It is pretty minimal. Dry weather to start the day. The clouds will be rolling in ahead of the rain. This is a very large storm system. Severe weather down to the gulf coast states. Probably the easiest part of the storm. The chance for some thunder and lightning. We re with a marginal threat for Severe Weather. A slight risk in our extreme south and eastern communities. There is a chance for some damaging wind through the early to mid afternoon hours. Right now temperatures in the upper 30 s near 40 degrees. By noon the rain is on our doorstep. Through the afternoon, showers it will switch over to some flakes of snow. We will take a look at the timeline coming up in a few minutes. Tuesday. Necessary. Center north or south bound. 71 at pfeiffer, southbound, just a few more cars than what we re seeing northbound. Looking good at harrison. That is what we are seeing across Greater Cincinnati. We do have construction we will talk about coming up in a few minutes. Mark thank you. A shooting in middletown. Lisa there could be a Court Appearance for the boy accused of carrying out the shooting. Wlwt news 5 s dan griffin was live at the scene from the very beginning. He s at Butler CountyJuvenile Court with a breakdown of where the investigation stands this morning. Dan . Dan there were raw emotions yesterday, certainly raw emotions today. He could face a judge as early as this morning. We re talking about 14yearold James Austin Hancock. We re told he s a student at madison juniorsenior high school and also on the wrestling team. Investigators say he fired shots with a. 38calibur gun in the cafeteria yesterday morning, hitting 15yearold Cameron Smith and 14yearold cooper caffrey. Caffrey is also on the wrestling team. We also know two others were also hurt by shrapnel or while running from the gunfire. All are expected to make full recoveries without surgery. Say they won t forget these moments, saying they feel scarred. Be hunkered down in shelter the building is now secure. Police are now sweeping the building. The suspect is in custody. The injured are on their way to the hospital. Nothing lifethreatening. Dan Butler County investigators say hancock ran from the scene, dropping the gun, but was caught shortly after. He was then arrested. He faces a long list of charges including attempted murder, felonious assault, and terroristic threatening, all felony juvenile charges. We ll be here all morning finding out what will happen next in court. We are live in hamilton, dan griffin, wlwt news 5. Lisa thank you. It was an emotional day for both students and their parents, as many mothers and fathers rushed to the school trying to make sure their kids were ok. You just can t believe it. Because you see it on the news. It happens to other people, but it doesn t happen to us because i just can t imagine. Lisa two seperate vigils took place in middletown last night with crowds coming out to show support to the madision School District. Dozens of people came together outside Middletown High School and prayed. They said they had to remain vigilent when danger can reach yoru front door at any moment. Mark countless people and politicians are sending their township, as they cope with this tragedy. Ohio Governor John Kasich was briefed on the attack while at a he offered his support to the families. Gov. Kasich obviously it is a tragedy, particularly coming in a school in Butler County. We don t know what s behind it, yet i am very happy there is not going to be any loss of life. Mark ohio state representative Tim Derickson out of oxford is also passing along his thoughts and prayers to the students, teachers, and faculty. He went on to say, during times like this, it s critical that the Community Comes together and that families support one another. Madison local schools are moving forward with plans to help the the district s latest Facebook Post says staff will report and together, we will begin to put plans in place, including onsite counseling, to support our students when we return to school. Extracurricular activities are also cancelled. Mark the Clermont County narcotics unit arrests a man accused of distributing heroin in new richmond and surrounding areas. 34yearold Charles Crossty is now charged with one count of trafficking in heroin, a fourthdegree felony. Officials say they intercepted 25 grams of heroin and 20 grams of crack cocaine in the arrest. Also making the headlines this morning, the heroin epidemic in Greater Cincinnati. The Hamilton County sheriff is the public s help. University of cincinnati s blue ash campus. The forum goes from 6 00 until 8 00 at the muntz hall auditorium. Mark also happening today, the for a Kentucky Police chief and one of his officers. The trial was delayed last month. Carroll county chief Michael Willhoite and officer Ronald Dickow are accused of taking a mentally ill inmate to the bus station instead of a treatment facility. Investigators say the two bought adam horine a oneway ticket to florida and then drove him to louisville to board the bus. Lisa time to check the morning commute on this tuesday. Kyla we are doing pretty well so far. We have some construction to talk about. You are probably very familiar with it. This week you will see most of those closures taking place off of the interstate. Some of the lane restrictions will be on 75 on the ramp onto hopple. Keep that in mind if you travel through cap washington this week. Things are looking good north no lane closures on the interstates. Let s check in with randi rico. The roller coaster begins. Randi 30 s, 40 s, 50 s. We re starting with some rain. Right now is moving through portions of missouri. We shouldn t have any problems with rain during the morning rush. It will arrive as we approach 10 00, 11 00 this morning. A couple of spots in the 40 s. 34 degrees in Fort Mitchell and lawrenceburg. Clouds will slowly be building in this morning with temperatures around 40 or so. Lunchtime the rain starts for for the drive home, showers and thunderstorms will be possible. It will be a changeover to snow. We will take a look at the timing coming up in a couple of minutes. Mark thank you. A virginia officer killed during her first day on the job. S being remembered as she s laid to rest today. Mark and continuing Team Coverage. We hear from the mother of one the victims in monday s shooting. Wlwt news 5 s andrew setters is live at Madison Junior Senior High School this morning. Lisa outside live on your more headlines our next right again r again again again again . Again again General Mills is removing artificial flavors and colors from our cereals. So you can love cereal. Again mark good morning and welcome back. 5 12. We have some rain and possibly some flurries in the forecast. Checking today s headlines, super tuesday is here. Or lost during the voting process today, super tuesday can reveal which candidates have the best chance at winning their party s nod for president. 12 states and the territory of American Samoa will hold their republican and or democratic primaries or caucuses today. Lisa donald trump when not be in any the States Holding primaries or caucuses today. He is making his way to ohio. John london report live from this event later today. Virginia Police OfficerAshley Guindon will be laid to rest today. Her body was escorted by dozens of police cars and motorcycles last night to a chapel which is where her Funeral Service will be held at noon tomorrow. The Prince William county officer was shot and killed in the line of duty last saturday. It was guindon s first day on patrol. She and two other officers were responding to a domestic shooter Ronald Hamilton fired his gun and shot all three officers. Guindon died from her injuries. Mark closer to home, a 14yearold behind bars this morning in Butler County after a School Shooting at Madison Junior Senior High School. Officials say 14yearold James Austin Hancock opened fire during lunch in the cafeteria just after 11 00 yesterday morning. Two students were shot. Two others were injured by shrapnel. Hancock is facing charges of attempted murder, assault, inducing panic and making terrorist threats. The 14yearold could make his first Court Appearance this morning. The four students injured are expected to be ok. The two boys shot, Cameron Smith and cooper caffrey, are at Miami Valley Hospital in dayton with nonlifethreatening injuries. Lisa the other students injured are brant murray and Katherine Doucette. Wlwt news 5 s andrew setters is at the Madison School this morning, where teachers will be returning to work this morning, but not the students. Good morning. Teachers will be coming back today, getting ready for the return of the students. They ll be making plans for how they ll handle the arrival of the students. We heard last night that some teachers were reaching out and calling students at home to see how they were doing. We also got a chance to talk to the mother of Katherine Doucette one of victims. , she says shrapnel hit her daughter in the knee. Stephanie doucette says the hardest part yesterday was trying to get to her daughter at the school. She couldn t get here fast enough. She s still in shock that Something Like this is happening in this community. She s still shocked it happend. She s gone to madison since kindergarten and she s known these kids, even the shooter. She knows and it s hard to think that, you know, her biggest question is, why . Scared. I thought i was going to die. Everybody. Andrew that second voice, jade ilderton was in the cafeteria when the gunshots were fired. She, like a lot of other people here, are asking why a 14 yearold classmate would do this. Andrew setters, wlwt news 5. Randi take a look at what to expect today. Temperatures around 50 degrees before the rain moves in. Geist of cincinnati, maybe mid 50 s east of cincinnati. The first round arriving around lunchtime today. Later this evening, you may see some snow. The focus will be the rain and the potential for thunderstorms today. Most of this system will stay to the Severe Weather will stay to the south. We will see some rain and maybe some thunder and lightning. We take a look at the radar, we are starting out with clear skies. Temperaturewise, most places in the upper 30 s. 40 degrees in florence. 39 in springboro. Temperatures climb to 50 or so by lunchtime. We will call a wet lion for today. About 51 degrees today at noon. Flakes of snow. Temperatures are well above freezing so i do not expect it to stick. Showers and maybe a rumble of thunder. Getting closer to downtown. For the early afternoon, showers, thunder and lightning possible. 3 00, many towns will be dealing with showers and storms. The potential for Severe Weather to the south and east. By, showers and maybe some the c chases theold rain the cold air chases the rain. Today around 52 or so. The rain will hold off to the early to mid afternoon. Tonight we changeover to some flurries, 28 degrees. 35 tomorrow and cloudy. By lunchtime, we transition overdue some rain. Today plan on some soakingwet commute. Kyla sounds like you need to pack the on umbrella. 471 looks good at 275. Along 471 in the northbound directions, 53 miles per hour, a decent start in that area. Toward the Daniel Carter beard bridge, six minutes. Up a little bit from what we typically see there. Things are wide open on both sides of the bridge. The other arteries look good as well. Columbia parkway, you should be good to go also. A new kind of ice cream. Mark we tried it for ourselves. A preview just ahead. Dangerous. Lisa it was very dangerous. As we tried to get our taste budes in order budsin singing i just cant wait to meet you, on the way, im filled with expectation, and youre growing everyday. Lisa good morning and welcome back on your tuesday. A live look at the bridge. We ll check the big picture just ahead. It s that time of year again for graeter s to reveal their mystery flavor. Mark we got a special delivery on monday and it was very tasty. Kyla graeter s was nice enough to give us a taste test, and this morning we can tell you all about it. The new flavor is called cheese crown and it s based off of the popular pastry you can also buy at graeter s. We spoke with the man who created the flavor, and he says the cheese crown ice cream will be around as long as there s a demand for it and people like it. Time for a long time new flavor and we are known for the cheese crown. We said, why not make a cheese flavored ice cream . Kyla so starting today, you can purchase the cheese crown flavor at all graeter s ice cream locations. By the way, graeter s officials tell us the warmer weather has been helping business with many of you stopping by for a scoop of ice cream on those sunnier days. I don t think they have to worry about the demand being low. Mark sweet. Lisa i probably wouldn t go for the cheese crown pastry. I would be dipping the pastry into the ice cream. Kyla there is frosting in there. It is really good. Trust us on this. Mark there is a happening today, tickets go on sale for the western southern open in mason. Tennis fans can score miniplan packages or singlesession tickets. This year, the tournament runs from august 13 to august 21, and the best tennis players in the world will be in mason. Lisa that is a huge event. Randi we take a look at the forecast. We do have rain on the way. The heaviest snow was state to the north. We re on target for some rain, especially this afternoon. If you are training for the flying pig, mild at 6 00 p. M. , 45 with rain and wind. The second part of the day likely to be soggy. We switch over to some snowflakes tonight. Freezing so i do not expect accumulation. Another round of snow changing to rain on thursday. Mark super tuesday has arrived with Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton still dominating in their respective parties. Lisa a breakdown of which states will cast their votes today. Andrew sharing stories and working through the recovery. Teachers head back to class today. Up in a live aha oof slurp. Mmmmmm. Cinnamon. Milk. Cinnamilk. Cinnamon toast crunch. Crunch crave those crazy squares. X the angels were definitely in that school. Mark new information this morning about the alleged shooter and the victims. Lisa how parents and students are reacting to scary moments. Tim coverage of what is said to take place today both at school and possibly in court. From cincinnati s wlwt, leading the way, this is wlwt news 5 today. It just strikes fear in your heart and all over the whole community. People are afraid. They don t know what could happen at any time. I think people just really need to be together to pray and support each other. That s what people need right now. Mark two vigils in middletown last night after Officials Say for general james 14yearold James Hancock opened fire in the cafeteria, shooting two and injuring two others. Dozens of people came together outside Middletown High School where they held hands and prayed. It was a show of love and support for the families affected by the shooting. We have Team Coverage just ahead with the latest on the madison School Shooting and when the alleged shooter could be in court. Good morning, everyone. Thanks for joining us. I m mark hayes. Lisa i m lisa cooney. Let s start with a check on the forecast. Randi we do have rain to contend with today. It will be getting here right around lunchtime. For the morning drive, no issues. As we look at temperatures, we are climbing into the 30 s. 38 officially at cvg. 39 in springboro. Hamilton, 36. Expect temperatures to hit about 40 degrees this morning. By right around lunchtime, the rate will move in our direction. Clear skies just about the day. The rate for later on today, this morning, rolling through st. Louis. Rain to the southward the gulf coast states are expecting stronger storms today. The colder air to the north producing snowfall through wisconsin and michigan today. The easiest part of the storm expected to roll through Greater Cincinnati, but we re not totally out of the woods. We have the potential for embedded thunderstorms this gusty wind. The temperatures, 40 or so by 8 00 in the morning and clouds by lunchtime, rain arrives. A little before that in southeastern indiana approaching by downtown by noon, downtown. The rate in the east tolls off to 1 00 to 2 00, you could see mid 50 s before the rain starts. Showers and thunderstorms through the afternoon slowly tapering to the evening commute and they may end with a couple of flurries for a few parts of town. We will take a look at the timeline in a couple of minutes. Kyla woods, how are the roads . Heading home. Pack the umbrella. No problems once you get out there, 2