Sheriff: 2 hospitalized with serious injuries after dog attack in Northern Kentucky
WLWT NEWS FIVE TODAY, LEADING THE WAY. IT IS WARM, BUT NOT NEARLY THAT HUMID OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW. THERE’S PLENTY OF GOOD NEWS IN THIS FORECAST. GOOD MORNING TO YOU. I’M MEGAN MITCHELL AND I’M KELLY RIPPIN. THANKS FOR JOINING US. YES. YOU WILL NOTICE IT AS SOON AS YOU STEP OUTSIDE. METEOROLOGIST RANDI RICO TRACKING WHAT WE CAN EXPECT AS WE HEAD OUT THE DOOR. AND RANDI FOG IS POSSIBLE. AS THIS DOES MOVE OUT. WE HAVE THE COLD FRONT COME THROUGH YESTERDAY. AREAS ESPECIALLY SOUTHEAST GOT HIT A LOT HARDER WITH THE RAIN. IT LINGERED LONGER AND THOSE ARE THE PLACES THAT HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF SEEING SOME FOG EARLY THIS MORNING. BUT FOR MOST OF US, WE LOOK THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AND HEAD TOWARD A LONG HOLIDAY WEEKEND. TYPICAL EARLY JULY HEAT, WHICH IS EXPECTED WILL BE IN THE MID UPPER 80S OR EVEN SOME 90S THIS WEEKEND. BUT THE KEY HERE IS THAT HUMIDITY IS STAYING DOWN. SO THAT COLD FRONT CAME THROUGH RIGHT ON TIME TO DROP THE HUMIDITY FOR US. AS WE LOOK TOWARD THE WEEKEND. SO AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEXT 12 HOURS, I WANTED TO SHOW YOU, YOU KNOW, THE LAST TWO WEEKS, IT SEEMS EVERY TIME WE LOOKED AT THE TEMPERATURE AND THE FEELS LIKE TEMPERATURE, THE AFTERNOON GOT PRETTY UNCOMFORTABLE. NOT THE CASE TODAY. RIGHT NOW IT IS 68 DEGREES. WE GET TO LUNCHTIME AND WE SHOULD BE IN THE UPPER 70S AND THEN KIND OF HANGING OUT IN THE MID 80S THIS AFTERNOON, IT WILL FEEL LIKE THE MID 80S. SO THE HUMIDITY IS GOING TO BE AT A COMFORTABLE LEVEL FOR US THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW OUR TEMPERATURES ARE STARTING OUT IN THE UPPER 60S. WE WILL MAKE IT TO THE MID TO UPPER 80S THIS AFTERNOON. BUT AS FAR AS RAIN CHANCES GO THIS WEEKEND, THERE ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN. I’LL BREAK DOWN THE TIMELINE FOR WHEN WE COULD POTENTIALLY SEE A DOWNPOUR OR TWO COMING UP. KELLY RANDI, THANK YOU SO MUCH. BREAKING RIGHT NOW. TAKING A LIVE LOOK AT THE U.S. CAPITOL. A HOUSE COMMITTEE CLEARED A NEW VERSION OF PRESIDENT TRUMP’S ONE BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL OVERNIGHT, AND THE FULL CHAMBER COULD VOTE AS SOON AS TODAY. SO THAT DEVELOPMENT COMES A DAY AFTER THE BILL PASSED IN THE SENATE AND WLWT NEWS FIVE’S CHRISTOPHER SALAS IS IN WASHINGTON, WHERE WE ARE EXPECTING ANOTHER CLOSE VOTE. KELLY. GOOD MORNING. THE DRAMA CONTINUES. OVERNIGHT, THE HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE VOTING TO ADVANCE THE BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL, GETTING IT ONE STEP CLOSER TO PASSAGE. BUT THIS WAS A NARROW VOTE. TWO COMMITTEE REPUBLICANS VOTED AGAINST THE MEASURE. NOW IT GOES TO THE FULL HOUSE FLOOR FOR A VOTE WHERE THE OUTCOME IS ANYTHING BUT CERTAIN. REPUBLICANS CAN ONLY AFFORD TO LOSE THREE VOTES. ONE OF THEM, KENTUCKY’S THOMAS MASSIE, IS ALREADY A HARD NO. THAT LEAVES NO ROOM FOR ERROR HERE. THE BIGGEST STICKING POINT CONSERVATIVES SAY THE SENATE’S VERSION OF THE BILL INCREASES THE NATIONAL DEBT EVEN MORE THAN THE HOUSE VERSION. I THINK THE FOUNDERS AND THE 56 SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE WOULD BE ASTOUNDED. THEY WERE ADDING DEBT TO OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN WHO ARE DEFENSELESS. IT’S THE GREATEST TAX CUT IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY. AND IF IT DOESN’T PASS, IT’S THE BIGGEST TAX INCREASE IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY. THE SENATE BILL INCLUDES $4.5 TRILLION IN TAX CUTS, MAKING PERMANENT. TRUMP’S 2017 TAX RATES, WHICH WERE SET TO EXPIRE AT THE END OF THIS YEAR. IT ALSO ADDS NEW CUTS. HE CAMPAIGNED ON, INCLUDING NO TAX ON TIPS, OVERTIME AND NEW DEDUCTIONS FOR SENIORS. BUT THE BILL WOULD INCREASE THE DEFICIT BY MORE THAN $3 TRILLION OVER THE NEXT DECADE. IT ALSO INCLUDES SPENDING CUTS IN THE FORM OF WORK REQUIREMENTS FOR MEDICAID AND FOOD STAMPS, WHICH COULD LEAD TO MILLIONS LOSING THOSE BENEFITS, HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON SAID. THE VOTE’S GOING TO HAPPEN EITHER TODAY OR TOMORROW AT THE LATEST. NOW, IF THE HOUSE PASSES THIS BILL AS IS, THEN IT GOES STRAIGHT TO THE PRESIDENT’S DESK. BUT IF CHANGES ARE MADE, THEN IT HAS TO GO BACK TO THE SENATE, AND THAT RISKS BLOWING THE PRESIDENT’S JULY 4TH DEADLINE IN WASHINGTON, CHRISTOPHER SALAS WLWT NEWS FIVE. AND BREAKING NEWS A MOTORCYCLE RIDER IS DEAD AFTER A CRASH INVOLVING A TRACTOR. THIS HAPPENED AROUND 830 LAST NIGHT ON LOVE ROAD IN LEWIS TOWNSHIP. IT’S IN BROWN COUNTY. STATE TROOPERS SAY 56 YEAR OLD RICKY LAWS HIT A TRACTOR THAT WAS MOVING ON A FALLEN TREE OUT OF THE THAT WAS MOVING A FALLEN TREE OUT OF THE ROAD. BOTH LAWS AND THE DRIVER OF THAT TRACTOR WERE THROWN FROM THEIR VEHICLES. LAWS WAS KILLED. THE TRACTOR RIDER WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH MINOR INJURIES, AND IT HAS BEEN A DEADLY MONTH FOR MOTORCYCLISTS ALL ACROSS GREATER CINCINNATI. AT LEAST FIVE RIDERS HAVE DIED, INCLUDING ONE WHO WAS THROWN OVER THE SIDE OF THE TAYLOR-SOUTHGATE BRIDGE ON SATURDAY. WLWT NEWS FIVE’S GIACOMO LUCA IS LIVE FOR US AT THE BRIDGE THIS MORNING AND GIACOMO. THIS IS A HARSH REMINDER THAT WE ARE IN THOSE 100 DEADLIEST DAYS OF SUMMER. YEAH, THAT’S RIGHT MEGAN. IT’S BEEN A VERY DANGEROUS TIME FOR MOTORCYCLISTS ACROSS GREATER CINCINNATI, ESPECIALLY THE MONTH OF JUNE. ONE OF THE DEADLIEST DEADLY CRASHES HAPPENED RIGHT BEHIND US ON THE TAYLOR-SOUTHGATE BRIDGE, SENDING A RIDER OVER THE BRIDGE LEADING TO A DAYS LONG RECOVERY EFFORT. WITH SO MANY MORE VEHICLES ON THE ROAD DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS, SAFETY EXPERTS SAY TRAINING IS A MUST BEFORE HOPPING ON TWO WHEELS, I SPENT A DAY ON THE TRACK LEARNING THE BASICS OF BRAKING, TURNING AND AVOIDING COLLISIONS OVER AT BALANCED DYNAMICS IN WALTON, LONGTIME MOTORCYCLE SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS INSTRUCTORS, HUSBAND AND WIFE BILL AND DIANA MEISTER BOTH HAVE MORE THAN TWO DECADES EXPERIENCE RIDING AND TRAINING. THEY SAY THESE COURSES SAVE LIVES, BUT TOO MANY INEXPERIENCED RIDERS CHOOSE TO HOP ON AND TAKE OFF WITHOUT THEM, THE CORNERING IS THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF MOTORCYCLE CRASHES. THEY CAN’T STOP, THEY CAN’T SWERVE, AND SO WE RUN. NOT ONLY THE BASIC CLASS, WHICH TEACHES THEM NOT ONLY HOW TO RIDE, BUT THOSE SKILLS. THAT ACCIDENT INVOLVED. MOTORCYCLISTS TYPICALLY CAN’T DO. BUT THEN IT GOES INTO THE ADVANCED CLASSES AS WELL. AND THOSE ARE THE ONES WHERE PEOPLE RIDE THEIR OWN MOTORCYCLES. NOW, HAMILTON COUNTY RANKS THIRD IN THE STATE OF OHIO FOR THE NUMBER OF MOTORCYCLE CRASHES THIS YEAR THAT, ACCORDING TO THE OHIO STATE HIGHWAY PATROL, IT’S JUST ANOTHER WARNING FOR FOLKS TO STAY FOCUSED, DRIVE SOBER, AND WATCH YOUR SPEED. WE’RE LIVE AT THE TAYLOR SOUTHGATE BRIDGE GIACOM
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Sheriff: 2 hospitalized with serious injuries after dog attack in Northern Kentucky
Two people were rushed to the hospital Tuesday after a violent dog attack in Mason County, Kentucky.It happened on July 1 around 5:15 p.m., on Highland Drive in Maysville.The Mason County Sheriff’s Office said a Pit Bull attacked its owner, causing serious injuries.While deputies were on their way to the scene, investigators said a neighbor was also attacked by the dog while trying to help the dog’s owner.The dog fled when first responders showed up and both victims were taken to University of Cincinnati Medical Center for “advanced treatment,” according to the sheriff’s office.The attack remains under investigation by the Mason County Sheriff’s Office.
Two people were rushed to the hospital Tuesday after a violent dog attack in Mason County, Kentucky.
It happened on July 1 around 5:15 p.m., on Highland Drive in Maysville.
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The Mason County Sheriff’s Office said a Pit Bull attacked its owner, causing serious injuries.
While deputies were on their way to the scene, investigators said a neighbor was also attacked by the dog while trying to help the dog’s owner.
The dog fled when first responders showed up and both victims were taken to University of Cincinnati Medical Center for “advanced treatment,” according to the sheriff’s office.
The attack remains under investigation by the Mason County Sheriff’s Office.
