night. that same system forms a twister and it's all caught on camera. massive museum! new plans from the folks building the ark and running the creation museum. more than a million dollars just waiting to be claimed by local residents. who can cash in, and how. targetted by police... but not for arrests. who one local department's zeroing in on. sot "this is fox19 now" tricia 2shot bam a wet night.. in the tri-state... and we're still facing a possibility of some severe weather.. good evening - i'm tricia macke... we start with team coverage on the weather tonight.. tricia zoom out 2sh chief meteorologist steve horstmeyer - you've been in the weather center all night.. tracking this... what's the very latest?

national weather picture... matt? tornado originated in near newton, mississippi in east central mississippi. then tracked about 100 miles northeast into alabama. tornado may have lifted and set back down several times. caused extensive damage around mcmullin and aliceville alabama. numerous trees and power lines down several mobile and brick homes were

of a house and some people were debris, but rescued. only minor injuries have far. far. of course - be sure fox19 now weather app.. for pinpointing the storm in your area. right now cops in covington are taking new steps to ensure citizen's safety tonight. a new program designed to help the lgbt our ben katko is with police tonight in covington... with the story. police here just rolled out this liasion program yesterday. two officers will

streets... to help build better relationships with this part of their city. in covington's 200- year history... just this week... something happened there that's never happened before. lt. col. rob nader/covington pd "we want to be ahead of the curve. we think this is a need for the future." covington police lt. col. rob nader is one of two cops on the force taking on a new role. he's going to be part of a communication connection between the lgbt community and the police. lt. col. rob nader "every neighborhood or community within our city has unique wants or needs when addressing quality of life issues." the cincinnati police department already has one of these liasions. covington consulted them in crafting their program. steve newsome/human rights campaign "we found in the city of cincinnati that a lot of residents will go to the lgbt liasion with questions or with their experiences both positive and negative." last year... covington scored a 57 on the human rights campaign municipal equality

support for the lgbt community. cincinnati scored a perfect 100. that helped sparked covington's desire to start their liasion program. steve newsome "it's really a great step for the entire community. anytime that you can have a police force working with their citizenry to that's a great that is the goal develop trust... relationship between the police... and this group of residents. lt. col nader "we think it's a positive direction for the city." covington has other liaision officers representing other communities in the city, too. police tell us they will start learning about issues and concerns from the lgbt community through some education at nku soon. live tonight... ben katko... fox19 now. new at ten new tonight.. police are searching for a critically missing man.. take a look at

say he's been diagnosed as paranoid schizophrenic and requires medication. if you know anything - call police. an update now on a story you heard first on fox19 now. u-c police have arrested a suspect tied to the recent string of panty thefts from a dorm on campus! 24-year old dennis mccormick was arrested this afternoon... charged with theft and criminal trespassing! according to court documents, mccormick entered daniels hall posing as a student and allegedly stole panties from 7 different students! some property owners in lawrenceburg and greendale indiana maybe entitled to part of 1 point 2 million dollars. it's part of a class action lawsuit settlement. this after ethanol emissions from a local distillery caused damage to some properties. fox19 now's frankie jupiter has more. this is the claim form that some

are receiving. this case dates back to 2005. some people that we spoke to say, it's about time. "it's disgusting if you want to know the truth. it's totally disgusting." jackie turner has been living off and on in her childhood home for 75 years. "and i've never seen it like this, honestly never seen it like this." ms. turner shows us what she calls mold on the side of her home. its effect from ethanol emissions from what local call the old seagram's distillery, which was owned by pernod ricard at the time of the suit. the ethanol emission can cause the growth of mold. "and why should we have the expense of having all of this stuff clean and what have you." a more than one point two million dollar settlement was reached. recently claim notices and forms were mailed out to about 7000 property owners in dearborn county. the settlement applies to property owners from

september 12, 2009. the settlement amount per parcel varies by zones, a high impact zone and reduced impact zone, shown on this map. for properties owners this is welcomed news. "i think that's it probably needed, close to seagram's you can see the mold around the houses and things like that. it make lawrenceburg look a little better." "i'll have to get somebody to come in and get it pressure washed." to see if you qualify, and for claim form information log on to our website at fox 19 now.com. live in lawrenceburg, frankie jupiter fox 19 now. a cincinnati police officer, went above and beyond the call of duty, when he found a 2-year-old boy, wandering the street... barefoot. officer jamie landrum bought a coat, pants, shoes and fresh diapers. a picture posted on facebook, shows the officer lying on the ground, playing with the boy. neighbors found the toddler on montana avenue around 2:30 in the morning and

police. 2jamie "his pj's were soaking wet and we tried to find his mother. we had no luck. we ended up bringing him back here to the district. the child's mother... 28-year-old tanisha caldwell eventually made her way to district 3 headquarters.. officers say she was intoxicated caldwell was placed under arrest and charged with child endangering. the child is with a relative. who knew a handshake meant so much? just ask u-c students... ono tweeted this... students don't hand this graduation because the ceremony is too long.. but - many so fast... ono tweeted ... this - asking for a student survey.. he said it's your day. i'm happy to shake hands and take photos as usual. we'll see... what happens at the next ceremonies.. check.. for not

why some lawmakers might start paying for good behavior.. plus - big plans... for the creation museum.. what answers in genesis is telling fox19 now - tonight.. a high speed chase through three states lands three men behind bars...i'll tell you what the deciding factor was in their capture. steve chroma

dallas health officials confirming the first case.. but say it was not transmitted by mosquito as is most common.. instead it was sexually transmitted. zika can be spread primarily through mosquitos associated with traveling to tropical regions like latin america, the carribean but in dallas

recieved confirmation that it spread otherwise through sexual activity. the infected patient's partner had returned from venezuela. comedian bill cosby -- was in court today asking a judge to throw out sexual assault charges against him. much of this case hinges on the testimony of the district attorney who was in office, back in 2004. he's charged with aggravated indecent assault against andrea constand says cosby drugged and raped her in his in 2004. the judge's decision. just when you think you've heard it all.. do you think you should be paid.. for not committing a crime? in d-c ... an anti - crime bill has a

would allow people who might commit or become the victims of violent crime to stay out of trouble... the neighborhood engagement achieves results amendment act has been praised by leaders of the black lives matter movement.. no word on how much cash d-c taxpayers would shell out to pay folks 'not' to commit crimes. new tonight, big plans for the creation museum in boone county. officials are working on plans to triple the size of the current museum. the group wants to build a new parking lot and then a new building, bigger than this current one... large enough to host travelling exhibits, which sometimes require more than 15- thousand square feet. if approved, the project is expected to take three years and cost more than 15-million dollars... most of which will be paid through donations. answers in genesis, the group behind the creation museum is expected to finish its giant noah's ark theme park this summer. the zoning and planning commission will vote on it tomorrow night.

right now- severe weather... hitting parts of the country... and cleanup is underway after a tornado in alabama... meteorologist jill gilardi of our raycom news network is in pickens county alabama with the latest on the tornado's path... jill? tornado damage in pickens county alabama weather now toss to weather steve cam

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be your best bet.. the local spots getting national recognition.. ahead. we finished second and i want to tell you something, i'm just honored. iowa in the rear view mirror... now it's full steam ahead to new hampshire... the latest on the race to the white house - coming up. still ahead - identity thieves are upping their gameand doing a lot more damage to their victims! what you need to watch out for nowcoming up.

local police chase. inside the suspects' sheriff's department say it took them by surprise. doing a lot more damage than just shopping sprees. watch out for now! a 56-year-old man has been charged with sexually assaulting two woman at a local hospital. mark rivers was in court today and faces two counts of sexual imposition. according to court documents rivers was a patient at good samaritan hospital... he went into a hospital room and got into another patient's bed while the woman was "taking a nap" police say he gropped two women before nurses were alerted. we did reach out to good sam

declined to comment. this april will mark 15 years since the cincinnati riots.... sparked by the shooting death of 19-year old timothy thomas by a c-p-d officer in 2001.. and tonight... city leaders came about it... and how far we've come since then. our community including me, was slow to grasp complaint. somebody willing to there's always somebody needed to climb the flagpole to get something done. tonight a town hall meeting was held at the cintas center featuring former mayor charlie luken, attorney al gerhardstein, reverend damon lynch the third and more. as many of you probably remember... this was the scene during those five

they talked about how the unrest changed the city, and how far we've come since then. the panel also discussed how the city could change in the future. tonight - we're getting our first look at the new trailer for a movie shot right here in cincinnati.. miles ahead - the miles davis bio-pic is directed by and star don cheadle... from director don cheadle - hold it buddy. you got a ticket? you're looking at it. comes a film, as the man, i'm getting my music back. go back go back, i'm not dying over this jazz tape. don't call it jazz man, that's a made up word. it's social music. the movie is set to be released april

digital extra and a digital extra for you tonight.. now dot com - two minute trailer and video of filming in and around cincinnati. you decide the iowa caucuses are over -- and now the republican and presidential candidates head to ahead of next week's primary in the granite state. sen. ted cruz, presidential candidate so what a victory last night. ted cruz may have bested fellow republican candidates donald trump and marco rubio in last night's caucuses... but in new hampshire, trump leads in the polls and rubio is expected to be a formidable challenger. sen marco rubio, presidential candidate we need to unify the conservative movement and the republican party. i can do that better than anyone that's running. we need to grow it, i can do that better than anyone

need to beat hillary clinton and bernie sanders. on the democratic side - hillary clinton won the iowa caucuses over her democratic challenger bernie sanders by a razor and sanders, a nearby vermont is win next tuesday's contest, which could make this a prolonged primary battle. with the first contest in the books, the 2016 hopefuls are wasting no time courting voters in the next campaign battleground, as a win in the granite state could swing the momentum once again. weather now tricia 2shot vplaz turning now to weather.. storms continuing overnight.. the chief - here with the latest.

speed chase for dozens of miles.. fox 19 now's mike schell....has the lastest tricia.. this was a case where several police agencies worked together to bring this chase to a successful end.. the kentucky state police and the hamilton county sherff's department... the chase began in lincoln heights and ended here near the skyline chili in harrison.. police say it lasted for 55 miles...through ohio, kentucky and indiana...and reached speeds of at least 90 miles per hour.. authorities say at some points along the way...the suspect mostly like thought they were home free.. 1mark "sometimes what happens when the ground units break off of a pursuit and someone feels like they're not being pursued anymore than

and when the suspects didn't see cop cars in the rear view mirror...police say they didn't take into account what was overhead.. 2mark "probably what they did not know is that our helicopter unit was following every step that they made. the suspects...from left to right...are anthony dewayne of dayton...the driver of the vehcile who now faces felony fleeing and eluding charges in ohio and similar charges in kentucky. in the middle...22- year old...jehwaun booker..also of dayton. he was arrested on several warrant including aggravated robbery and felonious assault. and on the right...19-year- old...chucky foley of trotwood, ohio. he too had felony warrants out against him. police say one of the men even had the audacity to video the police chase and post it on social media websites... but...that footage could come back to haunt them 3mark "we appreciate the suspects video taping. that will help us with our evidence. so, i don't think we're dealing with the brightest individuals here. the chief deputy is touting the sheriff's

helicopter as not only one of the best tools to use to find missing persons.. but...the all important eye in the sky to bring down the bad guys.. reporting live...mike schell...fox19 now so it looks like we'll be seeing signs of spring... early... at least according to one rodent... " there is no shadow to cast... an early spring is my forecast!" and just like that... spring is on the way! maybe... punxsutawney phil made his prediction... but history tells us his his judgment is a little unreliable. since 1988, phil has been right 13 times and wrong 15 times! what's the matter? i want snow.. this clermont county girl wasn't happy with the groundhog's forecast. five-year-old eliza miller was distraught at finding out phil didn't see his shadow.

busted out her camera after breaking the news of springtime's early arrival.... she says her for frozen- may be behind the melt down. has a different opinion.... this was the scene in marion ohio this morning... just as shadow... calling weeks of winter! if you're in the dog house.. or are a time to get ready for valentine's day. well - two of the 100 most romantic restaurants in america this year - are right here in the tri-state. primavista pree-ma-vista and orchids at palm court made the annual list voted on by open-table diners. primavista - known for it's amazing view is located in east price hill. orchids is inside the hilton cincinnati netherland plaza downtown... the list was compiled by more than five million reviews of more than 20-thusand restaurants across the country.

had their personal stolen by hackers! money's nathan why that puts so many of us at risk for an especially dangerous form of identity theft. simply money the new chip- enabled credit cards were supposed to cut thieves are just getting sneakier, and doing more damage to their according to a new report from javelin research, identity thieves aren't using numbers to make counterfeit cards as much as they insteadthey're using stolen social security new accounts, and run up charges on those cards! this kind of fraud can be much more damaging to your credit history, since you may not spot it right away! part of the problem here--database breaches happen all the time nowso people tune them out. but one in five data breach victims became fraud victims last year! so--if you start debt collectors

statements in the mail for accounts you didn't open, contact those companies and the credit bureaus right away! and make sure you're pulling your three free credit reports every year from annual credit report dot-com, too. for fox 19 now and simply money, i'm nathan bachrach. hello, i'm helen mirren, a notoriously frank and uncensored british lady. helen mirren has a message... for drinkers.. a look at the super bowl ad - after the break. steve chroma plus... a sold out crowd for the biggest game in town... and post game

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jeopardy.. a viewing party was held tonight.. in dayton. congrats to emily bingham.. we'll be watching for her in the finals. in some parts of the world ... officials are counting on the "masters" of the skies ... to take out drones. in the netherlands eagles to take out drones. the dutch national police are testing out eagles to target the unmanned devices that some consider a nuisance. the birds have been trained to swoop in and dispose of any unwanted drones. budweiser is doing something it hasn't done in more than a decade... and it's getting help from helen mirren. the 70-year-old english actress stars in this year's super bowl spot, hurling insults at people who drive

the last time budweiser did an anti-drunk driving super bowl spot was in 2005. and don't worry -- this isn't the only ad we'll see during the big game. the iconic clydesdales will return for the 27- th time. taco bell is planning a mystery for the super bowl. it sent out a tweet promising its "biggest launch to date", but the fast food chain isn't saying what it is. you can pre-order the new menu item now, for 2.99 on it's website and pick it up on saturday. for everyone else - the mystery item will be revealed on sunday, in a super bowl spot. live wx tease sot "steve weather

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and you sneak a taste just as she adds the pinch of salt. not good - right? point is - let the brownies bake before you bite. john calipari's team is still in the oven - and might be sweet come march - but tonight adds some nuts. not easy to play at kansas and at tennessee in a four day stretch... but... how easy is this? kentucky up twenty-one late in the first half. here's the problem... u-k's big guys just aren't good enough yet. and this isn't just coughing up a big

it's against a team with a losing record. still... kentucky's guards did their thing. ulis - briscoe and murray combined for half-a-hundred. it's just tennessee made every big play late... and u-t's kevin punter kicked kentucky to another loss. that's five against unranked teams. u-k loses by seven. the bad year for miami's basketball team hit rock bottom tonight. road game at eastern michigan... and this dude raven lee. halftime score? miami - 27. raven lee - 27. miami's coach said he looked like steph curry. kid hit nine three- pointers... and tied oklahoma's buddy

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and fortunately for us he's on our side and we don't have to worry about defending him." joe hplaz/gfx that's luke - excuse me - kuechly. too many - excuse me again - gatorades at the super bowl. new information now from the pro bowl. the team confirming tonight tyler eifert just sprained his ankle and will be ready for all off-season workouts. sold out gym for moeller and la salle. trey mcbride. tick-tick-boom. tie game at the half between a couple state contenders. but... la salle did what la salle does. they run clock - they play defense and they hit big shots. that's tre crigler... and this is jeremy larkin. he'll play football at northwestern. kid can play some hoops, too. nine straight for la salle. lancers by six. joe hplaz/gfx

robinson - over a thousand points in his career. and elder's joey saboto... now elder's all- time leader in assists. tricia 4-shot steve's tracking the next 24 hours.. tricia cam don't forget we're always tracking the weather on fox19.com. goodnight. sot "announcer: now with the fox19 mobile app, you'll never be without fox19 news. from fox19.com to text and email alerts for breaking news and weather. it's all right here in the palm of your hand." sot full " " vo

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