DIFFICULT, KNOWING THEY
HAVE NOT BEEN GETTING THE CARE
THEY NEED FOR SOME TIME.
ON THE MEN'S.
11 SCHNAUZER MIXED DOGS WERE
TAKEN FROM A HOME ON THE WEST
SIDE OF CINCINNATI EARLIE THIS
WEEK.
>> THEY WERE COVERED IN FLEAS.
THEY HAVE PUNCTURE
WOUNDS.
NOT SURE WHAT THAT IS FROM.
HAD FLEA BITES.
REPORTER: THE FORMER OWNER
CALLED HEART ANIMAL RESCUE
UNABLE TO CARE FOR 25 DOGS.
>> TO KNOW THEY ARE LIVING LIKE
THIS, THAT IS HARD.
IT'S REALLY HARD.
>> THE OWNER PASS THEM THROUGH A
DOORWAY TO VOLUNTEERS.
THEY WERE EATING THINGS LIKE
PASTA INSTEAD OF DOG FOOD.
>> IF I WERE TO GUESS SHE
PROBABLY HAS A HUGE HEART AND
COULD NOT LET THEM GO AND THE
JUST KEEP BREATHING IN H
HOUSE.
>> THESE PUPPIES HAVE BEEN GIVEN
MEDICAL ATTENTION.
14 MORE NEED HELP.
>> OUR PLAN IS TO GET IN CONTACT
WITH HER AND GET MORE.
REPORTER:
BACK HERE LIVE, THE
OWNE OF THE DOGS IS NOT FACING
LEGAL PROBLEMS OR CHARGES.
THEY TELL US THEY DO PLAN TO GO
AND TRY AND GET MORE DOGS BY THE
END OF THE WEEK.
COURTIS:
THANK YOU.
VOLUNTEERS SAY TODAY ONE OF THE
DOGS WAS TAKEN TO A FOSTER HOME.
MANY OF THE OTHERS STILL NEED A
NEW HOME.
OTHER NEWS NOW, A BOONE COUNTY
CHURCH IS HOSTING A PRAYER VIGIL
FOR THE CHAPERONES, HIT BY
FALLING BRICKS, ON A COVINGTON
FIELD TRIP.
FOUR ADULTS WERE HURT THURSDAY
WHILE THEY WERE TAKING EIGHTH
GRADERS FROM IMMACULATE HEART OF
MARY SCHOOL, TO THE PARISH
KITCHEN IN COVINGTON.
TONIGHT THE BURLINGTON CHURCH
WILL PRAY THE ROSARY EVERY HOUR
FOR THEIR RECOVERY.
THEY STARTED AT 7:00 TONIGHT.
AND THEY'LL CONTINUE UNIL SEVEN
TOMORROW MORNING.
POLICE ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE
NOW DEALING WITH A NEW SCARY
PRANK.
SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS WITH CLOWN
NAMES AND PHOTOS ARE SENDING
THREATS TO SCHOOLS
IN OUR AREA POLICE HAVE MADE 8
ARRESTS IN THESE SO CALLED.
CREEPY CLOWN CASES.
JUST THIS MORNING READING POLICE
SAY A WOMAN REPORTED A CLOWN
ATTACKED HER WITH A KNIFE.
BUT THEY SAY ALEXSANDRA CONLEY'S
STORY DID NOT ADD UP.
AND SHE LATER ADMITTED TO MAKING
IT UP TO TRY TO KEEP HER JOB
WHEN SHE WAS LAT
CONLEY FACES ONE COUNT OF MAKING
FALSE ALARMS.
STUDENTS IN A MISSOURI SCHOL
DISTRICT TALKED ABOUT ONLINE
MESSAGES THEY RECEIVED.
THEY SAY THE CLOWNS TOLD THE
KIDS THEY WOULD COME AFTER THEIR
FRIENDS AND EVEN THEIR SCHOOL.
>> THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO
THE HIGH SCHOOL AND KIDNAP THE
KIDS AND KILL THE TEACHERS
WALKING TO THEIR CARS AND STUFF.
COURTI A LOT OF KIDS ARE
SCARED.
SO FAR NONE OF THE THREATS HAS
BEEN CREDIBLE THAT SOME SCHOOLS
HAVE SEEN THEIR ATTENDANCE DROP.
A SCHOOL JANITOR WILL BE
ARRAIGNED ON MONDAY ACCUSED OF
STEALING A STUDENT'S MEDICATI
FROM THE SCHOOL NURSE'S CABINET.
THE CLARK COUNTY SHERIFF SAYS
SURVEILLANCE VIDEO CAUGHT KEVI
WILLIAMS STEALING ADDERALL.
,FROM A SCHOOL IN SPRINGFIELD,
NORTHEAST OF DAYTO
THE DRUG IS USED TO TREAT A
SLEEPING DISORDER
HE CONFESSED TO TWO SEPARATE
INCIDENTS.
HE'S NOW IN JAIL ON FELONY THEFT
CHARGES.
VOLUNTEERS MADE THEIR WAY
THROUGH TWO LOCAL NEIGHBORHOODS
TO KEEP KIDS SAFE TODAY.
CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S OFFERS
FREE CHILD-PROOFING TO FAMILIES
IN NEE
TODAY ABOUT TWO DOZEN VOLUNTEERS
KNOCKED ON DOORS IN NORWOOD, H
BY THE AUGUST FLOODING.
THEY ALSO MADE THEIR FIRST TRIP
INTO READING, TO HAND OUT SAFETY
EQUIPMENT TO FAMILY WITH YOUNG
KIDS
>> YOU CAN GET YOUR SAFETY GATE.
WE CAN TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHAT A
SAFETY GATE DOES, BUT WHEN WE
LEAVE, WE PUT THAT SAFTY GATE
IN.
SO IT'S ACTUALLY ACTIVELY
WORKING.
COURTIS: CHILDREN'S SAYS IT HAS
RECORDED AS HIGH AS A 60% DROP
IN CHILD E.R. VISITS FROM HOMES
WHERE THEY'VE INSTALLED THE
SAFETY EQUIPMENT.
THEY PLAN TO HEAD TO PRICE HILL
IN NOVEMBER.
A NEW LAW HOPES TO PREVENT
PAINKILLER DEPENDENCE FOR OHIO
WORKERS HURT ON THE JOB.
THE LAW PROVIDES OVERSIGHT FOR
OPIOID PRESCRIPTIONS THROUGH THE
BUREAU OF WORKER'S COMP.
THE BUREAU WILL NOW ONLY
REIMBURSE DOCTORS FOLLOWING THE
BEST PRACTICES FOR PRESCRIPTION.
IT WILL ALSO OFFER WORKERS
TREATMENT FOR OPIOID DEPENDENCE
IF THEY STARTED USING THE DRUGS
THROUGH A WORKER'S COMP CLAIM.
THOUSANDS OF WALKERS CAME
TOGETHER TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR THE
5 MILLION PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM
ALZHEIMER'S.
THIS YEAR'S WALK TO END
ALZHEIMER'S RAISED MORE THAN
$800,000 FOR THE LOCAL
ASSOCIATION.
THEY PROVIDE FREE SERVICES FOR
FAMILIES YEAR-ROUND.
PEOPLE WHO HAVE SEEN THE DISEASE
FIRST-HAND SAY THEY DON'T FEEL
SO ALONE WHEN THEY COM TO THE
WALK.
>> AS THEY WALK, THESE PINWHEEL
FLOWERS ARE ROTATING AND IT IS
JUST SYMBOLIC OF THE SEASON OF
OUR LIVES, AND WHEN YOU COME
UPON A DISEASE LIKE ALZHEIMER'S
IT STEALS SO MUCH OF WHO YOU
ARE.
AND WE WILL NOT STAND FOR THAT
ANY LONGER.
ANCHOR ORGANIZERS OF TODAY'S
WALK TO END ALZHEIMER'S SAY
THEY'LL KEEP COMING BACK EVERY
YEAR UNTIL THEY FIND A CURE.
THE WALK IS THE ALZHEIMER'S
ASSOCIATION OF GREATER
CINCINNATI'S LARGEST YEARLY
FUNDRAISER.
ANCHOR: TODAY KICKS OFF BREAST
CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.
AND A COUPLE LOCAL SOCCER TEAMS
WORKED TO KICK CANCER ITSELF.
NORTHWEST AND COLERAIN HIGH
SCHOOLS TEAMED UP FOR THE BEAST
CANCER AWARENESS GAME.
THEY WORE SPECIAL PINK JERSEYS
AND RAFFLED OFF ITEMS TO FIG
CANCER.
A 20-16 NORTHWEST GRAD CREATED
THE EVENT WHEN HIS AUNT WA
DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER HREE
YEARS AGO.
>> WE WERE JUST TRYING TO HELP
HER KNOW THAT SHE WASN'T ALONE
IN THE WHOLE SITUATION.
WE ACTUALLY DID RECENTLY, SHE
LOST HER BATTLE IN JUNE OF THIS
YEAR.
SO THIS REALLY DOES MEAN A LOT,
WITH ALL THES PEOPLE HERE, WE
ARE TRULY BLESSED FOR THE
COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER LIKE
THEY ARE
COURTIS: IN BETWEEN THE GIRLS
AND BOYS' VARSITY GAMES THE
TEAMS RECOGNIZED BREAST CANC
VICTIMS SURVIVORS AND PEOPLE
CURRENTLY FIGHTING THE DISEASE.
THEY ALSO ENCOURAGED FANS TO
PINK OUT THE STANDS.
TODAY'S GAME RAISED 1$500.
FAIRFIELD FIREFIGHTERS AND
E.M.-T'S ARE ALSO TAKING PART IN
BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.
THE CITY TWEETED THIS PHOTO
THE SPECIAL PINK SHIRTS FIRST
RESPONDERS WILL WEAR TO SHOW
THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE CAUSE.
A TRUCK DRIVER BUSTED WITH
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
WORTH OF POT.
HOW INDIANA STATE POLICE SAY
THIS MAN TRIED TO HIDE THE DRUGS
AND WHAT TIPPED OFF A TROOPE
PLUS PLUS JAMAICANS PREPARE FOR
HURRICANE MATTHEW.
HE NEW WARNING FROM THE PRIME
MINISTER AS THE STORM
STRENGTHENS INTO ONEOF THE MOST
POWERFUL IN NEARLY A DECADE
ANCHOR: TRACKING RAIN SHOWERS
ACROSS THE TRI-STATE.
AN UPDATE STRAIGHT AHEAD.
COURTIS:
WELCOME BACK.
A CALIFORNIA MAN IS BEING HELD
IN INDIANA JAIL AFTER STATE
POLICE SAY A STENCH FROM HIS
SEMI GOT HIM BUSTED WITH POTS.
HE WAS
PULLED OVER FOR A ROUTINE
SAFETY CHECK WHEN HE NOTICED A
SMELL OF YELLOW MUSTARD.
POLICE SAY HE WA TRANSPORTING
50 POUNDS OF MARIJUANA COVERED
IN MUSTARD.
THE DRUGS HAVE A STREET VALUE OF
NEARLY A QUARTER MILLION
DOLLARS.
THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE EXPECTED
TO BE A BIG PART OF SATURDAY
NIGHT LIVE SEASON PREMIERE.
SUICIDE SQUAD STAR MARGOT ROBBIE
WILL HOST THE SHOW.
SNL RELEASED A TEASER FEATURING
KATE MCKINNON AND ALEC BALDWIN
AS CLINTON AND TRUMP DURING THE
DEBATE.
BOTH OF THE REAL CANDIDATES
APPEARED ON THE SHOW LAST
SEASON
>> I'M GLAD I'M NOT ONE OF THE
WRITERS THAT HAS TO TAKE ON THE
LYRICAL MATERIAL AND WRITE
SOMETHIN FUNNIER.
>> THEY ARE GOING TO BE WATCHI
TO SEE HOW THEIR CANDIDATES ARE
THEY MAY NOT HAVE ANY SAY IN HOW
THEY COME OFF BUT THEY CERTAINLY
CARE.
>> WE WILL BE WATCHING.
YOU CAN WATCH THE DEBUT ON OUR
SISTER STATION AFTER WLWT NEWS 5
AT 11:00.
THE LATEST ARTWORK MURAL HONORS
THE SERIES -- THE CITY'S
PLAYFUL
PAST.
YOU CAN FINDIT DOWNTOWN JUST
STEPS FROM KENNER STREET.
THE STREET AND ARTWORK
CREATED
STAR WARS AND OTHER COLLECTIBLES
FOR HASBRO.
THEY ARE CALLING OCTOBER MURAL
MONTH.
EXPECT TO SEE MORE PAINT AROUND
TOWN.
CULTURES CAME TOGETHER IN HONOR
OF THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF
PEACE.
THE WORLD PEACE FESTIVAL OFFERED
DANCE MUSIC AND FOOD FROM ACROSS
THE WORLD.
THE THEME WAS PEACE AS A HUMAN
RIGHTS.
>> WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME
THINKING ABOUT WAR, AND FUNDING
WAR.
AND WE THINK THAT WE SHOUL
THINK ABOUT PEACE AND HOW TO
FUND PEACE AND CELEBRATE PEACE.
COURTIS: ORGANIZERS INVITED
GROUPS FROM COUNTRIES
EXPERIENCING UNREST.
THEY WRAPPED UP THE PEACE
FESTIVAL BY RINGING THE WORLD
PEACE BELL.
COVINGTON CELEBRATED KENTUCKY'S
BLUEGRASS HERITAGE TODAY.
MUSIC NATS HEY, HEY, DEVIL MAY
>> ♪
COURTIS: THE DEVOU-GRASS
FESTIVAL RAN ALL AFERNOON AT
THE DEVOU PARK BANDSHELL
IT FEATURED MUSICAL AND CIRC
PERFORMANCES ALONG WITH FOOD
TRUCKS AND ARTS AND CRAFTS.
THIS YEAR THE CITY OF COVNGTON
COMBINED ITS FALLFESTIVAL WITH
DEVOU-GRASS.
>> ♪ I DIDN'T KNOW LOVE COULD
FEEL LIKE YOU WERE DYING.
♪
COURTIS: SHEREE
A COUNTRY MUSIC STAR
WHO' ALREADY SUNG IN FRONT OF
THOUSANDS OF REDS FANS HEADED TO
THE FARM TODAY.
BUZZ-FEED NAMED KAITYLYN BAKER
ONE OF COUNTRY'S 15 BRIGHTEST
RISING STARS.
SHE TALKED TO US ABOUT HER
LATEST MUSIC VIDEOS, INCLUDING
HEART OF APPALACHIA.
BEFORE HER PERFORMANCE AT THE
AURORA FARMERS FAIR.
>> THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT
MOUNTAINS AND SCENERY.
IT IS BREATHTAKING.
A LOT OF THE PLACES IN THE VIDEO
AR THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN AND
DONE.
IT'S AN EXCITING THING TO LOOK
BACK ON AND SEEIN THEY LIKED IT
ENOUGH TO PICK IT AS THEIR THEME
SONG.
COURTI EVERY TALENTED YOUNG
LADY.
CHASE BRYANT TOOK THE STAGE
ABOUT 8-30.
BUT THE AURORA FARER'S FAIR
WILL ROCK UNTIL 11 TONIGHT.
OTHER NEWS NOW, JAMAICA'S PRIME
MINISTER IS WARNIG PEOPLE TO
PREPARE FOR A MAJOR HURRICANE.
THE CATEGORY-5 STORM MATTHEW IS
PROJECTED TO BE THE LARGEST
HURRICANE TO THREATEN JAMAICA IN
NEARLY 30-YEAR
TODAY, PEOPLE IN THE CAPITAL
STOCKED UP ON WATER FOOD AND
OTHER EMERGENCY ITEMS.
THE PRIME MINISTER SAID IF THEY
IGNORED EVACUATIN ORDERS FIRST
RESPONDERS MAY NOT BE ABLE TO
GET TO THEM.
>> WHAT WE HAVE CONTROL OVER IS
OUR ABILITY TO PREPARE.
>> MATTHEW IS THE
STRONGEST
ATLANTIC HURRICANE SINCE 2007.
IT IS NOW
DOWN TO A FOUR YOU
WERE SAYING.
IT DID HIT A FIVE AT ONE POINT.
>> IT IS STILL A POWERFUL STORM.
IT'S GOING TO BOUNCE BACK AND
FORTH BETWEEN A FOUR AND A FIVE.
COURTIS:
FIVE IS 160
MILE-PER-HOUR PLUS WINS.
ANCHOR: THAT IS RIGHT AROUND THE
CORE OF THE STORM.
IT IS DOWN TO 150.
THIS IS A LOOK AT MATTHEW
NOW.
WE PUT SOME COLOR TO THE RADAR
AND THE SATELLITE IMAGERY SEE
YOU CAN MAKE OUT THE EYE IN THE
CENTER OF YOUR SCREEN.
YOU CAN SEE THAT LITTLE YELLOW
DOT POPPING UP.
THAT'S A BAD SIGN.
IT IS GETTING STRONGER.
I WOULD NOT BE
SURPRISED IF IT
IS BACK TO THAT CATEGORY FIVE
STATUS.
HERE IS THE ISLAND OF
HISPANIOLA.
WE HAVE CUBA.
IT SHOULD WE CONTEMPORARILY
BEFORE STRENGTHENING AND
EVENTUALLY IT MAY MAKE LANDFALL
ALONG THE FLORIDA COAST OR THE
CAROLINAS.
IT IS SOMETHING YOU WILL HAVE TO
KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON.
IT IS EXPECTED TO HAVE
WIND OF
115 MILES PER HOUR, A CATEGORY
THREE CLASSIFIED AS A MAJOR
HURRICANE.
TAKING A LOOK ACROSS OUR AREA
,
WE'RE LOOKING AT CLOUDY SKIES.
THE SKIES HAVE POPPED
UP.
YOU CAN SEE THEM AROUND RILEY
HEADING TOWARDS COLLINSVILLE.
AS WE TAKE A LOOK TO THE WEST
SIDE OF CINCINNATI, A FEW LIGHT
DRIZZLE SHOWERS HERE AND THERE.
MOST OF US WILL STAY DRY.