Is there really an elephant buried on Rumpke property? Company addresses rumor
643 HERE ON YOUR FRIDAY, STARTING WITH A LIVE LOOK AT TWO OF OUR BREAKING NEWS STORIES THIS MORNING. ON THE LEFT SIDE OF 75 NORTH AT LINN STREET. TRAFFIC STARTING TO GET BY AGAIN AFTER A CRASH WITH AT LEAST ONE SEMI TRUCK POSSIBLE. ONE OTHER CAR AS WELL. PEOPLE GOT TO GET THROUGH THAT RIGHT SIDE. THAT’S A LOOK AT CAPITOL HILL, WHERE THE U.S. SENATE AGREED TO REOPEN THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, PARTS OF IT, AFTER ALL NIGHT SESSION. WE’LL HAVE DETAILS ON WHAT’S GOING ON ON CAPITOL HILL HERE IN MARYLAND. REALLY BUSY MORNING. WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF CRASHES TO CHECK IN ON. SO LET’S TALK METEOROLOGIST RANDI RICO BUC-EE’S NOT SURE IF OFFICIALLY CAUSED ANY OF THOSE, BUT IT CERTAINLY DOESN’T HELP THINGS. TIMING WISE, WE HAD THE COLD FRONT COME THROUGH, BROUGHT GUSTY WINDS. WE HAD SOME DECENT RAINFALL, ESPECIALLY IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THINGS ARE TIGHTENING UP NOW, BUT YOU’RE STILL GOING TO BE DEALING WITH RAIN AS YOU HEAD OUT FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. AS WE LOOK AT THE RADAR HERE, NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT THIS SYSTEM HAD WHEN IT WAS IN NORTHERN OHIO OVERNIGHT. BUT THIS MORNING WE HAD RAIN. A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER, THOUGH THE LIGHTNING IS PRETTY MUCH GONE FROM THE SYSTEM NOW. INSIDE THE 275 LOOP, WE HAVE STEADY SHOWERS, LIGHT TO MODERATE AT TIMES, AND THEN TO THE NORTH THINGS HAVE REALLY STARTED TO DRY OUT AND COOL OFF QUICKLY. WE’VE GOT BREEZY CONDITIONS AND TEMPERATURES THAT ARE FALLING OFF QUICKLY THROUGH THE 40S, ACROSS PORTIONS OF BUTLER AND WARREN COUNTIES, OVER TOWARD HIGHLAND AND ADAMS COUNTY, STILL DEALING WITH THE STEADY RAIN. THIS IS A COLD FRONT IS SINKING SOUTH. TEMPERATURES ARE ALREADY FALLING, BUT WE’VE STILL GOT A FEW MORE HOURS UNTIL THE RAIN IS TOTALLY OUT OF HERE. SO IT’S A WEATHER IMPACT DAY. WIDESPREAD RAIN FOR THE MORNING RUSH, SLOWLY DRYING OUT FROM NORTH TO SOUTH, AND OUR SOUTHERN COMMUNITIES COULD HAVE A COUPLE LINGERING SHOWERS UNTIL THE LATE MORNING HOURS. TEMPERATURES ARE FALLING OFF INTO THE 40S. WE WERE STILL IN THE 70S AT MIDNIGHT. WE’RE SPENDING MOST OF THE DAY IN THE 40S. SO A DECENT 30 DEGREE DROP COULD MAKE IT BACK TO 50 THIS AFTERNOON. AND THEN OVER THE WEEKEND, YOU’RE REALLY GOING TO NOTICE THE CHILL TOMORROW MORNING WE WILL GET MORE TO A NORMAL FORECAST AGAIN FOR MARCH ON SUNDAY. SO EARLY MORNING RAIN SHOWERS DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH AS WE FINISH THE MORNING RUSH AT NOON. MOST PLACES ARE DONE WITH THE RAIN, BUT THERE COULD BE A COUPLE OF STRAGGLERS ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF OUR AREA AND THEN BRING ON SOME AFTERNOON SUNSHINE. SO FOR TODAY, TEMPERATURES FALLING OFF INTO THE 40S AND STAYING THERE. BREEZY CONDITIONS, ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING. TOMORROW WE START OUT AT 29 AND ONLY MAKE IT TO 49. AND WE’RE BACK INTO THE 60S AS WE GET INTO SUNDAY. BUT THIS MORNING WE HAVE RAIN, WIND AND ISSUES ON THE ROADS. LET’S GET TO ADAM BURNISTON. SEVERAL ISSUES SURROUNDING 75 HERE. THIS IS A LOOK AT 75 NORTHBOUND. IT WAS CLOSED EARLIER. THEY NOW HAVE THE FAR RIGHT LANE OPEN OR AT LEAST THEY DID AT THIS TIME. THERE’S ANOTHER CAR. WAS JUST MAKING SURE THAT CARS ARE STILL MOVING THROUGH THAT AREA. BUT THAT WAS FOR A TWO VEHICLE CRASH THAT HAS CAUSED THAT SEMI TO JACKKNIFE. EARLIER. THERE WAS ANOTHER VAN INVOLVED IN THAT CRASH, SO WE’RE WORKING TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY INJURIES FROM THAT. NO INFORMATION QUITE YET AT THIS TIME, BUT THAT FAR RIGHT LANE OPEN AT THIS TIME. WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER ISSUE 75 SOUTHBOUND. THIS IS LIKELY GOING TO BE CAUSING SOME HEADACHES HERE. THIS IS JUST NORTH OF HOPPLE STREET. YOU SEE ONE CAR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSTATE THAT HAS CRASHED CARS, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET AROUND IT. YOU ALSO HAVE TWO TRUCKS HERE OFF THE EXIT ON THE SHOULDER HERE. I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL CRASH. AND THEN THIS CAR JOINED IN, CRASHED THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSTATE. SO AGAIN, THAT’S 75 SOUTHBOUND JUST NORTH OF HOPPLE STREET. BUT AS WE LOOK AT THE TRAFFIC MAP HERE, 75 STILL SHOWING CLOSED, BUT THE NORTHBOUND IS OPEN ON THAT RIGHT LANE. SO JUST BE MINDFUL OF THAT. HOWEVER, THE BACKUP CONTINUES DOWN THROUGH THE SPLIT UP TOWARDS KYLES LANE. LOOKS LIKE WE MAY EVEN HAVE ANOTHER CRASH THERE CLOSER TO 275 AT 7175, AND ALSO 275 ON THE WEST SIDE JUST AROUND COLD. SO A LOT OF ISSUES STARTING TO PICK UP HERE. AS WE GET THROUGH THE MORNING COMMUTE. WE’LL MAKE SURE TO KEEP YOU UPDATED WITH ALL OF THE LATEST. STEPHEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 647 CINCINNATI POLICE ARE DEALING WITH THE AFTERMATH OF LARGE CROWDS AFTER OPENING DAY OFFICERS USING DRONES AND SPECIALIZED UNITS TO RESPOND, AND MAKING MULTIPLE ARRESTS IN THE PROCESS. WLWT NEWS FIVE’S RICHARD CHILES IS LIVE AT THE BANK FOR US. RICHARD, THAT WAS A VERY, VERY BUSY SPOT OVERNIGHT. STEPHEN CALM NOW AT THIS POINT, BUT A VERY DIFFERENT PICTURE FROM WHAT WE SAW OVERNIGHT HERE AT THE BANKS IN THE HEART OF OVER-THE-RHINE, AS WELL AS FOUNTAIN SQUARE AND THROUGHOUT THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, ROVING CROWDS OF VIOLENCE AGAIN THAT ERUPTED. CINCINNATI POLICE RESPONDING. AND AGAIN, A RESPONSE THAT WILL ANTICIPATE HEARING MORE INFORMATION ABOUT TODAY. NOW TAKING A LOOK AT OVERNIGHT VIDEO. GET AN IDEA OF THESE CROWDS SWARMING OFFICERS AT THE BANKS YESTERDAY EVENING. YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE PUSHING AND SHOVING AND FALLING ALL OVER ONE ANOTHER. AT ONE POINT, THE BANKS WERE BLOCKED OFF AS WELL AS ACCESS TO THE ROLLING SUSPENSION BRIDGE. NOW, SEVERAL ARRESTS WERE MADE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT AND VIDEOS POSTED OVER LINE GOT A CHANCE TO SEE FIGHTS BREAKING OUT AS WELL AS FOUNTAIN SQUARE, WASHINGTON PARK AND THROUGHOUT THE DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY. NOW, IN A SOCIAL MEDIA POST, CINCINNATI POLICE UNION ASKING FOR PRAYERS FOR THE OFFICERS QUOTE, TRYING TO MANAGE AN UNRULY CROWD OF CRIMINALS THAT ARE TERRORIZING OTR DOWNTOWN IN THE BANKS. THAT STATEMENT GOES ON TO BLAME CITY HALL AND THE JUDGES FOR BEING SOFT ON CRIME. AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE NOT HEARD A RESPONSE FROM THE MAYOR OR THE CITY MANAGER, BUT OF COURSE ANTICIPATE HEARING MORE REGARDS TO THE RESPONSE FROM POLICE THROUGH THIS ONGOING SITUATION. REPORTING LIVE THIS MORNING, RICHARD, THANK YOU AND WORKING TO LEARN WHY A BROWN COUNTY VILLAGE PLACED ITS ENTIRE POLICE DEPARTMENT ON LEAVE. NOW A NOTICE OF THE. FROM THE VILLAGE OF SARDINIA’S WEBSITE SAYS ALL OF THE OFFICERS IN THE DEPARTMENT HAVE BEEN PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. THAT IS PENDING THE OUTCOME OF AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION. THE NOTICE GOES ON TO SAY THE MOVE IS TO ENSURE THE INTEGRITY OF THE INVESTIGATIVE PROCESS AND TO MAINTAIN PUBLIC TRUST AND TRANSPARENCY, BUT WE ARE STILL WORKING TO LEARN MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION AND WHAT PROMPTED IT. IN THE MEANTIME, THE BROWN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE WILL TAKE OVER LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR THAT COMMUNITY. A 16 YEAR OLD GIRL FROM COLERAIN TOWNSHIP WHO WAS MISSING FOR ABOUT A MONTH, IS BACK HOME WITH HER FAMILY. THIS MORNING, SHE WAS FOUND ALIVE NEAR JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, TWO WEEKS AGO AND RESCUED BY THE FBI AND LOCAL POLICE. SHE WAS FINALLY REUNITED WITH HER FAMILY LAST NIGHT, HER FATHER TELLS US IN A STATEMENT, QUOTE, I CAN’T EXPLAIN THE FEELING I GOT WHEN I FINALLY GOT TO SEE AND HUG MY BABY. I NEVER WANT TO LET GO OF HER AGAIN. LAST WEEK, THE FBI CONFIRMED TO WLWT THAT A MAN WITH THE LAST NAME NEGRON WAS ARRESTED WHEN THE TEEN WAS DISCOVERED IN FLORIDA. OUR TEAM LOOKED THROUGH FEDERAL COURT RECORDS AND FOUND A TENNESSEE MAN NAMED STEVEN NEGRON, WHO WAS ARRESTED IN JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, ON MARCH 13TH. HE’S CHARGED WITH COERCING OR ENTICING A MINOR FEMALE TO TRAVEL FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENGAGING IN ILLEGAL SEXUAL CONDUCT. WE’RE STILL WORKING TO CONFIRM IF HE IS THE MAN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION TO THE TEENAGER FROM COLERAIN TOWNSHIP. WE’RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT A HOUSE FIRE THAT KILLED A FAMILY AND ROCKED THE CLINTON COUNTY COMMUNITY, THE OHIO STATE FIRE MARSHAL NOW SAYS. THE ONLY SURVIVOR OF THE FIRE WAS NOT SAVED BY FIREFIGHTERS. THAT FIRE STARTED AT A TWO STORY HOME EARLIER THIS MONTH NEAR CLARKSVILLE’S MAIN STREET. MOM BROOKE GORDON AND HER FIVE CHILDREN WERE ALL KILLED BY A DAD. TOMMY ALLEN WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT OUT SAFELY. HE WAS INITIALLY REPORTED THAT HOWEVER, FIRE INVESTIGATORS NOW BELIEVE HE GOT OUT BEFORE CREWS GOT THERE. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION OR ANY SECURITY VIDEO OF THE FIRE PRIOR TO EMERGENCY CREWS GETTING ON SCENE IS ASKED TO CALL THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL’S OFFICE. BREAKING OVERNIGHT HERE AT SIX 5651, NOW REACHING A DEAL TO FUND MOST OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. THIS IS A LIVE LOOK AT CAPITOL HILL, WHERE SENATORS EXTENDED FUNDING FOR SEVERAL AGENCIES. NOW, THE BILL STILL HAS TO GO TO THE HOUSE WHERE IT COULD BE VOTED ON THIS MORNING BEFORE LAWMAKERS LEAVE FOR A CRUCIAL TWO WEEK SPRING BREAK RECESS. WLWT NEWS 5 RACHEL HIRSCHHEIMER JOINS US LIVE FROM THE CAPITOL. NOW, RACHEL, A LOT OF DEVELOPMENTS OVERNIGHT. WHAT’S IN THIS BILL? STEPHEN? GOOD MORNING. THIS BILL FUNDS MULTIPLE AGENCIES UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, INCLUDING TSA, AS WELL AS THE COAST GUARD. BUT IT DOES NOT INCLUDE FUNDING FOR THOSE ICE OPERATIONS. AND IT ALSO DOES NOT INCLUDE THOSE ICE REFORMS. AND THAT IS WHAT THIS SHUTDOWN HAS BEEN ALL ABOUT FOR DEMOCRATS. NOW, 42 DAYS INTO THIS PARTIAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. AND WE HAVE BEEN SEEING THESE IMPACTS AT AIRPORTS NATIONWIDE WITH THOSE LONG LINES AT SECURITY CHECKPOINTS, AS MANY TSA AGENTS ARE QUITTING OR JUST NOT SHOWING UP FOR WORK AT ALL. TODAY, TSA AGENTS ARE DUE TO MISS THEIR SECOND PAYCHECK ON WEDNESDAY, TSA OFFICIALS WARNED THEY MAY NEED TO CLOSE SOME AIRPORTS TEMPORARILY, BUT AT THIS POINT, IT IS UNCLEAR WHERE ALL OF THAT STANDS. IF THIS BILL PASSES THE HOUSE TODAY AND IS ULTIMATELY SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT. WE ARE OUT OF TIME FOR THE CRITICAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND TENS OF THOUSANDS OF WORKERS CURRENTLY GOING WITHOUT PAY, AND SINCE DEMOCRATS HAVE MADE FISCAL YEAR 2026, THE YEAR THEY CHOOSE TO REPUDIATE ONE OF THEIR MOST BASIC RESPONSIBILITIES AS MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO FUND THE GOVERNMENT, THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN REDUCED TO. DEMOCRATS HELD FIRM IN OUR OPPOSITION THAT DONALD TRUMP’S ROGUE AND DEADLY MILITIA SHOULD NOT GET MORE FUNDING WITHOUT SERIOUS REFORMS, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR THOSE REFORMS. AND ON THURSDAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCED THAT HE WILL BE SIGNING AN EXECUTIVE ORDER TO PAY TSA AGENTS IMMEDIATELY TO TRY AND END THIS CHAOS UNFOLDING AT AIRPORTS NATIONWIDE ON CAPITOL HILL, RACHEL HIRSCHHEIMER WLWT NEWS 5. RACHEL, THANK YOU SO. OUR TEAM COVERAGE OF THIS STORY CONTINUES FROM CVG, WHICH IS WHERE WE FIND WLWT NEWS FIVE’S GIACOMO LUCA AND GIACOMO. THE SECURITY LINES HAVE BEEN, OF COURSE, TOP OF MIND FOR TRAVELERS, ESPECIALLY WITH SPRING BREAK STARTING TODAY. FOR MANY SCHOOLS, IT WAS REALLY BUSY EARLY. SEEMS LIKE IT’S EASED UP A LOT NOW. YEAH, ABOUT 5 A.M. WE HAD A LINE THAT MAYBE WENT TO ABOUT 30 MINUTES, BUT THAT QUICKLY LEANED OUT AND BACK TO WHAT YOU NORMALLY SEE HERE AT CVG, JUST ABOUT SEVEN, TEN MINUTES TO GET THROUGH THE TSA SECURITY PRECHECK. WE’VE SEEN HUNDREDS OF TSA RESIGNATIONS AND CALL OUTS, REALLY AT AIRPORTS AROUND THE COUNTRY, LEADING TO THOSE HOUR LONG SECURITY LINES, ESPECIALLY AT MAJOR AIRPORTS. WE ALSO SAW THE DEPLOYMENT OF ICE AGENTS TO HELP AT AIRPORTS, INCLUDING IN CLEVELAND. THE DEAL ON THE TABLE COULD PROVIDE SOME HOPE TO EASE THE STRAIN. BUT OF COURSE, EXPERTS HAVE SAID EVEN IF DHS FUNDING IS RESTORED, IT COULD TAKE WEEKS FOR STAFFING AT AIRPORTS TO RETURN TO NORMAL LEVELS. SO IF YOU ARE FLYING OUT FOR SOON, MAYBE ARRIVE A LITTLE BIT EARLY TO CVG, EVEN THOUGH IT HASN’T SEEN MUCH OF THE BRUNT OF WHAT WE’VE SEEN AT OTHER MAJOR AIRPORTS. OF COURSE, IF YOU HAVE CONNECTING FLIGHTS TO, YOU MIGHT WANT TO JUST WORK TO GET TO WHATEVER THAT SECONDARY FLIGHT MIGHT BE AS QUICK AS YOU CAN. ONCE YOU L
Is there really an elephant buried on Rumpke property? Company addresses rumor
Updated: 9:50 PM EDT Mar 27, 2026
Is there really an elephant buried on Rumpke’s property in Colerain Township?The peculiar rumor went viral recently after president Jeff Rumpke talked about it during a recent interview for the Colerain Township Decades Tour.On Friday, Rumpke confirmed that it’s true and shared the backstory for the interesting tidbit of Colerain Township history.In the 1970s, a traveling circus was performing in Cincinnati and while it was in town, one of their elephants died.After the elephant’s death, Rumpke stepped in and offered to give the animal a proper burial on its property in Colerain Township.The elephant’s name was Tyler and it’s a story that Rumpke says it likes explaining to visitors during tours of its facility.For more information on those tours and a guide on what happens at the different facilities, click here.
CINCINNATI —
Is there really an elephant buried on Rumpke’s property in Colerain Township?
The peculiar rumor went viral recently after president Jeff Rumpke talked about it during a recent interview for the Colerain Township Decades Tour.
On Friday, Rumpke confirmed that it’s true and shared the backstory for the interesting tidbit of Colerain Township history.
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In the 1970s, a traveling circus was performing in Cincinnati and while it was in town, one of their elephants died.
After the elephant’s death, Rumpke stepped in and offered to give the animal a proper burial on its property in Colerain Township.
The elephant’s name was Tyler and it’s a story that Rumpke says it likes explaining to visitors during tours of its facility.
For more information on those tours and a guide on what happens at the different facilities, click here.