By Caleb Noe, WCPO sports anchor; and Taylor Weiter, WCPO digital producer It’s been a full-circle journey for Detroit Lions linebacker Derrick Barnes. While accepting the Walter Payton Man of the Year award in February, Super Bowl champion Andrew Whitworth recalled a moment last season when a fellow player spoke about how much his work […]
Author Archives: WCPO
WCPO is ABC's Cincinnati affiliate and a content-sharing partner of LINK nky.
Posted inNews
NKY mom finally returns home from Ukraine with adopted daughter
Written by Kendria Lafleur, WCPO reporter HEBRON, Ky. — A Northern Kentucky mother just got back to the United States with her newly adopted daughter from Ukraine. The pair reunited with their family Friday night at CVG airport. In March, Colleen Holt Thompson traveled to Ukraine to get her daughter, Maure, out of the war zone. […]
Posted inNews
1 dead after motorcycle crash in Kenton County
Written by Molly Schramm, WCPO digital producer One person is dead after a motorcycle crash Tuesday night in Kenton County, the Elsmere Police Department said. Elsmere Police and Fire Departments were called to the area of Dixie Highway and park Avenue Tuesday night just after 8:30 p.m. for a single-vehicle crash involving a motorcycle, Elsmere […]
Posted inWeather
The first major heat wave of the year is expected this week
Written by Brandon Spinner, WCPO meteorologist The National Weather Service defines a heat wave as “a period of abnormally hot weather generally lasting more than two days.” We will see that and then some as we move through the middle of next week. From Monday through Thursday, we are expecting near record temperatures across the Tri-State. Our […]
Posted inNews
Crewitts Creek Kitchen & Bar in Independence damaged in early morning fire
Written by Ally Kraemer, WCPO reporter An early morning fire caused heavy damage to Crewitts Creek Kitchen & Bar in Independence, forcing the restaurant to close indefinitely. The fire started shortly after 2 a.m. Monday in a stove in the back kitchen. When firefighters arrived, they said they saw flames shooting out of the roof. […]
Posted inWeather
Tornado watch issued for entire Tri-State
A tornado watch has been issued for the entire Tri-State, according to the WCPO weather team. The watch will be in effect until 10 p.m. Click here to get the full forecast.
Posted inBusiness
CEO at Quipt in Wilder makes region’s list of highest paid bosses
By WCPO investigative reporter Dan Monk and WCPO multimedia producer Brian Neisz Greg Crawford had less than $1 milion to make payroll in 2017 when he became CEO of Quipt Home Medical Corp., a supplier of sleep machines and respiratory equipment in Wilder, Ky. So, he followed the advice of Chief Financial Officer Hardik Mehta. […]
Posted inBusiness
Delta to resume nonstop flights from CVG to Paris in August
Written by WCPO investigative reporter Dan Monk After a few false starts, Delta Air Lines is preparing to resume nonstop flights to Paris from CVG Airport in two months. Direct flights to France have been absent from the CVG roster since the start of the pandemic in April, 2020. Delta previously announced plans to resume […]
Posted inCrime
Campbell County Detention Center deputy jailer charged with raping two inmates
Written by WCPO’s Felicia Jordan, Christian LeDuc , Courtney Francisco NEWPORT, Ky. — A Campbell County Detention Center deputy jailer is facing two charges of rape after officials allege he raped two inmates during shifts at the jail. Antonio Myrick, 29, was arrested Tuesday and Campbell County jailer James Daley said Myrick’s employment with the […]
Posted inSports
Doctors told him he wouldn’t play baseball. He defied the odds and saved his team’s season
Written by Caleb Noe, WCPO sports anchor BROOKSVILLE, Ky. — Players on the Bracken County High School baseball team dedicated their season to a teammate facing life-threatening challenges. They never imagined that same teammate would later save their season. In February, Clayton Thompson noticed his feet were numb. “Clayton came home and said my feet […]
