Safety before headlines

A city of Cincinnati press conference set for today at 10:30 on highway safety was delayed by one hour -- because the Ohio Highway Patrol officials participating were stuck in traffic due to bad weather.

Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory, Police Chief Tom Streicher and officials from the Highway Patrol to talk about how successful a recent collaborative program -- the Highway Patrol has been patrolling highways within the city limits -- has been.

But Mallory's office sent out an e-mail 23 minutes before the press conference, to be held in the Price Hill Emergency Operations Center, to announce the press conference was delayed by an hour.

Because the Highway Patrol officials had to come from Columbus this morning, the snowy conditions and slow driving resulted in them being delayed.

"It would be horrible if something happened," said Jason Barron of the mayor's office.