LIVE REPORTS FROM BOTH OF THOSE SCENES COMING UP HERE IN JUST A COUPLE MINUTES. WE DO HAVE TO START WITH THE FORECAST ON THIS WEDNESDAY. IT IS WINDY OUTSIDE. YOU PROBABLY WOKE UP TO IT OR AT LEAST HEARD A LITTLE BIT THIS MORNING. YES. METEOROLOGIST RANDI RICO TRACKING ALL OF THIS, BUT IT IS GOING TO BE NICE LATER TODAY. RANDI I’LL TAKE SUNSHINE AND LOW 50S. THAT SOUNDS LOVELY. TOMORROW MORNING THOUGH, WE COULD BE ONCE AGAIN DEALING WITH SOME WINTER WEATHER. THERE’S SOME QUESTION MARKS AS TO HOW HARD WE GET HIT TOMORROW MORNING, IF AT ALL. BUT FOR TODAY, IT’S ALL ABOUT THE WINDS. OUR GUSTS COULD BE AS HIGH AS 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. WE WE’RE JUST SHY OF A 40 MILE AN HOUR GUST BETWEEN 3 AND 4:00 IN THE MORNING. RAIN SHOWERS ARE PRETTY MUCH OUT OF HERE. PLAN ON BREEZY CONDITIONS AND THIS AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES SHOULD MAKE IT INTO THE LOW 50S. SO BRING THAT ON, ESPECIALLY WITH A LITTLE BIT OF SUNSHINE TOMORROW MORNING THOUGH WE’VE GOT THE WEATHER IMPACT SYMBOL BECAUSE THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A LINE OF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS TO MOVE IN THAT COULD IMPACT THE EARLY MORNING RUSH. LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THE WINDS RIGHT NOW. YOUR GUSTS OVER THE LAST HALF HOUR OR SO HAVE BEEN AROUND 20 TO 25MPH, AND THAT WILL BE THE CASE AS WE GO INTO THE AFTERNOON. AS FAR AS THE FORECAST GOES MOVING FORWARD, RAIN SHOWERS ARE MINUTES. BREEZY CONDITIONS TAKE OVER AND TOMORROW MORNING. AT THIS TIME WE COULD BE WATCHING SOME SNOW SHOWERS MOVE THROUGH. BETTER CHANCES FOR SNOW SHOWERS NORTH OF THE RIVER. SOME RAIN SHOWERS TO THE SOUTH, BUT SINCE WE’RE GOING TO BE IN THE LOW 50S TODAY, I THINK THE PAVEMENT SHOULD RESPOND PRETTY WELL AND HOPEFULLY WE JUST HAVE WET PAVEMENT TOMORROW MORNING. AGAIN, THIS IS NOT A HUGE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH, BUT IF WE DO SEE THOSE RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS, THEY’LL BE COMING THROUGH KIND OF RIGHT DURING THE START OF THE EARLY MORNING RUSH AND THEN FADING AWAY AS WE GO THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE MORNING TODAY. GUSTY WINDS ARE THE BIG STORY, ESPECIALLY EARLY. WE’RE IN THE LOW 40S RIGHT NOW. WE’LL SEE SOME SUNSHINE AND MAKE IT TO THE LOW 50S THIS AFTERNOON. SO 52 TODAY, WATCHING FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS TOMORROW MORNING. AND THEN A NICE WARM UP AS WE HEAD TOWARD THE WEEKEND. KELLY, WE HAVE ONE CRASH TO TALK ABOUT THIS MORNING. ONE CRASH. IT’S ACTUALLY HEADING OUTBOUND SO IT’S NOT IMPACTING TOO MANY PEOPLE. BUT JUST A HEADS UP. IF YOU TAKE 74 TO HEAD OUT OF TOWN, WEST SIDE OF TOWN, YOU DO WANT TO HAVE A HEADS UP HERE SO YOU CAN SEE THIS IS THE EASTBOUND TRAFFIC. THIS IS INBOUND JUST FINE. IF YOU’RE COMING WEST, THE RAMP TO LORAIN AT BEEKMAN IS CLOSED RIGHT NOW. SO IT HAS BEEN FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES. SO WE’RE GOING TO WATCH AND FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS HERE. DIDN’T SEEM TO INDICATE ANYTHING SERIOUS FROM OUR CALL TO DISPATCHERS, BUT WE WILL KEEP AN EYE ON THAT AND LET YOU KNOW AS SOON AS THAT REOPENS. WE ALSO HAVE A COUPLE BROKEN DOWN VEHICLES ALSO KIND OF RIGHT IN THIS AREA. SO 75, BOTH OF THOSE ONCE ONCE YOU COME ON 75 FROM 74 AND THE OTHER JUST IN THE SAINT BERNARD AREA DON’T SEEM TO BE IMPACTING TRAFFIC MUCH. THOSE AREAS, OTHERWISE STILL GREEN ON OUR MAP, WHICH IS GREAT, AS RANDY MENTIONED, HAS BEEN SOME WIND OVERNIGHT. SO JUST WATCH THIS MORNING FOR ANY TRASH CANS OR DEBRIS IN THE ROAD AS YOU’RE GETTING READY TO HEAD OUT. STEPHEN KELLY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 646 PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP USED THE FIRST STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH OF HIS SECOND TERM TO CONVINCE AMERICANS THAT THE COUNTRY IS BOOMING. THE PRESIDENT PLEDGED MORE TARIFFS AND RESTRICTIVE IMMIGRATION ACTION, DESPITE RECENT POLLS SHOWING THESE ISSUES ARE DRAGGING HIS APPROVAL RATING DOWN. WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT RACHEL HIRSCHHEIMER JOINS US LIVE FROM CAPITOL HILL. RACHEL, HOW DID THE PRESIDENT TRY TO MAKE HIS CASE? WELL, STEPHEN, GOOD MORNING. PRESIDENT TRUMP DEFENDED HIS RECORD ON THE ECONOMY TUESDAY NIGHT AND ALSO TRIED TO SWAY SKEPTICAL VOTERS THAT THE ECONOMY IS STRONGER THAN MANY BELIEVE. THIS IS THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICA. WHEN I LAST SPOKE IN THIS CHAMBER 12 MONTHS AGO, I HAD JUST INHERITED A NATION IN CRISIS WITH A STAGNANT ECONOMY. THROUGHOUT HIS SPEECH, THE PRESIDENT ALSO PRAISED HIS IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND HAS PUSHED TO PRESERVE WIDESPREAD TARIFFS EVEN AFTER THE SUPREME COURT STRUCK DOWN A LARGE PORTION OF THEM. HE ALSO VOWED TO USE ALTERNATIVE LAWS TO IMPOSE TAXES ON IMPORTS, AND SAID CONGRESSIONAL ACTION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY. NOW, RECENT POLLS SHOW THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS DISAPPROVE OF THE PRESIDENT’S WORK ON THE ECONOMY, BUT HE DIDN’T DWELL ON EFFORTS TO LOWER THE COST OF LIVING. ONE OF THE MOST CONTENTIOUS MOMENTS CAME WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP WARNED ABOUT THE DANGERS POSED BY IMMIGRANTS, CHALLENGING DEMOCRATS TO STAND IN SOLIDARITY, WHICH THEY DID NOT. IF YOU AGREE WITH THIS STATEMENT, THEN STAND UP AND SHOW YOUR SUPPORT. THE FIRST DUTY OF THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT IS TO PROTECT AMERICAN CITIZENS, NOT ILLEGAL ALIENS. THE PRESIDENT ALSO ADDRESSED TENSIONS BETWEEN THE U.S. AND IRAN, SAYING HE WANTS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM THROUGH DIPLOMACY WHILE ALSO NOTING HE DOES NOT WANT IRAN TO HAVE ACCESS TO A NUCLEAR WEAPON. ON CAPITOL HILL, RACHEL HIRSCHHEIMER WLWT NEWS FIVE. RACHEL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND VIRGINIA GOVERNOR ABIGAIL SPANBERGER GAVE THE DEMOCRATIC RESPONSE TO THE STATE OF THE UNION. ONE OF HER CRITICISMS WAS AIMED AT HIS ADMINISTRATION’S IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT POLICIES, ARGUING THEY HAVE NOT MADE AMERICA SAFER. OUR PRESIDENT HAS SENT POORLY TRAINED FEDERAL AGENTS INTO OUR CITIES, WHERE THEY HAVE ARRESTED AND DETAINED AMERICAN CITIZENS AMERICANS, AND THEY HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT A WARRANT. THEY HAVE RIPPED NURSING MOTHERS AWAY FROM THEIR BABIES. THEY HAVE SENT CHILDREN. A LITTLE BOY IN A BLUE BUNNY HAT, CHILDREN TO FAR OFF DETENTION CENTERS, AND THEY HAVE KILLED AMERICAN CITIZENS IN OUR STREETS. SPANBERGER ALSO CRITICIZED THE PRESIDENT’S HANDLING OF THE ECONOMY AND ACCUSED HIM OF USING THE PRESIDENCY TO ENRICH HIMSELF AND HIS FAMILY. YOU CAN WATCH HER FULL COMMENTS ON OUR WEBSITE, WLWT.COM OUR GET THE FACTS DATA TEAM ALSO DID A FACT CHECK OF THE PRESIDENT’S SPEECH. YOU CAN READ THAT AND OUR FULL COVERAGE OVER ON WLWT, DOT COM. AND NOW TO THAT BREAKING NEWS STARTING IN THE VILLAGES AT ROLL HILL. THAT’S WHERE CINCINNATI POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A SUSPECT AFTER TWO PEOPLE WERE FOUND SHOT TO DEATH EARLY THIS MORNING. WLWT NEWS FIVE’S GIACOMO LUCA LIVE FOR US THERE RIGHT NOW AND GIACOMO. MOST OF THE OFFICERS LEFT THE SCENE JUST MINUTES AGO. YEAH, THAT’S RIGHT, MEGAN. THE SCENE ITSELF IS CLEARED. THE TAPE HAS BEEN BROUGHT DOWN. OFFICERS ALSO LEFT, ALONG WITH THE TOW TRUCK, TAKING AWAY THE VEHICLE THAT CRASHED INTO A PLAYGROUND JUST BEHIND US HERE AT THE VILLAGES AT ROLL HILL. NOW, POLICE TELL US THAT THEY ARRIVED AT THE SCENE AFTER SHOTSPOTTER ACTIVATION EARLY THIS MORNING. THAT HAPPENING AROUND 2:00. POLICE OFFICERS, SEVERAL OF THEM FOUND TWO VICTIMS LOCATED ON SCENE. THEY BOTH HAD GUNSHOT WOUNDS. OFFICERS ATTEMPTED LIFE SAVING MEASURES, BUT BOTH OF THOSE VICTIMS DIED ON THE SCENE. THEIR IDENTITIES HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED JUST YET, AND POLICE STILL DON’T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT LED UP TO THIS. THEY’RE SEARCHING FOR A SUSPECT. BUT AS FOR THE INVESTIGATION, AT LEAST HERE IN THE AREA, THAT APPEARS TO BE OVER EARLY THIS MORNING. HOMICIDE INVESTIGATORS WERE HERE FOR SEVERAL HOURS, AROUND FIVE HOURS FROM 2 A.M. TO NOW, ALMOST SEVEN EARLY THIS MORNING. STILL WORKING TO GET MORE DETAILS ON THIS. WHEN WE GET THEM, WE’LL BRING THEM TO YOU. WE’RE LIVE THIS MORNING AT THE VILLAGES AT ROSE HILL. GIACOMO LUCA, WLWT NEWS FIVE. GIACOMO. THANK YOU. NOW THAT OTHER BREAKING STORY, A LARGE HOUSE FIRE PROMPTING EVACUATIONS IN CARTHAGE AND WLWT NEWS FIVE’S NICOLE APONTE IS LIVE THERE FOR US NOW. NIKOLE. FORTUNATELY, WE’RE LEARNING NO ONE WAS HURT. KELLY. WE JUST LEARNED FROM ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF MATT FLAGLER THAT THERE HAVE BEEN NO INJURIES REPORTED IN THIS FIRE, BUT THEIR FOCUS HAS BEEN THIS HOME RIGHT HERE IN CARTHAGE. WE’VE SEEN REALLY HEAVY SMOKE COME OUT OF THE ROOF PRETTY MUCH ALL MORNING LONG SINCE THIS FIRE STARTED. FIREFIGHTERS NOW WORKING TO FIGHT THESE FLAMES AND MONITOR THOSE HOT SPOTS. I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOME VIDEO FROM OVERNIGHT. FIREFIGHTERS WERE FIRST CALLED HERE BY NEIGHBORS. THEY SAY THE FLAMES WERE SPREADING TO THE HOMES NEXT DOOR. THAT PROMPTED THEM TO EVACUATE NEIGHBORS AND CALL IN FOR HELP. UPGRADING THIS TO A SECOND ALARM FIRE. ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF MATT FLAGLER, ALSO SHARING THAT THIS HOUSE HAS BEEN THE SITE OF PAST FIRES, INCLUDING ONE THAT TOOK A MAN’S LIFE BACK IN AUGUST OF 2024. IT IS VACANT NOW, BUT FLAGLER SAYS THERE IS DEBRIS INSIDE, MAKING EFFORTS TO SEARCH THIS HOUSE EVEN MORE COMPLICATED. HELPING. NOW, THIS NEWS COMES AS THE CINCINNATI FIRE CHIEF JUST ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY THERE’S BEEN THIS CONCERNING RISE OF DEADLY FIRES JUST THIS YEAR ALONE. IN THE PAST TWO MONTHS, IN 2026, WE’VE SEEN SIX FIRE RELATED DEATHS. AGAIN, NO INJURIES IN THIS ONE. CREWS ARE NOW WORKING TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE. REPORTING LIVE IN CARTHAGE, NICOLE APONTE WLWT NEWS FIVE. NICOLE. THANK YOU. RIGHT NOW, ALL FLIGHTS IN MEXICO ARE SET TO RESUME TODAY AFTER DAYS OF UNREST FOLLOWING THE KILLING OF THE POWERFUL DRUG LORD THERE. THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT HAS LIFTED A SHELTER IN PLACE ALERT, SAYING THE SITUATION HAS RETURNED TO NORMAL. THE ONLY EXCEPTION IS FOR U.S. GOVERNMENT STAFF UNDER A CURFEW. THE ADVISORY WAS PUT IN PLACE AFTER THE MEXICAN ARMY KILLED A DRUG CARTEL LEADER KNOWN AS EL MENCHO, USING U.S. INTELLIGENCE. THE LOCAL WOMAN WHO WE SPOKE WITH STU
Parks: Red-shouldered hawk found with frozen icicles on wings, belly released back into Burnet Woods
Updated: 11:33 AM EST Feb 25, 2026
Cincinnati Parks says a red-shouldered hawk has found frozen in Burnet Woods last month has been released back into the wild!In a post on Facebook, Cincinnati Parks say a parkgoer reported a hawk down on the frozen pond in Burnet Woods.A Parks team member went to investigate and found the bird with icicles frozen on his wings and belly.Parks officials say the bird was having a lot of difficulty flying, leading it to be rescued, taken to the nature center and transported to RAPTOR, Inc., a non-profit organization that specializes in the rehabilitation of birds of prey, for care.Last week, Parks officials say the hawk was released back into Burnet Woods after having been cared for.
CINCINNATI —
Cincinnati Parks says a red-shouldered hawk has found frozen in Burnet Woods last month has been released back into the wild!
In a post on Facebook, Cincinnati Parks say a parkgoer reported a hawk down on the frozen pond in Burnet Woods.
A Parks team member went to investigate and found the bird with icicles frozen on his wings and belly.
Parks officials say the bird was having a lot of difficulty flying, leading it to be rescued, taken to the nature center and transported to RAPTOR, Inc., a non-profit organization that specializes in the rehabilitation of birds of prey, for care.
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Last week, Parks officials say the hawk was released back into Burnet Woods after having been cared for.