When this veteran needed relief from severe back pain the cincinnati va told him. We dont have a neurosurgeon here at the hospital anymore. I couldnt believe it. So the va sent hatfield for private care, through Veterans Choice Program intended to solve the national va wait time scandal. To qualify vets must live more than 40 miles away from a va hospital, or have waited longer than 30 days for an appointment. But hatfield says choice didnt live up to its name. Name. I was very, very naive because i thought it meant that i had a choice laughs you wanted to go to a specific place that did have neurosurgeons. Neurosurgeons. But instead was sent to a place that didnt have one. And that was at least just one of 30 times hatfield was bounced back and forth between phone calls and visits over 19 months between the va, the Choice Program, the clinic he its crazy. And vets across the nation had similar experiences. With pleas for help coming from colorado springs, maine, tampa all documenting
Warden supervisor kurt merbs says its among the worst cases hes seen in his nine years working animal control. Coming up new on nine on your side at six, the woman who found the dog speaks out along with the family of the accused and how the dog was traced to them. Tom mckee, nine on your side, live in hamilton. You are taking a live look from chopper 9 the only local helicopter getting you breaking news first. This is the result of a bus crash at Anderson Ferry road and delhi pike. Its an oak hills bus. There were no children on the bus at the time but you can see its causing a minor headach for drivers. Delhi police say another driver failed to yield when passing the bus. A two year old will be okay after she was hit while crossing vine near findlay in over the rhine this afternoon. Police say the girl. Her Walking Around a metro bus when the girl was hit. Its the second time this happened today in the area. The first was on adams road and hamilton avenue in mount healthy. A 16 Year
Shot they rest ran. Live in lockland, em, 9oys. More breaking news at five a well known attorney and radio talk show host is tonite. Lisa wells was pulled over for a traffic stop about 90 minutes north of cincinnati last month. Nine on your sides tom mckee has been digging for information and is live with what he found. I just got this report from the ohio state Highway Patrol on that traffic stop of lisa wells and the charges that resulted from it. That stop happened on i75 in miami county, which is about 15 minutes north of dayton. The report says the osp piqua post received a call of a vehicle driving recklessly. It continues, when the driver exicted, several pills were observed in plain view on the car seat. The driver was arrested for ovi and prescription pills were located during a probable charges were filed four felonies and one misdemeanor. In addition to law offices in covington and west chester, wells has been a weekend radio host on 700 wlw radio. I reached out to Program D
In the live alert center now with a gun off the streets of norwood. Police there say they pulled a car over last night for a license plate violation. Officers smelled marijuana, and a search led to 2 bags of pot and this handgun under the drivers seat. They arrested 18 year old brian whisenhunt. He had a criminal history, which prevented him from legally carrying a weapon. A bridge alert this morning youre looking live at the brent spence one of several tristate bridges in the danger zone thats based on a new report of the most troubled bridges in the country, this morning, breaking down what that means for you this study looked at at 27,000 bridges here in ohio. And like this one columbia parkway over 471. They found that drivers are traveling on shaky ground. And its not just this structure but ohio ranks among the worst in the country. 912 percent of all of our bridges and overpasses are ranked structurally defient. And in desperate need of repair. Also making the list the Western H