it is used to reverse the overdose effects. beginning monday it will be available over the counter n pharmacies. details of the new program. good afternoon, meagan. >> reporter: good afternoon, john. kroger representatives talked today about wanting families in our communities to know that this is available. it is in a case if needed for a family dealing with heroin addiction. there will be 16 in northern kentucky. senator rob portman was also here today. senator portman saying last year we lost about 2400 ohioans to overdose deaths. while narcan will save lives, they talked about how reviving someone is just the first step, the hope would be to get them into treatment. >> we're glad that kroger is

prescription. they are providing a consultation so that people know how to administer it. treatment. that's the ultimate objective here. >> reporter: again, as you heard there, if a customer is looking to get the narcan, they will have to go through a consultation with a pharmacist first to learn how to administer the drug. naloxine. >> back to you. >> all right. meagan, thank you. >> national pharmacy chains, such as cvs and walgreens have also made it available without a prescription. you can read more about the local12.com. some parts of the tri-state have already seen the flakes fall today.

about 45 minutes ago. here to let you know if that could impact the rest of your meteorologist scott dimmich with your no wait weather. >> good afternoon, john. we've already had bursts of snow and more bursts of snow will come this afternoon. temperatures will slowly rise into the upper 20s this afternoon. there will be some snow showers this afternoon. especially to the east of interstate 75. another batch of scattered snow showers will arrive as we get deeper into this afternoon and tonight. notice scatter showers around 7:00, 8:00, 10:00, and midnight. 18 by midnight in cincinnati. outside chance for some snow squalls or moderate to at times heavy snow. late this afternoon, continuing through the evening, there could be sudden drops in you're out and about. not much in the way of snow

there are some flurries, clermont, brown county, some flurries, near, east of wilmington. also south of mason county. snow showers along and to the north of interstate 70 that will be dropping to the southeast gradually this afternoon. >> temperature now 25 at the international airport. vb vb -- beebe at 27. some have wind chills around or just 20 degrees. visibles being reduced with some bursts of snow. weekend. snow in the forecast on sunday and also into monday. we'll track that and discuss the potential for accumulation and more waves of snow in the forecast in ten minutes.

>> he will then host a rally at afternoon. the rally begins at 3:00 and local 12 will have it covered for you. cincinnati firefighters went to laurel in heartwell just after 6:30 this morning. there was some sort of explosion. he was taken to the hospital with minor injuries and investigators are still trying to figure out what exactly exploded. a police officer arresting serial robbery suspect prince. actually supposed to be off work today. but he came in to talk about the spree of bank robberies. he stopped by the car wash to check his laptop, that's when he says he saw prince stop. >> police say right now prince

and he's a suspect in two more. his alleged spree started monday morning and ended yesterday. here how the investigation all came together in police work. police in columbus are trying to figure out the motive and attack. >> witnesses say a man with a machete went on a rampage inside the restaurant just randomly attacking people and a total of four people were hurt. the man visited the restaurant and then talked with an employee and left and came back with his weapon a half hour later. what diners witnessed inside that restaurant was horrifying. >> there was a man on the floor bleeding. there was blood on the floor. it was awful, carnage. >> i fell like five times. my legs were like jelly. i thought he was going to come by me and slash me up. >> police shot and killed that man after a brief car chase. it appears this was just a random attack. two victims are in stable condition, one was transported in critical and the other victim

a man who police say tried to cut off a woman's head with a sword made his first court appearance today. locked up in the detention center right now. phillips attacked the woman at a home on holman avenue. she told police he swung the sword in the neck and it hit his shoulder. police arrested phillips at his mother's home in lexington earlier this week. he's charged with assault and attempted murder. a judge ordered him held on $100,000 bond. >> today is the first friday of lent. there are dozens all around the tri-state. there's one for a little girl fighting the battle of her life. 4:30 to 8:00 today. each week organizers will sell raffle tickets for items donated by local businesses. money from the sale of the

and her family. she's been diagnosed with dipg. we'll have more from st. joseph first at 4:00. you can find a full list of all of the fish fries on our website at local12.com. >> today the cincinnati museum center premiers a new movie. national parks adventure is an off-trail adventure to our nation's great outdoors. local 12's perry schaible hung around the terminal to learn more about the show. >> i'm inside the union terminal hanging from the rotunda right now repelling. this is part of the launch of the new movie national park adventure. >> national park adventure is going to be shown in the omni max theater starting today. three adventures as they hike, bike, and explore america's national parks.

movie? >> shooting this movie was one of the most amazing immersive experiences, i've ever had in the parks. i would going to the parks, most spring breaks, summer breaks, christmas breaks, this time we really had a chance to spend a lot of time in one location and see some of the most incredible -- incredible scenes i've ever tower. we got to climb the national park and on the upper peninsula of michigan. >> you can see theirs right here at union terminal starting today. inside. she broke down the outside of the museum center. what a daredevil. it is the last film of the omni max before the theater closes because of renovations. you can get tickets online or at the cincinnati museum center.

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maybe snow over >> this huge water main break leaves scranton pennsylvania in ice. >> water just gushed through the streets. workers finally got it shut off and repaired. they think a faulty valve could be to blame. take a look at all of the ice

>> cold weather, lots of water, that's what happens. >> reporter: it blends in with the snow, doesn't it? here at home, we're watching as flurries and snow showers come through. a burst of snow showers come through the 275 loop. that burst of snow has moved out. there are more flurries and snow showers developing in the northern part of the ohio valley moving to the southeast. so after some clearing early this afternoon, snow showers and possibly snow squalls, heavier bursts of snow that reduce the visibility dramatically, perhaps under a mile at times, beginning later on this afternoon, continuing through this evening. most just see snow showers, at least some reduction in the visibility. some big drops are possible, not likely but possible later today. >> track flurries and snow showers on local 12's the

search for wkrc in the app store and google play. updated hour-by-hour forecast and planning forecast that will be updated this afternoon and this evening. atrium medical center right now. cloudy sky over cincinnati, visibility way up after snow showers and flurries moved out over the last hour or so. 27. showers. snow showers implying snow that starts and stops. scattered meaning not everyone is going to see a snow shower this afternoon or this evening. we're cold this weekend. some snow showers linger around early saturday. again, they will be scattered. snow becomes widespread on sunday. especially late sunday afternoon and into sunday evening. no warnings, no watches, no advisories at this time. that may change later today. it may also change early tomorrow. wind chill 18.

cloudy skies, bursts of snow. showers. along and to the east of interstate 75 right now. we'll take 27 now in cincinnati. up maybe a degree or two through the afternoon. the temperature will likely fluctuate as bursts of snow come through. flurries, some snow showers, east of cincinnati now. notice more moisture coming off of lake michigan in the form of clouds, snow showers and flurries. this is all we have left of that burst of snow that came through cincinnati a couple of hours ago. still some flurries, owensville, back through the panhandle of brown county and close to hillsboro. these are dying out in a hurry. we're not done yet. more splotches of blue showing up late this afternoon and early this evening. this is a concern for the late afternoon commute. not everyone is going to see a snow shower or snow squall. visibility is dropping rapidly

to organize. splashes show flurries, snow showers continuing. the same goes for the overnight and especially for the first half of tomorrow. between right now and tomorrow afternoon an inch or less for every one. we're watching for the potential of widespread accumulating snow. sunday, sunday night and perhaps into monday. our threat level is now at be aware through monday. not just for today and tonight. >> temperatures will be in the mid to upper 20s. for the rest of the afternoon. more snow showers arriving later today and continuing through this evening 6789 down to 20 by 10:00. 10 to start tomorrow. scattered snow showers. snow and some rain mixed together on sunday. we're somewhat warmer on monday and tuesday. that may allow for some rain to mix in on monday and tuesday. >> the pick day of the weekend tomorrow.

snow increases in coverage and intensity on sunday. we'll take a look later today on local 12 news.

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