Road work prompts overnight lane and ramp closures on OH-129

THE WAY, WITH BREAKING NEWS. ASHLEY: ONE PERSON WAS PULLED FROM A CONSTRUCTION COLLAPSE AND TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. THANKS FOR JOINING US AT 5:00. I’M ASHLEY KIRKLEN. SHEREE: AND I SHEREE PAOLELLO. AM RESCUE CREWS RUSHED TO LIBERTY WAY NEAR FOSTER AFTER AN EXTERIOR WALL COLLAPSED. WLWT NEWS 5’S RACHEL HIRSCH-HEIMER IS LIVE AT THE SCENE WITH THE BREAKING DETAILS. HOW IS THAT WORKER DOING RIGHT NOW? RACHEL: WELL, ASHLEY AND SHURI, THE CONSTRUCTION WORKER THAT WAS TRAPPED INSIDE THE APARTMENT BUILDING, NOW CONSTRUCTION SITE IS EXPECTED TO BE OK. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. HE HAS NON-LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES. THIS APARTMENT BUILDING THAT COLLAPSED, IT IS THE FAR LEFT SIDE THAT FELL TO THE GROUND. THERE’S A LOT OF QUESTIONS HOW A PORTION OF AN APARTMENT CONSTRUCTION SITE COLLAPSED. OFFICIALS TOLD US IT HAPPENED AROUND 3:00 WHEN THE FRAME WALL OF THE THREE-STORY APARTMENT BUILDING COLLAPSE. THE BUILDING IS NEXT TO THE PLANET FITNESS ON LIBERTY WAY. IT HAS BEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR ABOUT 10 MONTHS. IT’S UNCLEAR HOW THIS PORTION OF THE BUILDING COLLAPSED. ONE PERSON, A CONSTRUCTION WORKER, WAS INSIDE WHEN IT DID COLLAPSE. FROM WESTCHESTER OFFICIALS, WE ARE TOLD THAT THE PERSON HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. HE’S EXPECTED TO BE OK. MOMENTS AGO WE RECEIVED A STATEMENT THAT READS IN PART, OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH THE FRAMING CONTRACTOR WORKING ON SITE AT TOWNS OF WETHERINGTON. WE WISH HIM A GOOD RECOVERY. WE WILL COOPERATE WITH OFFICIALS AND HIS EMPLOYER TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE. THE GOOD NEWS IS THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS EXPECTED TO BE OK. REPORTING LIVE, RACHEL HIRSCHHEIMER , WLWT NEWS 5. SHEREE: THANKS FOR THE UPDATE. A MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER 13 YEARS AGO, GETS A NEW TRIAL IN HAMILTON COUNTY. ASHLEY: MARCUS SAPP WAS FOUND GUILTY IN THE HOME INVASION MURDER OF AN OAKLEY MAN IN 2008. WLWT NEWS 5’S BRIAN HAMRICK IS LIVE. TO EXPLAIN WHY THE CONVICTION WAS THROWN OUT. BRIAN: ACTUALLY, IT WAS SPECIFIC EVIDENCE THAT THE DEFENSE NOT RECEIVED. EVIDENCE STRONG ENOUGH THAT THE JUDGE THOUGHT IT COULD’VE TURNED THE TIDE OF THE TRIAL. >> ONE -- IT HAS BEEN MORE THAN A DECADE. LIKE THE IMAGES OF THE CRIME SCENE THINGS ARE NOT AS CLEAR AS THEY ONCE WERE IN CONVICTION OF MARCUS SAPP. >> THE TRIAL ABSOLUTELY HINGED ON EYEWITNESS IDENTIFICATION. BRIAN: ATTORNEY MARTY PINALES BELIEVES POLICE ARRESTED THE WRONG MAN FOR THE MURDER. AND EVIDENCE THAT WOULD HAVE HELPED EXONERATE SAPP WAS WITHHELD FROM THE DEFENSE TEAM. >> IT WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT MATERIAL FOR CROSSING EXAMINATION BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE LED TO THE TRUTH. BRIAN: PINALES, ALONG WITH ATTORNEYS ERIC ECKS, MOLLY TOLBERT, LAW CLERK CARINA KUHL AND THE OHIO INNOCENCE PROJECT AT UC DISCOVERED THE KEY EYEWITNESS IN THE CASE HAD IDENTIFIED ANOTHER MAN AS THE GUNMAN BEFORE HE IDENTIFIED SAPP AND THE DEFENSE NEVER KNEW THAT. JUDGE JUDY LUEBBERS THE ORIGINAL JUDGE HAS NOW THROWN OUT THE CONVICTION. >> IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE GIVEN TO US AND IT WAS KEPT FROM US. AND THEREFORE, SHE RULED RIGHT FROM THE BENCH THAT THIS WAS AN EGREGIOUS CASE. BRIAN: THE VICTIM IN THE CASE IS ANDREW CUNNINGHAM. HE WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN 2010 IN A HOME INVASION-STYLE MURDER. HIS MOTHER WHO SPOKE TO THE COURT THEN. >> THE LOSS OF MY SON, WAS A CRUEL AND UNJUST ACT OF BARBARISM. RYAN: SHE HAS NOT CHANGED -- BRIAN: SHE HAS NOT CHANGED HER MIND IN THE LAST 13 YEARS. >> I WAS VERY SHOCKED, VERY SHOCKED. I TRULY BELIEVE THAT HE IS GUILTY WHOLEHEARTEDLY. BRIAN: SHE SAYS SHE STILL STAYS IN TOUCH WITH THE WITNESS TYLER IRVINE. AND HE IS VERY ADAMANT ABOUT WHO THE KILLER WAS. BRIAN: NOW CASE FROM THE PAST HAS A NEW FUTURE. PROSECUTORS RELEASED A STATEMENT ABOUT THIS. WE WERE NOT PROVIDED THE EVIDENCE IN QUESTION. IF WE HAD THE EVIDENCE, WE WOULD HAVE TURNED IT OVER TO THE DEFENSE. WE UNDERSTAND JUDGE LUEBBERS’ DECISION AND WILL NOT BE APPEALING. HOWEVER, WE WILL WORK TO RESOLVE THIS CASE OR RE-TRY MR. SAPP, IF NECESSARY. SAPP’S NEXT COURT APPEARANCE, HIS JANUARY 27, THAT IS WHEN HE WILL BE ASKING FOR BOND TO SEE IF HE CAN GET OUT OF JAIL. LIVE BRIAN HAMRICK, WLWT NEWS 5. ASHLEY: FASCINATING UPDATE. TURNING TO WHETHER. DRY AND MILD, BUT THE RAIN CHANCES RETURN. SHEREE: CHIEF METEOROLOGIST KEVIN ROBINSON IS SHOWING US WHEN THE WET WEATHER ARRIVES IN CINCINNATI’S MOST ACCURATE FORECAST. KEVIN: WEMORNING TEMPERATURES AR TO 64 A GOOD NUMBER OF US. IT FEELS MORE LIKE A SPRING AFTERNOON AROUND THE AREA WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 50’S. YOU GET TO ENJOY DRY EVENING WITH COMFORTABLE TEMPERATURES IN PLACE. WE ARE TRACKING THE NEXT ROUND OF RAYNA. WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT RAIN THREAT IN ADDITION TO COLDER TEMPERATURES MOVING IN AFTER THE RAIN. WE WILL TALK ABOUT WHAT THOSE IMPACTS WILL BE AS WE HEAD I

Road work prompts overnight ramp closures on State Route 129

Updated: 7:11 PM EST Jan 17, 2023

Crews will implement overnight ramp closures along State Route 129 for road work this week. According to the Butler County Engineer's Office, the ramp from Cincinnati Dayton Road to eastbound State Route 129 will close on Wednesday, Jan. 18 and Thursday, Jan. 19. The ramp from eastbound State Route 129 to southbound Interstate 75 will close on Thursday night. All closures will take place from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. The closures are part of the Liberty Interchange modification project that is projected to be completed in the late spring. The closures will allow contractors to remove concrete barriers and install guardrails. For live traffic updates, click here.This story was curated by Hearst's WLWT Alert Desk.

WETHERINGTON, Ohio —

Crews will implement overnight ramp closures along State Route 129 for road work this week.

According to the Butler County Engineer's Office, the ramp from Cincinnati Dayton Road to eastbound State Route 129 will close on Wednesday, Jan. 18 and Thursday, Jan. 19.

The ramp from eastbound State Route 129 to southbound Interstate 75 will close on Thursday night.

All closures will take place from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.

The closures are part of the Liberty Interchange modification project that is projected to be completed in the late spring.

The closures will allow contractors to remove concrete barriers and install guardrails.

For live traffic updates, click here.

This story was curated by Hearst's WLWT Alert Desk.