grader was diagnosed in october with the same brain cancer which ended lauren hill's life.local 12's deb dixon visited kyler and his family yesterday.he's been home two months now.. and kyler's face is swollen from steroids.but he's eating.. breathing without help during the day.. and has his own way of communicating. 3 "kyler wakes up in a good mood, called me in his room how many jars...five? for breakfast" 3 "he's in there somewhere he shows you that everyday"there are a couple of events this month to benefit kyler's family and "the cure starts now".. including a "dine and donate" at applebees on princeton road march 26th.we have a link to the fundraisers on local 12 dot- com.click the the home page. 3 we also have an update on brooklyn smith.. the five-year old northern kentucky girl also has d- i- p- g.her family posted on her facebook page that she only has six days left of radiation treatment... and the little girl will be going to disney world through the make a wish foundation.the hashtag "smiles for brooklyn" took off when her family said it's her favorite thing to do. they are still

>>nd a corain township, second highest, wilson, will watch issue three. and deb dixon, tells us why. >> more than 250 seniors will come to the center this week. for art, games and companionship. >> i need to be with people. i like to exercise. i like to dance. >> issue three is a five year, two year levy to maintain, senior center and parks and road. and family with four boys >> people feel comfortable to go to a park that's clean and safe. condition it would be. and it will cut celebrations from the public. >> >>. >> then there are the roads. 70 percent of the township 470 streets, range from poor to failed. according to a computerized pavement system. >> you could see you're curbing is crumbled. >> and most of the 2.1 million, generated from the levy annually will go to resurfacing. there used to be a levee that failed in 2001. an of the governor cut a million and a half out of the budget, roads stopped being fixed. >> and we made a significant amount of cuts in the past four years. now to the point, where we have no other choice. if we want to maintain our roads, increase our prop

. >>> missing emt is now the snir of the criminal investigation. deb dixon broke the story earlier on twitter. ago, questioned him about some missing money. the rising sun man is charged. and police believe he's driving a dodge journey suv. >>> and i'd like to tell you, we will see no more cold, no more snow, but that's not the case. >> there may be another 24 hours of the stuff on the way. here's erica with what's coming our way now >> we have a batch of both rain and snow on the way. definitely not what i want to be forecasting. at least we have one good day. right now, we're looking at a dry commute. this is where we have some issues in the silver pass. state route 32. traffic is moving smoothly. we have some damp roads across the areas. temperatures are above freezing for the most part. dew points in the upper 20s. we have a lot of moisture stuffed here. and the clouds really dampen the temperatures and stunted them from getting in the 40s. 37 for hamilton. middletown, 37 as well. same for batavia and at the airport. winds will shift in the easterly southwesterly direction. and ou

it was a mysterious murder. duante was a good kid who made it his choice to stay out of trouble. deb dixon shows us the answer to the question. >> and as we look at traffic where? i-171 and 275. i don't know if it's vision problems with the snow or cloudiness. are we seeing a ton of this. >> we saw from sydney benter, it seems to look okay. from the >> it's coming through the area. you could see in northern kentucky, what's happening there is moving to cincinnati and the rest of ohio, an hour down the road. i want to show you a traffic camera. i-275. there's snow in the shoulders, now only. now seeing snow cover not only in the overpasses but roads themselves. there's also tire tracks. some are going very fast. it became snow cover in the past 10-15 minutes. the eastern end of the loop is where we can see some problems, as we get through the rush-hour in the next couple of hours. we're monitoring the camera and some of the cameras along 275 as well as precision doppler hd. i've been working with erica in the background. she'll have an update as the heavy snow is coming out. the back edge,

he thought could get him off the hook. ahead at 5:00, a story you will only see on local 12 news, deb dixon shows how it all worked >>> deputies are partnering with several agencies to help soon to be released inmates find jobs. they are hoping they will give them the contact and skill to go from incarceration to employment. larry davis shows how it works and how to keep the inmates from reaffirming. >> surrogates moms, family fights. kind of sounds like a new reality tv show. looking at the way animal lives, could give insight to our own families. ahead at 6:00, sheila gray takes a look at a family 411 report. >> hits close to home. >> don't have an uncle el amor. >> looking forward to you, back at 5:00. >>> as ted heads back to 71 north and kings melt and possibly the same cars you saw are the same ones you're seeing right now. right lanes are closed. moving a little bit in the left-hand side. we're continuing to work to update you on that. it's not moving very quickly. >> it's going to be nice, if it's a bright sunny day. >> brad will be even more excited than he already is, after the sn

that school, it could happen anywhere. including the school in the next district. coming at 5:00, deb dixon shows how seven mile is now supporting the neighbor in need. major problems in the tiny village of richmond. now the alleged dealer is now behind bars. rich jaffe will talk to people in the community at 5:30, who are no doubt feeling a sense of relief. >>> a story of young father after some devastating decisions. justin bursell killed his best friend. after paying his dues in prison, he's now trying to keep young people from making the same tragic mistakes. it's a powerful story you will only see on local 12 news. that's coming up at 6:00. >> taking a look at the traffic, on 275. >> oh, it's 757. >> 75. >> washington hills viaduct >> i want to stay in and see if >> you may have to wait until tomorrow to get your coffee. >> or at least 8:00. >> she may have to sleep. >> watch local 12 news tonight. once you have the cup of coffee, you could have it with brad. >> most if not all is coming at 7:00. let me show you why. back at you, rain is approaching in the far we were part of the tri-s

apprehension team is very successful. the group of seven officers goes after people wanted for felony. deb dixon will tell us about the secret to their success. >>> also at 5:30, in the heels of super tuesday, kentucky republicans will cast their vote on saturday for president. taegs not the primary. in a move to accommodate ron paul's desire for president and reelection in the senate, republicans opted to have a presidential caucus. a lot of people confused. try to sort it out for us. >> as we continue our look on childhood poverty. we're investigating what the antipoverty programs, claim will happen. a job program called handup. ahead at 6:00, jeff irhsh will check out the claims and rules so far. i'll be back with rob braun at 5:00. >>> taking a look at the traffic. we got 75 in hopple. everything moving smoothly in both directions. putting a little sunshine before we get the sunset. always pleasant to see you, scott. >> doesn't feel like spring. we have spring coming very soon. spring-like temperatures. >> and then, here's what you said. >> and it's not one of the scenarios, what it's warm f

. >> reporter: deb bra, dixon local 12 news. >> adam: quite a message, the woman featured in that, is going to be one of the featured pannalists tomorrow, it runs from 7 to 8, at the underground, center, if you would like to attend, e-mail, web master at local, 12.com and also will be broadcast live on local 12 and local 12.com. >> making it a little chilly this morning when you step outside. >> just a little bit. >> less than 30 degrees. >> brandon: the frost on the wind shields and i had to scrape it off this morning, i am hoping probably not. oh, really? we see the last, 32 degree, day in the middle of april that is when they start the frost and freeze advisories that he don't start it until the middle of april. >> 35 degrees is the average now and we are not too far off from that, and right now the problem is that the water on the roads freezing a little bit and a little bit of black ice and it is not widespread, and you can see the pavement temperatures are below freezing north and northwest of downtown, and again, it is not watch for the problems and we did get the reports on ic