erik zarnitz has that story. reporter: this is tracker. he is a puppy now but is going through plenty of training to become a diabetic alert dog. he will be helping the disabled turn off lights, take off jackets, and retrieve objects. >> launching the beginning of my challenge project. raising awareness for type one diabetes. and i am also -- >> a requirement for graduation. >> when i was first diagnosed, i was helped out a lot. >> he' s generally interested in making it more aware. >> it can be lifesaving, that they can give the person some information prior to the onset of low glucose. they can go get a drink, orange juice, whatever they need. reporter: they have plenty of work to do. a dog guy, erik zarnitz. a gentle knowledge or paul will alert the diabetic up to 15 minutes before a dangerous drop in blood sugar. kevin: i don' t expect any problems around the greater cincinnati metro area through the evening hours. here' s a look at the evening forecast. we have the quick burst of snow that has ended for most of us. it is going to melt

wlwt news 5's erik zarnitz has the story. reporter: this is tracker. he's just a puppy now, but he's going through plenty of training to become a diabetic alert dog. helping the disabled turn off lights, take off jackets, and retrieve objects. but this puppy will also have another skill. >> i am launching the beginning my challenge project. my challenge project is i'm raising awareness fo type one diabetes. then i'm also trying to provide diabetic alert dogs to teenagers or kids. >> reporter: matthew's personal challenge project is a requirement for graduation from the seven hills school. his effort is about something much more personal. >> when i got diagnosed as a type one diabetic, i was helped out a lot just with friends, family and doctors. so i decided to -- i wanted to give back. >> i don't think matt is shy about it. i think he's learned to live with it and manage it himself in every way. and i think he's genuinely interested in making the student body more aware of what diabetes is and the challenges that goes reporter: the organization krein

meteorologist erik zarnitz has more on why you may have heard the sirens. erik: while severe weather and tornadoes are possible anytime of year, here in the ohio strongest tornadoes tend to just a few hours ago, the national weather service initiated its annual statewide tornado drill. sounding sirens across the state -- giving emergency operators, as well as businesses and schools, a chance to practice what they would do in a real emergency. taylor elementary in colerain is -- are practicing listening to the announcement, moving to a safe place, and then staying in place with their heads covered until the warning expired. >> all of our students will go into their safety place as part of three of them in the spring time, just incase there is ever a storm that would come to the city. >> it' s very dangerous, and there are many people that get hurt and stuff in it. erik: he feels a lot safer after the training. now if you want to see what goes one behind the scenes at the emergency managment headquarters ll give you a peak behind the curtain river police were

erik zarnitz has another look at the forecast and how long these cool temperatures will stick around. erik: this morning we had some butler and war and warren. cloudy skies, some rain and blue on the map. those are wet snowflakes. the snow and rain have moved out and we are just dealing with 20 of cloud cover. 41 in hillsboro. we are looking at 43 in mason. through the evening, not too much of a change. a sprinkle possible but for most of us cloudy skies. those clouds start to break. i will let you know how much we will see what it may do for minutes. courtis: thank you. opposition to donald trump' s presidential campaign leads to a threat against one of his closest family members. his son received a threatening that powder appears to be a lemonade mixed. the secret service and fbi both investigate. my boy eric. reporter: anger at the republican front-runner aimed at his family. a letter containing a threatening note and suspicious substance was mailed to a donald building on central park. the note was postmarked and picked up by eric comes wife and the substance believed to be a lemo

wlwt news 5' s erik zarnitz takes you up to morrow, ohio to get a glance of this new type of lifestyle. erik: something suburbia is to suburban and farm community is to rural. on the you can get accommodation of the two. according to leslie ratliff, this is the future. the region' s first agr i-community, with an organic farm serving as avalon springs -- aberlin springs' s centerpiece. farming, education, and togetherness hope to be its focus. leslie: one of the things i have seen in the homebuilding business is that i hear a lot of communities. people pull up into their shut see them again. erik: this farm has been in leslie ratliff' s family for generations and with leslie' s background in homebuilding, this plan has turned into a perfect fit. leslie: our belief is that it is important to know where your food comes from. it is important to have good, solid, healthy foods, and that is why we have meat as well as vegetables. erik: each home will have their own area to plant and harvest food. however, the brunt of the work will be taken over by a professional farmer. more than 40 vegeta

it's because of erik zarnitz' time off. i hope he's having a good time. you'll say it's going to be wet. could we see showers before tonight? miriah: maybe sprinkles, at best. today being the pick day of the weekend for sure. but as we head into tomorrow, we see wet weather tonight and scattered showers tomorrow. your first forecast if you're we're looking at spring-like conditions, though we have eight more days until we officially welcome spring into greater cincinnati, we're feeling spring-like. temperatures above average. looking at 60s today and tomorrow almost 70. increasing clouds today. we have wet weather that will primarily be arriving overnight tonight. we're looking at a majority dry today. then tomorrow, because of the showers, you'll see scattered shower activity into the afternoon. moving out by the evening. so we are looking at this shower activity sitting off to our south and west. it will continue to push into the ohio valley. but we're looking dry. we did see light sprinkles. those have dissipated. so a dry start to your day. could see

here is meteorologist erik zarnitz. elise: lots of clouds around today. we had a few flakes to kick the day off, then we changed over to rain and now we are seeing plenty of clouds. breezy conditions, temperatures struggling to make their way out of the 30' s. currently we do have a few light rain showers up around trenton, collinsville, and oxford. they are trailing down to the south and east. for most of us it' a cloudy evening with a few patchy showers and result here and there, and temperatures pretty much stuck in the upper 30' s. even those 30' s will start to fall just a little bit. most of us into the mid 30' s by later this evening. we will see a warm-up and a significant one at that. 70' s later this week. when all that arrives, straight ahead. courtis: developing now, cincinnati police are investigating a homicide after a man is found shot overnight in the west end. the victim has now been identified as 46-year-old charles weathers. it happened around 2:30 this morning in the 700 block of derrick turnbow avenue. police say weathers was found sh

wlwt news 5 meteorologist erik zarnitz will talk to the hamilton county emergency operators .... about how they are prepared for severe weather in the area. a windy and warmer wednesday. clouds will slowly be increasing through the day, temperatures this morning are in the 50s. 60s by noon and highs in the upper 60s. tomorrow plan on rain and some storms. the round during the evening commute may have some stronger storms with hail and damaging winds. aha! oof! weee! slurp. mmmmmm. cinnamon. milk. cinna-milk. cinnamon toast crunch. crunch! cinna-milk! >>> in light of brussels and other recent attacks in europe, the u.s. state department has issued a travel alert. it advises americans in europe to avoid crowds and be extra cautious during religious holidays and at large festivals or events. terrorist groups are planning near term attacks targeting sports events, tour sites, restaurants and transportation. it expires on june 20th. >>> new research suggests plastic may affect your waistline. substitute chemical often used to replace bpa in plastic, encouraging the formation of fat wo