Local news for Loveland, Symmes Township, and Milford.
Local news for Loveland, Symmes Township, and Milford.
Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Public Safety
Single-lane closures on US Route 50 east of Milford begin Friday, Aug. 28, for a $655,092 ODOT stream and bridge preservation project that will run 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily through late October.
Public Safety
A vehicle fire early Tuesday at Sora's Towing on Route 28 in Milford fully engulfed one car and damaged two others; no injuries were reported and Miami Township Fire & EMS assisted under mutual aid.
Public Safety
Beechwood Road in Union Township near Loveland will close to through traffic from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sept. 8–18, for county drainage improvements, with a 12.4-mile detour via Wooster Pike, Round Bottom Road and SR 32.
Public Safety
James Kenney, 75, a former Hamilton County judge and current attorney, was charged with three misdemeanors and jailed without bond after admitting he used his credentials to visit an inmate at Clermont County Jail and engaged in sexual activity during the Aug. 4 visit.
Public Safety
A helmetless motorcyclist was airlifted by Air Care with a serious head injury after a high-velocity crash on southbound I-275 near the Route 28 interchange in Milford on Sunday, Aug. 23, according to emergency radio traffic monitored by the Clermont Guardian.
Public Safety
A Warren County grand jury indicted two Loveland residents on felony drug charges Aug. 21, with one also facing four OVI counts. Both are scheduled for arraignment Sept. 11.
Public Safety
Central Joint Fire and EMS crews rescued two kayakers stranded on a mid-river island in the Little Miami River near Miamiville on Sunday, Aug. 23, clearing the scene in about 30 minutes with no injuries reported.
Public Safety
A new OKI Regional Council of Governments study finds pedestrians and cyclists face far deadlier crash outcomes, with speed and poor lighting as top risk factors, as Loveland and Milford students head back to school along arterial roads.
Public Safety
A Clermont County grand jury indicted urologist Michael Blaise Rousseau, 63, on felony rape, sexual battery and gross sexual imposition charges after he admitted to sex acts with a developmentally disabled patient at The Urology Group in Union Township near Milford; he was scheduled for arraignment Aug. 14 in Common Pleas Court after posting $1 million bond.
Public Safety
Loveland-Symmes Fire Department Assistant Chief Bruce Hawk received the Garry Briese IAFC Safety Performance Award at the Fire-Rescue International conference in Kansas City, along with his Chief Fire Officer designation from the Center for Public Safety Excellence.
Public Safety
Multiple Clermont County roads remain blocked by fallen trees and downed utility poles as of Friday, Aug. 14, three days after severe storms knocked out power to 40,000 customers, with Milford's Garfield Avenue and Loveland-area McMann Road among local closures still unconfirmed as reopened.
Public Safety
The Loveland-Symmes Fire Department's Task Force One swift water rescue team deployed to Perry County on Aug. 12 and saved several lives during flooding that displaced 200 residents and killed one person after Gov. DeWine declared a state of emergency.
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