as part of the greater cincinnati greater cincinnati water works effort at continuous infrastructure improvement, crews will be working on the pippin road water main project starting monday, feb. 1. pippin road will be closed between galbraith road and banning road between 7:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. each business day. the project is expected to take six weeks. chipotle could finally be through the e-coli outbreak chipotle could finally be through the e-coli outbreak .. the c-d-c is giving the restaurant a clean bill of health... after dozens of customers in several states...reported getting sick after eating at chipotle restaurants. no deaths have been reported. to win back customers, chipotle is planning deep discounts for the upcoming super bowl weekend. the government of honduras has emergency, saying it has recorded more than 35- hundred suspected cases of zika virus infections in less than three months. health officials are urging residents to remove outdoor water containers that serve as breeding grounds which transmit the virus. this, just hours after the world organization called t

two big changes at the cincinnati v-a... thanks to a nine on your side i-team and d-c scripps bureau investigation. investigation.scripps national investigative reporter mark greenblatt shows us why those leaders are in trouble. the highest ranking v-a official in ohio, michigan and indiana-- is packing his bags... jack hetrick is out as network director after the v-a announced it substantiated misconduct allegations against both him, and the cincinnati va's acting chief of staff dr barbara temeck. the v-a suspended her medical privileges, and transferred temeck to another role pending potential further discipline -- where she could even face potential criminal charges. the va announced the moves following preliminary results of an internral probe it launched, in response to a joint investigation by the scripps washington bureau and wcpo wcpo our reporting revealed widespread problems and allegations from dozens of insiders concerned about care for veterans under temeck's leadership. and we discovered improper prescriptions

. >> from cincinnati' s wlwt, leading the way. this is wlwt news 5 today. >> my puppet was pulling the strings. we will find out here good morning, everyone. welcome to news 5 today. thank you for joining us on this saturday morning. this is jennifer schack. how are you? jennifer: good to good morning. jonathan: pretty out there. jennifer: it is one of those mornings where you think i hope it is warm as it looks. for the most part, we will do well with that. jonathan: we are above average which is continuing a trend of hitting weekends correctly with the weather. jennifer: today and tomorrow are above average. the wonder of the two is tomorrow, but still us to enjoy today. if you are out this morning, 30' s. what will help us out is a nice south wind in the forecast. satellite and radar showing overnight cloud cover moving out and clear skies at this point will be limited if any clouds arrive later this afternoon. we see some activity developed for northern indiana. it may clip our northern commute -- counties aired most of us, su

southeast cincinnati, possibly some snow mixing in. be aware overnight roads will still be wet, slick, snow-covered. stray flurries can't be ruled out. mainly concern for wet and snowy roads, and of course we'll keep an eye on rainshowers that will be scattered southeast cincinnati possibly mixing with some snow into tomorrow evening. forecast high tomorrow, 38 degrees and therred flurries tuesday and that's no joke. upper 50s lower 60s by the time we get to the back end of the workweek. good morning cincinnati will have the updated forecast beginning at 8:25. meanwhile, the weather authority app has got everything you need. >> yeah. i need that. >> i need warmer air. >> light at the end of the tunnel. and indiana should have seen it coming. had a game against the hoosisiers ott. >>> this season the hoosiers have looked really good at times, average at times and with a loss to penn state, that's gonna happen, they have 9 wins over atop of 100 rbi teams, that's good. the first iowa took care of business today at eighth ranked michigan s

anonymous say they're declaring war on the cincinnati police department. frank 2shot welcome back to the fox19 now morning xtra... the extra hour of the xtra. we still have an hour to go... but first we want to check your forecast. police department. a threat the police chief is taking seriously. this is a still picture of the video. fox19 now is choosing not to show that video at this time. in it, the group claims c-p-d officers shot and killed suspect paul gaston because he was black but did not use lethal force against a white suspect in a similar circumstance the day before. we reached out to several cincinnati leaders. chief eliot isaac gave us the following statement... "we take all threats seriously and will be investigating any potential criminal activity connected." he also tells fox19 now that our officers are aware of the video and are taking any necessary precautions. we also spoke with the president of the fraternal order of police in cincinnati. sergeant dan hils tells us the group has doctored the raised his arm. hils says "i believe this is

carstar as part of the greater cincinnati greater cincinnati water works infrastructure working on the main project starting monday, pippin road will be closed between banning road between 7:30 a.m. business day. the project is six weeks. happening today it's day two of a visit from a major organization... lions club leaders are the queen city, to decide whether cincinnati should host a major conference. rob dblbx our jordan vilines is live to explain what the impact live cincinnati, oh january 31, 2016 top decision makers of lions club international, the world's largest service club association, will visit cincinnati feb. 1-3 to review the city's bid as host for its prestigious 2021 international convention. the lions 2021 convention could bring up to 18,000 attendees using more than 30,000 hotel room nights and delivering more than $9 million in visitor spending to the region. it would represent one of the largest conventions booked in cincinnati since the 2012 world choir games and one of the largest meetings booked in the past decade. the goal of the site visit will be to showcase

. we're looking at 1-3 inches of snow in the area. cincinnati, dry ridge, around an inch or less. it could be just a rain-snow mix mainly as the night goes on. 7:00 tonight, mainly, rain pushing in from the south. as the evening goes on. the curtain of snow. we see it develop mainly to the east of cincinnati. the darker the blue, the heavier the snow occurring in southern sections of ohio. notice by tomorrow morning, it's out of here. we're left with cloud cover and many areas will be left with fog as well. cloud cover during the daytime hours tomorrow. another impulse from the northwest. you know what? i think that one misses us. i don't think we see anything from the next little storm system heading our way from the northwest. that's a good deal. i think we're socked in with cloud cover and a whole mess of lower level moisture and that will be difficult to get rid of, even during the day thursday. here's the 12 hour forecast midnight tonight, down to 33 degrees. temperatures will continue to fall down to 31. we'll be watching temperatures very carefully during the overnight period.

the now cincinnati. cincinnati. it's worth noting that 'all' n-c-a-a sports have at least one national signing day ... some even have two!coming up at 6... a look at some of the tri-state including one that's kept everyone guessing. it's that time of year.the home depot is putting out the *hiring signs for spring and you could land a new job without having to move!the plan is to hire 600 new associates at 13 different stores here in cincinnati.all together, 80 thousand people will be hired across the country. so what positions are available?the company says that depends on the store.if you want one of these jobs, you have to apply online.the company says these position are because of the spring rush -- but do not say whether they are only seasonal jobs. but that's not the only place hiring.the ohio department of natural resources is holding a job fair later this month. these are for some permanent but mostly season positions. odnr is looking for natural resource specialists, lifeguards and naturalist aides, those ar

releases this video that could put the safety of cincinnati police officers at risk. developing now first... developing now... a driver dead.. an infant thrown from the vehicle.. and at least one other person... fighting for their lives tonight. good evening i'm tricia macke. it happened late 275 east... in kentucky... near the combs-hehl bridge. let's get right to fox19 now's ben katko live on the over in that area all the time... katko remote traffic is moving just a bit here across the combs hehl bridge toward coney island right now. we are high above the accident right now... as police are still piecing it all together. this happened around 3 this afternoon. we are just learning from police that they think the driver may have been on drugs and speeding leading to the crash. officers also tell us they found needles in the car. take a look at the devastation in this video. the driver is dead. as for the other passengers... including a small child who was thrown from the car while strapped in a car seat... they are still alive right now. we have learned that the infa

heading up toward the greater cincinnati area will climb into the upper 30s today. a warmer president's day in store for the area. this is a look at precision doppler 12hd. i'm picking up freezing drizzle into clinton county, and stretching through warren county, heading into hamilton county, most of the stuff we can't pick up because the drops are so small. you may see an occasional flurry mixed in with freezing drizzle. atrium weather medical cam, can't see down from the radisson and covington with the low clouds and the drizzlele, 25 degrees, a south breeze at 3, a windchill of 21. upper 20s through the morning, areas of freezing drizzle stick around, by noon we're above freezing, but the ground temperature will lag behind the air temperature, still freezing drizzle early afternoon, and just clouds upper 30s by around 4:00. evening, we begin to see scattered showers especially from cincinnati to point south and east, and the reason for that it's a developing area of low pressure moving out of louisiana into mississippi. this is going to move up through the caroli

northern kentucky business owner who is dealing with some problems at his meat store. 3 representing cincinnati in the super bowl. three natives will hit the field sunday.. we'll tell you how the fine people of anderson township feel about one of their own lacing them up for the big game. 3 thanks for waking up with good morning cincinnati saturday. i'm liz bonis.and i'm adam clements.we'll have more on those stories in a moment. first, let's get a quick check 3 new this morning.a search is underway after two planes crash off of the coast of california.investigators say two planes collided mid-air and plunged into the pacific. emergency crews responded to a debris field in the ocean and divers are looking for 3 an oregon police officer is dead following a shooting overnight. it happened in the town of seaside. police say the 39 year old officer was serving a warrant when he was shot. another officer returned fire and hit the suspect.. who was taken to the hospital. the officer who died had been with the department for 13 years.no names have been released. 3 also new this morning.. year old laur

. >> rain is favored in the southeast of cincinnati for the to the southeast of cincinnati, we'll begin to mix with snow. winter weather advisory has been posted for adams, mason, robertson, bracken, brownnd a highland county. this is in effect until 7:00 tonight to 10:00 in the morning tomorrow. cincinnati is not included in the advisory. no part of south eastern indiana is included. if you're in the advisory area, we expect 1-2 inches of new snow tonight and very, very early tomorrow. rain and lower snow amounts are forecasted primarily along 71 and 75 and the intensity of the coverage of the precipitation will be closer to since nat compared to areas well to the east. the coverage of the intensity, picking up southeast of cincinnati. snow begins to mix in around 10:00, 11:00 tonight. notice temperatures gradually fall to the 30s this evening. ultimately, we drop down close rain and snow is quickly moving out overnight, early tomorrow morning. we'll have a cloudy sky. this is all rain on live precision doppler hz d. and down to the southern and southwestern part of pendleton county. a

camera. if someone doesn't receive neurosurgery at the cincinnati va, or the cincinnati va was paying for it previously, now they can go to choice and another pot of cash would pay for it. : i guess you can look at it that way, sure. ?is, under your leadership then is there a pattern and practice of not filling positions so that veterans go into the choice program? program?absolutely not. what i don't want to see is that we're using choice dollars to balance the budget for a particular medical center.rep. jeff miller of florida chairs the house he's a big supporter of choice, and privatizing care to reduce wait times. but not like this. this. it's very disconcerting that there are still those within the department that don't quite understand that the choice program was supposed to be a supplement, not to supplant care... i just feel disappointedbill hatfield looks to the v-a's promise to those who servedif the government says they're going to take care of their veterans, well, they should it. late this afternoon- va deputy secretary sloan gibson told me- he wants to thank the whistleb

the cincinnati music festival. today, the show promoters announced the dates and one of the headliners this year. the show will kick off july 22 down at paul brown stadium. new edition will be the friday they' re expected to announced the saturday headliner tomorrow. let' s talk baseball now, as the reds get back to work. pitchers and catchers are in goodyear, preparing for a new season. and when it' s time to come back to cincinnati, the reds are hoping to attract fans, with some unique events at great american ball park. it starts with super hero weekend, on april 22. fans get a reds super-hero shirt, and after the game, the friday night fireworks will go off with a super hero-themed soundtrack. a couple weeks later, the force park. "star wars" weekend arrives on may 6, and there are all kinds of giveaways, including a yoda bobblehead, and a reds-themed "star wars" poster. throughout the season, the reds will have eight themed weekends. happening today, another friday, means another chance to enjoy fish fry seaso

it' s an indication road crews are making progress in greater cincinnati. mark: the snow mixed with a crime led to a crash and fire in green township this morning. stole a brand new car from the woody sandy ford dealership and then lost control, crashing into a pole in the 5500 block of sidney. the car then burst into flames. the teens were able to get out and were quickly arrested. the road remains closed as crews clean up the scene and work to restore power to a couple of homes in the area. wlwt news 5 is leading the way on the winter weather, and you can download our wlwt app to get the updated forecast and get severe weather alerts. lisa: support is growing for the rebuilding effort in rabbit has -- rabbit ha sh after a fire destroyed a historical landmark. so far more than $30,000 has been raised to rebuild the rabbit hash general store. it was a damaged by a fire saturday night and the owners were only able to salvage a few items. the general store has been an important part of the community for decades. years and it' s just gone now. lisa: the cause

frank cam last performed in 2010....the cincinnati ballets 2010....the cincinnati ballets performance of cinderella is back this valentines day weekend we a reboot and a fresh take....director victoria morgan is here... cincinnati ballet valentine's weeekend the timeless fairytale returns with a fresh new look cincinnati january 11, 2016 -- cinderella returns this valentine's weekend with choreography by victoria morgan. the cincinnati symphony orchestra performs the music of the legendary conducted by deleone. audiences have five opportunities to see the beloved tale come to life at the at the aronoff center, february 12-14. from the modern vision of artistic director & ceo victoria morgan, cinderella has undergone a complete revitalization since it was last performed in 2010 including fresh choreography, newly refurbished sets and updated costumes. wardrobe mistress diana vandergriff- adams and her team have restored the original costumes and created a modern version of cinderella's enchanted gown. new props and production elements will be introduced such as a larger than life pumpk

county, which is we're looking at rain right now. later, we will start to see the snow. right now, cincinnati in the 275 loop, will be dealing with fog and mist. if you've been out, you know what i'm talking about. and the heaviest of rain is situated right now moving in the southeast corner of our area. that's where we will start to see the cooler air working as well later tonight. the west union to peebles, seeing some moderate rain. we have some light rain working to augusta as well as brooksville, mazeville, light to moderate rain as well. we will continue to watch the foggy atmosphere throughout, we've seen throughout the entire day linger throughout the evening. that's really going to lower visibility. this is usually the hill, near red bank road, around 71. temperatures are above freezing. could see visibilities are quarter of a mile. less than a mile, across a lot of the local viewing area. chance of rain and snow. we have to watch the lower vis ilts. i'm be tracking the rain and snow. >> dispatch about a house fire included a warning about a man still trapped inside. >> the fear was

the meeting today looking to reduce violent crime in greater cincinnati. >> from cincinnati' s wlwt leading the way, this is wlwt news 5 today. mark: coming up on 6:30, good monday morning. we take a live look outside, nice, cool and calm, 35 degrees this morning. thank you for joining us, i mark am hayes. lisa: and i' m lisa cooney. randi and kyla are in this morning with your weather and traffic. hope you had a great weekend. how could you not with that nice weather. randi: it was gorgeous. we had a record tight on saturday and 72. yesterday, basically at 60. if you are into rounding, today is almost 50. kyla: let round up. randi: 72 on saturday. that thunderstorm that came through saturday night was a cold front, so we did get yesterday to about 60 or so for the high. we are going to fall another 10 degrees and be way closer to 49 looking at the radar, mostly clear skies. if you thin clouds and that will be the case of the day. once you had north of the river, at or a degree above freezing. 33 in loveland. 32, springboro to hamilton. generally south of the river at or just a couple of de

cincinnati' s wlwt news 5 at 11:00. -- cincinnati' s certified most accurate forecast. kevin: as you saw from natalie' s report, the side roads are certainly a mess out there. they are probably going to remain that way overnight tonight. they' re not any get much help from mother nature because temperatures while climbing overnight are still way down in the teens right now. they will be a while until we make it close to freezing here' s a look at radar, quick hitting snowfall. it is pushed away and is over in the appellations. it is certainly a lot quieter here then they were for ivan five hours ago. that is a good news here. s a look at radar tonight. asbestos pulling away, a look -- to see a threat of patchy if we do see any patchy chisel over tonight, most of it will be it should not be terribly we have a decent amount of snow on the ground. right now at therefore, currently sitting at 20 degrees. nine. we have a southeast wind ring and some warmer temperatures. before you get into the forecast, let me send it into eric who has the snowfall totals. eric: mozilla saw

cincinnati, we expect more showers. cincinnati, 9:00 a.m. on star 64, showers will start to develop. a more potent line of showers and thunderstorms will come through tomorrow night. notice by wednesday morning, showers and storms are quickly moving away from cincinnati but clouds will cycle back in. it will be widely scattered showers during the afternoon. at this point, this is where the highest point of severe weather is likely. it's likely to stay there. what will develop in the tri-state, tuesday night. damaging the main line wind. slight risk of severe storms. lower threat well to the north. be aware. the weather authority will be here tonight, tomorrow and into tomorrow night, as showers and storms will move in. we're up to 55 by 4:00 in the afternoon tomorrow. we'll hit our high, around midnight. showers and thunderstorms moving in. again, some storms tomorrow night. especially in northern kentucky. and also wednesday. and all the way to 28, early wednesday. and looks quiet. some clouds on saturday. mostly sunny on saturday. we'll ha

mark: another special delivery for the city of cincinnati. town, and this one looks a cincinnati' on the side. according to city officials, the next delivery is set for the end of this month, and car number five, is expected before the end of march. lisa: soon there will an all-out blitz, to encourage you to be streetcar-safe. it will begin service this fall. so drivers and pedestrians will both have to learn how to share the road. first thing to keep in mind, the traffic patterns. at some places along the track, not. other basics you' ll need to know other basics you' ll need to know -- you' re allowed to drive on the tracks, but not park there. public transportation officials say, you just need to be aware of your surroundings, and yield to the streetcar. sallie hilvers: that means your vehicle could be towed or you could be subject to fines more importantly when the streetcar is running you don' t want to hold up everyone on the car. lisa: on-track testing of the streetcar is scheduled for wednesday along the full-route. the streetcar is set to start service, in september. mark: h

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welcome to the transitional late winter time in cincinnati. winter weather advisory until 10:00 this morning. most of the main roads have been the potential for some patchy freezing rain and drizzle. later today, a chance for some rain. here is a live look outside. a little bit of freezing mist possible. notice on the radar, no big areas of snow. that ended last night and gave the road crews plenty of time to get there job done, at least on the main roads. you can see some rain over top of nashville that is pushing in our direction. we will see temperatures climbing into the upper 30' s. 37 for the high today. a cold rain after 6:00 kyla: mostly our interest states are looking pretty good. the ramp from the and lynn still snow-covered. i think crews can get the snow-covered move throughout the morning and throughout the day. the interstates are looking pretty good. 71, 75 taking a closer look at the roads this morning. good morning to you. andrew: we are moving out of the chevy t area. you see some snow or slush in the center of this road. the

the cincinnati reds across the country in arizona this morning. lisa: wlwt news 5' s elise jesse tells us the latest on their spring training. elise: good morning. many of the players have go eorge has been busy digging into the trade rumors surrounding jay bruce. >> we estimated to goodyear, arizona, home of the cincinnati reds during spring training. jay bruce didn' t know if he was going to be here. he has been the subject for off-season trade rumors. but jay knows this is part of the deal. he is a veteran. >> i look forward to being here. it is part of the business. i truly believe the reds will do everything they can to help this organization. making a move with me is part of >> jay is in camp early. he doesn' t know if he' s going to be year the entire camp. even the reds brass isn' t sure of that. elise: fans at the daytona international speedway had all the fun yesterday. we go to florida, the daytona 500 going down yesterday. they were staying close to each other throughout the race. denny hamlin pulling a hail mary move. look at that. en

in a boost for businesses and greater cincinnati. how the weather played a part in even some thunderstorms building in tonight. when they get here, how long me are you having trouble making calls on your cell phone today? a of t-mobile customers were. the company tweeted it is aware of problems. no word on what caused the issue or when it will be fixed. happening tomorrow, area firefighters will start a difficult climb to save lives. it is the annual fight for air climb where firefighters in full gear will walk the steps. the goal is to raise $170,000 for the lung association. they had already raised 60% of that through donations. a local group of college students is spreading purpose today reaching out to those in need. dissented on washington park. the group ended out care packages. food and coax to the homeless. s world. business was booming for many shop owners thanks to today' s warm weather. people have flocked to downtown cincinnati. janel walton is live for us. more on the big warm-up. >> the horse and carriage were very popu

it has the word "cincinnati" on the side. according to city officials, the next delivery is set for the end of this month and car number five is expected before the end of march. soon there will be an all-out lisa: kyla woods is your the look at the safety campaign. kyla: the streetcar will begin service in the fall so drivers and pedestrians will both have to learn how to share the road. the traffic patterns. first, at some places along the track the streetcar will be moving while the rest of traffic does not. other basics you' ll need to know, you' re allowed to drive on the tracks, but not park there. public transportation officials say you just need to be aware of your surroundings and yield to the streetcar. >> their vehicle could be towed or you could be subject to fines. more importantly, when the streetcar is running, you don' t want to hold up everyone on the streetcar. kyla: on-track testing of the streetcar is scheduled for wednesday along the full-route. the streetcar is set to start service in september. mark: th

carstar traffic as part of the greater cincinnati greater cincinnati water works effort at continuous infrastructure improvement, crews will be working on the pippin road water main project starting monday, feb. 1. pippin road will be closed between galbraith road and banning road between 7:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. each business day. the project is expected to take six weeks. happening today after several incidents of assaults or robberies during internet business transactions... sheriff's office is safe place to do those sales. rob dblbx joins us live with all the details. live stranger to conduct any business has dangerous. having a the exchange can make a difference. there have been several cases where people have been assaulted, robbed, even killed from using these sites to make in may of 2015, 17 year old john winstel thought he was meeting someone to buy video games. he had set up the transaction through craigslist and agreed to meet at heritage elementary in liberty township for the exchange. when he got there, two teenagers assaulted and robbed him. they were arrested a short time l

we look forward to sharing cincinnati usa's compelling story during this site visit." live cruz says: "iowa has sent notice that the republican nominee and the next president of the united states will not be chosen by the media. clinton says: "i am excited about really getting into the debate with senator sanders about the best way forward to fight for us and america." a close race in iowa...but hilary clinton and ted cruz are winners in the caucus. politcal expert richard harknett from u-c explains what the results could mean for the puxnatwaney pennsylvania...wher e any minute...phil will be making his 130th prognostication... kara 2 shot good morning -- it's rob 2 shot and i'm rob williams... let's get our first look at the forecast with meteorologist frank marzullo. another mild day on tap with temperatures climbing to 62 degrees. we stay dry this morning and early afternoon before rain and thunderstorms out ahead of a cold front start to move in towards the evening commute. the tri state is under a slight risk for severe storms this evening with our best chance of

ironically it comes on the same day cincinnati police released its new plan to fight violence. more on that plan in just a minute. and more on this and we're keeping our eyes to the skies... because of meteorologist steve horstmeyer is here with the details.... one key feature of it.. is the lightning tracker. it could help on a day like tomorrow. developing now... a bicyclist hit in anderson township yesterday has died.. fox19 now's mike schell has more from where it happened... mike remote the charges against the woman accused of striking the cyclist here on kellogg near asbury in anderson township have been upgraded to vehicular homicide the victim...michael prater was an avid bicyclist..and his fellow riders are remembering him tonight.. 42-year- old...michael prater was out enjoying a bike ride sunday night when the unthinkable happened.. 911 call "someone hit someone on a bike and they like.i don't even know if they stopped. we just saw them hit their windshield. then they drove off." prater was a member of one of the oldest bicycling clubs in 'he's a very competant he wa

news 5' s andrew setters is also cincinnati. he has new details on how road crews are treating local roads. andrew: i wanted to give you a look at the road conditions. some of the side streets are not in fantastic shape. i expect that will improve as they go through the course of the morning. 71 was in really good shape coming through cincinnati. areas to the north, the odot crews have really stayed on top to take care of the road conditions on the main streets and the highways. the later you go into the morning, the better things should get. andrew setters reporting. lisa: wlwt news 5 is leading the way on the winter weather. download our wlwt app. you can can see current radar as well as get severe weather or mobile device. mark: it' s official. the polls for new hampshire' s primary have opened, and presidential candidates are holding their breath now to see who will win the state. that' s especially true for ohio' s own governor john kasich. wlwt news 5' s mike dardis is in new hampshire this morning with more on kasich' s f

from cincinnati' s wlwt, leading >>from cincinnati' s wlwt, leading the way. this is wlwt news 5 today. mark: good morning, everyone. thanks for joining us. i' m mark hayes. lisa: i' m lisa cooney. hope you had a great weekend. weather-wise, it was perfect. night and did not even have to put my jacket on. i was like, yes. randi: we were rocking shorts and t-shirts yesterday at the park. do not do that today. lisa: why? randi: it is not springtime. it felt like it over the weekend, but we' re headed back to more typical february weather this week. a slow drop, but what a week and we had. saturday, we tie the record at 72. sunday, 59. it was a good 10 degree drop from saturday to sunday. because we were still no -- still near 60, he did not notice today, closer to 50 this afternoon. looking at the radar, we do have greater cincinnati. temperatures have fallen up pretty close to freezing. 31 degrees at harrison, same thing in springboro. 32, mason and wilmington. temperatures a couple of above freezing throughout kyla, if she was heading out, would be the jacket.

there has been a lot of talk about cincinnati being the model for incidents like cincinnati -- for incidents like ferguson and baltimore. andrew setters. mark: another new plan to reduce violent crime. lisa: this one is designed to clamp down on specific locations. cincinnati police are focusing on crime data, and they say there are 20 hot spots that need to be turned around. the city is installing street lights and speed bump,s and -- speed bumps and officials are , also counting on community backing to reverse the spike in violence. chief issac: this is what they' ve asked us to do -- focus on the violent crime, focus on these locations that contribute to that crime. lisa: police want businesses and corporations to know they will be held accountable from a criminal standpoint if their property is a haven for drugs, guns, and gangs. mark: while city leaders work to implement that plan, cincinnati police are investigating two shootings in the same neighborhood. the first happened just after hill-vista lane. then, shortly after 7:00 police , responded to a second shooting near northbend and c

inside the cincinnati auto expo! it's back at the duke energy center this year....showcasing the latest cars, trucks.... hybrids.... anything that you can imagine on the market. jessica brown is inside with what you can see.. starting tonight. good morning...this is the perfect place to be if you're looking for a new car or you're just into the latest car trends. the cincinnati auto expo kicks off today at the duke energy center. hundreds of vehicles are on display on the show floor including the newest models for 2016. the expo brings dealers under one roof to create the largest new car showroom in the cincinnati area. if you plan on coming down here...make sure questions ready because there will be specialists on site to answer anything you want to know. you can sit inside the cars and get a hands on feel of the vehicle that you may be interested in. the event again kicks off today at 5pm til 9pm and runs through sunday. we have all the dates and times on our website at fox19now.com still to come chairs in your hou

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a dry sweep across greater cincinnati. flurry over top of downtown cincinnati and areas to the north. bundle up more than you have had to recently. temperatures right around 32 degrees. noon, 32 and breezy. 35 for the high. it will feel like the upper 20' s. sunshine as we roll into the weekend. kyla: our interstate travel rolling right along on this thursday. things a great out there. 275 looking good through my dear and up towards 71. we still have an accident on mitchell. use orchard as an alternate. it is not impacting our across the river, 71, 75 looking smooth north and southbound at burlington pike. we will keep you updated. mark: breaking news this morning of a deadly fire in lebanon. wlwt news 5' s dan griffin is live at the scene, where officials say there was one fatality. another escape. dan, give us the latest. dan: it is a very active scene this morning with police, fire and investigative crews at a home here on kuntz court in lebanon. the scene also a symbol of sheer devastation. a man lost his life in a fire here just hours ago. this video here shows the scene a short

year to beautify greater cincinnati. last year, nearly 3000 miles of streets and highways were cleaned and volunteers collected 763 tons of litter. month. baseball season begins today for the reds pitchers and catchers. pitchers and catchers always report to spring training before position players. the rest of the team will head to goodyear on tuesday, just a week before the reds first exhibition. the reds will take on the indians on march 1. lisa: uncovering lies on the label. mark: the fda investigation looking at ingredients and companies committing food fraud. lisa: a lost wallet and a not-so-good samaritan. what was returned after a man thought his belongings were gone for good. mark: a live look this morning through our citycam, 29 degrees right now. things are changing first big-time starting today. randi: today is a day of change across our area. we start out cold, end up on the milder side. the big-time warm-up you are waiting for, that comes friday and saturday. west chester, 33. lawrenceburg, 20 eight. fort mi

bayer aspirin. 3 3 good morning good morning cincinnati. (ad lib to weather) 3 3 we're following a local breaking news alert ... the ohio state highway patrol and middletown police just cleared the scene where a woman was hit by a semi. dispatchers say a tractor trailer ran over the woman's legs at 14th street and verity parkway around two this learn more about the circumstances, and the woman's condition.stay with local12 news and local12-dot-com for the latest. 3 also new this morning...part of a local highway was shut down overnight because of a crash ...crews closed i-71 south at redbank for just over an hour after a two-car crash. it happened around 11-30 near the ridge avenue exit. according to dispatch, no one was taken to the hospital. 3 police are asking for you help to find a missing woman from pleasant ridge ...they say 51- year-old donna davis was last seen by her ex-boyfriend on monday.investigators are concerned because because her purse and wallet were found in her apartment, and she's never gone missing.she also has custody

cincinnati public schools are looking for a few good teachers. teachers.from 11am to 12:30 this afternoon they will be hosting an open job fair for both expierienced teachers..and those just entering the profession. you'll be able to learn about the schools, as well as several academic programs and vacant positions.once the job fair ends interviews will immediatly follow from noon to 3:30...so dress to impress. speaking of jobs, there are a lot of people hoping they have the right stuff to go to space. yesterday n-a-s-a says it recieved a record 300 thousand applications for its "astronaut-candidate training program."that's nearly three times the number that it got back in the most recent class..in 2012.the previous record was set back in 1978, when n-a-s-a received eight- thousand applications remember those memory crystals from the superman movies?you know the ones able to store a data?they're not just in the movies anymore.researches at the university of south hampton have created a real- life equivilent.they call it "5-d memory."it's called 5

the cincinnati incident, the gun was concealed on the person's body. the officers couldn't see the whole weapon. they didn't have time to assess it. 3 joe webb reporting.the hackers posted the video on sunday.the data dumps were taken down early monday morning, but re-leaked yesterday afternoon. now c-p-d's intelligence unit is investigating.. and the group says it'll do this again in similar situations. in more local news ...a new adoption bill is on the way to indiana governor mike pence's desk..it'll give people born between 1941 and 1994 access to their birth records.. reversing a 1994 measure that sealed adoption information that didn't have a disclosure consent form.it means records will be made available starting in july of 2018, unless the biological parents file another non-disclosure health. 3 efforts to rebuild the rabbit hash general store will get a huge boost today. the boone county landmark burned down earlier this month. and today, duke energy will give the rabbit hash historical society 25-thousand dollars. duke has a power plant very

the now cincinnati. cincinnati. right now police are working on figuring out who's to blame for the crash. hamilton police announce the closure of a bar -- they've been trying to get shut down. down.they say j&j bar was a hot bed for trouble and criminal activity.after getting a court order -- officers shut the place down last night.in a post on facebook the chief says he's been working for this since early 2015. today supreme court justice antonin scalia's casket is in the great hall of the supreme court. court.the remaining eight justices came today to honor him.they were joined by nearly 100 of his former law clerks. president obama also stopped by this afternoon.scalia died in his sleep saturday in texas. washington, d-c. meantime -- the white house says president barack obama will start the process of picking a new supreme court justice this weekend.he'll come up with a list of possible nominees looking at their professional careers, records and experience. press the information the president will use was prepa

that superhighway through downtown cincinnati gets a car. jonathan: a local woman is kidnapped and assaulted. details of his arrest. the charges the suspect is facing. plus, a new salon for men holds its grand opening for a good cause. how it helps fund education and the said -- special treatment offered to guys. showers and storms to start the day rating out there right now. jennifer schack talking about the impact it will have on our temperatures and when the wet weather will move on. it is sunday, february 21, 2016. this is news 5 today. >> from cincinnati' s wlwt, leading the way. this is wlwt news 5 today. welcome to news 5 today. thank you for joining us on the sunday morning. we would have one week left in february, however, it is a leap year. one week and one day. jennifer: my sons best friend is a leap your baby. i have never known anyone who is a lecure baby. get excited. jonathan: you celebrated a march 1. celebrated early rather than late? not as interesting as the rain right now. jennifer: quite a bit of it. quite a few spots, o

a slight risk for severe weather tomorrow in greater cincinnati. the threat is much bigger south tomorrow evening, storms have the potential for some severe weather. maybe some strong wind gusts and possibly spin off tornadoes tomorrow in the late evening hours. 45 degrees right now. our temperatures will slide. 8:00 a.m. turning cooler, 43. 50 or so this afternoon. 8:00, the final showers moving out of adams county. into tomorrow, we start out nice and dry. maybe a passing shower around lunchtime tomorrow. 9:00, 10:00 is our main window of concern for stronger storms tomorrow. we' ll see some flurries on wednesday. lisa: thank you. happening today, another water delivery to flint, michigan, from a local group. norwood police as well as people in the city came together this weekend to help flint residents in dealing with their water crisis. snc norwood teamed up with police as well as norwood middle school for a water collection at kroger. hundreds turned out to donate water. someone also made a $1400 donation to the cause. snc norwood will make th

reporter tom mckee will have more starting at 4 on the now cincinnati. breaking news coming into the 9 on your side newsroom not long ago ...police are searching for a suspect who robbed a bank on ludlow street. street.police say the suspect robbed the u-s bank at gunpoint ... then ran.here's a photo of the suspect from police ... he's described as a male in his twenties ... about six one, two hundred pounds, wearing an orange jacket, black hoodie, and tan pants. 9 on your side has a crew there and we're working to gather more information.if you have any information you're asked to call crimestoppers ... that number is 5-1-3- 3-5-2 3-0-4-0. right now investigators are trying to figure out what led to a crash in highland county between an suv and a school bus that left a driver dead. jordan burgess looks at how the students on the bus are doing. doing. 22:14 right now students are shaken up here at white oak high school. at this point 3 of their classmates recovering at the hospital after that crash into their bus that left that driver dead.vowe want to s

money matters in cincinnati -- months before voters go to the polls cincinnati public schools , is pushing for pre-school plan paid for by taxes. wlwt news 5' live at cps headquarters, where parents and school leaders came together tonight to make it all tammy? tammy: the idea is -- hey, let' s work together to get children in whether that' s new buildings or universal pre-school. but the question is -- how do it' s been called a once in a generation opportunity, universal pre-school. >> children are our future, and it' s important we take care of them. because if we don' t take care of them now, we' re going to see them again. >> the plan covers key improvement strategies to take cincinnati public schools to the next level. tammy: cps leaders unveiled a three-year plan to strengthen seven neighborhood schools with more programs. part of that plan is expanding pre-school. now the district is looking to collaborate with the pre-school promise. it' s to get pre-school for all toddlers in cincinnati for two >> our community is very passionate about education and about the plight of our kids.

cincinnati police are investigating a shooting in avondale this morning. they say one person was shot sunday afternoon in the 500 block of hale avenue. police say they do not know the extent of the victim' s injuries, but the person is expected to survive. mark: new developments in the theft case involving a cincinnati police officer. according to court documents, officer joseph simpson was working an off-duty detail as an officer at a roselawn restaurant back in december. that' s when he allegedly stole money that was intended for the owner. simpson' s accused of taking $106, court documents show simpson is accused of using his position as an officer to steal the money. he' s now charged with theft in s due back in court in april. he is currently suspended without pay. lisa: a rally was held this past weekend for paul gaston and melvin murray, two men killed in confrontations with cincinnati police in district three. members of the group black lives matter cincinnati say they want more answers surrounding the shooting of paul gaston. the group is also ask

cincinnati. here's the deal, we want to help you and other drivers keep a smooth ride.that's why at wcpo dot com you we have information for you to report potholes, and what to do if your car is damaged by one. kidnapping a man from a hotel and forcing him to withdraw money from atms.. have been captured. captured.police say charles burnett, junior and emma haumesser used a website to meet the victim then lured him to the quality inn and suites in erlanger on valentines day. thats where they held the victim at gunpoint..forced him into the car.. and then had him withdraw cash at six banks. when the last machine kept the man's debit card -- police say the duo attacked him.burnett and haumesser now face ten to 20 years in jail if convicted. technology is advancing every day and some of that very research fueling that change -- comes from cincinnati. cincinnati.today -- senator rob portman was among those at the queen city mobile summit to talk about the future of apps and technology and how small,

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auburn down across cincinnati. the clouds on the eastern side, a little bit more in the way of blue sky on the western side. clouds moving off to the east over the next couple hours, bringing in more sunshine. it looks like an increase in today. from here, we start to fall with the temperature and winter will return. we'll talk about when we're expecting rain and maybe some snow coming up. jonathan: it was breezy this morning still, but winds have you can see there's a little bit of breeze. but gusts were reaching more than 50 miles per hour on friday. strong wind knocked over trees, power and phone lines across greater cincinnati. including clermont county. friday evening, a 30-year-old silver maple came crashing down on a garage on weber road. the family had to use a blue tarp to cover the roof for the night. luckily, workers from earl's tree trimming company were working down the street. >> we were working in the neighborhood and saw the tree came down and came over to help them out. >> any damage was structural

mark: the man shot and killed by cincinnati police. new video showing what happened before officers opened fire. lisa: a harley heist. the search this morning for some fast-moving criminals. >> from cincinnati' s wlwt, leading the way, this is wlwt news 5 today. lisa: outside live on your friday morning, it is a windy start and the wind is when a pickup drove the day. let' s check the forecast right now. 6:00 a.m. on your good morning, friday, i' m lisa cooney. mark: and i' m mark hayes. we' re here with all of the hair news you need to know. randi: can we talk about this? mark carries his own personal -- you want me to this afternoon, because this is what your hair is going to look like. randi everyone can have their own 1980' s hair today. as we take a look at the winds across the region, we are starting out in the 15 mile per hour range. look back for chicago and they are 20 to 25 miles per hour. these are sustained winds. this afternoon, 25 mile per hour went will be here in cincinnati, good seek 30 to 40 mile per hour wind gusts.

mike: some big changes ahead for cincinnati' s horseshoe casino. today its owners, rock gaming, announced name changes for all of its casinos in ohio and detroit. wlwt' s news 5s todd dykes has a changes will cost. todd. reporter: horseshoe casino will be renamed as jack cincinnati casino. this is part of a companywide rebranding. where all 4 casinos owned by rock entertainment will change names this year. the name change won' t happen here in cincinnati until early june. the casino' s parent company is also changing its name to jack entertainment. no word tonight on how much money the rebranding effort will cost. there shouldn' t be very many noticeable changes for visitors. aside from the name change, another change for guests will be to the casino' s rewards program. rock gaming says the new loyalty program will allow guests to earn points faster than other neighboring casinos. and will also allow guests to earn free cruises and trips to las vegas. according to the ohio casino control commission. horseshoe cincinnati brought in more than 196 mil