rob 2shot and i'm rob williams. we want to get a check of your forecast with frank marzullo. expect a few flurries this morning and today otherwise cloudy and cold a high today 36. our warm-up for the weekend will be really nice on saturday 50 and by sunday low 60s with a high of 62. it will be breezy on sunday afternoon as rain chances increase sunday night into early monday morning. we start out next week mild in the upper 40s. a kansas town has been shaken to the

a kansas town has been shaken to the core, after a mass shooting, starting at a local business. this morning... four people, including the gunman are dead, and 14 others

walton says: "even though he took fire, he went inside of that place and saved multiple, multiple lives. a hero as far as i'm concerned." the sheriff says he has also received a call from the white house but, released no other details. we'll have more reaction from witnesses inside that office building, in our next half our. happening today... local law enforcement leaders will gather today to discuss the heroin epidemic.. in light of recent tragedies on the roads. dblbx our jessica brown is live at the hamilton county sheriff's headquarters with why this issue is so important to the community. live this morning here at the sheriff's patrol headquarters law enforcement leaders will be taling about the recdent tragedies that stem from the heroin epidemic. even some tragedies as early this past monday where one man died

happened on i-275. vo take a look at this video of the scene where it happened near the bridge between kentucky and ohio near coney island. police found needles at the scene..the driver lost control of the car and went off the road and flipped. there was a 7 month old child in the car at the time..that little boy at last check was at cincinnati childrens. live incidents like this one are going to be among hte number of topics discussed this mornig at 9:30...they'll also be talking about ways to fight the problem...like using billboards, administering narcan, education forums etc. we'll be here for the event and give you the latest. surgeons at the cleveland clinic surgeons at the cleveland clinic have performed america's first uterus transplant... a procedure which could give thousands of women new hopes for becoming pregnant. the surgery was performed on a 26- year-old, using a uterus from a deceased donor. doctors say though its still an experimental treatment at this time, it could lead

option for those unable to conceive,because they were born without a uterus, or lost it to disease. the hospital expects to release more details in a press conference next week. today the kenton county library in erlanger will be re-opened for regular hours, after police shut it down over a threat made on social media. no one suspicious was found after a sweep by swat and canine units... we're told so far, an arrest has not been made in the threat, and the suspect's information is "being withheld until investigators can examine evidence." erlanger police say they are taking the situation seriously. the national weather service has now confirmed a strong, e-f 1 tornado swept through the town of waverly, virginia overnight thursday. virginia state police saying three people died in that town -- a 26-year- old man, a 50-year- old man and two- at least 8 other were injured. governor toured the area yesterday-- saying he is pleased with the response so

but it is hard to caused by the twister. "homes are flat for miles and it's really sad families and friends walking through the debris and all you have a cement foundation, all your looking for is a memento, it's hard." national guard crews are assisting residents to assess the damage and clean up debris, this morning. sending nude themselves or their friends via online would be spared a felony charge under a bill advancing in the kentucky general dealing with teen senate judiciary committe... under 18. new this morning... actor best known "duke" evers from the "rocky" movie franchise has died. flint, michigan, as actors, including sylvester stallone,

first six rocky movies. his younger sister told reporters he had he had been in and out of the hospital for the past year, but never received an official diagnosis. he was 78. actress eva longoria says diversity is not just a black-and-white issue....and she's taking that message eva longoria to the oscars red carpet. she's asking people attending sunday's academy awards to wear a brown ribbon, to call attention to the lack of latino representation in film. she's urging supporters to tweet the hashtags "brown ribbon campaign" and "hollywood brownout." coming up... a 23-year-old ukranian national, is accused of faking it as a high schooler when his visa expires! how he pulled it off and how you can view the works of rosa parks, for free, online -- for the first time ever. fox19

morning and today otherwise cloudy and cold a high today 36. our warm-up for the weekend will be really nice on saturday 50 and by sunday low 60s with a high of 62. it will be breezy on sunday afternoon as rain chances increase sunday night into early monday morning. we start out next week mild in the upper 40s. rob cam now let's take a look at some of the

look at some of the stories we'll bring you after 6:30... rob gfx democrats are are gearing up for tomorrow's primary in south carolina, as republicans had their last debate before "super tuesday." we'll bring you the highlights as the

plus... fallout from the cincinnati v-a changes in the center's leadership, as allegations of misconduct now come to attention. rob gfx oscar nominee. can is? these stories and our next half hour. u-s lawmakers are faking test results exploding airbag issue. a report from a cites internal documents from takata in the past 12 company officials argued that data on inflator quality and testing, was manipulated to hide the problems. the recall of defective air bag inflators now involves 14 vehicle manufacturers and millions of u.s. vehicles. would you want to visit this? the nation's first beer spa has opened its doors in oregon.. and business is already booming. "you're going to soak in a proprietary blend of beer, hops, barley." "hop in the spa" offers a variety of brew baths... designed to cure

"it's great for insomnia, relaxation." "i used it and my pains went away and i slept great." the owners say you will not get drunk soaking in beer... but insist the treatments will make you feel "hop-timistic." rob 2shot coming up... we're giving away a gas card! stick around, we'll have that opportunity for you, right after the break kara vo plus...spring has what you need to know about getting your reds tickets, this weekend. toyota billboard for the first time,

for the first time, you will be able to view the works of rosa parks for free, online. a collection of parks written work, including first-hand recollections of the montgomery bus boycott, personal letters with the dr. martin luther king, to family photographs have now been digitized by the library of congress. the papers cover nearly 140 years of parks family history, and provide an intimate view of her life, including the day in december 1955, when she refused to move to the back of the bus. ad lib 4 shot expect a few

morning and today otherwise cloudy and cold a high our warm-up for really nice on saturday 50 and by sunday low 60s with a high of 62. it will be breezy on sunday afternoon as rain chances increase sunday night into early monday morning. we start out next week mild in the upper 40s. carstar traffic february is coming to an end... meaning

it's time to think spring... and even summer.... spring... and even summer.... reds single game tickets are about to go on sale.

is live at great american ball park with what you need to know. live single game tickets for 2016 cincinnati reds regular season home games go on sale saturday, feb. 27 at 9 a.m. et, excluding opening day. get the best seats for your favorite games of the season including: 2016 reds hall of fame induction weekend, june 24-26 " 1976 world series champions celebration friday, june 24 vs. padres, 7:10 p.m.: pregame on-field ceremony featuring members of the big red machine honoring the 40th anniversary of their world series championship. all fans will receive a 1976 team photo and the reds will wear 1976 throwback uniforms. post- game fireworks show presented by cooper tire. " reds hall of fame induction night saturday, june 25 vs. padres, 4:10 p.m.: pregame reds hall of fame induction ceremony presented by pnc bank to honor pete rose. all fans will receive a commemorative pete rose poster presented by queen city sausage. " pete rose number 14 jersey retirement sunday, june 26 vs.

pete rose's jersey number 14. all fans will receive a commemorative pete rose print. vo live a 23 year old man in harrisburg, pennsylvania was cuffed and taken to jail-- accused of posing as a high school student. here he is posing with a state lawmaker, after being presented with a national honors society certificate. police say he's actually artur samarin, a ukrainian national--- who changed his changed his name to asher potts-- and enrolled in high school when his visa expired. police say he got a birth certificate with a false birth date and a social security-- which allowed him to enroll at john high school in the fall of 2012. parents and students, say they're shocked. mos 1 says: "he's an adult, so that's scary" winterub says: "his mentality, his level of thinking. you have beautiful girls in this school that are minors that are underage and you have basically a grown man in here -- misrepresenting

while posing as a student, police say samarin was a member of the school's rotc, national honor society-- and had a 4.16 gpa. right now police aren't saying how samarin was caught. coming up... a war of words between the fbi and apple....the legal breifing apple just issued, and what the fbi's director is saying, about the whole case. and good news about the flu vaccine... why you might have noticed less people getting sick, this year,. we'll break it down for you next. and congratulations to ann jones from middletown, oh...she is our watch and win, winner today! james, call us back in 10 minutes, and you'll win a 50 dollar gas card. call us...at 513-45- fox19. frank weather open expect a few

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be unstoppable. no wonder ford is america's best selling brand. but hurry, 0% financing for 60 months on ford suvs is a limited time offer. see your ford dealer today. morning and today otherwise cloudy and cold a high today 36. our warm-up for the weekend will be really nice on saturday 50 and by sunday low 60s with a high of 62. it will be breezy on sunday afternoon as rain chances increase sunday night into early monday morning. we start out next week mild in the upper 40s. the war of words between apple and

government continues this morning... apple firing back at the f-b-i, filing a motion to vacate a judge's order to give them access to an iphone belonging to san bernardino terrorist syed farook. in the legal brief, apple argues, that the government's request, if granted, violates apple's first amendment rights and that the fbi is seeking "dangerous power" through courts. testifying before congress yesterday, f-b-i director james comey said he worries about long-term implications of the case, and called the clash with

"hardest question he's seen in government." comey says: "when i hear we're going to take you can look at your stuff, part of me thinks that's anybody looking at my stuff. but then i take a step back and say, you know law enforcement, which i'm part of, really does save ppl's lives." just how effective is this season's flu vaccine? according to the c-d-c, so far it's working pretty the cetner says this season's chance of getting 60-percent. that makes it one of the most effective flu vaccines in recent years. season's flu shot risk by just 20- percent. one? the c-d-c say it's still not too late. coming up....

now prosecutors are asking questions about something else that's also missing. plus... a developing story out of kansas... the investigation into why a suspect opened fire at his workplace... more details next. kara 2 shot good morning -- it's just about 6:30

williams... let's get a look at our forecast with frank expect a few flurries this morning and today otherwise cloudy and cold a high today 36. our warm-up for the weekend will be really nice on saturday 50 and by sunday low 60s with a high of 62. it will be breezy on sunday afternoon as rain chances increase sunday night into early monday morning. we start out next week mild in the upper 40s. frank tosses to denise

we continue to

news from kansas...police want to know what drove a man to open fire inside a business. four people are dead, including the alleged gunman and more than a dozen other people are wounded. police say the gunman carjacked someone.... and then started his shooting spree... creating a large crime scene... his ultimate target... the place where he worked. a company called excel industries. it makes

an employee of that company telling a reporter, he thought his employees handled the situation, the best they could. i think in the situation like that absolutely, we've handled it the best we could. this is almost a worst case scenario and i think for the most part, people scattered, which is exactly what the highway patrolman says to do - if you hear the way which is exactly what they did so i think they did a phenomenal job , our employees did a once again... the motive for the rampage isn't known at this hour... tobacco and joining the investigation, alongside local police. sheriff jim neil and other law enforcement discussing the tri- epidemic... our jessica brown joins us live with have for the morning... live at the sheriff's patrol headquarters law enforcement leaders will be taling about the

even some tragedies as early this past monday where one man died in a serious crash happened on vo take a look at this video of the scene where it happened near the bridge between kentucky and ohio near coney island. police found needles at the scene..the driver lost control of the car and went off the road and flipped. there was a 7 month old child in the car at the time..that little boy at last check was at cincinnati childrens. live incidents like this one are going to be among hte number of topics discussed this mornig at 9:30...they'll also be talking about ways to fight the problem...like using billboards, administering narcan, education forums etc. we'll be here for the event and give you the latest. an e-m-t in aurora, indiana has disappeared... and

asking questions about something else that's missing. they've filed court documents, requesting the bank records of craig whitham. he was last seen monday. investigators say they want the financial records to see if he was involved in theft funds at emergency rescue inc. whitham's family told fox19 now that he has worked as an e-m-t for 20 years, and is currently an employee at aurora emergency rescue. new this morning... fallout from the investigation at the cincinnati v-a medical center. jack hetrick, director of the ohio-based network, is retiring after his proposed removal. the cincinnati v-a hospital's acting chief of staff, dr. barbara temeck, is suspended from her duties. this is in connection with a probe of management and veterans' care. the agency says its findings are being referred for a possible federal criminal investigation. and the five remaining republican presidential candidates squared off in their final debate before super tuesday.

really seemed like a 3-man battle. donald trump's rivals, trying to knock him out of a 3-state wining streak... marco rubio striking quickly, and often. ted cruz jumping in too. sot: marco rubio / r presidential candidate "you're the only person on his stage fined for working on your project illegally" sot: donald trump / r presidential candidate "i'm the only one on the stage who has hired people. you haven't hired anybody." cheer sot: ted cruz / r presidential candidate in 2013, when i was leading the fight against the gang of eight amnesty bill, where was donald? he was firing dennis rodman on "celebrity apprentice" but it wasn't all zingers and snappy lines. trump was asked about releasing his tax returns. he says he can't do it until a current audit is complete. the candidates were also asked about supreme court selections, health care, and the economy. hunger games star jennifer lawrence is this year's highest paid oscar nominee... according to forbes...lawrence... who received a best actress nomination for "joy," earned 52 million dollars between june 2014

at 25... she's the youngest person ever with four nominations... and she gets paid almost twice as much as the second highest-paid oscar nominee, leonardo dicaprio, who made 29-million. coming up.... the balding bandit strikes again! the search for a man, accused of stealing rogaine from local drugstores. plus.. a man known as the "shawshank fugitive" is getting out of jail. we'll explain why he's being called that... after the break "fox19 now never stops. take us with you wherever you go. download the fox 19 weather now app for live street level radar in your neighborhood. and lightning tracker warns you the instant near you. search fox 19 store or google play frank weather open expect a few

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an ohio man dubbed the "shawshank fugitive" will now be released from prison, on parole. 79-year-old frank freshwaters from akron spent time at ohio state reformatory during the 1950's... prison featured in the 1994 film "the shawshank redemption." freshwaters later dissappeared from a sandusky honor farm, where we was supposed to finish his sentence in a voluntary

the farm, and spent 56 years on the run before his arrest last year in florida. the parole board has set his release for april. the balding bandit has struck again! take a look at this video from inside the crescent springs walgreens store. you can see the man grab a basket and fill it up with boxes of rogaine, and the memory supplement, prevagen. but police say he didn't pay for any of it... and not just here, but also at stores in mt. healthy, north college hill, west chester, florence and even as far away as pittsburgh. "i'd say obviously he's not using it just for his personal hygiene, but again we don't know exactly where it's going after it's stolen" authorities believe the suspect drives a white jeep. anyone with information is asked to call crime stoppers at 352- 3040. coming up.... sea

to spying on peta! why they're saying, it won't happen again. plus... a big wave surfing competition, kicks off in hawai... we'll show you some of those incredible images, coming up next.

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we want to congratulate darlene d. berry from cincinnati....our grand prize winner this week. darlene, you've just won a 2 night vacation package at the french lick springs hotel! we will contact you with details on how you can pick up the prize. today is the last day of our watch and win prizes...we want to thank you for waking up with us. rob 2shot more news in just a moment but first we want to check your forecast. kara 2shot frank has a look at today's weather. expect a few flurries this morning and today otherwise cloudy and cold a high today 36. our warm-up for the weekend will be really nice on saturday 50 and by sunday low 60s with a high of 62. it will be breezy on sunday afternoon

increase sunday night into early monday morning. we start out next week mild in the upper 40s. carstar traffic more drama for sea world... the amusement park operator admitted yesterday that employees have posed as animal rights activists to spy on its critics. that acknowledgement came after petaaccused the

more drama for sea world... operator admitted employees have rights activists to spy on its critics. that acknowledgement came after petaaccused the company of spying on it's anti-sea world protests. c-e-o joel manby said they promise to stop the practice. in just over 24 hours... single game tickets for the reds season will go on sale. rob dblbx our jordan vilines is live at great american ball park with the details. single game tickets for 2016 cincinnati reds regular season home games go on sale saturday, feb. 27 at 9 a.m. et, excluding get the best seats games of the season including: fame induction

champions celebration friday, june 24 vs. padres, 7:10 p.m.: pregame on-field ceremony featuring members of the big red machine honoring the 40th anniversary of their world series championship. all fans will receive a 1976 team photo and the reds will wear 1976 throwback uniforms. post- game fireworks show presented by cooper tire. " reds hall of fame induction night saturday, june 25 vs. padres, 4:10 p.m.: pregame reds hall of fame induction ceremony presented by pnc bank to honor pete rose. all fans will receive a commemorative presented by queen city sausage. " pete rose number 14 jersey retirement sunday, june 26 vs. padres, 1:10 p.m.: pregame on-field ceremony to retire pete rose's jersey number 14. all fans will receive a commemorative pete rose print. vo live a rare, invitation- only big-wave surf

this week in hawaii. some of the world's best surfers taking part in the "eddie" invitational yesterday... for awhile, organizers weren't sure if conditions would be favorable enough to surf. the waves must meet certain requirements--fort y feet tall and sustained swells that last long enough to run through multiple heats. the winner, "john john" florence took home $75,000 dollars, the biggest prize in big-wave surfing. coming up... a pursuit on a california road might no suprise you, but what police officers were chasing will.... that story coming up for you plus... a live look outside... frank marzullo has your 7-day forecast, coming

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morning and today otherwise cloudy and cold a high today 36. our warm-up for the weekend will be really nice on saturday 50 and by

a high of 62. it will be breezy on sunday afternoon as rain chances increase sunday night into early monday morning. we start out next week mild in the

toss to denise for traffic beginning at 7:30 a.m. tuesday, march 2 and wednesday, march 3, there will be intermittent lane closures in both directions of sr 741 just north of sr 122. traffic will be maintained with flaggers and lanes will reopen by 4:30 p.m. each day. new this morning... kohl's announced they are closing 18-under-

company's profits fell, 20-percent in the last quarter. there are ten kohl's stores, here in the tri-state. no word, on if any of those, are among the ones, that will close. arby's "doesn't have the meat"....at least for one day. they're changing up their menu by going vegetarian on leap day...february 29th... they're replacing all the meat in its sandwiches with veggies, cheese, and other meat- less components. the menu items will cost the same. the one-day-only menu change is being promoted as an olive branch to vegetarians, who have very few fast food options. one girl scout in portland, oregon knows a hot market when she sees one... she's setting up cookie stands in marijuana dispensary!...with one simple your munchies" with her aunt's supervision -- the girl far exceeded her goal of selling 35 boxes of

horse camp. rob 2shot bam center now here's a look at the three things you need to know before heading out kara 2shot bam center dead....14 others workplace shooting in hesston kansas. the gunman...is we'll have new details....in just a minute. the bald bandit strikes again...this time in florence... do you recognize him? police say he's stealing thousnads of rogaine...and selling it online. another night of fireworks at the final republican debate--ahead of super tuesday. with ted cruz and marco rubio taking swings at front runner donald trump. rob levee that's it for this hour... but don't go away... fox19now continues... show open kara 2shot good morning, i'm

williams. watch & win: ann jones of middletown meteorologist frank marzullo joins us with a snapshot of your forecast.