The rising water. We got a soaking last night for sure. Mark and i let forecast. S Miriah Turner has the details. Good afternoon. Has moved out, and we are looking at maybe a flurry this evening. Temperatures at midnight were temperatures have been slowly s this afternoon. Overnight tomorrow morning will be in the 20 s. The cold front brought rain and cooler temperatures. You can see the temperature trend of the last sixhours are 859 at 6 00 a. M. , 56 right now. Hour gusts were you can see the rain answered any. That was when the showers were moving out. All around Greater Cincinnati, the areas north and south saw twoinches of rain on average from the rain that move through last night and this morning. Right now, we are the are wide. Accumulations within the 275 inches of rain. We are looking at runoff and swollen rivers. We have the ohiobrush creek area above west union there fled stage is 15feet, they re looking at topping off at 16feet. We will look at the possibilities for the ohio river, coming up next. Mark the heavy rain may have passed through the area, but it s still causing some problems. There have been reports of flooding and landslides. Wlwt news 5 s Jenell Walton is underway. Jenell this landslide happened around 3 00 this morning on licking pike. It s directly across the street from bobby mackey s bar at licking and 13th streets. The kentucky transportation cabinet has not gotten started with the cleanup process. They have filled 2 trucks with the debris. It took time for duke crews to get here, so there was a little delay. The crew arrived at 11 30 this morning. The cleaning process of cutting down trees and removing dirt from the bottom of the hill is getting started. Two lanes of traffic has been shut down and cones have been set up for cars to go around the slide. We came in and set up traffic control. We had to close down two lanes, the whole northbound side. We took the southbound side, southbound. Janell the work crews say that this has been a troubled spot in the past because of heavy rain. The last slide to voice your threeyears ago. They are going to get more trucks to put debris in. They hope to have this area and the roads reopened by the end of the day. Jenell walton, wlwt news 5. Mark there were also reports of minor flooding along columbia parkway this morning. However, the road is open to traffic this afternoon. Rememeber, you can get the latest weather alerts and information on the wlwt mobile app. Lisa a casualty from the results of the iowa caucus. Kentucky senator rand paul has dropped out of the race. He announced this morning he was wlwt news 5 s john london is live with reaction from local republicans about it. John . John they saw the handwriting on the political wall, as one of leaders put it a short time ago. Re disappointed, but not surprised. We were in louisville when senator paul launched his bid. He was animated, energized, and an attention getter. Despite his focus on debt, citizen privacy, and reforming the justice system, his Campaign Never caught fire and he finished fifth in the iowa caucus. Funds were not going up, but the difficulty ticket him was. There was no indication that the ninth would be any different. He got out of the gate real well. Maybe he was like a thoroughbred horse that got out of the gate well, then for whatever reason faded toward the end. There is a lot of competition. Donald trump took away a lot of attention for a long time. He noted s caucus on march 5. Of paul s supporters will gravitate toward the ted cruz campaign. Live, with the Northern Kentucky in the background, john london, wlwt news 5. Lisa rand paul says that he will now devote his efforts to win his seat in the u. S. Senate. The university of cincinnati has chosen a firm it wants to fully review its police department. Nationally known firm exiger will conduct the review taking a look at the department s policies, procedures, and training. The review comes after the fatal july shooting of sam dubose by then uc officer ray tensing. Uc s Vice President for safety and reform, robin engel, as well as the new formed university of cincinnat s Community Advisory council, will oversee the review. Mark today is National Signing day. It s a big day for high school sports. As much as signing day is about sports, it s about education, too. Wlwt news 5 s andrew setters has more from elder high school. Andrew for tommy kraemer, there was no suspense. He s going to notre dame. The elder senior made it official today, but he made the decision a long time ago. Tommy i ve been committed for 16 months now, and it s great to wrap it up and i m excited to get up there. Andrew the offensive tackle and his family, only one of the panther s Football Team that were here celebrating today. The celebration even more sweet for elder football coach doug ramsey, who saw his son, peyton, sign with iu. In all, 8 football seniors signed today along with soccer senior joey sabato. Athletics and education go hand in hand here at elder high school, and that s one of the things we heard from the recruits today. This wasn t just about going on it s about a chance to get a college education. My wife and i are both teachers, so it high priority, and we re very lucky to have the university of andrew for ja vahri portis, the decision to sign with Urbana University had a lot to do with ja vahri a lot of schools were offering a bunch of money, but s what caught my eye. I like the campus, so when i visited it was a done deal. Exciting, proud, and a brush andrew when you re offered a fullride to college, it s easy to dream of soaring even higher. Ja vahri s dad keeps his feet on the ground and his mind on his books. I talk to him every day about it, you know . I tell him you ve got to get the education first. Football is important, but the andrew they still have the rest of their senior year to finish, but after today, their future is set. From elder high school, andrew setters, wlwt news 5. Mark another local recruit prince sammons from cincinnati hills christian. The offensive lineman has been we ll be covering National Signing day here in the Greater Cincinnati area all day long on wlwt news 5. You can also find more information on National Signing starting at 4 00 today, we ll have a ticker running at the bottom of your screen with a list of local High School Athletes and their college choices. Lisa developing now, Covington Police are investigating a Home Invasion that ended with shots fired and two wouldbe burglars shot. It all happened in the 2500 block of Warren Street just before 10 00 last night. Polcie say someone at home there called them, and said two peple had broken into a home there. Both were shot, but are expected to be ok. The investigation is ongoing. Mark local cycling groups will host a memorial for the cyclist killed in a hitandrun crash in anderson township. The ghost ride for Michael Prater takes place saturday. Four groups will take off at 2 00 from lunken airport. Prosecutors upgraded charges against the driver in the crash. Mindy woodall now faces vehicular homicide charges. Investigators found Drug Paraphernalia in her suv after the crash. Lisa a warning from a devastated family in avondale. They re warning parents about a encouraging teens to commit suicide. An Aiken High School student is in children s hospital this morning recovering from her own apparent suicide attempt. Health professionals tells us parents should watch out for the warning signs and keep a close eye on their child s social media activity. You can read a complete story read the complete story right now online at wlwt. Com. A hearing against bill cosby is underway. The shocking testimony about why the former District Attorney never brought charges against the comedian. Lisa blend michigan s water woes being talked about on capitol hill. Miriah it looks like a decent afternoon with a springlike temperatures. Our temperature trend continues to fall, and we will see clouds we will talk about the river levels, your chance our president s day sale is happening now. From classic to contemporary, behave for uncle pete. Bye, see you guys later. [boys screaming] now Time Warner Cable makes your internet go faster. Up to 50 megs. Are you having fun . Yeah its ok. Its good. Inhome wifi powered by the latest equipment available to cover all your devices. So when you need more from your internet, its there for you. Discover how much more is included. Internet plans start as low as 14. 99 per month. Call 1855want twc. You wlwt news 5. Leading the way. Lisa we could learn if the prosecution of bill cosby will go forward. He faces Sexual Assault stemming from an incident in 2004. Mark nbc s Chris Pollone is in Montgomery County, pennsylvania with the latest on this Ongoing Court fight. Chris did a decision not to chris the country s most famous tv dad is providing the star power, but it was a former District Attorney who has a courtroom hanging on his every word. Former Montgomery County prosecutor bruce castor spent the entire day on the stand tuesday, explaining his decision not to prosecute bill cosby for a 2004 encounter with a woman who sought career advice from the comedian. Castor said he did not forge a formal nonprosecution agreement with cosby, but did have the power to decide cosby would never be charged with a crime. Castor told the judge he believed the entertainer did inappropriately touch andrea t be able to prove it to a jury, citing problems with constand s credibility. In order for caster to show the reasons for what he did, he basically had to smear the chris castor contends his decision compelled cosby to candidly testify in a civil suit constand filed against him. Cosby settled the suit in 2006. Last year, some of cosby s testimony in that suit was unsealed. The new District Attorney used that testimony, and cosby s admission that he gave constand some pills and wine to help her relax, to charge cosby with Sexual Assault. Bruce castor says that testimony is offlimits in a criminal case. Now we ll see if the judge agrees. If the case moves forward, bill cosby could face up to 10years in prison if convicted. In Montgomery County, nbc news. Mark the former dea cited other issues, including the yearlong delay in reporting the allegations and her continued contact with bill cosby. Lisa the man accused of shooting and killing an ohio Police Officer will face the possibility of the death penalty. Knox county s Prosecutor Says a line of duty death like danville capital punishment. A grand jury agreed and handed down a 10count indictment for herschel jones. If he directly targeted an officer for that reason, what they are asking for is not unreasonable. Does it hurt me . Yeah. Is it understandable . Yeah. Lisa the suspect s father says he hopes the trial will lead to something positive. Danville s police chief says the department has received multiple threats on officers since the attack. Mark a House Oversight committee is holding a hearing in washington, d. C. On the Safe Drinking Water act in flint, michigan. This is a live look of that hearing happening now on capitol hill. Flint s tap water was contaminated with lead after the source switched from detroit to the flint river in 2014. The corrosive river water was not properly treated, and caused lead from pipes to seep into the drinking water. Michigan Governor Rick Snyder is also proposing a plan to cover the water bills for flint residents. The governor wants to dedicate reimbursements. Lisa new developments in the zika virus outbreak. Health officials in texas are now saying the disease can be sexually transmitted. The cdc is confirming a dallasarea patient was infected after having sexual contact with someone who got the virus while visiting another country. Zika is usually spread through mosquito bites, and has been linked to birth defects. Summer s Olympic Games in rio. The brazilian government is recommending pregnant women stay away. Legislation won t vote on a new bisexual people from the bill pulled it because it didn t have enough support in the state senate to approve it. Religious conservatives say the rights activists say it doesn t doesn t include people who are transgender. Happening today, city leaders are taking time to honor a local legend in honor of black history the event today is honoring carl westmoreland, who served as a Senior Adviser at the freedom center. There will be a lunch discussion at city hall starting at 1 00, and this is open to the community. Westmoreland has dedicated much of his life to Greater Cincinnati, and he helped with the creation of the freedom center. After today s discussion, westmoreland will be presented with a proclamation from the city. Mark a die hard panthers fan cincinnati s certified most accurate forecast. Miriah it feels like another springlike davis temperatures in the 50 s. We have dropped from 50 degrees from overnight. We have some swollen river levels because of the rain yesterday evening. We are getting back to what feels like february. The river level is running a little high. The observation at 11 00 with a little above 38 feet. The action stage for the ohio is 52feet. The action stage could see minor flooding near coney island. We will crest at 43feet. The minor flooding in the coney island area. Moved through, and we will see cooler temperatures settle and this evening into tomorrow morning. A disturbance to the north and in the Great Lakes Region could throw flurries are way this evening. Cloudy and cold tomorrow morning and the Greater Cincinnati area. On thursday, mostly cloudy. Ride a, high, mostly sunny, and temperatures. S the rain sitting to the east. Moving into maryland. Closer to home, we are dry with lots of sunshine and clouds building. Of this evening, and looking that could see the flurry chances. Right now, temperatures look ball does look look balmy. It is breezy, but there is no wind chill. The wind is out of the southwest at 23milesperhour. It is sunny, breezy, and mild, but we will see temperatures drop into the 40 s, and even into the 20 s tomorrow morning. Sunshine this morning, breezy conditions, in the 40 s with cloudy conditions overnight. The flurry potentially a round the 12 00 hour. You can see clouds building in this evening. The timestamp at 6 00 with clouds moving in. You can see that most of them are light in nature. They will trend mostly to the even into the early hours of tomorrow, you can see them. The chance to see a flurry, because of the remnants of the moisture and temperatures in the 20 s, you could still see a flurry. Clouds persist tomorrow. On friday, cloudy could temperatures and temperatures rebounding into the 40 s. A short blast of february feeling. Overnight, dropping into the 20 s. The rest of your seven day forecast doesn t look too bad for february. We are in the 50 s for the majority of the today. 35degrees under mostly cloudy skies. The temperatures rebound into the 40 s on friday. Back into the 50 s on sunday. We are looking at a stretch of rebounding to the springlike feeling. Mark when we continue, a diehard panthers fan trying to make his way to superbowl 50. Lisa how other fans are trying to help this superfan, known as cat man, get to california. Lisa a member of the montana zoo making his bats about who lisa a member of the montana zoo has made a prediction about the winning team of the super bowl. Mark good luck going against his guesses. This is ozzy the grizzly bear. Zoo keepers gave ozzy the opportunity to pick his Favorite Team using cakes as incentive to make his pick, but even with the tasty snacks ozzy just couldn t make up his mind. So, he went over to consult with fellow bear, bruno. Ozzy eventually decided to go for the broncos cake. Zookeepers say in the past several years, ozzy s accurate. Lisa he can take whatever cake he wants. Fan this is gregory good. He has never missed a game, including the ones played in clemson before bank of America Stadium was even finished. 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