M lisa cooney. Mark four people are dead. 14 wounded after a gunman opens fire at a kansas plant. Sarah plake has the latest from kansas. Reporter workers inside a rural kansas plant described a chaotic scene. Everybody was running, people were screaming, crying. We just the not know what to do. All of a sudden it was pop, pop, pop. Reporter four people were killed, including the gunman. 14 others wounded, five critically. Witnesses say the suspect was an employee of the plant at arms of the assultstyle weapon and a handgun. Police say ford also shot and wounded three people he encountered on the way to the plant before he went inside and opened fire. Was randomly shooting people. Reporter the first officer immediately engaged the gunman and single handedly took him down. The only reason he stopped shooting was because that Reporter Police say ford was served with a protection from abuse order by his girlfriend hours before the shooting. 3 30. , he gets served in 5 00 we have the first shooting reporter this investigation will continue for quite some time. This community is starting to mourn for the tragic loss of life here in rural kansas. Sarah pol lake for nbc news. Mark the officer that stopped and has been called hero. Lisa Police Agencies in Hamilton County want you to get involved in the battle against heroine. They are partnering for a new remote initiative. Dan griffin is live in springfield township with the details. Reporter good afternoon. You have probably seen the billboards along i71 and i75 thing to report a dealer, call this number. This focuses on where you live. Is called not in my neighborhood. People share anonymous tips with county. Officers say anonymous tips have made a difference. In the past three weeks it is held now to three drug dup overs dealers and more than one pound of heroines from chicago. It word about treatment and anonymous tips. Even if you think it is small and doesn t matter, let s look into it. It s not like we re crashing down somebody s door down. Let us look into it. If it is nothing, that is great. A lot of the nothing tips and of being something else. Reporter those assured locally, federally, regionally, all across the state to help in agencies nabbed the dealers. To make sure they can get real results. Live in sprinkle township, dan griffin, wlwt news 5. The report a dealer billboards are contracted through the end of the year at the cost of 200,000. Sees from illegal drug activities. The heroin epidemic. This time in Butler County. The coroner says there were 189 drug overdoses in Butler County in the last year alone. That now accounts for nearly half of all death that s more than natural causes, it s also a 38 increase over the year before. Lisa a Northern KentuckyPolice Department is already targeting heroin users behind the wheel. Fort Thomas Police created a new Heroin Interdiction Team to stop drugged drivers. The team started last week patrolling throughout the city on i275 and i471. In its first week the team wrote 32 drug charges, 19 related to heroin. These results are six times higher than the Traditional Police patrols. And the effort shows no signs of affluent communities are not exempt from it. No race, religion, gender, nothing is exempt. Heroine does not discriminate. Lisa the extra effort is in response to the recent rise in heroin overdoses on the highways, including the fatal crash on 275 eastbound monday that killed a man and put two people in critical condition. Mark snow flurries today but this weekend is the payoff. Jennifer is your know they look at your forecast. Jennifer the morning snow showers are starting to wrap up. A couple of flakes on the radar but not much. The clouds and snow showers moving in from the northwest. They are sliding through the eastern counties earlier this morning. A few light flakes left over. Downtown has a flake or two rolling by. We are seeing a few breaks in the clouds. We will see some peeks of blue sky this afternoon the very quiet. The past couple of hours. Out. Not a lot left over. A couple of light flurries through mason county and also counties as well. Not a lot of activity that we had a couple of spots in hamilton and Clinton County reporting half an inch of snow early this morning. A few spots with measurable snowfall. A dusting or coding in several coating in several locations. It is our last cold day. A nice warm up this weekend but we also talk about the winds picking up in the details coming up. Mark thank you. New this noon, a man is recovering in the hospital after a crash in cheviot. Take a look. This is video sent from maci alf. This was the scene on north bend road near westwood northern boulevard. There you see the car on its side. The extent of those injuries not lisa 318yearold are sentenced to prison for sex crimes. 18yearold s william berry, tyler couch and shane shimmel sexually abused a 15yearold girl at a motel last may. Investigators say the group drank alcohol and smoking marijuana then engaged in sex acts with the girl. The three boys are charged with rape, but they reached a deal with prosecutors and pleaded guilty to a charge of sexual misconduct. They were sentenced to two years in prison, four years of probation. It s important that parents try to do the best they can to make certain their kids don t engage in this sort of drinking and drug use. Lisa that teenagers have been ordered not to have contact with the victim or her family. Prosecutors say they will have to register as sex offenders for the next 10 years. School senior charts with kidnapping and raping a 15yearold. Danny blanton is accused of forcing a girl into his vehicle, driving her to a secluded area and oliver township and raping her on monday. He could be back in Court Next Week or indicted by a grand jury before than. The fbi says it has not found any evidence suggesting a terrorism. The attackers from the west african nation of guinea. He injured four people before he was shot and killed by police. Lisa new information about the investigation into the cincinnati va hospital and claims of mismanagement. The department of Veterans Affairs is taking action against two top leaders after its investigation. They say the director of the ohio Regional Network is retiring after his proposed removal. The acting chief of staff of cincinnati s hospital has been duties pending further action. Within minutes of that an action, in ohio congressman on Veterans Affairs said veterans are thankful the department of Veterans Affairs acted to dismiss a leader chris has lost the trust of those he serves. Mark 16 people charged in a threeyear drug investigation centered in harrison. Police say the group was trafficking crystal meth with a gang in georgia, an Outlaw Motorcycle Club and People Living in harrison. The investigation, which began in april 2012, showed the kilos of meth were being brought to harrison monthly. The 16 people are facing Drug Trafficking and drug possession charges. Lisa a landmark restaurant in over the rhine plans to reopen this summer. Mark tucker s restaurant closed several months ago after a fire, and now the owner needs your it s expected to take about 60,000 to get the restaurant up and running. This weekend, there is a fundraiser at Saint FrancisSeraph Church to help with the costs. If it goes well, the owner wants to reopen on july 25, a year to in flames. Technology is giving us a new look inside union terminal. New laser scans will be used by architects and designers as they begin renovations. They spent months processing thousands of individual scans, and now they have a detailed, threedimensional view of the interior and exterior of the building. The Community Benefits because we are able to get value out of the investment the community is making in the structure. We can preserve the structure for the longterm. With the fewest surprises along the way. Mark the renovation begins this year. The cost is about 212 million and should take around two years to complete. Also making news today, last night s gop debate. Lisa some calling it a slugfest. The last five republican candidates trading jabs, all to get some air time before super tuesday. And helping grow minority businesses. How one Community Bank is looking to lend a hand. Jennifer temperatures only in the 30 s. We will have a nice weekend warmup. We will talk about when our next good chance for rain is comi it only takes a second for an everyday item to become dangerous always keep laundry pacs away from children. Keep them closed. Keep them up. Keep them safe. You are watching wlwt news 5, leading the way. Mark welcome back. Democrat and republican candidates for president have tuesday states. The republican candidates all tried to shine in a debate last night to win support. Edward lawrence has the latest from washington. You get along with nobody. Reporter the debate was contentious. This guy is a liar reporter donald trump was attacked from the right and the left by ted cruz and marco rubio who joined in a tag team to knock him out of favor with voters. Anyone who really cares about illegal immigration would not be hiring illegal immigrants. Reporter rubio went on an allout offensive, attacking not only his immigration ideas but his health care plan. That the only part of the plan . He will have 70 different plans. So many different plans. Now you are repeating yourself. Reporter rubio up his attack, trump. It will not turn over the conservative movement to a con artist telling people one thing it to working americans and now claims to be the champion. Reporter the fighting led to this moment by ben carson who felt he could not get airtime. Please . [laughter] [applause] reporter s debate decide on super tuesday. Edward lawrence, nbc news, washington. Mark donald trump is winning all the polls except for one state, taxes texas. Lisa on the other side of the aisle, just one day away from South Carolina s democratic president ial primary. Win in tomorrow s primary. S exactly what will happen and Bernie Sanders seems to know that. He has moved his campaign north, hitting michigan and ohio. Ohio, as you all know, is one of the important political states in this country. You re having a primary here on march 15. With your help we can win this primary. I know how many people are our youth. I know they may not be for me now, but i will be for them always. I will do everything i can to opportunities you deserve to have. Lisa we are constantly updating news from the campaign trail. With vendor politics on the wlwt app. Mark lending a helping hand to struggle to get the loans they the collective Empowerment Group has announced a partnership with centerbank in milford with the goal of promoting Economic Development among the minority community. One Business Owner says programs like this are changing the way she can do business. With this in play, it gives me the opportunity to work like others and go to a bank and have have somebody takes care of my business for me. Mark the bank is offering members of the collective Empowerment Group a 500 discount for Closing Costs on a home loan through the bank. Lisa you development with the wasson way trail. They are considering a funding request for phase two of the trail. A task force is requesting 1. 1 million of state funding and so the project already has some funding. To begin this spring. The city hopes to begin months. Looking to the future this weekend. Onfield workouts start today at the nfl combine in indianapolis. College football stars will be trying to impress nfl scouts with different drills and workouts. Today, scouts will get to see players coming from several positions, including running backs and offensive linemen. The combine wraps up on monday and the nfl draft gets started on april 28. Singlegame tickets for the reds tomorrow starting at 9 00 a. M. This is not include opening day. It includes hall of fame weekend and where pete rose will be inducted into the reds hall of fame. Lisa another Community Event to honor the late lauren hill. The madison theater in covington will host a fundraiser for the lauren s fight for a cure foundation. The naked karate girl s group is also a part of the event. Cincinnati s certified most accurate forecast. Jennifer we had some snow showers to start off friday morning but pretty quiet the rest of the afternoon and evening. Extra clouds still in place. We will be limited for any sunshine today. We could see a few breaks in the clouds. Some blue skies at time but that will be the extent of it. The snow showers from the morning, maybe the eastern counties getting a dusting. Half an inch in spots. Those have waned after a couple very limited. County data mason county. A good clip as its light southeast. Clermont starting to quiet down. Nothing on the radar other than a few flakes flying here and there. I think as the light flurries diminish in slight southeast not much more of a concern this afternoon. Noticed where we had the flurries. Temperatures are a little bit colder, still below freezing. Milder temperatures as you work to the southwest. 35 right now but a northwest wind at 35 Miles Per Hour makes it feel like 27. We will struggle throughout the afternoon, at best making it back to 32 degrees. I think we will have the cover still in place. A lot of improvement. It just doesn t happen until the weekend forecast when tim bridgers start to bump up. The ohio river valley. It s all coming in from the northwest. An area of high pleasure pressure from kentucky. It will start to shift to a westerly flow so it cuts off our moisture from the great lakes. We will be limited for any flurries this evening under the clouds. It should be very limited. No additional accumulation the rest of today. For the weekend a nice ridge of High Pressure to the south will bring in the southwest winds. Temperatures climb tomorrow with 50 degrees for saturday. We will keep quiet weather for sunday as well. Ahead of the next weather maker we will have continued increase in warmth. Temperatures by sunday afternoon, we are expected highs back in the low 60 s. We will get rid of the cold air today. The temperatures surging above average across the plains tomorrow. We start to climb for saturday. The warmth really surging all the way to the great lakes on sunday. It doesn t like the peak warm day arrives on sunday. Rain in cooler temperatures for next week. We are at 37 for the afternoon forecast today. A couple of flights under the clouds. We dropped to 26 as the clouds break up. It will be colder overnight. Start saturday morning on the cold side that end up with plenty of sunshine. 63 late evening. S. Rain on tuesday could come with colder air wrapping in. Chilly by thursday. Lisa the same day bunbury promoters announced its full changes. 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Mark hightech wristbands are going to be issued. It will act as a credit card for your ticket so you do not have to carry cash at the festival. Organizers say it should reduce lines in same time. Lisa a good news after a bald eagle was rescued in indiana. The director at the red Wolf Sanctuary in rising sun says emmy the eagle is doing much better. When they found her she wasn t eating on her own and had to be force fed. Barring any unexpected complications she s expected to tomorrow. Mark when it comes to geese, it turns out they can be a problem on the golf course. Chesson hadley looked like he was picking a fight at the honda classic and he went after the wrong goose. The bird threw up his wings and welcomed the challenge. Hadley ran away and got back to golfing. Smart move. Lisa it was a scene right out of a child s imagination. A unicorn loose on a california highway. This is juliette. She s a 20yearold pony who spends her days making people s dreams come true by posing as a unicorn in photoshoots. On wednesday, juliette got loose still wearing the unicorn horn. Residents tried to catch her for hours. Finally, a resident with a horse juliette was familiar with managed to bring the unicorn back home. Mark excuse me, police. There is a unicorn on the highway. Jennifer there was a lot going weekend temperatures, we will be warming up. We hold on to the clouds and colder temperatures today. Low 30 s. Flurries from the morning diminishing. Not much left for the afternoon. Highs today only around 37 degrees. It will be really nice this weekend. Back comfortably above average. Sunshine and 50 tomorrow. We will see the winds take up sunday. Sunday night is a cold front with rain showers. Behind it still above average temperatures next week. Mark lights, camera, access. I would also like to take this moment publicly support kesha. Though many have now come forward for kesha in her case first to say it out loud. Im billy bush. But on the long list of superstars that ve actually worked with dr. Luke, well tell you who is sharing and who has remained silent. Im 100 certain. The erin andrews peeping tom psyctherapist. Is the actual video now being heres the realtory