which could shut down the entire city -- nearly two feet. john gumm it's a devastating storm. >> it is a big one. looking at snow measured in feet guys. we measured in inches. we're getting a snow fall totals. a lot of these are older. we picked up more snow overnight. those are old reports. we've picked up more snow. four inches at the airport. we got a burst of snow overnight up to 1.2 inches of snow. generally as you went west a sharp and i mean racer sharp cut off just about a half inch -- razer sharp. we've added snow since then. here's the weather warning. wind down this is precision doppler 12 h.d. and you can see around the go 75 loop note a whole lot happening now. flurries possible but light snow possible even a few flakes flying in marysville area. over the next couple hours you're going to continue to see snow fall off to the east of cincinnati. it's going to be very light and adding trace amounts. so not much more as we sit on the edge of this massive winter storm. skies are going to clear out along and to the west of i-75. things won't be as cold sunday so the rest of the

3 want to start with a first check of your forecast.here's meterologist john gumm. 3 local 12's brandon orr joins us *live* from northern 3 3 jen dalton looking at tri-state roadsi-75 is clear 3 flags are 3 flying at half- staff in knox county, ohio this morning... after a police officer was found dead late sunday night. fallen danville police officer thomas cottrell is being remembered by a black stripe over officer's badge.there is a growing memorial outside of the municipal building in danville.. with flowers and notes.cottrell is remembered by his co- workers as the type of officer the community wanted roaming their streets. 3 (dan weckesser/danville police chief) (:00) "tom was a, he's a dedicated officer and he ... he always asked me if, you know, if i needed help. (:07) (:17) we're a small department, short-handed all willing to come out any time i asked." (:24)cottrell was a little league coach.. a friendly officer.. and most importantly, a dad.the law they're getting a lot of support from the community. 3 pete rose is still banned from baseball.but he is not longer on the outsi

now let's go to john gumm with a check on your forecast. 3 we expect to learn more today about a deadly officer- involved shooting in west price hill.a news conference is set for 11 o'clock this morning.local 12's perry schaible joins us *live* in the newsroom with the latest details. 3 we do know both officers involved in this deadly shooting are part of the cincinnati police department. their names have not yet been released. both are on administrative leave this morning, which is standard procedure in situations like this one. we also expect to killed. police say the man robbed the walgreens on glenway avenue around eight last night, then went across the street and robbed the deals store.two officers spotted him a short time later at rapid run and sunset. the man allegedly reached into his wasteband and pulled what appeared to be a weapon. that's when one or both of the officers opened fire. that's a piece of this puzzle investigators are trying to figure out. sheila...back to you. 3 local 12 will be at the press conference. we'll bring you the latest information as soon as it become

here's meterologist john gumm. 3 we expect to learn more today about a deadly officer- involved-shooting in west price hill.police say a man robbed the walgreens on glenway avenue around eight last night, then went across the street and robbed the deals store.two officers spotted the man at rapid run and sunset a short time later. they say he went to pull what appeared to be a weapon, and one or both officers opened fire, killing the man.the names of the suspect or the officers have not been more at a news conference set for 11 this morning. 3 new this morning -- 17 are dead after isis attacks a shopping mall in baghdad last night. the neighborhood turned into an urban war zone at rush hour with helicopters overhead and snipers taking positions on rooftops.a gun battle raged for almost two hours. officials say that most of the deaths happened because of a car bomb that iniitiated the attack.more than 40 people were hurt. 3 in more local news ...the state of ohio may address a spike in the number of women going to prison by focusing on alternatives to time behind bars.that number is incre

here's meterologist john gumm. 3 3 we're tracking down details about the case of fallen firefighter patrick wolterman...he was killed last week in a hamilton house fire. now we've learned police had been called to the house on pater avenue four times since 2011. once for a residential alarm.. and once a car was damaged. last july the people who live there filed a report saying they were threatened. .. then things were stolen from the home in november.the initial call to the house for last week's fire came after the burglar alarm was tripped. and investigators call the fire an arson. hamilton police are offering a 10- thousand dollar reward for information that leads to an arrest in the case. 3 a nice surprise for a little girl whose home was destroyed by a fire - along with her dolls. cailyn willoughby's home in covington caught fire tuesday night. the fire destroyed the house on mackoy street and all of cailyn's six ray heard about the dolls being destroyed so she decided to give one to cailyn. they met last night and kailey gave cailyn a doll named saige. 3 kailey ray: "it feels really go

just a moment.but first we want to start with a first check of your forecast.here's meterologist john gumm. 3 3 3 3 the final republican presidential debate.... before the iowa caucuses went on as scheduled -- and without donald trump.in the absence of trump, candidates tried to take a more civil tone with their counterparts on the stage. at one point cruz went after the moderators.. saying they were trying to bait candidates into attacking one another.still -- the canidates did clash over differences on immigration, leadership, and electability. 3 (gov. chris christie/(r) presidential candidate): (:59) "there is no reason why you can't stand for principles, go and fight for them, and be able also to have to get things done in government." (sen. rand paul/(r) presidential candidate): "i don't think you have to give up your liberty for a false sense of security."(gov. john kasich/(r) presidential candidate): "there's three lanes, there's the establishment lane, the anti- establishment lane and the kasich lane. and the reason is i've been a reformer all of my career." (1:20)some of the candi

meterologist john gumm. 3 3 one and a half billion dollars. at least three people are waking up the winner of that jackpot this morning.the numbers are 4, 8, 19, 27, 34 and the powerball is 10.people were in a ticket buying frenzy.. but the odds are against you.the american have a better chance of being elected president than winning the jackpot. 3 this morning.. there are three million dollar winners in kentucky.kentucky lottery officials say three players matched all five white ball winning numbers.we'll know later today where the winning tickets were sold.there are also reportedly million- dollar ticket winners in ohio and indiana.if you have a one million dollar ticket.. lottery officials say to sign the back and call lottery officials after 8 a- m.we have that number on our website. just head to local 12 dot com.. and click on this story. 3 sot reporter: how do you feel that the winning ticket was sold here? sot clerk: i'm just, a, it's my pleasure. i'm very proud and i'm really excited too!but three tickets win 500-million dollars ... th

just a moment.but first we want to start with a first check of your forecast.here's meterologist john gumm. 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 community leaders have been working toward the goal of reducing child poverty in our city. this morning they will be hearing from a national thought leader on the issue of poverty. local 12's megan moore joins us live at the united way of greater 3 that breakfast will begin at 8:30 this morning here at united way and those in attendance will get to hear from robert doar.he is currently the morgridge fellow in poverty studies at the american enterprise institute. a little background about him his areas of research include employment, health, education and community participation of low income americans and their children. doar studies and evaluates how free enterprise and improved federal policies and programs can reduce poverty and provide opportunities for those in need.the child poverty collaborativewhich was created by mayor john cranley is hosting the breakfast this morning. local 12 has been investigating our city's crisis for awhile. more than four out of 10 child

i'll tell you what, we've been all over the tri-state and john gumm hit the nail on the head. i want not about how much. you conker? he conley considers. it's all about the timing. he mentioned visibility as well. the main problem with visibility that we've seen out on the roads is being able to tell what lane you're in. it's shifting. several parts right now we're driving on an overpass and you can see a little slicker. the stuck is sticking a little more promptly. they're moving a little slower on the other end once you get to the 32 exit. you're starting to see that backup stretching further back than it typically does for your morning commute. cars are -- cars are backed up all the way to that 32 exit. so slow moving. we've also seen some people out here that are quite frankly not respecting the snow. let me just tell you, folks, before you head out. respect the snow. drive slow. i'm a poet and i didn't even know it. we're approaching the 5-mile exit. we're going to get off at the 5-mile exit and show you a little like. if you're heading out, stay safe, overpasses. keep a

the police are tweeting that, even though john gumm says that the pavement temperatures are above freezing. this is one spot where we might be watching for icy conditions, and we had an accident at thompson road where they're saying that the a car went off the roadway because of ice. due use caution in that area. we will continue to update you on that. no other problems, at division, as we look at the interstates, so far not too bad out there, at the most the typical spot. we are not seeing any major con jetion. we will congestion. we will continue to keep you updated, you might want to leave earlier. >>> with the number of heroin over doses is skyrocketing, we are seeing more and more. >>> what happened at children's hospital is evidence of that. and megan moore is live with the megan? >> reporter: indeed, parents father here at children's hospital yesterday with their baby girl, and they both overdosed on airn heroin. their 7-month-old just feet away from them when it happened. the daughter was apparently here. so doctors could work on her trachea. the mother was found dead on the hospit

the sky could make it seem dreary today. there is a warm-up in our future. here is meteorologist john gumm in your no wait weather. cloudy gray is skies over downtown cincinnati and it is only 29 degrees. a little bit of a breeze to the southwest makes it feel like 24 these clouds are going to be tough to break. we're seeing some thinning of the cloud deck back into western indiana, by later today, some locations may see some peeks of sun. 29 now. 34 by 5:00 and then we're back down to the freezing point at 9:00 with skies mostly cloudy. coming up we'll talk about chilly temperatures on the way, but if you hold out to the weektd weekend, it is going to get a lot warmer. more details on how warm we get and when we can expect some rain to reenter the forecast. >> you know nothing beats a good children's book. one local father got tired of reading the same old books to his kids over and over again. he wrote oscar the penguin, it started out as a class project design and ended up as his own piece of published literature. >> i think that's the main reason i even did it though. i didn't really d

begin to cheer out this afternoon and we should see a rebound in temperatures. here is meteorologist john gumm with your no wait weather. >> we're starting up pretty cold this afternoon. 10 degrees roughly. the viewing area kind of split with clouds and with sun in downtown cincinnati. this is the atrium medical center weather camera. a few breaks in the clouds. 37 at the airport. mostly cloudy out there and the wind in from the west, northwest at 10 miles per hour giving us wind chills in the low 30s. upper 30s, carrollton, vevay sunshine. nothing showing up on radar, flurries, snow showers from early this morning have left and you can see the clear skies southwest of cincinnati and the clouds from cincinnati to points northeast, temperatures in the 40 degrees as we see a gradual clouds. 33 degrees by around 9:00 tonight. coming up in weather at 12:18, we'll talk about a very warm end in january coming up this weekend, how high temperatures go and then we turn our attention to stormy weather into next week. even an outside chance of for severe weather, we'll time that out and talk about a ret

here's meterologist john gumm. 3 3 local12's adam clements is keeping an eye on road conditions.he's on i-275 3 the first man 3 convicted of manslaughter in warren county in connection to a drug overdose death is expected to learn his punishment today.austin wells will be sentenced for involuntary manslaughter and corrupting another with drugs. wells gave ryan patrick what he thought was heroin back in january of last year.it was actually a batch of cocaine laced with the powerful painkiller, fentanylpatrick overdosed and died. 3 there were months of build-up for tracie hunter's high- profile trial.but it was over almost as soon as it started yesterday.and that came as a surprise to almost everyone, but the judge in the case. judge norbert nadel presided then, he's retired.local12's angela ingram explains why the prosecution's decision to drop the charges did not shock him. 3 in an instant... a high profile retrial set to start today... was over.special prosecutors dropping eight felony charges against suspended judge tracie hunter. nats/ 1:30:33 "to god be the glory" 3 it caught man

. >>> john gumm was telling us earlier. we're starting a little break in the snow this morning. >>> and john, what does it look like now? >> that's exactly right, guys, there's a break coming to the of the day has been light. lighter snow with imimpedded embedded showers, those run from sharonville to wood lawn. you can see the heavier showers, indicating the snow is coming down a little better, along loveland, out to the east, light snow stretching from wilmington to the hillsborough toward adams county, along maizeville across northern kentucky. you get coming into the break that. over the next few hours, waive -- wave number one of the snow showers moves east, wave number two begins to arrive after 8:00, a well timed break coming in as we move toward the morning peak morning rush. they issue this little snow, because of the timing of it coming in the morning, they went ahead and did it. they gave everybody a heads up. there's a look at down. 31, this is as warm as it will be all day. temperatures will fall in the 24 by th

afternoon. wind makes it feel even chillier. expect some cloud clearing though. here is meteorologist john gumm weather. >> actually air temperatures are going to be a whole lot warmer than what they were yesterday. part of the reason for that, we are seeing sunshine across the city of cincinnati. this is the view from college hill and you can see broken high thin clouds on the atrium weather center camera. temperatures in the upper 30s to around 40 degrees. the airport, lunken and hamilton all at 40. 37 at wilmington and 39 batavia. winds are gusting over 20 miles per hour at times. the wind chills are still in the 20s to low 30s. nothing is showing up on radar around here. clouds from this morning are moving out of the picture. we'll see some sunshine, there's another disturbance dropping in from wisconsin that will bring a chance for a shower. with increasing clouds and a chance for a shower late this afternoon into the evening. it may mix with a few flakes of snow as we dip back into the upper 30s. coming up in weather, it is going to get colder before it gets warmer, a big january fall ext

. >> reporter: good afternoon. john gumm pointed out it was essentially like we drove to milwaukee this morning. no one 1 wants to drive to milwaukee. it doesn't look great, but conditions aren't that bad. on 75 southbound just north of 27 275 and that extended a while. we got off at union center and center. you may want to think about finding an alternate route like we are going to do. the story of the morning has been kind of hit or miss spots, parts of 75 looked fine. other parts still looked like they were a mess, it really just depends on what part of town you're travelling through. here in westchester, you can see the slop right here. then the closer you get to 75 and the entrance ramps to the interstate, it looks a little bit better. now that the snow is moving out, i think we'll be in pretty decent -- excuse me, i tropical microphone here. as we were wrapping up our morning coverage. >> thank you for that firsthand look there. megan moore is out in clermont county. megan, i know the snow is slowly moving towards the east, is it still snowing where you are? >> reporter: very, ver

here's meterologist john gumm. 3 ((---gumm---))first wx 3 the tri-state 3 3 the hamilton county sheriff's office hopes a witness and surveillance video will lead them to the suspect in a deadly shooting.it happened outside the ameristop on compton road in mount healthy. police say a man walked up to a red pontiac and started shooting at the three people inside.one man was killed, another was hurt, and the bullets missed a third man.a perimeter was briefly set up near an apartment complex around the corner from the food mart but the suspect wasn't found. 3 "we don't believe they pose a threat at this point and time. we think it was related to the three individuals in that vehicle but we have a guy with a gun running around that obviously not afraid to use we would to get him off the streets as quickly as we can. " the third man was taken into custody to be questioned by police.but right now, investigators have not announced any arrests or further suspect information ... 3 happening today..six people are due in court after the heated rivaly between the bengals and steelers brought people's

here's meterologist john gumm. 3 right now.. there's a 25- hundred dollar reward for information that can help police track down the man wanted for a deadly hit and run.we've learned the suspect was already on police radar. thomas stidhum is wanted for the death of catherine chatfield. she was killed while running in the annual seven hills run last month.. police say stidhum was speeding up dorchester in mount auburn when he jumped ripped off his license plates.. and took off.. he was accused of running from a crime scene two weeks earlier.. when police say he crashed into a car driven by an 84-year old man. 3 "he doesn't have much regard for other people's safety. he never complied. the only reason he stopped running is because he was tired." stidhum was caught that time. but a grand jury ignored the charges. not this time.. stidhum faces several charges.. including aggravated vehicular homicide. if you can help police find him, call crime stoppers at 352-3040. 3 scammers are still using firefighter patrick wolterman's death to

here's meterologist john gumm. 3 millions of people from the mid-atlantic to the northeast are gearing up for a potentially crippling winter storm. blizzard watches are in effect for parts of the baltimore and d-c area just as another storm system created major traffic headaches yesterday. don champion has the latest from new york. 3 aerial of traffic)people in the d-c metro area got a bitter taste of what's to snow grounded traffic to a halt wednesday night.-nats- among those stuck in the mess -- president obama -- who endured an hour and 12-minute ride from andrews air force base back to the white house. -nats-crashslick roads led to collisions, pile up's and even spin outs:(sot alice berney/ driver) i thought as soon as i got on the road that it was going to be a bad idea. friday's monster storm is forecast to bring blizzard- like conditions to d-c, baltimore and surrounding areas...pummeling the area with 12 to 24 inches of snow. (sot mayor muriel bowser d- district of columbia) we're already asked for additional national guard vehicles, and we would be prepared to ask for personne

just a moment.but first we want to start with a first check of your forecast.here's meterologist john gumm. 3

here's meterologist john gumm. 3 3 it's easy to 3 become numb to reports of another heroin overdose death. but, what happened at children's hospital yesterday takes this epidemic to another level.local12's megan moore is live with us.. as a father gets ready to head to court.. 3 a mother and father from alabama were with their baby girl at cincinnati children's hospital when they both overdosed on heroin.the girl was just feet away ... the woman was found dead on the floor of her seven-month-old daughter's hospital room. the father, wesley landers was found with a syringe in his arm in the bathroom.he survived -- revived by the in jail. police say landers had a loaded gun in his pocket. he's not allowed to have one because of a prior conviction. 3 "it overrides and overtakes all your senses, all your common sense, all your thinking. nothing is important anymore.""heroin is so powerful, and so overwhelming that you just do the drug knowing that you could die." the seven-month girl was apparently at children's so doctors could work on her 3 the childs mother will undergo an autopsy this mor

here's meterologist john gumm. 3 a cincinnati police officer is on the other side of the law this morning ... accused of stealing. a grand jury indicted joseph simpson for theft in office. investigators are only saying that it happened while he was working an off-duty restaurant detail. simpson is suspended without pay. 3 keep people safe is waking up behind bars this morning... robert marshall is in charge of campus safety at thomas more college. investigators say he had child porn on his personal computer, and tried to hide it. students were surprised to hear that marshal is facing these serious charges. local12's angenette levy has the story. 3 robert marshall is in the kenton county jail.. facing 36 counts of possessing child pornography. police say they seized his computer from his home in latonia two years ago... after someone reported seeing the images.lt. colonel bryan steffen: "i can tell you that when detectives responded to his residence to seize the computer there was a software on it running that is designed to get rid of that type of material from those computers." marshall

here's meterologist john gumm. 3 3 with just days to go until the first votes are cast in the 2016 presidential campaign, the candidates will make their closing arguments to voters in iowa today. the final pitch started last night for the republicans. as marlie hall reports, donald trump wasn't there.. but he still dominated the debate. 3 -nats-with donald trump absent...his biggest rival, ted cruz, took center stage...becoming the target of the night:(sot cruz) "gosh, if you guys ask one more mean question i may have to leave the stage."some of the biggest fireworks came as the candidates sparred over illegal immigration.(sot bush immigration) we should have a path to legal status for the 12 million people that are here illegally(sot rubio) "you said on the issue of people who are here illegally we can want to trump trump on immigration."(sot ted cruz) "marco made the choice to go the direction of the major donors to support amnesty because he thought it was politically advantageous."with cruz in second place in iowa, and rubio in third... political analysts say the two men needed to stand out

here's meterologist john gumm. 3 3 the firing of six cleveland police officers marks the end of a three-year investigation. their badges were taken for their involvement in a 137-shot barrage that killed two unarmed people.. the city fired the officers yesterday, and suspended six others. the police department says they didn't have permission to get back in 2012. it started when they mistakenly thought an engine backfiring was gunfire. it ended with the deaths of timothy russell and malissa williams. the head of cleveland's police union calls the firings unbelievable. 3 "they put a hat together and just started pulling names out of the hat, until they got to the number that they thought was gonna be good enough to appease a certain segment of society."it's tragic that it went down this way, but at the end of the day, two people, high on crack cocaine, high on marijuana, one of them 3 intoxicated, made the decisions that they made and we responded to them." only one officer faced criminal charges for the incident.. the prosecutor said michael brelo stood on the hood of the car.. and fired rep

here's meterologist john gumm. 3 3 president obama travels to omaha and baton rouge today, one day after touting his presidential achievements and striking an optimistic tone for the future in his state of the union address.while many democrats characterized the speech as inspirational -- some republicans criticized the speech as being light on the issues. weijia jiang has reaction from washington. 3 -nat/sot-"i stand here as confident as i have ever been strong."in his seventh and final state of the union address, president obama aimed to set his legacy and focus on the future:(obama sot) the future we want -- opportunity and security for our families. // but it will only happen if we work together. // it will only happen if we fix our politics.the president spoke less about policy and more on changing washingtonadmitting he failed to bring the parties together.(obama sot) it's one of the few regrets of my presidency - that the rancor and suspicion between the parties has gotten worse instead of better.president obama did not mention any gop presidential candidates by name ... but warne

this morning.but first we want to start with a first check of your forecast.here's meterologist john gumm. 3 3 we have a *live* look at the roads.local 12's adam clements joins us now with a look at conditions. 3 3 morning.. david bowie has died after an 18- month battle with cancer.according to a short statement, bowie "died peacefully" yesterday "surrounded by his family and friends."his publicist didn't say what kind of cancer the singer was fighting.bowie had just released his 25-th album "blackstar" on friday.he was 69 years old. 3 in a sad coincidence.. a baby penguin.. born at the cincinnati zoo is named "bowie."the first zoo baby of the new year was named after the rock icon because it was hatched on friday.friday was david bowie's 69th birthday. baby "bowie" is also known as a blue or fairy penguin.there are now 33 little penguins at the cincinnati zoo. 3 the emotions are still running from anger to grief - to disbelief.most of you have seen the plays and the bengals the wildcard game.but just because you've seen them doesn't mean there won't be a lasting impact.there's plenty of

just a moment.but first we want to start with a first check of your forecast.here's meterologist john gumm. 3 the numbers are in -- and you didn't win.lottery officials say the 524-million dollar powerball jackpot had no winning tickets sold last night.the numbers are: 47, 2, 63, 62, 11 and the powerball the biggest in u.s. history. with no winners, the pot will keep growing and the next drawing will be saturday.right now.. the grand total is at 675 million dollars. 3 democrat martin o'malley has failed to qualify as a write-in candidate for ohio's presidential primary .. after he previously fell short of the signatures needed for his swing state's ballot. to be a write-in candidate for the march 15 primary, contenders were required to file a declaration of intent with ohio's elections chief by 4 o'clock on monday.o'malley missed the deadline. the former maryland governor's paperwork came in at about 8 a.m. tuesday. there is no appeals process under ohio law. 3 this week fairfield intermediate school students have been taking part in upstander week.. an anti- bullying initiative developed

here's meterologist john gumm. 3 ((---gumm---))first wx 3 3 the iowa caucuses are two weeks away.. and the smallest field so far took part in last night's republican presidential debate. the conversation got personal in charleston south carolina... cbs's weijia jiang has reports. 3 trump brought his birther argument against his closest rival to center stage, "in a debate on the fox business network."trump claims ted cruz isn't qualified to run for president because he was born to a u-s citizen on canadian soil.((sot exchange)) q: "why are you bringing this up now." trump: because now he's doing a little bit better. no, i didn't care before. it's true. cruz: i spent my career defending the u.s. constitution - i'm not gonna be taking legal advice from donald trump.((narr-2))but trump made no apologies for his tone - reubuffing criticism from the gop and south carolina governor nikki haley.((sot trump))"i'm angry because our country is a mess." ((narr-3)) cruz also took heat for failing to disclose a million dollar loan from goldman sachs used to finance his 2012 senate campaign.((sot

just a moment.but first we want to start with a first check of your forecast.here's meterologist john gumm. 3 we're already in the single digits with a wind chill well below zero. it's important to dress for the weather to stay safe. local 12's perry schaible is live in clifton heights with more on the cold weather. 3 it is definitely cold out biting. any exposed skin is stinging in seconds. i'm wearing several layers with ski pants and a thick jacket, hat and gloves. it's important to dress for the weather because in these temperatures frostbite can set in within minutes. according to mercy health - frostbite happens when the skin freezes in cold temperatures. it most commonly affects the extremities - so the ears, nose, fingers, toes, cheeks, and chin. the best way to prevent frostbite is to limit your time outdoors, dress in loose layers, protect your feet and toes with extra layers, fully cover your ears -- so yes, that's hats for kids - wear insulated gloves or mittens and drink plenty of warm, hydrating drinks. another possible issue on days falling on snow covered, icy sidewalks and

those top stories in just a moment.but first we want to start with a first check of meterologist john gumm. 3 jen dalton looking at tri-state roadsi-75 is clear in the cut-in-the-hill 3 school is back in sesson today in sebring, ohio after a water scare.e- p- a test results show two water fountains tested below federal allowable level.so right now.. the superintendent says they have off the water supply.there will be large plastic bags over water fountains that 3 toni viscounte, sebring schools superintendent:"we have bottled water as well. i bought thousands of bottles so that we're prepared, hand sanitizer, if they're not comfortable using the water. hopefully, that will alleviate parents' concerns."there was a council meeting last night with sebring neighbors and parents.the school superintendent sent out a call to all parents to let them know about the water testing. 3 you can drink some beer for a good cause today.west sixth brewing, stagnaro distributing, and goodfellas pizzeria are teaming up to support the non-profit, over-the-rhine community housing.the group will receive donation

here is john gumm. >>> cincinnati in the 20s, temperatures have been going up during the overnight hours, we're at 36 at the lufkin airport. and batavia at 27. wind are blowing, that south wind, that is producing windchills in the teens. be ready for a cold start as you venture out and about. we have been picking up returns, a snow flurry is possible for the start of the day. we will get a little clearing later this morning into this afternoon. 8:00 around 12:00, partly cloudy at noon, and the clouds roll back in later today. we will push around 40 degrees chance for rainshowers arriving late an and into the evening. one more cold day and hold after the weekend, because it's going to get a lot warmer around here. i will have a lot more on how warm it get, plus a look at when snow returns to the mix. >> reporter: a few minor things going on. just heard about an accident at browns run, and friends. we have a broken down report at beakman and colerain. we did clear the broken down that was in a bad spot and could have caused bad headaches, as you can see from the live look at the area, all

john gumm says it will be coming back for another round. so as we look at our interstates i want to show you that things look typical out there. they may be slower than normal. you may want to head out early. a lot of folks are concerned. all of the interstates are treated with salt. we are just seeing our typical delay set up in areas like 71 near the ronald reagan cross we have seen salt trucks going around the enter states and side roads. 237 an accident reported. i think we cleared this one 275 at blue rock an earlier problem. 275 to 74 eastbound we had an accident on the ramp there to watch out for. again our interstates right now look pretty typical. loaf a little bit early because things slower than normal. we are fine until the next round of snow pops in. >>> between waves second wave checking in. >>john: still seeing snow. nothing terribly heavy for most spots. there are heavier bursts of snow into northern clermont county. in indiana there is the second little avenue towards salem indiana. as we loop it into the next 2 hours no th

and meteorologist john gumm will share more on how this is going to affect the tri-state coming up. >>> it appears to be an ugly day on wall street as china's stock market ends sharply today. falling oil prices means slowing global growth, and the shanghai composite index, slowing down at 2.3%. yesterday major indices ended in the red. >>> ben carson plans to return to the campaign trail. this follows the death of one of his campaign volunteers in a car wreck in iowa. will he return to the campaign with a heavy heart, filled with the inspiration of jared bray done's life story. >>> do not kill the mentaller, messenger, but it costs more to be a problem. they looked at 800 items. it's the same packaged differently for women than for men. the female version will cost 7% more. and. >>> and trending now, consider adding some extra nuts to your desserts and meals. the most recent almond harvest was much higher than anticipated and there's an abundance of nuts right now. i said it. almond are selling for half of their normal price, $2.60 a pound. and demand for almonds is down in the middle

. >> it's john gumm's favorite picture. it's the gummers favorite >>> good morning, everyone, welcome to a snowy hump day morning, a lot of schools have declared, they're just going to take the day, a lot of happy kids. sheila gray didn't join us today, as well. >> she is having a gad good time. i think her son is off of school today. >> which imagine. >> there's more than 160 schools that have declared a school closing. >> we are going to continue "good morning cincinnati" through the 6:00 hour. and john is telling us about the timing. >>> we are going to pick up 1-2 inches, but just horrible timing and the fact that the temperatures are so cold. we are coming out of single digit lows, over the last couple of days and that is sticking to the roads, late snow coming through the area ia little enhancement to that snow moving to the east of downtown i again, i hear around col columbia high park, and the same deal over parts of butler county, getting jacksonberg moving through middletown, and snow coming at a clip, we are begi

now john was in for john gumm. >>> a lot of us are in the 30s compared to the 50s, sheila was right on. we hit 50 degrees even at the international airport overnight. we didn't see the temperatures overnight, but we did ahead of a cold front that is starting to push in. it's pushing drier air in at least a little bit enough to take the rain off toward the east. we don't have any rain, maybe sprinkles or drisles from time to time -- drizzles from time to time. temperatures at the airport, are dropping quickly. see the blue i shading across northeastern, indiana, those temperatures are starting to others in as temperatures switch around from the south to more of the west eventually northwest. these are sustained winds around 24 at the international airport. gusts around 30 so it's breezy. into the 30s, by late this morning, 34 degrees by the time we ride home on the bus, and going to continue to drop. freezing mark. coming in 15 minutes, we are talking more about the slightly cooler weather, and we had bring flurries along with it, not too much to expect with it. we will have more on tha

john gumm has been telling us he can spoke to this a little more because the pavement temperatures were below freezing last night they are not know, we may still have remnants of black ice. we are seeing problems police in miami township were reporting that price report is closed now. fire are reporting, miami fire department closed at tracy because of the hill there being icy. they have salt trucks en route. we have an accident at price at mcellem. it is closed at tracy. you can see traffic heavy from fields ertle mason montgomery because that accident scene just cleared. liberty at sycamore. watch for black ice. the police were saying parts of east miami river road were icy. 275 near loveland madeira it looks like that all over the tri-state. extremely heavy. give yourself more time. guys back to you. >> that's ugly out there. >> his map is pretty ugly. >> rain will continue to fall through the morning here. that's a look at precision doppler 12. we expect the rain to taper off. just plane rain moving through the area. like jen mentioned there are some road surfaces dollar below freez

you will hear from john gumm in a bit. back to the news desk. >> perry: thanks again. we are following breaking news of a person hit by a car. it happened just before 7:00 at weaver road near dixie in florence. local 12 crews report the area is now clear. there is no word on the condition of the person hit but we'll bring you the latest details as we learn more. here is a look at some of your other top stories. new this morning please need help finding the man accused of she will >> sheila: the suspect stopped and ran away. police got the dogs out to found him but he is still on the run. the pizza delivery driver is still not hurt. >> perry: police release the name injured in a shooting. she was shot in an apparent road rage attack. it happened about 5:30 last night. he wasn't alone in the truck. someone ran away after the incident and police are trying to find that person. they were also looking for the other car involved. investigators are trying to figure out if someone targeted random attack >> sheila: we hope you will join us for our annual a deposit a pet teletho

here's meterologist john gumm. 3 co- chairs of the child poverty coalition will meet today.the group was created by cincinnati major john cranley to address childhood poverty in the city.mayor cranley gave the coalition until june to come up with a plan.but today, the co-chairs will talk about possibly pushing that deadline back to september, since it get the coalition organized. right now, the group is looking to hire a consultant, who will recommend ideas.those co-chairs will then decide the best path forward. 3 soon enough we'll see the streetcar rolling through downtown cincinnati.up for discussion today is whether it makes sense to expand the streetcar into northern kentucky. local 12's megan moore joins us *live* in the newsroom with the latest. 3 the last time the streetcar ran was back in the 1950s. at that time the line did run from cincinnati across the river to northern kentucky. does that make sense to do again? that's what business leaders will be meeting to discuss at a luncheon in northern kentucky. today the covington business council is hosting an all-star panel discu