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we are starting out with lows in the low to mid 20s and partly cloudy skies. one thing you will notice as we warm to 60 degrees on friday it will become windy into the afternoon with a sun and cloud mix. even warmer with highs near 63 degrees on saturday before our next chance of rain by sunday morning and scattered showers on sunday afternoon and high of 56 degrees. next week we will remain near normal in the mid to low 40s and dry the first half of the week. carstar beginning at 9 a.m. friday, feb. 19, one lane of westbound beginning at 9 a.m. friday, feb. 19, one lane of westbound sr 73 will be closed east of jacksonburg road, and then will move to the west side of jacksonburg road. once complete on westbound sr 73, work will relocate to eastbound sr 73 west of jacksonburg road, and then move to the east side. traffic will be maintained and lanes will reopen by 2 p.m. new this morning new this morning... a winton hills man is now charged in connection with a nearly three- year-old homicide. this is video from the scene of the shooting... it happened on delhi avenue in sedamsville in july of 20-13. police say they found michael hopkins dead inside of an apartment building. court documents state, 32-year-old william smith killed hopkins during a robbery. he will be arraigned this morning. smith is the second suspect charged in the case... 24-year-old rayshawn hart also faces numerous charges in hopkins' death. hart's trial started yesterday. happening today today... we expect to learn new information about a deadly officer involved shooting in westwood. rob dblbx our sara celi is live in the west end

investigation. police wlil release more information today at 11am at a press conference here... and a autopsy on the suspect will also happen today. police say the suspect pulled a handgun from his waistband as police questioned him. vo this happened at about 4pm on wednesday and police shot and killed the suspect.... who's name has not been released. officers had initally responded to reports of a man waving a gun... and shortly afterwards, a pickup hit a utility pole on harrison avenue. police have not released that suspects name. polcie say the man did comply with officers at first... but then pulled that gun from his waistband. "we have to do something about this in this community and the police are doing their absolute best to keep us all safe and we need to help them. everybody needs to jump in. make a stance against violence. and try and decrease the number of times our office gets called out

three cincinnati officers are on administrative leave.. pending this investigation. reporting live sara celi fox 19 now. you may be waiting longer for your state tax return... the kentucky department of revenue has slowed down issuing refunds, because of concerns of identity theft and other forms of fraud. the agency says its implementing new security features that will cause some delays... saying the safeguards are necessary to protect filers. another big win for xavier. the eighth ranked muskies beat providence behind myles davis' triple double. he scored 11 points, grabbed 12 rebounds, and dished out 12 assists in xavier's win over the friars. reds are you ready for baseball? pitchers and catchers report to spring training today... our jordan vilines is live at great american ball park with the latest.

report to spring training camp today. they'll have their first work out in goodyear, arizona. the rest of the team reports next week. the first full squad practice is set for tuesday. cincinanti's first preseason game is set for march 1st at cleveland. opening day is monday, april 4th against the pirates. dramatic video

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cincinnati pope francis will be arriving back in rome later today... following a five- day trip to mexico. a massive crowd gathered for a mass last night in juarez, just across the border from el paso, texas. the holy father called on governments worldwide to open their hearts to what he calls, quote, "human tragedy that is forced migration."

says he's never seen anything like it in his 18 year career... a waffle house employee is now behind bars, accused of trying to poison her coworker. investigators say sonserea sun-sare-ee-uh evans spiked a man's drink with a big dose of methamphetamines. they say she was caught on camera taking the victim's cup, walking away and then returning with it. "it's sad to think she did this to somebody she knows and it almost killed them" evans has since been fired... the victim is still in the hospital. police are still working to determine a motive for the attack. caught on camera... a smash-n-grab at a washington e- cigarrette store. you can see the suspects use a cinder block to smash through the front door... they then use more cinder blocks to break into display cases holding the store's most expensive vaping supplies. adding insult to injury, the burglars weren't satisfied with just stealing. the owner says they destoyed a t-v, computer and even a candy machines...

officials are warning for americans to renew their passports sooner.... rather than later... to avoid abnormally long waits. plus... a man is shocked when his lost wallet is returned... well, some of it... along with a note

wallet at a concert, was surprised when almost everything in it was returned. they key word-- almost. this week, he got an envelope from an anonymous good samaritan who returned his license and credit cards. there was also a note that read in part quote -- "i kept the cash because i needed weed, the metro card because, well the fare is 2-75 now, and the wallet cause it's kinda cool." luckily the guy thought the note

"the note was basically . . . i'm a good guy, but i'm also kind of giving you the middle finger, and i'm keeping everything that has any currency behind it. this is something my friends and i have laughed about quite a bit." the concert hall where he lost the wallet heard about what happened and offered him tickets to an upcoming show. adlib 4shot frank marzullo joining us now with a look at your

temperatures right be around 42 degrees for a high. with lows in the partly cloudy skies. one thing you will to 60 degrees on friday it will the afternoon with highs near 63 our next chance of rain by sunday morning and scattered showers of 56 degrees. remain near normal first half of the week. carstar traffic lane of westbound

lane of westbound east of and then will move once complete on work will relocate to eastbound sr 73 west of jacksonburg road, and then move to the east side. traffic will be maintained and lanes will reopen by 2 p.m. happening today happening today... blake shelton is

cincinnati.. and his music won't be the only thing that's new.... rob dblbx our jessica brown joins us live with details on safety upgrades at u-s bank arena. you'll notice the changes as soon as walk in the doors....within a couple of steps you'll be greeted with a metal detector. from time to time there have been metal detectors at the arena if they were requested by performer..well permanently here. a total of 22 of them have been installed at every entrance inside the arena. officials have been talking about adding them for a couple of years and say recent events around the country have made it a reality to create a safe environment. and it's not just for concerts like the blake shelton

you name it. another new change is bag restrictions. you're now restricted to a bag 12 by 12 by 6...and if its too big it could be confiscated. we have more details about safety restrictions on our website at fox19now.com you decide three republican presidential candidates tackled the topics on the minds of voters in a town hall, just days before a crucial primary. ben carson, senator marco rubio and senator ted cruz took the stage at different times, but answered many of the same questions. they discussed national security and foreign policy, and readiness to be commander-in-chief -- an important topic in south

"ya know i can guarantee you that i've had more 2am phone calls than anybody else, all the rest of them put together, have had to make life and death decisions." "over the last five year i've been involved with foreign policy and national security, i have proven time and again, that i have both the judgment and the experience to make the right decisions and the right calls on these issues" tonight, other repblican candidates, including donald trump, jeb bush and ohio governor john kasich, will take the stage in a town hall in columbia. meantime... the democratic presidential dead heat, ahead of saturday. a new c-n-n o-r-c poll has caucusgoers in hillary clinton and 48-percent say they support clinton...47-percent sanders. your passport is something you don't think about -- until you have to go on a trip. to consider it.. nearly 49 million passports will next three years.

massive wait times. the avalanche of renewals is due to a 2007 federal law, that requires u-s citizens to carry a passport when traveling to canada -- mexico -- the caribbean -- and bermuda. to get your passport quicker- act now. the state department says -- pictures are the number one reason why renewals may be held up. to make sure that doesn't happen to you... be more like prince. seriously. the superstar' tweeted his epic passport pic -- and it meets all government regulations. it's the right size, 2-by-2, taken on a plain white background, with no smile. spring training kicks off today in

leaving many fans anxious about what they'll see. our jeremy rauch weighs in... here's your morning wake up call. pkg pitchers and catchers report for spring training today. and so begins the day by day media coverage, of every little thing that happens with the reds, when position players arrive, first workouts, first...everything. this is the time of year, when we begin to get that baseball buzz. the old saying reminds us, it's a marathon, not a sprint. so, while we sprint to bring you stories of why this team isn't the same team we've seen in years past, maybe worse, and wonder who plays left field, and how the pitching rotation might look on opening day. this is going to play out like a jog during 26-point-2. so many things can happen during a marathon. last spring, we told stories of a dynamic rotation, a hitting duo in

that could be tops in the league. we painted a winning picture, but this team didn't look the same, even halfway into the marathon. the point is... it makes sense to be excited about the season, be excited about opening day, just don't expect anything to look the same, as it does on the first day of spring training. i'm jeremy rauch, and that's your morning wakeup call. after more than a month of waiting, the florida winners of the 1-point-5- billion-dollar powerball jackpot came forward. the new millionaires are these two, 55-year old david kaltschmidt and 70-year old maureen smith of melbourne beach. the check was made out to 'nickel 95 trust', a trust created by the couple to manage the money. they claimed the one-time lump sum jackpot, of nearly 328 million dollars. "lost a lot of sleep - i lost over ten pounds. laughter it's a lot of pacing at night, 'cause--" maureen smith/fl powerball winner "you worry. you worry what's gonna happen,

which i'm gonna miss." david kaltschmidt/fl powerball winner "i work for northrop grumman, 34 years now and so ... i will be retiring. laughter so i'm ready." a new study finds that a certain type of living situation, causes a big increase in housework for one specific group. we'll explain. plus.. a company is working on new technology.. designed to prevent wrong-way crashes. a closer look, next.

and i'm rob williams... let's get our first look at the forecast with meteorologist frank marzullo. the warm up begins today with temperatures right where they should be around 42 degrees for a high. we are starting out with lows in the low to mid 20s and partly cloudy skies. one thing you will notice as we warm to 60 degrees on friday it will become windy into the afternoon with a sun and cloud mix. even warmer with highs near 63

our next chance of rain by sunday morning and scattered showers on sunday afternoon and high of 56 degrees. next week we will remain near normal in the mid to low 40s and dry the first half of the week. carstar beginning at 9 a.m. friday, feb. 19, one lane of westbound sr 73 will be closed east of jacksonburg road, and then will move to the west side of jacksonburg road. once complete on westbound sr 73, work will relocate to eastbound sr 73 west of jacksonburg road, and then move to the east side. traffic will be friday, feb. 19, one lane of westbound sr 73 will be closed east of jacksonburg road, and then will move to the west side of jacksonburg road. once complete on westbound sr 73, work will relocate to eastbound sr 73 west of jacksonburg road, and then move to the east side. traffic will be maintained and lanes will reopen by 2 p.m. happening today happening today...the driver

wrong way crash on i-71 is expected in court. police say 22-year- old taryn chin was drunk when she drove the wrong way and hit a car being driven by 47 year old jose arenas near dana avenue. he was killed instantly. there's been two wrong way crashes in our area in the past few weeks, but new technology could make driving safer. the u-s department of transportation is expected to start requiring all have connected vehicle technology...softw vehicles to communicate with one another. the atkin's wrong- way application, can identify when a car is going the wrong way, and alert both drivers. "suzanne murtha: some auto manufacturers are going to, some cars are going to beep, some will have shaking seats...some might have a

about to have a crash" "suzanne murtha: at the very least, with the type of technology we displayed we can at least send warnings to all the drivers around them to have them move" we're told the u-s department of transportation is expected to mandate this technology in all new vehicles-- quite possibly by the end of this year. happening today happening today.. cincinnati police are expected to release more details about the death of a suspect... after they say, he pulled a gun on police. kara dblbx our sara celi joins us live with what we know right now. police wlil release more information today at 11am at a press conference here... and a autopsy on the suspect will also happen today. police say the suspect pulled a handgun from his waistband as police questioned him. vo this happened at about 4pm on wednesday and police shot and killed the suspect.... who's name has not been released. officers had initally responded to reports of a man waving a gun... and shortly

pickup hit a utility pole on harrison avenue. police have not released that suspects name. polcie say the man did comply with officers at first... but then pulled that gun from his waistband. three cincinnati officers are on administrative leave.. pending this investigation. reporting live sara celi fox 19 now. if you get a phone call about a warrant that can be dropped for a price -- it's a scam. kentucky's attorney general joined county sheriffs to get the warning out. law enforcement does not contact people over the phone concerning federal warrants and would never ask for money. the number of calls reported has grown in the past few months -- to as many as 50 a week. andy beshear d ky attorney general: keep in mind, over 90 percent of unwanted calls right now are scam calls. you're going to receiv a lot of them.

back, is hanging up. if you receive one of those calls... you're asked to call the attorney general's office... or your local sheriff. a big project in cincinnati's over- the-rhine and pendleton neighborhoods is now officially underway. we're talking about ziegler park.... at the intersection of east 14th and sycamore streets... its undergoing an expansion and renovations. yesterday, a groundbreaking ceremony was held to kick off the project... which includes a new pool, basketball courts, recreation field and even an underground parking garage. city officials hope to have the construction completed by spring of next year. reds it may not feel like spring just yet... but today, a sure sign that winter's nearly over... some of the reds are reporting for spring training. our jordan vilines is live outside of great american ball park with the details.

catchers report to spring training in arizona today --- even if some of their former star players aren't among them. position players report tuesday. the reds play their first exhibition game march 1 against the indians in goodyear., arizona. the reds will play cactus league games through march 31 and then head east. they'll play one final exhibition game against the pirates in indianapolis on april 2 and open the season at 4:10 p.m. april 4 against the philadelphia phillies. only 47 days away! later on this morning, we're with the executive the reds vice ticketing --- i'll tell with both ticketing fame coming up in the next half hour a new study from

a new study from the university of michigan shows that having a husband creates an extra seven hours of extra housework a week for women.... but a wife saves her husband from an hour of chores around the house each week. reuters spoke with the man who directed the study... who said the numbers track all the way back to 1968! he also said the situation gets even worse for women when they have children. up next... we've got an update on an iconic local diner...

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temperatures right where they should be around 42 degrees for a high. we are starting out with lows in the low to mid 20s and partly cloudy skies. one thing you will notice as we warm to 60 degrees on friday it will become windy into the afternoon with a sun and cloud mix. even warmer with highs near 63 degrees on saturday before

rain by sunday morning and scattered showers on sunday afternoon and high of 56 degrees. next week we will remain near normal in the mid to low 40s and dry the first half of the week. carstar beginning at 9 a.m. friday, feb. 19, one lane of westbound sr 73 will be closed east of jacksonburg road, and then will move to the west side of jacksonburg road. once complete on westbound sr 73, work will relocate to eastbound sr 73 west of jacksonburg road, and then move to the east side. traffic will be maintained and lanes will reopen by 2 p.m. an iconic over the rhine diner that was destroyed by a fire could be back open this summer. "tuckers" is now planning to reopen on july 25th... almost one year after flames caused heavy damage on the inside of their vine street location. since then, a go- fund-me campaign has raised more than 17-thousand dollars for renovations. "just helping people again you know, just seeing everybody and talking to people and sharing my stories and hear their stories with each other, its like a family you know. it's like a cheers restaurant." there's going to be another fundraiser

saint francis seraph school. all the details on fox19 now dot com. imagine being taught by a robot! the new technology that's changing the way some ohio students learn... plus... security upgrades will mean changes for games and concerts at u-s bank arena... what you need to know, next in a live report. students at a cleveland academy

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technologies to learn.. including a robot teacher! their american government class is hands-on, but taught by an instructor hundreds of miles away. it's just one of several classes taught using the digital platform. "this robot technology is kind of cool where i'm able to meet with them face-to-face, as if i'm able to walk around with them around the school."

sometimes it scares me a little bit because all of a sudden you just see this thing moving and then you're like, oh, it's just the robot." school officials say the technology allows students to "take charge" of how they learn. adlib 4shot anchors adlib during 4 shot the warm up begins today with temperatures right

where they should be around 42 we are starting out low to mid 20s and one thing you will to 60 degrees on friday it will become windy into

even warmer with highs near 63 degrees on saturday before our next chance of rain by sunday morning and scattered showers on sunday afternoon and high of 56 degrees. next week we will remain near normal in the mid to low 40s and dry the first half of the week. carstar beginning at 9 a.m. friday, feb. 19, one lane of westbound sr 73 will be closed east of jacksonburg road, and then will move to the west side of jacksonburg road. once complete on westbound sr 73, work will relocate to eastbound sr 73 west of jacksonburg road, and then move to the east side. traffic will be maintained and lanes will reopen by 2 p.m. happening today today, security upgrades take effect at u-s bank arena... and whether you're going to a concert, game or other event... you'll notice the changes as soon as you walk in the doors. kara dblbx

sr 73 will be closed east of jacksonburg road, and then will move to the west side of jacksonburg road. once complete on westbound sr 73, work will relocate to eastbound sr 73 west of jacksonburg road, and then move to the east side. traffic will be maintained and lanes will reopen by 2 p.m. happening today today, security upgrades take effect at u-s bank effect at u-s bank arena... and whether you're going to a concert, game or other event... you'll notice the changes as soon as you walk in the doors. kara dblbx our jessica brown joins us live at u-s bank arena with all the details. that's right and those security

the gate. 2 new security measures are now in place at the us bank arena. new metal detectors are being installed at every entrance...that's 22 inside the arena. and if you plan on bringing your purse in for the concert tonight the size of will have to be limited to 1 foot by 1 foot and about 6 inches deep. with the new changes arena officials say its best to arrive a bit early. the fight between apple and the

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temperatures right be around 42 degrees for a high. with lows in the low to mid 20s and one thing you will notice as we warm to 60 degrees on friday it will become windy into a sun and cloud mix. highs near 63 degrees on our next chance of morning and scattered showers on sunday afternoon and high of 56 degrees. next week we will remain near normal in the mid to low 40s and dry the first half of the week. beginning at 9 a.m. friday, feb. 19, one lane of westbound sr 73 will be closed east of

to the west side of once complete on westbound sr 73, to eastbound sr 73 jacksonburg road, and then move to the east side. traffic will be maintained and by 2 p.m. rob ots another month...another record for high

around the world. the data is in for january....and we now know it is the ninth straight month, with the hottest weather we've ever seen. even though it's been a cooler february...expect this trend to continue. despite some cool spots in the u-s, places like the arctic and northern asia are seeing average temperatures 10 degrees hotter than normal. those hot temperatures...are going to make one family's unusual goal, very difficult. a new york family is trying to keep their snowman standing, until spring. masterpiece they've made...14 feet of its more than twice as high as him! the family is asking people to donate snow...to keep this massive snowman going. dozens of people from all around bringing buckets of their goal...keep the snowman standing until april 20th. a unique valentine's of attention on

gift is getting a lot of attention on social media this morning... ladies...you can be the judge on this one. an alabama man deciced to get a bouquet for his sweetheart...but look closer....it's made out of chick- fil-a! you've got chicken nuggets, waffle fries, all kinds of things in there... the man says chick fil a is their favorite restaurant,and nuggets are her all time favorite food.. rob 2shot big day for reds fans...pitchers and catchers report to spring training today! after the break...we'll tell you some new things you can look forward to this year... kara vo plus, president obama is doing something that hasn't been done in nearly 100 years. how he's helping restore ties with cuba, coming up next. sot full "everybody needs to

try and decrease the number of times our office gets called out in the middle of night." rob vo the hamilton county coroner speaks out after the latest officer- involved shooting we'll tell you what happened ahead in a live report. reds fans it's finally here...pitchers and catchers report to spring training today! we'll tell you some new things you can look forward to this year. "if you put a back door in, that back door is for everyone, good guys and bad guys." could your privacy be at jeopardy? hear why apple is so upset at the f-b- i-'s order to hack a terrorist's iphone. 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. the warm up begins today with temperatures right

degrees for a high. we are starting out with lows in the low to mid 20s and partly cloudy skies. one thing you will to 60 degrees on become windy into the afternoon with a sun and cloud mix. highs near 63 saturday before our next chance of rain by sunday scattered showers afternoon and high next week we will remain near normal in the mid to low 40s and dry the first half of the week. beginning at 9 a.m. friday, feb. 19, one lane of westbound sr 73 will be closed east of jacksonburg road, and then will move to the west side of jacksonburg road. once complete on work will relocate jacksonburg road, traffic will be by 2 p.m. new this morning...