3 more on the top stories of the day coming right up. But first lets get a check of the forecast. Heres meterologist brandon orr 3 new this morning officials are investigating a body found in the little miami river. The discovery was made about three thirty yesterday afternoon at betty we do know the body was removed from the area. But the identity has not been released. A dispatcher told local 12 news that investigators from Warren County were there to see if its connected to a disappearance from that county, well keep working to learn more information and pass along any new information as we get it. 3 two people are in custody after an overnight chase. A Colerain Township officer tried stopping a stolen uhaul van about three this morning. Authorities say the driver didnt stop and at one point hit a Colerain Township cruiser. The chase ended right off the route 128 exit off i275 in miami township. A female driver and another person in that van were arrested when they tried running off
After an army veteran is found dead. How they re using his story to reach out to others who are struggling tonight. 27yearold aaron berns had been missing since the first of the year. Evening, im Courtis Fuller thanks for joining us. Berns, went missing after Authorities Say he started a fire at a morrow home and jumped in to a river to elude them. Tonight, his family says while they ve gotten closure they hope his death means more. Wlwt news 5 s tammy mutasa spoke to his parents and joins us live with more. Tammy . Reporter courtis. Even though aaron s body was found yesterday, the family wanted to still have the vigil today. Not just for their son but for other people with ptsd. The vigil had already been planned for sunday but the closure came the day before. It felt like it was meant to be. Reporter aaron berns body was found in the Little Miami River day. Let s it s been a long two months, very long time. Reporter deputies say the 27yearold jumped into the river while on the run f
Lunchtime. I have been bumming people out with the forecast. Kyla still nice for february. Hopefully no complaints for you. Toward the 75 interchange we re still pretty light. Then we will start to pick things up in about an hour. Rolling right along, as you can see here. Right now very light. 71, 75 looks good at mount zion. Towards the 275 interchange, you re good to go there, as well. We will check again shortly. Lisa thank you. A driver has swerved to miss a deer and hit a pole on the cincinnati man was not hurt but likely going too fast. New this morning, a house damaged by fire in independence. This happened just before midnight on flintrock bluff. In the garage and spread to other parts of the house. Four people were inside when this broke out, and everyone made it out of the house. Destroyed. Investigators are still working to determine the cause. Police find a body in the little miami river. On new year s day, police say 27yearold aaron berns jumped into the river after settin
Re going to climb this thing . I am doing vertical miles. Jonathan we are waking up to storms and greater cincinnati. It won t matter for those vertical milers. Jennifer has the impact it s having on the area and went clouds move out. This is news 5 today. Now from cincinnati s First Television station, this is news 5 today. Jonathan good morning and welcome. Thank you for joining us. This is meteorologist jennifer schack. You didn t think you could run caps on and you did it. Jennifer there is some pounding on the roadways. We should see some improvement because the heavy bands event. Has ended. We are doing well temperature wise. It s going to be a very soggy start. Some places have seen over a half an inch after midnight. The rain is moving. There is still this back band that is developing in a central Hamilton County. We did not see any lightning with it. We do not see any. We have heavy thunderstorms between night and 1 00. Look at the several hours the trailed across Hamilton Cou
Greater cincinnati good Jennifer Schack has the impact on the area and when clouds could move out. Sunday, february 21, 2016. This is news 5 today. From cincinnati s wlwt, leading the way. This is wlwt news 5 today. Jonathan welcome to news 5 today. Thank you for joining us on the sunday morning. This is meteorologist and curator of pet rocks, Jennifer Schack. She was making them with her son , weston yesterday. You should tweak some of those pictures out. It was a great day for sitting outside in making pet rocks. Jennifer insureds. Jonathan jennifer in shorts. Jonathan flipflops. Jennifer i used to say the threshold was 74 shorts and it was 72. Tied a record for the day. We will not have that works today. We will salvage a nice afternoon after a very soggy overnight. A look at the radar, steady rain and thunderstorms rolling in just after midnight. We have seen the heaviest and a bulk of precipitation move out. A good portion of us have seen over an inch of rain this morning. Now we