dan griffin is live with a ballot confusion you should be mindful of. good morning. dan: the polls are set to open in 30 minutes at the sharonville community center. about 3000 people are registered at this location alone. a few things you should know. the republican ballot as 2 spots for your choice of presidential candidate. the first one is the one that matters. last year the ohio republican party changed the way that delegates are awarded to undertake all. the ballots have not changed. be totaled, but does not count. they' ve increased full workers beyond requirements are some of the busier places and have taken care of the e-poll issues that caused problems last time. >> there was a router problem. the rattlers have been replaced and tested. dan: keep in mind as you go to the polls you will need some sort of id, a current driver' s license, utility bill, or bank statement. if you do not have one, you can cast a provisional ballot. the polls are opening in 30 minutes, closer to 20 minutes. we will be here as the voters voices heard. dan griffin, wlwt news 5. will

dan griffin is live. good morning to you. dan: this is one of the biggest events of the season for the varsity wrestling team. they are headed up to columbia' s -- headed up to columbus. the athletic director calls the event uplifting after a very difficult week for the team and the school. investigators say austin hancock fired several shots in the cafeteria, injuring several people, including an another roesler, cooper caffrey. the school called yesterday a they said they will continue to have a police presence on campus and taking a closer look at the school safety plan to make sure they have everything covered and also have counselors on hand for anyone needing to talk about what has happened. we are live in madison township, dan griffin. mark: dan, thank you. the search continues for a team of these targeting senior citizens and women with physical disabilities. one of them wasn' t an 83-year-old women -- one of them was an 83-year-old woman. wallet. about these crimes. lisa: republican candidates go head to head in their

dan griffin, wlwt news 5. lisa: and abandoned car hit by a train in glendale about 11:00 last night. it happened by greenville avenue. the train was stopped while the car was moved off the tracks. no injuries. mark: another scare after a man was arrested with guns near schools in the area. apologizing to parents. andrew: madison local schools trying to get back to normal, reassure students after monday' s school shooting. yesterday' s arrest and an alert it out by middletown may have made that more difficult. a man was found asleep in a church parking lot. bryan miller had two guns and a box of ammo in the car and was intoxicated. there is no connection to the school shooting or madison local schools other than it happened somewhat nearby. it led to a robocall being sent out by the middletown school districts. >> it is not good hearing messages like that. if nothing is happening, they need to do something about the system sending out the messages. it is not good. andrew: middletown schools later apologize. bry

dan griffin, wlwt news 5. mark: a 10-month-old boy is recovering following a swat standoff in redding. 35-year-old hurt the little boy friday night. his girlfriend says royal stepped on her son and hit him in the face inside her apartment. she says he then pointed the gun at her and told her not to leave. we' re told the girlfriend called police when royal went back to his apartment and refused to come out. he was eventually arrested and charged with assault and kidnapping. services have resumed at the dangerous work a pastor was shot and killed a week ago. the congregation gathered at st. peter' s missionary baptist church. 70-year-old reverend william schooler was shot last sunday as services were winding down. the pastor' s brother daniel schooler has pleaded not guilty police say the pastor' s wife witnessed the shooting. nancy reagan is being were number today as the woman who changed the role of first lady. she died sunday at her home in los angeles. she was 94. her best-known project as first lady was t

mark: wlwt news 5' s dan griffin is live with what he had to say and the latest on the investigation. dan, good morning. then: james austin hancock is locked up here at the juvenile justice center. new stories like this 13-year-old' that morning. brant murray spoke only with wlwt, sharing his account of the scene. he says the shooting was scary, and he still has bullet fragments in his leg. the 13-year-old says he was eating lunch with cameron smith and cooper caffrey when hancock started firing shots. sheriff' s deputies say hancock planned the timing of the resource officer wouldn' t be around. hancock appeared in court unemotional. his attorney entered the knowledge charges, the equivalent of not guilty in adult court. murray says as shots were fired, people started doing what they could to stay alive. >> all of a sudden, the kid stood up and started shooting at us, at our table, hitting two of my friends and then me in the leg. we didn' t know what was happening until i looked over and saw that he had a gun, and then, you know, i saw it and jumped down to the floor and dan: murray

dan griffin, wlwt news 5. lisa: police in springfield overnight stabbing in the 1900 block of bluehill drive. the police called in the canines at 12:30 this morning. a male victim was taken to university hospital after he was stabbed in front of her residence. no word on the victim' s condition or a suspect. >> i have to thank the people of the great state of ohio. i love you. mark: governor kasich is loving the results. he talked donald trump in ohio, and is hoping this is the start of a winning streak. andrew setters as what this means for the kasich campaign. andrew: it means that the kasich campaign can go on. it was a make or break primary. with a victory last night, a decisive victory, his campaign will continue. tossup, but he wound up winning by 11 points. his first primary win and it is a winner take all contest. at his victory party he' s stood in front of a banner that said " as ohio goes, so goes the nation." he hopes that is true. he told the crowd he will not take the low road to the white house,

dan griffin is live in fairfield township with what investigators are calling a murder-suicide. dan: neighbors were shocked by the sounds of gunshots. fairfield township police chief calling this case a tragedy. investigators say a mother and daughter are dead after an this happened about 9:00 last night on springcrest drive. s shot and killed her s. then she turned the gun on herself. gun go off. it is not to what led up to the we know investigators are working to let family members know about exactly what happened in this case. we are working to get updates and what the investigation, what they will do going forward. we will bring that to you as we move through the morning. live in fairfield township, dan griffin, wlwt news 5. mark: thank you. a suspect shot and killed. newly released body camera video shows the tense moments before the deadly confrontation between a ludlow police officer and a suspect. kyla: the officer was shot and the suspect was killed last december. >> i' m allowed to search you for weapons. of terry vs. ohio, i' m allowed to do a pat down for weapons. sto

wlwt news 5' s dan griffin is live in the newsroom with the latest on the investigation. dan police say the man was found : shot to death at a gas station in avondale. this was on burnet avenue just before 6:00 last night. investigators say his name, trazone mahaffey. he was 21-years-old. cincinnati police say he was inside of a car, parked at a gas pump. he was shot several times according to police and pronounced dead on scene. at this point, cincinnati police have no information about any suspects. but we' re told the homicide unit is still working the case. lisa: developing national news this morning. a police officer in maryland has been gunned down. in what officials are calling an unwarranted attack. officials say prince george' s county police officer jacai colson was killed when two suspects opened fire outside the police department' s landover station. police say one of the suspects was also injured in the exchange of gunfire and is listed in stable condition. the second suspect was later arrested after running away from the scene. collects -- >> this crime is no

andrew dan griffin is live at the scene with the latest. dan: right now fire crews are still working high fives at his -- working hotspots at this home here on market street in aurora. there' s an elderly woman believed to have been in the home who is unaccounted for at this point. a man a woman escaped the home and haven' t taken to dearborn county hospital in an ambulance. they' re still trying to figure out where the elderly woman is. it is unclear what caused this fire. we are told a family dog may also be somewhere. they' re not sure where the dog is at this point. they' re trying to figure that out. they are taking a closer look at this fire, what caused it. you can see smoke billowing. we' re also told oxygen tanks may have exploded as well because of the fire, i' m not sure if those belong to the elderly woman they' re looking for. that is not been specified. the injuries of the people who have been taken of not been clarified at this point, but we' re told this fire was really huge. it was a fully defensive fire according to fire cr

dan griffin is leading the way with the investigation and what good morning. dan: a shocking scene for people driving yesterday evening. crew spent much of the night searching for the car. they found the red' s uv. it is unclear how many people might have been inside the sc lead come and how many might be dead after the crash. the surge has ended for now. it is not clear what will happen as a investigation moves forward . there were four separate crashes on the combs-hehl bridge purity was closed for hours. and one of the crashes the red suv plunged into the ohio river. they found the as uv at the bottom of the river using sonar after several hours. miraculously survived, and if not, how many people were inside the scv. >> there was an initial bang that i thought was a gunshot. i looked up and there were five bangs following that. we are in the driveway. we look in this red suv is swept over the barrier into the river. he goes in. bob' s up. then disappears. dan: the boone county water rescue team is working to get the vehicle out of the water. re working to fi

coverage on the healing process and what victims are saying about those scary moments. s start with dan griffin who is at the juvenile detention center where the suspect remains in custody. dan: the judge ordered austin hancock back to the detention center yesterday at arraignment. his family visibly upset. as he sits behind bars, we' re hearing more stories from the people who saw this play out firsthand. brant murray still has bullet fragments in his leg. the 13-year-old says he was in the lunch room when more than three shots were fired. investigators say hancock definitely fired more than three shots and say they have a motive , but they are trying to verify but won' t elaborate. the sheriff says he believes the timing was planned and it was all caught on camera. hancock faced a judge yesterday and his attorney denied all of the charges. 13-year-old murray says as the shots echoed in the lunchroom, he did what he could to stay alive, not realizing he' d been hurt. up and started shooting at us, at our table, hitting two of my friends and then me in the leg. we didn' t know what was happenin

mark: dan griffin live now with the latest on the case. dan: it is a very sad and devastating case. police say no child deserves to be punished anyway like this. anna ritchie punished or stepson by putting his legs in scalding water in a bathtub. investigators say he was not checked on after that until yesterday morning. police say austin cooper was found unresponsive. pronounced dead at aetrium hospital shortly after. we are told cooper pass father was in the house when it happened but it is not clear if he was involved. richie is in warren county jail. the coroner' of death. that could mean more charges in the case. lisa: thanks. unanswered questions after an suv went off the combs he hl bridge. the current is too strong for divers. we are told no one has come forth with information on who was inside the vehicle. investigators were hold a scheduled media briefing tomorrow. mark: police were called to a former student armed with a rifle. it happened at bridgetown middle part of the oak hills school district. s mother contacted officials after seeing a facebook post with her child w

wlwt news 5' s dan griffin is live in cleves with the investigation. good morning. dan: good morning. three rivers school officials aren' t elaborating on the threat. but they tell us cleves police are handling the investigation now. school leaders say they were made aware of the threat at about 5:30 yesterday evening by a taylor middle student. we' re told that threat was not a social media threat, but nothing further. school leaders say no children or staff were in danger, but they wanted to take a high level of caution. some parents, meanwhile, aren' t happy about how the school handled this situation. there was a post on facebook telling parents to rest assured their children will be safe, but several wanted to know why the school never called. a spokeswoman for the school be extra security today, but told us the student involved will not be there. we are live in cleves, dan griffin, wlwt news 5. mark: developing this morning, a deadly shooting on a sidewalk in over-the-rhine. andrew setters is live as cincinnati police investigate this homicide. good morning. an

wlwt news 5' s dan griffin was -- has been live at the scene from the very beginning. he' s at butler county juvenile court with a breakdown of where the investigation stands this morning. dan: no doubt, it has been a tough 24-hours for everyone involved. this case could head to court as early as this morning. the shooter, according to investigators, 14-year-old james austin hancock, faces a list of charges including attempted , murder and felonious assault after yesterday' the butler county sheriff telling us hancock fired shots from a .38 caliber gun in the cafeteria just after 11:00 a.m., injuring four students. we' re told 15-year-old cameron smith and 14-year-old cooper caffrey were shot. two other students were hurt either by shrapnel or while running away from gunfire. all are expected to make full recoveries. but some students say yesterday shooting scared them, moments they will not soon forget. also captured on cell phone video. >> be hunkered down in shelter position. the building is now secure. police are now sweeping the building. the suspect is in custody.

dan griffin is near that school with more on what we know. dan: good afternoon. green township police are trying to iron out all the details. to school officials in the oak hills district are telling us there was never a threat made. they did have police here this morning just to add calm to the fears. is expelled from oak hills high has not been in contact with his she is saw a picture of him loading what appeared to be a facebook on bridgetwon campus. she believed it to be stolen. the police on the 17-year-old last night without any kind of outstanding warrants, including obstructing justice, runaway, and theft. they found a shotgun-style bb gun connected to him in some way at a different location after that. they say that one thing parents should know is that there was never a threat. >> there is no threat made by the student, no threat against the school, and no threat against any adults or students. it was really just a mother that was concerned about of facebook picture of her child with a gun. dan: as we mentioned, several events were canceled because of t

dan griffin is downtown with how they plan to make the most of the next few days. dan: both sides want to make every second count. their message to voters who are i talked with representative of alicia reece and she says the with efforts to rally voters. in hamilton county, the gop chair says they are spreading the message that voters need to make their voices heard. he expects a higher turnout on the last elections. they agree that it is vital that voters go to the polls to decide. >> as republicans, we are selecting our nominee for the president of the united states. the people make that choice. >> this election is just as important as four years ago and eight years ago. dan: phone banking kicked off yesterday and souls to the polls will kick off it will be an exciting weekend. republicans hope that will be enough to get more voters to the polls on tuesday. dan griffin, wlwt news 5. kyla: the upset from the win for bernie sanders has given new life to his campaign. mark: the front-runners both scored victories in four states. chris clackum has a recap. chris: bern

dan griffin, wlwt news 5. mark: hillary clinton and bernie sanders squaring off in the seventh democratic presidential debate last night, hosted by cnn. wlwt kyla woods gives us a wrap of the night. kyla: mark, the debate took place in flint, michigan, and the lead contamination crisis in the city' s water dominated much of the evening. both candidates called for michigan' s republican governor, rick snyder, to resign or be recalled in the wake of the crisis. clinton and sanders had a sharp exchange over the auto industry bailout just two days ahead of vote against the financial industry bailout could have restructure america' s car industry. sanders disputed that aggressively and instead criticized clinton for accepting paid speeches to financial industry groups. each candidate agreed, though, when sanders mocked the tone of the republican presidential debates. mr. sanders: you know, we are, if elected president, going to invest a lot of money into mental health. and when you watch these republican debates, y

wlwt news 5' s dan griffin was live at the scene from the very beginning. he' s at butler county juvenile court with a breakdown of where the investigation stands this morning. dan? dan: there were raw emotions yesterday, certainly raw emotions today. he could face a judge as early as this morning. we' re talking about 14-year-old james austin hancock. we' re told he' s a student at madison junior-senior high school and also on the wrestling team. investigators say he fired shots with a .38-calibur gun in the cafeteria yesterday morning, hitting 15-year-old cameron smith and 14-year-old cooper caffrey. caffrey is also on the wrestling team. we also know two others were also hurt by shrapnel or while running from the gunfire. all are expected to make full recoveries without surgery. say they won' t forget these moments, saying they feel scarred. >> be hunkered down in shelter the building is now secure. police are now sweeping the building. the suspect is in custody. the injured are on their way to the hospital. nothing life-threatening. dan: butler county in

we are live in madison township, dan griffin, wlwt news 5. lisa: in addition to counselors, they will have extra staff in the cafeteria with students. mark: one of the students injured in the shooting gave us a detailed account of what he talked to tammy mustapha. >> the kid showed up and started shooting at our table, hitting we didn' t know what was and saw that he had a gun. you know, i saw it so i jumped friend. mark: this week he will be consulting with a surgeon to see if he needs surgery. he is thankful his friends are concerns are high in a school district. lisa: wyoming schools put out an alert after student made a threat yesterday. everyone involved has been identified. an administrator decided it was safe to be in school today. brian hamrick has more on the story. we will have more. there is heightened awareness that comes with the threat, especially after the week that we' ve had. administrators did not cancel classes at wyoming. they are confident it is safe for students to be there today. it is described as a verbal threat from

dan griffin is live in cleves with what we have learned overnight. dan: this morning some parents are debating even sending their kids to class this morning. way they found out was through a facebook post. this is a story you are seen first on wlwt. school officials say they found out at about 5:30 last night. a taelor middle student made the threat on social media. they called police to investigate it. parents wanting to know why they were never called, they were called in past situations. they want to know why the school is not saying more. a spokeswoman for the school says it is not clear if extra but for sure, the student involved will not be in class today. kyla: this threat comes as a middletown high school -- high school student is expected in school. this was the same day of the shooting on madison junior high school which injured 4 students. at first, the student denied having a gun but then he came clean and police say he had a semiautomatic nine millimeter beretta in his backpack. tonight there will be another meeting offering support after

dan griffin is outside of children' s hospital with more. dan: good afternoon. the good news this afternoon is that lamilyan mccollum is believed to be healthy and fine. scene on -- when she was examined on the scene at hopkins injuries. here. cincinnati children' s hospital is not able to confirm anything is here. the cincinnati police say the baby is healthy. this investigation is still marquis with a lot of information to be found out. we are learning that for juveniles are being questioned. we will continue to follow this case through the afternoon. at children' s dan griffin, wlwt news 5 "today." . mark: the use -- theives are targeting the elderly and those with physical disabilities. one woman was targeted at the kroger in blue ash. one woman was talking to her when she saw a man stealing her they went out to the parking lot to talk to him when the woman disappeared as well. >> when she was gone, it dawned on me that she was part of the action. did the dirty work. lisa: a similar theft happened at walmart in evendale. they' a man. if you can help, call th

dan griffin, wlwt news 5. lisa: hours before voters go to the polls in the make or break primaries, msnbc held primaries. hillary clinton joined moderator chris matthews in springfield and bernie sanders joined moderator chuck todd. the topic was donald trump. sanders said that trump was enticing supporters to commit ask of violence. donald trump has blamed rallies as being sanders' supporters. hillary clinton says that she holds donald trump responsible for the violence at rallies and says that it has been building. >> with trump, what you' re dealing with, and i say this without joy, this guy is a pathological liar. >> you can see someone that is vying to be president of the united states is using divisiveness, is stoking fear, is pointing fingers, scapegoating against all kinds of people -- i think is so dangerous. mark: the republican candidates are scattered across the country. ohio governor john kasich and donald trump made their cases in the buckeye state. marco rubio try to rally support for an upset v

there' s one thing election officials want to make clear on wlwt news 5' s dan griffin is where a steady flow of voters have been all morning. dan, good afternoon. dan: busy, busy, lisa. last year, the ohio republican party changed how delegates are awarded to a winner takes all process. and that means as republican voters make their choice, they need to focus on the first box for the presidential primary. that' s what some of the confusion has been coming from. no doubt, it is a bit confusing. the republican presidential primary ballot shows two boxes. one for delegates at-large and one for district delegates. so what gives? election officials say they are still required by law to have both contests on the ballot. but the one that matters is the one marked "at-large" or the first one. and if you' re wondering, you can still mark a choice for the "district delegates" box, the second box, but we' re told it won' t have an impact on the results. i asked a few people about the ballots, and they were confused too. paul hillebrand: it' s kind of confusing, but i think if you vote for the same

dan griffin is leading the way with the meeting set to take it. good morning. dan: the director of the metropolitan sewer district will meet today with hamilton county commissioners to talk about issues with operations and massive upgrade projects. this comes amid allegations that hundreds of millions of dollars without sufficient oversight. hamilton county commissioners said they filed a motion in u.s. district court requesting enforcement of a 2014 court order making the city operate under the msd under the county' s discretion. county commissioners say there' s a long list of issues at hand, claims without approval of the county and the city' s lack of response to county requests for information for nearly a year. commissioners also say the msd has been charged double the rate the city charges others for work perofrmed by the greater cincinnati water works. >> we' re looking at about a half-billion dollars, billion with a "b", of potential overruns or added expenditures to the ratepayers. >> the county has raised the rates exorbitantly over the last 10 years

kyla: wlwt news 5' s dan griffin has the latest. dan: 18-year-old tristan lacey expected to face a judge in butler county this morning in this very emotional case. investigators say last december , on beckett ridge boulevard in west chester. police say he was speeding, lost control and crashed the car, killing his friend and passenger 18-year-old mark valentine. valentine was in the backseat. parents on both sides of this case want teens to learn from this story and to stop and think before they do anything similar. we' ll hear the judge' s take later. lazy pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide last month. he could face up to eight years. dan griffin, wlwt news 5. mark: four states wrap up their primaries and caucuses in a super tuesday part 2. bernie sanders wins the critical battleground state of michigan, a sharp blow to hillary clinton. however, clinton did pull off a win in mississippi. on the republican side, candidate donald trump is another big winner, taking the republican primaries in mississippi and michigan and

mark: wlwt news 5' s dan griffin is live at u.c. medical center where one other victim is still being treated. dan? dan: we know the woman who drove a car crossed the median is here at u.c. medical center. we do not know her condition at this what we do know, a mother point. and daughter were killed in the head-on crash. cold spring police tell us the crash happened about 7:00 last night. investigators say the mother and young daughter were headed north on alexandria pike, when a woman driving south crossed the center line hitting them head-on. it' s a crash the police chief says is heartbreaking to investigate. >> it' s horrifying, it' s probably the worst thing you can see in law enforcement. we have the officers over at uc trying to investigate with the other person that was in the car they can provide for us. dan: police have not determined a cause in this crash at this point. they tell us that area is not prone to crashes. no names have been released this point. we are expecting an update later this morning. live at uc medical c

wlwt news 5' s dan griffin is live along charles street, where this all happened. dan: good afternoon. that man, who right know is only known as john doe, died behind the wheel of that car. neighbors heard a loud thump this morning and found the car the sidewalk. investigators say the shooting happened at about 6:00 this neighbors say they heard several shots. we counted at least two holes in the driver' s side of the car. and the door handle was ripped off. hamilton p.d. tells us the victim is a man appearing in his 20' s, he was slumped over the steering wheel of the car. there' s no motive just yet, but neighbors say this area has been plagued with drug deals, and they' re afraid their families could get caught in the michelle bourgeois: my dad was laying in bed and he heard an argument out front and then all of the sudden he hears feet like somebody running and then gunshots and a thump, which we house. lucinda green: i thank god that t have to go to school today cause they would' ve walked right past here, probably heard it. dan: there is still broken glass on

dan griffin, wlwt. mark: thank you. the family of acute shooter austin hancock speaking out on the tragedy for the first time. the family released a statement saying they are devastated by austin' s actions at school on monday. we pray for the immediate recovery of the injured students and for the healing of the entire community. they go on to say our family has , lived in this community our entire lives. and we never expected anyone to experience the event that occurred on monday. and we certainly did not expect that one of our family members would be involved. we are praying for everyone involved, including austin, who we still deeply love." lisa a major step toward healing : in madison township. dozens of teenagers came together last night, for one common cause, a night of hope and prayer. several church events were held in and around middletown two inside madison junior/senior high. a larger event is being planned for students in the days ahead. >> we are going to tell them the truth. we are going to give them a pla

dan griffin has heard from several parents that are unhappy. dan: they were not happy. at least one parent tro by in his -- drove by in his truck and screamed at my photographer and i that we should' ve heard from the school before we heard it from you. parents were stunned that they did not get a call. the threat was reported high of their students who heard the 13-year-old boy in a public place. a weapon was not found. in juvenile court we heard the threat involved bringing his father' s rifle to school. he was on the lacrosse team and on honor roll. the threat involve the school and a future date. parents told the principal, the principal called the police. the police then arrested the voice. they put an online alert out, but they did not call because there was no immediate danger. parents who found out this morning are shocked. >> your kids are it. i have a grandson that goes here . i have 2 grandkids they go to school here. if something happens, you want to know what is going on. >> i cannot stress enough that we will use the all call system danger. dan: the cleves

medical center, which is where we find wlwt news 5' s dan griffin. bring us up to date. dan: her condition isn' t known this morning. we know she' s the only one who survived. cold spring police say this crash happened yesterday at 7:00 p.m. on u.s. 27. investigators say a mother and young daughter were killed after the woman hit them head-on after crossing the center line while driving southbound. officers say the area where this happened is not prone to crashes. happened is a vehicle was traveling north of us 27. the other car was traveling south. it appears that the car traveling south crossed over the media and hit the vehicle head-on. dan police have not elaborated : on any names in this case. they are also looking into factors in this crash. what caused the crash? that is something we have not heard from them yet. we will keep following the story through the morning. for now, live at u.c. medical center, wlwt news five. mark: a man found sleeping in his car with two loaded guns and ammunition parked close to madison local schools. that triggered more panic in the co

lisa: dan griffin is in the newsroom. dan: that afternoon. these 911 calls give us a better idea of scary moments people were seeing in the middle of the combs-hehl bridge. callers say as many as 15 to 30 cars crashed. you can hear fear in their voices as they talk to one truck was a leaking diesel fuel. another caller tells dispatchers a tow truck almost goes over the bridge. in an unfortunate twist of events, another car plunges into the river. >> is the car is still there? is it down the river? >> there is little bit of debris floating. >> you don' t see the vehicle anymore? >> no. i don' t see any bodies or anything. dan: they were sharing information. we hear dispatchers talking about water rescue teams being dispatched. a scary scene for sure. lisa: temple county investigators are asking anyone who might' ve had emily or friends -- had family or friends randi: it is going to be windy from wednesday into thursday. it doesn' t feel too bad. the current wind speed in most places is pushing 25-miles-per-hour. these are sustained. it is gust

candidates on the campaign trail. tuesday presidential hopefuls are working hard to gain support dan griffin is live with the latest on the race for the white house. dan: the campaign trail just the fight on the republican side has garnered a lot of attention so far here in ohio. donald trump warning if the party tries to block him there will be riots. meanwhile governor john kasich is celebrating and moving forward after the win tuesday. >> politics are so crazy i don' t know what will happen but they' re going to look at somebody who can be president of the united states who has a record of accomplishments not just talk. >> we' re way ahead of everybody, i don' t think you can say that we don' t get it automatically. i think it would be i think you' d have riots. i think you' d have riots. i' m representing a tremendous many, many millions of people. dan: trump continues his winning states he can check off the list and he is now the only candidate with a path to clinching the republican nomination before the convention in july. with marco rubio bowing out this leaves kasich, trump and sena

dan griffin has how they plan to avoid problems at the polls. >> energized? >> no question. it's winner take all. it's critical. reporter: and ready to vote. people across ohio are looking forward to the primary in a state some call the super bowl of election day. >> i think it's important to vote, and i'm not real happy with the way the election's gone so far in terms of the way the themselves. >> mike havencamp makes it no secret who he's voting for. >> i'm planning on voting for kasich, who is probably the only adult running, as far as i can tell. >> i believe we're going to have the biggest primary turnout we've had in quite a while. the governor is part of it. a lot of excitement, new voters being engaged in the process, new nominees from both political parties. >> secretary of state john husted says ohio is ready. his office has been checking with every local board of elections office, verifying each one has plenty of ballots. he says the state has reprogrammed e-polls to prevent glitches. remember to bring an id, current bank statement or utility bill and mail absente

dan griffin, wlwt news 5. kyla: happening today, the man accused of running over his wife with a semi is set to be arraigned on a drunk-driving charge. this happened back in february on verity parkway and yankee road in middletown. andrew frost says he and his wife, angela, were driving and having an argument. after threats to jump out, frost says angela opened the door and jumped. the trailer they were hauling ran her over. she did survive the accident. also today, the arraignment for a suspect accused of selling a batch of deadly heroin. 25-year-old vance morgan is facing involuntary manslaugher and five more drug charges. he is accused of selling casey fewell heroin mixed with a powerful synthetic opiate called fentanyl. he died of an overdose in october. the hamilton county heroin task investigations into deadly heroin cases and arrests such as this one will make heroin dealers think twice. mark: things were surprisingly civil at last night' s gop debate. instead of the normal mudslinging, innappropriate i

we' re downtown, dan griffin, wlwt news 5. sheree: election officials say. the ballot for democratic voters isn' t affected. there' s only one box to choose. mike: five states including ohio holding primaries tomorrow. a couple of republican contests close. the outcome could shake up the g.o.p. race. sally kidd has the final four' s focus on winning last-minute support. the biggest prize, florida with 99 delegates, winner take all. first, a campaign stop in north carolina and then florida where polls show trump with a lead over marco rubio. protesters briefly interrupted both events. trump rejecting criticism he is stoking chaos. donald trump these are love fests. reporter: rubio told supporters he will be donald trump in the primary despite what the poll say. marco rubio: the republican party will not allow itself to be hijacked by fake conservatives. >> his home state is important. if he pulls out an upset by coming back in his home state, he will come close to the republican nomination. at least he does not go down as little marco. all state, ohio going d

dan griffin is live this morning with a look at the draw for local squads. dan: hard work pays off, and these teams and their coaches have been working all year long to get here. five areas teams selected to the field of 68 this time around. xavier grabs a top seed in the ncaa tournament. as expected, they will be a two seed facing 15-seeded weber state on friday. the teams face off in st. louis with tip-off at 9:20. what about the west region? cincinnati bearcats have the nine seed. they face the atlantic 10 champions st. joes in spokan on friday at 10:00. we' ve got a closer look at the schedule on your screen right now. some other big names and big games people looking forward to including those uk wildcats taking on stony brook thursday night. indiana hoosiers also in the mix. dayton also made the tournament, all as march madness really heats up. more on the brackets coming up in sports. lisa: let' s talk to randi. randi: we are starting out with a little bit of fog. it is not widespread. right now it lunken airport, visibility down to about 1/4 of a mile

wlwt news 5' s dan griffin is live in saint bernard with what voters are telling him matters in this race. good afternoon. dan: good afternoon, mark. it hasn' t even been six hours since the polls have been opened, the people have a lot to say. there' m at step out of the stop -- and going to step out of the shot. we' ve been seeing lines all over, we were in sharonville earlier, we saw lines there is soon as they over, people were ready to go. steady streams of voters have been here in st. bernard this afternoon. voters i talked with a random had very mixed messages. some say they think it' s time for conservative candidate to change the direction of the country. one man told me this race is historic, with a woman as president a possibility. and a woman i talked with told me her vote is part of the fight to knock one candidate out. barbara clay: to me, i think trump is the wrong choice if i be a part of not getting him in there, really. tom orf: i think we need a there to counteract, that' s why dan: some of the big topics i' ve heard about as people left the polls today -- the size

wlwt news 5' s dan griffin is leading with how the parents hope other teens learn from this. good morning. dan: 18-year-old tristan lacey expected to face a judge in butler county this morning in what' s been a deeply emotional case. the last time we saw he was holding a bible. it was back in late december when investigators say lacey was driving his car on beckett ridge boulevard in west chester. his blood alcohol level .106. police say he was speeding, lost control, and crashed the car, killing his friend and passenger, 18-year-old mark valentine. valentine was in the backseat. parents on both sides of this case want teens to learn from ll hear a judge' s take later this morning. lacey pleaded guilty last month. the story breaking out a lot of emotions from family members are holding this will help in other teenager from doing this again. mark: a sixth-grader in amelia facing criminal charges and punishment from his school. police say he posted a picture of himself holding a gun during an argument online with a classmate. a parent of an amelia middle school student told unio

wlwt news 5' s dan griffin is leading the way with the investigation and what witnesses say happened. dan: good morning. there are still a lot of questions in the investigation. campbell county officials tell us the search efforts have stopped. no word if this will continue once the sun comes up. investigators say the car plunged into the ohio river in one of a series of crashes last night. we' re told there were 12 vehicles involved in four separate crashes during rush hour last night on the combs-hehl bridge. crashes. it' s not clear how many people may have been in the car, which was found at the bottom of the river. campbell county' s police chief wouldn' t comment on how many people are believed to be dead. but witnesses say the scene was surreal. >> there was a first initial bang and i thought it was a gun shot, so i looked up. there was probably five bangs following that and me and my dad are sitting here in the driveway . we look up and this red suv literally is flipped over the barrier and went into the river nose first and bobbed up and then just disappeared. dan: the boone

live downtown, dan griffin, wlwt news 5. mark: dan, thank you. after a busy weekend, the presidential candidates are focused on the next primary, tomorrow in michigan. already today, ohio governor john kasich held a town hall at a school in monroe, michigan. while he talked about the importance of lowering the cost of going to college, he boasted about how inexpensive it is to attend a county community college and how universities governor john kasich: i friend whose daughter received a full scholarship to indiana university, and turned it down to go to vanderbilt. which is like $60,000 a year. a nice school, don' t get me wrong. but i' m not going to tell him she could have come here for $6,000 in two years, he would be behind him -- beside himself. mark: donald trump is still leading the way after winning two states this weekend, including kentucky. here' s how the votes stacked up, from the kentucky caucus. trump topped ted cruz to claim 17 delegates. ohio governor john kasich, finished last, in his neighboring state. so here' s how the race l

lisa: wednesday morning the boy was found in his bed not breathing. s dan griffin is live in the newroom with the latest on this case in franklin. dan: investigators and neighbors are heartbroken and stunned by what appears to have happened in this case. austin derreck cooper was found not breathing after he was punished tuesday night by his stepmother. investigators say anna ritchie put cooper' s legs in scalding hot water in a bathtub before sending him to bed. yesterday morning, police found the child at the home he was pronounced dead at atrium hospital. officers say no child deserves a punishment like this. neighbors say the allegations are horrifying. >> it' s horrible, horrible, i just couldn' t imagine, me as a mother and a grandmother, i just couldn' t imagine. >> don' t ever hurt a child, definitely in that way it' s almost like something out of a movie. dan: franklin police say it appears the child' s father was in the home at the time but it' s unclear if he was involved. ritchie' s charged with child endangering and in warren county jail on $100,000 bond. lisa: 30 hours but

dan griffin talked with parents about this tough first day back. >> it was the first at getting things back to normal. two days after the shooting at madison junior and senior high school, he' s trying to get back to his normal routine. >> relaxing and waiting for the school bus. >> nothing like this happening again. i' m very glad about the school. >> they make sure there' s more staff on the buses and in the cafeteria. crisis counselors are on hand. >> they let them know. means that. the extra police presence make them feel very protected, very secure. that walk through last night everything that' s happened. mike: parents also telling us how the school has handled this entire situation, including phone calls and e-mail update. efforts to prevent school violence have taken on added s shooting. sheree: we' one program that connects students with success. >> the keyword is connection. reporter: during his 30 years, he learned all about the trials and tribulations students face. >> hopefully, we figure out a way to change this trend. reporter: he' shootings nationwide and at home. >> i

dan griffin shows us how they plan to make every second counts. >> they want to make sure you cast a vote. projected to behind them the last two presidential elections. both parties are getting people a push. >> they can get out and get the polls and vote. reporter: they will be making phone calls door to door. an effort dubbed souls to the polls. >> if you want your voice heard, that' s how you do it. >> the gop chair says interest is up. he said the headquarters is open for calls. the overall message, vote. >> you are helping decide who >> you can bet you will you' re from someone this week as this tense race gets even closer. this weekend should be busy. also plenty of phone calls. governor john kasich expected to be in the cincinnati area for a rally, certainly energizing the republican side. >> the state representatives says she is feeling positive. republicans say that they are feeling very positive with a lot of interest already on their side. >> is time to catch up. mike: friends and family of the 82nd airborne division waited early this morning to welcome their loved ones ho

dan griffin has more. good morning to you. dan: good morning. all eyes on xavier basketball as 30 they head up to the big apple. xavier has the number two seed behind villanova. the team matched the most wins in school history, 26. to help keep out the energy. officials even made sure that spring break was going to land at the same time so that students would have to miss class. good timing for them. more on this coming up later this morning. kyla: thank you for that into insight. we have an update on the roads. india: we are still dealing with the accident in covington at 4th street and russell street. pete rose way, we have some construction that will last until 3:00 p.m. this afternoon. until friday. here is a look at 275. looking good. 70' s coming up thursday. aidan has track practice again. shorts? randi: absolutely. highs are going to be in the 70' s. the wind is coming out of the 15 mile per hour wind through the afternoon. just some clouds this morning. we should get in on way more sunshine this afternoon. temperatures in the 50' s fo r

wlwt news 5' s dan griffin is in s reaction. dan: school leaders want parents to know that there was never a threat here at bridgetown but they also want them to know that they are listening and that they are prepared. hills high school student behind bars and eventually in front of a judge. police say his mother spotted him on line in a photo holding what appeared to be a stolen rifle and reported it. >> she did know where he was and is certainly wanted to make sure he wasn' t going to get himself into any trouble as compared to what he' d already been into. dan: oak hills high school leaders say that the 17-year-old boy had are ready been expelled from oak hill' s hide. they would not elaborate why. without any weapon. they say a different shotgun style bb gun connected him -- connected to location. hasn' t seen the teenager for weeks. runaway warrant. we found a woman at the teenager' s address who would not comment that said she didn' t approve of his behavior. the oak hill' s superintendent arrested in 45 minutes and that pa

dan griffin' s downtown with how they plan to avoid problems at the polls. reporter: voters are excited, state says it is ready for a big rush come next tuesday. people across ohio are looking forward to ohio and calling it the super bowl of election day. >> i' m not real happy with the way the candidates have conducted themselves to be honest with you. reporter: he makes it no secret who he is voting for. plan on voting for kasich, who i think is the only adult running. >> i believe we will have the biggest primary turnout we have had in quite a while. the governor is part of it. a lot of excitement, lot of new voters engaged in the process. new nominees from both parties, it' s going to be a big tuesday in ohio. reporter: he says ohio is ready and has been checking with every word of elections office ballots will stop you can avoid pickup by remembering to bring an id, current bank statement or utility bill and mail your absentee ballots five days before election day. >> people will be disappointed. i don' t think they will like the pick in november. repor

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wlwt news five's dan griffin is kyla woods has a news 5 traffic update. kyla? rain expected much of the day. we'll pick up 1-1.5" on average, the heaviest downpours will be this evening mainly southeast of cincinnati. temps will make it to the low 60s this afternoon. sunshine returns tomorrow. spotty showers on saturday morning but dry in the middle of >>> 7:30 on a thursday morning, 10th d of march, 2016. four days to go until an epic concert on rockefeller plaza. next monday cold play will do their thing live on our concert stage. >> wrangler said they are coming after i leave? >>> man hunt underway for at backyard party outside pittsburgh. at least five people were killed and three others wounded. >>> hillary clinton faced a very direct question about the ongoing investigation into her e-mails controversy. >> if you were indicted -- >> clinton admitted using a private e-mail account while secretary of state was a mistake. >>> marco rubio is expressing regret over personal attacks he launched against donald trump. >> it's not something i'm entirely proud of.

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