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Lytle Tunnel to be closed overnight this week for repairs, lighting inspection

Lytle Tunnel to be closed overnight this week for repairs, lighting inspection
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      WAY. ALL RIGHT. ANOTHER IMPACT DAY BRINGS US RAIN CHANCES ACROSS GREATER CINCINNATI. THANKS FOR JOINING US AT NOON. I’M KELLY RIPPIN AND I’M STEVEN ALBRITTON. WE’VE GOT THE CLOUDS LINGERING, MEANING THE THREAT FOR RAIN TO FALL IS THERE FOR EVERYBODY. LET’S GET TO METEOROLOGIST KATIE DONOVAN FOR A LOOK AT THE RADAR AND YOUR MOST ACCURATE FORECAST. KATIE. HEY. YEAH, GUYS, WE’VE GOT SOME RAIN MOVING IN RIGHT NOW. SO, SCATTERED SHOWERS ONCE AGAIN AS WE GO THROUGH YOUR MONDAY, WE’LL TAKE YOU OUT TO OUR RADAR RIGHT NOW. AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE’RE FINDING PRETTY LIGHT AND ISOLATED. BUT IT’S GOING TO BE OFF TO THE EAST OF 275 AND 71. THAT’S GOING TO BE MOVING FROM EAST TO WEST. SO FINDING THAT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM, PULLING THAT MOISTURE AROUND THE AREA TODAY, WE’LL TAKE YOU BACK TO THE SOUTH AND WEST. FIRST. YOU CAN SEE SOME SHOWERS HERE AROUND RISING SUN AND PLEASANT. SO OHIO SWITZERLAND COUNTIES PRETTY LIGHT. MORE LIKE SPRINKLES AT THIS POINT WITH MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHOWERS HERE ACROSS SOUTHERN ADAMS COUNTY AND THEN PLACES THROUGH GEORGETOWN, MOUNT OR BATAVIA, MILFORD, PEEBLES AND SOME SPRINKLES. RIGHT NOW MAYSVILLE, KENTUCKY. ALSO, IN A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHT RAIN, WE’VE GOT SOME SCATTERED RAIN HERE ACROSS HIGHLAND COUNTY AND THEN UP INTO CLINTON COUNTY AS WELL. SO BEEN GETTING RAINED ON RIGHT NOW. AND THEN CLARKSVILLE, ALSO IN SOME SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES REMAIN COOL. MUCH COOLER THAN WHERE WE USUALLY WOULD BE THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. TYPICALLY, EARLY MAY FEELS THE LOWER 70S, AND WE’RE ACTUALLY IN THE 50S TODAY, SO IT’S GOING TO BE A CHILLY ONE TODAY JUST WITH ALL THE CLOUD COVER. THE RAIN CONTINUING TO WATCH AGAIN, OPPORTUNITIES FOR OCCASIONAL SHOWERS THROUGH THIS EVENING. SO AFTER SCHOOL SPORTS COULD BE A LITTLE BIT DAMP. WE’LL HAVE A PREVIEW OF THE REST OF TODAY AND INTO TOMORROW. COMING UP GUYS, BACK TO YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. HAPPENING NOW. FLAGS ARE FLYING AT HALF STAFF AT ALL OHIO STATE BUILDINGS TO HONOR THE RETIRED DEPUTY HIT AND KILLED NEAR UC’S CAMPUS. AS WE LEARN MORE ABOUT THE DEADLY POLICE SHOOTING THAT MAY HAVE STARTED THE CHAIN OF EVENTS, WE NOW KNOW THE OFFICER WAS IDENTIFIED AS DEPUTY LARRY HENDERSON, A MARINE WHO SERVED 33 YEARS AT THE HAMILTON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE. 38 YEAR OLD RODNEY HINTON IS ACCUSED OF INTENTIONALLY HITTING DEPUTY HENDERSON ON FRIDAY, AS HENDERSON WAS JUST DIRECTING TRAFFIC FOR UC’S GRADUATION. HINTON IS NOW BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND ON CHARGES OF AGGRAVATED MURDER. LAW ENFORCEMENT PACKED THE COURTROOM WHERE HINTON FIRST APPEARED IN FRONT OF A JUDGE ON SATURDAY. PROSECUTORS SAY HINTON LINED UP HIS CAR AND DROVE ACROSS INCOMING TRAFFIC TO HIT DEPUTY HENDERSON. LOCAL LEADERS TELL US THIS SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED. I THINK IT’S JUST IT’S TRAGIC THAT EITHER OF THESE INCIDENTS HAPPENED. THEY BOTH COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED AND THEY JUST WEREN’T. AND IT’S JUST IT’S A SAD, SAD 38, YOU KNOW, 30, 40 HOURS, YOU KNOW, FOR CINCINNATI, THAT WAS KEN COBRA FOP PRESIDENT SHERIFF CHARMAINE MCGUFFEY TELLS US THE POLICE ACADEMY WILL BE RETIRING. DEPUTY HENDERSON’S NUMBER ONE, 29. AS FOR HINTON, HE’S DUE BACK IN COURT TOMORROW MORNING. NOW, HOURS BEFORE THE CRASH, HINTON’S FAMILY WATCHED THE BODY CAMERA VIDEO OF THE 18 YEAR-OLD BEING SHOT AND KILLED BY CINCINNATI POLICE AS OFFICERS CONFRONTED HIM AND THREE OTHERS ABOUT A STOLEN CAR. TODAY, THE THIRD TEENAGER ARRESTED WAS IN COURT, AND WLWT NEWS FIVE’S GIACOMO LUCA WAS THERE. JOINS US LIVE GIACOMO. YEAH. KELLY, 18 YEAR OLD SYNCERE GRIGSBY APPEARED IN HAMILTON COUNTY COURT EARLIER THIS MORNING. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME HE APPEARED IN THIS CASE BEFORE A JUDGE. HE’S BEING CHARGED WITH RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY AND ALSO FACES A CHARGE OF OBSTRUCTING OFFICIAL BUSINESS. WHILE THE DEFENSE ARGUED AGAINST A HIGH BOND AND A TESTY EXCHANGE WITH JUDGE TYRONE YATES, THE HAMILTON COUNTY PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE SAID GIVEN THE GRAVITY OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES, A HIGH BOND WAS WARRANTED. A BASIS FOR THAT BOND IS $25,000 STRAIGHT FOR AN 18 YEAR OLD. FOR A NONVIOLENT OFFENSE OF RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY, IS IS IS AN EGREGIOUS BOND JUDGE. AND I’D ASK FOR MAY 12TH SOME SEMBLANCE OF REASONING. THIS IS A CASE WHERE THE DEFENDANT, WITH HIS OTHER TWO CO-DEFENDANTS. PARTICIPATE IN AN INCIDENT OF MAY 1ST THAT CREATED A SUBSTANTIAL AND GRAVE RISK TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF POLICE OFFICERS, AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY. NOW, MEANWHILE, JARELL AUSTIN, A 19 YEAR OLD ANTHONY BULLOCKS, APPEARED IN COURT ON FRIDAY ON THE SAME CHARGES. INVESTIGATORS SAY ALL THREE, ALONG WITH RYAN HINTON, HAD RAN FROM POLICE OFFICERS WHEN THEY WERE CONFRONTED. CINCINNATI POLICE RELEASED BODY CAMERA VIDEO SHOWING HINTON RUNNING BETWEEN TWO DUMPSTERS. THEY SAY HE POINTED A GUN AT THEM. THAT’S WHEN ONE OFFICER FIRED 4 TO 5 TIMES, HITTING HINTON TWICE AND KILLING HIM. NOW HINTON, HIS FAMILY ATTORNEYS SAY THE FATHER VIEWED THIS FOOTAGE ON FRIDAY AND DROVE OFF ALONE. THEY SAY THEY DIDN’T HEAR FROM HIM UNTIL THE CRASH INVOLVING DEPUTY HENDERSON. MEANWHILE, GRIGSBY, WHILE HE’S DUE BACK IN COURT ON MAY 12TH. WE’RE LIVE AT THE HAMILTON COUNTY JUSTICE CENTER. GIACOMO LUCA WLWT NEWS FIVE GIACOMO. THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE. YOU CAN READ THE FULL COVERAGE OF THIS DEVELOPING STORY, INCLUDING A LIST OF TRIBUTES TO DEPUTY LARRY HENDERS
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      Lytle Tunnel to be closed overnight this week for repairs, lighting inspection
      The Interstate 71 Lytle Tunnel will be closed overnight Monday and Tuesday this week for cleaning, inspection and repairs.On Monday, May 5, and Tuesday, May 6, southbound I-71 will be closed at Exit 2 through the tunnel from 9 p.m. until 5 a.m. the following day.No access will be allowed into the I-71 and Third Street tunnels.The US 42/Eden Park Drive and Eden Park/Dorchester Road entrance ramps will be closed, with drivers told to follow the Liberty Street entrance ramp to southbound I-471 and the I-71 detour.The Third Street exit ramp to I-71 southbound will also be closed and drivers will be detoured through Gilbert Avenue and Reading Road to go downtown.

      The Interstate 71 Lytle Tunnel will be closed overnight Monday and Tuesday this week for cleaning, inspection and repairs.

      On Monday, May 5, and Tuesday, May 6, southbound I-71 will be closed at Exit 2 through the tunnel from 9 p.m. until 5 a.m. the following day.

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      No access will be allowed into the I-71 and Third Street tunnels.

      The US 42/Eden Park Drive and Eden Park/Dorchester Road entrance ramps will be closed, with drivers told to follow the Liberty Street entrance ramp to southbound I-471 and the I-71 detour.

      The Third Street exit ramp to I-71 southbound will also be closed and drivers will be detoured through Gilbert Avenue and Reading Road to go downtown.