Split in through kentucky. The deeper blue indicating snappier whole fall snowfall. The ground still plain old wet. Let s take a live look from the National Bank building in downtown lebanon. There is the sidewalk, roads, nicely visible. The snowflakes are melting when they hit the ground. The roads looking good still. Temperaturewise, most places at or a degree or two above freezing. The ground Still Holding onto the heat from the warm days. Even though temperatures will be near freezing, i don t think the will see too many issues. Light snow and 33 degrees. When he s about 23 Miles Per Hour and gusts 230. Temperatures will top out around 33 degrees. We have not been seeing problems on the road. Kyla for those of you getting ready to head outside, good morning to you. You will see what conditions, but we have not seen anything that will hinder your commute. That is good news for you. Maybe a few extra minutes will. 71 75 at kyle s lane, starting to pick up in the northbound time a morning. On i things are clear as well. The matter where you are traveling out this morning, you might want to watch for slick spots. We do have the snow falling in parts of your commute. Using act allen, we are getting heavy on both sides of the interstate there. No accidents to report. We will keep a close eye on it. Lisa we have Team Coverage checking on the roads in greater cincinnati. Mark andrew setters is live. What are you seeing right now . Andrew we are seeing we are in the monroe area. There is a difference in quite a bit of the miles we have traveled. Very little falling, just a few raindrops falling. In lebanon, there were some large snowflakes falling just a little bit ago. One of the things we have been seeing, they had some snow in the monroe area. We are on 63 this morning. You can see the same speculation in on cars. People will have to do it that this morning. If the temperatures were much colder, 26, 28 degrees over the last 24 hours, this would be sticking to the ground. Road crews would be working a lot harder during the overnight hours to keep roads in good shape, but for right now, we are in really good shape everywhere we have been this morning. I think you will continue to see that as a morning goes on. Reporting live, andrew setters. Lisa thank you. So far, so good. With another check on conditions. Mark dan griffin live in milford. Miriah good morning. Breezy. The roads are just wet. You can hear the water picking up as karzai five. What you will notice when you head outside of the wind. I want to give you an example of what you might run into. Let s say your cars parked outside on the street, this is it is no big deal, really. It will brushoff actually [laughter]. [laughter] oh this is what i did not check real quick. Just be prepared for that as you head out the door. For now, we are live, dan griffin. [laughter] lisa dan, we love it. That is what happens on live tv. Before the snow came the rain. It created problems on columbia parkway. Once again there was a mudslide near William Howard taft road. As a precaution one westbound lane was closed so crews could clean up the mess all lanes are back open this morning. A similar situation closed columbia parkway earlier this month. Mark another problem on the roads this morning, standing water. This is video from Anderson Township where a sinkhole is adding to the street Flooding Issues on new england club drive. Officials say the nearby sinkhole was caused by failed piping and crews are working to fix the issue. The high water has cleared out in the area. Looking at the big picture other dealing with serious weather issues. Lisa Miriah Turner is at the live alert desk with the latest on the wild weather. Miriah this wave of whether fidelity batch of storms. In the seven people have died because of the storms on wednesday. This came from a strong system that brought deadly tornadoes to mississippi and louisiana. This is video from waverley, virginia looking north, the snow is creating problems in many cases. This is video just west of kalamazoo. There were several problems of drivers and schools. The let out early on wednesday roads covered. Earlier this week, the storms in the deep south let the people dead and dozens injured. Lisa thank you. As our weather changes you can stay up to date with the latest forecast. , on our wlwt news 5 mobile app. Local parents have a chance to stay in the loop with cincinnati public schools. Townhall where they will focus on three topics the Magnet School lottery process, the neighborhood schools program, and future of the district. If you would like to join the discussion, it is started at 6 00 at the price fill recreation center. Mark xavier fans are still celebrating. The musketeers got it done against the first link team in the country. The xmen were ready. They cap event after a blowout loss to the wildcats in december. The musketeers ended up winning 9083. Just two games remain before march madness arise. Up next, a visit to seton hall that gave the sunday tipoff said for 12 30 sharp. President obama looking to the right. Lisa the new reports about a possible replacement for the supreme court. Mark Facebook Like button gets an overhaul. Lisa outside lebanon thursday the flicks are flying, not sticking, that is the good news. Randi if you are measuring on the sidewalk, you will make that zero. If you are measuring on the back that especially to areas of the north of the 275 loop, you may be seeing a half inch or so of accumulation already this morning. Expect to see the heavier snow bands to the northeast of the 275 loop. Out the door this morning, the key of course, the roads are still plain old wet. Wind and light snow through the morning. Last time, same deal, gusty winds and light snow. We stay windy and cold. We will talk about how much snow deck hey pal . You ready . Can you pick me up at 6 30 . Ah. boy im here im here cop too late. I was gone for five minutes ugh move it. Youre killing me. You know what, dad . Im good. dad it may be quite a while before hes ready, but our Subaru Legacy will be vo the longestlasting midsize sedan in its class. The twentysixteen Subaru Legacy. Its not just a sedan. Its a subaru. Leading the way. Mark good morning and welcome back. 6 11 your time. Still still flying. Randi says it will happen for most of the day. So far, so good. Kyla i got up this morning and looked out the window, randi says the snow will melt before it hits the ground. That is accurate. [laughter] things in good on the roads. 471 as you had northbound at u. S. 27, you can see things getting heavier longwise, but not a great extension of your travel times if you are heading in the northbound direction. Southbound is a little slow as you can see on the map indicated by the yellow. 55 miles an hour if you are heading in the northbound direction. Still a very quick five minute Daniel Carter beard bridge and into downtown cincinnati. Just learning to build in the northbound lanes as you head over the bridge. All of those overpasses are good to go. Another reminder, those are the areas you may see a greater potential for slick spots. Mark thank you. Republican president ial hopefuls set to face off in houston, texas tonight. This is the 10th debate for gop candidates. Donald trump hope to build on his momentum as super tuesday approaches. Tonight debate is scheduled to kick off at 6 30 tonight. President obama may be looking at a republican to replace antonin scalia. Sandoval is considered a moderate republican. Lisa the u. S. Department of labor is set to release its weekly job claims. Last week s number saw with the applications for unemployment assistance all, marking the jobless benefits since november. Recent reports have shown a growth in Consumer Spending and manufacturing indicating a growing economy. Mark the Academy Awards is expected to start sunday on dolby theater. Facebook just that a lot more expressive. Lisa they make changes to the like button. [laughter] kyla we have to talk about it. Miriah if you hover your mouse over the like button, you can choose from like, love, wow, sad, or angry. Facebook says it tested the reactions in a few markets last year and received good reviews. There is no dislike button. This is been in talks for a wild. This has been in talks for a a lot of people using the love buttons now. Mark lots of love on facebook. [laughter] lisa i like the angry phase. I think that will get a lot of traction. Mark you should put the little girl who may be angry face, you should put her as one of the expressions. Remember that . [laughter] [applause] miriah that is kind of like when they change twitter from the stars. I am still not over it. Lisa one guy who knows emotions. Look pinellas is back in a reds uniform. He is payments for leading the reds to a world series title back in 1990 and some epic tantrums when things did not go his way. I had not done those things. Embarrassing as i have gotten older. [laughter] but, if i see it and i see it station. I don t want to watch it. [laughter] mark he spent three years as the reds manager before heading off to seattle. But sometimes you have to let people know how you feel. Randi you are already ejected, get your money s work. Right . [laughter] that is not how i played back in my playing days. Looking at the snow this morning, you will notice those deeper blues to the northeast of the 275 loop. That is where we are picking up substantial accumulation on the colder surfaces. The ring kind of froze up into a then the snow has accumulated on the top of that. As dan griffin has shown us, not that easy to brush off. But the end the year the heavier snow is in the northeastern communities. Springs borough to waynesboro william chester, all dealing with snow showers accumulating on your debt, car, roof. On the grass, some spots have an inch. Posted to the ohio river, snow showers continue. Closer to downtown, it is more of light flurry activity, not sticking to anything there. On a wider view, this system is moving off to the north and east. On the backside, we will deal with no showers off and on , fading away tonight. Something to notice here, any with purple, a winter storm warning north of fort wayne. The winds are with us today. High as 30. Sitting at 34 degrees. Yes, i brought my water with me fit. By 5 00, 35. 37, hamilton. Winter is back. It felt like winter during the week. Today, temperature stuck in the 30 s and gusty winds expected. Take a look at futurecast while i take a sip of water here. Still showers continuing off and on during the day. The snow showers will lighten up. Mid afternoon, we will be in the upper 30 s. Southern communities will see elaine mixing in. You are not looking at a ton of one to two inches. Some of those northeastern communities may get an inch at a half on the back deck, but not really on the road at all. Our snowfall potential in most places are negligible. For today, 36 degrees, strong continue. Tonight, 25. To the weekend, that is going to 50 s and 60 s saturday and sunday. Mark thank you. It is 6 19. A u. C. Student targeted on campus. The investigation after the report of a sexual offense. Lisa fraternities under fire the impact of new allegation that miami university. Kyla if you are waking up wondering what your commute will look like, we had a few flurries flying around, but it has not had a great impact on our Road Conditions. They for waking up with wlwt there has to be a way. Carry the centimeter, divide by 3. 14 something something something. [ beeping, whirring ] great caesar salad and now the name your price tool shows people policy options to help fit their budget. Is that a true story . Yeah people really do save an average of over 500 when they switch. I mean about you inventing it. I invented the story, and isnt that what really matters . So. Mark 6 22 your time. As we take a live look at line drive, andrew setters has been giving us a birds eye view of Road Conditions. Let s get the big picture with randy woods kyla woods. You can see green conditions. Not getting any areas of yellow or red. You will have a smooth commute. Not a great amount of body him we have construction scheduled to take place in the overnight hours. This will be the final night for us. They are doing bridgework and it will lead to lane restrictions and ramp closures. Interstate travel 75 at newman way thomas southbound getting heavy. That is what you typically see this time of mourning. Nothing out of the ordinary. We are accidentfree. You may see flurries, but it is not impact packing our Road Conditions. We will keep you updated. Mark hitting a pothole can cost you a lot of money, unless you can prove the hole in the road should have been fixed. A news 5 investigation shows nearly 400 people asked cincinnati to help pay to repair their cars last year. The city only approved nine claims. Chase rickey is among those who thought he followed all the necessary steps. I even sent a screenshot of the area where it happened. Denied letter. Mark todd the steps you need to take if pothole. How you can get cash back if a that is tonight at 6 00. Lisa you see u. C. Police investigating a sexual offense. Officials are limiting specifics about the attacks. Students got a email saying attacks hacking attacks happened inside a building. The of working to determine if this is an ongoing threat on campus. Mark disturbing heaving allegations involving a dozen local fraternities. Miami University Confirmed those the university has not given out specifics, but there are 21 allegations in all. A spokesperson says the office of ethics is handling the investigation and rush ended early as a result. Lisa back to your forecast. The flakes are flying, the wind is really intense, it is really driving our snowfall, randi. Randi the pavement is just plain old wet, but it can reduce visibility at times. Near clinton, some strong winds, 25 Miles Per Hour. The winddriven snow could create visibility issues. We have seen flurries and light accumulation of near downtown. River, it is running high. 44. 36 right now, the latest projections will put it at 45 15 meters saturday afternoon. 45. 5 meters saturday afternoon. Expects no and expect snow and wind all throughout the day. You could come you could accumulate an end on the back deck. By the weekend, here comes your warm up. Lisa tracy hunter going after the prosecutor s office. The new accusations and what is expected to happen later today. Mark a live look outside. The snow continues to fall. Six going 26 your time. 36 degrees. Stay with us. To bring you wendy s North Pacific cod sandwich we send guys like this. On boats like these. In weather like this. All the way up here. For wild caught fish like this. For a sandwich that s light, crispy and crunchy. Today where s the beef . Means something different. Some use beef frozen from far away. But wendy s believes the juiciest hamburgers are made from fresh beef raised. Right here. Land of the beef, home of the deliciously different dave s double. Mark waking up to more snow. What you can expect through the day. Lisa this is live drive 5, we are taking on conditions through cincinnati. Mark xavier takes down the top team in the nation with march madness around the corner. From cincinnati s wlwt, leading the way. This is wlwt news 5 today. I mark hayes. Lisa and i m lisa cooney. The morning commute is going just fine. It is not sticking. Kyla that is really helping us out this morning. Lisa that is the kind of snow i like. [laughter] randi the cooler surfaces have a dusting, maybe approaching an inch of snow. But, the road doesn t. That is the key. Our temperatures are at freezing. It was in the 60 weekend. We had a warm air. Yesterday, we had warm air and rain, which is making the ground itself very warm and melting away the snow as it hits. On radar, you can see air is to the north and east of the 275 over the last two hours, the deeper blues have been neutralized over brown, clinton, and howard counties. Wilmington right along 61, hillsborough, all dealing with the snow. These are spots that may be pushing an inch of snow to scrape off your car, or get off the back deck. Here is a live look in through portions of warned county. Downtown lebanon, you can see all the lanes on the road are nice and visible. It is just plain old wet. The cars you can see there is a dusting. Sticking to the cars, but melting on the roads. 33 in springboro. 31 right now in wilmington. Light snow and strong winds will be with us through most of the day. , 35. 4 00, 36. Toward sunset here it the winds will stick around. Let s get you out the door. Kyla, what is going on . Kyla we are going to take a look at the 275 lou. It has been clear on both sides of the river. We are seeing a lot more cars out there than we saw over the last hour or so. 275 near the springdale exit. 74 at the 275 enters interchange. The intern new the indiana state line, things looking good. You will start to see some delays working through the area. You ll need a next her time you may need extra time. We have Team Coverage with andrew setters on live drive 5. Andrew we are headed northbound into the basin area on Mason Montgomery road. We were through here in our ago. Even with this constant snow falling over the basin area, there is a little bit of snow on the grass. Not really snow looking lady on the street. This is what you are going to deal with. There is some concern that road crews are taking. The are throwing a little salt, especially on bridges and overpasses. We saw old. Making the rounds this morning we saw a sparko odot making the rounds this morning. It will be an easy drive this morning. Mark dan griffin is lies along beachfront avenue. Good morning. Dan i can tell you, the Road Conditions as andrew has been saying, just wet. That is all we have been seeing. We are not seeing major issues at all. We have seen a lot of rain in the past few days, and that is basically what we are dealing with today. Take it slow. Don t speed. Don t take turns to quickly. It has been a pretty easy commute. In Anderson Township, we are not being snow pile up on the grass. It is just soggy, wet, and muggy. Your car may have a little bit of snow and ice. You may have to scrape a little bit. It is nothing too intense. Buses out, so sorry kids, school today. Mark you can stay uptodate on our wlwt mobile app. Also check our website at wlwt. Com. Lisa a major break in the case with her baby in the backseat. 34yearold brandon carr was arrested new downtown dayton charged with one count of murder in the shooting death of the russell who lived in middletown. Russell was found shot to death in her car to weeks ago in dayton. Friend and family had been waiting or an arrest ever sense. We are truly blessed that it is coming up coming out. We have even we hae ave haven. Mark tracy hunter is making an announcement requesting an investigation from the department of justice. Hunter is claiming evidence was destroyed by the Hamilton County Prosecutors Office before she was indicted. According to hunter, it was critical computer evidence wiped off a hard drive. She is expected to provide more details at a press conference that s set for 10 30 this morning. Lisa you know it is a big game when film remakes it to the syntax center. Luke murray is an assistant coach at xavier. With the latest on the big win, let s go to Miriah Turner. Miriah coach murray did something right. Fans were celebrating last night and still celebrating this morning. Xavier was on fire last night and villanova coul d not keep up. The upset them 9083. Here is what coach mack had to say. 20 years from now, we have around with a 1414 record. We had a group that if they continue to get better, the sky s the limit. Miriah here is what is next for xavier. They are going to seton hall on sunday, then they will wrap up their regular season with creighton for march 5. After that, selection sunday. After the win over villanova, xavier could win a number one seed. We will have reactions later today. Mark take you. Thank you with pilot to see what is happening on the roads. Kyla we had a couple of accidents popup. The first one, winton road at north benton. Try to avoid that for a little while until they get that cleared up. In moscow, highway 232 at state route 756. We have had a mostly interstate travel off a pretty great start. Northern Kentucky University lit from walton to the 275 loop , things are looking good for that entire stretch. Just starting to get heavy enough northbound direction. The fact that the snow melted on impact, randi, that has worked on in our favor. Randi it will continue to do so. We are getting snowfall reports from areas that are colder. The National Weather service had a half an inch of snow an hour ago. Kenton county has 1. 5 inches. That is measured on colder surfaces car, grass, rooftops. The last couple of hours, warren, clinton, howard counties we are seeing heavier snowfall bands. Detainees to be the case along 68 south out of wilmington these are the spots for you cannot see the grass anymore. Bastad forecast for the morning, sorry, everybody bus stop forecast for the morning, sorry everybody. No delays. Temperatures hovering around freezing. This afternoon, the winds are not letting out. It will be a gusty afternoon. Light snow around as well. We should be hanging out at 36. Snow will taper off tonight, but the cold air sticks around one more day. We will take a look at a very quick warmup in a few minutes. Lisa thank you. Getting ready to rock. The big news expected today for local music fans. Mark new plans to develop covington river. The changes coming to northern kentucky. Stay with us. Spokesbox go paperless, dont stress, girl i got the discounts that you need safe driver accidentfree randi 6 42, just in time for the turn of the weather. It is National Chili day. Many local chilly spots have special promotions to celebrate. Mark a live look from live we will check on the big picture in just a moment. Making a difference for our youth a special tutoring program between Cincinnati Police officers and cps students has broken down many barriers. Lisa and those barriers have been replaced with trust and improved reading skills. Kyla woods joins us with this inspiring program. Good morning. Kyla it is a great program. It is called right to read created by officer donald jordan and operates out of youth section services. He wanted to bridge the gap of kids who saw police in a bad light. Let s work with these kids now so we will have to work with them later. They come out of the criminal Justice Program with some and empathy and and compassion. Able to do this successfully for the past two years. Lisa martin, a second great teacher, can see the impact the program has had on her students. They know that other people care and they are working to attain goals that the policeman said for them along with the goals we have for them in the classroom. Kyla the program runs daily in five different schools. Some teachers have seen as much as much of a 30 point jump in test scores. Let s check in with meteorologist randi rico. Randi as we take a look right now at the radar. Lisa an announcement from music fans. Mark they are going to reveal the full lineup for the annual music fest. It says a lineup will be announced today and earlybird pricing is coming to an end. It is slated for the first weekend of june. The oasis rail project. The Ohio Department of transportation is hosting its final open house today after studying the plans. The 17 mile Commuter Rail line would connect downtown to clermont county. You can discuss the project at Milford High School the open house gets started at 5 30. Lisa covington is making more plans to breathe new life into the city s riverfront. Wlwt news 5 s Miriah Turner is here now with a look at the vision in northern kentucky. Miriah everything from grants to private donors, covington leaders said the goal is clear. Economic development and community bringing parks and other recreation. It will be rolled out in phases. The first phase has a price tag of 2 million. Much of that is already in the bank. The longrange project expect to see signs of progress with bike and walking trails. S get a check on the roadways with kyla woods. Kyla good morning, everyone. We are starting to see some of the slow spots worked their way into our big map. Some areas of yellow a lot of this is our typical morning volume. Northern kentucky, 71 75, you are slowing. 18 minutes out of butler county. We are not see a great uptake in your travel time. 275 from the Ronald Reagan to cvg, 25 minutes. Here is a look at covington, where you can see things are getting heavy on both sides up toward the brent spence bridge. A few extra minutes will come in handy. Mostly Clear Conditions on the roads. Randi, we have had most of that snow melt. Randi your back deck may look shovel, but you will not need to shovel your driveway at all. That is the best kind of snow to have. We have snow showers in downtown cincinnati and northern kentucky. It does get more intense in Clinton County, northern highland county. This has been the case for a wild. The focus on the heavier snow bands had been set up in this area. We have received reports in Clinton County up toward a one inch of accumulation. Sound for the ohio river, you can see light snow showers. Using the ohio river as a divider line. Much of the 275 loop not looking at much more than flurries. We are going to be seeing off and on snow showers. We are on the backside of the storm system. Wraparound snow going off and on. On the backside, some very gusty winds. Our steady winds are around 20 miles an hour. We are sitting at 34 degrees. Our winds out of the west are 21 miles an hour. The windchill right now, 22. Not much changes with our forecast of the day. The temperature kinds of wiggles a few degrees above freezing. Expect the chance for light, winddriven snow. Futurecast online with a little break late morning through lunchtime. Snow some of our southern communities may see plain old rain. 8 00 tonight, snow showers come to an end. The wind will slowly die off through the overnight hours. Friday remains on the cold side. I wouldn t be surprised if you saw a flurry tomorrow, but not much than that. Here is our snowfall potential, not a whole lot. We are looking at pushing an inch of snow in portions of highland and Clinton County. Tonight, the winds die down. Tomorrow, 35. We will call it slightly breezy, but nothing like today i maybe a stray flurry. We jumped really quickly back to s on sunday. Old rain. Elsewhere, another round the latest in the devastation lisa . Lisa fans waking up with smiles this morning. Randi taking a live look outside. 33 degrees. 6 49. Stay with us. Cincin it is 6 50 2, 33 degrees on your thursday morning. We are taking weather and traffic together. We are staying on top of the latest wave of winter weather. Mark dan griffin live in Anderson Township. Good morning. Dan good morning. We are off of beachfront avenue n Anderson Township. The roads are soggy and wet. There are snow flurries blowing around. The wind has been blustery. You will feel bad. But the roads, they are looking pretty good. You will need your windchill wipers because it is just wet. You can see the flurries in the air. Just be prepared for that and know that some of the grassy areas will be snow covered, or muddy. Take a little extra time and be careful, and have a great thursday. Mark thank you. Taking on the road on live drive 5. What are you seeing . Andrew we are seeing a lot of the same, a lot of wet roads. If you have been with us since we went on the air at 4 00 this morning, we are back. Go in loveland were restarted. I have noticed more chelation on the grass and some of the cars parked on the side of the road. The roads are in really good shape. We are running into a little bit of traffic. For the most part, things are going really well. The roads are wet, but. Easy to drive around this morning. I don t think you will have many problems. Reporting live, andrew setters. Lisa 6 54 on your thursday. Deadly storms on the east coast. Seven people have died because of storms wednesday. This is video from the town of waverly, virginia. System that brought deadly tornadoes to mississippi and the louisiana. Though storms left three dead and dozens injured. Mark Tracie Hunter making an announcement requesting an investigation for the department of justice. Hunter is claiming evidence was destroyed by the Hamilton County prosecutor s office. According to hunter, it was the critical computer evidence wiped from a hard drive. She is expected to provide more details at a press conference at 10 30 this morning. Lisa xavier is making a case for a number one seed in the ncaa tournament. The musketeers took on villanova an d x got the best of the Number One Team in the country. A be villanova 9083. They beat villanova 9083. Mark randi, good morning. You can expect light snow showers. As far as the roads go, plain old wet. The snow bands are coupled with strong winds. Watch out for a very blustery day. Gusts up to the 35 mile an hour range. Radar, all of the significant snow is north of the ohio river. Starting to see the snow lightning up in through portions of warren county. Today, off and on band of snow with gusty winds. In most places, not a whole lot of accumulation. Northeast, you may see an inch possible. Won t be seen quite as much as Miriah Turner coming up. Miriah i am going to take some time off and work on being a mom. This little one is coming in may, so that is my new fulltime job. [applause] kyla she s a lot bigger now. Miriah it has been amazing working with you guys. I am so blessed that god brought me here when he did. It is a family here. It has been wonderful. This is goodbye to morning show. I will be appearing on the may. But thank you guys for everything. Lisa we will miss you. Miriah i am going to cry. I don lisa good morning. Breaking overnight, fierce storms move up the east coast after slamming the south. Took my truck up in the air and glass is coming in. A new round of tornadoes killing at least four people in virginia. Heavy rain and high winds knock out power across the northeast and in the midwest a crippling blizzard. Mitt romney jumps into the president ial fray taking on donald trump. I think we have good reason to believe that there is a
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