Norwood's Shea Stadium is in the process of a renovation project for the first time since 2002. The venue, which opened as Norwood Municipal Stadium in 1972, is in the first and second phases of the project. "The nickname of Norwood is 'The Gem of the Highlands' and I feel that Shea Stadium is one of the gems," Norwood City Schools Athletic Director Chuck Richardson said. "To completely upgrade the facility with new turf, track, lighting, play clocks, scoreboard and most importantly heating and air conditioning at once will be exciting." Richardson said the fact that all the projects happen at ..read more

A roadwork project coming to the Norwood Lateral will cause a 160 days of closures in the eastbound lanes starting in March, according to the Ohio Department of Transportation. The project seeks to rehabilitate mainline bridges between the Paddock Road and I-71 interchanges, including bridges over Paddock, Reading Road and Ross Avenue. The rehabilitation process will include replacing joints and barriers, painting and sealing the structures. In addition, crews will be resurfacing SR-562 between Paddock and I-71. Starting March 11, this means the eastbound lanes will be closed to all traffic fo ..read more

When Lisa Peterson, 37, moved into her basement-floor apartment, she was happy laundry was right outside her door. But now she has a big problem: a recent diagnosis has left her struggling to walk and the only way in and out of her building is two sets of stairs. "One of the big issues with this disorder is any time there's an angle of the level of the surface," Peterson said. "Like going up a curb ramp for example, my legs might start to go weak, I might start to shake really bad. I might even fall down if it's bad enough." In October, doctors told Peterson she had Functional Neurological Dis ..read more

Do you work at or own a small business? Then you need to know about a sneaky new scam that gets you to send weekly paychecks somewhere else. Lynn Meyers owns a delivery services company, United Courier, in Norwood. She said she received an email from one of her employees asking that she re-direct his pay into his new bank account. So I get an email from Scott Laminack, Meyers said. Scott Laminack happens to be our general manager. And it said his next payroll should go into this account. Suspicious by how the email was written, Meyers walked into his office, which turned out to be a good thing ..read more

A man stole a City of Norwood work truck and drove it around for "a few hours" before police were able to stop him, according to Norwood police. Police said public works officials were doing work in the 4000 block of Montgomery Road at around 8:50 a.m. Police said that's when a man jumped into one of the worker's trucks and stole it. From there, the truck was picked up through several license plate reader hits and sightings over the span of "a few hours," police said. While he drove around, the man left the truck's flashing, orange lights turned on, something police said made it easier to spot ..read more

At least one person was hospitalized early Saturday morning after a head-on collision on the Norwood Lateral, Norwood police said. Police said they were dispatched to a two-vehicle crash on the lateral around 3 a.m. A person driving a Toyota Rav 4 was traveling westbound on the lateral when a person driving a Chevrolet Camaro the wrong way on the lateral hit the Rav 4 head-on, police said. WCPO 9 was provided with video of the aftermath after the collision. Norwood Lateral Head-On Crash The driver of the Camaro was transported to UC Medical Center, but their condition is unknown. Police also d ..read more

The Hamilton County Coroner's Office has identified the 58-year-old man who was hit and killed by a driver in Norwood Tuesday evening. Norwood police said he was hit by a person driving on Reading Road Tuesday night. The coroner's office has identified the man as Steven Havens. Police said a person driving a silver Hyundai SUV hit Havens on Reading Road near Sherman Avenue. He was taken to UC Medical Center where he later died ..read more

A Norwood man is accused of sending threatening social media messages to parents, saying that he wanted to rape, cannibalize and brutally murder their young daughters. In June, Justin Smith, 31, messaged a parent saying that he wanted to "spit roast her 8-year-old daughter," according to Hamilton County court documents. He allegedly interacted with the parents on Facebook with an account under the name of "Bobby Hill." Then in July, Smith was accused by another parent, saying that he shared social media posts of her daughter and said that he wanted to "eat and brutally rape" the 6-year-old, co ..read more

All northbound lanes of I-75 have reopened beyond the Norwood Lateral after an unsafe light pole caused a closure. The shut down happened just after 7:30 a.m., and the highway reopened around 8:15 a.m. CPD Lt. Jonathan Cunningham said there was a light pole in "extreme danger" of falling down on top of all lanes of traffic on I-75. It's unclear how or if crews were able to repair the light pole in the 45 minutes or so of shut down ..read more

A pickleball tournament featuring some Bengals and the Ben-Gals, plus local celebrities, is raising money and awareness for HER Cincinnati and its work with women in need across our area. The event is Wednesday, August 23 at 5 p.m. at Aces Pickleball + Kitchen in the Factory 52 development in Norwood. HER Cincinnati - formerly known as Cincinnati Union Bethel - operates three major programs. The Anna Louise Inn provides safe, affordable housing for single women, and often some of the most vulnerable women in our community. The Off the Streets program coordinates resources and at times provides ..read more