Matthew 25: Ministries responding to ongoing water crisis in Arkansas city
THE GRAY AND GLOOMY WEATHER STAYS WITH US FOR ANOTHER AFTERNOON. CLIPPERS SET TO FOLLOW FOR TOMORROW AND WE SEE A WINTRY MIX. PLUS, WHO HAS THE BEST SHOT AT SEEING A MINOR COATING OF SLUSHY SNOW AND BENGALS RUNNING BACK JOE MIXON’S LEGAL TEAM, EXPECTED IN COURT ALMOST A YEAR AFTER A TEEN BOY WAS SHOT OUTSIDE THE FOOTBALL PLAYER’S HOME. WE’LL TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED IN COURT. AND HAPPENING TODAY, PROPERTY TAX BILLS GOING OUT IN THE MAIL FOR BUTLER COUNTY RESIDENTS AS THEY SEE A HISTORIC HIKE. WHY LEADERS SAY IT’S NOT ALL BAD NEWS, THOUGH. THIS IS WLWT NEWS FIVE LEADING THE WAY. ALL RIGHT, WE GOT ANOTHER WINTRY MIX COMING OUR WAY. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US. AND KELLY RIPPIN AND I’M STEVEN ALBRITTON METEOROLOGIST. KATIE DONOVAN IS HERE. AND, KATIE, WE NEED SOME SUN. YEAH, NOT GETTING THAT SOME TIME BEING SO LET’S LET’S DEAL WITH THIS WINTRY MIX THAT WE HAVE. YES I CHECKED TODAY. THERE’S 50 DAYS UNTIL SPRING 50. BUT NOBODY’S COUNTING IN THIS. NO ONE’S COUNTING. YES, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU DID. YES. IT’S BEEN AN AWFUL WEEK. JUST A GLOOM. AND, YOU KNOW, WET WEATHER. AND WE’RE GOING TO HAVE MORE OF THAT AS WE HEAD THROUGH TOMORROW. WE ARE TRACKING THE POTENTIAL FOR A WINTRY MIX TODAY, A NICE AND DRY LEASE FOR RIGHT NOW. SO ALL OF OUR SPRINKLES AND FLURRIES THAT WE SAW THIS MORNING, MOST OF THOSE HAVE CLEARED OUT. BUT BACK TO THE NORTHWEST. WE’RE WATCHING ANOTHER LITTLE SYSTEM THAT’S A CLIPPER. IT’S GOING TO DIVE OUR WAY AND BRING US A SHOT OF RAIN AND SNOW AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE MIDDAY HOURS TOMORROW. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME WET WEATHER. I THINK OVERALL IT’S GOING TO BE LOWER IMPACT. WE’RE NOT LOOKING AT SLICK TRAVEL, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT DEFINITELY A WET DAY TOMORROW AND SOME OF US COULD PICK UP SOME SLUSHY SNOW ACCUMULATION. TEMPERATURES AROUND THE GREATER CINCINNATI AREA RIGHT NOW, RIGHT AROUND 33. IN KENWOOD, 33 IN LOCKLAND DELISE AT 34, CINCINNATI AT 37. NORTHERN KENTUCKY SITTING IN SOME MIDDLE 30S RIGHT NOW, ABOUT 36 AS YOU HEAD UP NORTH TOWARDS HAMILTON AND OXFORD, A WIDER PICTURE WILL SHOW LOTS OF 30. SO CERTAINLY A CHILL TO THE AIR. IT’S MORE OF A WINTRY FEEL TODAY WE’VE GOT 33 IN HILLSBORO, MOUNT AUBURN, BLANCHESTER, DELISA, 34, WARSAW. 35 AT 34. RIGHT NOW WE’LL CONTINUE AGAIN WITH THE CHILL. TODAY I THINK IT’S GOING TO BE COOLER TOMORROW AS THE SYSTEM MOVES IN. THANKFULLY, IT’S GOING TO BE DRY AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE MORNING DRIVE. WHEN YOU’RE STARTING TO GET THE KIDS OFF TO SCHOOL, IT’S GOING TO BE MORE OF A MIDDAY EVENT FOR US HERE, SO BOTH RAIN AND SNOW PUSHING INTO THE AREA AGAIN. WE’RE LOOKING AT THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME MINOR SLUSHY ACCUMULATION. SOME AREAS OF THE GREATER CINCINNATI REGION. SO WE’RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHERE THAT’S SET TO OCCUR. AND ALSO POTENTIAL FOR WET TRAVEL ELSEWHERE. AGAIN, NOT GOING TO BE LOOKING AT WIDESPREAD SLICK TRAVEL FOR A LOT OF US, BUT DEFINITELY A WINTRY FEEL. HAVE A COMPLETE TIMELINE FOR THAT AND THE HOURS OF GREATEST IMPACT FOR YOU AS YOU HEAD NEAR TUESDAY. COMING UP, KELLY AND STEPHEN. ALL RIGHT, KATIE, THANKS SO MUCH. YET ANOTHER CONTINUANCE TODAY IN THE CIVIL SUIT AGAINST BENGALS RUNNING BACK JOE MIXON. THIS IS IN CONNECTION TO THAT SHOOTING OUTSIDE OF HIS HOME LAST YEAR. IT’S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT MIXON IS NOT CRIMINALLY CHARGED. BUT THE SUIT CLAIMS THAT HE PROVIDED THE GUN AND BULLETS USED IN THE SHOOTING THAT LEFT A TEEN INJURED. NEITHER MIXON NOR HIS LEGAL TEAM APPEARED IN COURT TODAY. WE’RE TOLD A NEW DATE WILL BE SET FOR THAT HEARING. WELL, IT HAS BEEN A BUSY MORNING FOR CINCINNATI POLICE AFTER A VIOLENT NIGHT ACROSS THE CITY. SO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT STAYED BUSY EARLY THIS MORNING, RESPONDING TO AT LEAST THREE VIOLENT CRIMES IN JUST THE LAST FEW HOURS OF THE MORNING. THIS FIRST HAPPENED ON WEST EIGHTH STREET IN QUEENSGATE SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. POLICE RUSHED TO A MARATHON GAS STATION AFTER A WOMAN WAS STABBED INSIDE A CAR. INVESTIGATORS TELL US SHE WAS STABBED IN THE LEG AND IN THE BACK. CREWS RUSHED HER TO UC MEDICAL CENTER AND WE’RE STILL WORKING TO GET AN UPDATE ON HER CONDITION OR IF THERE HAS BEEN ANY ARRESTS. THEN LESS THAN TWO HOURS AFTER THAT, POLICE SHUT DOWN SIDNEY AVENUE AT CAMP WASHINGTON. THEY SAY THEY WERE INVESTIGATING A POSSIBLE SHOOTING AFTER SOMEBODY SHOWED UP AT THE HOSPITAL. RIGHT NOW, IT’S STILL NOT CLEAR IF THEY FOUND ANYTHING CONNECTED TO A POSSIBLE CRIME, OR EVEN IF IT WAS CONNECTED TO THAT VICTIM. AND AS THAT SCENE WAS WRAPPING UP, EVEN MORE TO FOLLOW UP ON, POLICE RUSHED TO ANOTHER SCENE IN WEST PRICE HILL THAT ON SUNSET AVENUE AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX. POLICE TELL US A MAN WAS SHOT IN THE LEG AND TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, WHERE HE IS EXPECTED TO RECOVER. SO FAR, POLICE HAVE NOT SHARED ANY SUSPECT INFORMATION. A CINCINNATI MOTHER FACING A CHILD ENDANGERMENT CHARGE AFTER HER TODDLER WAS FOUND OUTSIDE IN THE FREEZING RAIN WITH NOTHING BUT PANTS ON. OFFICERS WERE CALLED TO A CHEVY, AN APARTMENT WHERE A THREE YEAR OLD CHILD HAD BEEN FOUND SHIVERING IN THE COLD RAIN ON SUNDAY MORNING. THE COMPLAINT FROM CINCINNATI POLICE SAYS THE BOY’S HANDS AND FEET WERE BRIGHT RED AS HE WAS TRYING TO GET INTO THE BACK DOOR. THE CHILD’S MOTHER, 20 YEAR OLD MICHAELA SULLIVAN, WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH ENDANGERING CHILDREN. SHE APPEARED IN COURT THIS MORNING VISIBLY UPSET WITH HER DEFENSE ATTORNEY, SAYING SHE DOESN’T KNOW HOW THIS HAPPENED. SULLIVAN’S BOND WAS SET AT $10,000 WITH AN ELECTRONIC MONITORING UNIT. NEW ON WLWT AND AMBER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A GIRL OUT OF WESTERN KENTUCKY. FIVE YEAR OLD LILA BLACK WAS REPORTED MISSING THIS MORNING AFTER KENTUCKY STATE POLICE RESPONDED AND INVESTIGATED THE DEATH OF THE GIRL’S MOTHER IN PRINCETON, KENTUCKY. NOW, WE’RE TOLD LEELA’S MOTHER DIED AFTER SHE WAS SHOT IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD. LILA IS BELIEVED TO BE WITH HER BIOLOGICAL FATHER, 42 YEAR OLD BYRON BLACK. THERE’S ALSO AN ALERT OUT FOR HIM FOR THE MOTHER’S MURDER. NEITHER OF THEM HAVE BEEN SEEN OR HEARD FROM SINCE FRIDAY. THE AMBER ALERT SAYS THE SUSPECT MAY BE DRIVING A 1996 WHITE CHEVROLET CHEVROLET SILVERADO WITH CALIFORNIA PLATES. THERE’S ALSO PAINT PEELING OFF THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. BYRON BLACK IS SUSPECTED TO BE ARMED AND DANGEROUS, SO IF YOU SEE HIM OR THAT CAR, THAT VEHICLE, THAT LITTLE GIRL, PLEASE CONTACT POLICE. ALL RIGHT. A BIT OF A TAX BREAK FOR HOMEOWNERS IN BUTLER COUNTY. THE NEW PROPERTY TAX BILLS FOR THE FIRST HALF OF 2023 BEING MAILED OUT. ALL RIGHT, ACCORDING TO THE BUTLER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, TAXPAYER WILL SAVE SOME MONEY THIS YEAR. WLWT NEWS FIVE ANCHOR ASHLEY KIRKLEN IS LIVE IN BUTLER COUNTY. TO BREAK IT ALL DOWN FOR US. ASHLEY. HI, GUYS. WELL, AS OHIO’S NEW STATE PROPERTY TAX LAWS WILL START IMPACTING PEOPLE ACROSS THE STATE, FOLKS HERE IN BUTLER COUNTY WILL ACTUALLY BE SAVING A FEW DOLLARS, IF YOU CAN BELIEVE IT OR NOT. NOW, LAST MAY, THE OHIO TAX COMMISSIONER IN COLUMBUS RECOMMENDED AN AVERAGE OF 40 TO 50% VALUE INCREASE FOR HOMES IN BUTLER COUNTY. THE MEDIAN PROPERTY VALUE INCREASE IS ABOUT 37%. THERE WAS AN EFFORT LAST YEAR TO FIGHT THESE STEEP PRICE INCREASES THROUGH LEGISLATION, BUT HOUSE AND SENATE LEADERSHIP DIDN’T COME TO AN AGREEMENT. BY DECEMBER, MEANING NO RELIEF. WELL, THE BUTLER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS APPROVED A $5.8 MILLION TAX BREAK FOR PROPERTY OWNERS, AND THIS IS GOING TO SAVE TAXPAYERS HERE ROUGHLY $40 PER HOUSEHOLD. WHEN THOSE TAX BILLS COME IN THE MAIL. NOW, THE PAYMENTS ARE DUE BY FEBRUARY 24TH OF THIS YEAR. WE’LL HAVE A LIST OF DIFFERENT WAYS IN THIS STORY ON OUR WEBSITE, WLWT, ON HOW YOU CAN PAY THOSE PROPERTY TAX BILLS ONCE YOU GET YOURS IN THE MAIL LIVE HERE IN BUTLER COUNTY. ASHLEY KIRKLEN WLWT NEWS FIVE. ALL RIGHT, ASHLEY, THANKS SO MUCH. WE APPRECIATE IT. THE WHITE HOUSE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL SAYS PRESIDENT BIDEN IS STILL WORKING THROUGH OPTIONS AFTER HE VOWED TO RETALIATE FOR THE DRONE ATTACK THAT KILLED THREE U.S. SERVICE MEMBERS. THE DEATHS AT A BASE IN JORDAN YESTERDAY ARE THE FIRST IN MONTHS OF ATTACKS BY IRAN BACKED MILITIA. SAINTS SINCE THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR BEGAN. NBC’S KEIR SIMMONS REPORTS FROM AMMAN, JORDAN. HEY THERE. GOOD DAY TO YOU. THE PRESIDENT VOWING TO RESPOND TO THE FIRST US MILITARY FATALITIES FROM HOSTILE FIRE SINCE THE WAR IN GAZA BEGAN. PRESIDENT BIDEN DESCRIBING IT AS A TOUGH DAY. THE THREE WERE KILLED AT A BASE HERE IN JORDAN, 34 WERE INJURED, EIGHT EVACUATED FOR HIGHER LEVEL CARE. A GROUP BACKED BY IRAN IS BEING BLAMED FOR THE ATTACK. BUT TODAY IRAN, ATTEMPTING TO DISTANCE ITSELF FROM THE ATTACK, SAYING IT DOES NOT SEND ORDERS TO ITS PROXIES, NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL SPOKESMAN JOHN KIRBY TELLING TODAY THEY ARE LOOKING AT OPTIONS WHILE SAYING THE US DOES NOT WANT A WAR WITH IRAN. STILL, SOME REPUBLICANS ARE SAYING IT IS NOW TIME FOR STRIKES INSIDE IRAN, SAYING A STRONGER MESSAGE NEEDS TO BE SENT WHILE ALLIES OF THE US IN THIS REGION WARNING OF FURTHER INSTABILITY. ALL RIGHT, KEIR SIMMONS REPORTING ALL RIGHT. LIKE IT OR NOT, EXPANDING THE STREETCAR REMAINS A HOT TOPIC IN CINCINNATI. WHAT LEADERS SAY COULD BE INCLUDED IN HOW YOU CAN BE HEARD. AND A LOCAL ANIMAL SHELTER AND HELP OF A NEED IN NEED OF A HELPING HAND. THE RENOVATIONS THAT COULD LEAVE DOZENS OF DOGS THAT DOG. MY GOODNESS, EVERY TIME, EVERY TIME. YEAH, I’VE HAD A COUPLE PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA SAY THE SAME THING. HOW YOU CAN HELP MAKE A DIFFERENCE. ALL RIGHT. WE’RE GOING TO BE DRY AND CLOUDY HERE THIS AFTERNOON. BUT ANOTHER SLUSHY ROUND OF RAIN AND SNOW SET TO RETURN TOMORROW. THE HOURS OF GREATEST IMPACT HERE IN CINCINNATI. AND WHAT TO EXPE
Matthew 25: Ministries responding to ongoing water crisis in Arkansas city
Updated: 5:12 PM EST Jan 29, 2024
Matthew 25: Ministries, a humanitarian aid and disaster relief organization headquartered in Blue Ash, is responding to an ongoing water crisis in an Arkansas city.Residents in Helena-West Helena, a city in southeast Arkansas, have been without access to water for over one week, with the city under a disaster declaration.Bottled water is being provided to impacted residents, though other essential health and hygiene resources are limited.Matthew 25: Ministries is deploying their Disaster Response Team along with the Tide Loads of Hope Mobile Laundry Unit in collaboration with Procter & Gamble, Walmart and Tide to provide assistance to the Helena-West Helena area.Matthew 25 is requesting monetary and product donations to supplement existing supplies and for restocking during their response to this current disaster and future disasters.Monetary donations can be made online or by mailing checks to Matthew 25: Ministries, 11060 Kenwood Road, Blue Ash, OH 45242. Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced Friday that she is encouraging the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission to expedite an emergency loan to the city, in an effort to quickly refurbish wells and replace valves in the city’s water system.
Matthew 25: Ministries, a humanitarian aid and disaster relief organization headquartered in Blue Ash, is responding to an ongoing water crisis in an Arkansas city.
Residents in Helena-West Helena, a city in southeast Arkansas, have been without access to water for over one week, with the city under a disaster declaration.
Bottled water is being provided to impacted residents, though other essential health and hygiene resources are limited.
Matthew 25: Ministries is deploying their Disaster Response Team along with the Tide Loads of Hope Mobile Laundry Unit in collaboration with Procter & Gamble, Walmart and Tide to provide assistance to the Helena-West Helena area.
Matthew 25 is requesting monetary and product donations to supplement existing supplies and for restocking during their response to this current disaster and future disasters.
Monetary donations can be made online or by mailing checks to Matthew 25: Ministries, 11060 Kenwood Road, Blue Ash, OH 45242.
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced Friday that she is encouraging the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission to expedite an emergency loan to the city, in an effort to quickly refurbish wells and replace valves in the city’s water system.
