Woman attacked, sexually assaulted during home invasion

KELLY: BREAKING RIGHT NOW, PART OF WESTWOOD NORTHERN BOULEVARD IS CLOSED AFTER DEADLY CRASH. COLIN: THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED BETWEEN SUTTER AVENUE AND BEEKMAN STREET. WE HAVE BEEN TELLING YOU ABOUT THIS THROUGHOUT THE MORNING BECAUSE IT HAS CAUSED SOME ISSUES. THIS PART OF WESTWOOD NORTHERN BOULEVARD WILL REMAIN CLOSED THROUGH RUSH HOUR AND TRAFFIC IS BEING REROUTED. AVOID THE AREA IF POSSIBLE. NO OTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN RELEASED ABOUT THE CRASH. NOW TO THE HISTORIC VOTE THAT COULD SEND A RIPPLE EFFECT TO ABORTION PROTECTIONS ACROSS THE U.S. KELLY: KANSAS BECAME THE FIRST STATE TO VOTE ON ABORTION PROTECTIONS SINCE THE SUPREME COURT OVERTURNED ROE V. WADE. IN AN AMENDMENT WAS PUT ON THE BALLOT THAT COULD HAVE REMOVED THE RIGHT TO AN ABORTION FROM THE STATE’S CONSTITUTION, BUT -- COLIN: VOTERS IN A LARGELY REPUBLICAN STATE OVERWHELMINGLY CHOSE TO KEEP ABORTION PROTECTIONS IN PLACE. KELLY: THE RESULTS GAINING ATTENTION FROM OTHER STATE’S LIKE OHIO AND KENTUCKY, WHERE ABORTION COULD HAVE A DIRECT IMPACT ON THE POLLS. OHIO HAS A MAJOR RACE THIS FALL THAT WILL HELP DETERMINE WHICH PARTY CONTROLS CONGRESS. KENTUCKY HAS A KANSAS-LIKE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ON ITS BALLOT. IF ANYTHING WAS LEARNED FROM KANSAS, IT’S THAT THE ISSUE OF ABORTION MATTERS FOR THE MID-TERM. >> I THINK IT SHOWS HOW HARD PRO-LIFERS NEED TO WORK. THERE’S NEVER GOING TO BE A SAFE, CONFIDENT ELECTION MOVING FORWARD. >> WE HOPE TO MOTIVATE PEOPLE BY LETTING PEOPLE KNOW IF YOU STAY HOME, YOUR RIGHTS WILL BE TAKEN AWAY. KELLY: THE EYES OF BOTH OPPONENTS AND SUPPORTERS OF ABORTION RIGHTS ARE REFOCUSING ON NOVEMBER. POLITICAL ANALYST RYAN SALZMAN IS LOOKING AHEAD TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL ABORTION AMENDMENT THAT WILL BE ON EVERY BLUEGRASS BALLOT THIS FALL. >> THERE’S PROBABLY A LOT OF PRO-LIFE ADVOCATES HERE IN KENTUCKY THAT ARE STARTING TO STRATEGIZE AND GAME PLAN IN A WAY THAT THEY DIDN’T THINK WAS GOING TO BE NECESSARY. KELLY: THE PRO-CHOICE CROWD SEES KANSAS AS POTENTIALLY A MID-TERM GAME-CHANGER. ANTI-ABORTION GROUPS VIEW KANSAS AS A SIGN THEY’D BETTER UP THEIR GAME FOR THE FALL CAMPAIGNS. COLIN: AS STUDENTS HEAD BACK TO SCHOOL, SAFETY AND SECURITY IS TOP OF MIND. KELLY: DISTRICTS ACROSS OUR AREA ARE HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE BEST WAY TO KEEP STUDENTS SAFE. WLWT NEWS 5’S RICHARD CHILES IS LIVE AT OUR AREA’S LARGEST DISTRICT WITH THEIR PLAN FOR SCHOOL SECURITY. A TOWN HALL TRYING TO GET EVERYONE ON THE SAME PAGE. RICHARD: GETTING PEOPLE ON THE SAME PAGE, THAT CONVERSATION IMPORTANT TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS ALL ACROSS THE NATION IN THE WAKE OF THE FAULTY TRAGEDY. -- OF THE UVALDE TRAGEDY. THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT SAYING IF THERE IS AN ATTACK SHE WANTS TO MAKE SURE THE PARENTS KNOW THEY CAN RESPOND QUICKLY. CPS AND THE TOWN HALL ADDRESSING PARENT CONCERNS, TELLING WLWT THAT WRIGHT IS MAKING TACKLING THE CHALLENGES FACING THE DISTRICT HER NUMBER ONE PRIORITY , KEEPING CHILDREN SAFE FROM THREATS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL. SHE SAYS THERE’S TIGHT SECURITY AT THE ENTRANCES OF EVERY BUILDING AND A GUARD IN THE LOBBY OF EACH SCHOOL. WRIGHT ALSO SAYS THERE IS A SOCIAL WORKER AT EVERY SCHOOL AS A WAY FOR THE DISTRICT TO CATCH EARLY WARNING SIGNS IN CASE A STUDENT MAY BE STRUGGLING MENTALLY. THE GOAL HERE IS PREVENTION. IF SOMETHING DOES HAPPEN, CINCINNATI’S POLICE CHIEF SAYS HER TEAM IS READY TO RESPOND AND GET THOSE STUDENTS OUT SAFELY. IT IS SOMETHING THAT CANNOT BE ADDRESSED IN ONE SINGLE CONVERSATION. CPS CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION WITH PARENTS AS WELL AS OPENING AN OPEN HOUSE THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND. REPORTING LIVE, RICHARD CHILES, WLWT NEWS 5. RANDI: OUR FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR A WIN COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. RIGHT NOW THINGS ARE QUIET ON THE RADAR LOCALLY. IN SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA ADDITIONAL DOWNPOURS FLARED UP. THEY WILL LIKELY REIN THEMSELVES OUT BEFORE HAVING MUCH OF AN IMPACT ON OUR AREA. THROUGH THE DAY YOUR RAIN CHANCES SLOWLY STEP UP. I SLID IT DOWN POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. A FEW MORE AT NOON AND THEN MORE LIKELY THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. WE WATCH OUT FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING THROUGH FRIDAY. KELLY: THE TODAY SHOW IS JUST MINUTES AWAY. THIS MORNING THEY ARE TALKING FALL FASHION AND WHERE YOU CAN TURN TO GET WHAT YOU NEED AND GET A DEAL IN THE PROCESS. COLIN: I WONDER IF TURTLENECKS ARE BACK. TUNE IN TO SEE. THE TODAY SHOW IS RIGH

Police: Woman attacked, sexually assaulted during home invasion in Arlington Heights

Updated: 10:56 AM EDT Aug 4, 2022

Reading police are investigating after a woman was injured and sexually assaulted during a home invasion in the village of Arlington Heights.Police said officers were called to a home on Blanche Avenue around 12:41 p.m. for a report of aggravated burglary.Watch WLWT's top headlines for Aug. 4, 2022 in the player aboveWhen officers got to the scene, they learned the suspects walked in through an open front door armed with a knife and attacked a woman, police said. The 39-year-old woman suffered multiple lacerations to her hands and arms during the attack. The woman said she was also sexually assaulted during the attack.The woman was taken to UC Medical Center for more treatment and evaluation. The case is under investigation by the Reading Police Department. Anyone who may have information on this incident is asked to call police at 513-733-4122

Reading police are investigating after a woman was injured and sexually assaulted during a home invasion in the village of Arlington Heights.

Police said officers were called to a home on Blanche Avenue around 12:41 p.m. for a report of aggravated burglary.

Watch WLWT's top headlines for Aug. 4, 2022 in the player above

When officers got to the scene, they learned the suspects walked in through an open front door armed with a knife and attacked a woman, police said.

The 39-year-old woman suffered multiple lacerations to her hands and arms during the attack.

The woman said she was also sexually assaulted during the attack.

The woman was taken to UC Medical Center for more treatment and evaluation.

The case is under investigation by the Reading Police Department. Anyone who may have information on this incident is asked to call police at 513-733-4122