Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Public Safety
The Milford Community Fire Department is offering free car seat inspections ahead of Child Passenger Safety Week, Sept. 20-26, as Clermont County Public Health highlights that 43% of children killed in 2023 crashes were unrestrained.
Public Safety
A new traffic signal at the Little Miami Scenic Trail crossing on West Loveland Avenue goes live Monday, Sept. 21, replacing the old pedestrian-activated flasher with standard green and red lights synchronized to nearby signals.
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Kaiden Hartness was sworn in as a career firefighter/EMT with the Milford Community Fire Department during a Sept. 8 ceremony at Station 71.
Public Safety
The Loveland Tigers' home game against Kings and the Milford Eagles' road game at Winton Woods both kick off later than originally scheduled Friday night as a heat advisory brings triple-digit heat index values to the Cincinnati area.
Public Safety
A driver was extricated and airlifted by Air Care helicopter after a rollover crash on I-275 near Miamiville Road in the Loveland area Wednesday evening, according to emergency radio traffic monitored by the Clermont Guardian.
Public Safety
Herold Road will close about 1,000 feet north of SR 32 on Sept. 15 and 16 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. for Duke Energy utility work.
Public Safety
Loveland operates 10 Flock Safety license plate reader cameras that logged roughly 145,000 vehicle detections per month as of 2023, but the city has not disclosed what the program costs or whether City Council ever voted to approve it, even as more than 50 jurisdictions nationwide have dropped the technology over privacy concerns.
Public Safety
Milford residents are demanding the city remove its nine Flock automated license plate reader cameras, citing privacy concerns, while Police Chief Jamey Mills defends the $27,000 system as a crime-fighting tool that helped solve a recent break-in.
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.
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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.
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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.
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