Around for the entire weekend. Got a little color stripe on the horizon on this saturday, february 20, 2016. [captioning made possible by wlwttv] jonathan good morning. Welcome to news 5 today. Thanks for joining us on this saturday. Hope yours is going well so far. Im Jonathan Hawgood. Schack. Citycam 5 giving a very good description of sort of the last couple days weather. It looks warm out there. The color in the sky gives you the hint of warm. Its also misty and you get a sense of unsettled, like that wind we had yesterday. Am i going too far with this . Jennifer read into it whatever you want. Its all good. Jonathan 50 degrees right now, fantastic after the stretch what was felt like zero. Jennifer coming out of snow and cold at the beginning of the week, 50 now. Go. Look how the color is getting more intense and concentrated as we move west. Jennifer interesting that we generally scattered clouds out there this morning. There will be a good amount of sunshine with the clouds for the late part of the morning and into our afternoon. Should improve from here. This morning, there is some fog, though, in spots. Didnt see any on citycam that was problematic. Were seeing visibility across Butler County especially down less than a half mile for most of the region from hamilton up to middletown. Take a look right now. Temperatures, theres a big variation. If you have fog, youre around 40. Winds, youre around 50. Thats the case at the International Airport and at the station in mt. Auburn. Calm winds in hamilton. They are down a little bit at five miles an hour. In lunken, they were calm earlier. Allowing the visibility to drop back to threeten they ths of a mile in hamilton. At lunken, they had a half mile for visibility, now back to seven miles. Some spots with fog, surprising considering the strong winds last evening. Calm winds in some locations this morning. No problems downtown. The citycam shot showing the visibility high. Temperatures are mild. It will be a warm start to the by tomorrow morning, well talk about rain returning. Details coming up. Jonathan weve seen on and off breezes this morning. But winds are definitely calming down. Theres old glory not moving at all. Some gusts yesterday reached more than 50 miles per hour. Strong winds knocked over trees, power and phone lines across Greater Cincinnati yesterday. Wlwt news 5s emily wood has the cleanup under way in clermont county. Reporter its almost too dark to see, but a blue tarp now covers the roof of this familys garage here in Miami Township. Luckily, no one was inside when the tree fell, but it did prompt almost immediate cleanup. Workers for earls tree company happened to be in the right place at the right time. Before this 30yearold silver maple came crashing down on to the homeowners garage, crews were just down the street trimming trees. We were working in the neighborhood, and then we saw the tree come down and we came over to help them out. Reporter the home owners say luckily, they were at work and no cars were in the garage when snagging and gutters on the side of the house. Any damage that was done was structural. There was no electrical damage, no lines were hit. Electric or gas or anything. So i was very happy. I mean, this is minor considering what it could have been. Reporter even as crews were working on weber road, less than half a mile away, part of cook road was closed after a tree took down power and phone lines, all part of mother natures unpredictability. I knew it was supposed to be nice high temperatures and sunny. Would be here. Reporter the home owners say while this was a hassle for their friday night, it did not ruin their friday night plans. Reporting from Miami Township in clermont county, emily wood, wlwt news 5. Jonathan a frightening situation in loveland. A tree fell on a truck while a driver was going down ibold take a look at this. Not a huge tree, but imagine that thing coming straight across your windshield. Two people inside the truck at the time. Fortunately, it missed where they were sitting. No one was hurt. The truck is going to need a little bit of repair. Power problems, much like the winds, are dying down now after a peak of 9,000 outages around the area, duke energy is reporting more than 400 active outages around town. Most of those are in Butler County. New details on a late night crash in avondale. It happened around 11 00 last night in the 4100 block of reading road. This is near police headquarters. Police say a 39yearold man driving a cadillac was going south and crossed the center line, hitting a tow truck. The driver of the cadillac is at u. C. Medical center in critical condition. The driver of the tow truck was not hurt. Police say speed and impairment appear to be factors in the crash. The coroner has identified the body of a man found dead in west chester. Police say 28yearold eric pefley was last seen alive he was on the departments missing persons list. Thursday night, teenagers walking the trail at keehner park found pefleys body in a wooded area. Late last night, we saw a bunch of cops parked up and down the street right here, and theyre taking like atvs and stuff down into the park. This morning, i saw a police dog go down there as well. Jonathan police say the trail where pefleys body was discovered leads up to the susan springs culdesac. They havent said how he died or if foul play is suspected. Anyone with information is asked to call the west Chester Police department. If youre in the market for a new vehicle, but not sure what youre looking for, the cincinnati auto expo is the Perfect Place to go browsing. Wlwt news 5s richard chiles, live at the Duke Energy Convention center with a sneak peek at what you can expect today. Hey, richard. Richard jonathan, good morning. Doors opening up at 10 00 at the duke energy center, getting a chance to check out 400 cars from 35 manufacturers representing the dealers in the cincinnati area. Joining me, Colby Sweeney from jake sweeney fiat. Amazing cars. Look at this great vehicle. Good morning. This is the fiat 500x. It is a new four cylinder, super fuel efficient all wheel drive vehicle. It comes with all the amenities. Leather are, heated seats, panoramic sun roof. Whats most important about the car is its a car for people that are interested in want to enjoy the experience of driving a car and not being driven. Richard one of the things i love about the show, colby, you get a chance to look at the vehicle makes and models. Dealers are going to be here. They get a chance to get up close. This is the tristate. We talk to you. Everybody knows jake sweeney, a great name to know. You guys are out here not necessarily just pushing the sale, because folks come through the dealership right after they leave a show like this. This is a place to come see all vehicles, 35 makes, 400 cars. A brand like fiat, oerz like kia, ford, toyota. Were here showing our wares and comparing them to each other. Its a lot of fun. Richard doors opening up this morning at 10 00 a. M. , staying open until 9 00 tonight. Tomorrow, check out the show from 11 00 until 5 00. Just 12 dollars to get in. Childrens under 12 are free. Get a discount if you go to the kroger to pick up the tickets. This is an amazing opportunity to come to the show. Thanks for taking a second to talk to us. Were going to zip off. Jonathan, this looks like the one you want me to drive home. Coming up in the next half hour, jonathan it looks great. Thats the vehicle the pope was driving when he came and visited the united states. Thanks, richard. Richard the pope was driving the fiat. Jonathan Funeral Services today for justice antonin scalia. How his friends and fellow politicians paid respects last night. Opening weekend of tournament play for high scoot hool basketball. And your live look outside. Citycam 5. The colors been muted just a touch. But that mystic feel is still here, open minds lead to broken boundaries. And when everyone around you is pushing you forward, nothing can stand in your way. And together, that makes us undeniably kent state. The garlic double steakburger meal. Reflect. The taco salad meal. Zen the original double n cheese oh the 4 menu. Where all meals are under 4. Jonathan welcome back. Justice antonin scalias funeral will take place today. Last night, Justice Scalia was laying in repose in the supreme courts great hall. The president and first lady paid their respects. Scalias former clerks stood watch around his casket all night as he was lying in repose. Justice scalias fans created a makeshift memorial to him at the bottom of the court steps. President obama is urging states to make it easier for people to vote. President obama told a group of house meeting that voting systems need updating to reflect the way people live today. Hes cited a law taking effect this year in illinois that he says will expand early voting and allow people to register and vote on election day. The state department has released more than 500 more documents from former secretary of state Hillary Clintons e mail account. Portions were upgraded to confidential but none was classified at the time the e mails was sent. The state Department Plans to finish making them public on february 29, the day before the critical super tuesday primaries. Lets talk local weather. Jennifer a dry and mild start for saturday morning. Citycam showing downtown. Visibility is up around five miles. We have fog being reported in some of our eastern and northern communities. Not too much of a problem. Well break out into more sunshine, late morning to midday. Turn the radar on to fog detection mode. Across Butler County, northern hamilton county, fog around a half to one mile for visibility, then extending out into central parts of indiana. Weve gone from yesterday evening, strong winds, to calm winds in spots this morning. Leading to some fog, especially again in Butler County. Note for hamilton, the temperature down in the valley with the light winds, down at 40 degrees. The coolest temperature on the map, compare id to the International Airport, temperatures at 50 degrees. The winds are a touch higher in spots this morning, allowing temperatures to stay up at the airport. Everyone dry, even with the scattered clouds around. Nothing on the radar. Well keep it that way for a good portion of today. 50 degrees, officially, at the airport. The south wind, 8 miles an hour. No observed wind gusts this morning. Dont expect the winds to pick up this afternoon. Like yesterday. The forecast today, the same thing, but lighter winds with partly cloudy skies. Scattered clouds on satellite and radar moving through this morning. A touch thick right now. We break into sunshine mid late morning to midday. Were on the south side of a boundary to encourage warm temperatures to return this afternoon. We also have an increase in moisture as the low pressure works in. It will send more moisture up from the south. By tonight, rain builds in for the region, especially the southern counties. Well have the more widespread rain and higher rainfall totals. But we will see showers areawide. Then theyll try to push out tomorrow afternoon as the low pressure exits. Temperatures tomorrow behind the front drop off about ten degrees. Highs in the mid 50s tomorrow. The second boundary, another cold front sunday night will drop us into the mid 40s come monday. Well be stepping back each day for the temperatures. Heres a look at rainfall. Rain mainly in the southern looking at quite a bit of cloud cover and showers past 8 00 and 9 00 tomorrow morning. Into midday, rain bands lingering. It will take until sunday afternoon to clear out. Today, mid 60s. Partly cloudy, dry. The rain doesnt arrive until after midnight. We drop off to 49. Behind it tomorrow, 55. Departing rain for the afternoon as we start to dry out. More sunshine, near seasonable high for monday. Clouds thicken tuesday. Late evening showers possible. A potential system wednesday could bring heavy rain that wraps up with snow or a mix wednesday night. Flurries and snow showers thursday and friday. Jonathan thank you, jennifer. Its the Opening Weekend of tournament play for local basketball. One team put on a show friday night with a buzzer beating details in your morning sports. George welcome into the blitz on a saturday, im george vogel, along with elise jessie. Its Opening Weekend of the High School Basketball tournament for the ohio boys. Were tipping off with st. Xavier and withrow. Elise the winner will have an extremely tough test tuesday, when they face mason, who hasnt lost since november. George were heading to Lakota West High School for the division one bracket. The bombers swinging this around the outside. Senior matt whitrock using his sharp scooting skills. X takes the lead with the three. The tigers bring transition. Frank robinson alleyoop to albert calala. Withrow, with the size advantage all night. Calvin english finishing off the pass from elijah willis. 5250, the tigers advance. That sets up the game against the number one seed, withrow and mason, tuesday night at Lakota West High School. Tipoff at 7 30. West high school. The star, middletown guard kobe johnson. The three cuts milfords lead to one. Under five minutes to play in the game. Next, milford with the lead, seconds to go, Ethan Edwards gets a steal, takes it straight to the bucket, giving middletown the lead. But this foul here puts an eagle up to the stripe. Kobe had to ball out. He did. Timen winding down, tied at 35, hell take the buzzer beater shot for three. He makes it, to advance the midis to the next round, where theyll face anderson tuesday night. George the looks on those faces, priceless. No doubt about it. Now division two, taft and reading next. The winner of this matchup takes on the winner of norwood and goshen. That game tuesday night, the winner of these two teams. Elise reading had a week off to rest up for tonights game. Taft, armed with three upper classmen who average in double digit scoring. Derek forrest has more. Derek thanks a lot, guys. The ohio Boys Basketball tournament under way. In division two, we had two games over at Mason High School friday night. The first had the two seed in district three, taft, meeting up with reading. Winners move on while the loser will head home until next season. Pick it up in the second quarter. Check it out. Frank broyles the steal. Hell finish with the onehanded dunk. Taft, theyre up 17. Back the other way for reading. Mancini jackson splits the defender, gets the layup to go and the foul. Reading down 15. Taft was just way too much in this one. They go inside to virgil lackey for the hook shot. They take the 9144 win. Norwood goshen game, being played saturday morning at 11 00 a. M. I love the energy. Energy, energy, energy. We played with a lot of energy. I told them defense wins championships. Defense today. Night, over at mason, top seed in district 2, aiken, taking on taylor. First quarter, the kick out to david pitman from downtown. Taylor is up one early on. Aiken takes control and turns defense into offense. Carlik jones goes west coast to right coast on the steal. Falcons up 13. Time running down in the quarter, griffin steps up, knocks down the three as aiken grabs the easy win friday night, 8242, over taylor. Aiken will face the winner of the western brown batavia game with the second round match upset wednesday at 6 00 p. M. In mason. Derek forrest, wlwt news 5 sports. Mcdonalds of Greater Cincinnati is proud to present the mcdonalds blitz 5 studentathlete of the week. George karen garn is a senior at Little Miami High School and is on the lacrosse and swimming team. She received Honorable Mention for Girls Lacrosse and is a twoyear varsity letter winner she tutors for a fifth grade class, is part of symphonic band and is part of principals council. Karen has a gpa of 4. 0 unweighted. Matt prewitt is a senior and is on the football team. Hes a threeyear varsity letterman and threetime academic all southwest ohio conference. Matt is a member of a Church Youth Group and Hope Community service group. Matts gpa is also 4. 0 unweighted. If you know someone who deserves to be the next mcdonalds studentathlete of the week, let us know, drop us a line at 1700 young street, cincinnati, 45202 or email us at blitz5 wlwt. Com. Jonathan the fight for clean water in michigan going to the streets. Coming up, where protesters in flint voiced frustrations about the citys water. A live look outside. Citycam 5. Re unpacking already . Yeah, help me find some mugs. Sure. beep hey. O. K. Wake up to the mountain grown aroma of folgers. The best part of wakin up so, where do you want to start . Pretty good place. . We want justice. We want justice. Jonathan several organizations came together friday morning in flint, michigan, to march for water. The march was organized in part by reverend jesse jackson. Hundreds participated in the roughly one mile march to the flint water plant. Some protesters also demanded the gosk vernor set down. The citys waters source was changed in 2014 and the lead was leached out of the pipes with the water. Causing for high concentrations of lead to be in the citys water supply. A Class Action Lawsuit is now in the works. The water in sebring, ohio, now safer to drink. The epa announced the latest tests show all but four tap water samples contained lead below the threshold. The epa says running the tap for a few minutes eliminates detectible lead from the water. Sebrings Water Company says it wasnt clear the lead was an emergency. This is a technical adjustment to the plant. Do what you need to do and submit your reports. Jonathan sebrings water system says the changes in the water line purge could resolve the lead issues for good in the next three weeks. The epa fired two employees and demoted a third over sebrings water situation. Still a lot more ahead on news 5 today. Including work at a louisville construction site has stopped after a crane collapsed. Well tell you what Officials Say may have caused the accident and how it operator managed to escape unharmed. And your live look outside. Citycam 5. Clouds building in a little bit. Everything you need to know about life, you can learn from granola. Keep it simple. Make every piece count. Let other people know what youre made of. Dont be fake, dont be artificial, but always be sweet. And of course, wear sunscreen. Nature valley granola bars. Flavors or sweeteners. Jonathan now on news 5 today, key contests. Voters in nevada and South Carolina weigh in on the 2016 race for the white house. Richard and were going to put you behind the wheel of your dream car just ahead. Jonathan a nice, warm start to the weekend. Were going to get a bit of rain, however. Meteorologist Jennifer Schack will tell us when the wet weather will arrive in your most accurate forecast. This is news 5 today. Jonathan good morning, welcome to news 5 today. Im Jonathan Hawgood. Meteorologist Jennifer Schack, youll tell me im jumping the gun when i say i feel like the warm weather weve gotten is the end of winter. We had the oasis, which was wonderful, then the bump which ended the nasty stretch of cold. Even if it gets cold again and snows again, were so close to march. End of winter. Jennifer today will feel i was looking at the forecast high, 66. Thats the average high, april 18. Its going to feel a couple months ahead today. We have a nice one. Yesterday, we were at 66 but had the damaging winds. Today, much weaker for the winds. They will still be a touch but nowhere near yesterday. Today. Weve been as warm as 72. Weve had fog in spots. Looking at temperatures, the colder spots, hamilton and lunken. Down in the valleys, lighter winds allowing the temperatures to drop off. Along the hill side, winds up this morning, youre not going to see fog. Hamilton down with the calm winds and that corresponds with the location thats mainly had a problem with our visibility and fog this morning hamiltons visibility, eighttenths of a mile. Now one and a half miles. We have a couple of spots with fog this morning. Not too problematic. Well climb nicely into the 60s. But thats a pinnacle. Well sta right to fall back. It will feel like winter in a couple days. Well go through the rest of the forecast coming up. Jonathan jennifer, thanks. People in Butler County will clean up from the damage left behind from fridays wind. A pole snapped in half in millville, just west of hamilton. Up. In middletown, a tree was uprooted because of the strong wind. We have a picture of that. You can see the older tree leaning on the power lines to the left there. Another pole down in independence, kentucky. A utility pole that broke in half shut down independence station road for several hours last night. No one was hurt. Strong wind, along with mechanical failure to blame for bringing down a crane at a louisville construction site. Authorities say as soon as the crane began to collapse, the crane operator jumped into the ohio river in the opposite direction of the crane. He was able to get out of the water quickly and was not hurt. Check out more wind damage photos on the wlwt app. A busy day in commitment 2016 news. The democrats are preparing for nevada, while the republicans focus on South Carolina. Primary voting takes place in South Carolina today. Donald trump is leading in some of the polls. Apple over its refusal to unlock the San Bernardino attackers iphone and is explaining his support for the iraq regard in 2002. Something thats been brought up lately by his competitors. Meanwhile, experts say ted cruz and marco rubio are fighting it out for second place. We need to nominate someone who can bring us together. I know i can better than anyone in this race. Here in South Carolina these next 21 hours, going to decide. Jonathan Governor John Kasich is getting new optimism. An nbc news wall street journal poll shows hes up to 9 in South Carolina. Thats a leap from only one percent last month. The usa news poll shows right now, kasich would beat Hillary Clinton 49 to 38 and sanders 44 to 41 . Thats pretty good for our governor. And speaking of the democrats, Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton are trading jabs before the caucuses in nevada. Las Vegas High School friday. Sanders held three events, including a concert, in vegas. Are you a car lover in youre in for a treat today. Whether youre looking for a new ride or love browsing models, the cincinnati auto expo has something for you. Richard chiles is downtown with a sneak preview. Reporter for the auto industry, theyve seen 17 million sales last year, expecting the same type of numbers this year. The show puts you up close and personal with those big brands. Once again, joining me, Colby Sweeney. Kia, amazing car. This is a soul the package is called the whole bang. The kia soul with the whole she bang. This is a lot larger, rides higher so you can have a car and still ride at a height like an suv. Its got the navigation, the panoramic roof. You can use it for navigation and picking your favorite song. So if you want to hear the Rolling Stones satisfaction, say play Rolling Stones satisfaction. The car will do it. Richard Jonathan Hawgood cant get no satisfaction, but he might be able to pick up one of these kias. An amazing opportunity to come out. The show runs from 10 00 until 9 00. Great opportunity. 400 cars on the floor from all 35 manufacturing dealers, representing all the dealers in the tristate. Great day. Bring the kids. Pick out the car. Go to the dealer, see the sweeneys. Jonathan. Jonathan you cant always get what you want, richard. Thanks. The dishes a local restaurant is whipping up to celebrate and how its making a difference for our youth at the same time. And your live look outside. Citycam 5. There goes a barge and the mighty ohio. Hopefully not headed for you re unpacking already . Yeah, help me find some mugs. Sure. beep hey. O. K. They ll do. Wake up to the mountain grown aroma of folgers. The best part of wakin up so, where do you want to start . Pretty good place. Jonathan welcome back. This month kicked off the Chinese New Year. Its the year of the monkey. Pf changs is helping celebrate. Joining us, andy burch, the manager of pf chang. Youre year of the monkey. Something special . Its the chinese zodiac. If you were born in this year, i was born in 80 so im the year of the monkey. Once every twelve years. So it says im intelligent. Im sure thats true. Making it from chef to gm at pf changs. What are you making . And praun. This is a Chinese New Year traditional dish. Throw a little butter in here. So right now, as were celebrating Chinese New Year at the store, we have a special menu. And it consists of butter nut squash dumplings, life long noodles and prawns and a Hong Kong Sea bass. If you come into the store, purchase one of these items, we donate a dollar to boys and girls clubs of america. Jonathan i love the kung pow chicken. A fantastic dish. This doesnt look like it was hot enough. We need more heat here. But you almost got that butter down. What do you add with that . We add garlic. This is all jonathan theres a sizzle. These are all aromatic. All the flavor inside the wok. Jonathan it always smells so good. Wok cooking is on very high heat. Like five 500 degree flames. This is hunan salt, chili pepper pods, chili flakes. Get the good smell in there. We almost had a wok down. Well toss in noodles. Now weve got food. What do you put on the prauns. Chili pepper pods, garlic, scallion scallions. As well as donating a dollar for come in also go share a Chinese New Year wish you on social media through pf changs wish. For every wish, we will donate a dollar. Jonathan i wish i had more time. There are two pf changs in our area, Rookwood Commons and civic center boulevard in west chester. Its excellent. Thank you so much. More High School Basketball coverage coming up. The teams in kentucky not yet in tournament play. Well have the latest in morning sports. Jennifer limited sunshine this morning. This afternoon. Jennifer welcome back. Wlwt radar mode set on indication of fog. We have butler and Warren County coming in half to a mile visibility. Down through hamilton and middle town, weve had winds weaker down in the valleys theyre water sources. We have some fog. Downtown, it looks like more of a haze scenario. Visibility is around five miles. Early in the morning. We should bring back a pretty good amount of sunshine later this afternoon. Temperatures climb. Were at 50 right now, a south wind at 8 miles an hour it will be weaker today than yesterday. Afternoon. We should peak around 66. Heres the satellite and radar with thickening of the clouds this morning. Most cloud cover will be this morning. Were still on the south side of the boundary, allowing temperatures to jump back in the 60s this afternoon. Dry today. Take a look at the moisture pooling to the north tonight. As we make it into the overnight, a band of rain setting up across the region, especially our southern counties. The better potential for some higher rainfall totals. Lingering into tomorrow morning, behind this system tomorrow, temperatures drop back with highs in the 50s. Then theres a secondary cold front for sunday night. Highs behind it on monday will well be staging back our temperatures over the next couple days. Today, the last day of the mildest stretch. Take a look at futurecast. The rain returning from the south. Most rain is limited to the southern counties for the overnight. Building north into the midday. Well keep it around into midday for most the of the region. Theres another surge for midday out through Ripley County having to move through. We have activity through the midday, then quieting down in the afternoon. Then we should bring back late day sunshine for sunday. High today, 66. Breezy but not windy. Well not have wind gusts this afternoon. 49 for the low tonight. Some rain arrives, especially southern counties. Overspreads during the morning. 55 for the high tomorrow afternoon. Late day sunshine. Showers monday. Dry tuesday. Late tuesday, showers return, looking for a potential with wrapping up as a mix or snow showers wednesday night. Heres your saturday morning sports. George and welcome back. Weve made the switch to that other side of the river, the bluegrass side. The commonwealth. The great state of kentucky. Theyre not in the playoffs just yet. Elise next weekend, they get after tournament competition. Last night, the regular season came to a close. It was beechwoods last home game as he hosted highlands. Zach wells has more. Zach george and elise, good morning. Among the two rival fan bases at highlands and cov cath, there is a very real curiosity. When will the colonels catch highlands in football and when will the bluebirds overtake cov cath in basketball. When it comes to hoops, highlands hired a former cov cath standout in Kevin Listerman to walk the sidelines in fort thomas. But last night, hed be in charge in another fort, fort mitchell. A couple of nice plays. A killer crossover from highlands. Was in the line of fire. Beechwood can share the ball. Look where ben toby caught it. Thats padding points in the paint stats for the tigers. In the fourth quarter, remember top gun . Maverick, goose, call sign charley . Here, joe robbins hits the brakes and flew right by. They were all fired up at beechwood after a 20point win over highlands, 6848. The playoffs start next week in kentucky. And youd think this is college football, because today, to close out the regular season, it is a rivalry saturday in northern kentucky. Featuring, who else, but highlands and cov cath. Elise . Elise thanks, zach. On to st. Henry and holy cross. Student section was amped up for this one. And so was st. Henry. Inside out to burling. Drains a three for the crusaders. We have goetz turns on the burners. Hits the buzzer beater to end the first quarter. Holy cross trying to answer back. And, of course, they do. The indians win it in the end, 6458. George its time for the blitz 5 basketball insider. He is alex meacham. Meech, welcome back. Good to see you, george. Nice dabs dance. George you can do the dance stuff. Im lucky to do that. Really good. George even while im palming an ipad. I got skills, all right. Were talking kentucky basketball. The tournaments getting underway next week. Some teams in the ninth region with a chance, like cov cath. 236 right now, 12game winning streak. They have a threeheaded monster, hondorf, frederick and flood. A tough group of kids. When theyre playing well, they can make a deep run. Led by ben wire, the kevin love of northern kentucky. When hes playing well, theyre very tough to beat as well. George thats the thorough breds. Also, a team to consider, cooper. The young man, sean mcneil, needs to be healthy. Hes been hurt with the broken hand. He needs to be healthy for them to make a nice run in the tournament, along with his brother, chris mcneil and the other guard, adam kunkle. George he should be back next week. Also, yes, the holy cross indians. They can shoot the basketball. Like any coach will tell you, if you get hot and shoot the basketball well in a tournament, you can win a lot of basketball games. George the kentucky tournament getting under way next week. The week after that the big ninth region tournament. Thats right. George he is our blitz 5 basketball insider, meech lets see the dance, george. George thats bad. Elise, help me. Elise im going to get you out of that one, george. For your drive of the week, we 35 between milford and middletown. Kobe johnson sends the midis to the next round. As alex meacham would say, hes got the skills to pay the bills. As for the beacon orthopedics sportsmedicine primetime performer check out sophomore allie nice, the three quarter shot against highlands last night. 23 points overall and has 2,004 points for her career. Jonathan the reds are gearing up for another season with a bunch of new faces. Meet the team as they start spring training. George vogel will be live from arizona starting monday at 5 00. What fun. After the break, a final check of the most accurate forecast and well sneak a peek through citycam to find color. Weve got a little sun bouncing now heres your mind muscle. Be. Jonathan well make it through the day without rain. Jennifer it looks gloomy. But no rain today. Its not until comfortably after midnight. Tonight into tomorrow morning. Today, thick clouds this morning. A little bit of fog out there, should improve conditions with partly cloudy skies this afternoon. 66 degrees. Were in the low 50s this morning. Temperaturewise, well do well today. We start to head down tomorrow. Still mild. It will take time for the southeast counties. Winter returns next week. There is a system wednesday. Looks like a strong low pressure up the appalachians, watching the footing of it. A rain shield, maybe heavy rain wednesday. The back edge will likely be a mix, tending towards snow. Something to watch for wednesday night and lingering flurries and friday. Though it will feel like midapril today, well be right back at it with winter temperatures next week. Jonathan were inching closer to march 1, which begins the end of winter as far as im concerned. I dont care what the meteorological calendar says. When youre in march, you have hope springs here. There lambs and lions involved. Thanks for joining us. Good morning. Super saturday. High stakes president ial contests in South Carolina and nevada today. Donald trump poised to win South Carolina while making yet another con row version statement at a rally. He took 50 bullets and he dipped them in pigs blood. Ted cruz slamming the frontrunner. Easy to say lets make America Great again. You can even print that on a baseball cap. Marco rubio hoping to become the establishment candidate on