Full closure along I-71 in Warren County, Wednesday night

NOW BACK TO YOU. KELLY: WE WILL GET MORE INFORMATION. COLIN: A WEEK’S WORTH OF FRUSTRATION, FOR MANY CINCINNATI PUBLIC SCHOOL PARENTS WHOSE KIDS HAVE STARTED OFF THE SCHOOL YEAR WITH BUS STOP ISSUES. KELLY: WE’VE HEARD ABOUT BUSES SHOWING UP LATE OR NOT AT ALL. AND GETTING ANSWERS ON WHAT’S GOING ON, HASN’T BEEN EASY. AS THE TRANSPORTATION PHONE LINES HAVE BEEN JAMMED WITH CALLS. COLIN: WLWT NEWS 5’S MIANA MASSEY SPOKE WITH ONE MOTHER, WHO SAYS HER CHILD’S BUS, HAS YET TO MAKE AN APPEARANCE. >MIANA: CPS SUPERINTENDENT IRANETTA WRIGHT SAYS THEY ARE STRIVING FOR PERFECTION WHEN IT COMES TO PROVIDING BUS SERVICE FOR STUDENTS BUT ADMITS PERFORMANCE HASN’T BEEN PERFECT. IN FACT, WE HAVE BEEN FIELDING A LOT OF CALLS AND EMAILS FROM ANGRY PARENTS OVER THE ISSUES AND GLITCHES. THE DISTRICT HAS ABOUT 36,000 STUDENTS. MOST RIDE THE BUS TO AND FROM SCHOOL. AND THIS YEAR HAS BEEN MET WITH ITS FAIR SHARE OF CHALLENGES. SOME PARENTS SAYING CHILDREN HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED WRONG ROUTES. SOME DROPPED OFF IN THE WRONG NEIGHBORHOOD, OR EVEN COMMUNITY. OTHERS HAVEN’T SEEN A BUS SHOW UP YET. AND FOR THOSE BUSES WHO HAVE COME, SOME HAVE BEEN DELAYED MORE THAN 40 MINUTES. PARENTS HAVING TO JUGGLE SCHEDULES TO ENSURE THEIR KIDS GET TO SCHOOL ON TIME. >> I’M LATE TO WORK AND TRYING TO JUGGLE IT ALL AS MUCH AS WE CAN. I MEAN, I FEEL BAD FOR THE KIDS WHOSE PARENTS CAN’T DO THAT. THE KIDS WHO ARE SITTING AT A BUS STOP FOR TWO OR THREE HOURS WITH A NO SHOW BUS. AND A LOT OF THE BUS STOPS I’M HEARING OUR HALF A MILE AND THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE AWAY FROM HOMES ACROSS BUSY STREETS. OURS IS A HALF A MILE. BUT I CAN SIT THERE AND WAIT THIS TIME. I DON’T KNOW THAT WE’RE GONNA BE ABLE TO KEEP DOING IT. MIANA: WE REACHED OUT TO CPS AND RECEIVED THIS STATEMENT SAYING, OUR PRIORITY REMAINS GETTING STUDENTS TO SCHOOL AND HOME SAFELY, AND WE ARE SEEING DAILY IMPROVEMENTS IN TRANSPORTATION WHILE WORKING TO RESOLVE ISSUES. APPARENTLY, ALL ROUTES ARE RUNNING, THOUGH SOME ARE STILL EXPERIENCING DELAYS AS WE ADDRESS SAFETY CONCERNS, TROUBLESHOOT PARENT/GUARDIAN REQUESTS, AND OPTIMIZE AND VERIFY ROUTES. MOST OF THE ROUTE ISSUES HAVE BEEN WITH STUDENTS AND SEVEN — IN SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE. THE DISTRICT HAS ADDED THE OPTION FOR THOSE STUDENTS TO RIDE METRO INSTEAD OF USING THE YELLOW BUS SERVICE. PARENTS CAN REQUEST REASSIGNMENT ONLINE, THAT INFO IS ON OUR WEBSITE AT WLWT.COM. I’M MIANA MASSEY WLWT NEWS 5 COLIN: TEACHERS IN COLUMBUS STARTING THE SCHOOL YOU’RE ON STRIKE. KELLY: THIS COMES AFTER NEGATIONS FAILED, WITH THE CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION. ACCORDING TO THE UNION, 94% OF MEMBERS VOTED TO REJECT THE DISTRICT’S LATEST OFFER WITH THE SAME PERCENTAGE VOTING TO STRIKE. THE FIRST DAY STARTED WITH SUBSTITUTES TEACHING STUDENTS, VIRTUALLY. THE MAIN POINTS OF CONTENTION FOR TEACHERS ON STRIKE IS CLASS SIZE, PAY AND BUILDING CONDITIONS. >> WE MAY BE SITTING IN CLASS AND A MOUSE MIGHT GO RUNNING ACROSS THE ROOM. WE HAVE WINDOWS THAT WON’T OPEN AND DOORS THAT WON’T LOCK, AND WITH THE CURRENT CLIMATE OF SCHOOL SHOOTINGS AND EVERYTHING, THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT OUR SCHOOLS ARE SAFE, I WOULD FEEL SAFE IF MY DOOR LOCKED. KELLY: A FEDERAL MEDIATOR IN THE NEGOTIATIONS HAS CALLED BOTH SIDES TO A MEETING THIS AFTERNOON. MULTIPLE FAIRFIELD STUDENTS ARE NOW FACING CHARGES ACCUSED OF MAKING SCHOOL SHOOTING THREATS. COLIN: POLICE SAY THEY WERE TOLD ABOUT A SOCIAL MEDIA POST SAYING A SCHOOL SHOOTING WOULD MONDAY HAPPEN TUESDAY. INVESTIGATORS IDENTIFIED THREE FAIRFIELD HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THEY THINK WERE BEHIND THE POST. THEY FACE CHARGES OF WITH INDUCING PANIC AND WERE RELEASED TO THEIR PARENTS TODAY, PENDING A COURT HEARING. KELLY: FORMER HAMILTON COUNTY JUDGE, TRACIE HUNTER, IS TRYING TO APPEAL HER SENTENCE. HUNTER APPEARED BEFORE A JUDGE TODAY. IN 2014 SHE WAS INDICTED ON MULTIPLE FELONY CHARGES, ACCUSED OF GIVING CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS TO HER BROTHER. SHE WAS SENTENCED TO SIX MONTHS IN JAIL AND ORDERED TO PAY $34,000. MUCH OF THAT MONEY WAS FOR TRANSCRIPTS ORDERED BY SPECIAL PROSECUTORS. NOW HER ATTORNEY’S SAY THE JUDGE WHO SENTENCED HUNTER ABUSED HIS DISCRETION. THE DEFENSE IS ALSO POINTING TO A JUROR THEY THINK MAY HAVE BEEN TAINTED. COLIN: A FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP MAN IS BEHIND BARS ACCUSED OF SEVERELY INJURING A 18-MONTH OLD. THE SUSPECT IS 23-YEAR-OLD NATHAN RAY SANDERS. OFFICERS WERE CALLED INTO CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL AFTER DOCTORS EXAMINED THE CHILD AND FOUND SERVE SPINAL INJURIES. THE 18-MONTH OLD WAS TAKEN TO THE ICU FOR IMMEDIATE TREATMENT. THE CHILD IS CURRENTLY PARALYZED. MEDICAL STAFF ALSO EXAMINED INJURIES TO THE THREE-YEAR-OLD SISTER. INVESTIGATORS SAY SANDERS ADMITTED TO BEING THE ONLY ADULT PRESENT DURING THE INJURIES. HE FACES TWO COUNTS OF ENDANGERING CHILDREN AND FELONIOUS ASSAULT. HIS BOND WAS SET AT $750,000. KELLY: KIDS IN WAYNESVILLE ARE STILL WAITING TO HEAR WHEN THEY WILL GET TO START THEIR SCHOOL YEAR. THE FIRST DAY WAS DELAYED AT WAYNESVILLE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE OF MOLD. STUDENTS WERE SUPPOSED TO RETURN TO CLASS YESTERDAY. BUT THE DISTRICT SAYS IT’S NOT SAFE TO USE THE BUILDING YET. CREWS ARE TAKING AIR QUALITY SAMPLES AS THEY REMOVE MOLD AND THE DISTRICT WILL ALERT FAMILIES ONCE THE

ODOT: Full closure along I-71 in Warren County, Wednesday night

The Ohio Department of Transportation announced a full closure along the interstate in Lebanon Wednesday night, Aug. 24.

Updated: 10:12 AM EDT Aug 25, 2022

The Ohio Department of Transportation announced a full closure along the interstate in Lebanon Wednesday night, Aug. 24. Click the video player above to watch other afternoon headlines from WLWT News 5ODOT crews from the Warren County maintenance facility will close northbound Interstate 71 at the State Route 123 interchange at 10 p.m. The closure will remain in effect until 5 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 25. During the closure, motorists will be rerouted using the State Route 123 exit and entrance ramps from and to I-71. The closure is necessary while crews remove and replace falsework on the bridge over the interstate. For live traffic updates, click here.

LEBANON, Ohio —

The Ohio Department of Transportation announced a full closure along the interstate in Lebanon Wednesday night, Aug. 24.

Click the video player above to watch other afternoon headlines from WLWT News 5

ODOT crews from the Warren County maintenance facility will close northbound Interstate 71 at the State Route 123 interchange at 10 p.m.

The closure will remain in effect until 5 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 25.

During the closure, motorists will be rerouted using the State Route 123 exit and entrance ramps from and to I-71.

The closure is necessary while crews remove and replace falsework on the bridge over the interstate.

For live traffic updates, click here.