F-C-CINCINNATI IS PREPARING TO TAKE ON THE COLUMBUS CREW IN A HIGH-STAKES, HELL-IS-REAL CINCINNATI IS PREPARING TO TAKE ON THE COLUMBUS CREW IN A HIGH STAKES HELL IS REAL MATCHUP. WE HAVE YOUR PREVIEW OF TONIGHT’S EASTERN CONFERENCE FINAL AT TQL STADIUM. YEAH, WE HAVE SOME GRAY SKIES AND MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF RAIN AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND EVEN INTO NEXT WEEK. THE DAYS YOU’LL NEED THE UMBRELLA PLUS WHEN OUR NEXT CHANCE FOR CLOUD BREAKS IS RETURNS. AND POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A SUSPECT IN A SHOOTING THAT PLACED TWO SCHOOLS ON LOCKDOWN. WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE SUSPECT AND THEIR CONNECTION TO THE VICTIM IN THIS INCIDENT AT THIS IS WLWT NEWS 5 TODAY LEADING THE WAY. GOOD MORNING AND THANKS FOR JOINING US AT 5:00 ON THIS SATURDAY MORNING. I’M TIFFANY WILSON HERE WITH METEOROLOGIST KATIE DONOVAN. I DON’T THINK THAT YOU CAN GUESS WHO WE ARE CHEERING FOR TONIGHT GAME SO EXCITING. OH MY GOODNESS. SO MUCH. AND IT’S SO GREAT FOR THE CITY TO HAVE THIS RIGHT HERE. IT IS. IT ABSOLUTELY IS. YOU KNOW, I’VE JUST HEARD ALL ABOUT IT THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. FOLKS JUST AMPED AND READY TO GO. AND THANKFULLY, THE WEATHER LOOKS LIKE IT’S GOING TO COOPERATE TONIGHT FOR US, WHICH WILL BE REALLY GOOD. YEAH, I MEAN, DECEMBER 2ND, IT COULD BE A LOT WORSE. I MEAN, IT FEELS REALLY GOOD OUTSIDE THIS MORNING. 50S. WE WILL HAVE SOME SHOWERS AS WE HEAD THROUGH TONIGHT, BUT I THINK MOST OF THE DAYTIME AND EVEN INTO THE START OF THE FC MATCH LOOKS REALLY GOOD RIGHT NOW. OUR CITY CAM SHOWS DRY SKIES OVER CINCINNATI. WE DO HAVE SOME FOG AS WE START OUT THE DAY RIGHT NOW TEMPERATURES ARE SITTING IN THE UPPER 40S TO AROUND 50 DEGREES. SO IT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE MILD HERE AS WE BEGIN THE DAY. BUT AGAIN, AS WE GO THROUGH THE DAYTIME, I THINK PRIMARILY HANGING OUT IN THE LOW 50S, EVEN SOME UPPER 40S. SO A DECENT START TO THE DAY. HERE WE ARE GOING TO STAY UNDER THE CLOUD COVER AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. REALLY GOING TO BE HARD PRESSED TO HAVE ANY KIND OF CLOUD BREAKS AT ALL AS WE HEAD THROUGH TODAY. WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING PRETTY SOGGY OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW AS WELL. SO OUR NEXT ROUND OF RAIN RIGHT ON THE HEELS OF OUR DRY DAY TODAY. WE’RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHEN THOSE FIRST SHOWERS ARE SET TO ROLL IN, HOW MUCH RAIN WE’RE GOING TO PICK UP AND OF COURSE, WHEN WE’RE SET TO DRY OUT AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK. COMING UP, TIFFANY, KATIE, THANK YOU. WE ARE LEADING THE WAY WITH BREAKING NEWS. CINCINNATI POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A DEADLY CRASH IN CARTHAGE THIS MORNING THAT LEFT ONE WOMAN DEAD. IT ALL HAPPENED AROUND 11:00 LAST NIGHT NEAR EAST SEYMOUR AVENUE. POLICE TELL US THAT A 35 YEAR OLD WOMAN LOST CONTROL OF HER VEHICLE AND STRUCK A CONCRETE BARRIER. SHE SHE SUFFERED LIFE THREATENING INJURIES AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO UC HOSPITAL WHERE SHE DIED. INVESTIGATORS TELL US THAT EXCESSIVE SPEED AND IMPAIRMENT ARE BOTH BEING INVESTIGATED AS POSSIBLE FACTORS IN THIS CRASH. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE CPD TRAFFIC UNIT. WELL, IT IS COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF. WE ARE JUST OVER 12 HOURS AWAY FROM THE RIVALRY MATCH AT TQL STADIUM. FC CINCINNATI AND THE COLUMBUS CREW WITH THE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP ON THE LINE. NOW, THE PRESSURE IS ON FOR THE ORANGE AND BLUE. COACH PAT NOONAN SAYS THAT THEY ARE READY. YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT A RIVALRY GAME, WHICH IS UNIQUE AT THIS STAGE. SO HOPEFULLY WE’RE EMBRACING THAT. I KNOW THE ATMOSPHERE IN THAT STADIUM IS GOING TO BE ELECTRIC AND HOPEFULLY OUR PERFORMANCE, YOU KNOW, CAN SEND A STRONG FAN BASE HOME IN A HAPPY WAY. NOW, WE’VE BEEN AT PRACTICE ALL WEEK AND AFTER A HANDFUL OF INJURIES AND A BUG GOING AROUND THE TEAM, IT LOOKS AS IF THEY ARE BOUNCING BACK AT JUST THE RIGHT TIME NOW, MUCH BETTER AS OF TODAY AND GETTING THROUGH TRAINING, BUT LEADING UP TO THE GAME, YEAH, WE HAD SOME GUYS THAT HAD TO BE AWAY FROM THE GROUP JUST BECAUSE OF ILLNESS AND EXTRA RECOVERY FOR SOME GUYS. SO OUTSIDE OF, YOU KNOW NICK AND AND LONDON AND EVERYBODY’S AVAILABLE WHICH IS CERTAINLY PROMISING AND THE FANS THEY ARE ALSO READY IT WILL BE A SOLD OUT STADIUM AT TQL THIS EVENING. AND FOR THE FANS SITTING IN A SPECIAL SECTION, THEY WILL BE HOLDING UP YELLOW AND RED CARDS TO LET THE REFEREES KNOW HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT THE CALLS AND WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR STAR DEFENDER. MATT MIAZGA WLWT NEWS FIVE’S ANCHOR LINDSEY STONE JOINS US WITH THE STORY. I FEEL LIKE TOMORROW IS LIKE OUR CHRISTMAS LIKE THIS IS FOR US AS FC FANS. TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE THE HELL IS REAL GAME. AND ALL THROUGH OHIO EXCITEMENT, ANTICIPATION AND 400 YELLOW, 400 RED. AND THEN I TAPED THEM ALL TOGETHER. SO OVERALL, 800 CARDS AHEAD OF TOMORROW NIGHT’S MATCH. ERIC WILLOUGHBY SPENT HOURS CREATING YELLOW AND RED CARDS FOR ALL OF THE FELLOW FC FANS SITTING IN HIS SECTION. EVERY SINGLE PERSON IS GETTING A YELLOW AND A RED CARD, SO THAT WAY WHEN THE REFS AREN’T MAKING THE CALLS, WE CAN GIVE THEM A LITTLE ASSISTANCE. AH, DEFENDER OF THE YEAR MATT MIAZGA WAS HANDED A THREE GAME SUSPENSION AND FANS ARE NOT HAPPY ABOUT THAT CALL. IF THE CARD IS KIND OF A CASUAL REMINDER THAT YOU KNOW, WE’RE WATCHING. ROB CHAMPNESS HAS BEEN A SEASON TICKET HOLDER SINCE FC CINCINNATI’S FIRST SEASON. YOU CAN SPOT HIM IN THE STADIUM HOLDING ANOTHER SIGN LAYING THERE. YOU KNOW, OUT AND THEY’RE HOLDING LIKE THE WRONG LIMB. AND STILL THEN SOMEBODY FROM OUR TEAM ENDS UP BEING CARDED. SO THIS IS THAT CASUAL POINT WHERE WE REMIND THEM LIKE, THAT WAS ACTUALLY SUPPOSED TO GO TO THE OTHER TEAM, THE CHILDHOOD BEST FRIENDS AND FCC SUPERFANS HAVE THEIR OWN GAME DAY RITUALS BEFORE EVERY GAME SKYLINE, CHILI AND AFTER THE GAME, IT’S RIGHT BACK TO SKYLINE. SOMETIMES THEY’RE SAD CONEYS SOMETIMES THEY’RE HAPPY. CONEYS. BUT THE TWO ARE CONFIDENT IT WILL BE HAPPY. CONEYS TOMORROW NIGHT. EXCITED AND OPTIMISTIC AND READY TO TO CONTINUE TO MAKE SOME HISTORY HERE. THIS IS THE FIRST OF MANY AND WE’RE JUST GOING TO KEEP POURING THAT IN. LINDSAY STONE WLWT NEWS FIVE NOW THE GAME KICKS OFF AT 6 P.M. TONIGHT. AND KEEP IT HERE ON WLWT FOR ALL THINGS FCC. WE WILL HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW AHEAD OF THE BIGGEST MATCH IN CLUB HISTORY. YOU CAN FIND THE LATEST ON AIR AND ONLINE AT WLWT.COM. AND OF COURSE, YOU CAN ALSO FIND IT ON OUR FREE WLWT MOBILE APP. WELL, CINCINNATI POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A SUSPECT THIS MORNING IN CONNECTION TO A SHOOTING ON A LOCAL SCHOOL CAMPUS. THREE SCHOOLS WERE PLACED ON LOCKDOWN. IT ALL HAPPENED YESTERDAY ABOUT 40 MINUTES BEFORE SCHOOL LET OUT NEAR NORTH COLLEGE HILL CITY SCHOOLS, CAMPUS POLICE FOUND A MAN SHOT IN THE LEG NEAR THE FOOTBALL STADIUM. HE IS EXPECTED TO SURVIVE. THE INCIDENT DID NOT INVOLVE ANY STUDENTS. AND AS CINCINNATI POLICE SEARCH THE CAMPUS FOR A SUSPECT, ART SUPERINTENDENT EUGENE BLALOCK JR TELLS US THAT HE WAS IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH POLICE AND WITH PARENTS AS THE SITUATION UNFOLDED. THIS WAS AN OUTSIDE THREAT. IT WASN’T A THREAT WHERE INDIVIDUALS WERE TRYING TO GET INTO THE BUILDING. IT WASN’T A THREAT WHERE WE HAD AN ACTIVE SHOOTER OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THIS IS AN INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND AS A PRECAUTION, WE HAD TO LOCK DOWN AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF WERE SAFE. NORTH COLLEGE HILL POLICE HAVE NOT RELEASED ANY SUSPECT INFORMATION. HOWEVER, THEY DID SAY THE SHOOTER AND THE SUSPECT DID NOT KNOW EACH OTHER, B