a local library shuts down after a serious threat appears on social media! good evening, i'm tricia macke. we broke this story on the fox19 now mobile app. who posted comments on facebook... threatening to shoot people at the kenton county public library? if you think the answer is as simple as finding a profile... think again. fox19 now's mike schell joins us live with more... and mike police aren't quite sure who's behind this right? you are absolutely right tricia,, anytime these threats come over social media authorites have to do some special detective work to find out who posted it. the one

here at the kenton county libarary in erlanger. 1nat "ok, they're closed." one by one people were turned away today at the kenton county library in erlanger... a swat team and detectives searched the library inside and out looking for someone suspicious.. 1sgt. "initially it was a threat of force against a potential person who worked here. the profanity laced threat came on facebook by someone named daniel...who said he just got out of the campbell county jail..that he had a gun...and that he was going to shoot someone at the desk, near the computers, at the kenton county library. 1tajana "i come up here often. at least once a week. for the library to be closed, i'm shocked. oh wow. its too much. you said, what kind of threat was it? a shooting threat. a shooting threat, that's ridiculous." in his postings...the suspect went on to say he lost his kids when he went to the penetentary. he eluded to the fact that he couldn't sleep or eat and said quote...might as well shoot up a library, huh? 2tajana "i bring my grandbabies up here. its ridiculous for people to do that? its ridiculous. i don't understand it." police will admit,

might be, they must take it seriously and respond.. 2sgt. "its, you know. its just the times that we live in." 1carol "i think its horrible that you can't anywhere nowadays with things happening. edit it was never like that when i was growing up. its a shame. its a shame we can't get back to way we used to be." 3sgt. "if there's any threat made and you don't know the context of the threat, or you believe it to be a serious threat, absolutely, call the police." 3tijana "its better to be safe than sorry but to have a threat at the library? oh no." police continue their investigation to find out who made the threat and who forced this library to close for the rest of the day after it happened. this branch in erlanger is expected to re- open tomorrow.. reporting live from erlanger...mike schell fox19 now. weather now animation snow, strong winds... and now a spring like forecast? you're looking live downtown... let's check in with chief meteorologist

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of hazing that call and sororities tied "new-member" process. in a statement released this afternoon... dean of students mike curme said quote... "we are deeply disappointed and disturbed by recent reports of misconduct in several of our greek chapters related to new- member initiation in spite of our ongoing efforts to curme goes on to say that they're doubling their the behavior. we all know that last night was a huge win against villanova.... so what's next for the muskies? our own jeremy rauch is here in studio with more. the nation is buzzing right now on xavier basketball. what's next for the musketeers? it's looking more and more like a one seed in the ncaa tournament. bye bye number one - hello xavier. a sign of the times in cincinnati. jerry palm's bracketology now has xavier as a one-seed in the south region.

up. the win over villanova means the x-men are 6-and-1 against the top 25. i just spoke with xavier hall of famer bryon larkin, on how expectations are changing at x. bryon larkin: "i think they have the feeling. i think everyone around the program does that they can go to the final four and possibly win a national championship. you couldn't always say that, well, i think xavier talked about doing that, i don't know if they ever believed it, but this kind of year puts that belief in you that this can actually happen." right now. vegas has xavier at 14-to-one odds to win it all. that's tied for seventh with duke. now animation we told you about him last night. it looks like a serial rogaine thief has hit another location in the tri-state! take a look. florence police posted this picture

page earlier today... saying the man stole memory supplements and rogaine from three different stores. yesterday mount healthy police posted this picture of a similar suspect... claiming that they were also hit... along with north college hill and west chester in the last week! investigators say the man stole more than $8-hundred dollars worth of product. if you think you know who this guy might be... call police. today the ohio department of education released its 2015 report card for schools in the buckeye state... and the results weren't good for c-p-s. overall... cincinnati public schools were given an "f" in terms of how many students passed state tests. c-p-s also got an "f" for the four year graduation rate in high schools. however... the district got an "a" for progress! c-p-s has responded to the report with a press release... saying that their graduation rates have gone up 11 percent in the last 4 years. the statement also

measured by a common core test that has already been discontinued because of complaints and technical issues! c-p-s has an ally tonight... the mason district. "our state tests aren't really capturing all the wonderful things that are really happening. we believe in accountability, and we believe this report card has focused more on grading than on accountability and our community holds us to a high standard of accountability for providing that education." so how did your school do? the report contains a ton of information... so we're here to help you break it all right now on fox19 now dot com... you results and tips on how to analyze it. know anyone living in the south? parts of it are an absolute mess. "this is where the wind had a field day and tore everything apart." we'll survey the damage and tell you what happens now.. steve... steve cam 4 you're watching fox19 now at 6:30 in high definition, sponsored by

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hard by severe weather on wednesday. officials are now saying that at least 16 tornadoes touched down yesterday from florida all the way up to pennsylvania... leaving damage like this. virginia may have gotten the most damage.... with four people dead... and 100-thousand homes still without power. today the governor of virginia toured the damage after calling a state of emergency. the national guard will now bring in resources to help with recovery efforts. closer to home.... senator bernie sanders made a trip

presidential campaign. this was the scene in the town of berea, brr-reah just south of cleveland, for a rally at baldwin wallace university. sanders is coming off a loss at the nevada democratic caucus.... but today's speech didn't target hillary clinton... but rather the frontrunner on the other side... when you do some of these polls which has bernie sanders against trump or hillary clinton against trump almost all of those polls have us beating trump by wider margins. cheering butted to "with your help we can win this primary and help us go forward to victory." meanwhile the republican candidates are gearing up for another debate later tonight in houston. following another big win for trump in nevada... the final five have their sights set on super tuesday. and today former candidate mitt romney came into the mix by calling for donald trump to release his tax

responded by saying that if he does it... it won't be for a while. there is a shocking statistic about heroin in one of we just got. we are gonna share it with you next. rem pic and as we look live.. if you like spring... you're gonna love the forecast. will it be here in time for the weekend? the chief has your answer next. welcome back to fox19 now at six-

some alarming news out of butler county tonight... for the second year in a row... drug overdoses were the leading cause of death in coroner cases last year. take a look at the numbers. a new report released today shows that out of 420 cases investigated... 189 of them were overdoses! that's a 38 percent jump from the year before! of those drug overdoses, 79- percent of them were from heroin.

city streets where and every highway in america... live now animation even as we look queensgate... it's happening. someone.. is texting and as fox19 now investigative reporter jody barr easy to stop. name:kathy strack--victim's sister duration:0:04 "he was our little brother, our best because of a text." two innocent people-- one dead--because of something you see everyday. it's a crime police in ohio have a tough time fighting--because of the rules set up by the people in this building. "to know that he'd been killed and then to find out it was so preventable." this fox19 now investigation sets out to see how big of a problem texting and driving really is-- its impact on the tri-state--and how one man's decision to text--ripped lives apart. that's tonightat 10--in a fox19 now

switching gears now... earlier today we found out who will be taking the stage at one of cincinnati's biggest concerts. are you ready? "music for 3 seconds" the killers will headline this year's bunbury music festival downtown... along with florence and the machine and mud-crutch with tom petty. if you go, you'll also be able to check out tears for fears, ice cube, of monsters and men and a whole lot more. and if you didn't know... fox19 now is a proud sponsor of the festival. from now until the big weekend you can get the latest updates on our website and on the app. if you didn't know... chili day... and some around town made the news.... the c-e-o of goldstar stopped by the city gospel mission to hand out some free food to those in need. three way sold, the company will

fortunate. company leaders say it's a simple way to give back to the city. and over at u-c medical center... folks from skyline stopped by the maternity ward... handing out bibs for the babies and a celebratory dinner for mom. company officials also went to mercy anderson, mercy fairfield and christ hospital. this is the fourth year for the event. steve... it looks like the snow is gone, and we might hit the sixties this weekend?? steve weather idol animation tonight on fox...

we've got a 2 hour episode of american idol... and things are getting down to the wire. the judges kicked off last night's show by picking 4 contestants to move on... but now the remaining hopefuls have to battle it out for the remaining spots. don't miss it... because tonight you'll get to call in and vote for who you like! carrie underwood and kelly clarkson are superstars who might have

for american idol. "american idol music" as you know... this is the final season for the hit show, and it's run has had a huge impact on thousands of contestants, including many from the tri-state. alexis gomez made it to the "top 16" last season. "american idol was all about having that connection to somebody you knew through your tv screen, a normal person who could have been someone from down the street."> tonight at 10 -- hear more from alexis and other local idol alum. we've also got a sneak peek at surprises coming up as the series ends. fans of simon cowell... hint, hint...you don't want to miss this. it was a big day for billy hamilton in spring training... let's check in with sports director joe danneman live from arizona... joe what's coming up?

i'm joe danneman live at reds spring training headquarters - right now the reds are at a cookout and i'm just standing here cookin' in the hot arizona sun. the boss is in town - yeah bob castellini is here - and he's throwing a party for the entire team. on the field - we're seeing a lot of this - that's billy hatcher and barry larkin talking hitting with billy hamilton. bryan price dropped his speedy center fielder out of the top spot in the batting order last season because he just didn't hit. billy hamilton hit us with this. billy hamilton: "that's something i have to earn. i can't fault bryan for doing what he doing. he put me in the ninth hole spot and i can't fault him he did what he had to do and it's my job

my job to show him that i'm not the ninth hole hitter. i don't want to hit anywhere but the one hole and whatever i've got to do to prove to him i'm the lead-off hitter - i'm going to do it." seems it's working. bryan price says billy hamilton will start the season as his lead-off guy. covering the reds in arizona - joe danneman fox19 now. breaking now animation we've got several breaking stories right now... just north of wichita kansas we're following reports of a workplace shooting. officials say 2 people were killed and multiple were hurt. we'll be sure to give you updates as we get them. then here at home... police say a pedestrian's been hit in the 22- hundred block of west north bend road. the cross street is thornhill avenue. no word on injuries. we have a crew headed to the

when we go off air, the news doesn't stop. here's a look at what's trending. an ohio man loses 270 pounds... but doctors say they would never

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