Just plain sad. Brian many people are wondering about the car that went into the ohio river. We want to know who was in the car, why it went into the river. Bria n heather deffenbaugh says that the people who lived at this camp saw the river flying to the river. Calls released from the 911 center reflect the chaos at the moment. I just witnessed a car being hit and it went into the ohio river. It has been under water for five minutes now. I don t see anyone. Brian meanwhile, back in it is right in your backyard. It is disturbing to know that they are down there. Brian Tracy Peterson can t stop thinking about the victims when he walks outside. Especially because the proximity is what makes them be so close. They could be unsolved, they could be on missed be unmissed. Brian it could be sunday or even monday until crews can get that vehicle out of the water. Sheree brian, thank you. A News Conference is set for more about how exactly how and when those Recovery Efforts will resume. What is going on . I think my son has died. Is . He is four. Is he breathing . He got into a hot bath drawn by my wife and now he s not breathing. Sheree the boy was given a hot bath by his stepmother and now just up mother being charged with endangering children. Karin {{ johnson {{ joins us more with tonight. It is just heartbreaking, karin. Karin it is. People describe austan { cooper as a happygolucky kid who loved spiderman. He was a kid who brought so much joy to his father and grandparents and they are devastated that he is gone. Her facebook profile says he puts god and family first but tonight, anna ritchie is accused of severely hurting one of her family members, her fouryearold stepson, austin cooper. I don t know that there were was bad skin falling off. This is typical of thirddegree burns. Ka rin around nine 30 yesterday morning, austan s father, richie s husband, called 911 from their franklin apartment. I think my son has died. Do you know how old your son is . He is four. He s not breathing . No, he got into a hot bath last night with my wife and she thought he would be ok. He said he wanted to go lay down in bed. You know how long he has been there . He has been in bed since 7 00, 8 00 last night. Karin when p olice arrived at the emerald edge of apartment, austin was unconscious and not breathing. I just couldn t imagine what would do that to a little boy. He didn t deserve it. Karin Franklin Police say richie admitted to punishing the toddler. She put him in a tub of hot water which caused burns to his legs and then sheep him to bed early and then they found him not breathing the next morning. Karin it is not clear at this point if austan s father knew about the injuries. Lee say still figuring out a timeframe. Anytime it involves a child, our hearts and prayers go out the family. No one deserves to go through Something Like this. Karin austan s father did have custody of the child. Right now, anna ritchie is being held on a 350 thousand dollar bond. She is charged with endangering children but it is likely that charge could be upgraded when this case goes to a grand jury. Wyman franken, karin johnson, wlwt news 5. Sheree thank you, karin. Franklin meniscal Court Tomorrow at noon. And controversy in brown county after a girl s track coach resigns suddenly. The resignation happened at Eastern High School while the district looks into allegations of improper conduct. Wlwt news 5 s john london is just back from there and talked with the coach in question. John . John v ia text message late this afternoon, mark day, the eastern girl s track coach, tells us he resigned for family and personal reasons. A source informing us this revolves around in proper through Text Messages with students. Day did not teach at eastern but he coach there for years up until three days ago. We are told the school hired an external investigator to look into the allegations. Here is the Resignation Letter from him dated on march 14 in which he agrees to resign immediately and hold the eastern brown local School District out of his resignation. In a statement to us today, superintendent Michele Filon says as soon as the district was made aware of the allegations, i. E. Immediately acted to place a coach on a ministry to believe. We then conducted a thorough investigation. The coach has since resigned from his employment position within the district area this matter has been reported to the Ohio Department of education for further investigation. The district has no further comment at this time. Ode would neither confirm nor deny it is looking into the matter. Neither the brown county prosecutor s office nor the sheriff s department has been contacted. No criminal investigation that we know of. It is possible for contact to be inappropriate at yet not rise to the level of criminality. In his text message to us, coach giving him the opportunity to coach so many fine people over the years. Sheree day has had success at eastern. He was the 2015 coach of the year in his conference. His Lady Warriors 200 Meter Relay Team recently turned in a time at a state meet. The conviction of an ohio man secretly acute accused of secretly recording video of a topless woman at a middletown tanning salon has been overturned. An Ohio Appeals Court found that david reuss did not break the law because the lot used to convict him only applied when the victim was wearing clothing. He was arrested in 2014 and found guilty of attempted voyeurism. He argued the criminal code used to convict him required secret taping under or through a person s clothing. He was originally sentenced to 90 days in jail. In liberty twp. , a 50yearold anguish man is accused of having child per daughter fee on his personal computer. Philip holmes is charged with pandering sexually oriented material. Detectives say he admitted to posting and searching for child port online. Police do not believe he produced any of the video or images himself. If convicted, he , who is here illegally, could be deported back to england. And a 17yearold student arrested after his mom saw his Facebook Post and reported him. Police say the teenager, who is considered a runaway, posted a picture of himself online of him holding a rifle. His mom called School Officials because she said it look like he school. The school says there was no real threat made towards precautions like canceling event s and activities last night. Set 5 30, more on the school s response any investigation. In hamilton, police are investigating a latenight hospital. Crothers drive. Police have no charge jonathan day with felony assault. And Vice President joe biden is making a visit to cincinnati. He will be here in cincinnati on tuesday for an event with former governor and now Senate Candidate had Strickland Ted strickland. This is video of when he came to the urban league convention. That was two years ago. A warning tonight from the National Weather service. They re asking you not to start any outdoor fires. A red flag warning is now in effect along the ohio river until just 8 00 tonight. Officials say gusty winds, looking at it he, and warmer temperatures can lead to extreme fire. Let s check in with Kevin Robinson now. Kevin you know what, that red flag warning that is in effect . A nice thing patty s day. I will tell you about the jacket that you will need to bear this weekend. Sheree all right, kevin, thank you. And new tonight, after years of criticism and the death of a trainer, a major change perceived world. The announcement about killer whales and their future with the parks. And a oneofakind Community Coming soon to warren county. The new subdivision that will combine the features of suburban living with farming. We will explain. [laughter] sheree and video of a pet fox that actually laughs on command is gain in a whole lot of popularity on social media tonight. The fox lives in michigan. And get this, the video of it giggling has now been viewed more than 35 million times in just three days. [laughter] sheree you know, farming can be fun and fulfilling, but it is also a lot of hard work. Communities is removing the work and leaving the perks. Wlwt news 5 s erik zarnitz takes you up to morrow, ohio to get a glance of this new type of lifestyle. Erik something suburbia is to suburban and Farm Community is to rural. On the you can get accommodation of the two. According to Leslie Ratliff, this is the future. The region s first agr icommunity, with an organic farm serving as avalon springs aberlin springs s centerpiece. Farming, education, and togetherness hope to be its focus. Leslie one of the things i have seen in the homebuilding business is that i hear a lot of communities. People pull up into their shut see them again. Erik this farm has been in Leslie Ratliff s family for generations and with leslie s background in homebuilding, this plan has turned into a perfect fit. Leslie our belief is that it is important to know where your food comes from. It is important to have good, solid, healthy foods, and that is why we have meat as well as vegetables. Erik each home will have their own area to plant and harvest food. However, the brunt of the work will be taken over by a professional farmer. More than 40 vegetables will be crowned with cattle, pigs, rabbit all onsite with sold onsite and sold fresh for the community s dinner table. Sheree new tonight at 5 00, c world announces it will no longer breed or goes. The news comes as years and years of increased scrutiny of the theme park after the death of a trainer and then the documentary blackfish. The Amusement Park says this generation of killer whales will be the last that they will care for. They will slowly phase out killer whale shows at all of its park by 2019. Well, reds fans, you are now going to get a chance to get your hands on opening day tickets starting this weekend. A limited number of tickets go the Great American ball park at 9 00 a. M. The two game package includes one ticket opening day plus a ticket to another april game of your choice. Prices range between 75 and 95. You can start lining up for tickets tomorrow morning. Also, we are now less than a month away from the reds s opening day. Wlwt news 5 will be leading the way with all of your reds coverage for you. We will have live coverage of the opening day parade and have a float in the parade from noon until 2 00. The party got started early for s day today. Malone s opened in the wee hours of the morning at 7 00 a. M. For gs. This party included five stages, 11 bands, as well as traditional irish dancers and pipers. Announcer cincinnati forecast. Nicelooking Saint Patrick s day across the area. We have had plenty of sunshine throughout the afternoon. Temperatures made it into the s right now. Formations throughout the here is another one. If you look closely, it almost like a little curtain hanging down from this cloud. That is because it is almost the air is very dry so that rain is not making it to the ground. That is what is creating those interesting cloud formations you afternoon so far. 24 degrees, the humidity, don t dry out there. Temperatures in the low 60 s. Here is a look at the radar. Time to time. Nothing is falling from beneath them during this hour. The radar looks like a clean sweep right now as we look at it. Temperatures will s and down into the upper 40 s by the time we get to around 11 00. Make sure you have a light jacket or a sweater out there. We also keep some cool breezes in place. The wind, while it hasn t been blustery, they have not been as strong as they were yesterday. With clearing skies, our temperatures will drop down into the 30 s for lows. Here is a look at satellite and radar tonight. Here is this storm system still spinning up around the great lakes. It is pulling away but still close enough to have influence on her weather in the sense that it gives us some clouds during the daytime hours. Now, what is going to happen is that we are going to head into the weekend of these winds are going to bring in some colder temperatures. Here is a look at futurecast. Again, clear skies and chili for tonight. Tomorrow, expect partly cloudy skies. Afternoon highs should make their way into the upper 50 s. Not bad for midmarch. Friday night and it looks like here we might have a few showers on saturday. I don t think it is a big deal. I really think it is really going to be a situation where we have more clouds and it threatens rain more than anything else across the area. That is a small chance but mainly light, passing showers on saturday, but the weekend does appear to be definitely wet. 37 for an overnight low tonight. Clear skies and the for tomorrow, mostly sunny, look like for an afternoon high of around 60 degrees. We will sink our way into the upper 50 s later in the evening. Here is a look at our sevenday forecast. Again, you wouldn t know it based on the temperatures, but spring begins this weekend. The high this week and will only be in the 40 s. Nighttime temperatures will be chilly to around 30, so you will be the jacket and the sweater heading into the weekend. Sheree all right, kevin, thank you. Forced to act quickly after strange behavior from a customer. What happened just as this mother was checking out that forced the clerk to spring into action. Dollars at a secondhand store this customer is running to get her deposit in today. Too late. Branch is already closed. But she could make the atm. Still wont 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 . Ive got to make a deposit you go, girl shes got no chance. Deposit hours that make sense for you, not the bank. Welcome to huntington, sheree caught on camera, here a Convenience Store clerk is being called a hero tonight after a customer had a seizure while holding a baby. The clerk said that she sensed that something was wrong. She grabbed the baby s arm is that mother stood there and then began to lose consciousness. So i was talking to the baby, and the girl have a glazed look on her face. I wasn t sure but i felt uneasy about it. So i was asking her if anything was ok, and i grabbed the baby s arm and she started to sway, and she didn t answer, and so i thought, i better take the baby. Something doesn t feel right. Sheree another customer also ran in to help out. Luckily, they and called 911 and the customer and the baby are both doing just fine. 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You guys realize anyone can use the name your price tool for free on progressive. Com, right . [ laughing nervously ] [ pickles whines ] i know, its like theyre always on television. Announcer you are watching cincinnati s wlwt news 5. Leading the way. Courtis a 17yearold boy is facing several charges after police say his mother thought he was at Bridgetown Middle School with a gun. Good evening, everyone. I am Courtis Fuller. Sheree and i m sheree paolello. Investigators say that she reported seeing him with a rifle in a picture on facebook. Wlwt news 5 s dan griffin is in s reaction. Dan School Leaders want parents to know that there was never a threat here at bridgetown but they also want them to know that they are listening and that they are prepared. Hills High School Student behind bars and eventually in front of a judge. Police say his mother spotted him on line in a Photo Holding what appeared to be a stolen rifle and reported it. She did know where he was and is certainly wanted to make sure he wasn t going to get himself into any trouble as compared to what he d already been into. Dan oak hills high School Leaders say that the 17yearold boy had are ready been expelled from oak hill s hide. They would not elaborate why. Without any weapon. They say a different shotgun style bb gun connected him connected to location. Hasn t seen the teenager for weeks. Runaway warrant. We found a woman at the teenager s address who would not comment that said she didn t approve of his behavior. The oak hill s superintendent arrested in 45 minutes and that parents were made aware of what happened. All in all, everything happened the way that it should have happened if people were quickly informed about it and as a result, i don t think there was any panic created. Dan police haven t been able to find the reported picture. They say they can could still be out there however, they don t know where it came from or where it could be now. It is not clear why the 17yearold was expelled from oak hills high school. What we do know right now is he is charged with resisting arrest and also obstructing. Sheree the School Superintendent says that they had extra police onsite today just to ease an