. >> debra dixon shows us how. >> the old saint michael's church is part of the $10 million renovation. two non-profits raised the money for the 5 building campus here in price hill, that awakened the power of the neighborhood. >> how will you see? it will be good to school or gents go to school. >> goes. >> here, adults study english as a second language, work on the geds or gets help with college entrance exams. that's what mike james is doing. he's worked construction, all >> expecting a greater life of my family. i've won the school. >> what do you want to do? >> i want to be a civil engineer. >> he wants to set a good example for the two children. >> these are graduation photos of adults who went back to school, including 40-year-old christine parks, a single mother of three. she graduated from high school the same year as her son. >> i could just remember the day, i got my results back. i sat on the stool and cried. they said momma, we're so proud of you. >> now she's in college studying nursing. >> now i've been in college for two years. now with both of my children, are in coll

aired on angel dresses. volunteers transformed them to outfits for babies who do not come home. debra dixon, emotional reaction >> the basement of the westchester home was filled with donated wedding gowns, with satin, lays, and beads. they are cut and hand-sewn to angel dresses and burial gowns. something that katherine didn't have, when daughter ava was stillborn at one pound. this is the piece of blanket she was buried in. >> to make sure no mother would have to search their baby doll clothes to find something for their baby to wear. >> getting wedding dresses was easy. getting hospital toss take them was tough. >> and every baby is unique and every family's circumstances and that kind of thing. i don't know what i expected. this is not what i expected. >> parent could fit their outfit. >> women and family in need of grief support. >> they will never forget this baby. so to have a picture or just a memory of one of their baby and one of the gorgeous gowns, this speaks volumes, knowing the difference on what their memory will be. >> this is my first gown that i sode. >> parent roundtree t

. >> the search is in big demand. hamilton county has its own. debra dixon, why the ballistic imaging is a game changer. >>> members of an atf team has scene for months. collecting caseings from the ballistic system in washington, d.c. caseings from guns test fired, have been sentoff. they compared caseings from one kiam scene with caseings from fore. >> gun left the mark from that. >> that's correct >> markings spent in the cartilage cases, and from the entire region. >> now gun evidence will stay here. hamilton county now has its own naivin. >> will have a huge impact. changer. >> they worked with cincinnati police to analyze the detailed camera with magnifying lens. cases were up loaded, recovered from the region. if a gun is linked from another crime, investigators will know in ours. >> we will not get hit, and if we can -- homicides, especially involving the kids or the stupid senseless shootings. i mean, i think that's where the payoff is. >> the payoff may not be far off because of the gun evidence, has been going to washington. >> we have had several hits. that have been relat

marshals in orlando three addresses. debra dixon shows us what that does for the victim's family. >> she saw michael pruit break in and shoot kisha's new boyfriend: polly's been waiting for the call that came yesterday. >> we got him: i am so thankful, thank you so much. >> kisha was 17 and 9-year-old daughter. >> thech him mike. what they call in florida, they say good. . >> maybe, got away with it. knowing he's in florida. because of the hard work i put in. >> cincinnati, fugitive apprehension team, says no one is off the grid. they use seshl media and called friends and family. : got new information on information that >> initially he lied what he was. was >> seeing pru it's mug shot gives him some peace. for a while, there's word he would come back. >> even though he's murdered right here in this house, both of kisha's daughter said they wanted to come back here to . >> in court, and i want him to see me and remember, you took a precious woman away. >> detectives flew to florida to bring pruit back here, the first step towards the justice, debra dixon, local 12 news, . >> good ne

had people to thank for, for helping them, encouraging them, telling them this day could happen. debra dixon, local 12 news. >> there's about thousand foreign police officers in the department. another recruit class graduates this year. >>> stiffer penalties for drug dealers. >> the mood, firefighters who gets sick after years on the job. get ready for some rain. a lot of it. erica is tracking that and some snow, and the weather authority forecast is next. >> heroin crash, killing one we're looking at >> westwood restaurant known for the award-winning french course. it will be closed on sunday but the chef says the kitchen will be the commissary for his food truck, urban bistro. meanwhile, he is looking for locations where he could open a new restaurant. >>> heroin and meth dealers will face stiffer penalties. it allows a judge to increase the sentence if he or she has a previous felony conviction for dealing meth or heroin. the measure reinforces a minimum ten year sentence for felony cases, instead of allowing the judge to refer to a treatment program. >>> firefighters and their supporters

his career. and i wanted it for myselfment i i'll be making a stop at the cemetery home today. debra dixon local 12 news. >> the city manager wanted a command staff in the spring and comes with the february is huge for us. all our handcrafted classic footlongs are just $6 each, even our subway club and chicken & bacon ranch melt. but the media is going a little crazy. i am in the heart of what is now being called "sub-mageddon." with an incredible amount of accumulation inside... that now seems to be spilling out on the streets. i have never seen anything like this before. enjoy all our delicious classic footlongs for just $6 each... all february, at subway. . >> seven people remain in charter bus crash that hurt 3 dozen passengers. that happened during yesterday's snow storm. the bus was taking 55 passenger from new york. it hit a guardrail and flipped on the side. the driver was merging in the right lane, and slid in control and into the metal barrier. >> congress has its hands on president obama's 8th and final budget. and the new spending plan includes launching a new war on cancer. fi

the tool box that slipped out of the truck. police found it and then it disappeared. local 12's debra dixon has the clues for the mystery. >> the good news came christmas. the gift to the nelson family a baby boy due in april. father mack was working harder missing. 3 thousand worth. >> collecting since i was 18. >> tools didn't exactly someone had to take them from the side of the road here at momma's earlier this month. as matt nelson turned the corner, his tailgate came down. the tool box rolled out. matt just knew they were missing. a deputy on the way home called in. >> have a tool box. >> come back and pick it up. >> one of the sheriff officials picked a tool box. >> guy came, told me you seen a cop. okay. >> it was laying in the middle of the road and he picked it up >> you guys are life savers. >> when matt went back to the intersection, the tool box, the livelihood was gone. >> it's more than a box of tools; right?. >> how i make my living. instead of living, need the tools. if i ain't got the tools, can't do much. >> this guy uses those to make money, to take care of the family, f

now. changes for years to battle the biggest problems, robbery. campus crime, tells one story. debra dixon shows us, the students get the final say. >>> more cops, uc an cincinnati has been patrolling, according to data tells them, bad things could happen. students notice. >> i've noticed a lot more cops on calhoun street, patrolling. they've lightened it up a lot more around campus. >> 700 lights installed on # 0 streets. this is pictures before, looks like before the lights and after. brighter lights, means fewer crimes. there's no place to hide. before, down 56 percent >> and one is too many. and i'll take a 0 percent reduction. >> uc safety plans, seems to be coming together. it's more than lights and police. it's about the blue help that goes straight to police dispatch and the new live safe act, that let's studentses, on what they see. new student to night ride. for bad guys, it may be too much. >> seek the path of least resistance. when you create obstacles, you make it not worth it, they move on. >> there's something else, education. students are bombarded with irving living. >> an

. >> the crowd goes wild. debra dixon, local 12 news >> terpin's baseball game is march 26th. >> speaking of the baseball. >> reds announced lou pinella will be in the finley local parade. the reds won the 1990 world series. he just rejoined the team as a consultant. you will be able to see the parade and opening day game right here on local 12, monday, april 4th. i think that's a pretty good choice >> her desire to play, raises awareness, to pediatric brain cancer. she will feel the superhero. >> and before she left, she passed on her superhero powers, little boy named luke batky. rad has an update on. >> it's the same condition that my youngest son was diagnosed as an infant. brayden never manifested. super luke, battle may be. >> and measurements could be tricky. >> and numbers don't always provide the constant. 5-year-old collin is a picture he's 5-year-old twin, picture is more blurry. >> had chemo for to years. two years in a row. 77 doses. >>nd a showed up in hypothalamus and it looked bad. >> and the measurements were alarming. the chemo worked six months. >> i tried to be positiv

. >> debra dixon, local 12 news. >> you could help crimestoppers by going to the fish fry on brooks, on february 26th. bill brooks donates money raised to crimestoppers and really deb dixon, she deserves a lot of the credit for the success of crimestoppers all these years. >> she does. >> >> we continue to follow the local breaking news alert for you. live pictures from the scene of the deadly officer-involved shooting in harrison avenue near budeneau. at this point, we don't have many details. we have crews on the scene. as soon as we get more information, we will pass it to you. you could check on it on twitter. >>> and it could be a tall order. brad johansson, introduces us to a local father who took matters under his own hands. >> he produces successful movies. he hit a book. he says he won't sell out to do it and he plans to do a lot of good in the process. >> you're in junior high and script and you get to tell him what he thinks about the new action. >> you were excited. >> we read the book before anyone else did. >> and making it sound like it's pretty cool is brian's plan. h

. >> and debra dixon, local 12 news. >> and tomorrow, colleen haynes will be sentence for assault, kidnapping and theft. >> investigators say the suspects involved in a gun battle in a quiet suburban neighborhood are not cooperating. two people were hurt and a third person got away from the shoot-out, sunday on oak avenue in blue ash. bullets flew into a house. blue ash investigators say they talked to the person who got away over the phone. so far, the names of the suspects were not released. >>> deer sheep township man is accused of selling his man for sex. and investigators say the man arranged a meeting between the undercover officer and his wife man's name. >>> woman accused of hitting a child and driving away, makes her first court appearance. police arrested ruby east step after she didn't show up friday for her original court date. officers say she hit 11-year-old ron done smith in a crosswalk. police say they caught up with scene. her lawyer says she didn't feel safe staying in the area. judge ordered her held on a $17 thousand bond. >> she shouldn't have gotten any bond at all. she

. >> who lives there if someone was meeting. debra dixon. problem in south lebanon for people who think it's an innercity problem. reality of the heroin problem. 60 overdose deaths last year. local man, went to the sheriff office, says i'm watching people my own community, die, watching families fall apart. what could i do. this billboard what they came up with, the partnership of the businessman and sheriff office. they are asking for help from the community and this man was going to pay the rewards. the phone will be answered 24-7 by the drug task force. they are just trying to get some help. the warren county sheriff office says we can't do it alone. this man stepped up and they are just really hoping that some way they can put a dent in the problem with the help of the public. because anyone who says, it's it's in your community. it's right next door down the street. we will keep a track on this, and at 5:00, local 12, talk to the commander of the drug task force. there's a new message about heroin out of hamilton county for addicts and for drug dealers. paula. >> thank you, doug. >

. >> the secret behind the success of crimestoppers. new at 6:00, debra dixon, how 35 years, a vigilant neighbor has been paid off. >> spike in blood sugar. starbucks, coffee may be better for you than soda. we have a live report. >>> and police say she was collides wit >> good evening. everybody. we're following a local breaking news alert. a deadly officer involved shooting >> person is dead, near butteneau. brad has more details. >> as you mentioned at the top of the show, one man is dead. we're told from the police department, a gun was recovered after this shooting not too long ago. we are in westwood. harrison is blocked at the intersection of buteneau and harrison. that ran into the telephone pole. not sure all the involvement and the police car next to it. the police are processing the scene. and as we get more information, we'll give it to you in a live report. >> angela ingram is also in the shooting scene. we'll check back with the crews in a bit. >>> they are restepping the steps before deciding to drive under the influence. >> investigators tell us, chen drove the wrong way

are charged with six felonies, including counterfeiting, corrupt business practices and theft. debra dixon, local 12 news. >> and he's expected to fight extradition to dearborn indiana. >> still ahead, the beginning of isis puffs knows winter... ...is hard on your nose there's the endless runny noses. the sneezes that just won't quit and of course, the biting cold of snow day play. that's why puffs is soft. puffs plus lotion tissues... ...are gentle on skin. they help soothe irritation by locking in moisture better. so you can get out and enjoy winter a nose in need deserves puffs indeed. for softness that fits . >> thousands of drivers who were issued speeding tickets. state appeals court approved class-action status. it means their attorneys could ask a judge to order new miami pay more than a millioned much and new miami recently started using hand held cameras that comply with ohio laws. >>> two virginia tech engineering student, charged nicole's body was found over the weekend on the stied of the road. more than 50 miles home. she climbed out of the bedroom window after blocking the d

debra dixon shares the new statistics on crime which might surprise you that's tonight live at 6:00. >>> couldn't be prettier outside >> bob: cold out there. >>john: it locks pretty. crystal clear skies that has led woke. 20 now. temperatures are going to climb really fast. by noon we are in the mid 30s with sunshine late day. low 40s. yesterday. afternoon. that trend continues no the week and. 47, sun and clouds tomorrow. sunday. enjoy that. changes are coming. late sunday night early monday morning cold front will blast through the area bringing scattered rain showers. behind it colder air fills in with some flurries and snow showers monday afternoon through tuesday even into wednesday. we will struggle to get up to the freezing mark. there. lows no the teens. get back to freezing thursday as things start to clean up. that is pretty cold next week. >> bob: remember on monday morning when you are struggling to get up after the super bowl >> sheila: see you then. >> announcer: local 12 news is always on, on air, on line and on the go. we are proud to be the local