aggravated robbery and ago -- aggravated murder. engel's daughter and son spoke emotionally in court today about how their father's life was taken for $400 and described how he was beaten 15 times. we'll have more ahead today beginning first at 4:00. >> also breaking today firefighters working to put out a fire in fairfield. it started about 10:45 this morning. it started as a gas leak, but there's no word on any injuries break. >> crews are also on the scene of a serious crash. one person was injected from this crash in westchester about 10:00 this morning. there were reports of three people trapped and local 12 is working to learn more and will have the latest for you on this as soon as it is available to us. >> campbell county middle school

officials say a student made verbal threats. all of the students and staff are safe and they have been moved to campbell county high school. a bomb squad searched the school and did not find anything. this happened just before 10:00 last night on the bridge near kellogg avenue. the 41-year-old man who died in the crash has not yet been identified. the driver who police say caused the crash is in the hospital. speed and impairment are factors in the crash. local 12 is investigating after a woman dies in a fall in a nature sanctuary. she slipped and fell over the weekend. she reported fell close to 50 feet. it appears that firefighters used ropes to get down on to the cliff to reach her body. the fire firefighters tried to

a dive team was brought in to retrieve her body. she was a 2012 graduate of notre dame high school. would go to learn more about stewart and we'll have the latest for you ahead today on local 12 news beginning first at 4:00. crews have hauled away a car that slammed into a poll after it was involved in a police chase. that accident caused a gas leak and wires down in the road. duke energy was on the scene for the repairs there. two people in the car were taken to westchester medical center okay. tyler jeffreys owns a grocery store in the area and he got a wake-up call that his burglary alarm was going off. >> i guess somebody jumped the train track and hit the telephone pole and ended up several hundred feet down the road. >> a police officer said that he noticed suspicious activity at redding and hawk before following the car around 4:00

the two men who were injured have not been identified as of yet. be sure to stay with local 12 and local12.com for new details. >> local 12 continues to investigate childhood poverty here in the queen city. tonight we host a public town hall to discuss this topic. cincinnati is one of the worst cities in the country for childhood topic. tonight that will be the main panel. debby boman lived in danger and neglect while she was growing up in northern kentucky. she realized early on that education was the key to success and paved her own way to a positive future. today she spreads that message in her position of boy's hope, girl's hope cincinnati. >> when you're feeling hopelessness, it is the most -- poverty is one thing, and abuse and neglect is another, when

there's no way out other than somebody caring about you. >> you can watch the full story on debby boman's life tonight. at 10:00 and 11:00 see more on boys hope, girls hope. if you would like to attend in person, you can rsvp by e-mailing webb master local12.com. >> a benefit this past weekend raised thousands of dollars that process. the rabbit hash bash raised $11,000 to be exact. a fire destroyed the beloved store last month. crews are using digital technology to rebuild the store.

>> chilly, but clouds will disaster this afternoon. >> we'll have a mix of sun and clouds this afternoon. in the last 30 minutes, cumulus clouds have started to bubble up and they will continue to drift from northwest to southeast through the tri-state for the next few hours. temperatures will max out in the upper 40s and for some the lower 50 50s. down to 44 at 10:00, 42 by midnight. despite clouds bubbling up, we have no rain to track on precision doppler 12 hd right now. dry this afternoon, dry this evening and dry tomorrow. temperatures range from 39 wilmington and 45 at the international airport. tomorrow we're even warmer, we're also windy.

to the second half of the week. this area of low pressure that brings us rain and storms on thursday, we'll talk when is the best day to be out and about. >> coming up in ten minutes. >> thank you so much. >> reaching out today, four out

candidates are addressing >> we want to update you now on a local breaking news that we're following. adam clements was in court this morning. he joins us now right now with more on the days emotional hearing. good afternoon, adam. >> good afternoon. >> it was very emotional inside the courtroom. things wrapped up just within the last 10 minutes. here is what we can tell you in terms of the murder of carl engel. the mastermind james kirby, he agreed to plea deal that will put him in prison for 37 years. 10 of those for trying to escape

she'll get a total of ten years. that's with one year already served. we also saw mario lewis, he was the third member of the team. he agreed to a plea deal that will put him in prison for 14 years. he also has one year already served. we heard from the family of carl engel, his son, his daughter, both very emotional. we also had tense moments that we heard from mario lewis, as he sort of barked back at the family, after they read their statements to him. we will have all of that and much more coming up in a full report later on local 12 news. make sure you stay with us. again, 14 years for mario lewis, chassidy brewer gets ten years and james kirby will spend the next 37 years in prison. adam clements, local 12 news. >> for now, john, we'll send it back to you.

the very >> remaining republican candidates will outline their policy with israel. donald trump ted cruz and john

to 7:00 at the public affairs conference. the gop candidates were initially set to attend a debate in salt lake city tonight. we will live stream those speeches at our website local12.com. hillary clinton was among the group of speakers who started the conference today. bernie sanders chose not to attend. >> today is president obama's first full day of his historic trip to cuba. this trip is being called a big relations. castro. summit. since the obama administration normalized relations with cuba, the u.s. has approved more than $4 billion worth of business. >> the fbi and federal safety

tech kinetic cars are increasingly vulnerable to being attacked. researchers took control of car functions like braking and steering by remote control. the fbi says you should keep the software up-to-date. >> the social networking's site birthday. it invited users to express themselves with brevity and immediacy. it has affected everything from politics, entertainment, and style. >> a smaller version of the ipad prois i s expected as well.

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texas. the tree stopped only centimeters away from crushing the statue. >> it is still there and completely unharmed from that massive tree. >> i think that the good lord was taking care of us. >> the home's owner says there's already been people stopping by to see all of this to stop by for themselves. she's now working on getting the tree removed and the fence repaired. >> a lot of rain, just toppled over. >> isn't damage just the weirdest thing, you see that all of the time with tornadoes. you got a rack of dishes and the rest of the house is gone.

together. no real weather problems today. we've got a lot of fresh content there, interactive radar, which you can click on and navigate around. where they are all the way down to a county and city level. we have a weather maps section where you can get snapshots of precision doppler hd. you can get the same information on your smartphone or your computer. we're dry tonight and then the wind begins to crack. winds sustained out of the southwest between 15 to 20 miles

we're breezy wednesday and back to windy on thursday as rain and thunderstorms overtake the tri-state. the air quality is good. pollen count is good and mold count is low. first time in a while we've had numbers that low. forest park is up to 47. the international airport is at 45. 5 degrees to our country urrent temperature to get to 50 degrees. the sun will warm us up, but we're not drawing into the warm air mass this afternoon. that changes this afternoon with a wind out of the southwest. gusts as high as 35 to 40 miles

we'll carry that warmer air mass tomorrow, wednesday and especially thursday. then cooler air returns. a week area of high praeshure keeps us dry today. there's no rain to track on precision doppler 12 hd. dry this morning, stay dry this afternoon. through the back end of the afternoon and then as temperatures fall that deck of cumulus clouds will dissipate. >> tomorrow quiet start, quiet finish. notice the lines of equal pressure tightly packed here. those are in white. the closer these get together. a strong area of high pressure down to the south and a strong area of low pressure to the west. gusts as high as 35 to 40 miles per hour. isolated showers favored to the west and the northwest of cincinnati.

3:00, 5:00. temperature. through the 40s tonight, clear evening. sun and clouds today. clear to partly cloudy, windy tomorrow and warmer. high of 62. a touch cooler on wednesday and thursday. wind relaxes late in the week. we'll crank up the heat after a chillier friday. if you're on the go this afternoon, nice day for local plans. why check out the weather authority app and i'll see you on local 12 news. >> ncis los angeles at 10:00 and then stay tuned for the

>> scary >> some really scary moments for two children who were trapped inside a well. maryland. the ground collapsed underneath the two and one of the boys was

the other that was trapped about 30 feet down until emergency crews were able to get him out. rescue took about 45 minutes. medics were concerned because of the weather, that the children developed hypothermia, they were taken to the hospital in safe but serious condition. it looks like they will recover. >> sun and clouds this afternoon. warmer today. close to 50 degrees. we'll crank up the heat a bit more for tuesday, wednesday, and thursday. quiet the next couple of days, but the wind will be up through the week. >> our next news first at 4:00, remember, news anytime at

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