won it!" "the kid" has just earned a permanent spot in baseball history... and a bronze plaque in cooperstown. he's the definition of a hometown a 13-time all star with more than 600 home runs... and now he's been given the highest honor in the game. about half an hour junior was voted hall of fame... and been a lot of celebration. our own jeremy rauch is live at park with more. jeremy? he was one of the

the swing, the backwards hat, the video game, he was a national star, but he is the cincinnati kid, and tonight, becomes the first red since barry larkin to enter the hall of fame. junior was elected into the baseball hall of fame within the last hour, and in doing so, he becomes the first ever number one overall pick, to make the hall of fame. he was not a unanimous pick, as some thought he could be, but the kid, for what he did in seattle and cincinnati, will go down in history as one of the greatest players in baseball. "oc: cheers" ken griffey junior, 10-time gold glove winner, ken griffey junior, 10-time gold glove

13-time all-star, now forever enshrined in cooperstown. coming up later in sports... we're live with more coverage and reaction from ken griffey junior. live at the reds hof, jr, fox19 now thanks jeremy. we're gonna have a lot more on the big announcement throughout the night. you can follow along on air, online and on the fox19 now mobile app. breaking now animation we've also got breaking news out of brown county where there are reports that 2 children have been pulled from the water after falling through ice on lake lorelei in fayettville. no word yet on their conditions

air-cared to a nearby hospital. we'll let you know more as it comes in. developing now animation and developing now on the west side... 5 people have been transported to u-c medical center after a boiler explosion at the crossroads church location on bridgetown road. police say two men were working on the boiler when it exploded injuring 3 other employees. no word yet on the victims' conditions. we'll be sure to let you know as more information comes in. a grand jury has indicted a man police believe struck and killed someone with his car during a marathon in mt. auburn. this was the scene last month. fox19 now mike schell joins us live from lower price hill with more.. mike? frankie... here at the cincinnati police traffic division headquarters..auth orities are asking for help to bring the person responsible for this horrific hit and run to justice.

24-year- old...thomas stidhum... police say he was the man behind the wheel on december 6th when he drove up onto the sidewalk and hit 57-year- chatfield who was annual seven hills run. but why did police release his 1bruce "we suspected him early on. we did not want him to know we were looking for him plus we had to get some other evidence together.." stidham has a criminal past...his rap sheet littered with drug and alcohol charges..as well as convictions for obstructing official business...and...reck motor vehicle. 3bruce "mr. stidham not only fled the scene, he took the time and removed the license plate from the car and then run away. he didn't render any aid to the victim. just was trying to get away. so, it was a horrific crime." stidham is in more trouble...now facing charges including aggravated vehicular homicde...tampering with evidence and failure to stop after an accident 1joe "its probably the most callous, sorry excuse for a person, you know, that i've ever seen." joe fung says cathy was a friend, an avid runner and a coach

training teams.. 3joe "cathy was an amazing person and friend and her loved her and misses her." so where do police look for stidhum? they say he hangs around walnut hills and mt. 2bruce and we know people we're asking for some help from the community." meanwhile...cathy's try to move forward with their 2joe "its been hard, you know, obviously it happened right before the holidays and it is something, you know, we all have to cope with and deal with." the lieutenant tells us that stidhum's name and photo are now in a national data base so any law enforcement agency across the country can arrest and detain him. but as you've heard...police believe he is still here in town so anyone if information is asked to call crimestoppers at 352-3040. reporting live from lower price hill.. mike schell.. fox19 now. the year 2015 brought a lot of

cincinnati... from childhood poverty to violent crime and more. and today leaders from police, city government and the community met to develop a new plan... for a new year. fox19 now's gordon graham has the story. open-----the main goal of today's round table discussion is to start a dialog about some of the problems cincinnati faces....like gun violence and then figure out the best way to deal with them. police, city leaders and community activists came to talk about the progress that's been made since the collaborative agreement was hammered out. this video provided a sobering reminder of the violence that gripped the city back in 2001. iris roley says the collaborative agreement provides a good template on how problems can be solved. iris-----we need to make sure we institutionalize the collaborative process and we need to make sure that it's readily available. we have to do a lot of things in a lot of different areas. this is not just about policing. but policing is a big part it. cincinnati police are working on a plan to reduce gun violence and chief eliot isaac also wants to

eliot------it's not something that we focused on historically as a department. i think that under this new administration that we will be....it's that under this new administration that we will be....it's something we're going to be looking at and we want to be creative in how we address juvenile crime specifically. this was the first in a series of meetings to get input from the community. john-----i want to hear from the community about what we're doing right, what we can do better and i'm going to be making a proposal in march refresh and update our approach to crime fighting. and many believe fighting poverty can go a long way in fighting crime. ennis-------the conversations that we're having about proverty are only going to be solidified when we start to do some serious work with the people who are experiencing poverty. close-----over the next several weeks each of the police deparment's district headquarters will host a community meeting....the first one will be held monday january 11th at district one. fox19 now. did you hear this? 12 people o-d'd on heroin... in the same tri-state town... in the last five days. we'll tell you where. plus we'll explain why chipotle's allegations of

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the company has now been hit with a federal grand jury subpoena as part of a criminal investigation! the f-d-a is demanding documents from a california location where about 100 people were sickened. chipotle has responded by saying that incident was isolated... and they pledge to cooperate with the investigation. the stage is set for the bengals to take on the steelers at paul brown stadium this saturday. and as you can imagine... police are already spotting fake tickets.

chester allegedly tried to sell fake tickets to undercover police officers this week! this was him in court today. investigators say he posted an ad on craigslist... selling 2 tickets for $5- hundred dollars! he's now being held on a $2-hundred thousand dollar bond. and since the playoffs were set... local police agencies have been working on a security plan for the event. today officials from cincinnati police and the hamilton county held a press outside the they'll be working with the f-b-i and the n-f-l to keep things in order. they also have a stern warning for those trying to bring things into the stadium. "we ask that no one be bringing in a large back pack, a large handbag, you know the very very smallest of clutches or handbag that they'll allow and it is very very small." the n-f-l will also have a "clear bag

wilmington police are asking for your help tonight as they deal with a rash of heroin overdoses since the new year. investigators say 12 people have overdosed since january first... including 2 who died. police think the heroin may be mixed with fentanyl or other substance to make it more potent. "we are aggresivly out there right now with aggressive patrols, saturation patrols, trying to locate who's bringing this into our city so we can put a stop to it because we definitely don't want anymore overdoses or deaths in our city." if you have any information call wilmington police. the final season of american idol kicks off tonight.. and we think a cincinnati girl has a shot! "dreamed of.. of... we'll preview tonight's big episode. breaking now animation

breaking news out of brown county where there are reports that 2 children have been pulled from the water after falling through ice on lake lorelei in fayettville. no word yet on their conditions but we'll let you know when more information comes in. are you feeling lucky? the powerball is now at half a billion dollars and it's drawing a lot of local people to stores. let's give you a live look at the murray brothers store in norwood. you may remember that last year, we did an investigation that found that this store is one of several in the tri-state where your odds may be luckier. we looked at data from stores all over the tri-state to find who paid out the most. but today we caught up with those hoping to snag the big prize and asked... what would you do with all that money!! " there's so much i can do with it. i'd help so many people out with it

just retire. retire at 34 laughs " butted to "when i win this money i'm gonna go party with floyd mayweather in las vegas. laughs" the drawing is gonna happen tonight at 11 and we're gonna send the numbers directly to your mobile device! download the fox19 now app. it's free! madtree brewing has a spot inside a lot of refrigerators in the tri-state... and now owners have announced a big expansion. let's show you the site of their new $18-million dollar brewery, tap-room and event center on madison road across the street from crossroads church. the company is renovating the former rock-tenn building which used to be an air-craft hanger. owners say the move will help them quadruple production and bring nearly 100 new jobs over the next 3 years. we're getting ready for the final

american idol as the show enters its last season after 14 years. for the last time, judges are gonna be looking for the next big star... and as we head into the final stretch some of the show's biggest names are giving a sneak peak of what's next. harry connick jr says: " i think the last couple of years we put a lot of faith in some of these young performers to improve greatly over the course of the season... that doesn't happen as much as you'd like to see, so we're trying to pick people who are a little more ready to go right out of the gate." our own cincinnati idol where local girl jazmyn rodgers auditioned and won. take a listen to her performance.... "5 seconds of singing!" that performance allowed her to skip the long lines and audition in front of producers this summer! so be sure to keep her... the 2 night season premiere kicks off

ten... most talked about man in cincinnati a-j mccarron is getting ready to lead the bengals in the playoffs... and yesterday our own tricia macke caught up with the q-b to hear his thoughts "how much confidence do you have, do you even you a confident guy? yeah i mean i have know there are gonna the best way is to just find a happy medium. you know lean on the guys that have been there. you know trust them, go out, play and have fun." don't miss our interview tonight at 10. frankie 1shot now for a look at what else we're working on... for 10 o'clock. today is the most popular day of the year to launch a new job search! nathan bachrach shares his tips for finding--and snagging a great new jobat ten. frankie vo now let's take a look at your forecast with chief meteorologist

steve weather high, thin cloudiness is fox19now viewing area in advance of systems that will bring rain to the fox19 now viewing area. the rain with the first arrives for the morning the second gets here saturday afternoon and lasts until after the bengals playoff game is over. there may be some wet snow flakes as the system pushes east sunday morning and flurries during the day sunday. the two storms will be followed by iwo cold air outbreaks that will keep the

the most part into tri-state colder than normal for the most part into the last week of january.

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