Mark a 17yearold who is described as a runaway is in custody after his mother saw him in a picture online with a gun. I m mark hayes. Lisa i m lisa cooney. His mother said it looked like he was near bridgetown middle school. Dan griffin is near that school with more on what we know. Dan good afternoon. Green Township Police are trying to iron out all the details. To School Officials in the oak hills district are telling us there was never a threat made. They did have police here this morning just to add calm to the fears. Is expelled from oak hills high has not been in contact with his she is saw a picture of him loading what appeared to be a facebook on bridgetwon campus. She believed it to be stolen. The police on the 17yearold last night without any kind of outstanding warrants, including obstructing justice, runaway, and theft. They found a shotgunstyle bb gun connected to him in some way at a different location after that. They say that one thing parents should know is that there was never a threat. There is no threat made by the student, no threat against the school, and no threat against any adults or students. It was really just a mother that was concerned about of facebook picture of her child with a gun. Dan as we mentioned, several events were canceled because of this, including an after dinner and a youth athletic practice. The 17yearold boy is charged with obstructing and resisting arrest. They say there could be a real gun out there, but they don t know for sure. They don t know where it could be at this point. In bridgetwon, dan griffin, wlwt lisa some parents in the district have mentioned meetings to discuss violence and safety. School Officials Say this event does not rise to that level, and they won t have a meeting for now. A High School Freshman in spring bro is can is facing in springboro is facing charges in connection to a bomb threat. No bomb was found. The Prosecutor Says these threats are taken seriously. He whined that those who make threats will be expelled and charged. They will face a felony charge and go to jail. Mark new information. The death of a fouryearold boy in Warren County has been ruled a homicide. And richie punish her fouryearold stepson, austin, by putting his legs in scalding hot water on tuesday. Checked on during the night. He was taken to atrium hospital found not breathing. All have kids and some of us have grandkids. S family. Something like this. Mark alston house, but they are trying to figure out if he was involved. The stepmother was originally charged with child endangerment while investigators were waiting for the final ruling of the cause of death pure that has been ruled a homicide. Lisa checking on the weather. Randi rico has details on beautiful sunshine. Randi it is a nice day over downtown cincinnati. Bright blue skies and temperatures are bad at all. We are already into the upper 50 s, making our temperature map 57 in springboro. 59 in loveland. 58 at cvg. Temperatures are climbing over the next couple of hours into the lower 60 s. A bit windy for your st. Patrick s day plans if you are going to fountain square, but the wind at 10milesperhour to 15milesperhour gusting occasionally to 20milesperhour. It is breezy and mild and 62. We are on the windy side, but mild temperatures were this time of year. Enjoy it while you can. Temperatures will take a 20degree slide toward the weekend. We will look and when most of to the 30 s, coming up. Mark and accused drunken driver sparks a short police chase. They tried to pull over the driver at 2 30 this morning, but he got on southbound i71. 15minutes later the police he was taken to Bethesda North Hospital after complaining of illness. Lisa investigating a stabbing that happened at 10 00 on mark avenue. The victim, clifford wagers, is in critical condition. The man that you see, jonathan day, was arrested and trash with felonious assault. The victim and suspect lived in the same house. Mark an suv went off the ridge and into the water. The recovery of the vehicle was called off on wednesday because the current is too strong for drivers. For divers. If you have information, call the police. Ickey woods is trying to lisa receive his stolen afc title ring. He got a message about his ring he is not sure how the seller got possession of the ring, but says he deserves to have it back. The person who took it for me, i hope we never find out who you are. The person that has it now, i would like to have it back. I will not pay for it, because i worked hard for it. Lisa the ring is from the 1988 super bowl run. Woods is working with the Cincinnati Police to track down the seller. Information in the effort to stop the spread of the zika virus. The department of health will start its own Surveillance Program checking blood samples zika virus. The goal is to check these in symptoms. There have been eight confirmed cases in ohio and one in kentucky. A company has been cited after a trench collapse killed a 26yearold construction worker last october in hillsboro. Stauffer site service is saying they were not trained without kayvon protections. 91 thousand dollars are proposed in penalties. Was working on a sewer line win a 10 foot trench collapsed, burying him. He died two days later. Fight the Opioid Epidemic and trying to understand more. Dozens met at Wyoming Middle School to talk about the steps to reduce the impact of drugs on their city. Everyone has a role in the battle. It is important for them to know that they can do some thing. Do something. It is not just a big problem with nothing to be done. Everyone can play a role in taking action. Lisa prevention first recommends the general public start a conversation with youth about the dangers of drug abuse. Suspected drug abuse to law mark coming together to support an 11yearold girl diagnosed with leukemia. Abigail lykins has been hospitalized for a month. Her classmates came together to wear orange to show support. Other schools are sharing pictures online for team abi. She is being treated at children s hospital. Lisa new developments after a student is sentenced in north korea. I thank you, please. My life. Mark how the white house is responding to a 15year sentence, and where he is this noon. Lisa president obama has made his nomination for the supreme court. With him . Randi the wind is picking up into the afternoon. Now it is 15milesperhour. Red flag warning because of the spring home event is happening now. From classic to contemporary, wlwt news 5. Leading the way. Are student sentenced to 15 years of hard labor in north korea. Lisa he s accused of stealing a nbc s kier simmons reports. Please, act to save me. Kier after begging for his freedom please, save my life. In a north korean prison this morning, sentenced to 15years hard labor. Please, think of my family. Kier fingerprinted and handcuffed in front the cameras, led away guilty, the north korean s say, of subversion. The courtroom was shown a video of the university of virginia student stealing a propaganda banner from his hotel. Worst decision of my life, but i m only human. Kier Otto Warmbier reportedly says he stole the banner for a member of his church group. Save this poor and innocent scapegoat. Sec. Earnest the allegations for which this individual was arrested and imprisoned would imprisonment in the united states, or just about any other country in the world. Kier Otto Warmbier s travel your mother would rather you stayed away from. Now, he faces prison by a totalitarian government that hates america. Former governor Bill Richardson is working to try to get warmbier released. Why he went there . Well, the americans that go to north korea are often young people looking for adventure, and retired folks hoping for the experience of a lifetime. Back to you. Warmbier is being used as a they are calling for his release on humantarian grounds. Mark Merrick Garland will have senate and Judiciary Committee leadership. He was the nominee announced on wednesday. If confirmed he would replace justice antonin scalia. And court of appeals judge. He worked on high profile cases like the Oklahoma City bombing and unabomber. On wednesday and emotional garland proudly accepted the nomination to the highest court in the land. Was watching on tv. She was crying. My author would be very proud. Nomination is setting the stage for a constitutional showdown. Republicans have said they will not hold a hearing for any makes. Garland will meet with harry reid and senator leahy later today. Lisa the battle for the republican nomination continues. Establishment figures with the gop are discussing ways to stop donald trump from being the nominee. A key republican senator is throwing backing behind Ohio Governor john kasich. Will see a brokered convention this summer, however, on the republican candidate ben carson, who backs trump, says it nor in wrong option. There is no question there will be turmoil if the establishment tries to sort the will of the people. Recognizing tries to stop the will of the people. Recognizing millions of new people have come into the of donald trump. Lisa trump himself suggested there would be ryan s. Senator ted cruz, who is second in delegates, also opposes a brokered convention. Ring sinatra jr, the son of the legendary singer, has died. He was going to perform last night at the Peabody Auditorium in daytona beach, but the show was canceled with an announcement this singer had become ill. It was later confirmed he died from cardiac arrest. S nest as a singer. He was 72. Mark the white sox have a spot on the team open after losing adam laroche because of the dispute involving his son. He was going to make 13 million. The team asked adam laroche to leave his 14yearold son at home. Clubhouse every day since the beginning of spring training. He was asked to scale it back. Later, the older adam laroche handed in his resignation. Lisa a sendoff celebration for the team at the Connor Convocation Center at 1 45. The saints are looking to win back to back national titles. They have to get past Amherst College to get to the championship game. They take on amherst on saturday mark the ncaa tournament is kicking into high gear. There will be games all day, including kentucky. The wildcats taking on stony brook at 9 40. We can lose the game. The thing about being in kentucky, every game is someone super bowl. If we don t play, we lose. The other team will play out of their minds. Mark that s true. From Everyone Wants to be the giants. Xavier will be playing tomorrow. We have you covered as the tournament gets underway. Elise jesse is bringing you the term that of the musketeers. We will do the same with the bearcats. Cincinnati s certified most accurate forecast. Randi we are looking at your st. Patrick the winds have picked up. From the morning, attend mileperhour wind, and in the afternoon closer to 20milesperhour. Less of sunshine. We are looking out with a nice forecast. Temperatures are headed for the lower 60 s. Clear skies all across the area. It zooming out, you can see nothing to the west, which is great. We re looking at dry conditions and strong wind. You can see that the wind map a 15milesperhour in cincinnati and heavier in the northern part of the state. In the afternoon, gusts of 25 are possibility. Our wind is currently at 15milesperhour. The humidity is very low. When you have dry weather, strong wind, and low humidity, that can cause a problem if you much of the area north of the ohio river and southeastern indiana is under a red flag warning. That means don t burn stuff. With the low humidity and the strong wind, it could rapidly spread. Something to keep an eye out for this afternoon. It is not a good idea to set up on fire. 2 00 on the 62, sunny, breezy. 5 00, breezy with the wind dying down after sunset. With this guy clear and the light wind, it will be cold, dipping into the 30 s. Clear skies through the afternoon. Friday looks good. Friday, sunny to partly cloudy. Middle 50 s tomorrow. Into the weekend, welcoming spring with colder air. You will notice clouds throughout the day on saturday and sunday with a chance of showers heading through the day on saturday. Amount of rain we will get, but showers are possibility on saturday. 62, cloudy, breezy, 37 tonight, clear, cool. Tomorrow, 55, on the cooler side as temperatures lied into the weekend. Saturday, showers. Sunday, we Welcome Spring with a cold day. Next week, springtime temperatures will arrive after a couple of days. By the middle of next week, high temperatures into the lower to middle 60 s. Lisa it is an important day for our weather team. Wlwt has been certified as the in a row. We now important the weather is around here. Get you the most accurate forecast. Just a keeper prepared, not mark being new to the area, i am shocked at how quickly the weather changes. Lisa congratulations. Randi thank you, very much. Mark celebrating the arts in cincinnati. Lisa a preview of the cincinnati ballet. Mark happy st. Patrick s day. The wee hours of the mark a taste of what is to come from the cincinnati ballet. Lisa a special presentation to reveal the schedule for the new season. The artistic director and ceo victoria morgan is making the announcement. This is her 20th season with the ballet. Mark gomez salsa is adding a new location. Lisa you will be able to order tacos and paris does in walnut hills. Owner andrew gomez has been a resident or a while and this will be his First Standalone restaurant. The location in overtherhine is a walkup window. June on gilbert avenue. St. Patrick s day partying has been going on all day. S got the Party Started at 7 00 a. M. Irish music with three stages, 11 bands, the Gaelic Athletic Association has gaelic football outside of the bar. Mark you can see plenty of green in oxford. This year s miami green here day fell on st. Patrick s day. Green beer day falls on the thursday before spring break. This year it happened to be on st. Patrick s day. It started 64 years ago with the original Party Taking Place in 1952. Lisa the next time if falls on st. Patrick s day will be 2073, or something. Spring break scheduled for the next 60 years . Lisa party on, guys. Randi if you re heading out to watch the games tipping off this evening, here is what you can expect. At 7 00, the wind will die down and it will be 57 degrees. It will be cold overnight, 37 degrees for a low. Tomorrow, like today it is not as windy or as warm. 50 s over the weekend, clouds and a few showers on saturday. Lisa for an everyday item to become dangerous always keep laundry pacs away from children. Them up. Keep them safe. Lights. Camera. Access. Ooh an awkward landing. But a sunset kiss. Im billy bush. Taylor and calvin share their Tropical Vacation with the world. Kerry washington explains why she remains fiercely private. Do you feel guilty not sharing some of it . And ben and jen share just enough about their breakup. I think so many people just adore you, jennifer. I know its been kind of a