reporting live from columbus, courtis fuller. mike: look forward to hearing from you then. tomorrow, the last day to cast your ballot early. today, area churches encouraged members to get out for a soul to the polls event. tomorrow, the hours are 8:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. wlwt leading the way . be sure to watch our special coverage of the primaries as ohio votes. sheree paolello and i will bring you live coverage starting at 7:30 p.m. when the polls close. join us for a special edition. wlwt news 5 at 10:00 and 11:00. meteorologist jennifer schack is jennifer: a lot of showers around for our midday. finally, clouds are starting to break up. a little bit dryer into our evening hour. a couple of scattered showers still out there. the same general trend from south to north. through the evening, most of us dan from the earlier rain. not a lot of additional rate expect. the band of light showers and drizzle, sprinkled moving through the midday. we will quiet down tonight, but more rain into our work week forecast. mike: thank you. selection sunday in college basketball. fans rea

reporting in middletown, courtis fuller, wlwt news 5. lisa: madison schools are closed today. many people are sending thoughts to the community including the , archdiocese of cincinnati, they released a statement saying they' re sending their prayers to those touched by monday' s shootings. mark: another local figure s tragedy. restaurant owner jeff ruby sent out this tweet last night, hoping to help with the healing of the families affected in the shooting. in the tweet he says he would like to host a dinner when the injured students recover. we have ongoing coverage of the school shooting online at wlwt.com and on our wlwt mobile app. you can watch more interviews and see livestreams and photos from the scene. lisa: meanwhile, a gun was found at middletown high school monday, as well. school officials say they found the gun in a locker during a lockdown after the shooting at madison junior senior high. the school district also says students told a teacher about the possible gun at the school. police say a male student was taken into custody. his name hasn' t been released. m

courtis fuller will be at the event. we will carry it live on air and a mine. marathon crossing the finish line. the one k steps for stroke , 10:30. all in all 27,000 people are expected to participate. there is a postrace celebration at fountain square , with food, music, and inflatable' s. no rain for the moment, good news for them. miriah: scattered showers this it' s looking good right now. just light, scattered sprinkles to the area. in the morning in the afternoon, temperatures climbing your 70 degrees. temperatures in the upper 60' s. things really shaping up by the time you are heading out to the polls on tuesday. during the evening, the overnight, scattered showers and a chance for storms. the trend here is very springlike. all the temperatures are in the upper 60' s. aside from tuesday in the 70' s. jonathan: i don' t know if he will be back you are not, i' m glad i got to good >>> this sunday, fear, loathing and now violence on the trump campaign trail. days before make or break primaries on the second super t

courtis: and i am courtis fuller in for mike dardis. we won' t get any answers until crews can pull the vehicle out. wlwt news 5' s brian hamrick is leading the way with the story. brian, it seems like someone should have been reported missing -- been reported missing now. brian : for those lives in the shadows of this bridge, proximity isn' t what makes them feel close to the crash here. >> people who saw it were traumatized. they said they just couldn' t get the image out of their minds for one thing. it is just really disturbing. brian: tracie peterson can' t help but think about the victims every time she walks into her backyard. tracy: you are almost haunted by the thought that person is down

courtis fuller will be at the event. we'll carry it live on air and online. the heart mini marathon and half marathon have taken off. 27,000 people are expected to attend with event for every fitness level. there will be races throughout the morning and there will be a post-race celebration on fountain square with food, music and inflatables. they're getting wet, but for a race, not so bad. miriah: and we're seeing a break in time for them starting the half and mini, things look all right. we start to see scattered showers later this afternoon. you can see a break on radar. much of the rain has pushed off to the north. scattered patterns will settle in this afternoon. temperatures not looking bad. close to 70 degrees. scattered showers, a chance for an isolated thunderstorm still in the forecast. the rest of your seven-day forecast kind of looking the same today. tomorrow, same story. rain, scattered, isolated thunderstorms. and then things look all right for the beginning of tuesday for sprinkle. >> cooler for next weekend. looks sunny. thanks for being with

courtis: and i am courtis fuller in for mike dardis. we won' t get any answers until crews can pull the vehicle out. wlwt news 5' s brian hamrick is leading the way with the story. brian, it seems like someone should have been reported missing -- been reported missing now. brian : for those lives in the shadows of this bridge, proximity isn' t what makes them feel close to the crash here. >> people who saw it were traumatized. they said they just couldn' t get the image out of their minds for one thing. it is just really disturbing. brian: tracie peterson can' t help but think about the victims every time she walks into her backyard. tracy: you are almost haunted by the thought that person is down brian: somewhere new the bridge of that meant under fast-moving waters of the ohio river, a vehicle remains submerged. it is been there since about 4:30 on tuesday when it plunged about 100 feet off of the bridge during a crash involving a dozen cars. new calls to the campbell county 911 center have been released. >> a car just went off of the

i am courtis fuller. courtis: the hiker is katie. reporter: courtis. family friends tell me katie was supposed to be celebrating a recent birthday with her twin sister, but tonight, her family is left mourning her devastating >> i think for her she would wake up everyday and do anything that she could within her power to make others lives better. reporter: remembered as one of a kind- a joyful daughter, and twin sister, with a crazy sense of humor, and an unmatched love for christmas. >> katie was an extraordinary young lady, lit up a room anywhere she went, i called her a beacon of light so anytime she was around she would fill a room with joy. reporter: mary katherine stewart known as katie, died where she loved to go at the raven run nature sanctuary in lexington. investigators say she slipped and fell off a cliff saturday afternoon. >> it' s been estimated between 35 and 50 feet. derek: -- reporter: the recovery effort became complicated when rescuers then tried to move her body using a boat. but the boat capsized with six firefighters and the vict

wlwt news 5' s courtis fuller is here with more on the candidates. courtis: this is a big night for hillary clinton. the numbers adding up, the number needed to clinch the nomination. she won in ohio, florida and north carolina. still too close to call in missouri and her home state of illinois. when she was giving her victory speech, there was a little extra confident. she said there was a difference between running for president and being president. after losing michigan, this was the rebounded night she needed. there was a sense in her speech that she was pivoting beyond the primary contest, turning more of her attention to the general election. ms. clinton: this may be one of campaigns of our lifetimes. the next president will walk in and start making decisions that will affect the lives and livelihood of everyone in this country. indeed, everyone on this planet. now i know, i know easy decisions don' t make it to the president' s desk. i saw president obama wrestled with decisions to send navy seals after osama bin laden. industry. fight for the

sheree: courtis fuller is live with the story of a humble hero. reporter: his name is ken tall. he retired from the butler county sheriff' s department. his son and some of the students it say that no one was better prepared. >> with my dad being there, i do not know if he was injured. i do not know if he discharged his weapon. i did not know how he was doing. reporter: thomas hall' s dad was right in the middle of the hall is the school resource officer and a former butler county sheriff' s deputy when thomas arrived on scene he wanted to make sure of one thing . >> i said is he ok they said yeah i said where' s he at they said he' s inside he' ll be ok, and i kept saying is he ok and as soon as he came out i got a huge smile i ran up to him and gave him a hug and whew. >> he said hi said hi tio my mom was there and then he said i got to go get these kids out so his first thought was family then job he went straight to getting the kids out . reporter: madison students who are regulars at the teen hangout called the triple moon coffee shop told me they knew officer hall was thei

i' m courtis fuller. mike and sheree have the night off. a family' s surveillance camera was pointed straight at the bridge when the car tumbled over into the ohio river. wlwt news 5' s jenell walton is live with a look at that video . jenell? jenell: people did not want to believe that a car flipped over the bridge, but a family' s surveillance video captured the horrible moments when it flipped over and plunged straight into the ohio river. this video capture the moments that the unthinkable happened. a car flipped over the bridge, landing straight and the ohio river near coney island. a family, who does not want to home surveillance camera was pointed at the bridge. you can see it sinking almost immediately. campbell county police leave they know the identity of the driver. >> there is a possibility we know who may have been driving when the car went over the bridge. jenell: they have not heard from their loved one since tuesday' s accident. the person lives in the area and drives over the bridge to run from work. >> the individual frequ

courtis fuller has the response from both democratic candidates. after clinton' s important win. courtis: it was a big night for hillary clinton because she saw her numbers increase to the all important 2383. of course that is the number needed to clinch the nomination. there was a confidence and a little extra pep in her step. she said there is a big difference running for president and being president. after losing michigan, this was the rebound night she needed. she didn' t ask bernie sanders to get out of the race, but there was a clear hint in her victory speech that she is pivoting beyond the primary contest and turning her attention to the general election. mrs. clinton: this may be one of of our lifetime. the next president will walk into the oval office next january, sit down at that desk, and start making decisions that will afect the lives and the livihoods of everyone into -- in this country indeed , everyone on this planet. courtis: meanwhile, listening to bernie sanders tonight, it didn' t sound like he was going anywhere anytime soon. mr. sanders: you want to vote f

have new information tonight about a young woman who died in a hiking accident, good evening im courtis fuller. she' s been identified as 22-year-old mary katharine stewart of kenton county. tonight she' s being honored for touching countless people' s lives. she is the daughter and stepdaughter of two of our former coworkers. wlwt news 5' s tammy mutasa in vigil happening tonight for stewart tammy? courtis. reporter: her family and friends called her katie. she was a daughter, a twin sister, a senior at transylvania university . a 22-year-old who is being remembered tonight as one of a kind. investigators say stewart slipped and fell over a cliff at raven run nature sanctuary in lexington saturday afternoon. rescuers then tried to move her body using a boat but the boat capsized with six firefighters and the victim on board. the firefighters swam to safety and recovered stewart from the river. family friends tell us she loved taking nature hikes and raven run was one of her favorite places to go. tonight stewart' s classmates and co workers are holding a vigil. they say stewart had a crazy se

thanks for joining us, i'm courtis fuller. >>> the u.s. word border patrol was formed in the 1920s, agents were expected to supply their own horses and weapons. more than 90 years later, they are relying on horses to protect the border. these aren't just any horses aspotter explains. >> reporter: sun down in the texas rio grande valley. the horse unit for the u.s. border patrol begins the night shift. the agents ride powerful mounts that once ran wild. >> once i started working with the horses, i realized they have a lot of heart. >> reporter: these horses are stronger and more alert and are perfectly suited to guard the rough terrain along the u.s. mexican border where vehicles cannot go. five years ago under operation noble mustang, the border patrol in south texas horses from the bureau of land management which periodically captured them to control the herds on public lands. >> he moved into a trot. >> reporter: many are corralled at pris wronz prisons where they tame the horses over a three to four-month period. >> it's life changing y

thanks for joining us, i'm courtis fuller. r her. >> true fear, i could really see it. >> hey, you all, come here. i think i found her. >>> it began on a bright morning in may seven years ago. the "palmetto" slipped from its platform at washington's union station and eased out into an eight-hour run down the eastern seaboard to charleston, south carolina. on board was a beautiful, tall and feisty redhead named kate waring, a daughter of the family. an often troubled young woman who was sitting on this train was finally on the brink of something very good. and what is it about trains? the ease there in that enclosed space of befriending perfect strangers. somewhere along the line between a greeting and good-bye, kate waring's invisible fate jumped its track. force descending, she disembarked to a future utterly changed. charleston, south carolina. it almost goes without saying, a showpiece of american history and southern manners. its charm is deeply embedded as the families who count seven, eight, ten generations here. kate wa

more of those stories in just a moment, but first, good evening, i' m andrew setters, courtis fuller has the night off. remembering nancy reagan, she died today at the age of 94. she is being her number today for her strength and class, but also as a woman who changed the role of first lady. we begin team coverage of this national story tonight. dan: across the country nancy reagan was honored and remembered. president and mrs. obama city were fortunate to benefit from our about example and said the former first lady redefined the role in her time here. nbc' s political director active -- echoed the sentiments. >> in hindsight, she really where the public is used to the first lady being both a political and personal advisor to the president. dan: on the campaign trail, arnold schwarzenegger appearing at a john kasich rally said the former first lady and former president are together again. >> she will join him now in heaven. the love between the two of them will start all over again. dan: republican president jehovah will john kasich served in congress during the reagan years. >> she

wlwt news 5' s courtis fuller is at nearby middletown high school. with the tremendous show of support, this evening. reporter: it was an impressive gathering of people who were trying to bring a little hope and peace back to this community. on a day when it was, quite frankly ripped away. as one speaker said -- the community has two choices, walk in fear or walk in faith. >> my heart breaks i can' t imagine being the parent of a child that was injured much less the parent of obviously the child that did this. there' s a reason that today happened. reporter: tonight a show of support and love by people left numb by what staggered this whole area today. two prayer vigils, one at this church in west middletown, six families here who i' m told were directly impacted, and across town at middletown high school, another church family doing what they say is the most important thing you can do on a night like this -- just pray. >> we got a lot of kids who go that go to that school out there man i tell you man it was a scary moment i mean not just what those

courtis fuller is live with more. reporter: this little boy comes from a family of public servants. cincinnati police officers and they are now facing may be one of the toughest role calls of their life. >> i have been a fixer but i can' t fix this. reporter: this time, the 911 is >> he was diagnosed with leukemia on january 23. we have never had to deal with anything such as that. reporter: an injury to his foot and subsequent blood test turned the world upside down. >> he takes a drug every day and goes to the hospital once a week. >> it should overcome emotional and physical strain. >> his first 10 days was it was the bill my daughter got. reporter: officers are rallying around with fundraisers. in three the treatment. he does not look like the same little boy he was. but we will take him anyway he us. obviously, that' most important thing. as he said at the top of this report, police officers responding the way you would expect them to. the organization is holding a fish fry tomorrow from 10:00 until 2:00 and will take place at the rec center. they are planning another one later

courtis fuller has been looking into the health risks and joins us with the story tonight. reporter: if your child ever had whooping cough, you can never forget that sound. health officials say the numbers right now are six times higher in a window of about three months than a normal 12 months. >> his class is fourth, fifth, sixth. that is quite a few kids. reporter: seven confirmed cases at this school alone. >> we' ve had 148 reported cases. reporter: in 2014, 38 cases were reported. the last outbreaks were in 2010 and 2012, each reporting more than 120 cases. return with a doctor' s note. expect at least five days off. getting children immunized. >> we' re seeing them being immunized and it depends on the individual. reporter: northern kentucky is offering free immunization and booster shots. age 10 and over. under 18 must be with a parent. way to protect from those at risk for infection. mike: the numbers associated taking a big jump. there were 203 new confirmed , brings 600 53 since flu season began in october. since the start of the flu season. new developments on th

presidents and presidential hopefuls honored the former andrew: good evening im andrew setters, courtis fuller has the night off. nancy reagan is being remembered today for her strength, her intelligence and as a woman who changed the role of first lady. nbc' s dan scheneman has reaction to mrs. reagan' s death tonight. dan: across the country, nancy reagan was honored and remembered. president and mrs. obama said they are fortunate to benefit from her proud example and said the former first lady redefined the role in her time here. biographer lou cannon said as first lady, she protected president reagan. >> she wanted to make sure that people who were around her husband were advancing his agenda and not their own and she was outspoken about it privately , very much so publicly too and in that way i think she played a , very important role in the reagan administration. dan at the democratic : presidential debate in flint, michigan. a moment of silence. on the campaign trail, republican presidential hopeful john kasich, who served in years, paid tribute to mrs. reagan. >> she was an incredible

im courtis fuller. presidential hopefuls, -now targeting ohio as voters head to the polls tuesday. republican front runner donald trump rallying his troops here in the buckeye state today,, his first stop, dayton. wlwt news 5' s richard chiles begins our team coverage tonight he has more on trump' s visit to ohio. >> donald trump took the stage before and anxious crowd of 6000. >> i think he is the answer for the united states right now. a lot of his policies resonate with me. i' m 71 years old. i' m tired of the political baloney. reporter: the republican front runner began his remarks reflecting on his cincinnati memories as a young businessman managing swifton plaza for his father. >> i worked in cincinnati. reporter: mr. trump then hampered a scheduled rally in chicago, his excited crowd, at times rowdy and rambunctious, cheered down the 3 or four vocal protesters escorted from the venue. secret service had to take down one protestor who made it over security barriers towards the stage. the rancor only excited this crowd. maybe even fueling the candidate. >> i' m excited. i sup

courtis fuller will be at the event and we'll carry it live on air and at wlwt.com. last night, the gop held its annual lincoln day dinner in butler county. former house speaker john boehner made his first public appearance since resigning from congress last october. he was the guest of honor at the annual dinner. he received a standing ovation and lots of cheers from the crowd as he made his way to the podium. he joked they'd tried to make him cry. politics. >> i have no regrets about when i retired. i have no regrets about how i retired. and every day, i'm grateful that i'm not there. >> boehner also told the crowd he's supporting ohio governor john kasich for president. he says he and kasich have been friends for 30 years. local leaders joining forces for a get out the vote event today. alicia reece and cecil thomas are hosting the souls to the polls event at the hamilton county board of elections at 2:00. it will include a prayer vigil, signing of the voter bill of rights and early voting. gospel award winner dottie peoples will be in attendance. wlwt is leading

i' m courtis fuller. mike and sheree have the night off. a family' s surveillance camera was pointed straight at the bridge when the car tumbled over into the ohio river. wlwt news 5' s jenell walton is live with a look at that video . jenell? jenell: people did not want to believe that a car flipped over the bridge, but a family' s surveillance video captured the horrible moments when it flipped over and plunged straight into the ohio river. this video capture the moments that the unthinkable happened. a car flipped over the bridge, landing straight and the ohio river near coney island. a family, who does not want to

this morning, they hold an courtis fuller has details on the safety strategy. reporter: the madison school district is pushing to address issues of continued safety, security and support after last week's shooting. >> there's no waiting around at this point. some of these things need to be happening immediately. we wanted everyone to have a say in that and to be able to collaborate with us and get better from this point forward. reporter: the district has come up with immediate actions it will be taking, such as adding a student resource officer, hand-held metal detectors and classroom door mod cations. >> at some point, we have to say what is our plan moving forward and we have to talk dollars. reporter: the item still in the conversation phase might be most controversial that selected steph being allowed to carry a concealed firearm. >> what we released to the parents and students and staff and even you today is that there will be further conversation about that. was brought up by not only parents but students. reporter: folks i talked to here at a place call

i' m courtis fuller. the polls closed at 4:00, but not before some chaotic scenes throughout northern kentucky. we have team coverage tonight, of the kentucky caucuses. jenell walton is in boone county. but first lets go to todd dykes, he' s live in kenton county. todd? reporter: voters waited in long lines this afternoon, but there were eager to weigh in on the race for the white house. based on state republican party rules, each of the big 3 counties boone, campbell and kenton had just one caucus site each. the voting started at 10:00 this morning and ended at 4:00. because of the uniqueness of this day and because part of today' leading republican strategists told me beforehand they thought turnout out would be low. but as you can see, there were plenty of people who put the democratic process ahead of everything else. >> a real democracy in action. people are fed up. they' re looking for change. they want to return to godly principles in the country. and they really feel strongly about that. they want

wlwt news 5's courtis fuller has details. >> i just want justice for jaylon. i want his name to never be forgotten. on. they've taken my child. reporter: family and friends of 18-year-old jaylon knight gathered at fairfield high school, the place he would have graduated from in two months. this gathering was in memory of the young man who folks say was full of dreams and eager to step into his tomorrow. that was all cut short last friday, when someone fired multiple shots into jaylon's car, while he sat inside. the teenager was pronounced dead at the scene. >> he was in the wrong place. he was where he was supposed to be, but some people had bad intentions for him. and it's sad. it's really sad that you got so many people out here who just don't care. to this past week has had nothing but great things to say about this kid, from school officials to family and friends. >> went to school, worked, and lived a regular teenage life style, man. a good kid. reporter: serena knight, jaylon's mother, organized the balloon release. she comes from a family strengthened b

wlwt news 5's courtis fuller has how they're trying to change lives one burger at a time. >> trying to do our part. help out the community any way we can. hopefully other people will do the same. reporter: meet charley steinborn and laura overton. they're not part of a big organization. in fact, they're not part of any organization. but this story is proof had that kindness is an underestimated and you don't need an organization for that. >> this is our first time and it turned out to be a lot more people than we expected. i guess we went through 100 hamburgers and a little over 100 hot dogs. in about an hour and a half. reporter: charley and laura say they're well aware of the problem of homelessness. but they want to be part of the exclusion solution. that's why charley loaded his grill on the back of his truck and went to the heart of walnut and vine. >> i'd love to see other people do the same thing. i'm not sure if we're allowed to do this. we didn't get any trouble. seemed to work out fine. this is really where most of them sleep and hang out. best spot. >> one person helped is r