Covington restaurant announces closure after 5 years of business

INTO A PRETTY MUCH PERFECT FALL WEEKEND. DESPITE OUR COOL START THIS MORNING, WHEN YOU’LL WANT TO GRAB AN EXTRA LAYER FOR ANY OF YOUR PLANS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. AND LET’S TAKE A LOOK HERE AT CVG. THIS IS A LIVE PICTURE. YOU CAN SEE THERE IS A LINE NOW. IT’S ALWAYS PRETTY BUSY FRIDAY AT THIS HOUR, BUT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT HOW THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN HAS HAD RIPPLE EFFECTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND AS TSA AGENTS AND AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS EXPECTED TO MISS THEIR FIRST PAYCHECK TODAY, WE’LL TALK ABOUT HOW TSA IS RESPONDING TO CONCERNS. AND SIX PEOPLE INDICTED IN AN ATTACK OVER PIZZA. THEY’RE BACK IN COURT ON NEW CHARGES. WHAT PROSECUTORS ARE SHARING ABOUT THE VIOLENCE IN CORALVILLE AHEAD OF THAT HEARING. THIS IS WLWT NEWS FIVE TODAY, LEADING THE WAY. 6 A.M. HERE ON YOUR FRIDAY MORNING. YES. FRIDAY MORNING. WE ALL LOVE SAYING THAT. GOOD MORNING TO YOU. I’M STEVEN ALBRITTON AND I’M KELLY RIPPIN. YES. SAY IT PROUDLY. SAY IT EXCITEDLY. THERE’S A LOT GOING ON THIS WEEKEND AND THE WEATHER IS GOING TO BE BEAUTIFUL. WE’RE REALLY GETTING THOSE FALL FEELS RANDI AND A LOT OF FALL FESTIVALS ARE HAPPENING, SO THIS WORKS OUT PERFECTLY FOR JUST ABOUT EVERYONE. YEAH, DON’T SAY YOU’RE BORED THIS WEEKEND. GO OUTSIDE. YOU’LL FIND SOMETHING GOING ON. WE’VE GOT FESTIVALS EVERYWHERE, FOOTBALL GAMES AND JUST GORGEOUS WEATHER. OUR TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING ARE ON THE COOL SIDE HERE AS WE HIT 6 A.M. MORE TOWNS DIPPING INTO THE 30S, ESPECIALLY IN PORTIONS OF BUTLER AND WARREN COUNTIES. THOSE ARE GOING TO BE THE SPOTS WHERE YOU’RE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE FROST ON THE WINDSHIELD. MAYBE A THIN LAYER OF FROST ON YOUR PUMPKINS OUTSIDE HERE THIS MORNING. WE’VE GOT 38 DEGREES IN FAIRFIELD, 36 FOR HAMILTON, 39 MIDDLETOWN AND SPRINGBORO, AND IN OXFORD. AND JUST SO HAPPENS THOSE COMMUNITIES ARE INCLUDED IN OUR FROST ADVISORY. THAT GOES UNTIL 9:00 THIS MORNING. FAYETTE UNION FRANKLIN COUNTIES IN INDIANA. BUTLER, WARREN, CLINTON COUNTIES AND OHIO ARE THE AREAS MORE LIKELY TO DIP INTO THE 30S AND KIND OF HANG OUT THERE THROUGH ABOUT 8 A.M. OR SO. SO THE FROST ADVISORY GOES UNTIL 9:00 FOR TODAY. YOUR 12 HOUR FORECAST, A WHOLE LOT OF SUNSHINE, BUT A COOL MORNING FOR SURE. WILL BE IN THE 40S FOR THE MORNING RUSH, RIGHT AROUND 60 AT LUNCHTIME, AND THEN WE’LL TOP OUT NEAR 70 DEGREES EACH DAY THIS WEEKEND, WHICH MEANS PERFECT WEATHER. IF YOU HAVE PLANS TO GET OUT TO A FESTIVAL NOW, TRAFFIC THAT’S GOING TO BE AN ISSUE, ESPECIALLY IN HAMILTON TODAY WITH ALL THE STREET CLOSURES. KATIE, WHAT’S GOING ON RIGHT NOW? YES. YOU KNOW, YOU’RE GOING TO BE SITTING IN SLOW TRAFFIC IN THE SUNSHINE TODAY. SO AS WE GO THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON, EVEN THIS MORNING, EXPECT THINGS TO PICK UP HERE TO 75 AT WINTON ROAD. LOOKS ABOUT NORMAL FOR TRAFFIC FLOW THIS MORNING. NO BIG PROBLEMS THERE. AND THEN 7175 AT TURFWAY. SAME STORY. HERE THROUGHOUT 275 WE’VE GOT ONE NEW BROKEN DOWN VEHICLE TO REPORT HERE. THIS IS GOING TO BE UP IN THE AREA OF 275 AND 71. SO MONTGOMERY ROAD LEFT HAND SHOULDER IS GOING TO BE BLOCKED IN THE WESTBOUND LANES. HERE AGAIN FOR A STALLED VEHICLE. WE STILL WATCHING THAT ONE HERE AT KYLE’S A COUPLE REPORTS THERE FOR THAT ON THE SHOULDER. THAT’S GOING TO BE ON THE SOUTHBOUND SIDE AT THE RAMP AGAIN NOT IMPACTING TRAFFIC FLOW FOR YOU. STILL FREE OF ANY CRASHES AND ANY KIND OF DELAYS THIS MORNING. EVEN NORTH AND SOUTH OF TWO 7574 LOOKS GOOD AS YOUR DRIVE TIMES THIS MORNING. ABOUT NORMAL FOR 71 NORTHBOUND FROM 275 TO DOWNTOWN. A NICE FIVE MINUTE DRIVE. YOU’VE GOT 20 MINUTES FROM TYLERSVILLE TO DOWNTOWN ON 75 SOUTH AND AN EIGHT MINUTE DRIVE FROM BLUE ROCK TO 75. THE REAGAN EASTBOUND. KELLY. ALL RIGHT, KATIE, THANK YOU SO MUCH. TODAY WE WILL LEARN MORE ABOUT AN ATTACK NEAR THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI’S CAMPUS. IT STARTED OVER A PIZZA. NOW, SIX PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INDICTED ON THE VIOLENCE ON SHORT VINE AND THEY ARE DUE IN COURT THIS MORNING. WLWT NEWS FIVE’S RICHARD CHILES LIVE FOR US AT THE HAMILTON COUNTY COURTHOUSE ON THIS FRIDAY MORNING. AND RICHARD, ALL SIX OF THESE PEOPLE RIGHT NOW FACE SERIOUS CHARGES. KELLY. THEY’RE ALREADY FACING CHARGES OF AGGRAVATED RIOT, FELONIOUS ASSAULT. NOW, PROSECUTOR CONNIE PILLICH SAYS THAT MAY BE ADDITIONAL CHARGES THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO FACE IN THIS VIOLENT RIOT. BASED UPON THE SECOND AND THIRD VICTIMS WHO WERE INJURED IN THIS VIOLENT ATTACK. NOW, ALL OF THIS GOES BACK TO SEPTEMBER 13TH, JUST ABOUT A MONTH AGO. THIS IS ON A SATURDAY WHEN A GROUP OF PEOPLE PURCHASING A PIZZA ON SHORT VINE IN CORRYVILLE, JUST NEAR THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI. NOW, POLICE OFFICERS TELL US THREE VICTIMS WALKING HOME AFTER PICKING UP A PIZZA WHEN THEY PASSED A CROWD OF PEOPLE. NOW, WHEN THEY PASSED THAT CROWD, SOMEONE ASKED FOR THE PIZZA AND WHEN THEY REFUSED, THEY WERE HIT IN THE HEAD TWICE AND KNOCKED OUT OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CROWD THEN JOINED IN, KICKING AND PUNCHING THE VICTIM AS HE LAY ON THE GROUND, BREAKING HIS DRAW. INVESTIGATORS SAY THAT A FRIEND JUMPED IN AND TRIED TO SHIELD HIM, AND THEN ENDED UP WITH A CONCUSSION AND A DISLOCATED JAW. THE THIRD PERSON WHO WAS HURT HAD INJURIES TO HER FACE. NOW, PROSECUTORS SAY THAT THE CROWD RAN OFF FROM POLICE WHEN THEY ARRIVED, BUT SIX WERE LATER ARRESTED. YOU SEE THEM ON YOUR SCREEN NOW THEY’RE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18 AND 21. IF CONVICTED, THEY FACE A SENTENCE OF MORE THAN 17 YEARS IN PRISON. BUT THE PROSECUTOR SAYS THAT AS MANY AS 12 PEOPLE COULD HAVE BEEN INVOLVED. NOT CLEAR IF ANY OTHERS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED. NOW, POLICE DO TELL US THAT THERE IS VIDEO OF THE INCIDENT THAT MAY BE AVAILABLE. THERE ARE MULTIPLE CLOSED CIRCUIT CAMERAS FROM BUSINESSES IN THAT AREA. WE’VE BEEN WORKING WITH POLICE TO GET THAT ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE THAT MAY BE INTRODUCED. REPORTING LIVE THIS MORNING, RICHARD CHILES WLWT NEWS FIVE. RICHARD, THANKS SO MUCH. 605 THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IS ENTERING ITS 10TH DAY, AND WE’VE LEARNED IT WILL LAST AT LEAST INTO NEXT WEEK. THE SENATE IS NOT EXPECTED TO VOTE AGAIN UNTIL TUESDAY. MEANWHILE, PRESIDENT TRUMP IS DOUBLING DOWN ON HIS THREATS TO CUT FEDERAL PROGRAMS. IT COMES AFTER SENATORS ONCE AGAIN FAILED TO PASS A FUNDING BILL. YESTERDAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP IS BLAMING DEMOCRATS AND SAYS HE’S GOING TO CUT WHAT HE CALLS DEMOCRAT RELATED PROGRAMS. HOWEVER, THE PRESIDENT DID NOT SPECIFY WHICH PROGRAMS HE PLANNED TO TARGET, AND TODAY, FEDERAL WORKERS WILL MISS OUT ON THEIR FIRST PAYCHECK AS LAWMAKERS REMAIN AT AN IMPASSE THAT INCLUDES TSA EMPLOYEES AND AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS. SO MANY ARE REQUIRED TO WORK. SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CALLING IN SICK OR NOT COMING IN AT ALL, AND THAT CAN CAUSE HEADACHES FOR TRAVELERS. SO WE KNOW A LOT OF YOU ARE CURIOUS ABOUT CVG. WLWT NEWS FIVE’S DANIELLE DINDAK LIVE THERE FOR US THIS MORNING. DANIELLE, TELL US WHAT YOU’VE EXPERIENCED AND WHAT THE PEOPLE YOU’VE TALKED TO HAVE SAID ABOUT THE LINES THERE THIS MORNING. YEAH. HEY THERE KELLY. SO I’M TRYING TO TALK TO PEOPLE AS THEY’RE MAKING THEIR WAY THROUGH THIS LINE. AND THIS LINE HAS BEEN VERY, VERY MIGHTY THIS MORNING. NOW, I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THIS IS NOT ONLY THE BUSIEST TIME OF THE WEEK HERE AT CVG, BUT THE BUSIEST TIME OF THE DAY. SO THERE’S A LOT OF ISSUES THAT ARE MAKING THIS LINE FOR WHAT IT IS. SO IF YOU ACTUALLY CAN TAKE A LOOK UP THIS WAY, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE HOW LONG THIS LINE TRULY IS AND ACTUALLY WRAPS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE MURALS AS WELL. AND THEN AS SOON AS YOU KIND OF GET THROUGH THAT OPENING FOR TSA, THERE’S ACTUALLY ALSO ANOTHER LINE IN THERE. SO IT IS A HEFTY LINE. BUT ONCE AGAIN, I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THIS IS THE BUSIEST TIME FOR CVG TALKING TO A LOT OF THE PEOPLE OUT HERE. EVERYONE’S VERY HAPPY. I ACTUALLY TALKED TO SOMEONE NAMED JEAN. SHE WAS WATCHING OUR EARLIER BROADCAST AND SHE SAID, I SAW WHAT YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT OUT THERE. SO I TOLD MY HUSBAND, WE NEED TO GET IN THE CAR BECAUSE SHE IS NOT MISSING HER BAHAMAS FLIGHT. AND SO JEAN IS OUT HERE AND SHE SAID IT ONLY TOOK HER ABOUT 15 MINUTES TO GET TO HER SPOT RIGHT UP HERE. SO SHE IS ABOUT HALFWAY THERE AS OF RIGHT NOW. NOW THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT HAS ADMITTED TO SEEING MORE SINKHOLES AS MARKERS ARE SHOWING UP, ARE EXPECTED TO SHOW UP WITHOUT GETTING PAID, AND IT COMES AT A TIME WHEN MOST AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL FACILITIES ARE ALREADY SHORT STAFFED. NOW, WE HAVE SEEN ISSUES AT AIRPORTS NATIONWIDE, INCLUDING CHICAGO AND NASHVILLE. IT’S BEEN A RIPPLE EFFECT WITH DELAYS FOR ARRIVALS COMING INTO CVG THIS WEEK. NOW, WE ASKED U.S. CONGRESSMAN GREG LANDSMAN AND U.S. SENATOR BERNIE MORENO ABOUT THE SHUTDOWN. MY HOPE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, CONGRESS SAYS, LOOK, PAY THEM ALL AND PAY THEM ALL NOW. AND, YOU KNOW, HE HAS THE MONEY, THE ADMINISTRATION HAS THE MONEY. IF HE BELIEVES HE HAS THE AUTHORITY TO FIRE EVERYBODY, OR HE BELIEVES HE HAS THE AUTHORITY TO NOT PAY PEOPLE, HE THEN HAS THE AUTHORITY TO PAY PEOPLE. THIS IS INSANE. LET’S REOPEN OUR GOVERNMENT. WE NEED FIVE MORE HOUR RULES IN THE SENATE ARE DIFFERENT THAN THE HOUSE. THE HOUSE IS A SIMPLE MAJORITY. I WOULD ASK CONGRESSMAN LANSDEN WHY HE SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT. LIKE, WHY WOULDN’T HE CONTINUE THE PROCESS THAT WAS ONGOING, WHICH IS TO HAVE A BIPARTISAN BUDGET? THIS MAKES NO SENSE WHATSOEVER. NOW, I DID REACH OUT TO TSA. THEY TOLD ME IN PART, QUOTE, AN EXTENDED SHUTDOWN COULD MEAN LONGER WAIT TIMES AT AIRPORTS. THE STATEMENT DOES GO ON TO SAY, QUOTE, TSA HAS NOT EXPERIENCED ANY DELAY IN OPERATIONS DUE TO CALL AND REMAINS FULLY CAPABLE OF FACILITATING SAFE AND SECURE TRAVEL FOR ALL PASSENGERS. SO ONCE AGAIN, HERE IS HOW LONG THIS LINE GOES. IT’S ESTIMATED AS OF RIGHT NOW TO TAKE A LITTLE OVER 30 MINUTES. EVERYONE ONCE AGAIN, VERY PLEASANT OUT HERE. THEY’RE SAYING THEY’VE SEEN THIS OUT HERE PREVIOUSLY AT CVG. AROUND THIS TIME ON A FRIDAY. ONE OTHER THING I REALLY WANT TO POINT OUT. IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THESE BOARDS ALL THE WAY UP HERE, IT’S KIND OF A GOOD SIGN OF HOW THINGS ARE AROUND THE COUNTRY. AS OF RIGHT NOW, EVERYTHING IS GREEN AS FAR AS ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES GO, SO DEFINITELY A HEADACHE. IF YOU’RE FLYING OUT THIS MORNING, BE PREPARED. IT COULD TAKE SOME MORE TIME. YOU COULD BE LIKE JEAN.