an inch to a half an inch of snow so far. they have some snow accumulation on the ground. even there the roads are mainly wet. 42 degrees is what the pavement temperature is in cleaves near downtown. 38 in liberty. still that's above freezing. we're looking okay on the roadways, they are mainly just wet. you still want to take it slow because they are wet outside. on the atrium center weather camera, some of the snow falling there. look at the wind out of the west at 20 miles per hour. it is a little bit breezy at times, we can see the back edge of the snow going to make it into the area later on tonight. you can see a heavier push of snow later on this afternoon. these on and off snow showers 6:00. temperatures starting to fall right around 35 degrees. 37 will be our temperature. only a degree or two warmer from where we are right now. falling below freezing around 10:00.

move on out and taper off to flurries from time to time. we're talking about when the snow moves out and when the 60s move in, yeah, the 60s, it is a forecast, i think you're going to like, coming up at 9:18, john. >> john: a teenager faces kidnapping charges. new information that we have learned about the accused. good afternoon, meagan. >> reporter: investigators say this happened on monday. 18-year-old drove to an accused area accused of sexually assaulted her. a judge ordered a $250,000 bond charges.

played football but is technical center. local 12 reached out to his father, he says the allegations against his son are not true. the 18-year-old is scheduled to be in court on march 4th. attorney. >> local 12 will continue to follow this developing story and learn more. >> a man charged with raping a child makes his first court appearance today. according to court documents back in august. orlando brooks had sex with a girl under the age of 13. in court today, the prosecutor said the child was only 8 years old. brooks is locked up in the hamilton county justice center right now and a judge held him on $60,000 bond.

rees stallworth was driving on harrison avenue when he saw the other car and allegedly said i'll kill us all and then ran into the car. in court stallworth's attorney says it was his girlfriend in his car and his girlfriend's mother in the other car. the girlfriend was in urt court and asked that the six charges being dropped, but instead the judge held him on $60,000 bond. paul shaffner was accused of killing britney 20 years ago. doctors said her injuries were equivalent to falling from a 20-story window. since the story aired more than

parole board demanding they keep shaffner behind bars. michelle phillips is a community one source specialist. she connects veterans with resources they need in the community. last summer she took a call from this man, timothy brown, a veteran she has gotten to know well. their frequent conversations have led to a friendship. one day this past summer tim wasn't doing as well and michelle was not expecting the grim words she heard on the other line. he said michelle, this is tim, and it is over. i knew, i had not heard him like that before, you could tell there was a resolution in his voice. >> michelle managed to get help for tim, who is doing much better today. the message she wants to pass on to other veterans out there. whether it is a simple question, or needing to be reminded that

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pdead >> just another brutal night for residents in the path of a storm system that triggered tornadoes for a second day. a look at the destruction after a likely tornado ripped through. the central baptist church once now. its signature steeple was blown more than 200 feet away. reports of nearly 45 homes

police say the homeowner did get out of safely, but belongings are ruined. >> they said hold on, and i didn't hold on, because i didn't know what he was talking about. i looked and saw the camper flying through there. >> everybody knows somebody that's been affected by it, and we are a close community. you know, and our heart just goes out to anybody that's lost their homes, their loved ones or anything in this. >> now the same storm system brought storms on tuesday. rescue teams there continue to comb through debris who are still unaccounted for. >> mitt romney chose not to run in the election, but he's having an impact with a bombshell

>> mitt romney is calling on donald trump to release his tax returns. >> we have good reason to believe there's a bombshell in donald trump's taxes. >> trump took to twitter this morning calling romney one of the dumbest and worst candidates in republican history. he said he'll release his returns when he's ready. >> my returns is extremely complex. i'm in no rush to do it. >> romney is not the only one pushing for the release. ted cruz chimed in at the candidates forum. >> i do think mitt has a good point. you better believe if there's anything in there, the democrats are going to go to town on this. ted cruz and marco rubio has the

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cold, too. >> a coast guard helicopter rescued the crew of a fishing vessel. after the fishing boat ran aground a coast guard was sebt to rescue them and it overturned. between five to soeven crew members needed to be rescued from the boat. not known why the ship ran aground. a 25-foot vessel also ended up overturning. five coast guard members were able to get to the beach uninjured. gear.

vessel sent to rescue turns over. >> we are much colder than what we have been used to. there's a warm-up. we do have snow out there to deal with for the time being on precision doppler 12 hd. that's the white that you see streaming in. most of this is mainly just some flurries, there are embedded snow showers where you see the brighter colors, even some of these blues, zooming in over downtown, not too much going on, light flurries and light snow moving in across the area. none of which is sticking over much of downtown. near wilmington, slightly heavier snow. we do have snow cover around that way. less. the snow is melting as soon as it hits the roadways. this is i-275. you can see traffic having no trouble moving along. part of the roadway is actually dry with the traffic going across it. some others out there that saw

that's all we're looking at, no driving troubles this afternoon other than the wet roadways. this is north near oxford, you can see the snow cover there on top of some of the roofs. that's what we had downtown until easterly -- earlier this morning. look at the wind, though, coming in from the west. a little bit breezy at times with snow showers moving in. 35 in harrison. we were just looking at the camera in oxford. not too far away in liberty. 32 brookeville and franklin county right at 33. that's where we have the cool air. not only there but also in wilmington and sabina. in wilmington they saw 1 1/2 inches. hillsboro around an inch.

an inch. most of us are seeing very light snowfall amounts. that snow that was measured near the airport. most of that has melted already. a lot of is melting now with highs right around 37. look what happens after we get passed 8:00. we start to see mainly flurries moving on in, the temperatures are dropping to below freezing. the snow showers are moving in now. the back edge starting to push into northern indiana. we expect to see things taper off a little bit. you can see the spin with it. moving to upstate new york and pushing away from us. we don't have too much longer to go with the snow showers. right around noon, we have some of those moving around around 8:00. notice one thing. see how the clouds are coming in

we're pulling in some moisture off the great lakes. early tomorrow morning, they are not going to accumulate, even some peaks of sunshine. pressure moves over to the carolinas. our wind will switch around to the south again. check out this weekend's forecast, really nice. especially by sunday. 60 degrees. a few evening showers late sunday into early monday. it shouldn't be too much of a problem. most of the rain will hold off until the middle of next week. we could even see some thunderstorms. >> after today, one more day of cooler weather before we really start to warm. >> thank you. >> be sure to join local 12 tonight. the big bang theory at 8:00.

mom at 9:00 and >> this week we saw another local life lost in what police suspect was a crash involving a driver high on heroin. local 12 anchor spent days riding with the cops combatting this.

addicts off the road. and a girl who was brought back from the dead three times. >> getting your hands on a flame thrower easier than you think. discussing flame thrower regulations with lawmakers. 11:00. >> one last look at weather. >> we still have snow falling around the area. but temperatures are into the middle 30s. a lot of is melting on contact. evening commute. i think we'll be a-ok. temperatures pulling back to below freezing tonight.

>> local 12 newss i >> victoria: dad, you held a gun on luca santori. oh, my goodness. >> victor: sweetheart, i had to make a point. okay? sometimes that's the only way. and adam had to make sure that luca left town. >> victoria: do you have any idea how this makes me look? i had defended you to nick and sharon and everyone. i insisted that you had a reason for dealing with noah the way you did. >> victor: my sweet girl, i appreciate your loyalty, >> victoria: why? because you'd do it all over again exactly the same way -- is that what you're saying? >> victor: i do not deal in hypotheticals. i only deal in realities.