. mark: northern kentucky schools early. how local schools are getting s snow. lisa: with snow comes trouble on the roads. >> from cincinnati' s wlwt, leading the way. this is wlwt news 5 today. lisa: we have more than 70 delays and closings already this morning. some of the big districts that have closed today include cincinnati public, campbell, boone, and kenton county schools in northern kentucky. kentucky' s governor matt bevin has also closed all state offices. and the city of elsmere has starting at noon today. 5:00 a.m. on your friday, good morning to you, i' m lisa cooney. mark: and i mark hayes. randi rico and kyla woods are in this morning with your weather and traffic. lisa: it is a sheet of salt. mark: not a bad thing. kyla: no problems right now. randi: flurries and snow showers of the 71-75 split, but it will be a wildly force no caps off. kentucky will get hit the hardest. adams county, brown county in ohio. the questions i have received more than any is how much am i going to get? is a -- is a generic response you need? the answer is -- breaking it down, northwest, n

, randi has worn one that is about. randi: if you are in mason county, kentucky, robertson county, southern adams county, this will be a big deal for you. for those of us living closer to the 275 loop, we will get snow out of it but it shouldn' t be a huge system. in the grand scheme of things, this is a large storm system rolling through kentucky and by and large, can ducky get that system. seeing a couple of very light flurries. rolling into areas south of the 71-75 split. heading from southeast to area. as far as the day goes, we have an improving forecast for you in cincinnati and to the north and west. here are the latest headlines with the storm. track shifting to the south. totals are lower for the downtown area. especially areas to the north. snow is still timing out the same, starting to get going south of the river by lunchtime. a messy evening commute, potential along and south of the ohio river. our totals in our area code from anywhere from zero to 10 inches. that is a big range. sharp cut off just south of downtown cincinnati. you can see what we are projecting. you

cincinnati, but a significant snow for northern kentucky and brown and adams counties in ohio. for thursday, skies will be mostly cincinnati road crews have been working overnight... and tell us they have all the primary roads cleared this morning.while some side roads are clear... some haven't been touched. touched.lets go live to nine of your side's jordan burgess ...travelling through the tri-state isn't alone ... the east coast is bracing for what could be the season's first massive dig out. this is video from washington d-c... where just a couple of inches cased a mess.even president obama had to change plans becasue of the road conditions there. people are already stocking up... as meteorologists are calling it a potentially historic blizzard -- that may bring up to 2-feet of snow this weekend on parts of the east coast. if the forecast stays on track.. philadelphia, new york.. boston and d-c will be hit the hardest.the major airlines are watching things closely ...but have not started canceling flights. but they're letting passengers make changes before the storm. 9 on your side's ti

northern kentucky and brown and adams counties in ohio. for thursday, skies will be mostly traffic cincinnati road crews have been working overnight... and tell us they have all the primary roads cleared this morning.while some side roads are clear... some haven't been touched. touched.lets go live to nine of your side's jordan burgess ...travelling through cincinnati checking roads... the east coast is bracing for what could be the season's first massive dig out. this is video from washington d-c... where just a couple of inches cased a mess.even president the tri-state isn't alone ... the east coast is bracing for first massive dig out. this is video from washington d-c... where just a couple of inches cased a mess.even president obama had to change plans becasue of the road conditions there. people are already stocking up... as meteorologists are calling it a potentially historic blizzard -- that may bring up to 2-feet of snow this weekend on parts of the east coast. if the forecast stays on track.. philadelphia, new york.. boston and d-c will be hit the hardest.the major airlin

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 businesses are alre

in effect. that is the entire state of kentucky. do not plan on traveling south. also in portions of claremont, brown, tiling county. the community in the purple. winter weather advisory. we are expecting some snow. it should not be very significant. there could be issues from time to time. let' s break down snowfall totals. to the north and west, connors ville, oxford, brooksville indiana do not have a lot going on. they will get some flurries. snowfall will ramp up closer to the 275. that is up by cincinnati. it will really ramp up quickly. you' line through alexandria where we will have a steep gradient into northern kentucky. it is still the bull' s-eye for the heaviest snowfall. southern portions of a once and brenda king county. that is where we are expecting highest snowfall totals. in order for the snow to be less of a big deal, we have a lot of pretreatment on the roads. lisa: the roads are looking very white. you see a lot of salt. that is what you want to see ahead of this system coming in. as randy has been mentioning, he has been taught us all week long that we do not ha

this thing. it's fighting dry air, snow still occurring here in kentucky starting to break out, and it's going to slowly edge to the north move north and east and pivot over the top of the region later today. winter storm warnings until friday at 7:00 a.m. includes all of north of kentucky, clark and adams county in the southwest ohio and on the edge of that where the effects will be mixed not as bad through southeast indiana. wilmington, downtown cincinnati, back to versailles, and laurensburg and vevay, winter weather advisory. storm. this is not going to be much of anything for you folks. windchill of 11, it gets winty today, too. clouds around by noon. we begin to see light snow affecting areas close to downtown cincinnati by noon. that snow picks up late afternoon, temperatures as close to 30 degrees. late day, how much? inch or less in the north and west. we're talking 1-2 inches for a good chunk of hamilton county, and 2-4, mount washington, anderson through a good chunk of anderson, and down around maysville over six inches of snow. i've got a time line coming up,let get to

weather advisory's for areas of northern kentucky clermont and brown county's go into affect friday morning. 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 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 with temps dipping freezing will be a problem in some areas this morning. b

: and i'm sheree paolello. ``we have team coverage for you ``tonight. ``dry ridge, kentucky, covered in ``flight. ``emily wood is there for us. ``bethel in clairmont county is ``facing slick roads. ``erik zarnitz has us covered. ``we begin with kevin robinson. ``across the area, the big storm ``pulling away as we expected. ``it was more of a glancing blow ``for 70% of the viewing area. ``many of you have only seen a ``light dusting. ``here's a look at the big winners ``across the area. ``st. paul, kentucky, down in ``lewis county, about six inches. ``west union almost four inches. ``across the metro, official at ``the airport, only half an inch. ``some have seen a little bit more ``than that but in general, totals ``have been under an inch across ``the board. ``the stiff northeasterly wind ``more than making it feel cold, ``the northeast wind has been ``feeding in dry air all day so ``the big storm took a gulp of ``that dry air and helped to ``prevent the snow from moving too ``much farther north of the ohio ``river. ``if you go far enough north, you ``haven't seen anything today. ``

weather advisory's for winter weather advisory's for areas of northern kentucky clermont and brown county's go into affect friday morning. 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 could bring snowfall with a maysville and as far and the i 71 76 split anywhere from 4 to 8 inches crossing over into southern clermont county. change of just 100 now snow starts 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 farther north. we watch this. 30 degrees. tonight about 20 and a high of 31 friday. still to come the river? what's happening today... which could help make that happen coming up plus... if the fbi recommends charges against hillary clinton because of her e- mail practices.... would the democrats have any options to consider another candidate? after the break... we'll look at the rules and the possibilities. and... denise johnson is checking so

closed for tomorrow include campbell, boone, and kenton county schools in northern kentucky. kentucky' s governor matt bevin has also closed all state offices for tomorrow. and the city of elsmere has declared a snow emergency starting at noon tomorrow. sheree: several school districts are waiting to make the call on the snow tomorrow. it is leaving many parents their kids if there is a snow day or early dismissal. wlwt news 5' s emily wood talked with parents tonight. she' s live at dixie heights high school in kenton county. emily: parents say the biggest problem is not knowing well enough in advance if it will be a snow day or early dismissal. the other challenge is for local day care is to figure out how many extra kids will be coming in for the day. at skidaddles day care in florence and mason, parents are trying to figure out the possible need of last-minute child care in case of snow. >> it can be challenging. i do work full-time, and i' m a single parent actually, so if i don' t have somewhere for my daughter to go, that would keep me from going to work. emily: cory tilbrook s

larger portion of northern kentucky beginning late thursday night through saturday morning. this includes the following counties: boone, kenton, campbell, owen, grant, pendleton, bracken, gallatin and carroll county in northern kentucky, plus brown, clermont and highland counties in ohio. in indiana, switzerland county are you ready? have you thought through your plans for tomorrow? tomorrow? tonight we're on your side with what road crews are saying about this storm...and what you can do *now* to help them...help you. 9 on your side's julie o'neill joins us live from the we know northern kentucky will get hit first...and get hit the hardest. i was actually in the room for the snow pow- wow today to prepare the roads for you. in fun, they call this the snow pow wow, but the people making sure you're safe... in this.... take it seriously. seriously. what is your biggest challenge? well the timing is one thing. so way ahead , they watch, they plan....and they prep... and they need your help..eric cain, truck driver for 2 years years try to give us a little bit of room to try to get

areas of northern kentucky clermont and brown county's go into affect friday morning. 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 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. traffic animation with the play n' trace boogie board, you can numbers, pictures, and more! just place th

kentucky have been treating the roads all morning. morning.9 on your side's kristen swilley continues our live team coverage. theres a truck dedicated to treating every interstate lane every hour. kentucky transportation officials hope to keep traffic moving as they prepare for the possibility of more snow. snow.this was the scene earlier along cut-in-the-hill. the snow was still falling at stuck to cars and roadways. nancy wood with kentucky transportation says crews know what the trouble spots are and make sure they are taken care of. sot: nancy wood"bridges and overpasses are always one of the things we keep an eye on. and the cut in the hill because we definitely don't want a breakdown there. we want to try and keep traffic moving, so we have trucks. we're out there patrolling and treating and plowing and we'll do so for the rest of the day." they have 130 drivers maintaining some 4600 lane miles... interstate and highways. reporting live...kristen swilley...9 on your side. and on colerain avenue, the snow is over, but the cleanup is beginning. beginning.that's where 9 on your side's

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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 crews until at least saturday night. in case you have trouble when you hit the road .

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 late thursday night through the 9 first warning weather team isn't taking an eye off this next round of snow.and when we say we're *on your side -- you need to know that promise goes beyond what you see on-air. so we've set up a series of *online chats for you so you can ask questions and stay up to the minu

a kentucky home explodes... then bursts into flames. kara vo shots are fired... and several people are arrested... including a cincinnati man... in the weeks-long standoff in burns, oregon. sot full "and i think they can do a lot better than megyn kelly. and so i am going to be making a decision with fox" rob vo it's official... the top g-o-p candidate will not be on stage for tomorrow debate. kara 2 shot good morning -- it's 4:30. i'm kara sewell rob 2 shot and i'm rob williams... let's get our first forecast with meteorologist frank marzullo. 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. 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 even

for northern kentucky and brown and adams counties in ohio. for thursday, skies will be mostly for the most part main roadways are looking pretty clear after yesterday's snow. but in many neighborhoods... its a different story. road crews were slow to clear those streets... and in some cases.. the snow is stll packed down.. leaving a slippery white sheet of snow and ice. nine on your side's john genovese has been checking those streets overnight. he in some spots-it's hard to tell where the street meets the curb "snow (laugh) snow everywhere"the white stuff - blanketing this evanston neighborhood "a lot of snow - a lot of cold - a lot of wind blowing" cars covered--"a lot of slip and sliding, right." "they slip and slide - but we're used to it i guess"with slow-moving traffic through this slushy mess"they don't touch our streets - by the time they touch our streets - it be done melted"karen brule's lived off hackberry for 45 years"yeah it gets frustrating - cause its hard to get out the driveway - then if they do touch it, they pile the snow up against the cars and you can't get ou

hughes are whether or not ohio sees a lot of snow -- northern kentucky is getting plenty. plenty.we sent out t.j. 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_____

sold outside of l.a.. 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 get started at 6:00 tonig

. one to three inches of snow. officially it will go in the books 2.3 inches, northern kentucky international airport. clouds in the area right now. all of the snow well east of cincinnati. you could see it moving out of the area. we're tracking yet another storm to the west of cincinnati. it's starting to turn in a counterclockwise fashion. this is just a glimmer in my eyes for what it's going to be in about 48 hours from now. it has a lot of developing to do. it has a process of cycle already, the national weather watches, and winter storm watch friday into saturday, and southwestern counties. includes adams county, brown county, mason county, pendleton county, grant county and owen county. with this storm development, we will anticipate the highest totals to the southeast of cincinnati. some snow here but maybe not a lot because the gradient is going to be very tight here. you may go from 5-6 inches to southeast to little, if any across northern sections of butler county and northern sections of franklin county. still much to be determined. at this point, certainly the heavie

kentucky bracing for the brunt of the snow -- preparing well ahead of time. the road crew that you see -- they are ready to go. they were prepped as of 9:00 this morning to clear streets. >>> we're bringing you team coverage of this winter weather. we have crews stationed around the tri-state. again, on this first warning weather alert. >>> before we check in with reporters, we want to get the latest from our chief meteorologist. stephen. >> as we look at it, we are continuing to see light to moderate snow as we have the tri-state. let's show you the doppler. right over the top of us. where you are seeing the shaded area, -- you just saw that live shot. it is the same as what is going on in georgetown and some areas as we go into so you saw -- the light snow where the white colors are across greater cincinnati. outside right now. this is what it will look like by later tonight. cincinnati -- looking at two up to 4 inches of snow. northwest. and much heavier as we go down through northern kentucky and close to mount olive -- and like to say. looks like this. we will continue to see ligh

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 20,000 children won't be able to get home from school" school" you get out there and you kin

us with a snapshot of your forecast. winter weather advisory's for areas of northern kentucky clermont and brown county's go into affect friday morning. 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 upwards of wallstreet today as it looks to get back in the black. the dow jones dropped almost 250-points just before yesterday's closing bell...and that was actually better than expected. earlier in the day...it dropped almost 600-points after the price of crude oil tumbled yet again. jessica 2shot also today...states in the northeast are bracing themselves for a huge blizzard. the storm isn't supposed to hit until tomorrow, but it appears baltimore and washington, d-c will get the brunt of it. 50-million people could be impacted. d-c is expected to get up to two feet of snow...the areas worst snowfall in almost a century. the area has equipped some two thousand volunteers with shovels to clear walkways and more than 800 people to clear

not. this will slowly evolve as it area of mixture of snow and rain around tennessee and kentucky. we will wind up with snow here at home. the totals will definitely southeast. here's what's going on now. we have the winter weather advisory from 4:00 friday afternoon to saturday morning. that's for clinton, hamilton, ohio and switzerland counties. a couple of counties there. once you get to the south and east of hamilton county, we're under a winter storm warning. what that means, we'll likely see some travel difficulties as we get into friday. and this is basically from friday into saturday morning. so this includes everybody shaded in pink and where you see the colors, that's exactly where we're going to see the highest snow totals. what we know now, big difference from northwest to southeast. we'll have major issues down to the southeast and minor issues to the northwest. we'll detail the timing and snowfall estimates coming in about 10 minutes. back to you. >> thank you. working to get ahead of the snowfall by getting drivers ready. >> and across the tri-state, work today on plans

cities. happening today, groups in northern kentucky will conduct a count of the men and women wlwt news 5' live in covington this morning to tell us why this is such an good morning. riding along for this homeless count and getting a chance to show you the work getting ready to climb underneath the 12th street bridge and tried to encounter any homeless they come upon and talk to other men underneath the bridge and somebody else over the floodwall. it is so important they encounter people that do not get services at soup kitchens were homeless shelters so they can have an accurate head count of people in need of assistance and to set the state and federal funding for the different agencies that help service the homeless, find out what kind of things they might need to coordinate services throughout the region. they will be going all over northern kentucky and we will be going with them to find out more andrew setters, wlwt news 5. mark: thank you. let' s check in with kyla. kyla: we have some construction to talk about now. we have talked about the overnight closures north and southbound

for the morning commute... in northern kentucky... crews are pretreating 46-hundred miles of roads in 11 counties. nancy wood/kytc district 6 "they'll be coming in at midnight. the trucks are are on, and they're ready to go." also ready to go... nats of car washing ...aaa crews called to the rescue... joe padgitt/aaa fleet supervisor "we've run a thousand calls, and we're looking to get about another 600 before midnight." they're swamped helping with dead batteries, flat tires, lock outs... you name it. they have extra drivers and crews on the clock to handle it all... and what is sure to be an even busier day tomorrow. joe padgitt "definitely keep up on the maintenance on your car. make sure all the fluids are topped off, check the air pressure in the tires. have your battery checked before winter." preparing is the name of the game. that's why back at ace hardware in clifton... salt... shovels... gloves... ice scapers... it's all flying out the door. angel cobb/ace hardware "it's kind of late in the season, but we're stocked up and ready to go." it's also a good idea to have supplie

clerk kim davis from kentucky. she was invited by ohio representative jim jordon, who offered her a ticket after hearing she wanted to attend. davis went to jail over her refusal to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. sheree: now to a story that' s been developing all day. a 14-year-old shot and killed by his own father who apparently , thought the teenager was someone breaking into their right around 6:30 this morning police say a father fired at , what he thought was an intruder, but it was his son georta mack, who was supposed to be on his way to school. mack died at children' s medical center from a bullet wound to the neck. the prosecutor' s office is still looking into if charges will be filed. mike: new developments on breaking news we brought you last night at this time. police tell us the robbery suspect that two cincinnati officer shot and killed in west price phil was not complying with officers' orders. they say robert tenbrink was wanted in two armed robberies. police say tenbrink reached into his jacket and pulled out what appeared to be a gun. it turned out t

1.54. even in our more traditionally expensive spots in kentucky... prices are still below 1.60. and remember you can always find the cheapest gas in the tri-state on our website wcpo.com. reporting live...kristen swilley...9 on your side. no help... the ohio diplomat who sasy he doesn't expect to get involved in the effort to get a local high school fraduate out of north korea. alaska earthquake... the video coming in this morning... and why the governor of the state says they're actually very lucky. lunchtime, clouds will build as we get ready for rain. afternoon. light, spotty rain the tuesday morning drive. and the big story going into this gmts anim"you're watching good morning tri-state at 6 on 9 on your side!" this morning... the super bowl is set.and saint xavier's own luke kuechly is headed to santa clara. bloomberg is considering a run for the white house as a new this morning... there is more video of the 7-point-1 earthquake in alaska this weekend. weekend.this is video from the cargo building at the anchorage airport.gov. bill walker says he's relieved there wasn't more

now back to the news desk. >> 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 finger

and everyone in northern kentucky is under a winter storm warning. not tonight but beginning early friday and continuing through 7:00 a.m. on saturday. also, highland, adams, brown and claremont county have been put in the winter storm warning that begins early tomorrow and continues through early saturday. and that's where it will be perhaps in the tune of three, four inches. and switzerland and ohio county, clinton county has been put in a winter weather advisory. that goes in effect 4:00 p.m. friday and in effect 7:00 p.m. on saturday. generally, expecting one to two inches of snow. our snowfall forecast doesn't match up exactly with the advisory and warning. we'll bring you the snowfall map. most along interstate map, will inches of snow beginning tomorrow and ending saturday, we'll be focused well to the southeast of cincinnati. cloudy. no rain, no snow. temperatures gradually fall into and through the 20s. overnight, we'll settle down to overhead. live precision doppler hd shows no snow close to cincinnati right now. there will be clouds overhead but no snow. temperature now

series injury could lead to big changes in kentucky. >> when your brain is injured you cannot fix that, it' s not a broken bone. sheree: family' s mission to one protect kids after their son' s accident on a bike ride. kevin: a big temperature swing headed our way, but not so much tonight. steady in the 40' s. i will let you know what to expect for the upcoming weekend. mike: all right. talk about a traffic jam -- it this customer is running to get her deposit in today. too late. branch is already closed. but she could make the atm. still won't beat the cutoff time. really? at huntington, with atm and mobile deposits, you have up till midnight. we call it all day deposit. midnight? what are you, a bank or a convenience store? i've got to make a deposit! you go, girl! she's got no chance. deposit hours that make sense for you, not the bank. welcome to huntington, one of money magazine's best banks in america. someone just got a free 6" subway sandwich. just text offers to 782929 to sign up for weekly text offers. and you'll get a free 6-inch sub when you buy a 30-oz. sheree: a new bill

sure when it will open. ``closer to home, kentucky's ``governor called out the national ``guard after a massive backup on ``interstate 75. ``the stand still started because ``of wrecks and poor driving ``conditions friday afternoon near ``london, kentucky. ``i-75 was completely shut down ``for more than 20 miles near the ``tennessee state line overnight. ``hotels started filling up as ``people abandoned their cars. ``others ran out of gas for waited ``for police officers to wake them ``up to move their cars. ``>> i've been running my engine ``on a cycle of ten minutes long ``every 40 minutes. ``so it seems to be long enough to ``keep the engine warm and the top ``fuel. ``jonathan: i bet that's a dynamic ``he never imagined himself being ``in. ``everything reopened around 9:00 ``saturday morning. ``new developments surrounding a ``serious crash on i-74 from ``friday night. ``the driver in the crash was ``under the influence of heroin ``and now amanda gordon of ``greendale, indiana, is being ``held on $175,000 bond. ``gordon was thrown from the ``vehicle. ``her passenger, clayford wilson,

to drive it... but it is a lot worse than that. that.earlier we spoke to a northern kentucky university student stuck in the backup since 5 in the afternoon.zach neal is stuck with sarah shamblin, she is the band director at holmes high school. traffic is starting to break up... zach was able to get off the interstate... but is still down there.we know police have been diverting southbound traffic at 76 mm.northbound traffic is diverting northbound traffic at 41mm. we're told all the motels in the area have been booked up nine on your side's ally kraemer is in the live alert center... with what we are seeing about this mess on the the eastern part of the tri- state got more snow that most of us ...in maysville, the snow hit as people went home early. early.9 on your side's t-j parker is live there with what condtions are like this morning. katherine, we have quite the crew out here- covering the snow in maysville. we actually stayed the night, here, because the roads were too bad to drive on. still- this morning, they're snow covered. u-s 62 has about one- drivable lane. we w

we learning about the latest homicide. mark: a fiery crash shuts down a kentucky highway for hours. the driver accused of causing the crash and the victims. 4 cars should down the road for four hours. i am i' m mark hayes. m lisa cooney. andrew setters has the latest on the story that you saw first on 5. andrew: we know the name of the driver heading the wrong way. it is unclear how she ended up going southbound in the northbound lanes. 22-year-old danielle honshell was driving the wrong way. a piece of debris on the first crash smashed through the windshield of a third vehicle. a passenger in the third the able was hit by flying grass. -- flying glass. through an county deputies safety. the vehicles hit on the passenger side, or the injuries could have an worse. >> the right fender. we are talking energy. through the right passenger seat. on through the left. while the car is a mess, and her injuries were severe, she is still in the best play she could have been. andrew: the wrong way driver, the uc medical center by air care. the driver of the pickup was also hurt, but not as ser

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 and joins us from there. >> we'

helping the east coast dig out. sot "this is fox19 now" the heroin problem in northern kentucky continues to grow. heroin in a pill form. that's what boone county. fox 19's michael baldwin has more on these heroin pills. yeah, it's been found accross the country. massachusetts, new jersey, florida and in here in north kentucky partocailly here in newport. and police believe just last week in boone county. heroin in the form of a pill... its a new big concern for law enforcement. and it's like a transformer, not a robot in disguise but the same nasty drug taking a different form. basically what the advantages are to this the advantage of pills over heroin is that it's easier to take. you don't have all the tools and aparatus that you have with heroin. the northern kentucky drug strike force told us tonight--a man who overdosed in boone county last week and six capsules believed to have heroin in them were found. in march of last year, this home on ann street in newport was a pill making factory according to chief collins. one of the was david sizemore who is now doing federal tim

have been expanded north to cover all of kentucky claire montd, highland county in western ohio, and winter storm warnings have been issues for mount olivet, maysville, and mason county, this is more tomorrow into tomorrow night ending early saturday, significant snow fall a possibility, especially south and east of cincinnati. we're going to breakdown who has the best chance of seeing several inches of snow and giving you a time line of that snow coming up in just a little bit. let's get a check on the morning drive, here is jen dalton. >> reporter: we do have a couple of problems, actually just one, because we cleared the accident scene that had been on 74, ramps are what we're going to need to watch this morning, 275 eastbound the ramp to 75 southbound, we now have an accident scene there. the good news here is that you canny traffic is can see traffic is able to get by and this is on the ohio side of things. they have the right ramp blocked, and overnight we had report of ice causing slide off from the ramp from 275 to montgomery road. ice is still a potential. and the ramps

noon. kickoff is 1:05. kentucky was back on the kentucky at alabama, it was a big day for kentucky. nice move down low. leading kentucky with a career-high 25 points. this is not how you defend the pick and roll. bama made a game of that. kentucky pulls away 77-61. miami lost at home to toledo. elsewhere, in ku using to wright state. and dayton ranked number 25, not after this. you see in action tomorrow. ohio state plays indiana. more college hoops and football tomorrow. >> this is going down to the wire. white down -- right down to it. courtis: it could be brutal for some of us. anchor: tomorrow is a great day to watch basketball. things looking cold. we had the burst of snow that may put down a quick inch. temperatures dropping all afternoon long. 6:00, 20 degrees. monday morning, 17 by the afternoon, 31. we have another opportunity for snow tuesday. tomorrow is going to be a little more intense than that. tuesday will be more intense than tomorrow. gradually easing people into winter other than that by 20 degrees at 6:00. courtis: that' s all the time we have for you now. satur

out there without much of a break. kentucky transportation cabinet who say they're meeting at this hour to decide on a plan.in cincinnati.. they just told me in the last few hours that they plan to keep they already have them on from the last snow.we also reached out to area schools.for many.. getting to school might not be too bad.. but getting home could be difficult.so we asked kenton county school officials about making the decision whether or not to close school. 16 secondsthis one is very difficult. we're going to be monitoring what the meteorologists say and terms of what we're going to receive and when it may or may not hit and all that's going to play a factor of when not just our district but all these districts make that final call. it's already been an extremely short week for many tri-state with the holiday monday.. and many closing because of yesterday's snow.reporting live.. jordan burgess. 9 on your side. with the snow headed our way, we could see problems for air travelers... and the airlines are working to make a big change in policy. policy.delta is offering full

warnings, ``counties in the blue, including ``much of northern kentucky under ``a winter storm watch, which ``means significant accumulation ``is looking likely. ``adams county, mason county, ``heavy snowfall is looking way ``more likely. ``there is going to be a steep ``gradient across our area. ``closer to dayton, the system is ``going to be lighter. ``we may see additional ``or warnings as we head through ``the day. ``the storm system is moving ``through nebraska. ``eight is going to -- it is ``going to dip down to the south. ``it is going to graze us in ``cincinnati. ``i will show you the snowfall ``total map in just a second. ``expect very little snow to the ``north. ``not a whole lot happening north ``of 74. ``to the south and east, upwards ``of 7-10 inches of snow. ``most of us, far less than that. ``mark: thank you. ``there may not have been any snow ``falling overnight, but that ``doesn' t mean the roads aren' t a ``concern once again this morning. ``lisa: wlwt news 5' ``is out in the news 5 live drive ``with a warning as you head out ``today. ``dan: good morning. ``we' re d

the river decided to wait on putting down salt and brine. kentucky officials say snow fighter will be past rolling and treating interstates and roadways as needed and crews will be on duty as needed through the weather event. stay connected with the wlwt weather app, get the latest on weather and traffic sent directly to your phone whenever winter weather hits. it's quite a tool. meteorologists on twitter as well. okay. the weather may be echoing the feelings of some bengals fans after another playoff meltdown. in many ways, last night's loss to the steelers may have been the worst of all. wlwt news 5's george vogel has the details. george: i've been doing this a long time and i don't recall a meltdown quite like i saw last night between the bengals and the steelers. it was the bengals doing all the melting down. they had a sure victory, turned it into defeat, and they turned it into defeat with a couple of costly, late, unsportsmanlike penalties. you can never let that happen. pittsburgh gets out of cincinnati with a win. there were hard hits and rough play throughout the game. gio b

30 mile stretch of traffic in central kentucky for 17 hours. it's what thousands of travelers on the pennsyvania turnpike are experiencing right now...as the blizzard of 2016 pounds the northeast. we're tracking the record- breaking snow totals as this historic blizzard turns deadly tonight. and ... carrying on a firefighter's memory ... after he's killed in the line of duty ...how patrick wolterman's brotherhood of the bravest brought the community "all of a sudden you have all this traffic stopped in front of you and there's nothing you could do." do."a cincinnati native stuck on snow-covered i-75 in central kentucky for 17 hours-- 9on your side's rose-ann aragon joins us now with this woman's first hand account of that long--cold night. julie just imagine staying up all night...to start your car, then turn it off, then start it again....trying to keep warm but not run out of gas....having no idea when help might arrive...as the snow keeps coming down. "the traffic was just stopped, and we didn't have any warning of it."nats: stranded-- on the interstate- -in heavy snowfall-- cinci

sections of the ``bluegrass hit hard by the storm. ``for the most part, northern ``kentucky was spared. ``and some river towns were ``super-prepared. ``like maysville, which got hit ``but recovered quickly. ``that' s where wlwt news 5' s john ``us a look. ``john? ``john: we are in the heart of ``maysville we are just an hour ``, upriver from downtown ``cincinnati, where downtown ``maysville is snowbound but you ``, won' t find a pity party here, ``this river town according to ``authorities was braced for this. ``residents were prepared. ``and for cleanup today, the ``saturday sun was maysville' s ``best friend. ``road crews have put in fifteen ``hour days and those long hours ``aren' t over yet. ``drifting is a problem on rural ``stretches like key pike. ``state crews have been busy ``through the day clearing lanes ``that connect to main highways. ``places like hill city road where ``you just have to be patient as ``workers shovel this storm off ``the pavement. ``parts of mason county got ``walloped with 8 to nine inches. ``other parts, like downtown ``maysville, endured about six. ``c

taken out for ``campbell, boone and kenton ``countys in kentucky. ``we have a couple of counties ``through 7:00, down through mason ``and lewis counties, through ``today. ``snow showers in the extreme ``southeast counties. ``most of us are in the clear. ``winter storm warnings, ``cincinnati metro, no advisory or ``warning. ``locations north and west of ``cincinnati. ``the snow totals in the last ``couple hours during the night. ``they'll be most recent. ``central campbell county, one and ``a half inches. ``same for amelia and clermont ``county. ``south west of maysville, five ``inches. ``highland kd. ``if you get out this morning and ``take totals #wlwt to fill in the ``map. ``in general, totals not a high as ``expected. ``morning. ``this is the side of the house ``where it was collecting a little ``bit more from the strong winds ``during the night. ``an inch and a half of snow, it ``was on some of the roadways ``early this morning. ``if you're traveling south and ``east of cincinnati, you still ``need to use caution from snow ``being blown back across the ``roads. ``here's the w

northern kentucky ``counties out of the winter storm ``warning, but the southern tier ``and southeast counties in ohio ``through 7:00 this morning, a few ``locations through noon today, ``which is down in lewis and mason ``county. ``visibility is high downtown. ``a couple of flakes flying. ``we're at 23. ``north wind at 16. ``the wind chill feels like 10 ``degrees. ``the winds will remain breezy ``today as the system lifts you up ``the mid-atlantic. ``on the back side, high pressure, ``an increase in sunshine this ``afternoon. ``temperatures on the cold side ``today and still chilly tomorrow. ``plenty of sun sunday. ``you'll have a chance to get out ``and enjoy. ``the winds will be weeker ``tomorrow if you want to shovel. ``high temperature today, 32. ``morning cloud cover, afternoon ``sunshine. ``breezy with the north wind. ``we drop off to 15 tonight. ``sunday sunshine. ``35 degrees, chilly. ``temperatures trying to climb ``into the weekend. ``we're at 42 by monday. ``the next chance for moisture is ``monday evening. ``looks like rain showers. ``behind it, 30s for the midw

>> bx, home again. ha-ha-ha. let's bring it into kentucky first and foremost. south of lexington. this is i-75 around exit 69 that there has been multiple cars with stranded passengers for several hours. this is a story we'll be monitoring closely for the next day or so certainly as people continue to try and get off the roadways. this is an update so far. currently temperatures well below freezing. so even after the snow comes to an end, we'll have very slick roadways, making it difficult for emergency personnel to get out and help the stranded passengers that are in that particular situation. now let's move to the east coast where we focus on the major cities, washington, d.c., baltimore, philly, as well as new york city. this is really starting to ramp up in terms of our nor'easter. specifically washington and baltimore. we have heavy banding coming in. snowfall rates one, two, even three inches an hour. new overnight if you're tuning in for the first time, we have started to ramp up the snowfall totals into new york city. it looks as if they were on the outer periphery of the

. now you see plenty on the ground. downtown cincinnati, northern kentucky camera, a little bit of reduced visibility and light snow shower activity becomes -- begins to come down around the tri-state. we're talking again about the snow continuing. not in big amounts around the immediate tri-state. but around here the winter weather advisories in effect. looking at much snow -- as far as depth go but could cause slick spots and so that is what we are looking at. looking at the possibility for a few slick spots. radar, notice as we zoom in on radar you can beginning to redevelop as the model said. we're still thinking not much when you get to the northwest. we're thinking of an inch or less around most of the metro. south and east towards anderson township across northern kentucky, an inch or 2. and heavier amounts down to the south and east. so again what we have done for 10 days is talked about these bands being able to move one way or the other depending upon the storm track and right now it's looking like the final shift is to the south and east. we still have snow coming down.