as local 12's brad underwood reports, the alexandria community is hurting... but holding up one another. "the investigation is ongoing as police try to figure out what happened, what led up to the driver crossing the center line of 27 and hitting the car that desirae jakyra were in. on this field close to 200 gathered to pray for love and support the family." "singing, oh god how i need you." in a circle the group leans hard on its faith. using the power of song and prayer to support each other during this grieving process.some in the crowd knew the mother and daughter killed in thursday's crash, others knew desirae mother's jenni mcbride."it's like i know that god's got us." 'it makes me happy and sad at the same time that such a tragedy could bring so many people together. "jamey wright's fiance josh alfred grew up with desirae and considered her and her mother family. "jenni mcbride was, she took me in. so desirae i always considered her a sister. it's pretty hard, then we were 15, now i'm 30, she was 30. so, when i first heard about it, i got my daughter t

as local 12's brad underwood reports... his mother just wants to know her son is okay. 3 if you've been to eden park in the last week, you've probably seen these signs. they're taped to light poles and trees in the park. pictured, 23- year-old darron richards jr. 32.41-48"this is very important to me as a mother and i just want to know where my son is at so i can get him somewhere safe and sound. " cassundra terry hasn't seen her son since march 3rd. she the phone a couple of days after that, but since then, no communication. 34.52-03"well i go to his apartment every day to check and see if he has been into his apartment. no he hasn't been into his apartment 58 i went to go clean up a couple of days ago and i noticed his mediation was there."terry says her son suffers from schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. she fears he's been off his medication since he moved out of her home and into his own apartment in east price hill a month ago. 33.15-22"he felt kind of good having his own place but i knew deep down in my heart he was

reporting downtown, brad underwood local 12 news another city council member was seeking a new job. charlie winburn's term is up next year.. and he was running for county recorder. retired judge norbert nadel won the republican nomination instead... the race got harsh.nadel will take on two- term incumbent wayne coates in the fall. 3 people in two local villages went to the polls.. not to vote on candidates.. but to vote on making where they live.. extinct. neville -- in clermont county -- and somerville -- in butler county -- have lost a lot of state funding. so, they voted on disbanding.in neville the proposal to become part of washington township was defeated... the margin was only eight votes.and, in somerville residents voted to dissolve into milford township -- but the margin there was just two votes. 3 technology problems created some problems at the polls in the last election.and there were some snags late on primary day. dan hurley tells us what happened. 3 time now is xx new developments with a man who charged the stage at a trump rally. the federal charges he's now facing

now, crash on eastbound 275, sent a car off bridge. >> crews continue their work on the river. brad underwood with more on what's happening. brad, what you could tell us? >> a couple of larger boats joined in the search underneath the bridge on the ohio river, that i could see counting at least six, maybe seven boats. the hamilton county helicopter flying is extremely low, lower we do know one car did go into the river, after one witness telling us, it was either a red the accident. they flipped over the wall and went straight into the water and immediately sank, because he didn't see anyone come out as crews continued to search here. almost a link of the bridge, you have, first responders, fire trucks, police officers, and as they conduct the investigation. within witness said they heard a loud bang and three or more. and there's more information you. >> brad, thank you. >>> we have team coverage on the scene of the crash. >> angela ingram joins us from the river bank. what are you seeing? >> a very active situation here. we are along kellogg avenue. you could see, plenty of rescue

even the f-b-i got involved.as local12's brad underwood explains, none of those frantic moments should have ever happened. the only truth out of na'cole benton's mouth according to police was that her car was stolen outside her home in the west end. the rest of her story police say.. pure fiction. when neighbor joyce edwards first heard what happen, she only had one thought. 03.30.40-43"when you hear the story oh the baby." cincinnati police shared that concern too. 22.06.54-00"right now, urgent. absolutly urgernt. our number one priority for the police department is to find that little girl." shortly after the stolen car with a baby on board was put out, the car was found crashed in westwood. there was no baby inside. 04.31.38-48 dc12 baby search 5 "our communications center was put on status to hold on non-priority runs to completely focus on these efforts on locating this child. "even the fbi was brought in the loop. when police first met benton, she wouldn't let them inside her home.why? police say it's because three-week-old laymilyan mccollum was in next time benton was seen, was

as local 12's brad underwood reports.. the the biggest name there wasn't the grand or master chess champions ... it was a 19-year-old woman from uganda. 3 38.24-26 26-28 28-30 "beep. beep. beep. "they're deep in thought. plotting moves ahead. and then striking. 42.58-01"i like how you can play mind tricks with your opponents sometimes. " ranked and non-ranked players from 12 states compete, some playing at least five opponents. robbie hargrave 10 years old norwood, sharpsburg 35.15-21"it's just a blast being here, it's amazingly incredible, just awesome. i really like it. "standup. 27.45 -59"in its 15 year the queen city classic chess tournament has grown. this year more than 600 chess players in the tournament. but theres also a special guest, a ugandan chess prodigy named phiona" phiona mutesi11.53-07 "before i join chess i had lost hope i didn't have anything in my life i was living on the street we have no house we had no school nothing had no food."phiona's mutesi father died when she was young. life in uganda was not

sometimes sees small accidents. they heard this loud crash. few seconds later, similar to what brad underwood just said, they see a red vehicle fly off the side and go nose down into the river they say it sounded like dynamite in the river. they walked to a few witnesses a short while ago. this is what they had to say. the car came up the bridge and >> now the eastbound lanes of traffic looked like it's still closed. you have traffic on the opposite side crawling. people are probably aware what has occurred. you know, thousands of people travel the route every single day. the coumbs bridge obviously a main connecter for people who live in the east side of town into kep -- kentucky. we heard shocking and dismay, people saying, what their thoughts and prayers are with the family. obviously, the people in the car, they are hoping the people will recover. they say it's surreal. you see it happen, you hear it and next thing, you call 911, hoping the people in the car, could be rescued. that's the latest, angela ingram, back to you >> have your helicopter show us under the bridge. there's early cal

cincinnati police department had one job, find a three week old baby all police activity. but brad underwood reports none of that moments should have happened. >> reporter: the only truth out of her mouth was that they are the rest of her story police say, pure fiction. when the neighbor first ahead of what happened she only had one thought. >> first thing you think of, is the baby. >> reporter: cincinnati police shared that concern too. >> right now urgent. absolutely urgent. number one priority for the police department. >> reporter: shortly after the car was stolen the car kwas found crashed there was no baby inside. >> our communications center was put on alert status. to focus their efforts or locating this child. >> reporter: even the fbi was brought in. when police met her she wouldn't let them inside her home. why? because they are child was inside. after going in side her home, when she pulled up with her daughter and another woman. >> she snuck out the back. and returned the child home with the appearance that the child had been recovered. >> reporter: information came in that she

. >> cammy: we might have done enough just to get his name out there. brad underwood is at the fire museum. >> he did get his name out there. everyone has left the fire museum. in his address to his supporters he did mention ted strikland and says he will do what he can to help strickland win. a positivive move, as we mention earlier. outside of greater cincinnati well-known. >> i learned a lot about the people of ohio, they have hopes and dreams and concerns that deserve meaningful leadership. i learned a lot about myself, i'm not someone who is ever going to give up, i see this as a beginning. >> reporter: he says he has 0 regrets and that you are going to see a lot more of him. >> cammy: thank you. >> rob: it has been 25 years since someone other than john boehner represented the sdribt. this race is business different. see republican voters voted twice. once for a nominee in a special election in june, and again for the candidate to run in november and the results show an outsider, business man warren davidson has come out on top. >> cammy: lary davis is in middletown. >> around 10:00

newspaper nine seed, the bearcats dances at the thought of taking on another number one seed. brad underwood local 12 news. >> rob: the madness continues tomorrow with games all day long. one of the most anticipates games is here on local 12. xavier gets wisconsin on sunday. they did not, they just lost. so stick with local 12 for all the action. >>> other news now, the main fugitive from the attacks in paris is underarrest tonight. investigators say he was among several attackers who targeted cafes, a rock concert and a stadium. >>> it is a little bit of luck that linked a man in prison to some shootings. he is served prison time for the gun battle at the shell station last year. when he was arrested for that, police found a gun, they matched the shell casings from the gun at great american tower. >> we can do is in hour. >> this ties in shootings from detroit, miami, a lot of times the same guns are used across the country. >> rob: police also have luck on they side. they captured this car onvideo. that same car was involved in accident the next day. >>> a local woman charged in the beatin

. >> that feeling is changing for some at least thanks to a non-profit group. as brad underwood shows us the need is overwhelming. >> unload thing new life furniture truck is the job -- but for ethan and michael it's >> i don't know their situation but there's a lot of good people struggling to get by and you can >> new life furniture is filling an apartment that had nothing but a few belongings. living here a mother and her two babies. >> one load at a time the apartment slowly starts to look like a family lives here. a new bed a dresser some tables and chairs. two, three times a day six days deliveries in the greater cincinnati area. they make several pickups. last year they helped out 1,600 people. >> there's 8,000 people a year in cincinnati that are sleeping and eating off the floors and i don't find that to be acceptable. >> holly young founded new life furniture a decade ago and it started with one family. now they help those transitioning from homelessness, domestic violence and veterans. after this move mcgee remembers what a difference a couple pieces of furniture made to a

our local 12's brad underwood takes us to the moving vigil in alexandria. >> the investigation is ongoing as police try to figure out what happened. what led up to that woman hitting the car that had desarae and jakyra in it. on this field close to 200 people gathered to love, to support, and to pray for this family. >> reporter: in a circle the group leans hard on its faith, using the power of song and prayer to support each other during the grieving process. some in the crowd knew the mother and daughter killed in the crash. others knew desarae's mother, jenni mcbride. >> just sad, just sad. >> makes me happy and makes me sad at the same time that such a tragedy could bring so many people together. >> reporter: her fiancee josh alfred grew up with desarae and says he considered her and her mother family. >> jenni mcbride, she took me in. desarae, i always considered her it's pretty hard because known her since 15, now i'm 30, she's 30. so, when i first heard, i got my daughter, too. so it's pretty -- >> reporter: the driver of the car that hilt and killed desarae and jakyra is cooperati

>>reporter: in deer park, i'm brad underwood. >> david was successful in his quest. if you are wondering the game screen looks like this when you reach the end. it crashed on the 255th level. the whole right side is messed for more information on how to fund cancer we have a link at local 12. >>> preparations for an italian sunday dinner began today.we'll tell you how early the cooks got started and how many meatballs they are hand a customer tweets "bank fees make me physically ill. how do you respond? i'd send her to a hospital. "hashtag not the bank's problem." with her savings account for free. for a fee of $10. to transfer her own money? hashtag obviously. free transfers from savings when you're overdrawn. welcome to huntington -- one of money magazine's >>> one woman is doing her part to battle the heroin epidemic in the tristate. she will help people hooked on drugs and will have a recovery round up. she hosted an addiction rescue. it allowed those looking for help to go to one place for resources. she wishes this would have been her son. hundreds >>> hundreds

local 12's brad underwood was in the middle of it all and joins us live tonight. hi, brad. >> hi, megan. we all saw what happened in chicago on friday and dayton on saturday as one man tried to jump on the stage, and even last night protestors were pepper sprayed in kansas city. today it was pretty much verbal arguments, back and forth between supporters and protestors. police, however, did a great job keeping physical violence away from this rally. >> at times it was hard to understand what each side was yelling to the other. >> some chanting with meg gap phones. the others just staring and crossing the state police line. people in support and protestors made sure you knew what side they're on. >> this is a trump flag right here. >> the hate, bing, it's ridiculous, you know, and i still have not heard one single proposal by him. >> the things he says just make me sick. i do lott love a lot of people. i don't hate anyone. th not about love or hate but taking our country back. >> flags, signs, shirts, and hats, and even some in costume hope to get inside to hear tru

star 64 at 10:00. also tonight, jeff hirsh is with and larry davis, he's in butler county. and brad underwood he's falling pg sittonfield in the cincinnati fire museum. dan harley following things at the board of elections. >> we're covered from price hill to the northern marianna islands. somewhere in the pacific. >> somewhere in the pacific. sometimes, cast a balllot. >> and it's called strategic voting. it will be happening a lot with the primary. we'll ask you on facebook. kathy sees no sense. what has voting come to? the voters are not going to be adults. >> didn't have kathy's quote. donna asked strategically, they wasted the vote, their time and >> everybody is entitled to vote whatever they wish. whatever strategy to make their vote count the most. there's a lot of things. vote ing is with your brain. >>> and coming up, we have to look at weather. >> it's -- >> good weather. >> i have my coffee outside. >> and then i got stuck in the traffic, on 71 south for a half hour after drinking coffee. >> need i say more. >> i literally had to pull in a retail store. >> and i'll make your day a

police. no charges have been filed at this time as they await, toxicology reports. in alexandria brad underwood local 12 news. >> liz: and a visitation is planned for tuesday. their funeral services are planned for the following day at main street baptist church. which is in alexandri a >> adam: a man who was indicted for a hit and run, appeared yesterday, he was araiped on ovi, and driving under suspension, in november he crashed into a car that was being driven by an 84-year-old near the ronald reagan highway. he allegedly jumped out of his say that he was going 96 miles an hour, at the time. and has been in jail in connection to a hit in run and december and charged with hitting and killing a runner and 57-year-old, and then taking off. >>> the bond is set at $350, for a man accused of badly hurting a baby boy and holding his mother at gun point, the 35-year-old is accused of hitting the 10-month-old head on a wall and dragging the woman by her hair and threatening her with a gun to her head. the woman says that he would not let her leave, somehow she was able to call the police and took a s