FOR THE WEEKEND. WE’RE TALKING TEMPERATURES TRENDING ABOUT A DOZEN DEGREES ABOVE WHERE THEY SHOULD BE, BUT IT’S NOT ALL GOOD NEWS. WE DO HAVE RAIN ROLLING IN MIDWEEK, AND I HAVE THE HOUR BY HOUR OUTLOOK FOR WHEN THE SKIES TURN SOGGY. BREAKING NEWS, NEW DETAILS FROM POLICE OVERNIGHT AFTER TWO CONTRACTORS DIED WHILE WORKING ON A NORTHERN KENTUCKY SEWER SYSTEM. WLWT NEWS FIVE’S DANIELLE DINDAK BREAKS DOWN WHAT HAPPENED WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING AND WHAT WE COULD LEARN THIS MORNING, AND A CINCINNATI STAPLE FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY IS PERMANENTLY CLOSING. COMING UP MEREDITH STUTZ LIVE WITH HOW MUCH LONGER YOU HAVE TO MAKE MEMORIES AT CONEY ISLAND AND WHAT WHAT THE PARK WILL BECOME. THIS IS WHY NEWS 5 TODAY LEADING. THE WAY 5 A.M. ON YOUR FRIDAY. MAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO GET THE FROST OFF THE WINDSHIELD. THIS MORNING. I’M STEVEN ALBRITTON AND I’M KELLY RIPPIN METEOROLOGIST RANDI RICO TRACKING BIG TEMPERATURE CHANGES AFTER WE START WITH ANOTHER VERY COLD MORNING. RANDI. IT’S DEFINITELY WEIRD TO GO, HEY, IT’S GOING TO BE REALLY WARM THIS WEEKEND. AND THEN LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS BEHIND ME. BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT A WEEKEND WARM-UP THAT SENDS US UP INTO THE 50S THE NEXT SEVERAL AFTERNOONS. BUT RIGHT NOW, PLAN ON THE 20S. I KNOW THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN TEMPERATURE SAYS ABOUT 35 DEGREES. WELL, THAT’S AT THE AIRPORT. MOST OTHER PLACES COMING IN A GOOD BIT COOLER THAN THAT. YOU CAN SEE IT’S 24 DEGREES IN DOWNTOWN, COLD RAIN. YOU’RE AT 26 AT 25. IN KENWOOD, MORROW IS AT 25 WESTCHESTER, RIGHT NOW AT 30. SO A CHILLY START. DEFINITELY MORE LIKELY THAT YOU’RE SEEING THE FROST IF YOU ARE NORTH OF DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI. BUT NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE ACROSS OUR REGION, OUR TEMPERATURES, YOU KNOW, AS WARM AS ABOUT 34 DEGREES IN DRY RIDGE. BUT MOST PLACES STARTING OUT IN THE 20S. SO AS WE GO THROUGH THE NEXT 12 HOURS, WE HAVE THE CLEAR SKIES. AND THAT WILL LEAD TO TEMPERATURES IN THE 20S. FOR THE START OF THE MORNING RUSH, WE GET TO LUNCHTIME, THOUGH, AND IT’S BASICALLY ALREADY 50, AND WE’RE GOING TO MAKE IT INTO THE MID 50S THIS AFTERNOON, SO THINGS WILL BE COMFORTABLE. IF YOU HAVE BIG PLANS TO CHECK OUT HOLIDAY LIGHTS TONIGHT, BUT IT’S A VERY BUSY WEEKEND IN CINCINNATI. WE’VE GOT BENGALS, WE’VE GOT HOLIDAY FESTIVALS. WE’VE ALSO GOT SOME RAIN ROLLING IN. I HAVE THE TIMELINE FOR THAT COMING UP. RANDI. THANK YOU. LEADING THE WAY WITH BREAKING NEWS ON THIS FRIDAY MORNING AFTER A DEADLY WORKPLACE ACCIDENT IN KENTON COUNTY. AND THIS MORNING, WE KNOW THE TWO PEOPLE WHO ARE MISSING THOSE WORKERS HAVE NOW BEEN RECOVERED. A THIRD PERSON WAS HOSPITALIZED. THIS ALL HAPPENING AT A SEWER CONSTRUCTION SITE DOWN IN BROMLEY. WLWT NEWS FIVE’S DANIELLE DINDAK IS LIVE AT THAT SITE FOR US THIS MORNING, WHERE THE SEARCH EFFORTS ENDED OVERNIGHT. DANIELLE. YES, KELLY AND STEPHEN. JUST A DEVASTATING SITUATION. NOW, JUST A FEW HOURS AGO, WE DID HEAR FROM PARK HILLS POLICE THAT THE SECOND PERSON THAT WAS UNACCOUNTED FOR HAD BEEN FOUND. NOW, THOSE RECOVERY EFFORTS STOPPED JUST AROUND 1 A.M. THIS MORNING. NOW, PARK HILLS POLICE ALSO TELLING US THAT THEY WILL UPDATE US SOMETIME THIS MORNING WITH HOW THIS ALL HAPPENED. NOW THAT INVESTIGATION IS STILL ONGOING. WE’LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. BUT I WANT TO HAVE YOU TAKE A LOOK AT SOME VIDEO SO YOU CAN GET AN IDEA OF JUST HOW MANY FIRST RESPONDERS WERE HERE. NOW, WE WERE ON SCENE OVERNIGHT AHEAD OF CREWS WRAPPING UP THE SEARCH. NOW, THIS ALL STARTED BEFORE NOON YESTERDAY WHEN THE THREE CONTRACT WORKERS WORKING AT THE BROMLEY PUMP STATION WERE TRAPPED. WE DON’T KNOW WHAT LED UP TO THAT YET. ONE WORKER WAS ABLE TO GET OUT AND WAS CONSCIOUS AND ALERT. THE TWO OTHERS WERE PRESUMED DEAD. IT TOOK RESCUE CREWS ABOUT SEVEN HOURS TO FIND THE BODY OF THE FIRST WORKER. THE OTHER FOUND SOMETIME JUST BEFORE ONE THIS MORNING. NOW, JUST AS I JUST MENTIONED, POLICE HAVE NOT SAID MUCH ABOUT WHAT LED UP TO THIS SITUATION. NOW WE ARE EXPECTING MORE INFORMATION FROM POLICE SOMETIME THIS MORNING. NOW, THEY ALSO HAVE NOT RELEASED ANY OF THE IDENTITIES OF THE PEOPLE INVOLVED. BUT OF COURSE WE’RE WORKING TO GET YOU THOSE ANSWERS AS SOON AS WE GET ANY NEW UPDATES ON THIS ACTIVE INVESTIGATION, WE’LL BE SURE TO PASS THEM ALONG, BOTH ON AIR AND ONLINE REPORTING LIVE HERE DANIELLE DINDAK WLWT NEWS FIVE. DANIELLE. THIS SITUATION CERTAINLY AWFUL, ESPECIALLY FOR THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF THOSE WHO PASSED AS FAR AS THE PUMP STATION, IT IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT IT? YEAH, STEPHEN, JUST LIKE I MENTIONED, JUST AN ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATING SITUATION WHEN I CAN TELL YOU IS, IS THAT THIS THEY WERE WORKING ON A TWO YEAR PROJECT THAT WAS WORTH $24 MILLION. IT WAS SET TO HELP REDISTRICT SOME WATER OUT HERE IN KENTON COUNTY. SO ALL THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO WRAP UP BY THE END OF THE YEAR. SOMETIME. AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT THAT HAS NOW STOPPED AS THEY WORK TO FIGURE OUT HOW THIS ALL HAPPENED. DANIELLE DINDAK REPORTING LIVE FOR US DOWN IN BROMLEY. DANIELLE. THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE IT. WE ARE WORKING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT A CRASH AS WELL. OVERNIGHT IN WARREN COUNTY, WHERE A MEDICAL HELICOPTER WAS CALLED IN. THIS HAPPENED ON 71 ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF THE KINGS ISLAND EXIT. NOW SO FAR POLICE HAVE NOT SAID MUCH ABOUT THE PEOPLE INVOLVED EXCEPT THAT ONE PERSON HAD TO BE FLOWN TO THE HOSPITAL. WE ARE EXPECTING AN UPDATE FROM OHIO STATE POLICE. WE’RE CHECKING IN WITH THEM THIS MORNING. 504 FIREFIGHTERS FOUND A 17 YEAR OLD BOY DEAD AFTER BATTLING A FIRE IN SOUTH FAIRMOUNT. THE FIRE BRIEFLY REIGNITED LAST NIGHT, BUT CREWS KNOCKED IT OUT IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. THE INITIAL FIRE STARTED JUST BEFORE 1 P.M. AFTER RESCUING THREE PEOPLE, FIREFIGHTERS FOUND THE TEEN DEAD ON THE THIRD FLOOR. STILL NOT CLEAR HOW THIS FIRE STARTED. A MAN FACES CHARGES THIS MORNING IN CONNECTION TO A BODY FOUND IN COVINGTON LAST MONTH, 55 YEAR OLD JERRY HADDIX WAS FOUND DEAD IN EARLY NOVEMBER ON WEST SEVENTH STREET. NOW, POLICE ARRESTED 27 YEAR OLD KEITH NEWLIN. THEY SAY HE BECAME A SUSPECT AFTER HE SHARED DETAILS ABOUT HADDIX’S DEATH. THAT, QUOTE, ONLY SOMEONE PRESENT FOR THE CRIME WOULD KNOW HE WAS CHARGED WITH MURDER AND IS BEING HELD AT THE KENTON COUNTY JAIL. 505 HERE ON YOUR FRIDAY MORNING. TAKING ACTION TO COMBAT THE GROWING GUN VIOLENCE ON THE STREETS OF CINCINNATI AS SHOOTINGS CONTINUE AND CITY COUNCIL CRACKS DOWN ON GUN OWNERS WHO HAVE THEIR GUNS STOLEN. A LOCAL ORGANIZATION STEPPING UP TO HELP GET MORE GUNS OFF THE STREETS. STREET RESCUE IS HOLDING A GUN BUYBACK PROGRAM TODAY FOR PEOPLE TO TURN IN THEIR GUNS. NO QUESTIONS ASKED. YOU CAN TAKE THEM TO THE HOUSE OF HOPE FELLOWSHIP CHURCH FROM 3 TO 7 TONIGHT AND OVER THE RHINE. IN RETURN, YOU WILL GET A GIFT CARD, THE SIDES GETTING MORE GUNS OFF THE STREETS. IT ALSO ALLOWS A SAFE OUTLET FOR PEOPLE WORRIED ABOUT THEIR GUNS BEING STOLEN. AND ANYBODY CAN STOP IN. THEY CAN HOP OUT OF A CAR. THEY CAN HAVE US, WILL COME DOWN TO A CAR, GET THE GET THE MATERIALS, WHATEVER. IF IT’S A WEAPON, IF IT’S AMMUNITION, WE’RE HAPPY TO TAKE IT. ABOUT A THIRD OF THE WEAPONS THAT COME IN ARE LOADED. SO SAFETY IS OUR FIRST PRIORITY. ORGANIZERS. TELL US THEY WILL ALSO TAKE WEAPONS OTHER THAN GUNS, AMMUNITION AS WELL. THEY WILL ALSO BE PROVIDING DISCOUNTED GUN SAFETY TRAINING AND GUN LOCKS FOR ANYONE WHO MAY NEED ONE. ALL RIGHT. MANY OF YOU HAVE REACHED OUT ABOUT THIS STORY. THE END OF AN ERA QUICKLY APPROACHING FOR CONEY ISLAND. A LOT OF PEOPLE BLINDSIDED BY THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. THE PARK MAKING IT YESTERDAY, IT WILL CLOSE FOR GOOD AT THE END OF THIS YEAR. SO IT’S A MATTER OF ABOUT TWO WEEKS. WLWT NEWS FIVE’S MEREDITH STUTZ IS LIVE AT THE PARK, WITH THE PLANS ALREADY IN PLACE FOR WHAT DOES COME NEXT AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOU IF YOU BOUGHT A SEASON PASS FOR NEXT SUMMER. MEREDITH. KELLY AND STEVEN. THIS NEWS CAME AS A SHOCK FOR SO MANY PEOPLE. THE NEARLY 150 YEAR OLD PARK HAS PROVIDED SO MANY MEMORIES FOR GENERATIONS OF FAMILIES HERE IN GREATER CINCINNATI AND NOW THIS. SO HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW. WE DO KNOW THAT THIS YEAR IS NIGHTS OF LIGHTS IS YOUR LAST OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY CONEY ISLAND. IN ADDITION TO ITS SUNLIGHT POOLS, WE KNOW THAT IT WILL NOW CLOSE AT THE END OF THE MONTH. SO HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE CONTEXT OF THIS. THE COMPANY THAT RUNS RIVERBEND, WHICH IS THE CONCERT VENUE NEXT DOOR, HAS BOUGHT CONEY FOR AN UNDISCLOSED AMOUNT OF MONEY. THE PLAN GOING FORWARD IS TO TURN THE LAND CONEY ISLAND IS ON INTO A MAJOR CAMPUS THAT WOULD ATTRACT MAJOR FESTIVALS AND CONCERTS AND ELEVATE CINCINNATI’S STATUS IN THE LIVE MUSIC INDUSTRY. SO FAR, THAT VENUE DOESN’T HAVE A NAME, BUT THE COMPANY HOPES TO HAVE IT OPENED IN THE SPRING OF 2026. NOW, IF YOU’VE ALREADY BOUGHT SEASON PASSES FOR THE 2024 SEASON, UNDERSTANDABLY SO. YOU MIGHT HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. WE DO KNOW THAT THOSE WILL BE REFUNDED, INCLUDING THESE DETAILS. CONEY ISLAND OFFICIALS SAYING THAT CREDIT, DEBIT AND PAYMENT PLAN PURCHASES WILL BE CREDITED TO THE CARD THAT IT WAS USED ON AND PEOPLE WHO USED CASH OR A GIFT CARD WILL RECEIVE A CHECK IN THE MAIL. TALKING MORE ABOUT THIS FROM THE MEMORY SIDE COMI