. >> charles crofty is behind bars. rich jaffe joins us live from richmond, the community is feeling, i guess a sense of relief is an understatement. >> absolutely right there. and crosby's nickname is rome. he's been known here for a while. authorities say he's been dealing heroin and other drugs here for about three years. great strides in the war against drugs, roam figured he was anymore. >>> investigators say charles crofty, known on the streets as rome, has been running a drug network, intimidation and fear out of the tiny unit of richmond. monday, the task force along with the cincinnati gang squad caught him in cincinnati with 25 grams of heroin and 20 grams of crack cocaine. investigators say the dope was probably headed to richmond. >> mr. crawford has been in my village for three years, terrorizing the village. people are absolutely lives in fear of the gentleman. >> it's believed that he shot up the home early last month. the target was probably here in sun, heroin addict. while the windows were replaced, >> at least i could sleep at night. i've been carrying a gun ever si

is charged with the kidnapping and rape after 15-year-old girl. someone he didn't know. rich jaffe was in adams county and has a story you will only see on local 12. >>> in denny blanton, jr.'s indictment, the prosecutor calls him a sexually violent predator. that's because investigators say he turned the ridge road of the amish road in the county a rural ground. he spotted the 15-year-old girl, who he didn't know, jogging down the road. they say he pulled his pick up truck beside her, grabbed her and threw her in the car and took off. >> we had the full sheriff's >> how shortly after that, you were able to make an arrest. >> i believe the arrest was made the next day. >> girl told investigate e, he took her to a cemetery few miles away where he raped her. >> hadn't had something. >> after attacking the girl, blanton drove her back on wheat ridge road and dropped her right before miller's furniture. he threatened her, if she tld anyone, he would come back and kill her. >> at his arraign am, . >> in adams county, rich jaffe, local 12 news. >> blanton is held on $70 >>> and police who sa

are affecting me and many of my friends. >> i never may see the people again. >> in blue ash, rich jaffe, local 12 news. >> devastating >> centers will be closed april 1st. others are being moved. director of the blue ash rec center told us, before she retires, to try to raise money for a new senior center in their community. >> girl beaten to death. >> this man could do it again. >> why the suspected killer has a history of getting away with a crime. >> and eschemed scholar. on line, daddy.cool. and what he's been doing on line >>. search for the . >> good evening, everybody. it was the scene witnesses say they will never forget. a vehicle flies off a bridge during rush-hour and into the ohio river. >> tonight, exactly what happened on the coumbs hill bridge is still a mystery because the vehicle is still in the river. megan megan mongello is holding off the recovery efforts >> the county police chief says, he knows exactly what the vehicle is. it's right in the middle of the ohio river behind me. it's too dangerous for the divers to go in. there's little activity on the river. the acti

decisions. while street racing, dustin killed his best friend, mitch woodrough. after paying. rich jaffe shares a powerful story you'll only see on local 12 >> night of april 29th, 2009. empty wind stretch of newton road became a testing ground for testosterone and tragedy. >> lining up down there. guy in a mustang and another honda. >> dustin is known for his nerve and car. >> i was in the road for drugs and drinking. i was going fast. . >> his best friend, was in the back seat. >> started pulling beside the mustang. he started coming to my lane. i swerved to miss him. >> mitch woodruff was ejected from the rear window. z. >> split, three, four, five times. i landed it down there. my window was safe on the field. >> convicted of aggravated homicide. age they sentenced, in a 20 year license. when he was released, he was unable to handle the consequences and he violated probation. this time, he got four years in prison. >> >>. >> wrong crowd and not being with the family and not getting visits. got stabbed in the stomach and . >> and dustin has to serve 1 thousand hours and has chosen to

blake. >> it will never be dob soon enough. >> rich jaffe, local 12 news. >> they plan to condemn and possibly demolish the home. they've been waiting to do that, until jones and his son could find things to live. we will stay on it and let you know what happens. >> lots happening in weather. >> i will explain what happened earlier. doing survey, a separate severe weather address. i'll show you the area after we show you the video. take a look at the tornado video. this is the phillipsburg, in northwestern montgomery county. an e f-1 tornado in the phillipsburg. you could see, as you look closely, this is in the phillipsburg ohio area, with the debris. we've solved that in radar as well. this is what you're seeing here this is from the phillipsburg area, just about northwest of the dayton area. we have an instance, where we have a tornado warning. my graphics, and i want to show you the area, what we're talking about. this is in the phillipsburg area, we have damage to the barns and roofs and things like that. there's an instance where we had a tornado warning. that's where brandon or

. >> in park hills, rich jaffe, >> and private prayer service to remember katie will be held for students, and alumni. it is not open to the public. >>> two men are going to prison on the death of a student last year. the victim 73-year-old, kyle engal walked in as they burglarized his home. prosecutors say louise and kirby bludgeoned engal to death. they were able to match the blood found in the clothes found found. and they described how engal was beatened over the head 15 times. they told me they don't believe justice was served. >> it's sad that, you know, crime to the most vulnerable of citizens, elderly and children, walk out a prison ever, you know. we've had to change the law. we have to change the process. >> mario and kirby, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter charges. kirby, 37, ten of those are for trying to escape from the justice center as they awaited trial. chas chasity >> and officials say lavern was in the -- on tilersville road. and the toyota sequoia hit two vehicles. three people were rushed to the hospital with injuries from the crash >>> school officials were

of the month. today, hundreds of people who use the center, got to look at alternatives. and rich jaffe showed us how the people are losing a lot more. >> i will be back with rob braun. >> and as we look at 7, 8, 5, kyle's lane. >> all right, at 4:49. >> and brad. >> taking a look at the traffic, how is it looking. we don't get to show you the time lapse often enough. it's a weather in motion. . >> we will show you the time lapse. 11 hours from the weather cam. atop the rad son, cincinnati in covington. the sun is up. cumulus clouds in the morning. broke out in the sun. in the back end, here's the cumulus clouds filling in the afternoon. i have the time lapse, following me in local 12. 30 seconds with fun, cumulus clouds and sunshine wroo remind me, we have to do it a little more often. >> you are in control. >> and now you've enjoyed it, you have to encourage me to join more often. >> it's really hard. nice change there. >> this is a live shot that we typically show. >> and 59. atop the radson. the win is temporarily up. i suspect it will be kicking up in the next few hours. 62, the cu

. >> local 12, rich jaffe, joins local 12 news. rich. >> it's important to point out, management is not involved and what police are calling a clear rental scam. it was taking place in one of their townhouses in the last couple of weeks. >>> ads were running on craig's list. 3 bedroom townhouse for $650 a month. when interested potential rentals showed up, they were shown the townhouse. this young woman toured the february. we're not identifying her because the suspect is not in custody. >> he actually knew a lot. he said he replaced a brand-new water heater, brand-new dishwasher, there was an alarm system. he knew everything about the apartment. and have new carpet laid. >> and he was going to give $1100. she couldn't get a hold of the rental guy and the keys. she came back saw some work to be done and talked to the neighbor. >> the neighbor told us, we were the second individual already that morning that was supposed to be moved in and the guy changed his number. >> when i spoke to the manager, as soon as they heard what was going on, they took down the craig's list post and met with

to move. they gave the owner, 30 days to fix the problem in the they will keep an eye on that. rich jaffe, local 12 news. brad. >> brad albert, the easiest solution to keep mold out of your home, is to keep humidity above to 50 percent >> and man is sitting in jail accused in a child porn case. 50-year-old phillip holmes is accused of posting videos on-line and downloading child porn on the internet. they alerted the butler sheriff office, to what the man is accused of doing. the sheriff office has no evidence holmes produced any images himself. the sheriff office say >> hey, there, happy st. patrick's day. we will see a great evening on tap. we have some cumulus clouds. temperatures right now, in the lower 60s at the airport. 62 for harrison. lower 60s for georgetown as well. about 61 in mazeville. a very mild night on tap. the wind speeds, little bit breezy. you could expect the winds to still stay a little bit breezy in the next couple of hours. bit and we'll be less breezy tonight. we're dry on radar. we have been seeing what's called vir ga, precipitation that falls from the clouds.

. >> private ceremony at notre dame academy in park hills. rich jaffe. >> and katie stewart made an impression on everyone who knew her. they are talking about how tough it is to process what happened. >>> katie stewart was a 2012 graduate of notre dame academy. ironically the slogan in her yearbook, it's not the end. it's only the beginning. besides her smiling picture, the now those who knew her are not so sure. >> she had a lot of life in her. a lot of goodness. >> when katie graduated, larry cale was the school's principal. thinking of her now, brings a smile. >> she thought something, she will bring it to you. she was not afraid to talk to adults and challenges things and question them. i think that, you know, she was respected for that. >> according to officials, she was hiking in the nature run, when she slipped and fell from her death. repelling, and responding rescue crews couldn't do anything to save her. when a boat was used to carry her body out. the boat capsized and all the firefighters made it to safety. and she was expected to graduate soon. she worked in a local ice cream shop

terror, it could have been much worse, if not for the quick actions of the resource officer. rich jaffe talks to that officer in his first interview, that's ahead on local 12 news at 6:00. our temperatures on the rise and we're kicking off a workweek with much more spring-like temperatures, how high it will climb in your no wait weather. >> good afternoon, john. highly filtered sun for the remainder of the afternoon. it will remain mostly cloudy, filtered star light this evening. mid 60s. no rain, no thunderstorms, dry air wins out. we will have some returns showing up on precision doppler hd. i suspect that will be rain that's evaporating before it reaches the ground. a mostly cloudy sky with temperatures falling back down through the 50s. at least some precipitation in the ohio valley, but this precipitation near connorsville is not reaching the ground. along interstate 70 and especially to the west of indianapolis, that's rain. but there's individual cluster of rains moving to the northeast and not towards the tri-state. the temperature 58 now in wilmington. 59 at the international a

. >> the school resource officer, who got the young gunman talked with our rich jaffe. rich. >> besides being a deputy for 30 years and now an sro, kent hall has been in the madison township, for 35 years. regardless of how much he's seen, done or trained for. he told me today, the shooting of the school, was one of the things people believed but can't happen here. . >> happened so fast. >> you get to the cafeteria, have kids on the ground. >> butler county deputy, kent hal walked off the cafeteria, when 14-year-old, austin hancock allegedly opened fire on his . >> door is open. entered the castia. seen several kids lying on the ground and at that point, you know, the minister, knew he was coming. i had to make a decision, you know, jug the kids. look out the right-hand side. look at the door. see the kid spreading. >> paul followed his active shooter training. >> the direction he would be travelling. parked my car, ran into the area. made myself known. sure enough, he laid down. >> and they should learn, should train and plan for the worst. this one here, you know, the worst possible i

going to sit in the jail until the next judge hears his case. at the hamilton county courthouse, rich jaffe, local 12 thus. >> the next judge that rich is talking about, richard bernath and the next schedule hearings is thursday morning at 9:00. >>> search for the ashes destroyed by fire leads to a sad discovery. crews discovered the body. neighbor recorded the video of the intense flames after 3:30. they tell us the woman who was killed, used an oxygen tank to help him breath. the coroner says the fire burned her beyond recognition. >> this is one of the worst fires as far as the victim, how we found her. >> the victim's son, escaped the fire. he made it out okay. she was in the hospital treated for burns. scene >> bb gun, and they carried the search yesterday afternoon, with the consent. and 20 witnesses identified hancock as one who open fire at madison senior high school on monday. four students hurt are recovering. ham hancock is held on charges of attempted murder. >>> he threatened to hurt another student today. the union township police arrested the boy. he goes to amellia school in

. >> wilmington, rich jaffe, local 12 news. >> clinton county was there at the time. bailiff works for the juvenile court judge and remains on. and the ohio's criminal investigation, is finishing a report on the case. attorney general already appoint >> they grow out of their . >> esquire, for don cheadles. it starts at 6:00 and after party at the transsept apr. proceeds benefitting the film commission. >> and about the cincinnati street car. mayor john cranley will stop the street car from running heritage they think it would interfere. the transportation committee okayed the restrictions. five of the seven events will take the two year test and have to apply again. will ride the street car in september. >>> children grow out of clothing way too fast. >> some take the cash. and that's why a local father and mother of three children. and sheila gray introduces us to la fada. >> if you bought these babies clothe s clothes, you would pay over $300. >> parents could buy and sell children's clothing. >>nd a la tada is a new market. >> it's really about convenience. for the parents that wou

. >> in union township, rich jaffe, local 12 news. >> township officials bought two of the buildings and demolished them, turning them to green space. both of the properties were sold to developers. >> so we have some stuff heading, but not tonight, right? >> it is shortly after midnight. we have chances for a couple of showers. and then as we move for the morning hours, we get cold enough, that some wet, big flakes will mix in. i think it will look a lot worst, falling from the clouds. and we will have a coating with some portions of the local viewing area, grassy areas and cars throughout the morning. any issues on the roads, other than it being wet. right now looking live from the weather camera. sunsets have been gorgeous the last few nights, the clouds around. we have high clouds now. we are pretty sunny. we will take a look at temperatures, where we're still 5-7 degrees above normal. we're 63 in georgetown. mid-50s for hillsborough. airport checking in at 58. 57 in harrison. and we're going to see another really nice evening. and you'll be able to feel the chill in the air. we'

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year-old taylor force studied the army combat veteran was attacked in a popular tourist spot yesterday in jaffe. a palestinian terrorists also luned wounded 12 others. the terrorist was shot and killed by police. >>> an illegal immigrant of mexico suspected of five murders in kansas and missouri is under arrest. the manhunt for serrano-victorino is over. it ended early this morning in eastern missouri. police believe he killed a man in central missouri after shooting four others to death at his neighbor's home monday in kansas. it's unclear if he knew the victims or what the motive was. >>> the justice department is investigating the fbi agents involved in a traffic stop that led to the death of one of the occupiers of an oregon wildlife refuge. robert lavoy finicum was shot and killed by oregon state police as he reached for a weapon. the fbi agents who were on the scene never disclosed they fired two shots that missed. file past the casket of former first lady nancy reagan today and tomorrow. mrs. reagan will lie in repose at the ronald reagan presidential library in simi valley, california.

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. >> joining us live in the studio is george jaffe, director of international relations at university of cambridge it will thank you very much for coming in. >> you're welcome. >> the u.n. backed government has just arrived in tripoli. there are reports of some trouble in the capital. does it look as though this government will be ail to establish its presence there? >> it has sport of the militias of misrata. there is support for it in tripoli within the government of the original government that goes back to 2012. so in a sense, we still don't know, but it's not completely impossible for it to be able to establish itself. >> could we see an increase in violence in the capital as a result of the arrival of faya saraj, could it cause even more volatility? >> it already has, not necessarily because of the threat of the new government arriving but for other reasons. it could morph against a threat to itself. some elements inside tripoli are opposed to it. it is quite clear that the leadership of the original assembly is opposed to it too as is part of the government inside tripoli. so t

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11th for the status update. tcb is clearly hoping to do enough of the conditions in the unit. rich jaffe, local 12 news >> >>. >> some say they are cautiously optimistic much and are hopeful the company could become a model for other property owners. >> the judge declares a mistrial, in the case of a man, accused of stabbing a woman in the wheelchair. after jail records showed, andrew has been off the medication for several months. and he pleaded not guilty in the january 15th stabbing. he killed patricia in rose lawn where he was living. a man was also stabbed and seriously hurt in the attack. kimbro will go to a health >> and a man is going to prison for sex charges involving children. police arrested harry, after a butler grand jury indicted him on seven counts of gross imposition. he faces charges of performs sex acts with children. and he pleaded guilt last month, the judge gave him five years in prison. >>> police have a few clues when it com toifying a man to robbed a man downtown. this man handed at the key bang on 4th street. the suspect has a tear drop tattoo under his left eye

. >> private ceremony at notre dame academy in park hills. rich jaffe. >> and katie stewart made an impression on everyone who knew her. they are talking about how tough it is to process what happened. >>> katie stewart was a 2012 graduate of notre dame academy. ironically the slogan in her yearbook, it's not the end. it's only the beginning. besides her smiling picture, the

were all actually putting down deposits on the same unit, over and over again. ahead at 5:30, rich jaffe has the story you will only see on local 12 news. >> hard line by gay rights organizations. fort thomas researchers wrote a bill on same-sex marriages. and coming at 6:00, joe webb will show us how the leaders in the city of covington is pushing back. i'll be back with rob braun with more. >> and take a look at the traffic. told you this on i-71, and they have moved the traffic. traffic is moving in all lanes southbound. that is good news. we may have more issues. as we approach 450, wet on the actually, 71-75, cut-in-hill. volume of traffic. and this is 71 at montgomery road at kenwood. vol volume of traffic. and that won't be the case with hundreds and thousands of people getting let out of work momentarily. plenty of rain showing up. within the last 15 minutes, we won't see the brighter echoes. spots where we have moderate to at times moderate rain. blanchester, wilmington, 71, 75. same thing for boone, canton. and if you're not seeing rain there, you will momentarily. all the clus

. >> the school resource officer, who got the young gunman talked with our rich jaffe. rich. >> besides being a deputy for 30 years and now an sro, kent hall has been in the madison township, for 35 years. regardless of how much he's seen, done or trained for. he told me today, the shooting of the school, was one of the things people believed but can't happen here. . >> happened so fast.

serious complex in the cherry grove area, is getting new life. we've told you many times about rich jaffe will take a look at the future of pickdilly and the problematic president. >> murder charges expected to be filed in the man accused of beating 16-year-old hailey hall. teenager died of injuries yesterday. and coming up at 6:00, will tell you about how her presented accused of the crime. >>> it's slow going. not as slow going as this afternoon. and it was -- trying to figure out what was going on. on qusly, trust was -- obviously, trust was hit. and paula got caught. >> beautiful day. >> may have been a -- had a little more. in for chilling. >> and the next few days, will be back closer to average. will take time for the cooler air to return. we have a front and partly cloudy, between sunrise and sunset. while you're sleeping, don't be surprised to hear the thunder, seeing some lightning out the window. materialize. we get the leftovers on what is probably a busy night back in the mississippi valley. we get it. and i promise, the forecast and am here to deliver in the 70 at 6:00. and

ready to close. the question becomes, why and what will happen to all the people who count on it. rich jaffe, coming up next on local 12 news. >> another fridaynd lent. dozen of fish fry. and almost all are on friday nights. local 12, joe webb, found a unique lunchtime fish frye in northern kentucky. it's a business that draws a big >>> in combat, dogs save lives. they charge poor gunfire and attack poor explosives. they save the life of jamie hash much and how the purple heart recipient is bringing his mission to help dogs in cincinnati. >> and a new york man spent half of his life in prison for a murder he didn't commit. >> as lori chunk reports, he's been cleared, released and reunited with his family j andre hatchette, revealing the first days in prison. >> i feel good. i'm glad i'm free. i just want to stay with my family. >> a judge who overturned the conviction in a beating death of a woman, whose body was found. the only evidence in the case, eyewitness testimony of a man who first told police, someone the first suspect was in jail at the time of the killing and couldn't have done it

local 12's rich jaffe has a story you'll see only on local 12. 3 the seminar going on friday 3 the training continues this evening at seven with a free showing of a film called...."faith under fire." it's about the 19-80 shootings at first baptist church in daingerfield texas.jimmy meeks says if people still want to attend tomorrow they will make room.for information you can go to our website, local 12 dot com, for a link. 3 with erica talking about the possibility of snow tomorrow morning... this may come as a surprise... but spring officially starts sunday. spring begins at 12-30 sunday morning.that's the exact moment of the vernal equinox. that's when the sun's rays are directly over the equator.but while the calendar may say spring... winter will not be going away quietly.a snowstorm could hit portions of the mid- atlantic and northeast on sunday... and as much as a foot of snow is possible in some areas, especially new england. 3 clouds move in. the disturbance in missouri is what will move east. this will eventually hit the ground. it will take its time. after midnight, we'll introduc

show up to court and won't fix the home that's deteriorating ahead of them. tenants will ask rich jaffe to investigate. >>> yeah, of course, we'll be back with rob at 5:00. >> see you then. thanks very much. >> traffic outside, dixie highway, and. it's nice and dry this afternoon. it is really pleasant, for a chance to get outside >> last couple of hours, relatively quiet. not the case early in the afternoon. video of a tornado, that occurred today, in the northwestern part of the montgomery county. we saw the debris on radar. trouble maker, came through franklin county, in the western part of but the lower county. >> is that debris >> that's debris >> we can tell, that debris was being locked 5 thousand feet above the ground. the national weather service is surveying damage. they will be the ones to determine what the strength of this tornado was. there may have been a couple of different, few different tornadoes up there. they are doing the damage survey now. we expect to have the results tonight or this evening, when they wrap it up. so while it's light outside, there will be looking

. >> and many of us remember the terrible evening. today, rich jaffe returned to moscow, where you could still >> the trees in moscow still show signs of the storm, four years later. debris remains clinging to the branches, like the ugly reminder, of the recollection of the night. >> it was like a war zone, almost. trees laying everywhere. my mom's garage was gone. the outside garage was gone. we just seen -- i mean we couldn't really get too far because of the debris and stuff, you know around us. >> the twister jumped across the river, flattening houses and bringing one home lethally down a village resident. even today, some of the old bureau hows remain empty with their scars easy to see. many have the shadows of the evening buried in the foundations. green space growing in its and it came here in 52. as our photographer and i were walking up here. this place literally looked like there was a bomb. and the joaquin introduced us to shell-shocked neighbors. james tullen survived the storm in their house. others didn't fair nearly as well. >> i miss the houses, and a lot of people we use

. >> in butler county, rich jaffe, local 12 news. >> rich has much more on the exclusive interview with kent coming at 6:00. hall explains the difference between his critical thinking as a fire chief and as a deputy, moments he arrived in the cafeteria and saw injured students. panic, attempted murder. >>> fire killed six people in an atlantic boarding house. two men died at the blaze. and when fire crews arrived, the flames were shooting through the roof. the home collapsed on itself. they are trying to figure out what caused the fire. >>> tough questions today for the director of the cincinnati sewer district. hamilton county commissioner grilled checko more than $22 million, lower mill creek sewer project. and they are under way, hundreds of millions of tax dollars have been misspent. overbudget. cost. the decision was made when the project was first started. >> what is not included, what was not included in 2009. it was clearly outlined what should be part of the budget. i'm not saying that we cannot should have been? >> he said 19 msp projects are on time and on schedule. >> we're

. >> been four years since mother nature tried to blow the community off the map. i'm rich jaffe. i was here that evening. ley tell you about the community's recovery coming up in the local 12 news. >> in the aftermath of super tuesday and which one may be ready to call it a day. this is local 12 news, live at 5:00. >>. >>> there were a lot of parents hugging their kids. you sensed the emotion in the being dropped off. >>> students returned to school two days after a 14-year-old boy shot classmates in the high school cafeteria. madison staff, gave them a welcome. >> and larry davis joins us live from the school with the efforts to at least try to return to a normal routine, larry. >> things went better than expected today. matter of fact, superintendent says, we had a good day. matter of fact, he said, not that many students stayed away from school. and not that many asked for counselling. >>> there were high fives this morning as students returned to class. staff members greeted them on buses. there was increased community around the campus. monday's shooting shook the sense of securit

it' s only spring training but yesterday tampa bay rays outfielder jaff decker made one fantastic catch. angela: it happened when the rays were playing against the atlanta braves. in the bottom of the sixth, decker chases down the fly ball and makes a leaping grab before crashing into the wall. he takes away the home run and also takes the souvenir away from a young fan. despite this amazing catch it wasn' t enough to help the rays. they end up loosing to the braves, five to zero. that was quite the catch. a steady stream of voters today. should wait in line. >> my husband was a good man. for the first time the wife of a wi angela: right now at 5:30, a live picture as presidential candidates prepare to move on to the next step in their campaigns. polls in central florida close in about 90 minutes. wesh two' s dave mcdaniel is live at one of the polling places and joins us live dave. reporter: we' re at the elections supervisors headquarters on kaley, it' s a polling place, and a spot where a steady stream of cars have been dropping off absentee ballots that never made it into the mail,

video, has been in jail since friday and will stay there until at least thursday. as local 12 rich jaffe reports, change in the judge handling the change. rich. >> that's exactly right, rob. this case still in the infancy has the potential to be the next social media persecution case. : did charles harold get unfairly targeted by police. and what shows up on the video shot. did harold say nasty things on the facebook page. and will charles herrel to the city of cincinnati and the city police department. : it shows a cincinnati police officer on a bike. and the officer says he noticed the smell of marijuana. herrel allegedly walked across the street. recorder shows him walking with

need. major problems in the tiny village of richmond. now the alleged dealer is now behind bars. rich jaffe will talk to people in the community at 5:30, who are no doubt feeling a sense of relief. >>> a story of young father after some devastating decisions. justin bursell killed his best friend. after paying his dues in prison, he's now trying to keep young people from making the same tragic mistakes. it's a powerful story you will only see on local 12 news. that's coming up at 6:00. >> taking a look at the traffic, on 275. >> oh, it's 757. >> 75. >> washington hills viaduct >> i want to stay in and see if >> you may have to wait until tomorrow to get your coffee. >> or at least 8:00. >> she may have to sleep. >> watch local 12 news tonight. once you have the cup of coffee, you could have it with brad. >> most if not all is coming at 7:00. let me show you why. back at you, rain is approaching in the far we were part of the tri-state, individual clusters of rain are moving to the east, 40-45 miles an hour. have a lot more time with rain and showers in the tri-state. we have some rain in th

gets stranger and stranger. he was asked to step down because of comments he made on facebook. rich jaffe will have more at 6:00. >>> kylie bradley says he believes in miracles. he's the local 5th grader diagnosed in october with the same brain cancer lauryn hill have. why doctors may be believing in miracles, too >> we'll look forward to that. >> what's the latest on kylie. we'll have it today. >> see you at 5:00. >> taking a look at the traffic, things are moving smoothly and why not. >> lots of sun right now, huh. >> >>. >> rain on our parade. >> and get back to the unsettled pattern. and late thursday, plenty of rain on the way. it could be soaking rain during in the afternoon and evening. this is probably not a good forecast for those planning on being sunny. at least shatters at a thupd. it will be warm, relative to average. bad side, waves of rain, coming through this weekend, including sunday morning into sunday afternoon. let's look at the atrium weather cams. all of them, unless you like dew point 44. temperatures 72. no rain in the bucket today. same goes for college hill. lots

. >> and they were wrong. in blue ash, rich jaffe, local >> all the staff members at the senior center, have been offered jobs in the communities. programs like meals on wheels will continue for the sycamore members. a meeting will be held next wednesday, to give members a chance to ask questions and to try to connect with other facilities. >>> man returns home to a horrifying scene. he found a fiancee and her daughter dead from an apparent murder-suicide. police believe, 54-year-old, barbara bush, shot and killed the 34-year-old, developmentally disabled daughter cynthia and turned the gun on herself last night. william bird told the dispatcher, he left the home around 9:00. when he returned, he found the mother and daughter dead in the basement. >> no one is responding. no one is moving. >> no one is moving. i see a lot of blood and a firearm. >> police say bush left a note that said, life was too family members say she was suffering from depression. >> police identify a man found dead in a car early this morning. they say 18-year-old, jay la knight was shot to death. neighbors found

local 12's rich jaffe looks at the major changes, tonight at 6. now local 12 news... >>> 35 degrees i'm sheila gray. good morning to you. it is time for a local 12 traffic alert. >> bob: it hasn't been bad on the roads. a couple of alert signs the same 2 we have had for pushing i would say 30, 40 money us. buttermilk has never shown to be much of anything. it is not in our camera view. there is nothing out there to suggest that traffic has been slowed down at all because of an accident in that area. we go further north look at the cut in the hill. it is wide open. it is nothing which is really good news for you as you are getting ready to head out the door. the other class close to clear. elsewhere interstate wide that sunshine causing delays on the north bound side of 75. that is a whole lot better. look at that. it's cleared out in the lock land split. sheila back to you. we are following breaking news in liberty township. fire crews on the scene of a barn fire near the intersection with cincinnati dayton road. what we know is that a call came i

why lawyers for the woman called jaffe in the story say she should not have to testify in lawsuits againsthe magazine. our legal panel weighs in on that mess. and a fast-moving fire in los angeles. we tell you what caused this terrible blaze. >> ♪ you're not gonna watch it! ♪ ♪ no, you're not gonna watch it! ♪ ♪ we can't let you download on the goooooo! ♪ ♪ you'll just have to miss it! ♪ yeah, you'll just have to miss it! ♪ ♪ we can't let you download... uh, no thanks. i have x1 from xfinity so... don't fall for directv. xfinity lets you download your shows from anywhere. i used to like that song. jon: some scary moments in south la. >> look, there's someone in there. jon: of us pressing into three other vehicles. the collision sparked a fire in one car that then spread to the bus. the flames were put out quickly but seven people injured, two of them now in critical condition. heather: thank you john. it was an article meant to highlight the problem with sexual assault on college campuses. before her virginity and telling rolling stone she was gang raped at her fraternity party on campus i