today - suspected of writing a "racially motivated death threat" at middletown high school. 9 on your side told you about the note - found by students. while the school ensures that students are safe ... ...9 on your side's t-j parker spoke with parents who say they're still concerned about that message ... t-j? despite that 15-year old being arrested, today, the school plans on beefing up security here at middletown high school, tomorrow and thursday. parents say though, there's still a lot of unanswered questions. *this* is the racially motivated threat- students at middletown high school- found on the floor, yesterday. school administrators- quickly reached out to parents through a voice recording- letting them know- the situation is under control. voice message: "the administrative team and school resource officer immediately investigated, secured the note, and removed from school."middletown police arrested the 15-year old student- charging him with a second degree felony- inducing panic. they say he acted alone. parent: "47:22 to me it's either something that he's learned at hom

. parents out there, let us know your hearing. we are about five minutes away going through middletown right now, we should hopefully learn more. the school district is saying -- confirming the lockdown. they could just post on their facebook page that the situation is under control. that' s good news, in terms of the situation. i know a lot parents are panicking a little. according to the local school just different schools, the junior high, the high school are separated by hallways. mark: you haven' t had a chance yet to check into the conditions of those individuals that were being transported. karin: that is not being released at this time. the people i' ve spoken to her telling me they were shot, they did not know their conditions at this time. lisa: how did the parent say she was notified about the situation or incident? had it she get the information from the school district? karin: through phone calls. the district did call parents. i spoke to the communications director, she said her first priority was letting the parents know what was going on, that the school' s online down.

wanted for taking a child from a home in middletown tuesday.and this morning police found her dead in the front seat of a car in dayton.the infant-- unhamred in the back seat.9 on your side reporter jay warren has the story. after taking her infant daughter brittany russell of middletown was found shot to death in dayton with her infant daughter still in the back seat of her car9 on your side is the only station with a bureau dedicated to butler and warren counties--jay warren has reaction from the child's father--------jay look live-------for one middletown family panic over a missing child last night turned to both relief and grief after the child was found safe but her mother found dead --------vo-------six month old haven edwards was safe in the arms of her father this morning at the middletown police department after she was found in the back seat of this car in dayton middletown police say that russell who was a non-custodial parent went to edward's house yesterday and convinced a babysitter to allow her to take haven for awhile((chris edwards/haven edwards' father)) :08"i was h

tonight the middletown police department is investigating the tenants of this middletown house for paying their landlord $111 dollars for utilities in fake moneyin fact, this is part of what has been an uptick in counterfeit cases in middletown--in the last couple of months there have been reports of people passing counterfeit money at locations like this wendy's and middletown's kroger store-- ((sot))"there have been recent reports of counterfeit fifty dollar bills."mike gmoser is the butler county prosecutor. he attends monthly meetings with police including representatives from the fbi and the secret service((mike gmoser/butler county prosecutor))"this issue counterfeit money was raised as a question and as i said i wanted to know whether it was amateur hour or was it of a more professional quality."the answer gmoser got was that it was less than sophisticated-- today i went to the house of the tenant to ask if they knew they had potentially passed counterfeit money but no one came to the doorin the meantime the landlord who didn't want to go on camera told me that they tried to

people in one middletown neighborhood. they were forced to stay inside until the threat of a chemical leak was contained. the spill first spotted around noon at pilot chemical when a crews found one of the tanker trucks leaking sulphor trioxide.as a precaution- middletown police warned everyone in the surrounding areas to stay inside until fire officials and hazmat qaulity was safe enough.less than a mile away amanda elementary school also took precaution. sam ison//superintendent, middletown city schools (:20:32)" "they secured everyone into one room and they had all the windows shut and they had all of the proper authorities notified." notified."no evacuations were necessary.the alert for the chemical spill was eventually liftedclasses at the school resumed normally the rest of the day. also in middletown -- a woman got quite a surprise when she arrived home tuesday night to find a man robbing the place. 22-year-old tali hardy said she took off out of her home screaming for helpand that's when the crook escaped.police caught the suspect and returned some of her stuff, but she notice

chemical in middletown has closed several roads. we are working to find out what is happening at the chemical come any. while this is our at the elementary to assist if there are any toxic fumes. police are telling people to shelter in place. we will keep you updated. lisa: new details on the officer involved shooting on harrison. the suspect killed was paul gaston. mark: wlwt news 5 ' s andrew setters is outside police headquarters. good afternoon. afternoon. this is a situation where police have a good understanding of what yesterday because of a citizen cell phone recording at range. paul gaston was shot by three chief isaac speaking at district one short time ago. police received a call about a man with a gun in westwood yesterday afternoon. several more calls were made after that man crashed his pickup truck. one 911 call was clear that she saw a man with a weapon. he dropped it in picked it up as he stumbled away from the crashed vehicle. she called 911 to report it. several officers responded, and citizens recorded the encounter on their cell phone. at first, paul gaston follo

for a prayer vigil at a nearby school. middletown high school, in fact. jason is there. >> i can only expect a huge gathering tonight. >> craig, we are outside of middletown high school. it is going on live. several hundred people gathered in front of the high school. form ago prayer circle around the flagpole and around the high school. middletown high school is only 15 minutes and few miles away from madison junior/senior school. and maybe some faculty members from madison are coming here to pray and lean on each other. >> we have seen a lot of hugs and some tears. and small children to older grandparents here. attendance is a grandmother. she said her 15-year-old granddaughter was in the shear is what she told us. >> she was still kind of shaky. she let me know she is okay. she kept hearing the shots. at first, sleigh didn't think anything of it and kids started screaming and then she realized they were being shot at. >> reporter: they heard the shots and the women's grand daughter who is 15 years-old and in eighth grade. this is outside of middletown high school. hugging, cry

the child from her father's middletown home yesterday.that mother was found dead in dayton, ohio. 9 on your side is the only station with a bureau dedicated to butler and warren counties. counties.jay warren has new developments from middletown tonight. tonight.he spoke today with this woman's father. it's an interview you will only see on nine on your side - jay? for one middletown family panic over a missing child last night turned to both relief and grief after the child was found safe but her mother found dead six month old haven edwards was safe in the arms of her father this morning at the after she was found in the back seat of this car in dayton her mother, brittany russell, was found in the front seat slumped over the steering wheel dead of a gunshot wound((chris edwards/haven's father))"we basically went to dayton look for her until about four in the morning then i came back down her finished up the reports then they told me to go home and try to rest i couldn't sleep i got the phone call about 9:30 this morning saying they found my kid." middletown police say that russell

at a middletown storage facility - no cameras installed to catch the crook. crook.one man tells us he lost thousands of dollars in collectibles.9 on your sides butler and warren county reporter jay warren - has how the company hopes to prevent this from happening again. sports memorabilia coin's electronics just some of the things taken from the storage facilitythe owner here said many of the compromise units contains his property but that offers no comfort to one middletown manthe location of this facility is out-of-the- way near middletown's airport ken roberts says he had just moved to middletown and went over to his unit to get some tools"when i pulled up i noticed my lock wasn't there" he says he started second-guessing himself that roberts/theft victim)) :25-32 "as soon as i raised the door it was obvious that somebody had just strewn everything through the locker."missing he says were things like a coin collection containing steel pennies from world war ii as well as old dimes"the things the collectible i had diecast cars and hot wheels and coin collection from when i was a

lisa: emergency crews call air care in middletown. what we learning about a woman hit by a truck driver overnight. mark: the man shot and killed by cincinnati police. new video showing what happened before officers opened fire. lisa: a harley heist. the search this morning for some fast-moving criminals. >> from cincinnati' s wlwt, leading the way, this is wlwt news 5 today. lisa: outside live on your friday morning, it is a windy start and the wind is when a pickup drove the day. let' s check the forecast right now. 6:00 a.m. on your good morning, friday, i' m lisa cooney. mark: and i' m mark hayes. we' re here with all of the hair news you need to know. randi: can we talk about this? mark carries his own personal -- you want me to this afternoon, because this is what your hair is going to look like. randi everyone can have their own 1980' s hair today. as we take a look at the winds across the region, we are starting out in the 15 mile per hour range. look back for chicago and they are 20 to 25 miles per hour. these are sustained winds. this afternoon, 25 mile per hour went wil

now ex- boyfriend's car. jay? a middletown man went to a local car dealership to make a walked inside the woman he was with jumped into the drivers seat and took off--- mike white has been without his 2001 buick lesabre for five days--he says things went south when he went to make a payment on it here at d and d auto sales in middletown((mike white/car stolen))"eighty dollars my payment is sixty five i come out of d and d and she was gone."he says april hornsby just took off and no matter how hard he tried to convince her to bring it back she refused((sot))"i've called her text her and she said honey well i'm on my way i'll be there in a little bit and never showed up."that's when he went to middletown police for help. and a detective started called. ((jay warren/9 on your side))"according to the police report she did call the detective back here at the mpd and he basically said look bring the car back or i'm going to have to charge you the report says that she did not tell him where she was that she would not bring the car back and in fact hung up kind of made him mad."so today i wen

charged threat at a middletown school.. has parents concerned and extra security lining school hallways. what the student behind the threat now faces. plus new charges in the case of a deadly car versus bicycle crash.why the change-- coming up. you're watching 9 on your side a 15-year old middletown high school student is arrested after police say he wrote a racially motivated death threat. 9 on your side's t.j. parker spoke with parents today who say even after the concerns. t.j.: "school officials here at middletown high school say they'll beef up security, tomorrow and thursday, after that note was found on the flood by students, yesterday." middletown police arrested the 15-year old student, who wrote the note, and charged him with a second degree felony- inducing panic. *this* is the note students turned in to school administrators. a phone message was sent out to parents- making them aware of the situation- and saying the students are safe. one parent, though, who didn't want to show her face on camera, says she still has a lot of unanswered questions. parent: "45:58 has the kid b

shelter. more breaking news at five - a man being questioned in the death of a middletown mother is *not* facing charges in connection to her death. death.police were questioning a man described as a "person of interest" in the murder of brittany russell. she was found shot to death in her car with her baby in the backseat. we just learned that man is only facing drug charges.at this point - he is no longer a person of interest in russell's death.the investigation is ongoing. a mother of two - drove on the wrong side of the highway help police piece together a suspect's route - before she crashed into another driver - killing him on i-71. police say 22-year old taryn chin was driving north in the southbound lanes before crashing into jose arenas. we're learning many more drivers could have come in her path. 9 on your side's t.j. parker is live in chopper 9 tonight - with an exclusive perspective on this deadly crash - t-j? 9-1-1 calls are giving a lot of insight on the timeline of that crash. police are using those calls to piece together a more clear picture of what exactly happene

middletown area, will continue to move towards monroe, across 75. that's the heavier snow north of hamilton. this is moving southeast as well, butler county, we have heavier snow right in the rural indiana area. otherwise, light snow shower again, this will continue to cause very low vis iblth around the trenton, south of middletown area and continue to go across 75. your weekend snow trend, it looks like this. slight chances throughout saturday morning into the early afternoon hours maybe. sunday starts off snow-free. by the afternoon and evening, we're looking at road issues. we'll talk about that and pinpoint when we will start to see more widespread snow later this weekend, coming up in about 10 minutes. back to you. 29-year-old, brittany russel was found murdered earlier this week. larry davis, spoke to russel's father who is trying to come to grips >>. >> father cannot hide his anger or sadness. >> right now, i'm not, you know, . >> punishment for my daughter. >> russel's daughter was murdered outside the dayton apartment complex, her six-month old daughter haven was in the b

have team coverage on the roads. mark: a homicide case in middletown is moving forward. the man in custody. announcer: from cincinnati' s wlwt, leading the way. this is wlwt news 5 today. mark: good morning, everyone. i' m mark hayes. lisa: i' m lisa cooney. let' s start with a check on the forecast. randi: it is snowing, but not exactly sticking right now. if you think about the last couple days, it has been on the mild side. that is really helping us out. the radar shows decent snow going on. it is falling in a good rate but it is not sticking to the ground just yet. it could be sticking to your back deck. i saw a dusting on my back deck. the dog had some dusting on him after he came inside after his morning trip outside. we do have those snow showers falling across much of ohio this morning. this is more in the way of flurries through portions of kentucky. let' s start in butler. you can see from trenton to middletown, right there as you move towards monroe, we can see some snow showers. the same thing for fairfield. everybody can see the snow, but it is not exactly sticking. so

was an annoyance for some, for others it caused big problems. up in middletown a large tree was uprooted around 5pm and down in milford in clermont county a tree fell onto a house. and we have video of that from earlier today. fortunately nobody was injured. more trees fell across the area causing power outages and blocking roads. at it's worse, duke energy reported over 9,000 customers without electricity. now that the winds have died down though, crews have been able to make the repairs, and at last check fewer than 900 customers were still without electricity. it will still be breezy tomorrow, but not as windy as today. and with even warmer temperatures expected, it should be an excellent start to the weekend! reporting in covington, matt holiner, fox 19 now. right now... an investigation is underway to figure out what killed a man found dead in a west chester park overnight. police say eric pefley was found by a passerby early keehner park. west chester police facebook page, pefley had february 5. a cause a death has not been determined. the mystery continues tonight for a f

route 741 near hamilton. this is a vehicle -- through butler and warren county. up in middletown, princeton and glendale road at hamilton middletown road an accident with no word on lane closures but a big thoroughfare for you. you may want to avoid that for for our western communities, baltimore avenue at montana. an accident there as well. traffic you are seeing on 74 heading towards the 75 interchange. lanes looking good on 75. we will continue to keep an update for you but all lanes on 71 completely open at this time. lisa: great news. thank you. 6:24. boxer manny pacquiao is apologizing for disparaging remarks about gay people. he is running for senate in the philippines. during a television program, he said, if we approve of male on male, female on female, then man is worse tha n animals. he later posted the video on twitter saying he still disagrees with same-sex marriage but he said he made a mistake with his comments. mark: new this morning, the denver broncos are looking to the future after winning a super bowl. with eight manning. reports say the broncos have no plans

running through middletown. tanya o- rourke is in the newsroom with what's coming up at 5-30. craig... what would you do if you found out the people renting from you paid you in fake fifty dollar bills? bills?that's the reality a middletown woman is facing tonight. how she's handling it... next! plus - the life changing creation a local ten year old is getting.his story only on 9 now at 5-30...a landlord is put in a hard spot when a tenant pays with fake money! that... as more counterfeit cash is turning up in parts of the tri-state. 9 on your side's butler and warren county reporter jay warren is live with the story in middletown, jay? it's got a definite texture--real cash--but that's not stopping people here in middletown from trying to pass some fake bills--and there's been enough of an issue that

first warning forecast... moments away! plus-- an arrest is made in the murder of a middletown mom who's accused of kidnapping her own daughter.. and a man says he was tied up by his own oxygen cords and robbed.. and you won't believe what the crooks took. this is nine on your side at seven! rain and snow are in the forecast...how soon will the changover hit the tristate nine first warning chief meteorologist steve raleigh another batch of rain is likely this evening. as temperatures begin to cool from west to east, a wintry mix will ensue before snow showers start.wet snow will begin overnight into thursday morning. not much, if any, will be on the ground for the morning rush. while we could see 1" - 1.5" of accumulating snow, a substantial amount of snow will not accumulate because of the wet and warm surfaces. it's mainly on elevated surfaces like your roof, mailbox and roof of your vehicle that you'll notice the heavy rain overnight has one lane of columbia parkway shut down as a precaution following a mudslide. one westbound lane is closed near taft. the road is expected to re

prostitution of lindsay bogan.sexton reported bogan missing last september and was arrested by middletown police after he admitted to being her pimp.he told middletown police that he last saw her at the intersection of central avenue and baltimore street in middletown getting into a silver dodge durango "i won't be able to go into the details of that investigation at this point she is a missing person she was reported missing by him she according to him she went missing the day before he reported her missing although it is in the media and reported that he observed her getting into the vehicle of presumably a customer." customer."police are still looking for bogan.if you can help - call middletown police back!leading men!a look at who could take home an oscar this sunday! to bring you wendy' s north pacific cod sandwich we send guys like this... on boats like these... in weather like this... all the way up here... for wild caught fish like this... that we panko bread like this... for a sandwich that' s light, crispy and crunchy. and now try it like today where' s the beef? means something

. 9 on your side reporter tony mirones has the story from middletown. jenni dehart/fosters dogs"roy is absolutely fabulous he is awesome he is becoming a healthy boy he is behaving the way he should be behaving at his age he likes to play with my daughter and all the dogs in my house he's turned into such a delight to live with" jenni dehart has been for more than two weeks. he was found in an alley in middletown according to a veterinarian, he was hyperthermic, malnourished and had parvo. the butler county dog warden's office, says april kirmse was cited this week for cruelty to companion animals in failure to license. both charges or misdemeanorsjenni dehart/fosters dogs"the fact that we know who it was and the fact that there are charges brought against her are awesome my only problem is that there misdemeanor you know personally i think in the state of ohio animal abuse and cruelty or neglect should be felony charges." kirmse court date is march 3 at 1:30 at middletown court. dehart hopes kirmse never gets the chance to hurt another animal.it would be awesome if she could never

there. sheree: a major break of a middletown mom murdered. emily wood with more on the man police think is responsible. emily? 34-year-old brandon carr has been charged with one count of murder for the shooting death of brittany russell who lives right here in middletown. >> did you kill the lady. emily: with video you will only see here in wlwt, brandon carr is accused of shooting and killing 29-year-old brittany russell. she was found in her car with the heat still on in a dayton area parking lot. her 6-month-old baby girl was in the backseat unharmed. >> how low can you be to shoot someone with the baby in the car? you know, that with us, you know, that was brittany's pride and joy. tammy: her friend says she is relieved carr has been arrested and charged. and this is the justice brittany >> i feel like brittany's smiling down on us. i do, she's smiling down on us because when we heard that today we just couldn't believe it. tammy: brittney's family declined to comment on carr's arrest. but they will going through this all the way. >> we have haven and she's as safe as safe and

first at four -- stay in your homes!that was the warning today for hundreds in middletown following a chemical spill.chopper 9, the only local helicopter getting you breaking news first was above the scene at noon. after.. but as the now's briana harper taking any chances. it was quickly contained.. but during that time administrators here at amanda elementary school took precaution for the sake of safety. police and fire surrounded amanda elementary school around lunchtime today. and just a mile away emergency vehicles at a different scene for a chemical spill. anthony gloss// concerned parent "i heard that it was chemical leak and that it was sulfur or something that could be acid so i was just worried that the kids were breathing all that in." it all began here at pilot chemical when crews noticed a leaking tanker truck. thats when middletown police took to social media warning those in the area. and shortly after middletown city schools took action. sam ison// superintendent, middletown city schools "they secured everyone into one room and they had all the windows shut and they

butler county along 27. we can see snow shoi wers in middletown. it is leading to the south and right along the ohio river. we can see another batch of slightly intense showers. that does extend into portions of brown county, as well as towards georgetown and a gust up. mostly -- georgetown and augusta. we do not see any slush accumulation right now. the plaintiff or today looks like this. right now, light snow and 33 degrees. this is a wind driven snow. our temperatures generally hover a couple degrees above freezing this morning and upper 30' s for let' s check on the roads now. kyla: it is looking pretty good out there, actually. we can see mostly clear roads out there. here is a look. this is 74 at beekman. we are taking a look at the the i-75. the same thing here at the 275 luke. -- 275 loop. we are down to one lane on parts of columbia parkway, that is passed the interchange. you will still run into a single enclosure due to mudslides in that area. 75 at mitchell is still looking good north and southbound. we see the conditions along the i-75 core door. mark: we are watchi

middletown students are on edge...this after a note is found in school....threatening to kill all african americans this thursday if they show up to class. class. 9 on your side's ashley zilka explains how parents are not happy how the school handled the situation. about this threatening note on social media all night.in fact- several say they won't send their kids to school on thursday.the school alerted parents about the note through a voice mail - but we spoke to one parent who says that's not enough. 22:27:28 this is principal cotter with middletown high schoolthis voicemail message goes out to parents.22:27:30 this afternoon a student alerted the office to the existance of a threatening racially motivated note.36take a look at the note. it uses racially charged language we can't show on television but it clearly targets african americans. we spoke with one parent who didn't want to be identified. he believes the school isn't taking the threat seriously.22:29:39 what do you do as a parent? do you risk that chance to send your kid to school and get caught in the action? 44in principal

freezing. highs are forecast new at 11.. one of the last people to see a middletown mom who was murdered - with her baby in the back seat. tonight... police are looking for brittany russell's killer. killer. nine on your side's evan millard joins us with what he's learned tonight from middletown. evan. brittany russell was so excited to spend time with her little girl.now we know she took little haven from her home here in middletown up to northwest dayton.and tonight the woman who has been - says she was kept alive only by the warmth of a running car. tracy short-pence/family friend 020843 i can't wrap my mind around this, what kind of person does that? a grisly discovery miles from home.911 call - that's dayton ohio. brittany russell and her daughter haven had been missing from middletown for hours at that point. russell - found shot in the head - attacked. pence 020743 to be honest, i know it's sad, but yesterday was one of my fondest memories. when she come to get he baby, she was just, she was in a good place. tracy short- pence shows us a picture of mom and daughter - beng

middletown police are trying to patrol through here when the kids are coming and going-- this middletown mom didn't want us to use her name or show her face in order to protect her third grade daughter but she says what has happened to her daughter and other kids by a group of boys who live here at the northgate apartments on wilbraham is terrifying--((mom says daughter bullied))"verbally very vulgar language attacking her physically putting hands on pushing pulling tugging punching they've pushed her off the bus pushed her face in the dirt and have threatened to do things to her."that threat was actually a death threat and is why she called police((sot))"the threat that was made to her was made at school while they were standing in line to catch the bus one of the boys threatened to slice her throat."today i reached out to middletown city schools and while they are off today a spokeswoman did return my callin a statement the district says that **safety of priority** and that **the children involved have been disciplined per the school code of conduct**this mom says that she believes one of

dereliction of duty'. now on 11 at 11.. developing information in the murder a 29 year old middletown mother. brandon carr is charged killing brittany russell. she was shot in her car this month... her six month old daughter was in the back seat... unharmed. nine on your side's evan millward spoke with russell's family tonight. he joins us live from middletown. evan. when brittany russell left her hometown two weeks ago with six month old baby haven in tow -- she told some friends she was headed to dayton to give a guy a ride.turns out - that's how police tracked down an accused killer. evan 0244 wow. so you actually have talked to him.chris edwards - oh yeah.evan - no indication it was him?chris - not at the time.amid dozens of calls on the morning of february tenth - chris edwards made one to a man who may have seen his ex-girlfriend and his six month old daughter. edwards 0222 he was like 'what do you want? i got a i said where's brittany at? where's my kid? i said i know you know that she's up there because she came to talk to your brother. i said, where's my kid at? and he's like 'ah i

boulevard from university in middletown last night.the impact of the crash left him trapped in the car.he had to be flown to the hospital by helicopter.police say they believe speed is most likely a the charges against an ohio man accused of stalking actress gwyneth paltrow have been dropped. the actress broke down in tears when she took the stand last week, saying letters from dante soiu scared her - but the jury says it wasn't stalking. he testified that he just wanted a pen pal, and didn't mean to hurt or harass paltrow.he was accused of sending 66 letters and packages to paltrow in recent years. he has spent time in a mental institution after sending the letters. goodbye snowballs. hello fastballs!reds pitchers and catchers report today! today!this is a look at last year's spring training .,.. they'll hold their first workout in good year arizona this afternoon ... this is unlike any other reds spring training in a long time ... a lot of new faces ... no aroldis chapman or johnny cueto.instead as many as 10 pitchers will be competing for a starting spot. the reds are coming off

bullets. a middletown mother killed, her infant found in the back seat. hear from the babysitter that may have been the last person to see her alive. cincinnati's most dangerous intersections! and the search for ways to make them safer. "i couldn't control it. i wish i could go back in time." babies beaten and sometimes killed. digging into a frightening trend in tri-state and who's really to blame. into the water in in clinging to what's left of his boat... the dramatic rescue at sea you've gotta see. good evening... i'm tricia macke.. breaking now - this our newsroom... surveillance showing a man police say... is very dangerous and they want to get off the streets after he killed a dog in cold blood and tried to do the same to two people. we spoke with police a short time ago... they tell us he broke into a house on eastern avenue back in december. while there, investigators say he didn't want any witnesses ..... so he shot a young man in the leg.. then, turned the gun on that victim's mother, shooting her twice... then he killed the family dog. after that.. cops say he pointed his semi

middletown downtown cincinnati only an inch and a half. you can follow that into warren county here. over two around martinsville. we still have some flurries and snow showers a let you know when this will finally wrap up outside how much snow to expect tonight your drive home will be looking a lot better so far. there is a nice amount of snowfall in here jennifer schack is driving for us here the roads look really good for us luckily we are going to be with jennifer schack throughout the 90 minutes of news are newscast tonight. now to a developing story. sheree: alcohol and three teenagers in side only two would make it out alive the teenager behind the wheel admits his guilt in front of two grieving families karen there were a lot of tears for members of both families. the 18-year-old who was driving pleaded guilty to aggravated do you plead guilty. >> yes or. the 18-year-old who was driving vehicular assault. wearing a cross around his neck holding a bible 18-year-old tristan lacey stood before a mr. lacey is it your ll be pleading guilty to the one count of aggravated vehicular

lisa: breaking news out of middletown. what we have learned about a man hit by a semi-overnight. >> from cincinnati' s wlwt, leading the way. this is wlwt news 5 today. lisa: 5:00 a.m. on your friday, good morning to you, i am lisa cooney. mark: and i mark hayes. i see the breeze didn' t affect you too much as you were coming in. randi: i was going to ask for a fan and i thought that would be too much. embrace it, letting go. it is going to be a very windy afternoon for everybody. we are starting out this morning hour. they are just going to go up from there. take a look back toward chicago. through much of illinois, 20, 25 mile-per-hour sustained win. that will be here this afternoon 40 mile range. it will be warm, but it will also be windy. you can see warm air off to the west will role in through the day. for this morning as we zoom into cincinnati, clouds are clearing out. it will be nice and sunny, but also windy. for that reason, we have a wind advisory in effect or 10:00 this morning through 7:00 this evening when we expect the gusty us to of the wind. looking at the plan

next couple of hours, i do think our northern counties there from hamilton to middletown, may see a little fog out there for the morning. the forecast today from yesterday to today, the difference, yesterday, 66 degrees. the forecast today, 66 degrees. graphic, the winds yesterday that were strong and today we'll have southwest winds around 10 to 150 miles an hour. morning. temperatures in the low 50s. we'll talk about where we're heading this weekend as temperatures trend down and when jonathan. jonathan: well, it's still a little breezy in some spots, but the winds are calming down after gusts reached more than 50 miles per hour friday. strong winds knocked over trees, power and phone lines across greater cincinnati yesterday. wlwt news 5's emily wood has the cleanup under way in clermont county. reporter: it's almost too dark to see, but a blue tarp now covers the roof of this family's garage here in miami township. luckily, no one was inside when the tree fell, but it did prompt almost immediate cleanup. workers for earl's tree company happened to be in the right place at the ri

of middletown mom brittany russell.nine on your side's jason law just arrived in dayton where she was killed. he's live with what we're learning about who pulled the trigger - jason? jason? dayton police just held a very short press conference behind their police department, announcing an arrest in the murder of brittany russell. 34-year-old brandon carr was arrested at his home without incident. he is charged in the shooting death of the sergeant richard brommel said minutes ago. {56:58 "we were able to locate a second individual that was involved in the homicide of brittany russell. we were able to locate that individual today at 45 south holloway [street? avenue?] without any type of incident. we were able to contact him at the door and take him into custody." {57:18 the press conference was very short. we have no other information about what led police to brandon carr. homicide detectives are scheduled to meet with it's a story becoming all too familiar.police remove a child from her parents' care - after finding heroin in the father's hospital room. 9 on your side's jay warren ha

a father and his baby reunited in middletown after a major morning with the child's mother... found dead.... breaking now animation and since updating you on this story all day long.. we now have breaking news... we just learned that the mother's death is now being treated as a homicide good evening, i'm tricia macke. mike schell is live at the middletown police department... mike that mother was found dead in dayton... that's is correct tricia... dayton police say she was found shot to death...and the baby was located out in the cold...sitting in a car... but earlier today department...the child's father had a very happy reunion.. 2chris "i'm happy to have my baby back" chris edwards says he can rest easy now that his daughter haven is back in his arms.. police say the child's non- custodial mother...brittany russell went to chris's home on taylor avenue and convinced the babysitter to allow her to have the child. 5chris "she didn't take her as in kidnapping wise, but she took her like to spend time with her daughter." police say russell then called the told him that she few hours

following breaking news.police are interviewing a person of interest in the murder of a middletown mother who found dead in dayton wednesday. brittany russell was found shot to death in her car-- less than 24 hours after she went missing.police say she did not have custody of her six month old-- but took the baby from the fathers home tuesday and vanished. police say the baby was also found in the car-- unharmed.we're working to bring you any new information about this person of interest. we'll have any updates tonight at 11. a middletown woman at the center of an elderly neglect tonight.. a day later.. no one's been charged.9 on your side's ashley zilka has the frustrating accounts of those who loved her. barb tuggle's friends say besides being a little tired, she could go out, drive and acted like any typical 74 year old. but in the beginning of december, things drastically changed.packagethis is what barb tuggle looked like to those she loved.09:23 she was barb. she was spunky. but this is what vicki martin saw when she came to the hospital in december.02:29 i have never seen an

she turned the tables after her husband paid now at 5-30, bullets fly through a middletown neighborhood... hitting three houses.nearly hitting a woman in her sleep. sleep.and the person accused of firing the gun was at it again even with 9 on your side cameras rolling nearby. 9 on your side reporter jay warren is live in middletown with the story...jay? a foot or two away from catastrophe we spoke to a middletown woman who says her mother could have been killed by the stray bullets flying around her neighborhood it was early yesterday morning that this someone was shooting at houses along yankee road--9 on your side knew of two and while our cameras were rolling a woman learned her mother's house had been hit too((sot)) "oh my god. oh my god."that's teresa walton who at first didn't think the house had been hit like her mom's neighbors until she saw the evidence for herself((sot)) "where did the bullet end up? it went through!"at least two other houses were struck seven times and another hit at

around hamilton and snow showers activity around monroe and middletown area. most of warren county, under some snow, highland, adams county, under the light to moderate snow. dry ridge, to thalmus, brooksville, and all seeing some we're looking at potentially around a half an inch throughout the evening. through the day tomorrow, we can see up to an inch with places like southern clinton county. warren county and butler count eye and even into northern portions of hamilton county, where we can see more than an inch. overall, it's going to be light accumulations. visibility is down 2 miles. half mile from the lincoln airport. just be careful. if you made it through the morning's commute. especially if you live east of cincinnati, i think you will will be okay. watch for lingering roads. we will have snow shower activity to the north and west. this system is huge. you could see snow showers dip all the way to northern georgia and alabama. we will continue throughout the evening and through the day tomorrow. the winter weather advisory for everyone, tomorrow morning, until 10:00. slic

middletown students are on edge.this... after a note is found in school, threatening to kill all african americans this thursday if they show up to class.9 on your side's ashley zilka with why parents aren't happy about how the school handled the situation. 22:27:28 this is principal cotter with middletown high schoolthis voicemail message goes out to parents.22:27:30 this afternoon a student alerted the office to the existance of a threatening racially motivated note.36take a look at the note. it uses racially charged language we it clearly targets african americans. we spoke with one parent who didn't want to be identified. he believes the school isn't taking the threat seriously.22:29:39 what do you do as a parent? do you risk that chance to send your kid to school and get caught in the action? 44in principal cotter's voicemail- she says the school investigated, took the note, and removed the student who wrote it from school. but some parents say more students need to be questioned.22:31:09 well the note says me and my buddies. there is more than one kid that is involved in this. 14 n

people to try to find out what happened((lt. andrew booher/middletown police living there and that's some of the people that we've made contact the find out if they saw anything--we're still interviewing people back and forth but we are getting information from people in the area."and while the investigation continues russell's family has a visitation planned for this wednesday at herr--riggs funeral home in middletown ((sot))"i pray that we get justice for her cause she really deserves it she was a good mother she deserves justice." that was jay warren reporting. if you can help solve this a call. in the race for the white house...democratic presidential hopefuls hillary clinton and bernie sanders are buckeye state.they will both speak at an democratic dinner party next month... just two days ahead of the march 15-th primary! tickets to the event at the columbus convention center start at 50 dollars. and if you want to vote in the march 15-th primary... time is ticking if you need to register.the deadline to sign up is tomorrow.you can get forms on-line at my ohio vote dot com... as

student is found at middletown high school that threatens to kill all african on thursday. thursday.principal cotter sent out a voicemail message to all parents to alert them of the situation but some say that's racially charged language we can't show on television but clearly targets african americans. in principal cotter's voicemail- she says the school investigated, took the note, and removed the student who wrote it from school. we spoke with one parent who didn't want to be identified. he says more students need to be questioned 22:31:09 well the note says me and my buddies. there is more than one kid that is involved in this. 14 22:29:39 what do you do as a parent? do you risk that chance to send your kid to school and get caught in the action? 44 44we reached out to both the middletown school district and middletown police department but haven't heard back. in the school's voicemail, it does not say if the student will be permanently. the mason comets are hoping the snow doesn't ruin their plans for tonight's game against middletown. middletown.the boys' basketball

that's not enough. 22:27:28 this is principal cotter with middletown high schoolthis voicemail message goes out to parents.22:27:30 this afternoon a student alerted the office to the existance of a threatening racially motivated note.36take a look at the note. it uses racially charged language we can't show on television but it clearly targets african americans. we spoke with one parent who didn't want to be identified. he believes the school isn't taking the threat seriously.22:29:39 what do you do as a parent? do you risk that chance to send your kid the action? 44in principal cotter's voicemail- she says the school investigated, took the note, and removed the student who wrote it from school. but some parents say more students need to be questioned.22:31:09 well the note says me and my buddies. there is more than one kid that is involved in this. 14 now they want to know what middletown high school is doing to ensure their children's safety.22:28:51 it should be a big deal because we should as parents be able to get up in the morning, get our kids ready for school, send them out to

in middletown- a 15 year old student was charged with a second degree felony after school officials said he wrote a racist note that threatened the death of fellow students. the student intended to carry out that threat today.back here at altercrest- bankhead is now facing an aggravated menacing charge..which is a misdemeanor. bankhead will face a judge tomorrow morning at 9 am. it is not clear if he is a student at altercrest. we reached out to the school tonight for comment, but they were closed. reporting live, ashley zilka, 9 on your side. winter isn't done with us yet. nine first warning chief meteorologist steve raleigh is here to help you prepare for the morning. steve. partly cloudy skies will give way to snow showers by air rolls in for the weekend. in the meantime, temps will fall back into the teens this evening and remain nearly steady heading into the on the heels of the new hampshire presidential primary democratic winner bernie sanders met for a debate against former secretary of state hillary clinton in milwaukee, wisconsin. the debate was hosted by p-b-s newshour. t

. i'm screwed"jg, 9oys. moving on to a story we are watching very closely.there is of a middletown mother found dead in dayton on wednesday. police have questioned a person of interest in brittany russell's death. this morning he's being held on unrelated charges in the montgomery county jail. brittany russel was found shot to death in her car... her six month old in the backseat...unharmed. russell did not have custody of her baby.she vanished after taking the child from the dad's home tuesday. 9 on your side has some sad news just into the newsroom. overnight the father of a young girl battling an inoperable brain cancer says she has passed away. 9 on your side introduced you to grace white in late 20-14 when she was first diagnosed with dipg. thats the same brain cancer that lauren hill died from. grace's father writes that she has earned her spot in heaven. she passed away late friday night surrounded by her mom, dad, and older brother and two sisters. the whites are from northern kentucky but were living in north carolina while they came back to the tri-state after the diagnos

now developing news now... a sense of relief tonight for those close to murdered middletown mom, brittany russell, after police make an arrest in the case. we broke the news on the fox19 now app, since booked into jail, charged with murder. our megan o'rourke has been working the story all day, and is live tonight in middletown. it's been 2 weeks since brittany russell was first reported missing to officers here at the middletown police department....the case of course, turned over to dayton where brittany's body was found. in the short time since, homicide detectives tell me they have been working around the clock...to figure out not only what happened, but who is responsible...and tonight, they feel they may finally have that answer. sot 6 = :12 "she was just, she was silly, she was happy go lucky, she was giddy, she loved to laugh and smile...and she loved her girls...she was a mom" those closest to brittany russell say her positive outlook on life has helped them through the last couple weeks. it was february 10th when brittany was found shot to death inside her parked, runn

been sorting out the story all day. he's in middletown. larry? >> it's been 24 hours for middletown police. they have been searching all night long for the father's 6-month old daughter. shortly the father and 6-month old child were reunited. middletown police say, the mother of the child, convinced the baby-sitter to take the child. child. couple of phone calls later, middletown police were looking for the woman, brittany russel, and the mother was later found inside a car. she was found shocked to death and little haven was found unharmed. coming up on local 12 news at 5:00, tonight, we'll hear from the father that talks about the reunion with the father this afternoon, from 24 hours, after she left their home from the mother much larry davis, local 12 news. >> larry, thanks very much. >>> a good weekend for a special group of people across the country. noticed electronic billboards all around the area, right around the highways. local 12 rich jaffe is here with a personal note. >> this is national congenital defect heart week. all of which, people who have medical issues, people

accused of shooting and killing a middletown mom, with her infant daughter in the back seat of her car. car.brandon carr is charged with murdering 29 year old brittany russell9oys timyka artist is live with reaction from the family and where the investigation goes from here 9 on your side we are only russell'sfather. he tells us he has good days and bad days. but he is glad the man accused of killing his daughter will never be able to hurt anyone again this is the suspect brandon carr being hauled away in handcuffs yesterday.police say that he was the last person to see brittany russell alive. according to friends the victim left home with her child..to pick up carr and give him a ride. it was during that meeting that investigators say carr pulled out a gun, shooting and killing the 29 year old mother as her 6 month old daughter looked on.chris edwards says he's been on an emotional roller coaster since loosing his daughter i'm happy they caught the guy but it ain't gone stop what happened ain't gone bring her back. my kids ain't gone have a mom" russels daughter was not harmed. her da

mike: a missing middletown baby found, but her mother is shot dead. tonight, what police have to go on . sheree: the temperature flirting with zero degrees overnight. how long we'll be dealing with the brutal cold. kevin robinson has an update in 30 seconds. mike: and a string of robberies in greater cincinnati. the new surveillance video tonight, and why investigators think the cases are connected. >> from cincinnati's wlwt, leading the way, on-air, online and on the go news 5 at 11 sheree: first the snow, now the cold. good evening. i'm sheree paolello. mike: and i'm mike dardis. 26 school districts are already delaying classes for tomorrow. sheree: it's dangerously cold out there tonight. families, bundled up, while heading out at amelia high school as we head into the single digits. let's get right to chief meteorologist kevin robinson with what you can expect when you head out the door. kevin: skies have cleared across the area and that is setting the stage for a night in which with zero if not below by first thing tomorrow morning. check out harrison. already down to 8 already

police are placing a high priority on a middletown woman's murder. murder.police say brittany russell was shot in her car - her baby girl was in the backseat.now detectives are going through her cell phone to figure who she was talking to before she was killed. 9 on your side's jay warren was the only local television reporter in dayton today. he's back in middletown tonight with new information on this investigation - jay? in addition to cell phone communications--dayton detectives are looking into whether the apartment complex brittany russell was shot in front of has any surveillance video that could be of use--but at this time if police have a suspect or a person of interest they're not saying-- it was a scene of relief at the middletown police department yesterday as six month old haven edwards was held safely in the arms of her fatherdayton police say that little haven might not have survived if her mother's car hadn't been left running after she'd been shottoday at a press conference lt. andrew booher/dayton police department))"we always look at people's cell phones and