Cincinnati Home & Garden Show returns at the First Financial Center

THAT’S ABOUT 643 HERE ON YOUR FRIDAY. CONGRATS TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE. LIVE TO MILAN. SEVERAL BIG STORIES WE’RE TRACKING HERE ON YOUR FRIDAY MORNING FROM ITALY. SOME OF OUR LOCAL OLYMPIANS HAVE ADVANCED TO FINALS IN TWO EVENTS JUST IN THE LAST 30 MINUTES TO AN HOUR. WE’RE ALSO TRACKING THE EVENTS HERE AT HOME IN CINCINNATI THIS WEEKEND. FISH FRY FRIDAY IT IS LENT AND THE RETURN OF THE CINCINNATI HOME AND GARDEN SHOW. ALL RIGHT. WE DO NEED TO START WITH THAT FORECAST, ESPECIALLY WITH SO MUCH HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND. YES, A LITTLE BIT OF A RECALIBRATION. METEOROLOGIST RANDI RICO TRACKING THE DROP IN TEMPERATURES. AND THIS IS IMPORTANT TO REALIZE BECAUSE WE’VE HAD OUR HIGH FOR THE DAY AND WE ONLY COME DOWN FROM HERE. I KNOW EVEN MY SEVEN DAY I KEEP TRYING TO LIKE UPDATE IT BY THE HOUR BECAUSE IT WAS 62 AT MIDNIGHT. WE WERE AT LIKE 58 WHEN WE STARTED THE SHOW, AND NOW WE’RE ABOUT TO SLIP INTO THE 40S HERE IN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. SO AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT’S COMING OUR WAY, WINTER IS RETURNING THIS WEEKEND. TODAY, TEMPERATURES WILL FALL OFF INTO THE 40S AND 30S BY THE EVENING, AND IT IS GOING TO BE VERY WINDY. STEP OUTSIDE. WE’VE GOT ABOUT 20 MILE AN HOUR WINDS RIGHT NOW. GUSTS TO ABOUT 35 AND THOSE WILL PICK UP AGAIN INTO THE AFTERNOON. TOMORROW WE’LL HAVE A MORE TYPICAL FEBRUARY FEEL. EXPECT TEMPERATURES IN THE 40S AND MAYBE A STRAY MIXED RAIN OR SNOW SHOWER LATE. BUT IT’S SUNDAY WHERE IT REALLY LOOKS LIKE WINTER TIME WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 20S AND LOW 30S. IT’S GOING TO STICK TO THE TREES AND KIND OF HAVE A WINTER LIKE LOOK. A SNOW SHOWERS MOVE THROUGH. MOST PLACES WILL GET A HALF INCH OR LESS LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS, BUT STILL, WE’RE TALKING SNOW AGAIN ON SUNDAY. THIS MORNING THE COLD FRONT ROLLED THROUGH RIGHT AROUND 3 A.M., BRINGING SOME RAIN AND BRINGING DOWN OUR TEMPERATURES. WE’VE DROPPED OFF ALMOST TEN DEGREES SINCE MIDNIGHT AND YOU CAN SEE SOME 40S OFF TO THE NORTH, SO YOU CAN EXPECT OUR TEMPERATURES TO FALL. A 12 HOUR █FORECAST 9:00. WE’RE DOWN TO 45 NOON CLOSER TO 40. AND NOTICE THE WINDS STAY PRETTY GUSTY INTO THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES IN THE 40S, SNOW SHOWERS ARRIVE SUNDAY MORNING AND AGAIN LESS THAN AN INCH ACROSS OUR REGION. BUT BE AWARE IT’S GOING TO LOOK LIKE WINTER AGAIN ON SUNDAY. ALL RIGHT, LET’S GET OVER TO ADAM AND SEE WHAT’S HAPPENING ON THE ROADS. YEAH, EVEN AFTER THAT MORNING, RAINFALL, EVERYTHING MOVING ALONG PRETTY WELL OUT THERE. THE ROADS DRIED UP AGAIN. SO 75 FROM SHARON ROAD, A LITTLE BIT BUSIER HERE, AS WELL AS 75 AT THIRD STREET. AS YOU’RE HEADING ACROSS THE BRIDGE INTO NORTHERN KENTUCKY, A LITTLE BIT OF A SLOWDOWN THERE, BUT OVERALL TRAFFIC STILL MOVING ALONG. SAME THING HERE THROUGH THE COTTON HILL. BOTH THE SOUTHBOUND OR RATHER SOUTHBOUND NORTHBOUND LANES LOOKING PRETTY GOOD THIS MORNING. JUST KIND OF THAT TYPICAL SLOWDOWN RIGHT AROUND THE CURVE OF THE COTTON HILL. OTHERWISE KIND OF THAT TYPICAL SLOWDOWN. THAT’S 275 AS YOU’RE HEADING INTO NORTHERN KENTUCKY THROUGH THE CARROLL CROPPER BRIDGE. REMINDER WE DO HAVE A LANE CLOSURE OUT THERE THIS MORNING AS CREWS CONTINUE TO WORK UP, PUT UP SOME WORKING EQUIPMENT UP THERE. BUT OVERALL ALL GREEN THIS MORNING. WE’LL KEEP YOU UPDATED THOUGH WITH ANY TRAFFIC TROUBLE SPOTS THAT COULD POP UP THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. STEPHEN. THANK YOU. BREAKING OVERNIGHT, THE OWNER OF A HOME IN CHEVIOT IS CLEANING UP AFTER A CAR CRASHED THROUGH HIS FRONT DOOR. TAKE A LOOK AT THE DAMAGE FROM WASHINGTON AVENUE AROUND 130 THIS MORNING. TELL US NO ONE WAS HURT AND THE DRIVER OF THE CAR SEEMED TO BE INTOXICATED. WE HAVE CALLED POLICE TO CONFIRM THAT, BUT HAVE NOT HEARD BACK. AND IN BUTLER COUNTY, A DRIVER DEAD AFTER CRASHING INTO A UTILITY POLE IN HANOVER TOWNSHIP. THIS IS ABOUT 130 THIS MORNING AT THE INTERSECTION OF MILLVILLE AVENUE AND WINCHELL DRIVE. DEPUTIES SAY THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL. THEY DO SUSPECT SPEED OR ALCOHOL PLAYED A ROLE IN THAT CRASH. HIS NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED. AT 646, WE’RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT HOW THE MURDER TRIAL WILL PLAY OUT FOR THE MAN WHO’S ACCUSED OF INTENTIONALLY HITTING AND KILLING A HAMILTON COUNTY DEPUTY, PROSECUTORS LAID OUT THEIR PLAN YESTERDAY IN THE CASE AGAINST RODNEY HINTON JR. THEY SAY THEY’LL NEED FIVE DAYS TO MAKE THEIR CASE, WHILE HINTON’S ATTORNEY SAYS HE NEEDS MORE TIME TO FIND A DOCTOR WHO WILL TESTIFY ON HINTON’S BEHALF. THE JUDGE HAS GIVEN BOTH SIDES ONE WEEK TO NAME A NEW EXPERT WITNESS. HINTON HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY IN THE MURDER OF DEPUTY LARRY HENDERSON. OFFICIALS SAY HINTON CARRIED OUT THE ATTACK AFTER WATCHING THE VIDEO OF HIS SON BEING SHOT AND KILLED BY CINCINNATI POLICE. THAT TRIAL IS SET TO BEGIN IN APRIL. 647 ONLY ON WLWT. THE CITY OF CINCINNATI WANTS TO CLOSE A BAR DOWNTOWN AFTER SEVERAL CASES OF DEADLY VIOLENCE OUTSIDE OF ITS DOORS, INCLUDING ONE JUST THIS PAST WEEKEND. NOW, THE OWNER IS SHARING HIS THOUGHTS ON THE ACCUSATIONS. WLWT NEWS RICHARD CHILES IS LIVE OUTSIDE THE IN-BETWEEN TAVERN ON SYCAMORE STREET. RICHARD, WHAT DID HE HAVE TO SAY? WE SPOKE WITH DARREN WILKINS. HE’S THE OWNER OF THE TAVERN. SAYS HE WASN’T FAMILIAR WITH THE LAWSUIT. THE CITY MOVING FORWARD WITH EFFORTS TO SHUT DOWN HIS BUSINESS. WILKINS SAYS HE CAN’T BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR VIOLENCE THAT’S TAKEN PLACE OUTSIDE OF HIS OPERATION. NOW, WE FOLLOWED SEVERAL OF THOSE CASES, INCLUDING THE VALENTINE’S DAY SHOOTING THAT LEFT ONE PERSON DEAD, ANOTHER SHOT AT A PARTY BUS, AND AGAIN, THE OTHER SEPARATE INCIDENTS. THAT GOES BACK TO OCTOBER. POLICE SAY A MAN WAS SHOT INSIDE OF HIS CAR IN A DRIVE BY SHOOTING. CITY’S LAWSUIT AGAINST THE BAR LISTS BOTH OF THESE CASES, AS WELL AS OTHER COMPLAINTS, INCLUDING ONE THAT SAYS SOMEONE WAS ROBBED OUTSIDE OF THE CLUB. VICTIM REPORTED THAT THEY HAD FIRST BEEN ATTACKED INSIDE OF THIS LOCATION, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL COMPLAINTS OF VIOLENCE. AGAIN AT THE IN-BETWEEN TAVERN. NOW AGAIN, WE’VE BEEN FOLLOWING UP WITH THE CITY’S LAWSUIT THAT IS MOVING FORWARD, CLAIMING THAT THE SIT IN BETWEEN TAVERN IS A PUBLIC DISRUPTION. NOW, THE EFFORTS TO CLOSE THIS BAR AGAIN, MOVING FORWARD, WE’VE SEEN POLICE CARS PARKED OUTSIDE ALONG WITH THE SPOTLIGHT AS THE CITY MOVES FORWARD WITH THEIR EFFORTS TO HAVE THIS BAR SHUT DOWN. REPORTING LIVE THIS MORNING, RICHARD. THANK YOU. FORMER PRINCE ANDREW IS OUT OF JAIL THIS MORNING AFTER HE WAS ARRESTED AND HELD FOR HOURS BY BRITISH POLICE. HE WAS DETAINED ON SUSPICION OF MISCONDUCT IN PUBLIC OFFICE. THIS IS RELATED TO HIS CONNECTIONS TO JEFFREY EPSTEIN. POLICE SAY HE WAS RELEASED UNDER INVESTIGATION. THAT MEANS HE HAS NEITHER BEEN CHARGED NOR EXONERATED. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME IN NEARLY 400 YEARS A SENIOR MEMBER OF THE ROYAL FAMILY HAS BEEN ARRESTED, AND NO ONE WLWT USING PUBLIC FUNDING TO SUPPORT CHARTER SCHOOLS RULED UNCONSTITUTIONAL IN KENTUCKY. THAT IS THE UNANIMOUS DECISION FROM THE STATE SUPREME COURT. THE COURT FOUND THAT STATE EDUCATION DOLLARS ARE RESERVED FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND CANNOT BE FUNNELED ELSEWHERE. THE RULING WAS IN RESPONSE TO A 2022 LAW PASSED BY KENTUCKY’S REPUBLICAN LED LEGISLATURE. CHARTER SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN LEGAL IN KENTUCKY SINCE 2017, BUT NONE HAVE OPENED DUE TO A LACK OF FUNDING. LAST YEAR, VOTERS ALSO REJECTED A BALLOT MEASURE THAT WOULD HAVE ALLOWED PUBLIC TAX DOLLARS TO SUPPORT PRIVATE OR CHARTER SCHOOLS. CINCINNATI PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PROVIDING AN UPDATE ON THE SAFE SLEEP LOT FOR STUDENTS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. STUDENTS OR THEIR FAMILIES. THAT SLEEP LOT WAS EXPECTED TO OPEN NEXT MONTH. IT’S NOW GOING TO BE MID-APRIL. DISTRICT LEADERS SAY THIS DELAY COMES AS THE PLAN HAS ACTUALLY EXPANDED TO INCLUDE A KITCHENETTE STOCKED WITH MEALS, SHOWERS AND LAUNDRY SERVICES FOR STUDENTS. IT WILL OPEN THE PARKI

Updated: 4:13 PM EST Feb 20, 2026

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The Cincinnati Home and Garden Show will be one of the first events held at the newly-named First Financial Center in Cincinnati.From Feb 20-22 and from Feb. 27 through March 1, the show will feature more than 350 home improvement, kitchen, outdoor living, landscaping and gardening experts under the same roof.Attendees will get to check out the latest trends, score exclusive discounts and get advice from industry experts as spring approaches.Educational sessions will be held on the main stage at the convention center and an interactive botanical greenhouse experience is also scheduled.Attendees can also test their golf swings at the new golf simulator experience test at Cinema Sounds’ immersive golf simulator.Other promotions include Hero Days Free admission for active military, veterans, healthcare workers and first responders on Feb. 20 and Feb. 27, Ohio Lottery Day on Feb. 27 and an enhanced garden showcase stroll through indoor gardens of the show floor.Celebrity guest Craig Conover from Bravo’s hit reality series Southern Charm will speak on Feb. 27 and 28.More information on the Home and Garden Show can be found here.The event will be held at the First Financial Center in Cincinnati, which was recently renamed after renovation work.

CINCINNATI —

The Cincinnati Home and Garden Show will be one of the first events held at the newly-named First Financial Center in Cincinnati.

From Feb 20-22 and from Feb. 27 through March 1, the show will feature more than 350 home improvement, kitchen, outdoor living, landscaping and gardening experts under the same roof.

Attendees will get to check out the latest trends, score exclusive discounts and get advice from industry experts as spring approaches.

Educational sessions will be held on the main stage at the convention center and an interactive botanical greenhouse experience is also scheduled.

Attendees can also test their golf swings at the new golf simulator experience test at Cinema Sounds’ immersive golf simulator.

Other promotions include Hero Days Free admission for active military, veterans, healthcare workers and first responders on Feb. 20 and Feb. 27, Ohio Lottery Day on Feb. 27 and an enhanced garden showcase stroll through indoor gardens of the show floor.

Celebrity guest Craig Conover from Bravo’s hit reality series Southern Charm will speak on Feb. 27 and 28.

More information on the Home and Garden Show can be found here.

The event will be held at the First Financial Center in Cincinnati, which was recently renamed after renovation work.