havertys. i'm kara sewell rob 2 shot and i'm rob williams. a cold morning with temperatures in the upper teens in many areas to near 20 degrees. a partly cloudy sky and dry this morning. we will have a sun and cloud mix today with high of 41 degrees. we stay dry for most of the weekend with temperatures of 46 on saturday and 49 on sunday. our next chance of rain showers late sunday evening with a rain and snow mix possible on monday as temperatures fall back into 30s. much colder air next week with highs in the 20s and lows in the teens. we will also be dealing with snow showers for the first part of the week. with much colder air even scattered snow showers could cause for slick spots as surfaces will be much colder.

two lanes of inbound westbound traffic on columbia parkway will remain closed due to actively moving earth in the area that is spilling over the retaining wall near william howard taft road. at 9 a.m. tomorrow, all lanes of columbia parkway

to torrence parkway to allow city officials, working with contractors, to remove the remaining loose soil. denise tosses to jordan at this point, two lanes of at this point, two lanes of westbound traffic here on columbia parkway near william howard taft road are closed down. these lanes will remain closed until further notice due to the mudslide that occurred yesterday and caused dirt to spill wall. were put in effect last night and theyll continue through this mornings rush- vo morning, all lanes of columbia parkway will be closed in both directions from baines street to torrence parkway ... this will allow city officials, working with contractors, to remove the remaining loose soil. the mudslide became a problem yesterday morning in the area just west of where torrence parkway and william howard taft rd. meet at department of public services and the department of transportation have been here since last night in order to monitor the site and take appropriate safety precautions. reporting live from columbia parkway, jordan vilines, fox

cincinnati's streets is bringing local leaders and the community together. the group gathered at the national underground freedom center last night for a panel.. it was part of an event called "kin killin kin". cincinnati police chief eliot isaac spoke about the reinstatement of the gang unit. "those officers that were tasked with focusing on violent offenders, will still be tasked with that"

also released a new anti-violence strategy monday. in the wake of the a beef cattle auction business in lexington, the city how it notifies the public during emergencies. a city spokeswoman says lexington used a phone system saturday to alert nearby residents of the fire, but that system calls only landline numbers. firefighters are still working to determine the cause of the blaze that destroyed the stockyards and five other businesses. a retired ohio police officer is celebrating, because he will get to keep his k-9 partner. hickey had been praying to hear... marietta's law discovered a little known statute, that gave hickey opportunity to buy his k-9 partner, ajax. to the city- but more than 70- was raised on a go fund me page... go to waste.

considerate, they want to make things right. god bless them." the money raised will be used to purchase protective vests for other k-9 officers. luck may have run out for the winner of a california lottery jackpot. the person has apparently let $63-million dollars slip through their fingers. nobody showed by the deadline, 5 p-m yesterday. however, at least one person is suing, claiming he submitted the winning ticket but was refused the prize. if no claim is verified, the money goes to the state's schools. florida is not taking any chances when it comes to the zika virus... how the state hopes to stop the spread of the disease, ahead. "it was so crazy, it was like casper was riding an atv" a town is shocked when surveillance cameras capture an out-of-control a-

without a driver... next. fox19 welcome back to fox19 now you're looking live at downtown (vo) shop all makes, models and colors in your neighborhood... head to your neighborhood people who buy more vehicles than anyone... shift your thinking about buying

cincinnati police in new york say two officers who were shot while on patrol... are expected to survive. officials say a man opened fire on the officers, in the stairwell of a housing project in the bronx. one officer was hit in the face, the other in the stomach. investigators day the gunman turned the weapon on himself... he later died. another suspect is now in police custody. florida has now declared a state of emergency in a fifth county, in the wake of the zika virus. and governor rick scott says the state is preparing... like it would for a

inspecting and miami, to prevent the breeding of mosquitoes. they're also asking residents to check their properties water. 12 cases of the zika virus have now been confirmed in the state- all travel related. a driverless all- terrain vehicle... takes off on its own? joyride was caught on surveillance cameras in iowa... somehow, the men handling the a-t-v lost control... it crashed into a wall, did donuts, and slammed into stacked milk crates. the store owner says he was shocked when he watched the footage from his cameras. "holy toledo that thing went up on the tires, uh the other one doesn't show it in such good views" the a-t-v owners were finally able to gain control after a failed back flip... no one was hurt. mountain dew

super bowl ad game, but its commercial could be a head- barbie is already makeover... turn... we'll show you how transforming the dolls. nats i don't know what

do." n-f-l stars are tackling tangles and pig-tails in a new super bowl ad by pantene. p-and-g asked the players to style their daughters' hair as part of the "strong is beautful" campaign. watch the full four video series on fox19 now dot com. adlib 4shot frank marzullo joining us now with

forecast a cold morning with temperatures in the upper teens in many areas to near 20 degrees. a partly cloudy sky and dry this morning. we will have a sun and cloud mix today

degrees. we stay dry for most of the weekend with temperatures of 46 on saturday and 49 on sunday. our next chance of rain showers late sunday evening with a rain and snow mix possible on monday as temperatures fall back into 30s. much colder air next week with highs in the 20s and lows in the teens. we will also be dealing with snow showers for the first part of the week. with much colder air even showers could cause for slick spots as surfaces will be much colder.

westbound traffic on columbia parkway will remain closed due to actively moving earth in the area that is spilling over the retaining wall near william howard taft road. at 9 a.m. tomorrow, all lanes of columbia parkway will be closed in both directions from baines street to torrence parkway to allow city officials, working with contractors, to remove the remaining loose soil. happening today mardi gras celebrations kick of today in covington... lots of activities planned for the two-day

rob dblbx our jessica brown is live in mainstrasse village with all the details. good morning to it's the 20th annual mardi gras that 8. all the local bars will be serving up mardi gras fun tomorrow night. beads, baubles and bangles will be goose girl fountain businesses in the area. restaurants and bars in the village will also offer mardi gras-related events and there will be lots of cajun food, live music, and a whole lot more the grande parade with floats is saturday at 9pm and will travel

village area on main street...all are welcome to attend that. it's free to party in the mardi gras themed bars but of course you must be 21 years old. for more information head to our website at fox19now.com rock and roll heaven has a new maurice white, the founder of the band "earth wind and fire" died wednesday in his sleep. white's brother....and the group's bassist, verdine, made the announcement on his facebook page. among the group's more famous tracks....."septembe r", "shining star" and "sing a song." white was 74 years old. the i-r-s says is once again accepting electronically filed tax returns. the agency blames a "hardware failure" that forced yesterday's shutdown of several tax processing systems, including the e-file system. the i-r-s says the computer system is fully functioning now and apologized for the inconvenience. mattel made a big splash last week, releasing curvy, petite and tall barbies last week... that prompted twitter users to demand a matching makeover for ken! so, lyst, a u-k-based

website, decided to create a ken line with realistic men's bodies. there's beach dad bod ken, bearded hipster ken and balding ken. they also designed an african american, asian and petite ken... bearded hipster ken even has a tattoo of barbie. the bengals steelers drama continues... antonio brown just gave his first public interview since the playoff game.. and he held nothing back. our jeremy rauch explains how this impacts the rivalry in your morning wake up call. pkg show of hands... who watched the show lamb chops growing up? if you grew up in the 90s like me.... then you've seen that crazy little sheep puppet sing the song that never ends... and it goes on and on my friend. it really gets stuck in your head. i thought this song had played its last tune for a while, i was wrong. antonio brown came back to life

and breathed new life into all the drama of the bengals and steelers' playoff game. he said, the bengals wanted blood, they wanted to kill him and end his career. he also called vontaze burfict an idiot, and said adam jones, shall not be forgiven. does he have a right to say those things? of course. is it good for the rivalry? sure. do i want all of this to go away... yes. these teams will meet again next season, two times. at least one of them will be in primetime. as a member of the media, the hype that will go into those games, means more eyeballs, and that's a good thing. but as a fan of the game, i just want these dudes to go play football... and like aj green said walking off the field one month ago, let your play do the talking. i'm jeremy rauch and that's your morning wakeup call. imagine being able to hold nineteen hundred super

your hands. that's what four guys get to do at stub hub headquarters. the men are part of the crew making sure private seller tickets for sunday's big game are legit. each ticket can run from five thousand to thirty thousand dollars. so an estimated thirty to fifty million dollars will pass through the hands of the stub- hub crew by the end of the day today. "first you have the hologram here. take a black light. what i think is the coolest feature... there's heat sensitive ink so if you rub it ut disappears." investigating any red flags is such a big responsibility... it takes place in a secret room at stub-hub headquarters. mountain dew is getting back into the super bowl advertising game.. but many are confused about the star of the new commercial. the soft drink mater tweeted short videos, showing a creature

of a baby, a monkey, a horse and a space alien. so what's the creature all about? mountain dew's not saying. it's the company's first super bowl at in 16 years. confederate controversy! a local community frustrated by flags... some people now taking matters into their own hands. a warning about "free stuff"... because it's not actually free.. how you'll end up paying in the end.. coming up. more than 30 blues musicians will heat up four stages in cincinnati tonight and tomorrow. and it's all for a good cause. the winter blues fest is headlined by the nick moss band, tullie brae and carolyn wonderland. the fest begins at 6 tonight at the phoenix. and it will benefit the blues in the schools program.

i'm kara sewell rob 2 shot and i'm rob williams... let's get our first look at the forecast with meteorologist frank marzullo. a cold morning with temperatures in the upper teens in many areas to near 20 degrees. a partly cloudy sky and dry this morning. we will have a sun and cloud mix today with high of 41 degrees. we stay dry for most of the weekend with temperatures of 46 on saturday and 49 on sunday. our next chance of rain showers late sunday evening

on monday as temperatures fall back into 30s. much colder air next week with highs in the 20s and lows in the teens. we will also be dealing with snow showers for the first part of the week. with much colder air even scattered snow showers could cause for slick spots as surfaces will be much colder. carstar two lanes of inbound westbound traffic on columbia parkway will remain closed due to actively moving earth in the area that is spilling over the retaining wall near william howard taft road. at 9 a.m. tomorrow, all lanes of

both directions from baines street to torrence working with contractors, to remove the remaining loose soil. denise tosses to jordan lanes of at this point, two westbound traffic parkway near william howard taft road are closed down. these lanes will remain closed until further notice due to the mudslide that occurred yesterday and caused dirt to spill over the retaining wall. the lane closures were put in effect last night and theyll continue through this mornings rush- hour. vobox morning, all lanes parkway will be directions from baines street to torrence parkway ... this will allow city officials, working with remove the the mudslide yesterday morning in the area just west of where and william howard columbia parkway. staff from the the department of transportation have been here since last night in order to monitor the site and take appropriate safety precautions. reporting live from columbia parkway, 19 now. new this morning new this morning... traffic moving

after a crash at the brent spence bridge in investigators believe a driver lost control on the 7th street ramp, striking the bridge... the car spun around, ending up the wrong way... driver suffered threatening injuries. after reports of a prompted a search in newport. police left riverboat row without finding night. people called 9-1-1, saying a man was rifle... an investigation is underway. now a story you'll only see on fox19 now. neighbors are

someone hung a confederate flag outside their home. this is the scene on west loveland avenue. neighbors say the flag is attracting a lot of unwanted attention...and police took notice this week when someone spray painted the word "racist" on the front door. kari sot 2 "um because what it symbolizes, like we fought the north fought for slaves to be freed. i get that it's more heritage not hate...but in the north i view it more as hate" :16 loveland city leaders investigated and found there's nothing they can do. they say the issue boils down to freedom of expression. happening today christ hospital is lit up in red today... for national wear red day. you're asked to wear red to show your support for saving women's live... people around the country will take part, to unite against preventing heart disease and stroke,. our shawn lanier is live at downtown....

women today... it's is the seventh annual lady in red event and today is national wear red day so the american heart association pushes its campaign to "go red for women" all of this is to draw support to a very common disease which is heart disease... cardiovascular disease fact according to the american heart association. " more than one in three women is living with cardiovascular " nearly half of american women white women live with cardiovascular disease " heart disease death rates among men have declined steadily over the last 25 years " heart disease rates among women have fallen at a slower rate all proceeds benefit the american heart association's "go red for women" campaign! general admission tickets are $15 and 200 vip tickets are available for $25. all tickets include a swag bag, light food, and refreshments it all starts

we all love the sound of "free we all love the sound of "free stuff". but unfortunately... everything has a catch. nathan bachrach has tips on what you need to watch for.. so you don't end up paying... there really is no such thing as a free lunch, and any number of other free things could cost you quite a bit! let's start with that lunch. people selling things, timeshares, investments or something else, often get prospects in the door by dangling a free lunchor even a free hotel stay. but make no pay for thiswith your time. you'll be expected to sit pitchsometimes a really pushy onein exchange for that perk. at bestit may be a waste of your time. at worstyou could end up investing in

"free shipping" can also cost youif you have to spend more than you planned to meet the thresholdso always use a price comparison app like pricegrabberto make sure you're getting a good deal. and "free checking" isn't always free, either. the simply money point: many banks will sneak other fees into the agreement on those accounts. for fox 19 and simply money, i'm nathan bachrach. you can get your puppy fix today, thanks to uber. uber and the league for animal welfare will bring some adoptable puppies to your office tomorrow. you'll be able to request the dogs through the uber app. it costs 30-bucks for 15-minutes... the money benefits the league for animal welfare. and if you fall in love... you can adopt one of the puppies. no charges will be filed, after johnny manziel is accused of assaulting his ex-girlfiend... we'll explain next. but first.. a check of your weekend forecast.. when fox19 now returns. "fox19 now never stops. take us with you wherever you go. download the fox 19 weather now app for live street level radar

and lightning tracker warns you the instant lightning is detected near you. search fox 19 weather now in the app store or google play weather now anim a cold morning with temperatures

with temperatures in many areas to and dry this cloud mix today dry for most of the weekend with temperatures of 46 on saturday and 49 on sunday. our next chance of rain showers late sunday evening with a rain and snow mix possible on monday as temperatures fall back into 30s. much colder air next week with highs in the 20s and lows in the teens. we will also be dealing with snow showers for the first part of the week. with much colder air even scattered snow showers could cause for slick spots as surfaces will be much colder. carstar two lanes of inbound westbound traffic on columbia parkway will remain closed due to actively

area that is spilling inbound westbound traffic on columbia parkway will remain closed due to actively moving earth in the area that is spilling over the retaining wall near william howard taft road. at 9 a.m. tomorrow, all lanes of columbia parkway will be closed in both directions from baines street to torrence parkway to allow city officials, working with contractors, to remove the remaining loose soil. cleveland browns quarterback johnny manziel is cleveland browns quarterback johnny manziel is being investigated by the n-f-l... for allegedly striking his ex-girlfriend during an argument last weekend in texas. we've obtained a copy of the police report...

said that after a night out with friends, she visited manziel in a dallas hotel and he got aggressive towards her... and that he was on some kind of drugs. she claims he struck her several times in the hotel room and in her car on the way back to her fort worth apartment. a neighbor called 9-1-1. dallas police say manziel will not be charged and the investigation is closed, because no reported criminal offense occurred. the browns plan to release manziel in march. mardi gras celebrations are set to get underway in the tri-state... how you can join the fun, ahead in a live report. on this day in weather history... cincinnati saw its biggest snowfall on record... a closer look is next. where were you 18

biggest snowfall on record... 17-point-9 inches! the snow caused a big mess... there were hundreds of car accidents and numerous flights were cancelled... but it was also that winter's first snow day. we even found some video our own tricia macke who joined in the sledding fun with some kids at devou park! adlib 4shot anchors adlib during 4 shot

in many areas to and dry this cloud mix today

temperatures of 46 chance of rain with a rain and snow mix possible on monday as temperatures fall back into 30s. much colder air lows in the teens. dealing with snow week. with much showers could will be much two lanes of westbound

will remain closed due to actively moving earth in the area that is spilling over the retaining wall near william howard taft road. at 9 a.m. tomorrow, all lanes of columbia parkway will be closed in both directions from baines street to torrence parkway to allow city officials, working with contractors, to remove the remaining loose soil. happening today mardi gras is tuesday... but the celebration kicks off today here in kara dblbx our jessica brown joins us live from with the details. fat tuesday isn't until next week but mainstrasse village is celebrating it's the 20th annual mainstrasse village mardi gras that

8. all the local bars mardi gras fun tomorrow night. bangles will be given out at the goose girl fountain businesses in the area. restaurants and bars in the village will also offer mardi gras-related events and there will be lots of cajun food, live lot more the grande parade with floats is saturday at 9pm and will travel through the mainstrassse village area on main street...all are welcome to attend that. the parade runs from 9th street to 6th street and west on 6th street to the entertainment tent. it's free to party in the mardi gras themed bars but of course you must be 21 years old.covington police will be increasing patrols during the event to ensure everyone remains safe. for more information head to our website at fox19now.com

mudslide cleanup on a major roadway could impact your morning commute. live cam and looking live at downtown cincinnati. your weather and traffic is next stay with us

with temperatures in the upper teens in many areas to near 20 degrees. a partly cloudy sky and dry this morning. we will have a sun and cloud mix today with high of 41 degrees. we stay dry for most of the weekend with temperatures of 46 on saturday and 49 on sunday. our next chance of rain showers late sunday evening with a rain and snow mix possible on monday as temperatures fall back into 30s. much colder air next week with highs in the 20s and lows in the teens. we will also be dealing with snow showers for the first part of the week. with much colder air even scattered snow showers could cause for slick spots as surfaces will be much colder. two lanes of inbound westbound

westbound traffic on columbia parkway will remain closed due to actively moving earth in the area that is spilling over the retaining wall near william howard taft road. at 9 a.m. tomorrow, all lanes of columbia parkway will be closed in both directions from baines street to torrence parkway to allow city officials, working with contractors, to remove the remaining loose soil. caught on camera caught on camera... a would-be robber very quickly that if rob a store clerk... seasoned military veteran. watch as the clerk obeys the man's orders until he turns away...and then bam, he

veteran throws several punches while removing the gun from the robber's hand. the robber...ends up running out of the store. hello from the other side no that isn't adele you're hearing...but it sure sounds like it! a video is now going viral of this 11 year old boy showing off his amazing voice. safe to say, he might have a career in music ahead of him... when it snows...what's the first fun thing you go out and do? maybe have a snowball fight, build a snowman? an otter in minnesota is getting a lot of attention...for his fun antics in the snow. check this out... the otter uses the small mounds of snow around him...to go sledding! just like a kid...once he's down the hill, he runs right back up and does it again. rob 2shot

between an ohio police office and city officials is finally over. see how he finally managed to get his k-9 partner back. kara vo plus, the zika virus is spreading so rapidly in south america...some want to cancel the summer games in rio. the brazilian government's response, next. ""i really don't think these attacks by insinuation are worthy

of you. and enough is enough. if you have something to say, say it, the gloves come off in the fifth democratic debate... as hillary clinton and bernie sanders spar back and forth on who should be the next president. several confederate flags in loveland are causing tension in the neighborhood. what the community is doing to fix the problem. antonio brown: "i think that's something you have to get ready for. guys aren't just trying

trying to take me out. more tension between the bengals and steelers... hear what else antonio brown had to say about the bengals. kara 2shot good morning everyone... i'm kara sewell. rob 2shot and i'm rob williams. we want to get a check of your forecast with frank marzullo. a cold morning with temperatures in the upper teens partly cloudy sky morning. we will have a sun and cloud mix today with high of 41 degrees. we stay dry for most of the weekend with on saturday and 49 sunday evening snow mix possible back into 30s. next week with highs in the 20s and we will also be first part of the week. with much colder air even scattered snow showers could cause for slick two lanes of westbound