Supposed to be caring for. That nurse was once facing decades in prison, but tonight, shes a free woman. 9 on your sides ashley zilka spoke with the Dearborn County prosecutor about what led to this decision. Kathy hess worked at this care center for almost 20 years. She had a good reputation until one day back in december 2013 when her patient died. The dearborn Prosecutor Says it was almost ruled a natural deathuntil a witness came forward. In december of 2013 77 year old dionne scalf died here at Woodland Hills care center in lawrenceburg. Now two years later her nurse, 60 year old kathy hess admitted she broke scalfs vertebra while in her care. 01 03 the point was to hold some point of accountability to this lady whose actions resulted in the death of dione scalf. 11 at one point hess was looking at 20 years in prison. Now she will serve 18 months on nonreporting probation. This week hess received a three year sentence. Dearborn county prosecutor, aaron negangard, agreed to dismiss
9 on your side is following this developing story. Reporter tom mckee will have more starting at 4 on the now cincinnati. Breaking news coming into the 9 on your side newsroom not long ago. Police are searching for a suspect who robbed a bank on ludlow street. Street. Police say the suspect robbed the us bank at gunpoint. Then ran. Heres a photo of the suspect from police. Hes described as a male in his twenties. About six one, two hundred pounds, wearing an orange jacket, black hoodie, and tan pants. 9 on your side has a crew there and were working to gather more information. If you have any information youre asked to call crimestoppers. That number is 513 352 3040. Right now investigators are trying to figure out what led to a crash in Highland County between an suv and a school bus that left a driver dead. Jordan burgess looks at how the students on the bus are doing. Doing. 22 14 right now students are shaken up here at white oak high school. At this point 3 of their classmates rec
Beach mont. An accident reported on 75 southbound, reporting the brent spence bridge. I have not seen any backup in the area and nonof the cameras are picking that up. Of an accident report there there as well. The interstates are going to be slow with the wet Road Conditions and right now we do have local 12 brandon orr, live on columbia parkway, and brandon, what do you see on beia, i hear theres a columbia, i hear theres a mudslide as you get closer to down to. Reporter yes, right around William Howard cap road east nut hills you see mudslides coming down the roads. Its not closing any lanes, but i would stay toward the inner lanes especially as we have rain, we havent seen any flooding, we went toward the river bend. We havent seen any flooding, that is typically where we see flooding. We are approaching one inch mark, and we will pass that one inch mark once we get, that could create minor flading areas in downtown. We are headed toward beachfront avenue where we had a sinkhole th
Kentucky and southeastern indiana. You can see as we head over your patriot, warsaw, some of that heavier rain. Here we are at the 7175 split. You can see heavier rain in that area as well. Beaver lake over to union crittenden, intense rainfall rates over the next 15 to 20 minutes. This is just south of the 200 75 loop, so i would expect between 6 00 and 7 00 a. M. To watch the we are seeing very wet road conditions. Something to keep in mind as you get ready for your commute. 75 at Mitchell Still rolling along northbound and southbound. We will keep a close eye on it for you with the big picture. Let and slide which can be just as dangerous as if it were snow. Keep that in mind this morning. Mark thank you. Water main breaks flooding Liberty Township homes flooded for a second time in about a month. This is what the residents had to deal with at the end of january. Lisa but overnight, even more damage. Wlwt news 5 s dan griffin is leading the way at the scene after talking with reside
It was have year towards 2 00, 3 00 this morning. The heaviest area of rain is along 74. You guys are getting the most intense downpours. 275, it is a steady rain for sure. A heavy batch moving into boone county. There is the potential for we do changeover to snow before midnight tonight. Kyla lisa thank you. Continuing our Team Coverage now, wlwt news 5 s andrew setters. Mark he s in our live drive 5 for us this morning to take a look at the roads for you morning commute. Andrew, where are you . Andrew we are approaching stopping is difficult because of the amount of water on the roads. We were on columbia parkway earlier this morning. There are some patches of dirt concern. We ll check it out again and bring you more as we go throughout the morning. We send it back inside the throat conditions and kyla woods. Kyla thank you for that live look. Through downtown, columbia parkway, where we could see some mudslides with all this rain. Taking a look at your road conditions. 71 and pfeiff