>> good afternoon. paula is off today. a mother who's baby was being treated at children's hospital is dead. >> sources tell local 12 news. and doctors have been treating the 7-month old child at the hospital.

the medical staff found the mother on the floor. they reportedly found the 31-year-old father unconscious in the bathroom with a loaded gun. he gave the father narcan. police expect to charge the father after he recovers. a suspicious child stalker was in court. >> he has an unnerving history tri-state. stop him. and only local 12 cameras could give you a look on how to serve where he really is. >> theodore highwayen went into shanahan's courtroom. within minutes, gave everybody in the court an understanding how mentally ill he really is. escorted by deputies, the

were in the rear of the courtroom. while violating the protective orders they seek against him, he stand to see if he's mentally competent to stand trial. after getting out of prison, he set his sites on another victim, a teacher in montessori. calling her repeatedly, sending a package to the school. he claimed he was married to her. on the recent charges, they found he had pictures of the victim and her children. ruled incompetent to stand trial, the next issue, where he should go for treatment. the decision was a maximum treatment facility in columbus. hamilton county courthouse, rich jaffe, local 12 news. >> coming at 6:00, you'll hear from the psychologists and how

really is. u.s. stocks, losses over mounting fears of china's economy. on dow street, the numbers is 400 points lower in the afternoon. it's down 392 points as it gets ready to close. technology and financial companies are the hardest hit. china's stock market slipped 5 percent. trading suspended, suspending another slump in the asian and european stocks. price was in the lower levels in eight years. it's the second largest economy. it would mean lower global demand for energy. u.s. crude is $33 a barrel. we will check the numbers on wall street around 4:30. the neck powerball winner could take home, enough to take his or own in the country. no one won the billion dollars

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hit by lightning. jeff hirsh local 12 news. >> powerball tickets sold in 44 states plus the district of columbia, puerto rico and the virgin islands. >> we can all dream. thanks, brad. if you stepped outside, it felt a little warmer. week. meteorologist is joining us now. hi, brandon. >> the warming trend continues a couple of days ago. yesterday we were in the lower 40s. now we're so close to hitting 50 degrees in the international airport. right now we're at 49 degrees. you could see the big rise in temperatures. middle 20s this morning. quick rise, especially the sunshine we have out there. we continue to see a whole lot. we have things going on. you want clouds, they are off to the south and west. we will see the increase overnight tonight. the rain is just now crossing over the mississippi river. we have some time until the rain

likely after midnight tonight. up until then, if you are going out and about, you will notice the increasing clouds. temperatures will be slow to fall, 33 and down to 41 at 11:00. we'll be in the mid to upper 30s by early tomorrow morning. coming at 4:19, talking about several things. rain arriving as soon as tomorrow morning. that will have a big impact and tell you how. and a few snowflakes on sunday. there's more than one day of snowflakes. we'll have the latest updates in about 15 minutes. brad. >> and winter may finally arrive. we're about 52 hours away from the big show. local 12, your home for the play-offs. we'll bring you a special bengals coverage. it will start at 5:00. broadcast the news live from paul brown stadium. then bengals play-off special starting at 7:00. and they will take over at 7:30. it's time for the big game in local 12.

and they claim an award. >> amazon opens a pick up center around the interstate of cincinnati. >> supplements, more than 23 thousand people to the er every

>> on-line retail giant opened a new one in resquare. it's the same day pick up in over 2 million items. just request your items be shipped to amazon. customers could return amazon orders at the store. amazon opened its first brick and mortar store in purdue university in early 2015. you may notice the upgrade the next time you fly cbg and you park your car. they doubled the parking capacity. it's now 31 acres larger than the old lot. the renovation also includes added extra lanes and new landscaping. winners of the clean kitchen awards are out from the hamilton count public health. they recognize the best of the

winners of 2015, edible arrangement, in sycamore township. the st. james in miami town elementary cafeteria. maple dale elementary in blue ash. brookville retirement community in blue ash. taco bell in sharonville. mcallisters, scott rudy. . and researchers estimates supplements are responsible for more than 23 thousand emergency room visits every year. some are serious enough to require hospitalizations. more americans are taking dietary supplements. according to health experts, many are ending up in the emergency department as a result. result

>> we found a over a quarter of the people visiting the emergency room, 43 percent were young adults. most of the visits were from dietary supplements for weight loss or energy. we found over fifth, 20 percent of the visits remained by young children, who gotten into supplements intended to someone else. >> they insist the majority of the products are safe. the studies' results are being overblown. >> the headline, 23 thousand emergency visits every year caused by dietary supplements. it sounds like a lot but relatively speaking, it's less than 5 percent of emergency visits. >> and everybody should take heart of the supplements. >> report to your doctor you are

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>> police shot and killed the man. officers say he wore a fake explosives. they don't believe anyone was involved. they believe it marked the anniversary of the terrorist attack. all three minous who were stuck in the elevator in the deepest salt mine in the hemisphere have been rescued. that's in lansing. the company says the last two miners were raced to the surface

their rescue lasted about ten hours. they say the miners never were in real deal danger. they got stuck 2100 feet, which is nearly half a mile deep. they say they were not in danger, but when you're down there, you have to know what they are feeling. >> what's another half a day of your life. >> and we're warming up again. >> warming up again, it feels like december. >> it feels nice. >> half of december, anyways. it gets even warmer than this, as we go to the weekend. more 50s ahead. then we see the coldest air of the season so far. get a little bit of everything in the forecast. a look at the bridge. looking pretty nice. that. radar is nice and dry.

and winds coming out of the southwest at around 7:00. southern component of the wind is making it warm up. it's only 48 hours ago, we were struggling to get above freezing. the high is around 33. like i mentioned, we're nice and dry. other piles, gray, starting to pushover. and they'll thicken up. the rain is crossing the mississippi river. we have a while until it makes it here. it will make it here overnight tonight. temperatures on the slow, around 30 degrees at 11:00. in the 30s by midnight. the clouds will get mostly cloudy. we have a small chance of rain after 1:00 a.m. the chance increases as we get to 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 in the morning, just in time for the morning commute. it will be wet at times with rain showers. no lightning and thunder. it won't be that warm. temperatures certainly well above average this time of year,

coming out of the south. 10 in indianapolis. it's not very breesy. just a light rain am coulding from the south. and that's where the air is coming from. 54 in jackson and eastern kentucky. that's 5-10 degrees warmer this time yesterday. it's something to keep in mind. we're well above average. it's not going anywhere anytime soon. in cincinnati, the clouds are moving in overnight tonight. the rain moves in after 1:00 a.m., especially for the morning commute tomorrow. then it gets spotty as we go to the afternoon hours. hit and miss. it won't be a washout of a friday whatsoever. if you're not going out in the evening, it's not going to be too bad. most of us staying dry. that's round one. round two is to the south and west. you go back to northern arkansas. you see the band of rain swaying on through. that's what's going to move in for the bengals game. we have a lot of clouds around.

especially in the evening. you see the little bit of blue in the western end, that's what's going to be pushing as we get towards sunday. we go from 50s and rain, to a few snowflakes on sunday. this is what it looks like for the bengals game. unfortunately, hit and miss showers. some could be heavy at times. temperatures are in the 40s. if you're tailgating, it will be a little warmer out. and 51 degrees on saturday. that's a high temperature. on sunday, we start out in the morning with temperatures around 35 degrees. we have changes of rain to snow showers. i don't think it will amount too much. it will be light. the ground will be warm. something at most, we see a dusting on grassy and elevated surfaces. that could be kind of tricky when we were transitioning from rain to snow. we will have updates to that. low temperatures by sunday night. 17 degrees. so we're getting back into the teens. we've seen it a couple of times

we have some more to go. 36 degrees on sunday, falling to 29 degrees by monday. we start to see a little bit more sunshine as well. we have another storm system on tuesday. that looks fairly light with a few flurries from time to time. and as we go to wednesday, that's when we have the coldest day in the planning forecast, around 25 degrees. if you notice the low, right around 15, not near record lotion. it's fairly typical for this time of year much we're not used to those kind of temperatures. >> we have not been typical. >> what are we looking? tuesday, it's the record day. we're going to pass unmeasurables. you're not going to get an unmeasurable snow on tuesday, are we. >> you are right. we have not had measurable snowfall this season. there's only a couple winters where we've done that. the rainfalls, it doesn't look too high which is good because

>> it will start early before the game? >> yeah it will start before the game so whether you're tailgating or

>> airlines announcing four new destinations. frontiere will gib flights to los angeles, . . students at fairfield intermediate school will take part in the upstanding week. they are looking at skills on how to spot and prevent bullying. >> the kids got to hear from a nationally renown speaker who happens to be from cincinnati. >> this morning, students got to step outside the classroom and go to the jim and hear anti-bullying speaker. and i spoke to students and they say they have been learning a lot. >> this week, i learned there's some strategies you could use to prevent bullying. you could challenge the bully bully.

someone from bullying, like inviting someone to speak to you. >> tools to prevent bullying. today, the same lessons were echoed by anti-bullying speaker, west. and it was the international station, that kept the kids' attention, through song, and a little bit of dancing. he talks about the various forms of bullying and the different steps kids could take to put a stop to it. >> it's important for any -- because it's happening in every school. and not just in, you know, in sixth grade buildings. buildings. i am glad we're able to put it together for fairfield. >> and now even though upstandard weakeneds tomorrow. this is something the teachers could carry through the school

larry moore, local 12 news. it's a little more than a year ago, when emily olson committed suicide. her parents filed a lawsuit saying she was being bullied. that led to her taking her own life. the lawsuit maintains the district knew about the bullying but didn't stop it. fairfield district said they will defend the district appropriately. hoover boards had problem. now they are banned from the university. and they will have a criminal investigation now.

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. >> chipotle promising to the investigation in the safety of their foods. it's linked to one of the restaurants in california. michelle is here with more on what federal inspectors could actually uncover. >> chipotle subpoenaed over the neuro virus. >> bad news for the changes, motto is food with integrity. >> news of the criminal investigation, along with disappointing earnings, says chipotle stopped plunging wednesday.

last month, chipotle was ordered to happened over paperwork. and an alleged norovirus outbreak made more than 200 people sick in august. >> it's unclear exactly what the reasons are for launching the investigation. they stem from a series of problems without adequate corrections being put in place. >> several incidents plagued the popular chain. december sales fell 30 percent when more than 100 students became sick of the norovirus after eating in chipotle's restaurant. earlier, it sickened 30 people. >> and chipotle stock dropping again, after plunging about 5 percent yesterday. and students and faculty returning to the university of

could leave the hoover board from the holidays at home. they temporarily banned the usage of all devices. the ban includes not having them in resident halls, apartments and academic buildings and all the buildings of campuses and grounds. uk says more information will be in effect, and better safety standards are put in place. local 12 first broke this story yesterday. local police want you to remember his face. this is thomas stenham. there's a $25 thousand reward for his arrest. police say he was behind the wheel when his car hit chatfield. chatfield was running in the run last week.

he ripped his license plate and took off. if you have any information, call crimestoppers, 352-3040. you never have to give your name. a mother of a fugitive teen who used the affluenza defense after killing four people in a drunk driving crash has arrived in a north texas jail. tanya couch arrived in the tarrant county jail in august. she's expected to be arraigned this afternoon. her son ethan couch remains in a holding facility in mexico city. authorities believe she and her son fled, as couch violating the probation in the 2013 drunk driving charge. and couch was cotled by his parents. a condition which they call affluenza. we have seen a little bit of the cold and we may see a little warm.

we take a look at the weather situation. brad is hanging around somewhere. there's brandon. >> brandon is checking on the late eve. what do you have. >> we have rain on the way. that's what we're talking about. coming at 4:48, you see the winds out and we have a whole lot of sunshine around but it won't last for too much longer. we have rain on the way. you could see the sunshine we have in tower cam hd. that will continue only for the next couple of hours. that's actually warmed us up so much today. 25 degrees is where we started at this morning. 33 fairly quickly. we arrive to the temperatures 5- 5-6 degrees at this hour. we will make a slow fall as we head to the evening. you could see the clouds increase and the score is about this evening.

that's fairly warmth time of year. you see the clouds. they are fairly high clouds. the rain in the south is the mississippi river. we are breaking the timing of the rain. eventually, we will see the snow showers. it's the first accumulating liz. >> and living longer report foday, a big day for the teen that prevents. and they are offering support to other hospitals. and we stopped out there to see the teen and they showed us how they are able to consult with patients and providers at the metta view provider where they currently don't do dialysis for patients. dialysis is a process for the blood when the kidneys don't work properly.

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they are aware of that. they should reduce the meat and egg. >> and bengals fans who came up with a unique way to break the 25 year drought in the play-off much they have organize add 25 mile legacy walk that winds through kentucky and ends up in paul brown's stadium just in time for kick-off. >> coming up tonight at 6:00, deb dixon will show you how one family has moved beyond the rivalry. it will be coming back at 5:00.

heavy one way. little lighter the other way, as we expect. >> clear one this evening. >> nice and clear so far. increase. you could see the sunshine. >> it's nice to see the sun. even when it was missing a couple of days, it was gloomy. >> a minute ago, i was talking to ericka, started at 5:00. it was a swarm of bugs around the camera. you could believe that in the middle of january. november. >> first free, only, start to dissipate a little bit. this year it's a little bit typical. we're getting a warm-up near 50 degrees. it gets warmer in the next couple of days. especially if the rain comes in. with the warmer weather, moisture ahead of the cold front. that's typically wet weather. 49 degrees. not quite yet. wind coming out of the southwest

that's why we warmed up so much, winds coming out of the south and rather than north, northwest, which would cool us down and it's going to. enjoy the 50s while we last. we're watching precision doppler hd and not seeing anything. the clouds are moving ahead and -- we're next in line within the next few hours or so. we'll see some clear skies early this evening and later this evening, the clouds starting to thicken up. rain is crossing in the st. louis. it's still a while until it gets here. until it does so, we're looking at, increasing clouds and temperatures. slowly falling in the 30s by midnight. after 1:00 a.m., we have a slight chance of showers moving in to the south and west of downtown. the rest of us have a slightly better chance of rain. i think you'll have a wet morning commute tomorrow. you could get the morning

authority app, as well as google play. a lot of the winds are out of the south. the wind is all you need to warm us up. look at the temperatures to the south. eastern kentucky. louisville around 53 degrees. it's a little bit warmer to the south. we're expecting the warmer weather to move in. each day, as we get to the weekend, we'll be a degree or two warmer. we only made it to the lower 40s. couple of days ago, we were in the lower 40s. we're right in the middle of it. here's the clouds moving in overnight. there's the rain that starts to approach downtown. by the time we get to 3:00, 4:00 in the morning. also notice the pink in the leading edge. mainly towards hillsborough, dayton and columbus. computer models, hinting at

we'll see temperatures warming up through the 30s. they will drop to around 36 for the low temperatures. and as we get to 5:00, 6:00, we will start rising again. and i think it will be 100 percent rain tomorrow mourn, on and off. in the afternoon, we will get a little bit of a break. we'll look at a couple of isolated showers. overcast conditions. we're not going to see much in the way of sunshine tomorrow. as we go to saturday, we're starting off with isolated show. we're mainly dry. if you want to do anything for the bengals game, the earlier you go out, the better. as you get to 6:00, 7:00, that's when the rain will move in. it will be hit and miss. some of it will be heavy at times. it looks like we'll have a wet bengals game on saturday. 48 degrees. 45 by the time you get to kick off. 33 by the final play. it will be good inside.

the rain, and temperatures drop on sunday down to 36. keep in mind, that 36 degrees is going to happen in the morning on sunday. temperatures are going to be falling in the 20s by late afternoon, with a chance of a few snow showers. can't rule out a brief dusting. i think roads will be fairly warm, especially since we're in the 60s on saturday. maybe a slick spot or two late in the day. a dusting on the grass. >> a bit of travel for the game. >> yeah, i think so. >> thanks very much. and west virginia has the highest number of overdose in the country. >> several pain clinics have been shut down. now addicts are now suing prescribing doctors. many don't agree with that. we asked on facebook. someone by the name of sky play candace. once you get the medicine, doctor gives you medicine, it is your responsiblity to take your

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