Report of a heavy police presence on Verity Parkway in Middletown

NEW INFORMATION AFTER A POLICE PURSUIT ENDS IN A DEADLY CRASH... NOW I NEWS 5 TODAY NEW INFORMATION AFTER A POLICE PURSUIT ENDS IN A DEADLY CRASH. WHY AN OFFICER NOW FACES A RECKLESS HOMICIDE CHARGE. AND WHAT A POLICE REPORT REVEALS ABOUT HIS VERSION OF THE EVENTS. PLUS, TASTE OF CINCINNATI KICKS OFF IN JUST AN HOUR. WE’LL SHOW YOU THE WIDE VARIETY OF CUISINE THAT YOU CAN TRY OUT AT ONE OF THE QUEEN CITY’S LARGER CELEBRATIONS OF FOOD. AND IT’S A MIXED WEEKEND OF WEATHER WITH A BEAUTIFUL START TODAY. AND THEN SHOWERS CHANGES BY SUNDAY AND INTO PARTS OF MONDAY. AHEAD ALL TIME OUT, THE RAIN THREATS. AND IF YOU NEED TO ADJUST ANY PLANS THIS IS WLWT NEWS 5 TODAY LEADING THE WAY. GOOD MORNING AND THANKS FOR SPENDING PART OF YOUR MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND WITH US. TIME TO HAVE ME WILSON HERE WITH METEOROLOGIST ADAM BURNISTON. A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS WEEKEND FOR THE POOL OPENINGS. CONEY ISLAND, TASTE OF CINCINNATI. YOU HAD THE TOUGH JOB OF DOING SOME TASTING AT TASTE AND IT WAS ALL THE DESSERTS. YEAH, WE GOT TO KIND OF PREVIEW SOME MEDIA FOLKS, SOME OTHER FOLKS AMONG THE COMMUNITY AND GREAT FOOD OF AT LEAST WHAT WE TRIED OUT THERE. SO I CAN ONLY IMAGINE ALL THE GREAT FOOD OUT THERE FOR TODAY, THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. NOT BAD WEATHER TO GO ALONG WITH IT EITHER. WE HAVE SUNNY SKIES OUT THERE TODAY. SOME RAIN, THOUGH, COMING IN TO THE FORECAST FOR TOMORROW. YOU SEE RIGHT NOW SITTING RIGHT AT 65 DEGREES. THOSE WINDS OUT OF THE EAST NORTHEAST, SEVEN MILES AN HOUR. SO A NICE LITTLE BREEZE OUT THERE AS WELL. JUST ADDING TO THAT BEAUTIFUL DAY, 65 HERE, 64 IN OTHER PLACES, 61 IN LAKELAND, 62 SHARE, ANVIL, 64 UP IN WESTCHESTER. AS WE GET KIND OF A REGIONAL VIEW, MANY AREAS GETTING INTO THAT 60 DEGREE MARK OUTSIDE KIND OF THE METRO AREA WITH 61 IN MT. AWE OF 59 STILL OUT THERE IN BATESVILLE. LIKE I MENTIONED, WE’RE STAYING DRY FOR TODAY. THOSE TEMPERATURES GOING TO BE WARMING UP THROUGH THE SEVENTIES. EVENTUALLY, BY THIS AFTERNOON, REACHING THEIR WAY INTO THE UPPER SEVENTIES AND 80 DEGREES. YOU’LL ALSO NOTICE WHILE IT’S SUNNY RIGHT NOW, CLOUDY, IT’S GOING TO BE INCREASING THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND DEFINITELY MOSTLY CLOUDY AS WE HEAD INTO TONIGHT. THAT’S AHEAD OF OUR NEXT SYSTEM THAT BRINGS IN RAIN CHANCES FOR PARTS OF SUNDAY INTO PARTS OF MONDAY. IT’S NOT GOING TO BE A WASHOUT. SO THAT IS THE GOOD NEWS. BUT IT’S ENOUGH FOR RAIN TO AT LEAST BE A LITTLE BIT IMPACTFUL. SO AHEAD IN MY FORECAST, WE’RE GOING TO BE TIMING OUT WHEN THAT RAIN ARRIVES. WHO COULD SEE THE LARGER IMPACTS BECAUSE IT’S GOING TO BE AFFECTING SOME AREAS MORE THAN OTHERS. BUT I’LL TALK ABOUT THOSE IMPACTS AND WHAT WE CAN EXPECT FOR YOUR MEMORIAL DAY PLANS ON MONDAY. SO WE’LL HAVE THAT MORE COMING UP HERE IN JUST A LITTLE BIT. TIFFANY, ADAM, THANK YOU. A MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND TRADITION RETURNS TO DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI TODAY. TASTE OF CINCINNATI ISN’T ONLY ONE OF THE QUEEN CITY’S LARGEST CELEBRATES TONS OF FOOD, BUT IT’S ALSO THE LONG RUNNING CULINARY ARTS FESTIVAL IN THE COUNTRY. WLWT NEWS FIVE’S RICHARD CHILES IS LIVE DOWNTOWN AS ORGANIZERS GET READY FOR THIS THREE DAY EVENT. GOOD MORNING, RICHARD. NOW, OF COURSE, YOU WOULD CATCH ME WITH MY MOUTH FULL. YOU CAN’T COME DOWN TO TASTE OF CINCINNATI WITHOUT FORK. READY, BRAD MASON. COME ON, MAN. NOTHING BETTER THAN TO KICK OFF MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, THEN TO SPEND THREE DAYS RIGHT HERE IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI. ANYTHING YOU CAN WANT IS HERE. THEY CALL IT A TASTE, BUT YOU GOT TO FILL YOUR PLATE, MAN. 80 GREAT RESTAURANTS ALL HERE SERVING US. OH, ABSOLUTELY. WE SAW A 20% INCREASE IN APPLICATIONS TO GET INTO THIS EVENT THIS YEAR. SO WE HAVE NEARLY A TOTAL OF 80 BETWEEN OUR RESTAURANT FOOD TRUCKS, FINDLAY MARKET VENDORS, YOU KNOW, OVER 300 MENU ITEMS. THERE’S SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE HERE. YOU KNOW, THIS IS MORE THAN WE’VE EVER SEEN HERE. 80 FILLING, OF COURSE, FIFTH STREET MAKING THEIR WAY DOWN. THIS IS FIFTH AND SYCAMORE. LOOK AT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE HIGHWAY GOING ALL TO, OF COURSE, TO FOUNTAIN SQUARE. I LOVE THE FOOD TRUCK. RALLY’S LOCATION, THOUGH. THAT GOES BACK TO, WHAT, ABOUT THREE YEARS THAT WE’VE SEEN IT? YEAH, THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO, I THINK IT STARTED IN AROUND 2018 BECAUSE OF IT. SO, YEAH, THAT’S THAT. IT’S ACTUALLY GROWN THIS YEAR. WE HAVE 23 FOOD TRUCKS LAST LAST YEAR WE ONLY HAD 19, SO THAT’S AN INDUSTRY THAT’S GROWING AND WE’RE REPRESENTING IT HERE AT THE TASTE OF CINCINNATI. WELL, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK IS SO AMAZING IS THAT THIS GIVES A GREAT CHANCE FOR LOCAL CINCINNATI RESTAURANTS TO SHOWCASE WHAT THEY DO IN SUCH A SPECTACULAR WAY TO THE REST OF THE NATION. WE’VE ALREADY KNOWN ABOUT YOUR HOMETOWN FAVORITES, BUT I MEAN, EVERYBODY’S GOT SOMETHING THEY LOVE. LIKE ME, MAN. I LOVE THAI EXPRESS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU CONNECT WITH THE OWNERS EVERY TIME YOU COME DOWN HERE AND THEY BRING SOME AMAZING THINGS OFF THEIR MENU. TALK TO ME ABOUT SOME OF THE NEW FOLKS THAT ARE HERE THIS YEAR. SOME PLACES, PEOPLE THAT WE HAVEN’T SEEN. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF LIKE MORE DESSERTS THAT ARE NEW HERE. OH, YES. OKRA, BAKERY, OAK, ALL OF OUR STREETS NOW. YEAH, THOSE ARE TWO NEW PLACES. OKAY. I LOOK AT THAT MENU. I GOT SOME KIDS. OKAY? I LOOK AT THAT, I’M LIKE, THAT’S WHAT THEY’RE GOING TO GO FOR. OKAY, SO YOU LIKE THE DESSERTS? COME ON, NOW. THERE’S A GOD OF GREAT STUFF. YEAH. SO, YOU KNOW, I CAN’T GO WRONG. JUST HUMANS HERE. I LOVE JUST COMING. ALFIO. I LOVE ALFIO. HE’S. HE’S HERE. I LOVE WHAT HE DOES WITH THE RAVIOLI. THIS IS KIND OF A NEAT KIND OF FUSION SORT OF THING THAT WE SAW THE ARGENTINEAN WITH THE ITALIAN. YOU KNOW, THIS MAKES MY MOUTH READY TO WATER. PHOTOGRAPHER HENRY GRIFFIN NOW GOING TO BE WORKING OUR WAY THROUGH FIFTH STREET, JUST GIVING YOU A GREAT PREVIEW OF ALL OF THE AMAZING, AMAZING RESTAURANTS HERE IN THE TRI-STATE. YOU GOT TO HAVE SOME NEW FAVORITES, SEE SOME OLD FRIENDS ENTERTAINMENT. YEP. FILLED WITH ENTERTAINMENT. 39 MUSICAL ACTS FOR DIFFERENT STAGES. YOU CAN GRAB A BEER, WALK ON STAGE IN THE NEXT STAGE, CHECK THINGS OUT, JUST AS WE SAID, GET A TASTE OF DIFFERENT MUSIC AROUND HERE TOO. IT’S A TASTE. GET A TASTE. 11 A.M. TO 11 P.M. TONIGHT. 11 AND TO 11 P.M. TOMORROW AND THEN 11 UNTIL 8:00 ON MONDAY. SOUNDS LIKE A DATE. WE’RE GOING TO BRING YOU ALL THE

Report of a heavy police presence on Verity Parkway in Middletown

Updated: 3:43 PM EDT May 27, 2023

Report of a crash and a heavy police presence in the 1200 block of South Verity Parkway in Middletown.For live traffic updates, click here.Click the video player above to watch other afternoon headlines from WLWT News 5This story was curated by Hearst's WLWT Alert Desk.Do you have photos or video of an incident? If so, upload them to https://www.wlwt.com/upload. Be sure to include your name and additional details so we can give you proper credit online and on TV.

MIDDLETOWN, Ohio —

Report of a crash and a heavy police presence in the 1200 block of South Verity Parkway in Middletown.

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