Bless their hearts. Wlwt news 5 is leading the way, on the winter weather. As we always do. Download our wlwt app. You can can see the nowcast, as well as get Severe Weather alerts, sent right on your phone or mobile device. The zika virus is now in Greater Cincinnati. The first case, a Butler County woman who travelled to south america. Butler county Health Director pat burg says the biggest risk is for pregnant women traveling to central and south america. It has been linked to birth defects in newborns. It is really making people nervous. Only one in five people infected will even show signs of symptoms. Pat burg it s relatively a mild illness so we have only 20 of the people that actually have the virus even become ill at all, most of the symptoms are mild. Jonathan it is hard to understand why you would get so upset about this until you learn about the birth defects part of this. With so few cases in the u. S. And even ohio Health Experts are in a bit of a holding educated and awa
S wasn t the weather that students home today. Mark Dayton Independent School officials made the decision after receiving a threat. Wlwt news 5 s Brian Hamrick is live with this developing story. Ryan good afternoon, mark. They just located the person that made that threat brian good afternoon, mark. That made that threat. Superintendent here did not want to open the doors to school. Of a safety risk. Re told the suspect is a s about as ll the bomb threat against dayton schools was posted on social investigators were searching for the juvenile since then. When the person couldn t be found, the superintendent felt the safest thing to do was to close school for the day. It affects the preschool, elementary, middle school and high school, about 1000 students in total. S jay brewer it s a balance of taking the threat seriously and s not an it s harder than calling a snow day, let me tell you that. Brian there was a girls tonight senior night for the girls, their opponents coming up from le
At least road crews will not have to work through the night because it looks like the decrease in snow showers and flurries is starting to take place. Here s a look at the radar. Not a lot of action. You get an idea of what is happening. Band of snow showers dropping from north to south. A quick burst of snow could quickly coat the roadways. That is why there are so crews out there. Salt crews out there. This is dropping southport the ohio river. These flurries and snow showers will continue off and on throughout the evening hours. It is down to 20 at the airport. I tell you what, those winds are adding a bite to the air. Down to 15 in dayton. 18 in indianapolis. Wind chills are playing a factor. And dangerously low temperatures, the opportunity for another accumulating snowfall. I will have the full story coming up in my full forecast. Mike cincinnati road crews are already on 12 hour shifts. They will focus on areas prone to freezing and they will retreat roads. They will be on duty
Like we do. Now, wmur news 9 tonight. Tom tonight, this manchester teacher is charged with simple assault for an incident involving a student. Good evening, i m tom griffith. Shelley i m shelley walcott. Southside middle School Teacher anita lemay turned herself in today. Wmur s stephanie woods is live at the Manchester Police department with our top story. Stephanie tonight she is on paid leave and parents are sounding off after Manchester Police say the math teacher knocked candy out of the hand of a student during class and hurt his wrist. Always kind of shocked. I never heard of such a thing out of Southside Middle School. Stephanie officers came to january 29. Teacher 52yearold anita lemay,and a 14yearold boy. Class while eating candy. Manchester police say when he refused to listen to lemay, she knocked the candy out of his hand and left a mark on his to Southside Middle School where her son and daughter went to school. She says she s never heard of anything like this. He was spe
Today. Wmur s stephanie woods is live at the Manchester Police department with our top story. Stephanie tonight she is on paid leave and parents are sounding off after Manchester Police say the math teacher knocked candy out of the hand of a student during class and hurt his wrist. Always kind of shocked. I never heard of such a thing out of Southside Middle School. Stephanie officers came to Southside Middle School on january 29. For an incident involving math teacher 52yearold anita lemay,and a 14yearold boy. The teen allegedly disturbed the class while eating candy. Manchester police say when he refused to listen to lemay, she knocked the candy out of his hand and left a mark on his wrist. Robin tabbi drove school buses to Southside Middle School where her son and daughter went to school. She says she s never heard of anything like this. He was special education and they were really awesome with my son. They brought him out of his than what he had been. Stephanie but other parents a