hell's kitchen. telling us now. " i just witnessed a car being hit and it went into the ohio river" the recovery efforts on hold after a dramatic into the river. what conditions halting for the wyoming grad held in north korea. what the white house and say about it plunging temperatures moving in. when we'll see the 20's. dramatic video of a prison escape... right out of the movies. why the guards just watched and recorded. that's now. good evening - i'm rob williams. and i'm tricia macke.. we begin with developments in a breaking story out of warren county. a 4-year-old boy is dead.... after police say his stepmother put the boy's legs in scalding hot water.

breathing this fox 19 nows frankie jupiter just spoke with police and has new information. police were this apartment complex here on boulder drive. ritchie, is under arrest and charged with endangering children. put the 4-year-olds legs in scalding hot water as a punishment. the child was transported to where the he was pronounced dead. police say the questioned earlier today but no chargers have been filed against him. just an hour ago, i spoke with franklin tragic case. "i think as a father and a grandfather first what that i can't imagine what could have done. to deserve something like that it affects us personally. it affects the officers." neighbors who know the mother

on camera, but tell me she was a good person and they are shocked. ritchie is being held in the warren county jail on a $100,000 bond. she will have a video arraignment on friday. the investigation is still ongoing and more charges are possible. reporting live in franklin, frankie jupiter fox 19 now. more than 24 hours after the terrifying crash that sent a car plunging into the ohio river, we still don't know who was in it, or even how many people. we checked with police just minutes ago, and no one has come forward. right now the search is suspended till at least the end of the week because of the dangers divers would face. fox 19's michael baldwin spoke with a dive expert about why it's so risky to try to recover the car. he is live with those answers. tricia, the experts say its just not safe for them to be in the water right now and they will contined to monm car in the river. 275 ridge right in the middle

went in river it's a story that leaves you heartsick. and i just witnessed a car being hit and it went into the ohio river late today, authorties released some of the 911 calls yes sir yes sir its been underwater for minutes and i don't see anyone as of now, no dive teams are going in till at least sunday or monday. the reason, rising water levels and the strong currents. we spoke with craig springer, a professional diver. he told us the way the river is now the divers won't be able to hold their position in the water and the visibilty is next to nothing. with all the silt and mud in the river you cant see your hand in front of your face so imagine trying to recover when you can't see what's coming at you. he said for example if the windows were open on the vehicle it's possible the divers could get trapped. but there are also other hidden

with the river up this high and and running this quickly there is a lot debree, logs, trees and branches and things like that that are stuck on the bottom somewhere and if they were to hey pinned underneath that against the car or underneath the car the water pressure will be so strong with the current that it will pin them there and they won't be able to get themselves off it pulling the car out won't be easy especially since they can't see much in the mirky waters. you're trying to feel where the axel is or whatever your hooking in to and wrapping the chains around just by feeling what you're doing weather now steve cam breaking now will settle down this evening and you are in for a clear, calm

commute. tomorrow and friday will be cooler and with a bit of moisture and the son of the

eyed crooner... had a long musical career of his own... sinatra died at a daytona beach hospital... he was on his sinatra sings sinatra tour and was scheduled to perform tonight. right now right now - a springboro high school freshmen... is facing felony charges.. after a bomb threat. the student was arrested today... and charged in warren county juvenile court with inducing panic.. the 14-year-old is accused of writing "bomb at 12:00" on a stall in the boys restroom.. another student reported it to school officials and the school was no bomb was found.. this is the second threat in a week that has forced the school. in just a few hours a local e-m-t .. will charged with stealing more than 100-thousand dollars from the working as treasurer. whitham is behind bars in the dearborn county jail. disappeared after he was confronted about the money. he's due in court tomorrow morning. logo it's the talk of the

media today. we're learning now that not one... but two polar bears were not were they were supposed to be at the cincinnati zoo today. our ben katko is live there tonight. ben... some scary moments for those living nearby, right? it's easy to poke fun at the situation now. someone even made parody twitter accounts for the bears this afternoon detailing their fictious adventures. but... the bears didn't make it very far. for some in this neighborhood... it's still unnerving no matter what. a few hours at the zoo may be best characterized by five words from this tweet... from zoo director thane maynard. "all's well that ends well." "that is a very secure assume that that would happen." neighborhood... themselves out through an open door... stirred up quite a concern.

"you never know. you could come home and there's an animal in your front yard, and you've got to call the zoo, 'hey, i think you're missing someone." okay. so, these two... named berit and little one... quick nats from video ...didn't make it that far. but... escaping into a behind-the-scenes area of the zoo... has kristen elia a little frightened tonight... especially because she lives so close. kristen elia "sometimes in the morning i'll wake up and i'll actually hear them - the monkeys exhibit. sometimes they're kind of squawking." she lives right across the street from the zoo. the male and female polar bear duo had made their way into a secondary containment zone. they were tranquilized while the area was secured. zoo officials say visitors were never at risk... but they were asked to leave the park or go indoors... evidenced in posts like this one from twitter. kristen elia "if it happened once, that's probably the only time that it's going to happen while i'm living here, at least." that's the hope for her tonight... that it doesn't happen again... at least while she lives around the corner. kristen elia "i really like living this really convenient. but, i

getting out." right now... the bears are resting here at the zoo. zoo officials expect them back on exhibit by friday. live at the zoo tonight... ben katko... fox19 now. the madness officially tips off just 14 hours from right now. bracket-busters are lurking as the powerhouses get ready to go. jeremy rauch joins us live in studio with more. the very first game on thursday, features franklin grad luke kennard and duke at 12-15. take bam vo one of the last games of the first round, features xavier in saint louis. the x-men arrived tonight, with fans waiting on them at the hotel. beautiful day for basketball in des moines, iowa. that's where indiana hit the practice floor before they take on chattanooga on thursday at 7-10. the hoosiers are a 5-seed. coach cal and the cats practicing

tonight. 4th seeded uk stonybrook the dream i-u in the second round, but no game is a gimmie when the madness begins. tyler ulis: "last year was completely different. we had to split minutes and i backed up andrew. it wasn't as hard as it's going to be this year because we have younger guys, but i feel like we're ready for it." yogi ferrell: "it's what we've all worked for since the summer. running with the morning conditioning, this is going to pay off now i feel like. now, we just got to go out and show what we can do." 90 percent of the brackets on espn tonight have uk and indiana meeting in the second round on saturday. would be fun to see. you can tell he's utterly bored being in the classroom.. a teacher.. caught

class. .. what his students caught him doing... after the break. plus - caught on camera.. the prison escape... right out of a hollywood movie script.. what prison officials are saying after this brazen scene... coming up. steve chroma breaking now we're continuing to follow breaking news... from this warren county apartment complex... a 4-year-old boy is dead.... after police say his stepmother put the boy's legs in scalding hot water. we're gathering new informaton at the scene..

information ... outside of this warren county apartment building... after a four year old child is dead... allegedly by a step parent scalding that child ... a live report coming up. developing now tonight the white house is lashing out. calling north korea's sentence against a 21 year- old college student from wyoming, politically motivated. otto warmbeir has been sentenced to 15 years hard labor, accused of stealing a polical banner from a hotel room. o'rourke is live tonight in wyoming with more on the white house response... tonight, it's quiet meanwhile, the white house and state deparment are both talking about his sentence. during a news conference today, the white house press secretary increasingly clear that the north government seeks as pawns to pursue

was later echoed by the spokesperson for the state department. mark toner said the sentence was unduly harsh for the actions warmbeir allegedly took. now, warmbier graduated from wyoming high school as salutatorian in 2013. he is currently enrolled at the university of virginia and was in north korea with a new years tour group. warmbier was arrested as he tried to leave the country... despite official claims that us citizens arrested in the dprk are not used for political purposes, it's increasingly clear from its very public treatment of these cases that the dprk does exactly that. it only underscores the risks associated with travel to north korea. the state department went on to request north korea pardon warmbeir and grant him special amnesty and immediate release based on humanitarian grounds. they also say this case is a prime example why the u-s government strongly recommends against all travel by citizens to north

rl mo fox19 now. the stage is now set for an epic showdown... between the white house.. and the senate... over the supreme court... president obama's pick of a highly respected moderate-- chief judge merrick garland - was designed... in part... to force g-o-p senators to back down from their promise to reject any nominee in the president's final year. the g-o-p's position- strengthened by previous statements made by the president & vice president when they were in the senate... gfx in 20-06, a then senator barack obama wanted to slow the process for president bush's nominee.. saying "i will be supporting the filibuster because i think judge alito in fact, is somebody who is contrary to core american values." and in 19-92 then senator joe biden said this... "the senate judiciary committee should seriously consider not scheduling confirmation hearings on the nomination until after the political campaign

the first couple of meetings are set to take place on capitol hill tomorrow. now a scary story... nearly 15-hundred patients are being urged to get tested for hepatitis and h-i-v after a former surgery technician... was charged with stealing and swapping a syringe in colorado.. 28-year-old rocky allen... had pleaded not guilty... to federal charges that he took a syringe of painkillers and replaced it with one filled with some other substance in allen has been fired from at least centers in four states... hospitals where allen had worked... are urging patients though risk for a blood-bourne illness are extremely low. an update now on subway spokesman jared fogel is doing in prison.. and it isn't good! former subway fogle was attacked he was pushed to the ground and beaten in the face by one inmate. t-m-z reports the 60-year-old inmate

with child molestors. since being in prison, fogle has gained 30 pounds. a math teacher.... turns to online browsing... during class... not realizing his computer... was still connected to the projector for the entire class to see... what's worse... lingerie-clad women on ebay... took out their phones to capture students quickly phones to capture the embarassing moment... posting it to social media.. he never even looked up... butt to so there's more than one student filming this. it's now spread online... even posted on one website with the headline... alge- bra.. some parents at the california school... are now calling for the teacher to be fired. parents were sent a letter this week telling them about the incident. sot stormtracker stinger steve cam

this evening and you are in for a clear, calm thursday morning commute. tomorrow and friday will be cooler and with a bit of moisture and marginal available energy saturday, sunday and monday morning a few of us may see a flake or two. with temps warmer than freezing and the ground warm this will be nothing more than a reminder that winter is still here. an officer.. jumps to action.. after a driver gets stuck on the tracks.. the dashcam - and dangerous on the tracks.. the dashcam - and

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old dead after a shocking punishment. what we're learning now. if you're booking a trip online for spring break or summer, a sneaky tip that could save you some vacay cash. gotcha! the great escape caught on camera... why the getaway was doomed. a breaking story out of warren county. a 4-year- old boy is dead.... after police say his stepmother put the

they say she put the boy to bed early last night found him not breathing this morning. fox 19 nows frankie jupiter just spoke with police and has the latest. police were dispatched here to this apartment complex here on boulder drive. hours later... anna ritchie, is under arrest and charged with endangering children. police say ritchie put the 4-year-olds legs in scalding hot water as a punishment. the child was transported to atrium hospital where the he was pronounced dead. police say the father was questioned earlier today but no chargers have been filed against him. just an hour ago, i spoke with franklin police chief russ withman about this tragic case. "i think as a father and a grandfather first what goes through my mind is that i can't imagine what

deserve something like that it affects us personally. it affects the officers." neighbors who know the mother didn't want to go person and they ritchie is being held $100,000 bond. she will have a video arraignment on friday. the investigation is still ongoing and more charges are possible. reporting live in franklin, frankie jupiter fox 19 now. middletown police are now ruling the case of a missing woman... a homicide. 30-year old lindsay bogan was reported missing this past september... last seen with her boyfriend in downtown middletown. to be clear... investigators say they haven't found her... but they're

leads and searching a field right here on cincinnati-dayton road for evidence. if you have any information... call police. you decide 2016 you decide ... 2016.. donald trump and hillary clinton... look well on their way to securing their party nominations.. but there are still many delegates that are up for grabs... for the republicans.... donald trump is about half way to the magic number - 1237 to clinch the nomination.... but it may be just out of reach... he is in the lead with 673.... followed by senator ted cruz with 411.. and ohio governor john kasich has 143.. democrats need 2382 to secure the nomination.. hillary clinton has 1606.. and senator bernie sanders has 851. the race to the republican presidential nomination is now down to three candidates. but whether those three share the same debate stage again is anyone's guess. fox news is scrapping next week's debate after donald trump pledged to not

kasich then backed out of the trump- less event. donald trump... is going after hillary clinton... now in a new attack ad... mocking the democratic frontrunner... for how she mocked the gop... take a look... 15 seconds commercial -- outcue: barking clinton's campaign... has not responded to the attack. a dayton-area man.. is now facing federal charges for trying to rush the stage at a donald trump rally in ohio. police say "thomas di-massi-mo" jumped a barricade and rushed trump saturday. the 22-year-old did manage to get to the stage before security tackled him. the charge could send dimassimo to prison for a year. we've seen lots of protesters at donald trump rallies in recent days.. but last night, a trump supporter crashed governor john kasich's

berea! the protester who yelled during kasich's speech.. continued his rant as he was escorted out of the rally at baldwin wallace university. presidential hopeful john kasich says he's serious about balancing the federal budget and also about having a lot of confetti at his rallys. the ohio governor was buried in red white and blue paper last night .... after taking his home state in last night's primary. he had reportedly complained there wasn't enough after a new hampshire town hall. there are new guidelines for prescription pain pills - to reduce the epidemic of "o- pioid addiction." the centers for disease control is urging doctors, "not" to use "opioids first", but to try other methods like tylenol, ibuprofen, or ice. also - they're telling doctors, to talk to patients, about how much pain to expect... and make sure ,they

with long-acting "o-piates"... and if a drug like "oxy- contin" is the best choice, doctors need to use the lowest possible, dose. the c-d-c says deaths from opioid overdoses, have hit an all-time record, in the u.s. the ohio supreme court ruled executioners will get a second chance to put romell broom to death after botching the first attempt. in 2009, broom was to be executed, but after two hours.... and 18 tries to give him a lethal injection -- executioners were unable to find a usuable vein. in 19-85, a court convicted broom of raping and killing a 14-year-old .. on cleveland's east side. multiple people hurt -- after a bizarre traffic accident in baltimore. ...take a look ... this picture was taken around 2 o'clock tuesday morning ... according to police, the driver of the suv that's the car on top -- ran a red light and was hit by another vehicle. that crash, causes the suv to go airborne .. and land upside down on a parked car.

never expected anything like this. owner "and i came out and the other car was flipped and balancing on my car. that was one of my first thoughts. i hope everybody is ok. then kind of a ....... how does that happen." three people were trapped in the crash ... all are okay. a driver narrowly escapes his vehicle is hit by a passing police dash cam video captured the incident in brook park, ohio... a cleveland suburb. with the van stuck on the tracks, the van's owner rushes to grab items from inside the vehicle as the train quickly approaches. within seconds the train smashes into the van, pushing it down the tracks. fortunately no one was hurt. new shocking video has been released of an explosion at a medical marijuana dispensary that left two employees

a warning this to watch. the new mexico environment department released the video, from an incident in in it you can see workers apparently using butane to extract t-h-c from marijuana to make cannabis oil... room... bursts into one worker a nearby door and escape, and another is seen seconds later,,, running and jumping through the flames to get out. both men suffered third-degree burns in the explosion. dispensary did o-s-h-a for more dollars as a result. now to a scene straight out of a hollywood action movie... almost three years ago to the day two men used a hijacked helicopter to break out of a quebec prision. now - newly released video shows the so called well planned escape... was anything but. a hijacked helicopter arrived ... throwing down rope... two inmates had been waiting for. but the movie script escape... didn't follow the plot. climbing out of the yard... proved impossible... the helicopter...

roof... for more than six minutes... unarmed prison guards watch and recorded.. the convicted felons slowly get away. the quebec government commissioned a report in 2014, recommending prison security imporvements. president obama has filled out his n-c-double a tournament the commander in chief picked m, north carolina and michigan state... two 1-seeds, a 2 and 3.. to reach the final four in a bracket he filled out for e-s-p-n. obama hasn't correctly predicted the national champion since he picked north carolina in his first year in office in 2009. he told e-s-p-n that filling out a bracket was a reminder that "college sports at its best can bring people together." tomorrow is st. patricks day... and the start of march madness so restaurants and bars are gearing up for big crowds. expect to see lots of green-clad basketball fans if you're heading out tomorrow.. one of the busiest areas... is always

you'll be able to find plenty of green beer... and folks at the holy grail have something extra to celebrate... tomorrow's st. patrick's day... it's also the start of march madness and its also our fifth year anniversary. we opened up five years ago on st. patrick's day 2011 if you have work in the morning and don't want to go crazy, those in the patty's day spirit say you can still celebrate with irish food or hanging out with loved ones. and a reminder...fox19 now is once again teaming up with saint jude children's research hospital for the annual dream home giveaway. text "home" to 4-19- 19 for a link to buy your ticket... if you purchase now, you'll also be entered to win a 25-hundred dollar playset from recreations outlet and a honda civic from superior honda. three of the biggest sites for renting vacation homes just added steep new fees! we'll show you a sneaky way around them after the break. worried about your safety when you go for a jog by yourself? we're gonna introduce you to

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market in the late 90's and rescued because of her size. after that, the aquarium took her in when they opened in 1999... and she's been there ever since. for some quick math... thunder was born in 1866! so thankfully she had a good long life. live wx tease happening now

right now... it's about 2:45 in the morning... on st. patrick's day... in ireland.. and the celebrations have already begun in dublin.. top o' the morning to you... this is a live picture at the bar hoppers... there. don't forget to wear green tomorrow. when you travel--do you stay in a hotel, or rent a condo or house through a site like vrbo? tonight--simply money's nathan bachrach is here with more on why that rental could now cost you more, and how to work around that! simply money if you're planning a trip soonyou need to know about a steep new fee that three of the top vacation home booking sites just added! vrbo, homeaway and vacation rentals are all owned by travel giant expedia. and all

tacking on a service fee. that feewhich ranges from 5-9% of the total rental, is on top of any other fees you'll pay the property owner. so--if you rent a condo for $1800 a week, that fee could add another $160 to the cost of your rental. but you won't see that fee until you actually book the property! there is a way around it, for now. the simply money point: that fee's only for online bookings. so if you can get the property owner to agree to book over the phone, or through the mail, you'll save money. but these sites will soon close that loophole! vrbo, homeaway and vacation rentals dot-com will all require online bookings by the end of 2016. for fox 19 now and simply money, i'm nathan bachrach. sot "steve weather animation" steve chroma key the gusty winds will settle down this evening and you are in for a clear, calm thursday morning commute. tomorrow and friday will be

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madness makes us happy. survive, advance...and shine in the moment on april 4th. bam vo the beginning of xavier's dreams, landed in saint louis tonight. practice tomorrow, first game on friday, and the first chance to prove something as a 2-seed. myles davis: "we're always used to being underdogs and trying to go get everybody else, but it's good now because we get to prove ourselves. we get to tell everybody we're just as good as all the elite teams out there. we're deserving of our two spot. we're just as good as anybody and we're proud about it." randy rahe: "we're excited. i want to play the biggest and the best team we can play. that's how we go about things. these guys are one of the best in the country. so, we're excited to go in there and challenge them." we will have coverage from every local team throughout the tournament. we're in des moines, saint louis and spokane with coverage from every first round game. iu and uk met media tonight talking

jamal murray: "i've played on many stages before, played in many must-win games. so, i've been here before and it's up to me to get these guys rallied up and ready to fight and mentally prepared because the other teams' giving us their best shot. so, we have to be ready." yogi ferrell: "i feel like in the tournament, the number never matters. once you're picked to be in the tournament, you're basically one of the top teams in the country." jer bam gfx gonna be a heavyweight battle in the second round, if iu and uk win on thursday. coming up, wait until you see what new cath did in the sweet 16, after trailing early. highlights next. jer hplaz gfx geoff hobson is reporting tonight

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brandon lafell will visit with the bengals. and also this... taylor mays, facing a four-game suspension, could re-join the bengals as a linebacker. let's go to rupp... new cath taking on louisville trinity in the sweet 16 -trinity came out on fire, opened up an 11-2 lead on ncc in the first quarter -the breds answered in a big way, ben weyer backs down, gets 2 of his 19 points. also had 13 boards.

and dishing out to brennan hall for 3 of his 13 points. -ben weyer, could not be stopped. new cath went on a 28-2 run after trailing early to win it 48-33, they face murray friday in the elite 8 final two games of the first four in dayton. holy cross gets oregon after beating southern. winner of michigan and tulsa will face notre dame. breaking an update now on breaking news we've been telling you about tonight... fox19 now just obtained this picture of 4-year- old austin cooper.... the little boy that died this morning. police say his stepmother put his legs in scalding hot water yesterday and found him not breathing this morning. we're working to bring you more information on this breaking story on fox19now.com and the fox19 now mobile app. tricia 4-shot steve's tracking the next 24 hours.. tricia cam don't forget we're always tracking the weather on fox19.com.

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