for thursday, skies will be mostly cloudy a new bill has been proposed in kentucky to increase kentucky's minimum wage.house speaker, greg stumbo, filed the paperwork yesterday. yesterday.it would be the first increase in seven years. if it passes it would increase minumum wage in three steps. each less than a dollar a year from the current 7-25 an hour now to 10-10 in 20-18.nearly 400 thousand kentuckians earn now. they just closed hundreds of stores...but this morning walmart executives say they're giving their employees more money.the company is increasing the hourly pay to ten dollars an hour - starting next month.it will also give any full-time workers short-term disability - plus paid time off.the entire thing is expected to cost two *billion dollars - but walmart execs say they are fully dedicated to their employees. kentucky's attorney general could soon join the fight against human trafficking in the state. attorney general andy beshear says kentucky has some of the nation's strongest laws against human trafficking... but he says only about 10 percent of child trafficking cases r

with the statewide impact in kentucky. miriah: good morning, mark. kentucky governor matt bevin decided to follow the forecast. he closed all state offices today. the state legislature also canceled its session today in frankfort after the national weather service issued a winter storm warning for kentucky. the governor says the only exception will be essential employees designated for mandatory operations, that includes road crews law enforcement and emergency management personnel. governor bevin wants this to go beyond the governement he is asking all kentucky residents to avoid travel is possible. from the live alert desk, i' m miriah turner. mark: remember to download our wlwt app, you can watch the latest forecast and see the list of closings and delays. and follow us on twitter. we' ll be updating you. throughout the day today on-air, online and on the go with the latest forecast and conditions lisa: continuing our team coverage this morning wlwt news 5' s andrew setters is live in camp washington where road treatmen

we will see the snow through southern kentucky back in western kentucky where the kentucky transportation cabinets is reporting that we have some snow on the roads there. for us, quiet right now. but that snow is advancing our way, and it's going to arrive in our southern and eastern counties late morning into the early afternoon. winter storm warning all of northern kentucky, clearmont, brown, highland and adams county and bordering that, including the city of hamilton, it's a winter weather advisory for lesser amounts of snow. here is the few into downtown cincinnati. 24 degrees, cloudy skies and northeast winds at 13. it's going to be windy as we move through the day. the winds pick up, temperatures, they start out in the 20s, it will be around 24 degrees at noon with snow, light snow developing in and around downtown cincinnati at noon, and that snow will pick up late afternoon into the evening. how much snow are we talking? it's a huge range for next to nothing in the far northwest counties to 1-2 inches for a good chunk of southeast indiana, a good chunk of hamilton county with 1-2

flurries possible into northern kentucky. south of the split those will roll out to our north and west. the steady snow will arrive late in the morning. seven most communities at 10:00 and 11:00. this is what we are expecting. a swath of 1-3 across downtown cincinnati. watch what happens. if downtown cincinnati gets one inch of snow, 15 mile south is downtown alexandria. we' ll have a very sharp cut off. we are probably just south of the downtown area. extreme southern communities could get 6-10 inches of snow. right now, low to mid 20' s. later on, when the snow gets going, upper 20' s. the stalled is affected. but lots of people and heavy snowfall could cause a messy drive. we have the steady snow south of the river. by the lunchtime it will create an further north. call a southeast of 71 dealing evening. by the end of the evening commute, at least everybody seeing some snow showers. midnight. then it will finally move out. so, not a big deal in oxford. bill. north or south. today, snow is likely. it will stay south and eas

in northern kentucky, the kentucky transportation cabinet will have it' s crews on the roads starting at 6:00 this morning. they' ll be working long hours to pretreat the highways ahead of the storm. one of the most important steps in snow prep comes from you, not from the road crews. one of the things they would like to see is people stay off the road as much as possible giving more room and space to work and get the roads in better shape for all of us for the weekend. live in camp washington, andrew setters, wlwt news 5. mark: with the weather system expected to hit the southern part of our area the hardest, many northern kentucky school districts like boone, kenton and campbell counties, have already decided to close. wlwt news 5' s dan griffin is in park hills with the tough decisions that are impacting parents and teachers alike. dan? dan: for all involved, it' s difficult to figure out what you' re supposed to do when it is unclear at certain schools will go if they are closed. many districts across northern period kentucky are closed. including kenton, campbell and boone counti

winter storm warning for our kentucky counties. we are watching what could be a major winter storm for our southeastern counties into and including northern ky on friday. this could bring upwards of several inches of snowfall with a foot possible in areas near maysville and as far north as florence and the i 71 76 split we could see anywhere from 4 to 8 inches crossing over into southern clermont county. important note a slight track change of just 100 miles could bring more or less. as of now snow starts early friday morning near 5am and continues through friday evening tapering by saturday morning. snow totals on the ohio and se indiana side of the river could be anywhere from 2 to 3 inches to even less the farther north. we will continue to watch this. for today we are dry with a high of 30 degrees. tonight we drop down to about 20 and a high of 31 friday. carstar have to wait an extra 7 months to see the next movie. disney says star wars, episode 8, will be released in december 20-17. it was originally scheduled for release in

could the streetcar expand into northern kentucky? that's the focus of a panel discussion being held by the covington business council today. organizers say they'll talk about possible benefits and what the streetcar could mean for northern kentucky. the event begins at 11:30 at the madison event center. i will continue to follow breaking news for you and bring you the latest information right here on the morning xtra and our website fox19 now-dot-com. right now, we want to get a check of your roadways... after a major accident near the brent spence denise breaking transition with temps dipping into the teens overnight, re- freezing will be a problem in some areas this morning. be especially cautious when traveling on untreated roads and in rural areas. weather now transition winter weather advisory's for areas of northern and brown county's go into affect friday morning. winter storm warning for our extreme southern and south eastern kentucky counties. we are watching including northern upwards of several inches of snowfall with a fo

paul, kentucky, eight ``inches, heading towards ``almost a foot of snow. ``falmouth, kentucky, 5.2. ``aberdeen, 4.5. ``bethel closing in on 2.5. ``a live look outside tonight. ``visibility improving, the snow ``wrapping up across the area ``right now. ``23 degrees at the airport with ``the biting wind at 14 producing ``a wind chill close to 10, makes ``it feel like 11. ``temperatures way down in the ``20's. ``be careful out there. ``anything that looks wet could ``concerned about some of the on ``with a thin snow cover that came ``down during the dinner time ``hours which could pose a problem ``morning. ``with across the area. ``you see holes developing within ``the area of left-over snow ``shower activity. ``the bulk of that has shifted its ``way over towards the east coast. ``the north winds, more than ``adding a bite to the air, ``that's what basically brought in

kentucky are already closed. the good news... if you have to go to work or school... your morning commute won't be an issue. issue. but the timing of this storm could inmpact people driving in the late afternoon or evening.nine first warning chief meteorologist steve raliegh is here with what we can expect. commute clouds& breezytemps: 20stodaysnow developsheaviest in late afternoon/eveninghigh: 29friday nightsnow continues most accumulations rise/accumulations diminish after midnightlow: 24tomorrow early am snow far east counties partly sunny & breezyhigh: 32 as for the weekend, some areas in northern kentucky will see snow showers or flurries continue into the morning, but most areas will only see clouds. some gradual clearing will lead to fair skies late into the day or evening. highs will reach the low 30s.sunday, partly to mostly sunny skies will push afternoon highs into with the timing of this storm... and some many variables... there is a concern about people trying to get home just as the snow is really coming down. down.that is why so many schools and busine

a new bill has been proposed in kentucky to increase kentucky's minimum wage.house speaker, greg stumbo, filed the paperwork yesterday. yesterday.it would be the first increase in seven years. if it passes it would increase minumum wage in three steps. each less than a dollar a year from the current 7-25 an hour now to 10-10 in 20-18.nearly 400 thousand kentuckians earn less than 10 dollars an hour now. they just closed hundreds of stores...but this morning walmart executives say they're giving their employees more money.the company is increasing the hourly pay to ten dollars an hour - starting next month.it will also give any full-time workers short-term disability - plus paid time off.the entire thing is expected to cost two execs say they are fully dedicated to their employees. people often think eating at a family owned restaurant is healthier than getting fast food. but that isn't always the case. researchers at tufts university looked at restaurant meals in three major cities.they found that in many cases, mom and pop establishments were no better than chain restaurants with equal

am snow far east counties partly sunny & breezyhigh: 32 as for the weekend, some areas in northern kentucky will see snow showers or flurries continue into the morning, but most areas will only see clouds. some gradual clearing will lead to fair skies late into the day or evening. highs will reach the low 30s.sunday, partly to mostly sunny skies will push afternoon highs into with the timing of this storm... and some many variables... there is a concern about people trying to really coming down. down.that is why so many schools and businesses are already closing. closing.let's take a look... closings) cincinnati road crews have been on duty overnight pre- treating roads.they're ready for a busy night.with the timing of the storm... if you're trying to get some when the snow hits... remember the trucks trying to clear the roads will be out there too. 12:23:15 i see a lot of people trying to pass out salt trucks. let our salt trucks do their job and try to stay behind them and not pass them when they are actively treating 15 sec sec crews are working on 12 hours shifts... and will be rotating

no fun for the northern kentucky eighth-grader. he fractured his leg in three places when he fell although they hoverboards. >> it went out from under me. it rolled under me and i trip. >> . >> the broken ankles and wrists are not the biggest concern. a louisiana company blames the hoverboards for a fire that destroyed their home. they hoverboards fire in california has blamed for the death of two dogs. people across the world are posting videos of hoverboards on fire. >> a growing number of toy stores won't even sell hoverboards now. and they say, showing parents a number of other self period -- thing to show children. >> we chose to stay away from it. >> here at king arthur's court, laura bauer shows parents a full assortment of non- electric scooters. >> a couple different sizes. >> what if you already have a hoverboards? the cincinnati fire department says -- just be careful. only charged it when you are nearby and awake. >> don't charge it overnight when you are asleep. if it were to catch fire, you would not know. if you boug

it's been a rough the kentucky wildcats.. despite all of the talent. for the less-than- stellar performances? jeremy rauch morning wake up call. pkg you've heard the saying, a players coach. what is a players coach? a coach the players like. the players' best there isn't a bigger players coach in college basketball than john calipari. and it's worked out well for him, he loads up on guys with nba talent, then sends them off to the nba, to show off their talents. it's a system he's instilled at kentucky, and he's still been able to win a national title in the process. so, when i come down on coach cal, i'm not saying he's doing it wrong, i just don't think a players coach, always gets the most out of his players. jamal murray said something very alarming this week, quote, "other teams are coming out harder and throwing the first punch. it seems like we're never ready." i'll never forget trailing wisconsin at the half last year coach cal told andrew harrison, our guys. i don't know what to say. in the biggest game of the year,

at this point, snowfall around greater cincinnati northern kentucky. but, it's highly dependent on the snowmaker. if the lower totals can be expected. if it shifts higher totals. the situation is likely again that's 9 on your side at noon for this wednesday.we'll see you again at four for the now cincinnati. cincinnati.and don't forget - keep 9 on your side - at your side - everywhere you go. download the wcpo 9 on your

winter storm warning for our extreme southern and south eastern kentucky counties. we are watching what could be a major winter storm for our southeastern counties into and including northern ky on friday. this could bring upwards of several inches of snowfall with a foot possible in areas near maysville and as far north as florence and the i 71 76 split we could see anywhere from 4 to 8 inches crossing over into southern clermont county. important note a slight track change of just 100 miles could bring more or less. as of now snow starts and continues evening tapering by ohio and se indiana side of the river could be anywhere to even less the farther north. we for today we are 30 degrees. tonight about 20 and a high of 31 friday. with temps dipping into the teens freezing will be a problem in some areas this morning. be especially cautious when traveling on untreated roads and in rural areas. happening now right now... winter storm watches are going right now... winter storm watches are going into effect for most of the mid atlantic and northeast. officials are wa

the kentucky racehorse has been named the kentucky sportsman of the year... making him the first horse to win the acheivement in the prize's 35-year- history. american pharoah was honored during last night's bluegrass sports awards banquet in lexington. the horse won by a record 897 points over kentucky's men's basketball coach, john calipari. coming up... major deals for shoppers in northern kentucky... we're live at a brand new grocery store plus... new warnings about the zika virus... just ahead of the olympic games in rio... how brazil is stepping up to combat the virus of an elementary school principal...who died while trying to save students from a moving bus. officials say the bus lurched forward, jumped a curb, and struck pricipal susan jordan, who was chaperoning two students were also sent to the hospital. so far, no charges have been filed, although the bus driver has been given a blood test. the u-s centers for disease control expands its travel advisory for the zika virus... officials in brazil say they're now taking action. brazil -- which will

northern kentucky will be the problem area tomorrow. kevin: if i have to pick an area that wasn' t the most amounts of snow, it will be parts of northern in techie and areas healthy stuff cincinnati -- if i have to pick an area that will get the most amounts of snow. for 60% to 70% of us this is really our storm. it is a close call. but unless some linkages, we will miss most of the snow. one to three in the metro, and i' m leaning towards the lower end of that.

extend into kentucky? why some think its a smart move... oil prices are low, so that means gas prices for your car are low...but what does all of this mean for airline welcome back to the now cincinnati... a 9 first warning weather alert day has been issued for way.everyone wants to know when snow is going to arrive and how much we'll seeso let's get straight to chief meteorologist steve raleigh. light snow will begin friday morning in our very southern counties across northern kentucky. that's where we could have our first issues on the roads. snow spreads to the north during the day, coming into cincinnati mainly after noon. snow will turn widespread friday afternoon with more intense snow and this also continues into the evening rush. roads will be hazardous for the friday evening rush area wide. snow tapers off heading into saturday morning. it appears a moderate snow of a 2"-4" variety would be the case for greater cincinnati and points north of town, and a more healthy 4-6"+ snowfall is on track for northern kentucky and brown and ada

light snow will begin friday morning in our very southern counties across northern kentucky. that's where we could have our first issues on the roads. snow spreads to the north during the day, coming into cincinnati mainly after noon. snow will turn widespread friday afternoon with more intense snow and this also continues into the evening rush. roads will be hazardous for the friday evening rush area wide. snow tapers off heading into saturday morning. it appears a moderate snow of a 2"-4" variety would be the case for greater cincinnati and points north of town, and a more healthy 4-6"+ snowfall is on track for northern kentucky and brown and adams counties in ohio. a winter storm watch has been issued for two counties in southwest ohio & a larger portion of northern kentucky beginning cincinnati based kroger is on a roll. the new ranking that makes it among the most influential companies in the world. energy drinks have become commonplace in many homes.a look at why some doctors say they should be kept locked away and the danger they can while it's a quiet morning for anot

all restaurants in ohio and northern kentucky are participating. donald trump and fox news stared each other down.. with trump deciding he's going to skip tomorrow's republican presidential debate. we have reaction to his decision. a makeshift igloo was available to rent in new york... but not for long! we'll explain, ahead. levee cam meteorologist frank marzullo has your storm tracker forecast for your morning commute ... coming there's a voice of a daredevil in all of us. urges us to shake things up, to turn up the hea d take bigger risks. why should damaged hair silence that voice? w dove regenerative nourishment th red algae complex toegenerate extremely damaged hair. smth, strong and healthy looking hair if damaged never happened. w dove regenerative nourishment. how's this for an air b n' b? a brooklyn, new york ad director took advantage of the snowfall last weekend... and built this igloo and listed it on air b-n-b he called his creation a "boutique winter igloo for 2." five people even asked to rent it, but sadly it got shutdown by air b-

that means sections of northern kentucky, grant county, pendleton county, could see snow. that could drop off to next to nothing, by the time we get to cincinnati. that's our feeling right now. 21 right now. winds out of the north at 6 miles an hour. no snow in the area right now. it's all push to the east leaving us with some cloud cover. i think the clouds will thin tonight. we'll see a little bit of partial sunshine tomorrow or filtered sunshine, as the day goes on. here's the next storm system. it's really going to turn in what to what looks like inland hurricane and snow and weather in the southern side as you get down to florida. you sart to see right here. and that will get stronger and stronger in the course of the next 24 hours. this is what we'll anticipate. with the depicktion, blue is snow. 7:00 tomorrow morning, maybe a little cloud cover, a little bit of sun. 7:00 tomorrow night, no problem. we're in between storm systems. thursday night, maybe a little notice friday, 7:00 in the morning. here's the snow and freezing rain. central and southern sections of kentucky. cinc

of emergency and activating the kentucky national guard ... he was in 'new hampshire at an event for republican presidential candidates ... 9 on your side's jordan burgess is live now in fort wright with more on the fallout. while road crews here in kentucky were still clearing away the leftover snow from interstates like 71-75 here... governor matt bevin was on his way to new hampshire.. which got us asking was it a trip he should have made. this is the photo that first brought it to everybody's attention.it's a picture of matt bevin speaking in that was posted on instagram by james pindell.. a political bevin was reportedly a guest speaker at a saturday luncheon there for the state's republican party.so that naturally raised some questions.bevin had tweeted a picture earlier that day of him by a snow plow urging people to be careful because of the still icy conditions. bevin's spokesperson says that he was directly involved in the management of the snow storm.and that he decided things were well in hand with the weather situation and wanted

views show a viable northern kentucky street car that shut down 65 years ago. with cincinnati getting on track in september, the committee thinks history south of the river could soon repeat itself. >> i think it's a good likelihood, when you look at the patterns across the country. once the street car has been established. extensions do come and extensions are usually successful. >> now the success or failure of cincinnati street car will ultimately decide if it expands into northern kentucky or for that matter, anywhere else. if there's problem, mechanical or political, you could bet, northern kentucky could slow down its plans as well. right now they are looking for 300 thousand to get together a good feasibility study so they can present to the transportation officials. >> it could happen, no one knows >>> they are working with the transportation consultant in washington, d.c. the consultants set up meetings with the transportation department so things are moving forward. >> maybe yes, maybe know but definitely maybe >> for a long time. >>> one of the greatest ambassadors that the

as of now crews here in northern kentucky plan to start hitting the road around 7:00am. ohio transportation leaders will wait longer, watching the forecast. meantime i'm told we could have a salt supply issue if we have too many more storms. after this one tomorrow, they anticipate about half the 5000 tons here will be gone. julie nine on your side will be here for you as the storm approaches. steve will be constantly updating the first warning forecast.. and we'll have the latest closings and delays. check good morning tri- state tomorrow so you can plan your day. you can also check wcpo dot com and our mobile app for instant updates. an ohio professor tonight is under investigation by the f-b-i... accused of having ties to isis. julio pino teaches history at kent state. only on nine on your side... his first on-camera remarks about the investigation and what could have triggered it. investigative reporter jason law joins us with that. jason. "julio pino" admits he is outspoken and controversial. in 2011 he's was criticized for yelling out "death to israel" at an event

lisa: kentucky 237 reopened at 9:37 this morning. looking for a suspect after a shooting at a westwood apartment complex in the parking lot. neighbors are asking for something to be done to stop the dan griffin is at the complex investigation. dan: a good afternoon to you. cincinnati police are not elaborating on evidence found. a suspect or a possible motive. neighbors are frightened, wondering why this happened and if someone they love could be the latest shooting happened after 10:00 at the westwood glen apartments. the man killed was malone amos and terry 27 years old. the latest cpd annual report revealed the highest increase in shooting victims were 2014 to 2015. neighbors were emotional, demanding that gun violence and and police step up their efforts because they fear someone they love could be next. >> it is close to home. the violence has to stop. kids lived here. this is ridiculous. i can' t even -- it is so close to home. it is ridiculous. the guns have to go. officers -- we need more officers out here. dan: there have be

winter watches have been expanded covering most of the northern kentucky. clermont and brown and highland county in southwest, ohio. four or more inches of snow, a decent possibility in these locations although still some uncertainty. as you go to the far south and east. adams county, mason county, robertson county, from mount olive, to maysville po peebles, that's is a winter storm warning. friday morning through friday night ending on saturday morning. here is a view from the outside from the atrium weather cameras, it's cold. quiet weather today. clouds this morning, will make it spot 20s by early afternoon, some breaks in the hit a high close to 30 degrees later today. that's radar, nothing around here. you won't deal with anything but passing clouds, breaks in the clouds to our west. we will get into some of those later. big area, low pressure aloft. coming out of kansas, into missouri. this thing did is going to jump-start an area of low pressure at the surface. developing through north texas and indiana. that will spread moisture our way. the exact t

there are some nice chick going out in kentucky. officials say there were three tickets one in kentucky -- there be sure to check your tickets. here are the numbers from last night -- prize money is split evenly among the ticket holders. the prize amounts do not factor in texas. mark: thank you. if you missed out on a payday, here' s a reason to feel good this morning! a good chunk of your money went to help local students. in kentucky, $.27 of every dollar sold for a state lotto game is set to go toward education this fiscal year. in ohio, it' s $.28. there are a variety of ways the money helps, including scholarships for college students, like sarah duncan, who is a sophomore at thomas more. >> great to know they are actually helping out with people like me who actually go to college. mark: reports say this last jackpot brought in $600 million for educational spending for the lisa: loveland is getting a chance to say big money. -- menards is getting a chance to save money. richard childress is stopping by for the grand opening. a

parker to maysville, kentucky- t.j. how's it looking out there? the snow is coming down pretty heavily, here. photographer terry helmer and i have been driving around- and the roads are very slick. we also noticed a lot of places are the snow is moving south to east... east...and that's where 9 on your side reporter jason law we are keeping a close eye on the roads in the tri-state right now. this is a live look at the cut in the hill in northern kentucky. you can see traffic is moving on the interstate. and because many schools and businesses closed early today, rush hour isn't expected to be quite as busy as your typical friday. tri-state to come home...so what's it like downtown... 9 on your side reporter tom mckee joins us live from fountain square... now.. the hashtag blizzard 2016 is trending now in cincinnati. and your photos and videos are helping us tell the story of this winter storm. here are just a few pictures from twitter and facebook. this is ____ and this_____ be sure to keep us in the loop with what youre seeing outside your back

``we' re driving here on lamer st ``reet in northern kentucky. ``there is still some snow and the ``roads are somewhat slushy. ``some of the side streets still ``look like this. ``the highways are pretty much ``clear. ``people waking up to -- the re ``still could be spots of black ``ice and some slick spor ts. ``it is still something to keep in ``mind. ``road crews have salted and ``treated about 100% of the ``primary roads. 7:00 to ``you may run into some size trees ``that look pretty bad. ``a lot of these primary routes ``are more clear. ``we are going to be tracking ``conditions across the area. ``we will bring that threat you as ``we go through the morning. ``lisa: thank you. ``communities along the east coast ``are preparing for a major winter ``storm expected to arrive later ``this week. ``miriah turner tells us what ``they' re expecting to get. ``good morning. ``miriah: the east coast is ``bracing for what could be the ``worst winter storm of the year. ``cities up and down the east ``coast have equipment on standby, ``ready for what could

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the special olympics for the kentucky state winter games!more than 100 special olympics athletes are expected to compete on the slopes in lawrenceburg ...the opening ceremonies start at 6-30 tomorrow ... that includes the parade of athletes and the lighting of the special olympics cauldron. the games continue through tuesday. at the fairfield community arts center ... a special night for some little princesses and their best guys! guys!dads, uncles, grandfathers and caregivers all dressed their best to match the finery of their little girls at the daddy daughter dance ...about 120 people were there dinner, dancing, and games ... there was a manicure bar ... and a chance to get their portrait is about making lifetime memories for girls as young as three ... and as old as twelve. something you always remember ....... talk about it for years to come come this was the fifteenth year the arts center has held a daddy daughter dance. this afternoon in eastgate ... shoppers at jungle jim's got a boost to their new year's resolutions ... at a free he

the human record is 4.9 seconds by a 14-year-old boy from kentucky. mark: a sloth in ecuador had to be rescued after it was found stranded in the middle of a highway. shared these photos on facebook. the adorable sloth apparently became frightened while trying to cross the highway and ended up clinging to a roadside barrier. poor fellow. the sloth was examined by a vet before being released back into the wild. i' m surprised nobody wanted to take him home. adorable. i' m not sure what they eat, but he' s adorable -- and his own kind of way. lisa: you know i am not a pet person. mark: at all. still ahead, another trumped story making headlines this morning. lisa: what he is saying about skipping the next gop debate right before the iowa caucuses. mark: a busy morning for bollinger' s in northern kentucky, why they' re hitting the streets to check on the homeless. randi: why did the sloth across the road? he was checking on the chicken, on the cool side, but it is january. at noon, 33, 35 at 4:00. tomorrow, the warm-up begins. if you like 30' s, today'

and points north of town, and a more healthy 4 to 6-plus inches of snowfall is on track for northern kentucky and brown and adams counties in as you heard steve say - this snow is falling during the day. you'll already be at work - your kids already at school.9 on your side reached out to school districts for you - to find out how they are preparing to keep your kids safe once school lets out. out.he's live at cincinnati school's central office - with their plans so far ... tj? well cincinnati public schools say they're concerned about tomorrow's storm- but they- like many other schools and businsess across the area- say they're ready for it. we may actually have to make the call without, before the first snowflake falls"in anticipation of tomorrow's snow- falling during the evening rush- cincinnati public school's main concern is getting their student's ronan, says they're watching the weather- and will make a decision before 5 on whether to close schools. we are worried because we don't anticipate snow at the morning rush hour but we're nervous we'll get our youngsters to school and our 20,

now at 7...snow emergencies declared in two northern kentucky counties. the latest on the winter storm as we look live in maysville.. and the changes you can >>> snow emergencies declared into northern kentucky counties. the latest on the winter storm as we look live in mayfield and the changes you can expect in your weekend forecast. >>> a cincinnati man is being detained, right now in north korea. what we are learning about his so-called hostile actions, and what ohio lawmakers are doing to bring him home. with a look at the snow that those in northern kentucky are seeing tonight. >> if you are north of the river, not so much snow that you are seeing out there. meteorologist, jennifer ketchmark leads our snow t onight. >> today it is all about where is the snow? steve raleigh called it the tale of two for forecast prettier seeing just that. but the breakdown we are -- where we are seeing snow at this hour. it's a decent pocket of snow happening right now just north of downtown, as we zoom in you see it heading up to westchester across sharonville, coler

kentucky is famous for its horse-loving culture ... now the newport aquarium is getting in on the fun in its own watery way ... with a brand new 'seahorse exhibit!; exhibit!;'seahorses ... unbridled fun' will feature 10 different species of seahorses, sea dragons, and pipe fish ... in a habitat specially designed for them. the aquarium says it will be the most interactive seahorse exhibit in the country ... where visitors can learn interesting facts about the creatures ... like why they the males are the ones who give birth!there are som unique challenges though, to have a they are very sensitive animals ...... keep them comfortable 'seahorses ... unbridled fun' opens at the unbridled fun' 'seahorses ... 'seahorses ... unbridled fun' opens at the aquarium this april. the man some call "the most hated man in america" is headed to capitol hill. hill.house lawmakers have subpoenaed former turing pharmaceuticals c-e-o martin shkreli.a house committee is investigating several companies for massive drug price increase... and shkreli has been

and kentucky senator rand paul debate. carly fiorina, mike huckabee, rick santorum and jim gilmore will debate earlier. even though he has the center podium... donald trump says he won't show.... his campaign confirms tonight - that trump will skip the fox debate.. listen to this.. i'm not a fan of megyn kelly, i think she's a third rate reporter. i think frankly she's not good at what she does. they can do a lot better than megyn kelly. so i'll be making a decision with fox, but i probably won't bother doing the debate. trump says he plans on doing something simultaneously with the debate in iowa.. to raise money for veterans. on the other side... a new cnn-orc poll finds hillary clinton leading the field among democratic voters. she tops her nearest rival, bernie sanders, 52- percent to 38- percent. there is some indication that sanders is closing in. clinton's lead is has been at any point since the field narrowed to three candidates. that third candidate -- martin o'malley -- is trailing, with support from just two-per

. >> cammy: tim, thank you. a lot of northern kentucky is all state offices will be closed tomorrow. >>> it might be best in people in the nation's capitol stay home too. washington d.c. was thrown into a tizy because of about an inch of snow. the coming storm is going to be much worse in d. c. one to twee freet of snow. >> i got wine, i got beer, we are ready to have the neighbor over. >> the storm has cancelled thousands of flights. >> travel agents were working around the clock to get people home before the storm. been working hard day the phones have been nonstop. they try to get thousands of travellers back to cincinnati but thoroughs other east coast cities before is the snow begins to fall. >> triple a corporate travel how i may i help you >> reporter: agents are trying to get as many travellers back home as they can before friday afternoon. as hundreds of requests flooded call center, they are trying accommodate kurns flights but also getting people to the east coast. >> they were saying up to 8 >> well i've heard of worse. so we will close our fingers that is only 8. >> repo

kentucky up seven early. murray leads kentucky with 22. here is great passing by kentucky. it would get to the baseline. isaiah briscoe to skal u.k. by 8 at half tyler ulis had 21 points, and this nice lob to labissierre. after leading by 20, kentucky hangs on to win it, 80-70 four. miami, 68, kent state eric , 76. washington had 20 for the redhawks, but they fall to oh -- 0-3 in conference play. the bengals have some coaches on the move defensive backs coach vance joseph will be the dolphins new defensive coordinator, and he is taking linebackers coach matt burke with him. also, if the browns and 49ers don' t give hue jackson something concrete in the morning he will , be heading to new york to talk with the giants about their head coaching position. this hit by vontaze burfict on antonio brown sent antonio brown into concussion protocol, but the bengals adam jones has insisted brown was faking the injury. adam did an interview for inside the nfl on showtime, and said he will apologize if brown does not play this weekend. ,but you know and i know that when saturday get her

. ``10 to 12 inches of snow across ``the heart of kentucky. ``some south central locations ``it was definitely out there, the ``higher totals. ``here's a look at satellite and ``radar with the storm brewing off ``the mid-atlantic. ``they've had wind gusts from ``maryland between 65 and 85 miles ``an hour. ``the blizzard warnings coming to ``fruition as the snow comes down. ``we're on the back side. ``some snow showers arcing back to ``cincinnati, but not into ``downtown. ``it's our southeast counties. ``so into the cincinnati metro ``area. ``some of the snowfall totals that ``came in during the night, ``between about three and five ``inches officially at the ``international airport, 1.2. ``five in west union and aberdeen, ``in mason county. ``georgetown and brown county, ``four inches. ``highland county, hillsboro at ``3.3. ``the last six hours of radar ``imagery, most of the ``accumulating snowfall is done. ``but we do have some snow showers ``still rotating in and some of ``them still growing just a little ``county especially in the last 30

the kentucky lottery is actually giving away 375 free tickets here at remke. 1500 tickets kentucky. just imagine that. they will start giving these tickets out at 2 p.m.. lisa: >> we were in a meeting the what we could do for appreciation of our players. if it weren' we would not see the kind of jackpot we are seeing. back. this is the first time that she knows of the kentucky lottery doing something like this. again, giving away 1500 tickets throughout the state. people can start lining up at 2:00 here. there are three other locations throughout the state of kentucky. it is first-come, first-served. . the powerball frenzy is not just happening here. the rush is on all across the country. millions are hoping to win more than a billion dollars in the powerball drawing. now we are in chicago with a closer look. >> powerball fever is gripping the nation. >> i' m not going to win it if i' m not in it. >> the jackpot has been growing for days. >> this is historical. this is something you can' t wrap your brain around. >> many can wrap their head around what they would do. big dreams. som

our team coverage of winter weather continues with a check kentucky road crews. they are trying to make sure local roads are safe. wlwt news 5' s dan griffin is live with a closer look. dan, good morning. dan: good morning. they have been hard at work, cincinnati road crew started pretreating the roads and making sure they were ready at about 7:00 last night. and northern kentucky, they started about midnight. this is just outside downtown on 71. the interstate is starting to see that accumulation. the cars have slowed down substantially. i can tell you earlier, they were driving right along smoothly. now you can tell the drivers are noticing something is up. re driving, really slow down as you' to go. road crews are focused try to make sure the roads are clear, salting and scraping as they go along. i have seen oh. crews, soul treks in cincinnati going by. what we' re seeing on the side some of the side streets have not been touched yet, so that is something to watch for. our crews and northern kentucky watching the cut-in-the-hill, one of those spots you can co

she' s a single mother of three kids, who has been working a temporary job in northern kentucky. sheree: love to see people like her win. lebron james is headed to reality tv to help entrepreneurs in ohio. aspiring business men and women the chance to realize their dreams, all while helping revitalized cleveland. james will have help from a business partner to mentor the entrepreneurs. the show will debut this summer on cnbc. a quick school closing for parents in a malia. saint bernadette will be closed tomorrow for a boiler repair. announcer: cincinnati' s certified most accurate forecast. kevin: weather headlines -- how about this, above freezing tonight -- that is right. i know it is the middle of january, but we are not even going to come close to freezing temperatures after quite a temperature swing over the past 36 hours. at 8:00 yesterday morning, we were around 6 degrees. this afternoon, all the way up to about 55. looks like we will get some rain. staying above freezing tonight. we will not have to worry about anything frozen for friday here that fasten your seatbelts, i

through sunday at the kentucky expo center. it's one of the largest boat shows in the country. happening today across the region... volunteers will help conduct a count of the homeless population in columbus and franklin county. it's the 11th year the community shelter board will count the number of people experiencing homelessness. happening today happening today across the tri- state... cincinnati mayor john cranley will announce the local launch of the initiative... it's part of a nationwide program aimed at helping u.s. veterans and current military service members in 53 cities. a news conference is set for 11 o'clock. and the cincinnati reds are set to make an announcement about a youth baseball and softball event summer. be at the p-and-g urban youth conference. rob 2shot moment but first we want to check your forecast. kara 2shot frank has a look at today's weather. a quiet and dry morning but cold with temps in the low 20s. then a sun and cloud mix today with high of 34 degrees. tonight we remain dry with clouds on the increase thursday afternoon and high of 39 degrees.

the 2015 version of the kentucky health issues poll. in it... numbers do the talking about how widespread a problem this has become. emily gresham wherle "the openness that we've taken as a community to work together toward solutions, is part of the reason that these polls numbers are showing such a high level of awareness." the report shows 35 percent of people in northern kentucky know someone who has had heroin-use related problems. eric specht is one of them. eric specht "he died in our home of an overdose in our bathroom." heroin killed his son nicholas. from there... a movement to save lives known as "nky hates heroin" was born. eric specht "they made the conscious decision to jump in that pool, but by god they cannot get out going to be able to get out of if just by thinking about it. there's going to be some help. they need some support." compared to the 35 percent in northern kentucky who know someone with a heroin- related problem... statewide the number is at just 13 percent. eric specht "it's a sad commentary that it is such a proble

you can already see that snow is beginning to creep its way up to northern kentucky. snow is now filling in south and east of cincinnati and you will notice that it stays blue south much longer time than it does north and west of the area. notice how heavily it is snowing south and east of downtown cincinnati. snow over downtown but if you live up towards hamilton or harrison, it' s still not snowing yet. parts of the area of the evening commute not so bad. you have yet to see a flake. even as we go to saturday morning, it continues south and east of the metro area. that' s what is complicating the forecast amounts n.y.c. the range in totals across the area. six to 10, no doubt in my mind that you' re going to get a bull' s-eye of heavies no-fault where travel will be nearly that is your six to 10. and in this purple, there' s a four to six it extends to parts of northern kentucky here. and we have a one to three range with a very sharp cut off that can easily be a scenario where if you are in anderson, you have three inches of snow. that' s the type of gradient we ar

good thing. that's where we are seeing the most snow. areas northwest of cincinnati and even to north kentucky and the southern viewing area, not seeing a bunch of snow. we are not seeing snow showers and on off. we have a couple, forest park. this is still the radar is turned up a bit. a lot of the gray area you see, we still have very dry air. this took a good time getting here. it's making the decent and keeping it without evaporating before it hits the ground. we have snow showers, down to stout, as well as the south eastern part of the viewing area. all of mason county seeing some light snow. just around the thalmus area, seeing shower activity. i have some pictures that we'll bring to you in a moment. this is a 12-14 hour loop. it's making its way very slowly to the north. it will continue to stay to the southeast of cincinnati. this is from state route 23. you could see 133 is know cover there. two different worlds in the local 12 viewing area. and throughout the evening, coming up in a bit. chances of both rain and know in two minutes. >> local 12, angenette levy went to brown county a

a brand new grocery store is set to open in northern kentucky... and people are already waiting to get inside! a live report is coming up. live cam and looking live at downtown cincinnati. your weather and traffic is next stay with us morning but cold with temps in the low 20s. then a sun and cloud mix today with high of 34 degrees. tonight we remain dry with clouds on the increase thursday afternoon and high of 39 degrees. there is a slight chance of some passing snow showers thursday after 5pm. these will be very scattered and the chance will taper during the overnight. then a high of 38 degrees on friday. the warm up arrives on saturday with partly cloudy skies and high of 52 degrees. sunday is dry for the first part of the day with rain showers by evening and a high of 51 degrees. bridge work requires single lane closures on sr 562 beginning at 8 p.m., followed by double lane closures at 11 p.m. each night wednesday, jan. 27 through friday, jan. 29, will all lanes reopen by 5 a.m. the following day. the ramp from sr 562 to southbound i-75 will

a first of its kind now open in northern kentucky. jessica brown joins us from the fresh thyme farmer's market in newport... jessica what makes this place so unique? good morning rob and kara. that's right fresh thyme opens here at the newport plaza in about an hour this morning. it's the first one in kentucky...and clearly there's about this opening because check out the line of people waiting to check it out. the first 250 shoppers will get 20 percent of their purchase and every customer that comes by today will get a free reusable shopping bag. this is the second fresh thyme to open in the tri state..the first one opened in oakley in 2014...and has been pretty busy since it opened. the ribbon cutting is at 7 this morning and city officials will be here to do the honors. fresh thyme is known for focusing on healthy and fresh and organic foods and an emphasis on local when it comes to their products. coming up we'll go inside and show you more of the layout. a warm-up is heading our way just in time for the weekend. catherine has a l