they boarded up the front window of that bedroom where officials believe the fire started. >> what we learned this morning that the victim was 66-year-old wilson scott thacker, and officials say it appears it started on a mattress in that front bedroom where they found him this morning. emergency crews were called out early around 2:15 for a fire with possible entrapment. when they got here, the fire was fully engulfed in smoke. the mom lived here with him and his brother. the brother wasn't here. smoke detectors went off and was able to get out safely with the help of a neighbor. a tragic and frightening morning, as we were able to hear the 911 calls from this morning. >> her son, my husband can't get him to wake up.

>> yes, we can see flames. >> okay. >> the window burst out. i don't know if someone burst it or the fire caused it. you can definitely see the flames. >> i wanted to give my husband something to cover his mouth in. >> as you could hear there, just fright i think in moments this morning for the neighbor, of course for the mom as well, who lost her son. at this time the fire is still under investigation, but officials believe mr. thacker may have been smoking in his bed. megan moore, local 12 news. >> john: thank you for that, you can follow the latest information about this tragic fire on our website at local12.com. some news right now that can impact your drive if you're headed downtown today. two lanes of inbound traffic are closed on columbia parkway. crews are working on dirt that

wall. traffic headed away from downtown shouldn't have problems. it is not clear when the lanes will be reopened, but we'll let you know more. the possibility of legal marijuana. medical marijuana is the topic. last year they rejected recreational pot, but there's still some room for medical marijuana only. gathering input on how medical marijuana legalization could work. an advocate for the legalization of medical marijuana because she believes it will help her child. >> it is unreasonable that i would be restricted the right to treat my child. a child with catastrophic epilepsy with what is known to be a safe, nontoxic, plant based medicine that's currently improving lives in 23 other states. >> we'll have more on today's session ahead on local 12 news

concern today over the number of local kids who have committed suicide in recent weeks. locals are gathering at the church. they want to raise awareness about what they call a city-wide epidemic. >> some sad news to report. five-year-old taylor grant has lost his battle with cancer. brad underwood first intro us -- introduced us to taylor last month. he beat it once, but it came back and this time more aggressively than before. >> his mother posted a message on the taylor grant facebook page confirming that taylor had passed away yesterday. >> she said her son "earned his wings". >> if you drive by one of the electronic traffic signs on the

an emergency alert for a man. 77-year-old was seen at 11:00 yesterday when he left his home. it is unusual for him to leave without notifying his family and friends. he was last seen wearing jeans and a t-shirt. he has a 2002 copper buick regal. if you see him call police. >> new grocery options coming to the cincinnati epic core. plans to open on ray street between finley and west elder over the rind. they home to open in september. definitely colder today than the lately. the clouds are expected to clear out as the day moves on. here is meteorologist brandon orr with your no wait weather. >> overcast conditions and this is our camera over towards oxford and butler county.

flurries. you may see it collect on the car tops near the wind chill wiper blades. precision doppler 12 hd doesn't look like much is going on, light. they are not getting picked up on radar well. it is very light and pushing on off towards the east. from the west. we're expecting shrns ing sunshine later. temperatures right around the freezing mark. at least down and other locations right around the freezing mark. maybe a degree or two. notice the wind is breezy but not as breezy as it was yesterday. coming in from the west at around 12 miles per hour. back down into the upper 20s by 9:00. a whole lot colder than that as

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andnoon. >> it is cold today. it is on the way and we'll show you that on radar. you can see one of our cameras. >> north of downtown, some of

it is not really doing too much. it may put down a light dusting that's about it. precision doppler 12 hd. really had to crank the sensitivity up for the radar to pick up the snow flurries. there's oxford. there's where we were just looking at on the camera. what it actually looks like underneath radar. we're seeing this back in southeastern indiana and brookeville. near connorsville. light snow showers from time to time. most of this is mainly just flurries. if you're in downtown, you're getting some of these pushing on through. as we go to the west. near versailles and southeastern indiana, more light flurries moving in. it will be a few hours before we get some of this out of the area.

we can get a time lapse and some of the snow showers mainly just some flurries by the time it hits the ground. a lot of this drying up before it hits the ground. you can see it if you look closely. pretty nice time lapse there. 32 degrees, right at the freezing mark. this is really uniform across much of the area. 33 by 1:00. 34 by 2:00, 3:00. we still have the chance for a few flurries. 33 degrees there and then right at the freezing mark by around 7:00. we drop back into the 20s by 9:00, 10:00. th it is going to be a chilly night. you can see some of the flurries pushing in from the west. clouds. tonight. indiana. notice how slow this back edge

it will take some time, we'll have these flurries around for much of the afternoon before we clear out and this cooler weather really settles in. the air is really not that cold. upper 20s. that's not too bad this time of year. after all we are into the middle of the winter. we're still in the first week of february. near average temperatures today and a big warm-up on the way for the weekend. clouds clear out overnight. here it is as we go into early tomorrow morning. notice this white. that's not snow, just some clouds. they will be with us on and off as we go throughout the weekend. saturday, a little bit more moisture with us. i think we'll hold off on any sprinkles on saturday. we're looking okay as we go into the weekend. a zero percent chance of rain until we get into sunday night. we pull in warmth. 50 degrees. we also pull in moisture. a few showers late in the day on sunday. that's when we start to see the big pattern flip that we have been talking about for the past

enjoy the 50 degree temperature on sunday. it is not going to last for too much longer. 20s tuesday. mid 20s by wednesday. winter is finally here. >> this is the type of pattern that's setting up monday and through early next week. where we see on and off snow showers for three days. just some light stuff here and there, maybe an inch or two. that's something that we have pin down the details as we get into the weekend. stick. it is going to be into the 20s. no problem sticking to the roads, too. >> very good. be sure to join local 12. life in pieces at 8:30. mom at 9:00 and angel from hell at 9:30. stay tuned for top stories in

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