elections as well. 28 days of early voting. you don't even have to go to the polls. the more people that vote early, that means fewer people will be at the polls on election day which should ease some of the stress. >> about 17,000 people have already voted early. we have seen some people going today. through saturday. just a note, they are still looking for poll workers for next tuesday. that is a paid position, workers john, back to you. >> thank you for that. >> meantime the secretary of state also wants repetitive ublican voters to know that they should expect to see two versions of the district congressional race on the ballot. >> if the district congressional race is a big one that's replacing john boehner, the former speaker of the u.s. house of representative, if you're republican you vote twice, you want to replace john boehner and then you vote for who you want to nominate to be on the ballot this november. republican voters have to cast two votes in the congressional primary, one for the unexpired term and one for the new term. >> >> john: the people who want to take over the forum seat will speak tonight. invited to university hamilton case. the race for the gop presidential nomination looking more and more like a two-man field. ted cruz and donald trump are stacking up the delegates. the democratic candidates are focused on mission. the democratic candidates called resignation in the wake of the flint water crisis. from poison water to problems in the suer. hamilton county officials are working with the district today. discussing issues related to daily operations, as well as the misuse of funds. an audit of the agency is underway right now after allegations that hundreds of millions of dollars were misspent. today's meeting is expected to focus on the consent decree from 2 2004. we're investigating and we'll local12.com. a baby is fighting after being allegedly beaten by his mother's boyfriend. place say he allegedly slammed, we learned he's breathing on his own. there's still a long road ahead, but still good news. browle is can locked up on charges of assault and kidnapping. >> jason kuntz is currently locked up. he allegedly said i've got something for you and i'm ready to kill somebody. the 38-year-old faces two counts of aggravated menacing and he's due to court this afternoon. firefighters walked into an apartment to find several snakes inside. just before 9:00 this morning. none of the snakes were loose but a light fixture on one of the aquariums caught fire. fire. the fire did enough damage that the tenant probably won't be able to stay in the apartment. he didn't have insurance, either. the spca is called in a 14-year-old student at madison junior school. all four students are recovering today. hancock faces an number of charges, including attempted murder. two others face connections for not reporting that hancock had the gun. despite the terror, it could have been much worse, if not for the quick actions of the resource officer. rich jaffe talks to that officer in his first interview, that's ahead on local 12 news at 6:00. our temperatures on the rise and we're kicking off a workweek with much more spring-like temperatures, how high it will climb in your no wait weather. >> good afternoon, john. highly filtered sun for the remainder of the afternoon. it will remain mostly cloudy, filtered star light this evening. mid 60s. no rain, no thunderstorms, dry air wins out. we will have some returns showing up on precision doppler hd. i suspect that will be rain that's evaporating before it reaches the ground. a mostly cloudy sky with temperatures falling back down through the 50s. at least some precipitation in the ohio valley, but this precipitation near connorsville is not reaching the ground. along interstate 70 and especially to the west of indianapolis, that's rain. but there's individual cluster of rains moving to the northeast and not towards the tri-state. the temperature 58 now in wilmington. 59 at the international airport. hamilton is at 62 degrees. breezy and warm not just today but all the way through midweek. showers return for the middle and latter part of the week. late last week we talked about the potential for flooding concerns later on in the week, we'll reinvestigate those and fall and if it will affect your outdoor plans nearing the weekend, more on that coming up in ten minutes. >> thank you, scott. the u.s. and south korea i've been a turkey farmer my whole life... and i raise turkey for honeysuckle white . we don't use growth-promoting antibiotics, that's just the way things should be done. that's important to me. my name is glenn, and i'm an independent (female announcer) honeysuckle white . no growth-promoting antibiotics, if you're doing everything right but find it harder and harder to get by, you're not alone. while our people work longer hours for lower wages, almost all new income goes to the top 1%. my plan -- make wall street banks and 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hour-by-hour forecast is on app. i completely understand if you want to get out and savor the you remember with a -- the warmth. we have rain returning later this week and you'll see the updated forecast on local 12's the weather authority app. search wkrc or on google play if you don't have our app, it may come in handy. showers and thunderstorms returning as we near the weekend. atrium medical center weather cam, up in college hill, a level clouds. the day. breezy and warm today. the same goes for tomorrow. if you think today is warm. we'll make a run close to 70 tomorrow and again on wednesday. waves of rain will bring high temperatures down slightly. late last weak, there was concern for flooding later on in the ohio valley as we near the weekend, those flooding concerns have come down. it is warm outside. 64 in bridgetown. liberty is at 60. 61 at the international airport. we'll rise about another five degrees to get to our afternoon high in the mid 60s today. notice, and i talked about this last night. we have returns showing up on our network of radars, much of this rain, over indiana, ohio and kentucky is evaporating before it reaches the ground, so we have returns on our network of radar, especially indianapolis and points back to that's where the rain is going to stay. individual clusters of rain here moving to the northeast and not moving towards the tri-state. notice on the forecast model. widely scattered showers over the central part of northern indiana. no rain here today. still an abundance of mid and upper level clouds. no rain, no thunderstorms. tonight, mostly cloudy still dry. tomorrow we'll pick up more sun, this area of high pressure scoots back to the west. a sun cloud mix tomorrow. then clouds increase tomorrow night and during the day on wednesday, clouds thicken back up. there will be widely scattered showers late in the afternoon and during the evening. breezy and warm today. with highly filtered sun. 65 by 5:00 this afternoon. we'll fall back down through the 50s tonight. with clouds winning out and waves of rain. the wind will get your attention today, tomorrow, wednesday and even thursday. slightly cooler air comes for saturday and sunday. this forecast will be updated shortly at local12.com and on local 12's the weather authority app. we will talk about when the last flakes of the season fall when our last accumulating snow of the season is, which is still in the future, it hasn't come and gone. >> back-to-back episodes at i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. her life's work has been about breaking barriers. and so would her presidency. which is why, for every american who's not being paid what they're worth... who's held back by student debt or a system tilted against them- and there are far too many of you- she understands that our country can't reach it's potential... unless we all do. together. >> prom season right around the corner. open. for some it is the only way they can afford to go. what 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