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Cincinnati woman accused of DUI crash with 2 young children in vehicle
CINCINNATI (WKRC) — A Cincinnati woman is accused of driving under the influence with two children younger than 5 in her vehicle before crashing into a utility pole on the city's west side.
Tiara Person was arraigned in Hamilton County Municipal Court on charges of endangering children, operating a vehicle under the influence, driving under a financial responsibility suspension and reasonable control.
According to a court affidavit, the crash happened June 17 near Cheviot Road.
Investigators allege Person was under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs when she crashed into a utility pole, causing extensive damage to the vehicle and deploying the airbags.
Police said the two children were inside the vehicle at the time of the crash.
Authorities allege Person's actions created a substantial risk to the safety of the children.
Court records show Person's bond was set at $2,500 at 10% or electronic monitoring unit (EMU) on both the child endangerment and OVI charges. She was released on her own recognizance on the suspension and reasonable control charges.
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Woman dies in Elmore County crash
The crash remains under investigation.
Published: Jun. 21, 2026 at 12:04 PM MDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
MOUNTAIN HOME, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) — The Idaho State Police (ISP) is investigating a single-vehicle crash that happened early Sunday morning.
The incident happened at 4:07 a.m. at milepost 84.5 on Interstate 84 eastbound in Elmore County, authorities said.
A 21-year-old woman from Boise, Idaho, was heading east on Interstate 84 in a Subaru Crosstrek.
The driver went off the road into the median, overcorrected and overturned, coming to rest on the right shoulder, ISP said in a release.
The woman died at the scene.
Idaho State Police was assisted by the Elmore County Sheriff’s Office.
The crash remains under investigation.
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Solid waste collection company Republic Services is celebrating the reopening of the Sawtooth Regional Landfill in Elmore County Thursday. The company purchased the site, previously called the Simco Road Regional landfill, out of receivership last year for a reported $15 million.
“We saw really underutilized capabilities through this landfill from how it previously existed,” said Republic Services General Manager Chase Cresto.
Mounting debt and environmental violations forced the landfill near the Elmore-Ada County line to close in late 2023. That left Elmore County shipping around half of its solid waste – approximately 50 tons a day – first to Burley, then to Ada County until about May 2025, when Elmore County’s main landfill was approved to take the full daily volume of collected waste, county staff said.
The Sawtooth Regional Landfill is now back in good standing with environmental regulators, after significant infrastructure work. Even before closing on its purchase of the landfill, Republic Services had to show Elmore County and the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality its plan to deal with about 500,000 tires, steep and dangerous slopes and trash piled up outside the liner protecting the ground below.
“We've had to move hundreds of thousands of cubic yards of soil, and then we had to relocate over 300,000 yd³ of waste," explained Republic Services Environmental Manager Jorden Foster. “That's a big task on top of building a new [17 acre] cell in order to move that waste into that new cell.”
The tires are being shredded and landfilled on site, with about 25% of the pile remaining, Foster said. Republic has also installed a leachate pond, which collects the liquid runoff from the landfill and allows the water to evaporate. A pond was always planned for the site, according to Foster, but it did not exist when Republic bought the landfill.
Cresto said he didn’t know the exact amount the company spent to reopen the landfill, and didn’t want to speculate. But he called the cost “significant.”
Republic Services, the largest waste collection company in the state, will be able to use the landfill for waste generated anywhere it collects. It will also take a lot of the commercial waste generated in Elmore county, and solid waste from the Mountain Home Air Force Base, according to the county.
The site has around 200 years of capacity, according to Republic Services.
“We're going into long-term disposal capacity and infrastructure here,” Cresto said, noting the growth of the Treasure Valley to the east, and Mountain Home to the west.
“Geographically, there's value for not just Republic Services, but all our haulers, too. And potentially, all our customers will see the value from a flexibility standpoint [and an] operational standpoint, that they can then pass on to their customers,” he said.
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Crash shuts down Lancaster County road
Dispatch: Crews on the scene of a crash on Penn Grant Road in West Lampeter Township
Crash shuts down Lancaster County road
Dispatch: Crews on the scene of a crash on Penn Grant Road in West Lampeter Township
THIS HAS BEEN A LANCASTER TOYOTA TRAFFIC REPORT. THE 60 DAY TIMETABLE FOR NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE U.S. AND IRAN HAS BEGUN, BUT THERE’S ALREADY BEEN A SETBACK, AND VICE PRESIDENT JD VANCE WAS SCHEDULED TO TRAVEL OVERNIGHT TO MEET IRANIAN LEADERS IN SWITZERLAND. BUT THAT TRIP WAS CALLED OFF. NEWS EIGHT’S RACHEL HIRSCHHEIMER IS JOINING US LIVE IN RACHEL. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR NEGOTIATIONS NOW? KATELYN AND REGINA. GOOD MORNING TO YOU BOTH. THE WHITE HOUSE ACTUALLY ISSUED A STATEMENT NOTING THESE NEGOTIATIONS ARE FAR FROM SIMPLE AND CAN BE REALLY UNPREDICTABLE. RIGHT NOW. IT IS UNCLEAR WHEN THE VICE PRESIDENT WILL BE MEETING FACE TO FACE WITH THE IRANIANS, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT HERE THAT SOME PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE SINCE THE PRESIDENT SIGNED A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO. THIS MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, OR MOU, THE VICE PRESIDENT CONFIRMED THE U.S. NAVAL BLOCKADE HAS LIFTED AND IRAN HAS NOT FIRED ON ANY SHIPS TRANSITING THROUGH THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ FOR TWO STRAIGHT DAYS. HE ALSO TOLD REPORTERS NEARLY 13 MILLION BARRELS OF OIL MADE IT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND HAS HELPED DRIVE DOWN GAS PRICES, WHICH ARE NOW BELOW $4 A GALLON, ACCORDING TO TRIPLE A, THE MOU ONLY GUARANTEES FREE TRADE THROUGH THE STRAIT FOR THE NEXT TWO MONTHS, BUT THE VICE PRESIDENT, HE WAS VERY CLEAR WHAT THE WHITE HOUSE IS WILLING TO ACCEPT. WE BELIEVE INTERNATIONAL WATERWAYS SHOULD BE FREE OF TOLLS, AND THAT’S BEEN OUR POSITION. THAT’S WHAT YOU SEE, OF COURSE, IN THE 60 DAYS OF THE MOU, WE HAVE ALL THE CARDS. IF THE IRANIANS WANT THE BENEFITS OF THE BARGAIN, THEY HAVE TO GIVE US THE THINGS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO GET THOSE BENEFITS. NOW, MAKING THIS DEAL EVEN MORE CHALLENGING IS THE FIGHTING BETWEEN ISRAEL AND THE IRANIAN BACKED MILITANT GROUP HEZBOLLAH IN LEBANON. NOW, JUST OVERNIGHT, THE ISRAELI MILITARY LAUNCHED ADDITIONAL STRIKES EVEN AFTER THE VICE PRESIDENT ISSUED A BLUNT WARNING. KATELYN AND RACHEL. MULTIPLE OUTLETS ARE REPORTING THAT THE WHITE HOUSE DID SEND CONGRESS THAT MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. SO WHAT DO THE LAWMAKERS THINK ABOUT THAT AGREEMENT? WELL, LOOK, KATELYN, THERE ARE MANY REPUBLICAN LEADERS ON CAPITOL HILL WHO ARE NOW VOICING THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT THIS DEAL, PARTICULARLY THIS $300 BILLION DEVELOPMENT FUND TO REBUILD IRAN. WE EVEN HEARD FROM A REPUBLICAN SENATOR, TED CRUZ, WHO WAS CALLING THIS EXCEPTIONALLY BAD IDEA. NORTH CAROLINA SENATOR THOM TILLIS ALSO SPEAKING OUT YESTERDAY SAYING THAT HE IS CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC EVEN THOUGH THE WHITE HOUSE IS CALLING THIS DEAL A WIN FOR THE UNITED STATES. BACK TO YOU. THANK YOU FOR FOLLOWING ALL OF THAT FOR US THIS MORNING. RACHEL HIRSCHHEIMER REPORTING FROM OUR WASHINGTON BUREAU. IT’S 602 AND LANCASTER COUNTY’S NETWORK OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES IS NOW COLLECTING SIGNATURES TO TRY TO GET MONEY THROUGH A TAX. THEY’RE HOPING TO PUT THIS INITIATIVE ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT. NEWS EIGHT’S CAMERON LEE JOINING US LIVE IN STUDIO. AND CAMERON, WHY IS THE LIBRARY NETWORK HOPING TO SECURE THAT EXTRA FUNDING? KATELYN REGINA. I SPOKE TO ONE OF THE LIBRARY WORKERS THAT’S HELPING HEAD UP THIS CAMPAIGN. VOTE YES FOR LIBRARIES. IT’S CALLED. SHE SAYS THE WAY LOCAL LIBRARIES ARE CURRENTLY FUNDED HASN’T SEEN MUCH CHANGE OVER THE PAST FEW DECADES. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, SHE SAYS, LIBRARIES AROUND THE COUNTY HAVE HAD A TOUGH TIME FIGURING OUT WHERE THE MONEY THAT THEY DO HAVE SHOULD END UP GOING BETWEEN THINGS LIKE MAINTAINING INFRASTRUCTURE, STOCKING SHELVES AND, OF COURSE, KEEPING EMPLOYEES PAID. NOW, TO EASE THOSE CHALLENGES, THIS REFERENDUM IS PROPOSING A 0.55 MILL TAX THAT WORKS OUT TO ROUGHLY ANOTHER $5,055 IN PROPERTY TAX BILLS FOR EVERY $100,000 OF ASSESSED VALUE. I ASKED THOSE BEHIND THIS INITIATIVE ABOUT HOW RECENT PROPERTY REASSESSMENTS IN THE COUNTY COULD AFFECT SUPPORT FOR THE REFERENDUM MOVING FORWARD. HERE’S WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY. SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT IT IN RELATIONSHIP TO WHAT PEOPLE ARE COMMONLY PAYING FOR OTHER THINGS, IT IS AN AMAZING BARGAIN FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND EVERYONE HAS ACCESS, SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE ENROLLED IN AN ACADEMIC PROGRAM. YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE PART OF A CERTAIN CLUB. EVERYBODY IN OUR COMMUNITY WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THE RESOURCES. NOW VOTE YES FOR LIBRARIES SAYS THEY’LL WORK TO GET SOME MORE SUPPORT FOR THE INITIATIVE THROUGHOUT THIS WEEKEND IN STUDIO, I’M CAMERON LOEBLI, WGAL NEWS EIGHT. CAMERON. THANK YOU. LANCASTER CITY LEADERS ARE RAISING A JUNETEENTH FLAG TO KICK OFF DIFFERENT EVENTS HAPPENING TODAY IN HONOR OF THE HOLIDAY. THIS VIDEO IS FROM A PREVIOUS FLAG RAISING. TODAY’S CEREMONY IS AT 9:00 THIS MORNING AT CITY HALL. THE THADDEUS STEVENS AND LYDIA HAMILTON SMITH CENTER IS FREE TODAY FROM 10 TO 5. TONIGHT, THEY’RE HAVING A COMMUNITY STORYTIME AND A PANEL ABOUT REIMAGINING FREEDOM. AND TONIGHT THERE WILL BE A JUNETEENTH BLOCK PARTY ON ROCKLAND STREET BETWEEN LOCUST STREET AND HOWARD AVENUE. THAT’S FROM 2 TO 6 THIS AFTERNOON. LET’S TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT JUNETEENTH, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE CELEBRATING THIS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. IT MARKS THE END OF SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES. AND TO HONOR THE HOLIDAY HERE IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY, YOUNG PROFESSIONALS OF COLOR IN HARRISBURG, THEY’RE HOLDING AN ANNUAL JUNETEENTH JUBILEE NEWS 8 GABRIEL THOMAS LIVE IN HARRISBURG NOW WITH WHAT’S IN STORE THIS YEAR. GOOD MORNING. GABRIEL. GOOD MORNING. REGINA AND KATELYN. WELL, JUNETEENTH ISN’T JUST ABOUT MAKING HISTORY. IT’S ABOUT THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND MANY COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY COMING TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE AND JUST HIGHLIGHT BLACK EXCELLENCE HERE IN THE COMMUNITY. BUT YOU CAN ALSO LEARN A LOT ABOUT EDUCATION. IF YOU PLAN TO COME TO THE JUNETEENTH JUBILEE, TAKE A LOOK BEHIND ME. THESE BANNERS WILL BE THROUGHOUT SOUTH RIVERFRONT PARK TODAY, HIGHLIGHTING BLACK PIONEERS SO YOU CAN LEARN A THING OR TWO AND ALSO GET SOME TASTY FOOD AS WELL. NOW ASHLEY SMITH JOINING ME THIS MORNING, SHE IS THE ORGANIZER FOR JUNETEENTH JUBILEE. HOW DID YOU GUYS COME UP WITH THIS IDEA? THIS IS A SCAVENGER HUNT RIGHT? TO LEARN ABOUT HISTORY. IT IS A SCAVENGER HUNT. I FOUND SOME FLAGS AND I SAID, LET’S HANG THEM ON THE TREES. AND ONE OF OUR GREAT COMMUNITY COMMITTEE MEMBERS DECIDED, LET’S DO A SCAVENGER HUNT. AND I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GREAT WAY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO LEARN. WHY DO YOU THINK IT’S SO IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE TO SHARE THE IMPORTANCE OF BLACK HISTORY WITH THE HARRISBURG COMMUNITY? I THINK YOU HAVE TO LEARN ABOUT YOUR HISTORY IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD, TO MOVE PAST AND CONTINUE JUST OUR GREATNESS. RIGHT? BUT I THINK YOU ABSOLUTELY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR HISTORY. ASHLEY. THANK YOU. SO AS I SAID, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME OUT TO THE JUNETEENTH JUBILEE, IT WILL BE HERE TODAY AT RIVERFRONT STARTING AT 2:00. YOU CAN LEARN A THING OR TWO, YOU CAN GET SOME TASTY FOOD. YOU CAN EVEN DANCE. WE TALKED ABOUT HOW HARRISBURG AS WELL. SO ALL AROUND, JUST A GOOD TIME HERE IN HARRISBURG TODAY REPORTING LIVE HERE IN HARRISBURG. I’M GABRIEL THOMAS, WGAL NEWS EIGHT GABRIEL. SHE WAS DANCING THE LAST TIME WE CHECKED IN WITH HER, BUT I WAS. YEAH, THE EDUCATION ASPECT OBVIOUSLY VERY IMPORTANT AS WELL. AND THE SCAVENGER HUNT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF FUN LEARNING THE HISTORY TO PAVE THE WAY FOR THE FUTURE. I LOVE THAT GABRIEL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT REPORT TODAY AND TOMORROW. SHAPIRO ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS WILL BE IN YORK COUNTY TO CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH AT A HISTORIC UNDERGROUND RAILROAD SITE. A ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION WILL BE HELD TODAY ABOUT THE HUNDREDS OF PENNSYLVANIANS WHO SERVED IN THE 54TH MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. THAT’S ONE OF THE FIRST OFFICIAL AFRICAN-AMERICAN REGIMENTS IN THE UNION ARMY. THEN TOMORROW, OFFICIALS WILL LEAD PEOPLE ALONG THE PATH OF FREEDOM SEEKERS USED WHEN TRAVELING THROUGH WRIGHTSVILLE AND COLUMBIA. THERE WILL BE A HIKE THROUGH WRIGHTSVILLE TO THE SUSQUEHANNA R
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