This morning, we might see a quick coating of snow. Taking a look at indy, the roads are wet but there is a dusting on the grass. Starting to get the first flurries around Hamilton County. Light snow through Butler County and south of the 71, 75 split. Possible. Untreated surfaces could get a little slick. Temperatures are a couple of degrees below freezing. We should climb above freezing into midmorning. Right now light snow showers. We re not seeing them on the city cam. Noon, we re mixing in with rain and snow, 36 degrees. If you see snow falling, it pavement. More rain in the next cincinnati and south this afternoon. 8 00, a couple of flurries for everybody. The road should stay plain old wet. Kyla still pretty quiet out there. A lot of pretreatment. Hopefully that will eliminate any issues with the snow that is falling. From any of our western communities toward 75, we are keeping a close eye on all of the roads. On the norwood lateral, east and westbound looking good. Toward 71 or 75, you should be good to go. On the loop near eastgate, things look good. No problems across greater cincinnati. We will let you know if anything mark the threat of School Violence is heightened this week after monday s shootings at madison schools. Lisa now a 12yearold boy is accused of using a fake gun to threaten students in Mount Healthy. Wlwt news 5 s andrew setters is live at the juvenile Detention Center where the child is being held. Good morning. Andrew we expect he ll go to court this morning, where we could learn more about the accusations. This is the gun the boy was found with. It s a toy, but a realisticlooking one, and we have seen too often lately the kind of results that can have. He is just 12 years old, but facing some disturbing accusations. The student at Mount Healthy s alternative school was drinking wine allegedly in class when arrested by police on wednesday. The boy is accused of pointing that gun at two classmated threatening to kill one. Armed just with a toy gun in this case. S day and age, you have to take every threat as being real, and if we don t, then the worst could happen, and we can t wait for that to happen, and we have to act now. Andrew they acted and they arrested him. He s now facing aggravated menacing charges, along with weapons and alcohol charges. We expect he ll be in court later this week. Andrew setters, wlwt news 5. Lisa another scare at another school, wyoming high school. Criminal charges are now filed against a 15yearold student for making a verbal threat. Administrators at wyoming made students and parents aware of the threat, but did not Cancel School wednesday. It s being described as a threat from one student against an individual or a group of individuals. Now the Freshman Student is facing two criminal charges. We take all threats seriously. We look at each case and try to figure out what s best for the involved, and we try to investigate everything. lisa the 15yearold charged is being held at a juvenile Detention Center this morning. Mark returning to a place where a tragedy took place earlier this week. Students returned to Madison Junior Senior High School wednesday, their first day back after 14yearold Austin Hancock opened fire in the cafeteria. 90 of students were ready to walk the halls, but not some. Officials say three of the four injured students did not return wednesday. Students described their first day back to us. We re so close. Everybody just got straight to class. It was no talking at all. It was really quiet, and that s not normal for our school. Mark the school says students who still don t feel comfortable coming back this week will have an excused absence. Lisa this is a tough situation in this district are so close with one another and with the accused gunman. We talked with the superintendent about the emotions of it all. There s a lot of mixed emotions there and that s where i think those counselors are going to come in handy, because that s a struggle. How do you deal with your emotions . How do you be angry but also compassionate . So that s where we re at. Lisa he also indicated he would not have expected violence from 14yearold Austin Hancock. Mark a team of thieves is targeting Senior Citizens and women with physical disabilities. Now police need your help finding these criminals. One of the victims is an 83yearold woman who says she was targeted at the kroger in blue ash. She says a woman approached her and was talking with her when she caught a man stealing her wallet. Both women went out to the parking to find him when the young woman disappeared as well. After she was gone, it dawned on me that she was probably part of the action, you know. She had kept my attention while mark detectives say a similar theft happened at a walmart in evendale. They are looking for two women and a man. If you can help, call blue ash or evendale police. Gov. Kasich he s a heck of a great guy. And no, i didn t confirm anything. I don t push people like that. He s been out there working hard, and i have a lot of respect for him. Lisa Ohio Governor john kasich talked to ben carson wednesday after word leaked that carson will be dropping out of the gop president ial race. But he says carson didn t say if he was in or out of the race. S doesn t see a political path forward in light of last evening s super tuesday primary results. No indication that he was giving up. Mr. Carson our nation is in and you know, that s the point i ve been trying to get across in these debates. Each other and tear each other down when we have such important issues to deal with . It s like talking to a brick wall. Lisa ben carson says he ll go into more detail tomorrow about the future of his campaign at the conservative Political ActionCommittee Conference in maryland. Mark timeout to check in with kyla. Kyla we have some instruction near hopple, south of the monmouth street bridge. You will see a single lane closure between 8 00 tonight and 2 00 a. M. Tomorrow. It will be wrapped up before the morning commute. Here is a look at 75 at hopple. You will see a lot of pretreatment out there. Hopefully that will eliminate any issues during the morning randi it is the game changer this morning. Temperatures are near freezing. Here is a look at connersville. You can see the pavement at the colder surfaces, a little bit of snow sticking to the grass. That is what you can t expect from the first burst this morning. Untreated surfaces could be a little slick. That rolled through connersville hitting Butler County. Expect maybe some accumulation in the grass. Dairies to the south, a burst of snow south. The grass the season light snow. We will see rain and snow in the forecast. Mark thank you. High drama at the highest court in the land. Abortion access now lisa how the Supreme Court is currently hearing one of the most significant Abortion Cases in two decades. Mark and a unique collaboration between companies brita and amazon. The new product that will take the guess work out of your filtered water. Lisa outside live on your thursday. Some of you are seeing snow singing i just cant wait to meet you, sweet child youre on the way, im filled with expectation, and youre growing everyday. Mark good morning and welcome back. 5 13. You can barely make out some flurries. There is. Your most accurate forecast coming out in just a moment. A probable cause conference is scheduled to be held today for the man accused in the kalamazoo, michigan, mass shooting that left six people dead. The conference is a discussion between attorneys to deterime whether a preliminary examination of evidence will be held next week. More about what led up to the deadly shootings. Lisa 25 years ago today, a video camera captured an arrest that shaped u. S. History. March 3, 1991, george holiday recorded this scene from his apartment balcony in los angeles. It shows lapd officers beating a man named rodney king. King was released two days later without being charged. In april, 1992, four White Police Officers were acquitted of criminal charges in the beating. That led to violent riots around southern california. It s being called the biggest Abortion Case in a quarter of a century. The u. S. Supreme court heard arguments in a texas case on wednesday. The law requires abortion doctors have to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles and that the procedure must be done in a surgical center. Those requirements have caused half of the state s 42 abortion clinics to close, and that this law is cruel and it is advance medical health for women. Lisa while the court s conservative justices wanted proof the law led to clinic closings, the liberal wing questioned why texas holds abortions to a different and more expensive safety standard than higherrisk procedures like liposuction and colonoscopies. But Justice Anthony kennedy, the critical swing vote in this case, suggested sending the case back to the texas courts for a a decision isn t expected until june. Mark a recall has been issued for an item coffee lovers might have received for valentine s day. The u. S. Consumer Product Safety Commission says love today ceramic coffee mugs were mislabeled as being microwave safe. The mugs were sold exclusively at target stores. It turns out that the lettering on the mugs are metallic and can spark when heated in a microwave, which poses a serious fire risk. You can now return them to target for a full refund. Amazon and brita have created a filters. It s called the brita infinity smart water pitcher. Instead of waiting for the user to notice it needs a new filter, it uses builtin wifi to connect to the amazon dash replenishment system and automatically order s the new filters for you. Brita says the 5. 99 filters last for two months, or 40 gallons of water. Just hope your credit card number to the pitcher. Cincinnati s certified most accurate forecast. Randi do not blame the kids for the texture charge on your credit card bill. Let s take a look at our forecast. We are looking at water falling from the sky in the form of rain and snow. If you re roads have been pretreated, you might see a coding on the grass a c temperatures will be in the upper 30 s. That is enough to keep the pavement wet. You will see accumulation on the grass. Here is the radar right now. You can see two areas where we are seeing snow showers falling. We had a dusting in connersville. That is in portions of Butler County. From hamilton and trenton, maybe a light coating on the grass. South of town, same deal. You will see the snow showers from crittenden. Most places, it is only sticking to the grass or your car. We will have these snow showers rolled through this morning. Pretreatment is the key. Slick spot. The rain snow line is moving through louisville. Rain will be part of the equation. 5 00, most places around 40. If you re watching snowfall, it doesn t stand a chance of sticking to the roads. Toward lunchtime, it may be falling and snow north of cincinnati, about 36 degrees and it all melts away. South of cincinnati, a good of rain. North of cincinnati, more snow. Into the evening, that s no will start to move out. Substantial accumulations, that would be through portions of clinton and highland counties. See some slushy accumulation. South of the river, a good bit of rain to wash it all. Away up to an inch of accumulation. Tomorrow, 40 degrees and an early flurry. Toward next week, high temperatures back in the 60 s and 70 s. We are keeping our eye on the roads. Wet roads. Kyla my friends in indy are saying the same thing. You might see it sticking on the grass but the roads are mostly wet. Right now, traffic looks good at 275. Heading northbound, pretty good speeds. 65 Miles Per Hour up through newport, five minute commute over to the Daniel Carter beard bridge. All lanes are clear as well. We will keep a close eye on it throughout the morning. Lisa turning a negative into a positive. I essentially ignored it because, being 16, you think you re invincible. You think nothing will happen to you. Mark how one local man is helping to raise awareness of Kidney Disease. Lisa outside live on your we have more headlines lisa good morning and welcome back on this thursday. We are bringing attention to a deadly disease that often has no symptoms at all. Mark and according to the National Kidney foundation, one in three americans are at risk of developing it. Wlwt news 5 s kyla woods tells us how one local man is helping to raise awareness of Kidney Disease. Kyla idris gray was only 16 years old when he was diagnosed with diabetes. He admits that he didn t take the diagnosis too seriously at first. He continued poor eating habits mixed with a sedentary lifestyle. He thought, at such a young age, nothing bad would happen to him. Fastforward to his young adult life just a few years ago. Education, he would experience kidney failure, leading to the need for dialysis treatment for four years, and even going blind for three months. That was an eye opener for me, and now being a teacher, having an inquisitive mind, i wanted other people to know that. It s a matter of prevention and it s a matter of treatment once you have it. And ultimately a cure is my ultimate goal. A cure for Kidney Disease. Kyla now idris wants to encourage everyone, young and old, to know the leading causes of Kidney Disease and the best ways to prevent it. He will host the first annual march first, march forth health expo at Kennedy Heights arts center in the lindner annex. Idris efforts have been recognized by the National Kidney foundation, naming him the 2014 volunteer of the year. The health expo will take place this saturday, march 5th, from 10 00 a. M. To 2 00 p. M. Lisa thank you. Happening today, the circus is in town. And before they have their Opening Night tonight, they re performing some good deeds in and Barnum Bailey will present a donation to Cincinnati Children s hospital. On top of that, patients and families will see a special performance, including ringmasters, dancers, contortionists, and jugglers. The circus first performance is tonight at 7 00 at the u. S. Bank arena. This is the last time you will see the elephant acts locally before they retire in may. Mark i m going to miss the elephants. Can i go . Randi bring your own money for popcorn. Sorry. Yes. We take a look at the radar this morning. We are starting with some snow showers. They are fairly light. If you have been pretreated, the road stay wet. That is a possibility in Butler County. Through the morning, there is the potential for some slick spots. The timeline for today looks like this. Pretreated roads stay wet. Raised surfaces could be a little slick. By lunchtime rain is mexican south of the river. Our temperatures in the upper 30 s wet pavement stays wet. Maybe up to one slushy inch today. Guys . mark thank you. A car flipped on its top early this morning. Lisa what officials are saying about how it happened. Dan after a successful first day for students, they are coming together to support their mark donald trump getting more pressure from his own party. I lisa guns on campus the local district with a new Protection Plan who can carry a gun at a school legally. Mark a local wrestling team looking to restructure its efforts on something positive. From cincinnati s wlwt, leading the way. Mark good morning, everyone. I m mark hayes. Lisa i m lisa cooney. Randi rico and kyla woods are here this morning with weather and traffic together. Randi we can t totally eliminate slick spots, but pretreatment is key. We are watching a quick coating come through in indianapolis. We watched a burst of snow rolled through. Most places, the roads are wet, the grass has a coating. That should be the scenario as we head through the morning hours. It will he followed by a transition to rain this afternoon. You can see snow showers in Butler County and south of the river. Temperatures are currently sitting upper 20 s, low 30 s. Most places are a little bit below freezing. Freezing around 9 00 this morning. I wanted to show you the weather camera in connorsville they did see a burst of snow this morning. The pavement is clearly visible. Maybe a little accumulation on the grassy areas. The morning commute should look like this unless the snow gets more intense. The snow in connorsville is moving through portions of Butler County. West chester has light snow. Temperatures right around freezing. Expecting the roads tuesday wet. The potential is there for a few slick spots, but not an overwhelming problem this morning. It 00 a. M. , light snow. By noon, areas of light rain and snow. 38 for our high. Expect some rain and snow, but generally wet roads. Kyla right pretty clear Road Conditions in greater cincinnati. Out of Butler County, 75 rolling along near union center. Still pretty moderate light volume. We have been problem free so far. 74 at elmore toward the i75 interchange from one of our western communities, no problems. Across the river, same thing, 71 75 is good. Still heavier in the southbound lanes. We will see it flipflopped and northbound will get heavy. We will continue to cover it throughout the morning. Lisa a driver in the hospital after flipping a car after hitting a parked car. This is in westwood about 2 30 this morning at the intersection of glenmore and hannah. No word on the driver s condition. The events on monday hit hard for madison s wrestling team. Mark the team is trying to lisa dan griffin live at the school as a team heads to columbia s for the dan state