Former Bengal WR in critical, but stable, condition after ranch accident
AND. RIGHT NOW ON WLWT. MORE WARM DAYS LINED UP INTO THE WEEKEND, SO YOU’LL WANT TO GET OUTSIDE. I’M TRACKING THE TIMELINE FOR RAIN SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS STARTING TOMORROW. BREAKING ON WLWT TRAFFIC FLOWING AGAIN ON 75 AFTER A DEADLY CRASH SHUT DOWN THE INTERSTATE FOR HOURS OVERNIGHT. WHAT POLICE ARE SHARING ABOUT THEIR INVESTIGATION. ALSO BREAKING OVERNIGHT, PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYS VENEZUELA WILL TURN OVER MILLIONS OF BARRELS OF OIL TO THE UNITED STATES. WE’RE GETTING THE FACTS ON THE IMPACT OF THIS MOVE, WHICH COMES JUST DAYS AFTER THE CAPTURE OF THE COUNTRY’S LEADER. THIS IS WLWT NEWS 5 TODAY, LEADING THE WAY. YOU WILL WANT TO BRING A JACKET ON YOUR WAY TO WORK OR SCHOOL TODAY, BUT THOSE WARMER TEMPERATURES ARE ON THEIR WAY. GOOD MORNING TO YOU ON MEGAN MITCHELL STEVEN ALBRITTON WITH KELLY RIPPIN. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. WE’RE HEADED BACK TO THE MID 50S. THE LIGHT JACKET METEOROLOGIST RANDI RICO TRACKING THAT WARM UP. SO WE ALSO MIGHT SEE PEEKS OF SUNSHINE, WHICH I THINK WILL MAKE THIS FEEL EVEN BETTER. YOU’LL HAVE TO HAVE A LITTLE PATIENCE WITH IT, BECAUSE IT WON’T BE UNTIL THE LATTER HALF OF THE AFTERNOON. BUT ADDING IN SOME SUNSHINE TO OUR ALREADY MILD TEMPERATURES. THIS DOES NOT SEEM LIKE A TYPICAL JANUARY OUTLOOK. IN FACT, THIS MORNING WITH CLOUDY SKIES, OUR TEMPERATURES ARE STILL STUCK IN THE 40S. SO RIGHT NOW IT’S 43 IN CINCINNATI. THE AVERAGE HIGH FOR THIS DATE IS 40. SO WE ARE ALREADY ABOVE AVERAGE AT 6:00 IN THE MORNING. AFTERNOON SHOULD END UP SOMEWHERE BETWEEN ABOUT 50 AND 55. AND RIGHT NOW, LOW 50S WOULD MEAN THE CLOUDS DON’T GET HERE. THE CLOUDS DON’T MOVE OUT UNTIL THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. BUT IF FOR SOME REASON THEY PEEL OUT EARLY, WE ARE EASILY HEADED UP INTO THE MID 50S TODAY. SO LET’S TAKE A LOOK. 12 HOUR FORECAST SHOWS GRAY SKIES EARLY ON, SO NOT A WHOLE LOT OF MOVEMENT TEMPERATURE WISE TO START THE DAY. BUT BY THE AFTERNOON AS WE GET MORE SUNSHINE, WE COULD MAKE IT ALL THE WAY UP INTO THE MID 50S. NOW WITH CLEAR SKIES THIS EVENING, TEMPERATURES DROP OFF A LITTLE BIT QUICKER INTO THE EVENING HOURS AND RAIN IS BACK IN THE FORECAST TOMORROW, BUT THE TIMELINE IS SHIFTED. I THINK YOU’LL APPRECIATE THE CHANGES IN THE FORECAST I’LL HAVE FOR YOU IN A COUPLE OF MINUTES. KELLY. OKAY, RANDY, THANKS SO MUCH. WE’LL CHECK BACK IN LEADING THE WAY WITH LOTS OF BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. WE START WITH A DEADLY CRASH FROM OVERNIGHT ON 75 NORTHBOUND. WE’RE STILL WORKING TO GET ANSWERS ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION THAT KEPT THE INTERSTATE CLOSED NEAR THE RONALD REAGAN HIGHWAY FOR NEARLY FIVE HOURS. WLWT NEWS FIVE’S NICOLE APONTE LIVE AT THE READING ROAD EXIT WITH WHAT WE KNOW UNFOLDED HERE OVERNIGHT. NICOLE. KELLY, GOOD MORNING TO YOU. I’VE BEEN MAKING CALLS TO BOTH CINCINNATI DISTRICT FOR OFFICERS, AS WELL AS THE TRAFFIC UNIT WITHIN CPD. THEY HAVE YET TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE OR ANY NEW INFORMATION INTO THIS INVESTIGATION. BUT THIS IS THE SPOT THAT A LOT OF DRIVERS, A LOT OF SEMI TRUCKS HAD TO TRAVEL THROUGH TO GET BACK ONTO THE HIGHWAY AFTER IT WAS SHUT DOWN, AS YOU JUST SAID, KELLY, FOR ABOUT FIVE HOURS OVERNIGHT. WE KNOW THAT AROUND 415 THIS MORNING THOSE LANES REOPENED, BUT THAT WAS NOT THE CASE. JUST A FEW HOURS AGO. CINCINNATI POLICE ARE NOT SAYING MUCH ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION RIGHT NOW, BUT THEY WERE OUT ALONG I-75 NORTHBOUND BY RONALD REAGAN HIGHWAY SINCE 1130 LAST NIGHT. YOU CAN SEE THE LARGE RESPONSE AS WELL AS A SEMI TRUCK AND AT LEAST ONE OTHER VEHICLE ON THE INTERSTATE. OFFICERS SAID THE INITIAL CALL WAS FOR A CRASH WITH INJURIES, BUT THEY SAY THEY FOUND A MAN WHO WAS SERIOUSLY HURT. HE WAS TAKEN TO UC MEDICAL CENTER, WHERE HE LATER DIED FROM HIS INJURIES. CPD TRAFFIC UNIT IS INVESTIGATING AGAIN. I-75 IS NOW REOPENED, WHICH IS SOME PRETTY GREAT NEWS AS WE INCH CLOSER TO THAT MORNING COMMUTE. REPORTING LIVE THIS MORNING. NICOLE APONTE WLWT NEWS FIVE. NICOLE. THANK YOU. ALSO BREAKING OVERNIGHT, WE’VE LEARNED THAT ONE PERSON IS DEAD. ANOTHER IS SERIOUSLY HURT AFTER A CRASH INVOLVING AN AMBULANCE IN WESTCHESTER. THIS CRASH HAPPENED AROUND 530 LAST NIGHT NEAR BECKETT ROAD AND BECKETT PARK. POLICE SAY A WESTCHESTER TOWNSHIP AMBULANCE WAS RETURNING FROM A HOSPITAL RUN WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER CAR. OUR CAMERAS SAW THAT CAR FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN. THE AMBULANCE HAD HEAVY DAMAGE THE TIME. BUT THE PARAMEDICS JUMPED INTO ACTION AFTER THAT CRASH, TREATING THE TWO PEOPLE IN THE CAR. BOTH WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE ONE OF THEM DIED. THAT PERSON’S NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED. IT IS NOT CLEAR WHAT CAUSED THIS CRASH, BUT WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED AS WE LEARN MORE. NOW TO SOME BREAKING NEWS FROM OVERSEAS PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ANNOUNCING OVERNIGHT THAT VENEZUELA WILL TURN OVER UP TO 50 MILLION BARRELS OF OIL TO THE U.S. THIS COMES JUST THREE DAYS AFTER THE UNITED STATES FORCED ITS AND CAPTURED VENEZUELAN LEADER NICOLAS MADURO AND HIS WIFE, BRINGING THEM TO NEW YORK TO FACE FEDERAL DRUG CHARGES. NOW, THE PRESIDENT WROTE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, QUOTE, THE OIL WILL BE SOLD AT ITS MARKET PRICE AND THAT THE MONEY WILL BE CONTROLLED BY ME AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TO ENSURE IT IS USED TO THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF VENEZUELA AND TO THE UNITED STATES. WHILE 50 MILLION BARRELS SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF OIL OR GET THE FACTS TEAM FOUND, IT’S REALLY JUST A VERY, VERY, VERY SMALL FRACTION HERE. 0.01 OR 0.0165% OF VENEZUELA’S 303 BILLION BARRELS OF CRUDE OIL. THAT’S ROUGHLY A FIFTH OF THE WORLD’S OIL RESERVES. TO COMPARE, THE U.S. HAS ABOUT $74 BILLION WORTH OF CRUDE OIL. LOOKING AHEAD, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTS TRUMP WILL MEET FRIDAY WITH MAJOR U.S. OIL COMPANIES TO DISCUSS FUTURE INVESTMENTS IN VENEZUELA’S OIL SECTOR. AS FOR MADURO AND HIS WIFE, THEY’RE STILL IN U.S. CUSTODY, PLEADING NOT GUILTY TO FEDERAL DRUG CHARGES. MADURO IS CALLING HIMSELF A PRISONER OF WAR. COMING UP ON NEWS TO GO. PRESIDENT TRUMP NOW SETTING HIS SIGHTS ON GREENLAND. OUR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT RACHEL HIRSCHHEIMER IS LIVE AT THE WHITE HOUSE WITH REACTION TO HIS COMMENTS THAT MILITARY ACTION IS, QUOTE, ALWAYS AN OPTION THAT WILL BE RIGHT HERE ON WLT. AT 650. AND NEW THIS MORNING, THE QUEEN CITY SHINING BRIGHTER THAN EVER. CINCINNATI OFFICIALLY SWEPT THE FLIP THE SWITCH ON A BRAND-NEW CINCINNATI SIGN AT THE DUKE ENERGY CENTER. THE OLD 17 YEAR-OLD SIGN WAS UPGRADED IN 2014, BUT THE CDC SAID ITS METAL PANELS HAD BECOME TOO EXPENSIVE TO MAINTAIN, SO EACH OF THESE LED LETTERS IS NOW FULLY CUSTOMIZABLE AND CAN EVEN PLAY VIDEO. AND THE SIGN IS JUST ONE OF THE BIG CHANGES THAT IS NOW IN PLACE. AND LATER THIS MORNING, THE CONVENTION CENTER WILL REOPEN AFTER 18 MONTHS. HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND TOP TO BOTTOM RENOVATIONS AND WLWT NEWS FIVE GIACOMO LUCA LIVE FOR US THERE RIGHT NOW. GIACOMO. THIS DOES MARK A BIG LEAP FORWARD FOR THE CONVENTION DISTRICT AS A WHOLE. YEAH. MEGAN, CINCINNATI TOURISM LEADERS ARE CALLING THIS A GENERATIONAL TRANSFORMATION. IF YOU’VE DRIVEN PAST THE UPDATES TO THE CONVENTION CENTER, YOU CAN SEE HOW SLEEK IT IS ON THE OUTSIDE. INSIDE CINCINNATI’S REIMAGINED CONVENTION CENTER NOW FEATURES ONE OF THE LARGEST GRAND BALLROOMS IN THE MIDWEST A BRAND NEW ROOFTOP TERRACE AND A 200,000 SQUARE FOOT EXHIBITION HALL. THERE’S ALSO STATE OF THE ART TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES. ALONG WITH THAT EXPANSION, VISIT, CINCY SAYS THAT’S GOING TO ALLOW THE QUEEN CITY TO HOST MOST MAJOR CONVENTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES. IT’S ALSO GOING TO SERVE AS THE ANCHOR FOR REVITALIZATION OF THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF DOWNTOWN, TYING TOGETHER FINISHED DEVELOPMENTS LIKE THE FOUNDRY ALONG WITH THE RECENTLY OPENED ELM STREET PLAZA. THAT TWO ACRE SPACE FEATURING A DOG PARK, WALKING PATHS AND PAVILION, ALONG WITH AN UPGRADED PARKING GARAGE AND THE 700 ROOM MARRIOTT HOTEL THAT’S SET TO OPEN IN 2028. NOW THIS GRAND OPENING ALL COMES JUST IN TIME FOR REDS FEST THAT’S GOING TO BE TAKING PLACE NEXT WEEK. THE VERY FIRST SCHEDULED EVENT AT THE NEWLY REIMAGINED CONVENTION CENTER. WE’RE GOING TO GET A LOOK INSIDE WE’LL BRING YOU ALL THOSE UPDATES AND IMAGES INSIDE LATER TODAY, SO STICK WITH US. WE’RE LIVE IN THE CONVENTION DISTRICT GIACOMO LUCA WLWT NEWS FIVE. ALL RIGHT. GIACOMO, THANK YOU. AND A HEADS UP FOR DRIVERS WHO USE THE CARROLL CROPPER BRIDGE. LANE CLOSURES COULD SLOW YOUR MORNING COMMUTE DEPENDING ON WHAT TIME YOU HEAD OUT. THE RIGHT LANE GOING WESTBOUND. SO KENTUCKY INTO INDIANA WILL BE CLOSED STARTING AT NINE THIS MORNING. CREWS ARE INSTALLING A PLATFORM SO THEY CAN FINISH THE REPAINTING PROJECT. THE LANE WILL THEN REOPEN BY 3:00. THAT’S FOR THE AFTERNOON RUSH. OVERNIGHT, THOUGH, THERE WILL BE ROLLING ROADBLOCKS IN THE EASTBOUND LANES. SO COMING THE OTHER DIRECTION FOR CREWS TO COMPLETE SEALING WORK THAT STARTS AT NINE TONIGHT IS EXPECTED TO BE FINISHED BY 5:00 TOMORROW MORNING. AGAIN, THEY’RE DOI
Former Bengal WR in critical, but stable, condition after ranch accident
Updated: 10:12 AM EST Jan 7, 2026
Former Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Jordan Shipley has been hospitalized with severe burns after an accident on his ranch, according to a statement from his family.University of Texas athletic director John Bianco took to social media late Tuesday to share a statement from Shipley’s family to provide an update on his condition.According to his family, Shipley was involved in an accident in his hometown of Burnet, Texas.”The machine he was operating on his ranch caught fire, and although he managed to get out, it was not before sustaining severe burns on his body in the process,” the statement from his family reads.His family says he was taken to a hospital by one of the workers on his ranch before he was care-flighted to Austin. He’s in critical, but stable, condition, his family says.Drafted by the Bengals in the third round in 2010 out of the University of Texas, Shipley spent two years with the Bengals, playing in 17 games and catching 614 yards and three touchdowns.After his time in Cincinnati, he spent parts of the 2012 season with the Jacksonville Jaguars and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.Shipley played four years with the Longhorns, leading the Big 12 with 116 receptions his senior year in 2009 and was named a consensus All-American.Shipley is the broker and owner of Shipley Ranches.
Former Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Jordan Shipley has been hospitalized with severe burns after an accident on his ranch, according to a statement from his family.
University of Texas athletic director John Bianco took to social media late Tuesday to share a statement from Shipley’s family to provide an update on his condition.
According to his family, Shipley was involved in an accident in his hometown of Burnet, Texas.
“The machine he was operating on his ranch caught fire, and although he managed to get out, it was not before sustaining severe burns on his body in the process,” the statement from his family reads.
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His family says he was taken to a hospital by one of the workers on his ranch before he was care-flighted to Austin. He’s in critical, but stable, condition, his family says.
Drafted by the Bengals in the third round in 2010 out of the University of Texas, Shipley spent two years with the Bengals, playing in 17 games and catching 614 yards and three touchdowns.
After his time in Cincinnati, he spent parts of the 2012 season with the Jacksonville Jaguars and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Shipley played four years with the Longhorns, leading the Big 12 with 116 receptions his senior year in 2009 and was named a consensus All-American.
Shipley is the broker and owner of Shipley Ranches.