florence baptist church was the one location for boone county. deputies directing lainhart made the journey and just walked.(sara lainhart- rabbit hash)"42--and it was a other ways to get here. we drove all the way into florence and turned around and had to park at a steak and shake and just walked" organizers say they were caught off guard.(***phyllis sparks-chairperson boone county caucus***)"this has exceeded everything we couldn't imagined. it's overwhelming...we've never had an elections with one location inside--this massive church 65 volunteers tabulating and directing voters-- organizers say the flow of the voters went well-- some issues causing delays--first names were not all in alphabetical order--delaying the lines--deputies were told to shut out the entrance to the church at 4pm -- leaving some residents who waitedto vote - -out of luck--some people just had enough--"they did not organize it at all."but despite it all-- some voters say -- it was still worth every minute."sitting in traffic to make sure my opinion is heard.""i'm worri

warford is scheduled to be arraigned in boone county court on march 21'st. she is currently an instructional coach at cooper high school. sheree: making sure madison junior/senior high is safe. that was the mission tonight as parents and school leaders brainstormed ideas. to learn from and grow from last weeks school shooting. wlwt news 5's tammy mutasa was there for the meeting and has the new plans. tammy? tammy:sheree, parents tell me they feel confident the district is doing everything they can to move forward and come up with new safety strategies. as you can imagine, this community is still shaken up by this shooting. >> i read the first line. there has been a shooting. my heart just stopped. tammy:the school shooting is now behind them - the focus moving forward is, what's going to change from a safety and security standpoint. >> the biggest thing is kids need time because i think that could have prevented that situation. tammy:the district is looking back and to see what could have done differently the day accused shooter austin hancock come school w

a typical county like boone county will have one location for you to vote at, and a larger county they will have multiple. the march 5th caucus replaces republican presidential primary in may, so the caucus is the only opportunity for kentucky republicans to vote in the race for the republican presidential nomination. however, primary elections for local, state and congressional races will still occur in may. here's what you need to know for tomorrow. republicans registered by december 31, 2015 are eligible february 19 was the last day that the republican party of kentucky accepted absentee applications completed absentee ballots must be received at the state party headquarters by 5:00 pm et on friday, march 4. 5th, 2016 10:00 am 4:00 pm live of course we will have all of that on our website. fox19now.com live in florence shawn lanier fox19 now pope francis is known for his merciful attitude toward prisoners and one teen serving an 11-year sentence in california found out just how merciful. 18-year-old carlos vazquez junior wrote a letter to the pope from juvenile jail, asking for forg

. >> boone county rescue is out here this morning. they used sonar and did see the vehicle at the bottom of the ohio river. if you look right there, the pillar in the beginning of the bridge, that's close to where the vehicle dropped and it's where the -- it sits tonight. and boone county water rescue, river is too high. >> they are checking in the vehicle that fell off the bridge. it's in the same place it was. >> we have new information on the vehicle type. officials confirmed they found a pontiac bumper and they believe it's a vooib similar to this one. robert saw it happen from the front porch he watched the suv fly over the air and over the side of the bridge. >> it ran on top, where it did hit. it went up in the air. it was almost twinko in the price is right. >> it bobbed before disappearing in the muddy waters. enough room to come through the gurders. we're talking 1970's technology. it was open in '79. maybe it's time to take a look at the safety standards from the bridge >> is the bridge that thousands cross every day safe? we sat down with richard miller and asked him that. th

. >>> detectives say a boone county man rape add six-year-old child. charges. he admitted that he sexually assaulted the child on two separate occasions at his home near florence. if he's convicted he could face 20 years to life in prison. >> moving forward is the next step for students, staff and parents at madison junior-senior high school. more than a week now since two students were shot there. how administrators plan to try to get things back to normal. >> reporter: from the beginning superintendent have been pretty transparent about what happened, which has to be refreshing to parents here. today it seems like they will continue with the message. the goal is to make the students feel safe and parents feel comfortable while their students are here at madison junior-senior high school. that's tough after four students were hurt and one left in the juvenile detention center. now one week after the students return to school, everyone wants to move forward. part of that is to talk about what happened and focus on the future. specifically safety, security, and support. superintendent curti

but one boone county voter was concerned the change wasn't communicated thoroughly. patricia alexander boone county voter "i'm afraid it may not have gotten around to as many people as would have liked to have known and would have liked to have voted." and that may explain why so many voters arrived afte about , we found out about it an hour ago and we camnty voter "i came baought itbut, oh well, i can't ca that was robert guad- errama reportiagine, those tuwasn't those turned away, very disappointed. the only state casting ballots on for the cruz came out on while trump won right here in in louisiana. and thank you to kentucky. and i want to congratulate ted on maine and on kansas and he should do well in maine because it's very close to canada... let's meanwhile in the democratic race, senator sanders won kansas and the democratic caucus in nebraska. while hillary clinton took the win in louisiana. " i want to congratulate senator sanders for running a strong campaign. i am thrilled we're adding to our pledged delegate count. i am grateful to everyone who turned ou

team but he' s worked missions like one boone county faces. >> if something comes down and hits you, it could definitely injure you, it could knock you unconscious or it could tangle yourself up in the lines people that people are holding onto to keep you safe. reporter: the plan to recover the car which plummeted into the river last tuesday has been pushed back, again. to get the car and the victim inside, rescuers say the current has to be 1.5 miles per hour. today it' s 2.8 miles per hour. >> what you' re really worried about is that current 2.5 mile current, 3 mile current, if you' re a diver and you go under water, you could be swept away, swept from the location you' re searching for. reporter: the boone county search and rescue team says they' ll use a barge, crane, tow boat and commercial drivers to t think it was going to go over once i saw it all happening and then i thought oh man. and you see it go over, you don' t know what to do. reporter: rescuers have to wait. as river conditions slowly move in the right direction. >> what those people are trying to do is bring closur

caucus. boone county deputies tried to keep things moving but one way in and one way out added up to delays. >> traffic was something. about an hour from hebron. >> it is a little overwhelming. the turnout is more than we expected but it is a good problem to have. only expected a few thousand voters and had more than 8 or 9,000. >> having another location may have confused the public even more. >>> caucus results have been coming in starting at about 7:00 and has been updated live on local12.com. even though donald trump took kentucky, ted cruz was the favored across the board. and then finally campbell county ted cruz about 30% to donald in and interesting race, i do want to show you cruz won just by one vote. outside of kentucky though, ted cruz has won the caucuses in kansas and maine and donald trump has won louisiana. trump commanding lead in delegates has shrunk to 80. today's victories aside. the sanders campaign has its work cut out for it. >> reporter: ted cruz kicked off with big wins in kansas and maine. but the night is expected to go kentucky where there is a large turno

girl.the boone county sheriff says that jose corrales had two sexual enteractions with the girl at his home last weekend.corrales was arrested late yesterday.he is booked in the boone county jail.if convicted - corrales faces up to 40 years in prison. two carroll county parents face murder charges in the death of their four day old baby. baby.a grand jury just indicted lisa payton and jarod martin.last august their four day old baby died, prompting an investigation.investigators say that during the investigation it became clear the couple caused the baby's death.they are both in the carroll county detention center. a man's body is found in the backyard of a home in east givens was shot early this morning and died behind this house on elberon avenue. there's no word on who shot givens. and when we come back! making a rebound! the announcement that could turn around one of the cities hit hardest by the recession. plus - how you can help a local boy get a bike that's perfect for him.the reason why he needs a special set of wheels- when we come back! you're watching nine on your this is a

the desperate search stretched after searching for hours overnight for evidence, this morning boone county rescue crews are preparing to recover a car that plunged into the ohio river after a 12 car accident on the combs hehl bridge. bridge.the chain reaction crash shut down the eastbound lanes of i-275 the entire stranded for hours. right now- police are not ready to discuss whether anyone was still inside the car that went off the bridge. multiple police agencies and first responders were on the scene for hours. police say a few people were injured on the bridge but they are all expected to be okay. we are told there was a total of 4 individual collisions. chief craig sorrell:campbell county police department11:52 all the cars were driving to navigate through and slow down, reduce speeds at various contact points and at some point in that, one vehicle did go over the side of the bridge into the river. 05 05 the car that went off the bridge was fully submerged but rescue crews were able to locate it in just hours. police say the car is close to the bridge which is surprising because of th

believe in this caucus anyway" 42:31"it was wild - it was crazy - it was exciting at the same time" boone county caucus chair 'phyllis sparks' says to an extent... they were working on the fly. as for why there was only one spot to vote in the entire county--43:56"we did consider two locations - but because our books were printed by the republican party and not the secretary of state - we would've had to divide the books up like a through m and n through z - those would be in separate locations - and that would've caused even more confusion with our voters"and nearing the 4-o-clock cutoff- another problem. she says the sheriff told her there was at least an hours worth of traffic still waiting. she made a call to kentucky gop officials. 45:21 "they got back with me and the hours"so staff and volunteers writing up signs- closing off the church parking lot and allowing anyone inside to continue. it wasn't ideal - phyllis says - but there was no other option. 44:23"this was our best shot at it - i think we did really well - if we consider doing this again in 4 years certainly we will evaluate all t

a lot of excitement here in boone county. reporter: officials say they hope the momentum continues until november during the election. courtis: nationally, this was not the dominating performance donald trump was hoping for. he is still the front-runner. but ted cruz made strides today, and marco rubio fell further away from the top tier. chris pollone has more, on this super saturday of voting. reporter: on super saturday, texas senator ted cruz visited the winner' s circle first, picking up at least 17 delegates winning the kansas caucus and 12 more by winning maine. >> i think the combination of super tuesday election results, the last 2 debates together has been more and more unifying and that is a very, very encouraging sign. reporter: cruz picking up a symbolic win, too in the straw poll at cpac, the annual gathering of conservatives in washington, florida senator marco rubio got a warm welcome at cpac as well, and used his appearance to slam frontrunner donald trump. >> being a conservative cannot simply be about how l

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the boone county sheriff's office says it wil never ask you for any kind of payment over the phone. the search for two escaped inmates in new mexico is finally over tonight. tonight.lionel clah and joseph cruz escaped wednesday while they were being transported to a different prison.cruz was arrested yesterday after he was just spotted on the street. and clah was finally captured tonight, hiding out in an apartment. this video illustrates just how dangerous the two are.clah - who was doing time for armed robbery -- was involved in this dramatic 2007 shootout with police, captured on dash-cam video.authorities say the circumstances of their escape were suspicious, that someone on the outside - or possibly on the inside - helped them. no one else has been arrested - yet. the governor of alabama is prison riot caught on cell phone video that was shot by an inmate.you can see inmates setting things on fire and wielding homemade weapons.the governor blames the riot on overcrowding and understaffing. no one was hurt, and things are back under control tonight. police in alaska have a man i

. >> traffic is backed up like 9:00. people didn't get the vote. thank god for boone county. >> and it was actually boone county sheriff's deputies and they did what they could. originally they planned on four deputies. two for security inside and two to direct traffic. when mt. zion spilled to 75, they called five more deputies to the church. is about 50 dollars an hour. and it was nothing like the boone county snarl. mt. zion road was a parking lot for a mile on both sides of the church. each of the expressway is all retail. saturday, it was a bad day at the mt. zion zonoko. >> real slow. >> any idea, how slow, percentagewise? >> i did half the business, like i did on saturday. >> what do you think about that? >> well, i would say, they have more places for anybody to vote. >> and across the street in the good year store, business was so flat, crews spent hours at a time. >> impact on the business, due to the numbers. saturdays, it could be a very, very busy day for us. numbers, the numbers we had on saturday, i would say it's more than half. on some saturdays, it would be more than

the backup in boone county a half a mile at one point. deputies tried to keep things moving, and there was one way in and one way out. northern ken condition chamber president called the boone county a debacle. >> i think they could have done a better job with this, i think it should have been like the done other places, that way everybody wouldn't have had to have been in line, and traffic wouldn't have been a mess. >> having one polling place is not a good idea. >> the boone county caucus chair says they only expected a few thousand voters, and had closer to 8 or 9,000. >>> it's clear they were not ready for the number of voters overnight. overnight we learned more than 229,000 kentucky residents caucus. that is more than the number would voted in the republican presidential primary. the kentucky residential primary and the rest of the races for republicans are on may 17. >>> happening today, you have a chance to buy some of the furnishings and restaurant equipment from a max and ermas that closed. there's a preauction screening to chec

a bomb threat in boone county called in by a high-ranking educator. boone county schools say 46-year-old jennifer warford was the assistant principal at conner middle school when she was accused of calling in the threat to a florence restaurant. according to court documents warford called 911 dispatchers last month and stated somebody just reported a bomb at logan' s in florence, please hurry. then hung up. dispatchers called warford back and she denied making the call, but admitted during a follow-up interview that she was in fact the original caller and lied to officers. she now faces one count of falsely reporting an incident. kyla: a 19-year-old is now facing charges in a december car there' s now a warrant out for terrence cook. court documents show, cook is charged after the wreck along reading road in roselawn. 16-year-old djohnte wilson and 14-year-old anthony craddock died in the crash. cook, has been indicted on two counts of vehicular homicide. along with vehicular assault, he has not been arrested. mark: let' and see what is happening outs

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we have a scam warning to tell you about this morning from the boone county sheriff's office.they say people are getting calls from someone claiming to be from the sheriff's office..saying they have a warrant for you for missing jury duty. the scammers instruct you to get a pre-paid kroger credit card give them the number on it.. to get the warrant taken care of.the boone county sheriff's office says: it would never ask you for any kind of payment over the phone. we now know who is moving on to the scripps national spelling bee from saturday's regionals. regionals.robert casteneros, an 8th grader at cincinnati hills christian academy won the cincinnati bee this morning at c-h-c-a.and tonight, patrick mitchell, an 8th grader at greendale middle school in lawrenceburg, won the indiana-kentucky bee.the winners will head to the scripps national spelling bee in the washington, d-c area the week of may 22nd. coming up .. effort pays off ...how a local man's committment to doing the right thing turned into a life-changing event. and ... memeing the election! we're blowing off some steam over

in boone county, a similar situation. an unexpected turnout of voters. parking lots packed and hour long waits. wlwt news 5' s jenell walton continues our team coverage tonight. jenell? reporter: there was such a large turnout here in boone county the sheriff' s department had deputies here, directing traffic into and out of the church parking lot. some people said they actually waited up to an hour to caucus. some people said they tried to have a strategy when they saw the long lines. there were some voters who said they actually tried to caucus earlier in the day but left and came back hoping there wouldn' t be as long of a line to park. however, caucus officials say the crowds just kept coming. the caucus chair says there was a steady crowd for the first two hours. one voter said she came in hopes of keeping trump from winning the caucus in kentucky by voting for senator ted cruz. another voter said just the he wants to see change, and that' s why he supported trump. the republicans who turned out say it was exciting to see such a large turn-out for t

we have a scam warning to tell you about this morning from the boone county sheriff's office.they say people are getting calls from someone claiming to be from the sheriff's office..saying they have a warrant for you for missing jury duty. the scammers instruct you to get a pre-paid kroger credit card worth a thousand dollars..then give them the number on it.. to get the warrant taken care of.the boone county sheriff's office says: it would never ask you for any kind of we now know who is moving on to the scripps national spelling bee from saturday's regionals. regionals.robert casteneros, an 8th grader at cincinnati hills christian academy won the cincinnati bee saturday morning at c-h-c-a.and later, patrick mitchell, an 8th grader at greendale middle school in lawrenceburg, won the indiana-kentucky bee.the winners will head to the scripps national spelling bee in the washington, d-c area the week of may 22nd. coming up .. effort pays off ...how a local man's committment to doing the right thing turned into a life-changing event. and ... memeing the election! we're blowing off some s

we have a scam warning to tell you about this morning from the boone county sheriff's office.they say people are getting calls from someone claiming to be from they have a warrant for you for missing jury duty. the scammers instruct you to get a pre-paid kroger credit card worth a thousand dollars..then give them the number on it.. to get the warrant taken care of.the boone county sheriff's office says: it would never payment over the phone. we now know who is moving on to the scripps national spelling bee from saturday's regionals. regionals.robert casteneros, an 8th grader at cincinnati hills christian academy won the cincinnati bee saturday morning at c-h-c-a.and later, patrick mitchell, an 8th grader at greendale middle school in lawrenceburg, won the indiana-kentucky bee.the winners will head to the scripps national spelling bee in the washington, d-c area the week of may 22nd. coming up .. effort pays off ...how a local man's committment to doing the right thing turned into a thanks for getting up with us this sunday morning. it's now --- degrees at -- o'clock. a homeless man wa

voters in boone county will have the option of taking part in an exit interview to find out what they think about the caucus concept and how they heard about it. if you're unclear about your caucus location we've laid it out on our website http://wcpo.com again you can caucus from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. reporting live...kristen nine on your side will also have the results from today's caucus for you on-air.. wcpo dot com.. and our app.and we'll look at how well the caucus process worked in a state that hansn't held one in decades. the choice is smaller by one for kentucyans heading to the polls today.doctor ben carson has officially ended his presidential campaign. after the super tuesday primaries... carson said he did not see any way forward for him to win the nomination. but.. carson says he will continue to work to encourage evangelicals to vote . turning to ohio now.our primary for both democrats and republicans is just days away. voters here will cast secret ballots.it will take place on tuesday march 15th. some would say it's about time, but flint, michigans out with more to come. c

thousands of people turned out to boat here in boone county. caucus official say there was a line from the doors of the church all the way down the side of the building when they first open this morning. the caucus chair says even with the large crowds there were plenty of volunteers here. the cocky started at 10 am and ended at 4 pm and there was a non-stop flow of voters hear that entire time. caucus official say the crowds just kept coming. the republicans who turned out such a large turnout for their first ever presidential caucus. the caucus chair actually ended shutting down the entryway to the church wants the caucus officially closed at 4 pm so some voters were turned away. there were a lot people still hoping to caucus when the doors closed, but they were turned away. jenell walton wlwt news five. thanks, jenell. we will continue to update results as they come in... we will continue to update results as they come in... and you can up to the minute coverage anytime on wlwt-dot-com. thanks for joining us, i'm courtis fuller. >>> the u.s.

believe in this caucus anyway" 42:31"it was wild - it was crazy - it was exciting at the same time" boone county caucus chair 'phyllis sparks' says to an extent... they were working on the fly. as for why there was only one spot to vote in the entire county--43:56"we did consider two locations - but because our books were printed by the republican party and not the secretary of state - we would've had to divide the books up like a through m and n through z - those would be in separate locations - and that would've caused even more confusion with our voters"and nearing the 4-o-clock cutoff- another problem. she says the sheriff told her there was at least an hours worth of traffic still waiting. she made a call to "they got back with me and said no we're not extending the hours"so staff and volunteers writing up signs- closing off the church parking lot and allowing anyone inside to continue. it wasn't ideal - phyllis says - but there was no other option. 44:23"this was our best shot at it - i think we did really well - if we consider doing this again in 4 years certainly we will evaluate all the

believe in this caucus anyway" 42:31"it was wild - it was crazy - it was exciting at the same time" boone county caucus chair 'phyllis sparks' says to an extent... they were working on the fly. as for why there the entire county--43:56"we did consider two locations - but because our books were printed by the republican party and not the secretary of state - we would've had to divide the books up like a through m and n through z - those would be in separate locations - and that would've caused even more confusion with our voters"and nearing the 4-o-clock cutoff- another problem. she says the sheriff told her there was at least an hours worth of traffic still waiting. she made a call to kentucky gop officials. 45:21 "they got back with me and said no we're not extending the hours"so staff and volunteers writing up signs- closing off the church parking lot and allowing anyone inside to continue. it wasn't ideal - phyllis says - but there was no other option. 44:23"this was our best shot at it - i think we did really well - if we consider doing this again in 4 years certainly we will evaluate all th

lot to figure out because this is a change we are here at the florence baptist church and that's boone county you a typical county will have one vote at, and a larger county they will have multiple. the march 5th caucus replaces the usual republican presidential primary in may, so the caucus is the only opportunity for kentucky republicans to vote in the race for the republican presidential nomination. however, primary elections for local, state and congressional races will still occur in may. here's what you need to know for tomorrow. republicans registered by december 31, 2015 are eligible last day that the republican party of kentucky accepted absentee applications completed absentee ballots must be received at the state party headquarters by 5:00 pm et on friday, march 4. saturday, march 5th, 2016 10:00 am live of course we will have all of that on fox19now.com live in florence now on average, adults get 2 to 3 colds per year... many suffering outside of the winter months. but there are some foods that could help you beat the bug naturally.... according to m-s-n. try salmon-- it's rich in

but one boone county voter was concerned the change wasn't communicated thoroughly. boone county voter "i'm afraid it may not have gotten around to as many people as would have liked to have known and would have liked to have voted." and that may explain why so many voters arrived after polls closed. "not really that happy about it, we found out about it an hour ago and we came flying over here." mike combs kenton county voter "i came back, thought it was 4:30 and i thought it would have cleared out but, oh well, i can't cast my ballot now, can i?" as you can imagine, those turned away, very disappointed. party officials tell us today's caucus was a learning experience and to be determined: whether or not kentucky will hold another caucus in four years. in independence, kentucky robert guaderrama, fox19 now. thanks robert, and welcome to the team. as more results come in through the night... you'll can stay updated using the fox19 now mobile app. we'll have the latest numbers as throughout the show. weather now switching now to weather... it was a dreary saturday... but things are look

this winter has cost boone county one of its landmarks... the wagon wheel bridge across the des moines river was damaged by huge chunks of ice floating down the river last month. the county is now making plans to remove the bridge before it collapses. it was built in 19-10 and is on the national registry of clouds will begin to move back in from the west this morning as another weak system approaches. we'll become mostly cloudy with temperatures that will be a bit milder this afternoon as we pick up a southeast wind. highs will be in the upper 30s and lower 40s. a chance of a rain/snow mix is possible by the late evening hours tonight wrapping up through the overnight hours. central iowa will see up to a dusting of snow, but a mix of precipitation could create some the area. the largest amounts of northeast, but still only about an inch of coming up next, david geiger joins us with this morning's report. then... a holiday today will have many of us thinking back to our childhood. plus, tuesday's big political test was a record breaker for on

tomorrow. that included kentucky remember you don't vote at your normal polling place. for instance, boon county you will head to the bap tift church. in campbell county it is the high school. no democrats tomorrow just republicans and if you are confused we have all the county on the list here. but if you are confused and you want to revisit it we have it at local12.com. >>> the feeling of getting a roof over your head but nothing the need it overwhelming. >> reporter: unloading the new life furniture truck is the job but it isn't just a task for the paycheck. >> i don't know the situation but there are a lot of people struggling to get by. >> reporter: new life furniture is filling an apartment that had nothing but a fee belongings. living her a mother and her two babies. one load at a time it starts to look like a family lives here. a new bed,' dresser. 2 to 3 times they make dlifry insist the >> imthe visionary, and the think about the people we i just don't find it to be acceptable. >> reporter: she founded new life furniture a decade ago. they help families. after this move, what adifferen

it is heavier in cincinnati and boone county, kenton county, florence, down toward williamstown. you can see there is rain mixing in, but it is slowly making its way toward global. we have your dashboard louisville. -- toward louisville. we have three or four hours left. most places are at or above freezing. with the sun angle, 33, 34, 35 degrees -- we should be ok on slick spots. next. rain through -- through 3:00, it is just snow, then in the afternoon the brain will mix in. predominantly snow in the eastern communities, but for the evening commute it is a rain/snow mix then lingering flurries that could linger into the early morning commute for friday. tomorrow afternoon, sunshine and eventually warmer air on the way. as far as potential snowfall, most places are under one inch with a lot of the melting when it contacts the surface. today, 38-degrees, up to one inch possible. tonight, 28-degrees. looking at the seven-day forecast, winter-like today, then a weekend warm-up highlighted by next week as our temperatures flip back toward 60' lisa: singing the praises of the queen c

something unusual happened on the bridge to cause it to climb that wall or go over the wall. 04the boone county water rescue captain says due to river conditions- it may take a while to recover the car.07:13 this river is very unfriendly right now. very unforgiving.as for the accident reconstructio n team- aerni says they will be looking for a black box in the car. it will have to be dried outbut aerni says it will work and provide crucial details.17:42:21 it also would have either 2.5 or 5 seconds of pre collision data giving speeds, whether the driver was on the gas pedal or the brake. 31 police say they are not sure how many people, if anyone, is still in the car. the water rescue team says they won't be tuesday or wednesdayat the earliest. reporting live, ashley zilka 9 on your side. you might want to grab a jacket if you're heading out the door tonight. tonight.nine first warning chief meteorologist steve raleigh is here with your first and only look at the forecast at seven! breaking news!hulk hogan wins website gawker!a jury is awarding him 115 million dollars!he was suing over a sex tap

the boone county water rescue team is trying to figure out how many people were inside the vehicle and how to get them out. we will continue to follow this story. there could be an update as we move through the morning. we are live in campbell county, dan griffin, wlwt news 5. mark: thank you. begins for the norwood man arrested of threatening police with a sword. lisa: 45-year-old anthony hall was arrested back in february after his neighbor called 911 saying that she heard him yelling about setting the building on fire. when officers arrived, hall greeted them armed with a sword. after a brief standoff, he surrendered. he' s being charged with disorderly conduct while intoxicated, inducing panic, and aggravated menacing. mark: let' s check in with kyla. how is the commute moving? kyla: if you' re getting ready to head outside, you should be good to go along the banks right now. here freedom way, they will be doing some concrete work and the sidewalk be closed in that area. so keep that in mind. we will continue to see that throughout the day today. here is a look at the interstate tr

it's been about one month after this fire destroyed the rabbit hash general store in boone county. today, the community is coming together to raise money to help restore the historic building by having a community pig roast fundraiser . the rabbit hash bash runs from noon to 7 pm. in the colonel de gourmet herbs and spices parking lot in fort thomas. general admission is $50 in advance, $75 at the door. there will be a buffet, live music, beer & wine, silent auction and appetizers. so if you want a full list of all the big events this weekend with times, locations, parking just check out the cincinnati weekend tab right on the front page of fox 19 now dot com. dan 2shot desk flooding continues in the south.... and one governor is calling on the federal government for help. details coming up. "here's my id, here's my id. don't touch me" jess vo that video has gone viral, after a man records himself being stopped by officers who stopped him for jaywalking... but, just how many people get stopped for the infraction? fox19's michale baldwin decided to find out! those numbers, after the

"we know that our neighbors in boone county, they suffer sometimes, and that fire pretty much brought it out. and i immediately went to go see my friend don clair and i said don what can we do baby we gotta do something," at the event there was music, food, a silent auction and more! after a school four students hurt... the madison school board has taken steps to increase district security. the board voted to make the current school resource and add another the changes will go into effect immediately. 14-year old james austin hancock was charged in that shooting. dan 2shot desk a father in tennessee is answers after his kids were given alcohol while they how the restaurant is handeling the mishap....coming up. jess vo and we have details of a deadly avalanche in italy... and how bad weather is slowing down the rescue efforts... catherine tease take a look at this covering is caring because covering heals faster. fobandage that moves with you d stays on all day, ver with a band-aid brand flexible fabric adhesive bandage. ifoufamily outing is magical yoy muddling through allergies. trrt

to extract the vehicle from the river currents too strong and the water level continues to rise boone county water rescue team, they had to call of the rescue/recovery effort 130 this morning because one of the divers almost got swept away in the current. this person also said the vehicle is at the bottom of the river and on its side. he did not confirm how many people were inside. likely be sunday or monday before teams can resume their efforts information has been obtained that the car could possibly be a red pontiac grand prix, or a similar vehicle anyone who has a family or friends who may have been traveling in this region in a similar vehicle are asked to call campbell county police officials are going to closely monitor the river conditions and assess the best course of action in the upcoming days live press conference friday at 2 pm at the fort thomas aqua the fbi says a california college student who went on a stabbing rampage that wounded four people... was inspired by the islamic state. 18-year-old faisal mohammad was shot dead by a campus police in the november 4th attack at the

. >> boone county rescue is out here this morning. they used sonar and did see the vehicle at the bottom of the ohio river. if you look right there, the pillar in the beginning of the bridge, that's close to where the vehicle dropped and it's where the -- it sits tonight. and boone county water rescue,

the boone county water rescue team says the current needs to be one- and-a-half miles per hour... to get that last night chief meteorologist happen till later in the week. steve it looks like you were right on the money. 73-year old st. bernard man are in prison right now and will remain there for years to come. carl engel was inside his greenlee avenue home.. alone in march of last year... when he was robbed... and beaten to death. today the three suspects took plea deals in the case. first was james kirby. police say he was the main suspect... and knew engel. they say he had actually broken into engel's home just days before. he got 37 years. then came chasidy brewer. authorities say she was the lookout during the whole situation... at a park across the street. she apologized in court.. and was then slapped with 7 years in prison. and finally... mario lewis. he was the other person who police say was inside engel's home trying to steal money. he told the judge.. if it wasn't for him... the truth wouldn't have come out. he got 14 years. engel's daughter spoke in court too.. and d

dale appel with the boone county water rescue team has spent the last couple of days putting together a plan to get to that car. "it's much more challenging than anyone gives them credit for." john hoh is the owner of aquatic dreams in florence, diving experience. he says right now the ohio river has zero visibility. we went out with a camera and checked to see what divers will see beneath the surface. "think about closing your eyes, wandering through a field and trying to find a car in the middle of a field." "that's what it's like?" "that's very much what it's like." also, there's big objects, like trees and branches, floating fast down the river. "they have the potential hazard of getting hit from behind by one of these objects. now, you get hit with a tree at five miles per hour, that's going to knock you unconscious. that poses a significant hazard to divers." the original goal was to get divers into the water sunday or monday. but now that's been pushed back to tuesday or wednesday. jason law 9 on your side also making news tonight... the mother of a two-year-old girl killed las

anna marie tracy at boone county schools. right now cincinnati police are trying to figure out who shot someone dead in east price hill.a body was discovered behind a house early this morning.jordan burgess looks at why this case hits close to home for those in the neighborhood. as police here try to figure out exactly what happened to that victim.. neighbors say it brings back painful memories. memories.a gruesome discovery behind this home on elberon avenue this morning. morning. i woke up crying because it's a tragedy. tragedy.those living at the home found the body of 23- year-old jamar givens.police say he was shot to death. neighbors told us givens was a nice guy who didn't have any enemies. enemies. hope they found out who did this to him because nobody deserves that. that.sadly.. annette lummus knows that all too well. in 2010 her son ricky lummus was shot and killed inside a bar at the budget host hotel.the shooter bobby grant was in prison. prison. i just got closure last summer and i'm still going through it and th

it's been about one month after this fire destroyed boone county's renowned rabbit hash general store. but this weekend the community is coming together to raise money to help restore the historic treasure by having a community pig roast fundraiser on saturday. the rabbit hash bash runs from noon to 7 pm. in the colonel de gourmet herbs and spices parking lot in fort thomas. is $50 in advance, $75 at the door. there will be a buffet, live music, beer & wine, silent auction and appetizers. weather now animation and jeff if you're gonna be out and about... you better be ready for some rain right? jeff weather joe's crab shack is in hot water for what many are calling racist decoration at one of it's stores! see the picture that has some customers taking action! and a family in houston claims their four year old daughter suffered brain damage after a routine dentists visit! hear the whole story tonight... and are your social media habits costing you money? a new study says yes! we'll explain. tonight on fox check out new episodes of sleepy hollow at 8, followed by second chance at 9, the

to help rebuild a boone county landmark that caught fire last month. the "rabbit hash bash" held just over a week ago raised more than 11-thousand dollars. that money will help rebuild the rabbit hash general store... which caught fire in february.it was built in 1831 -- and is on the national registry of historical places. it's a troubling issue that affects the lives of so many teens...and a tri-state group is getting students and teachers involved to stop teen suicide. suicide.the group is called "seas the day" -- that's s-e-a-s... an acronyn for "stay educated about suicide". suicide".and that education comes in the form of suicide prevention workshops and presentations... like this one from students in saint bernard. and the group has another important and tough job... grief services when a young w-c-p-o insiders can read how "seas the day" is working to make a trained counselor available for every tri-state student. text for help...it's a vital tool for some people who just can't make a call. call.coming up -- what part of the tri-state is now co

boone county republicans will vote at florence baptist church on mt. zion road.all of kenton county's republicans will vote at summit view school in independence. all campbell county republicans will vote school. one polling place in each county. only republicans. democrats will vote in kentucky's primary may 17th. spread the word. most people haven't a clue. is this the first you're hearing about this? yeah. i didn't have any idea about that. that's different. that's interesting. haven't you heard anything about the kentucky republican presidential caucus? no, i haven't. it's this saturday. okay.regular primaries have very low turnout. this could be a new low.based on the volume that we have here it may get 5 percent 6 percent. but not sure it will even hit that mark.at least the results should be easy to count. in news. 3 for more information, go to the kentucky republican party's website.we have a link on local12-dot-com. now here's bob with a local 12 traffic alert. 3 3 hundreds of 3 kids in the tri-state got a special prescription for good health.i

the boone county water rescue team says it won't be able to reach thet car until earliest. rescue crews say the river's conditions are too dangerious for divers. a couple encounters a hitch - while getting hitched... hitched... "i should've ignored it but i could see it. they started lining up and blocking the roads" roads"why this bride says she was "trumped" on her wedding day. and a fitness trend has women measuring their waistlines.we have the backlash to this social media challenge. your seven day forecast is you're watching 9 on your side at 5 a bride and groom trumped!a couple who planned their wedding a year and a half in advance says they hit a major roadblock the day of their wedding. wedding.the phoenix couple explains their hitch was traced back to a rally for presidential candidate donald trump. "i kinda anticipated the protesters just cause its been happening in other places." kerry burd'sheart sank from the moment she learnedthe gop's top candidate, donald trump would be holding a rally the same day as her wedding - the rally just five-hundred yards away. awa

. >> caucuses were a traffic was part of the cause. traffic was into and out of the caucus. boone county sheriff, at a cost of five per hour. and managers at the mt. zion says they lost about half of the saturday business. good year shop, crews set idle for hours, while customers with appointments were stuck in traffic. the good year manager blames kentucky senator, ron paul to push for the caucus, so he could run for president and reelection for the senate. >> i think they were thinking of one person. that person, who wanted the caucus. they were not thinking of the small businesses around here, that depend on the customers coming in and out. >> senator paul agreed to pay for the caucuses. he put up 250 thousand from the and we're still investigating whether he made the second payment. a call to the republican party chairman was not made. >> kyler strong. he is living with the same cancer that took lauren hill's life. we catch up with kyler bradley. >>> donald trump with a commanding lead. could the other republican candidates stop his momentum at tonight's debate. a night of violent .

see what was happening. divers are on the scene and sonar was used to located vehicle. right now boone county is trying to determine the best way to bring it up. >> as a mother, you think lots of different thoughts, my child is here today, is that might child? is that a family member? >> it makes you stop and think. it makes you want to call everybody you know and tell them how much you love them. >> we first identify if there are victims in the vehicle and any victims found or bring it up with the victims inside. >> reporter: the lanes are finally open, those eastbound lanes. the accident reconstruction team is trying to figure out how the crash happened. reporting live back to you. >> cammy: such a sad story. >>> now back to our coverage of the 2016 primaries. >> rob: the crowd got a little smaller tonight after marco rubio dropped out. 367 of the delegates for the republicans and 691 for the democrats. in ohio it was a neck and neck race for the republicans. the state when to john kasich. . kasich put all his chips on ohio. jeff? >> reporter: well good evening it is all here, accept for cl

. >> reporter: only one candidates still on the ballot state. in boon county traffic backed up i 75. he sat in traffic for on hour to cast his vote. >> i think it is a little crazy this kind of turn out. florence mall might have been a better opportunity. >> reporter: the situation was a debacle. >> it is completely overwhelming but our volunteers are handling it very well. i've asked the voter to be patient. >> the goods news is that a lot of people showed up and a lot of people stuck is out. or more to cast their votes. now ms. sparks reached out to asked to extend the caucus hours and they told her nope >>> nice to see a good turnout at least. the caucuses are run by kentucky kentucky's republican party not is the state. in ohio the primary is march 15th and in a ballot twist, every republican ballot features two boxes for president. one for designating a delegate for the whole thing. this secretary of state's office says both boxes will be tallied the ballot still lists 11 republican presidential candidates but only four remain in the race. >>> police are investigating a homicide