the trooper involved in a controversial arrest during a traffic stop...is indicted by a grand jury. rob vo did they or didn't north korea says it bomb... but not everyone is sure it even happened. sot full number 2" kara vo the numbers are in... and you didn't win. and now.. the powerball jackpot is growing... kara 2 shot good thursday morning -- it's 4:30. i'm kara sewell and i'm rob williams...

look at the forecast with meteorologist frank marzullo. a dry thursday is on tap with temperatures warming to about 46 degrees. however, another cold start with morning lows in the low to mid 20s. we a little more cloud cover this morning so that should keep many of us out of the teens. happening now happening now... crossroads happening now... crossroads church is asking for prayers...two service technicians and three church staff members were hurt when a

west-side church location on bridgetown road. the five men are believed to have non-life threatening injuries. crossroads posted on facebook they're assessing property damage and they are hoping to have regular services this weekend, but will know more in the coming days. happening now... a search is underway right now for the man indicted in a deadly hit and run. police say 24-year- old thomas stid- hum was the man behind the wheel on december 6th when he drove up onto the sidewalk in mount auburn, hitting 57-year-old catherine chatfield. she was running in the annual seven hills run. a grand jury indicted stid-hum on several charges including aggravated vehicular homicide. he remains on the run this morning. police believe stidhum is still here in town..perhaps in the walnut hills or mt. auburn area... anyone with information is asked to call crimestoppers at 352-3040. a man and woman are charged in what the brown

widespread buglary ring. jeffrey carrington and tequila brown are accused in multiple burglaries and breaking and entering incidents in brown county. the pair is being held in the clermont county detention center in that county. happening today later today.. amazon is opening its first brick and motar store in our area.. its near u-c's main rob dblbx if you use amazon -- it could make your life easier. our jordan vilines clifton heights with a preview. live we're here in the heart of uc's campus in u-square where, here in just a few hours, this amazon store will be opening its doors for the first time. vo if you're a college student living in an apartment or a dorm on campus, you know how inconvenient it can be when it comes to receiving or returning packages but amazon store here in the middle of campus is aimed to alleviate some of that inconvenience. the store will allow students to order all items through amazon

store for free. to make things even easier, a text or email will be sent to them as soon as their package arrives at the store. we hope to have a sneak peak for you from inside the store starting at 6am. live at 11 am this morning, amazon and university officials will be holding a ceremony to mark the location's opening. reporting live, jordan vilines, fox 19 now. rob 2shot we want to get another check on this morning's forecast. frank joins us with a look at the day ahead. a dry thursday is on tap with temperatures 46 degrees. however, another cold start with morning lows in we a little more

should keep many of us out of the teens. while we will see a sun and cloud mix today clouds will increase this evening out ahead of rainfall that will arrive for friday mornings commute. the chance of rain will linger into early afternoon then dry for the most part friday evening as temperatures friday afternoon will rise to near 50 degrees. saturday starts out dry with a high of 51 degrees but rain will develop during the afternoon and evening out ahead of a cold front. i expect rain showers during the bengals game with kick off temps near 45 degrees and falling into the upper 30s by the end of the game. some lingering precipitation could mix in with a few light snow showers early sunday morning as temperatures fall back to 35 degrees. most of sunday is dry in the afternoon as temperatures start to fall into the upper 20s by late evening. then next week several blasts of cold air will work in with highs in 20s and lows in teens. our best shot for snow showers next week looks like tuesday weather and traffic toss toss to denise for traffic northbound

traffic northbound interstate 75 at mitchell avenue exit 6 will be closed at 11 p.m. each night tuesday, jan. 5, wednesday, jan. 6, thursday, jan. 7 and friday, jan. 8, reopening by 5 a.m. the following day. new this morning new this morning... the powerball jackpot is now at 675-million dollars... after there were no winners for last night's drawing! lottery officials say it's now the largest jackpot prize of any u-s

ever... and good news.. you still have a chance to win! the next drawing is saturday... and if there's a surge in ticket sales once again.. the jackpot could go up even more. while no one won the jackpot... there were more than 7-million winners... who will receive a total of nearly 66-million dollars. just one ticket matched 5 numbers, plus the power play... resulting in 2-million bucks... that was sold in new mexico. other match 5 winners will receive 1-million dollars... those tickets were sold in 12 states... unfortunately the closest to us.. was tennessee. bengals 25 years ago yesterday the bengals won a playoff game with boomer esiason at quarterback -- their last playoff win. it's now on aj mccarron's shoulders to force us into the future, and stop thinking about january 6th, 1991. if you were holding

practice yesterday. everything is for a-k mccarron... four weeks ago and a chance to he once idolized. remember being a young kid and going to the gmac bowl in mobile and gave me a wristband and thought of how cool it game and started dying laughing. that's what's even more crazy? now fighting to keep both hue jackson and paul guenther have with several teams, including the browns on sunday. "looking at the rear-view mirror" has a whole new meaning in b-m-w's new concept car. we'll show you, next. wicked weather out west has left parts of southern

water... and there's more rain the forcast. levee cam meteorologist frank marzullo has your storm tracker forecast for your morning commute ... coming up.

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to provide an extra-wide view of the road-- the driver sees the footage on a screen where a rear-view mirror would be. b-m-w says the technology eliminates blind spots and improves fuel efficiency. right now, the car would be illegal to drive in the u-s because federal safety rules require vehicles to have rear-view mirrors. rob & wx chat toss to wx a dry thursday is on

a dry thursday is on tap with temperatures warming to about 46 degrees. however, another cold start with morning lows in the low to mid 20s. we a little more cloud cover this morning so that should keep many of us out of the teens. while we will see a sun and cloud mix today clouds will increase this evening out ahead of rainfall that will arrive for friday mornings commute. the chance of rain will linger into early afternoon then dry for the most part friday evening as temperatures friday afternoon will rise to near 50 degrees. saturday starts out dry with a high of 51 degrees but rain will develop during the afternoon and evening out ahead of a cold front. i expect rain showers during the bengals game with kick off temps near 45 degrees and falling into the upper 30s by the end of the game. some lingering precipitation could mix in with a few light snow showers early sunday morning as temperatures fall back to 35 degrees. most of sunday is dry in the afternoon as temperatures start to fall into the upper 20s by late evening. then next week several blasts of cold air will work in with highs in 20s and lows in teens. our best shot for snow showers next week looks like tuesday wx and traffic handoff at pillar

interstate 75 at mitchell avenue exit 6 will be closed at 11 p.m. each night tuesday, jan. 5, wednesday, jan. 6, thursday, jan. 7 and friday, jan. 8, reopening by 5 a.m. the following day. no one has ever been charged with the murder of brittany stykes.. two years ago, she and her unborn baby were shot and killed along the side of a brown county road. now, the only man who investigators have ever connected to the case, is out from behind bars. fox19 now has confirmed that, 52 year-old tommy lee lopez was released from jail last month, after serving time for a drug charge in owen county. according to court documents, a confidential witness told investigators that lopez was responsible for multiple killings, including stykes'. prosecutors tell us despite lopez's release from jail, he remains a person

fox19 now legal analyst mike allen, says it's not necessarily unusual. "while it would appear that they have a lot of evidence already on this individual, they probably don't think they have enough yet to get an indictment. you can bet though wherever he is going he is going to be under constant surveillance and sounds like eventually they'll get enough to take it to a grand jury" prosecutors told fox19 now, the stykes' case is still a top priority and they're hopeful an arrest will be made in 2016. we will continue to stay on top of this story and bring you any new information. a texas state trooper is now facing perjury charges after a grand jury indicts him for lying about his arrest of a african american woman who ended up dead just 3-days later. brian encinia has been indicted by a grand jury for perjury. brian encinia is accused of lying about how he removed sandra bland from her

stop back in july. you probably remember this video from his police cruiser. encinia, who has been on desk duty, was fired yesterday. bland's family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit. the white house says the u.s. government's early analysis of underground activity in north korea "is not consistent" with that country's claim of having conducted a successful hydrogen bomb test. this animation shows what an underground nuclear test may look like. the white house also says nothing has happened to change the u.s. government's assessment of north korea's technical or military capabilities. international monitors are trying to determine whether it actually was a hydrogen bomb. eye on washington keeping an eye on washington.. for the first time, both houses of congress have approved legislation that would repeal obamacare. it was one in a long line of more than 60-votes to try and roll back all or

president's desk.. though obama has promised he'll veto any bill that dismantles his health care law. after months of dangerous drought conditions in california... mother nature has turned the tables. a record-tying el nio is slamming the golden state with heavy rain. drivers struggled as storms hit at the height of rush hour.. causing car crashes, toppling trees and flooding streets. many people.. surprised by the amount of damaged caused by the severe weather. "i see all this glass and immediately i'm like where's my son where's my daughter where are my kids and my son comes walking out from the backyard and he's like mom you're not gonna believe this and i went back there and the backyard there's just fences are down, then my son's window is broken, so everything is just glass all over the front yard" the stormy weather is expected to continue through the weekend.

out of massachusetts... when a tractor trail bursts in flames on a busy highway. firefighters he heard a noise from the engine and when the truck suddenly caught fire. the incident shut down the highway... backing up traffic for seven miles. no one was hurt. american idol nats "i've never been so sure of anything american idol is coming to an end after 15 years... but there's still one more winner to the farwell season premiered last night... the judges say, it's raw talent. "we're constantly shocked when people when they talk, and they come in to present themselves, and they can be meek and mild, then they just sing and personality, huge voice." "being an artist is about expression, self expression, staying true to yourself, evolving and not trying to be something you were or somebody else or someone different."

american idol: the farewell season premiere continues tonight... starting at 8... join the judges for audtions from little rock and san francisco... only on fox19 now. still ahead on fox19 now... the new star wars movie... breaks yet another record. plus... prince george is going to school! the photos you have to see... coming up. "fox19 now never stops. take us with you wherever you go. log on to fox19 now.com and download the fox19 now app." weather now anim

a dry thursday is on tap with temperatures warming to about 46 degrees. however, another cold start with morning lows in the low to mid 20s.

morning so that should keep many of us out of the teens. while we will see a sun and cloud mix today clouds will increase this evening out ahead of rainfall that will arrive for friday mornings commute. the chance of rain will linger into early afternoon then dry for the most part friday evening as temperatures friday afternoon will rise to near 50 degrees. saturday starts out dry with a high of 51 degrees but rain will develop during the afternoon and evening out ahead of a cold front. i expect rain showers during the bengals game with kick off temps near 45 degrees and falling into the upper 30s by the end of the game. some lingering precipitation could mix in with a few light snow showers early sunday morning as temperatures fall back to 35 degrees. most of sunday is dry in the afternoon as temperatures start to fall into the upper 20s by late evening. then next week several blasts of cold air will work in with highs in 20s and lows in teens. our best shot for snow showers next week looks like tuesday northbound interstate 75 at mitchell avenue exit 6 will be closed at 11 p.m. each night exit 6 will be closed at 11 p.m. each night tuesday, jan. 5, wednesday, jan. 6, thursday, jan. 7 and friday, jan. 8, reopening by 5 a.m. the following day. happening today happening today across the tri- state... cincinnati is cutting the ribbon on the city's new permit center. an open house is scheduled from 9 a-m until 11 at the facility on central avenue. architects will be there to discuss the revamped permitting process. and lane closures are set for joe nuxhall way, so crews can pour concret for the a-c marriott hotel at the banks. traffic will be reduced to two lanes between

east freedom way from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. still ahead on fox 19 now... we're hearing from ken griffey junior... after he's elected to baseball's hall of fame. use live shot adlib weather and traffic tease mall-business owner is looking to expand. how can a bank help? at huntington, we love working with small businesses. in fact, we're the number-one

all these businesses are too small. what we need to do is merge them. florist, coffee shop, bike repair, architect, funeral home. now they're big enough for me to take seriously. you're scaring the townspeople. relocated. helping you grow. just another way we're looking out for your business,