american ballpark tonight where some are already in line to get their hands on opening day tickets! but are the early predictions of a poor season having an effect on turnout? we'll explain... and we've all seen the videos online of drivers topping other drivers using heroin behind the wheel... but how are police trying to stop drugged driving? we'll show you in just a moment... but first developing news... we just got brand new information in the case of the 4- year old who police say was scalded.. and then died. good evening, i'm rob williams. it's a story we've been following all week along... so let's get right to fox19 now's michael baldwin.. and michael you've got new documents... here they are... from the custody hearing between the 4-year-old's parents. it has a lot of accusations as

full custody. life before he died was rough. and the coroner said he had abuse up until he died that statement comes from austin grandmother. and court records filed in a child --would mean she is also talking about her daughter, austin's biological mother jessica cooper. in the documents, austin's father robert raises drug abuse and sexual abuse allegations from july 2014 thru may documents richie wrote that he was told by a warren county cps investigator, of "heavy drug use in the home." the home he was referring to was of jessica cooper. it also reads that the drugs were being done "while the children were there." richie also wrote to the court of "possible sexual abuse aligations have happened in

"anytime he used to return from her home, he wouldn't talk, or communicate with anyone for days. an obvious concern." the record also shows that jesscia cooper did not show up for the hearing involving her son. as richie petitioned the court to get custody of austin, he wrote these words which are chilling. he said quote, "i feel it to be in the better interest of my son to stay with me and his step-mother in a safe, stable environment." anna richie was arriagned today on child endangerment charges after police said she admited to putting austin's leg's in scolding hot water as a punishment. his grandmother doesn't hold back on what she thinks she thinks should happen to anna. she should get life in prison. death row. don't put a needle in her arm just put her to sleep real slow anna richie is being held on a 350,000 dollar bond and we understand more charges may follow in the coming days. we did speak with jessica yesterday and she declined out request for an interview. we reached out again today and could not locate her. michael baldwin fox

right now animation right now police are out in full force... tracking down impaired drivers. but some officers are looking for much more than just alcohol on your breath. fox19 now's ben katko joins us live tonight in westwood. ben? here in westwood is one of two ovi checkpoints around here tonight. the goal is to catch drunk drivers. but... the reality is... alcohol isn't the only thing impairing drivers. and some very speciailized officers are working to get them off the roads. nats montgomery swerving and crashing into a and images like accident that killed frequently make suspect drugs outcome. ofc. russell kenney "a lot of officers understand what impairment is, but they can't always articulate

don't have the knowledge or education or experience." officer russell kenney spends his days on the beat in milford. that's not his only job. kenney "in our area, we have a dre in just about every county." a d-r-e is a drug recognition expert. kenney trains them... and coordinates the program in this area. just this week... two lebanon police officers became the newest to join the d-r-e ranks. kenney "we've been doing it for six years. we have around 165 dre officers that have been trained throughout the state." the goal is simple - to prevent crashes, injuries and death at the hands of impaired drivers. a dre officer is trained to spot drug-related impairment... through a 12-step checklist. kenney "they're able to articulate drug impairment other than alcohol and be able to differentiate between the drug impairment, medical impairment or alcohol impairment." kenney says a d-r-e officer is at most ovi checkpoints in the area... including the two happening in hamilton county... right now. kenney "you're going to lose. if we find you operating a vehicle under the influence of drugs or alcohol, we're going to

these d-r-e officers go through weeks of intense training to be certified. officer kenney tells me that they're working to up the numbers of 165 certified officers to 200 by the end of the year. live in westwood... ben katko... fox19 now. weather now switching now to weather... jeff it looks like that glimpse of spring is going away tomorrow right? jeff plenty of sun today has allowed temps to climb into the upper 50s. unfortunately, we won't see much sun this weekend. low pressure moving through the deep south will toss moisture to the north and give us a chance of rain and rain/snow into the day on saturday. we'll start in the mid to upper 30s early saturday morning, with afternoon highs in the low 40s. sunday looks generally quiet with just a slim chance of a shower and highs back in the low to mid 40s. high pressure builds back in for monday thru wednesday with sunshine and highs climbing back into the 60s by mid-week. now reds opening day now just about two weeks away.

tickets available...if tickets available...if you're willing to o'rourke is live tonight at g-a-b-p where fans are camping out... megan what's the scene like? at the ballpark ground tonight. albeit, a much smaller one than in years past. these loyal fans spend the night outside...so they

when the final round of tickets go on sale in the morning. 5 :02 "ive been through rain, sleet, snow...you name it" for opening day faithful there's nothing mother nature could bring to keep traci alley away... but, unlike years past...plenty of others have found a reason to stay home. the night before the final round of opening day tickets go on sale...has historically brought big crowds. 1 :05 "i'm number 12 in line, usually it's more crowded than this" 6 :05 "it's kind of empty, usually it's wrapped around by the time we get here" and all the open space is leading to a lot of speculation tonight. 3 :08 "we're not really sure...i guess maybe...i don't know..march madness, ticket prices...they have definitely raised the prices" 2 :10 "maybe it's the tickets, maybe they should just have opening day tickets instead of a package...if you got the package maybe some people can't afford it" the seats that will go on sale at 9 a-m saturday are all "double play packages". the two-game

april 4th season opener against the phillies... plus one field box ticket to any other game in april. last year, the seats sold out in an hour...this year, that's still to be determined. but, big crowd or not...these fans say there's no where else they'd rather be than here on the plaza tonight.... 4 :10 "for us...it's tradition...it's a family thing....so we'll be here. opening day is definitely a holiday in cincinnati and we're not going to change it for anything" again, ticket sales kickoff at 9 a-m. you have to be here in person, nothing will be sold over the phone or online. rl mo fox19 now. tonight cincinnati police are releasing new information on how they were able to indict a man who had the weapon which fired shots at great american tower downtown last year. rayshawn herald is now facing charges for the incident that put 18 rounds through the windows of cincinnati's tallest

days. however... officials won't say if he actually fired the shots...they can only prove that he was in possession of the gun that was used. they were able to prove it by looking at shell cases from this shootout on reading road that happened just a few months later. police say the man in the video... is herald... firing shots that eventually hit a metro bus! he's now in jail for that incident... and investigators thank technology for the breakthrough "what it allows us to do is to compare cartridges from different crime scenes and compare them to see if there's a link between those different shooting scenes." todays indictment came from a partnership between c-p-d and federal investigators. new video is helping shed light on what exactly happened earlier this week when a car went off the side of the combs- hehl bridge into the ohio river. take a look at this surveillance video from a home on the kentucky side of the river.

moment the terrible accident happened. meanwhile... investigators announced earlier today that they're getting closer to figuring out who was inside. "its a strong possibility that we believe we know who might be...had been driving at the time the vehicle went over the bridge." butted to "for us, the most important aspect of this recovery is the occupants in the vehicle so we're not going to rush anything that might distrub that. the car is secondary." investigators aren't releasing the name of driver but say that person used the bridge a lot. commercial dive crews will extract the occupants when the river current slows down.. that could be tuesday or wednesday. then crews will try to remove the car but their priority are the occupants. a local mother has admitted to watching her boyfriend severely beat her daughter... later causing her death. this was the scene inside the butler county courthouse today... as 23-year old rebekah kinner pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter. 2-year old kinsley passed away in december after

beat her so badly it left the girl brain dead. young is now on trial for murder. right now a local man faces murder charges in connection to a stabbing in hamilton last week. 28-year jonathon day who's in jail tonight -- you see him here. police say he stabbed 56-year old clifford wagers last thursday after the two got into an argument. wagers was in critical condition until last night when he passed away. day is due in court again next week. the verdict is in for the hulk hogan sex tape trail against "gawker". up next we'll tell you if the jury was for or against hogan who was suing for millions. plus -- does your boss let you have a beer at work?? of course not right... one c-e-o enouraged his employees to tap a keg at the office. hear why next., live wx tease

carried out by isis that left more than a hundred people dead.... and nearly 400 injured. but right now... one of the last living attackers is in a jail cell... thanks to a raid in belgium earlier this week. so what's next for the investigation? c-n-n's diane gallagher has the story. salah abdeslam -- the 26-year-old suspected terrorist who has been on the run since the november 13th paris attacks that killed 130 people has been captured alive in brussels. dirk coosemans, reporter, het niewsblad they're now taking out two guys who are wounded. one of them who has

abdeslam's fingerprints were found earlier this week when belgian authorities raided a brussels apartment where one person was killed -- mohamed belkaid, an algerian who authorities say helped plan and orchestrate the paris attacks. two others escaped. abdeslam is believed to have been the driver who dropped three others off at stade de france, one of the attack sites, and wore a suicide belt, that was found on a street after the attacks that never exploded abdeslam was actually questioned and released following the attacks before authorities knew he was involved and surveillance video shows him and another man at a gas station near the belgian border the day after those attacks. but since then, abdeslam has been in hiding until tuesday's raid, even though, sources say, he wasn't the initial target. paul cruickshank, cnn analyst what we've seen now is this lucky break in the investigation when they went in to this safe house on tuesday afternoon, not expecting it to be a terrorist den and not expecting it to have salah abdeslam, one of the most wanted men in the word. in washington, i'm

former wrestling superstar hulk hogan has been awarded $115- million dollars in damages in his trial against the website "gawker" that's more money than he was suing for. hogan, who's real name is terry bollea, sued the media group for invasion of privacy after they published part of a sex tape he was in with the wife of a buddy --- wrestler, bubba clem. lawyers for gawker argued that they had the right to publish it because hogan made his sex life public. however a jury agreed hogan who claimed his is different than character. you decide animation turning now to former presidential massachusetts mitt romney is now throwing his support behind one of the republican candidates. ted cruz! today romney announced that he'll be coming out to support the texas senator ahead of the upcoming utah primary. in a press conference.... romney said he respects governor john kasich... but

trump victory! meanwhile... the ohio governor spent his day campaigning in utah... hosting a rally here in the town of orem. when asked about romney's choice... kasich says it's not a smart move in the long run... "this is not a parlor game. i'm the only one who can beat hillary clinton. that's what the polls show. maybe they ought to knock it off and get behind me. it's okay, it's fine. we'll just move beyond it and we'll keep doing our thing." the utah primary is happening on tuesday. more local news animation we've got more local news for you now... remember this? a man running down i-71 naked, following a six-car crash. that man is 44- year- old tracy martin -- we were there for his first court appearance. police say martin was under the influence when he crashed his car in sycamore township last august... causing a chain reaction that sent several people to the hospital, some of them seriously

one of those victims... elizabeth sexton. you see her meeting with the u-c's air care --- flight team who saved her life after the accident. today, she got a chance to thank the team and show them the progress of her recovery. elizabeth and her parents also got to take a flight in the air care chopper. one that she could enjoy this time around. take a look at this... just a few days after sparking a little panic at the cincinnati zoo... the two polar bears are now back on display. the zoo sent us this video from earlier today when they were out hanging in the water. "little one" and "berit" took advantage of an open door early wednesday afternoon. the male and female pair were tranquilized after keepers found them in the back hallway behind their exhibit area. you might want to see if this company has any job openings... the c-e-o of a chicago based software company is taking his idea of a "fun" workplace to a new level. this was the scene

yesterday for saint patricks day... where workers brought in a keg to tap during the shift. and if you think it was just a one time thing for the holiday... think again. workers are now allowed to drink beer on the job every day! c-e-o matt moog says creating this type of environment attracts talent! "we're playing ping pong, we've got couches. it's a very different kind of office." butted to matt moog, ceo, power reviews "it's cold, it's easy, it stimulates the creative thinking." butted to matt moog, ceo, power reviews "we're not big on rules but there's common sense." as you just heard, there is no real rule about how much you can drink... employees are just told to be smart about it. the trend is actually so popular with businesses in chicago that there's a new startup that delivers kegs to companies! adlib story wx anchor/ in chroma plenty of sun today has allowed temps

plenty of sun today has allowed temps to climb into the upper 50s. unfortunately, we won't see much sun this weekend. low pressure moving through the deep south will toss moisture to the north and give us a chance of rain and rain/snow into the day on saturday. we'll start in the mid to upper 30s early saturday morning, with afternoon highs in the low 40s. sunday looks generally quiet with just a slim chance of a shower and highs back in the low to mid 40s. high pressure builds back in for monday thru wednesday with sunshine and highs climbing back into the 60s by mid-week. if you stop by starbucks often... you might wanna

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incomplete. t your eyes decide. flase. 6>1 changes everything. if you're a starbucks regular, or you've even just been there a few times-- listen up. a new class action lawsuit could lead to some big changes. financial expert nathan bachrach has more in tonights simply money! simply money if you've ever ordered coffee from starbuckslisten up! a new lawsuit against the coffee chain claims starbucks underfills cups on purposeand soon, you may have a chance to get in on that suit! a pair of california starbucks customers is suing the chain, claiming that every time they order a tall, grande or venti sized latte, the barista purposefully underfills itshorting them several ounces of coffee! their pointsimply filling the cup with foam to get to the right line doesn't count. that fill line is for the coffee

starbucks does this on purpose to save money. if the judge in california approves lawsuit, it will become a class action that anyone can join-if they've ever bought a starbucks latte! now starbucks isn't commenting on this, but it's not the first class action the coffee company's faced. just three years agostarbucks settled a class action suit brought by customers over the price of scooped coffee beans. we'll keep you updated! for fox 19 now and simply money, i'm nathan bachrach. tonight we're thinking pink here at fox19 now... coming up next... hear the story of a local woman defying some of the myths about the disease and inspiring others in the process.

month...and that mean's we're thinking pink at fox19 now... breast cancer is often thought to impact only middle and older-aged women. but, that's a dangerous myth. according to the national cancer society, every year, nearly 1,200 women under age 40 die from the disease. as our megan o'rourke tells us, there are special resources available for these young survivors. 5 :03 "it was hard, it was definitely hard" marianne knott was 34 years old and had just given birth to her 3rd child when she receieved her diagnosis...and subsequent treatment. 4 :10 "chemo, a bi lateral

and a hysterectomy" marianne turned to family, friends and even a support group... 6 :19 "they were a great help, but there wasn't many younger women that could kind of relate as far as having young kids and knowing what it's like to have to get up and get your kids ready for school even though you got to go in for treatment" still she felt alone... but, that was never really the case. according to the national cancer institure approximately 70 thousand men and women age 15 to 39 are diagnosed with cancer in the u-s each year. melissa dunn was also one of them. 1 :18 "it definitely was a surprise and not something your typical 25 year old goes through.." now, both with no evidence of the disease, these tristate women are finding a way to help other young survivors as they battle and overcome. melissa and marianne recently returned from a young survival coalition national conference in

as state leaders, they're starting local chapters of the support group, aimed at helping women under 40. 3 :08 "it's definitely someone to talk to because i can't talk to my girlfriends, and say oh i'm having this problem, because she'd says, well i'm not.." 8 :10 "the day i was diagnosed i knew, once i get to the other side of this i'm going to do whatever i can to help other young women with cancer..." the group's first meeting will be on april 29th at the boone county library. for information on how to register log on to fox19 now dot com. let's send things over to jeff live wx tease

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has five new additions tonight.... you're looking at the new cheetah cubs who are being cared for behind the scenes right now. they were born by c-section at a breeding facility on march 8th. since then, the team at the zoo has been working around the clock to keep these cubs healthy. you can check them out yourself. they are on display in the nursery right now. amy 2shot don't forget we're always on fox19.com... final quarter is next... good night. announcer: fox19 now never stops. take us with you wherever you go. log on to fox19now.com and download the fox19 now app. bets cam hey don't turn off your television yet, because the final quarter has everything you

today's full slate with all the college action, don't forget we have a couple of local high school teams looking to advance, we'll have highlights the games with newcath and with wilmington.. and joey votto says don't call this a rebuilding year for the reds..we'll hear how he plans on treating this season just like any other... bets cam all that and more next, stick around for "the final quarter." betsy hplaz bets cam

final quarter...this is the night that xavier and u -c fans have been waiting teams in action tonight to tip off their tournament runs. joe and jeremy are in st. now with more on the local teams in the madness. joe d: "happening right now, xavier is playing weber state inside the

indiana and uk play. here's kent taylor with a preview." kent taylor: "kentucky and indiana are meeting in the tournament for the first time since 2012." jeremy r: "the first game of the day here in saint louis, dayton taking on syracuse. this was a 2-point game at the half,

misses speaks for itself. ud had 2 field goals in the first 13 minutes of the second half. is that bad? archie miller used the

multiple times after the loss, said they didn't have a full throttle mentality. cuse would win 70-51, and here come the waterworks. sad day for this little flyer. an early exit for dayton." charles cooke: "i just want to win and when you fail to do that, it's tough. so, go back to the drawing board and figure out what we gotta do. just let this energize us to be better." joe d: "michigan state upset by mtsu, maybe the biggest upset in tourney history." jeremy r: "one mtsu beat writer said he was bummed because he had to book a hotel two more nights."

coverage all weekend here in saint louis. betsy, we'll go back to you." betsy hplaz bets oc thanks, gentlemen,

for basketball on all levels, and we still have high school teams in the area looking for titles...first, let's go to rupp arena where newcath was playing in its first quarterfinal game in 40 years... newcath fans going crazy at rupp for the breds, as they face murray, a 30- win team on the season... newcath takes control of this one early...eric anderson kicks it over to brennan hall, he drives and lays it in for the two...hall was 6- of-13 and had the first five points for newcath ... then the breds go inside to big ben weyer, he gets the easy two off the glass... weyer shows he can hit outside as well, as he takes the 10- footer..weyer ends up with 27 points, 12 rebounds for the game... then it's hall again, his time the drive and the stop, hall has 21 points as

saturday evening.. ron says: i would just love to get to the final four one time. if you get to the final four anyhting can happen. brian says: it's unbelievable. this is what you dream about since you're a freshman, stepping on for the first time. it's unbelievable. also in action today, wilmington in the division 1 state semifinal, looking to advance against lima senior... wilmington had a tough hill to climb in this one..dylan beaugard and one for wilmington and then it's jar- ron cumberland and one for wilmington -- wilmington trailed by as many as 20 points in this one... now, here comes the wilmington comeback - cameron stewart scores in the lane, and then from the baseline cumberland scores - the future bearcat scored a team high 25 points now, wilmington down three in the final seconds and cumberland takes it at the buzzer for the tie, just off the mark wilmington's season comes to a close with the three point loss to lima senior. betsy hplaz up next, desclafani on the mound today as the reds take on

tell you how he did.. plus, will this year's joey votto be more like the mvp joey votto? he says he's feeling like his old self again..more from spring training when the final quarter returns..

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reds game in arizona brought some good news for reds fans...billy hamilton was back in center field, first time we've seen him there this spring. he's been slowly coming back from surgery on his shoulder.. as for the game itself, desclafani gave up four earned runs and six hits in just under five innings, but the bright spot was adam duvall, going three for three with a long home run as he tries to stake his claim to the starters' job in left field. adam duvall: "i've been in spring training enough to know this is the time to work and time to compete. i'm excited to

job. i've worked a lot in the off-season and to break with the team would be a big step in the right direction and i'd be super excited." betsy hplaz bets cam of course, getting, and keeping, the reds healthy will be important in this rebuilding year. joey votto bounced back from an injury-filled 2014 to have a solid season last year. and as joe danneman tells us, he's expecting no less of himself this year. sounds of sprinkler it takes more than just a sprinkle of water for this to grow... it takes time for young talent to blossom. sounds of baseball it is bad timing... this reds re-build hits... sounds of baseball in the prime of their best hitter's career.

joey votto isn't here to be laughed at... no matter how watered-down the roster feels. sounds of sprinkler joey votto: "i refuse to go into a season thinking that it's already set in stone, that we're going to be last place or we're not going to make the playoffs. that's probably the one people on - if there's any conversation about us being a poor club or a team that has no chance." joe danneman: "the noticeable change with joey votto here on the practice fields in arizona is how much more he talks. he shrugged off questions of added leadership - saying he's not a get in your face kind of person. unless you get in his face about predictions this team won't compete." joey votto: "i've come into this season expecting to be a part of a club that competes and has a chance to go to the playoffs and the world series and the projections - if there's any of that

clubhouse, i'm certainly not going to represent it." sounds of baseball he says he won't change much... not his personality... and not his game. sounds of baseball not after he answered the questions of if he's healthy... joey votto: "yes" if he's back... joey votto: "yes" and if he's still confident. joey votto: "i'm single. no kids. good lookin'." and looking again like his once mvp- self. jay bruce: " " music injury free in 2015... joey votto hit doubters back with of sick stats. on base more times last year than any year in his career... votto finished third in the mvp voting. sounds of baseball what felt like an 'i told you so' kind of season... votto would only tell us this about his critics. joey votto: " " reporting at reds tell us this about

reporting at reds spring training - joe danneman fox19 reporting at reds spring training - joe danneman fox19 now. betsy hplaz that's joe danneman reporting from spring training. that'll do it for the final quarter quick score updates??? for joe, jeremy, rufus and everyone who makes this show go, i'm betsy

tomorrow night. crazy at rupp for the breds, as they win team on the season... control of this one early...eric over to brennan hall, he drives and lays it in for the

[ crow caws ] all right, what's with the getup? what, this? oh, just enjoying some of my past mother's day gifts -- my awesome yellow pants, my "first mom on the moon" t-shirt, and, of course, my macaroni necklace that says, "to mom, love keira." i can only feel bad for keira's mom. who knows what she got? okay, i get it. i get it. we may not have always hit it out of the park, but i got plenty of time this year to get it right. when is mother's day?