On June 5, 2020 at approximately 7:08 p.m., Deputies were called to the area of 7830 Birchwood Court in Deerfield Township for the report of a missing autistic five year old male. Deputies and Fire Units searched the immediate area and located the victim in a retention pond. The juvenile victim was transported to a local hospital. At this time no further information will be released as this is an on-going investigation.
Long-time and award-winning Cincinnati-area journalist, radio show host, podcast producer and photographer Joe Wessels is the founder and publisher (and kinda the do-everything guy) of Loveland Local News. Previously, Wessels was the Cincinnati City Hall and Hamilton County reporter for The Cincinnati Post and a weekly columnist for Cincinnati CityBeat where he regularly broke news. Wessels moved to Loveland in 2014 and quickly realized Loveland would be a great place to fulfill his dream of creating his own online news and information publication.