student is dead after police say she crashed head on into another car this weekend. 9 on your side's julie o'neill spoke to julie? a lot of sad faces inside the school and you can believe a lot of tears as grief counselors came in to talk to staff and students.i want you to look at just some of the messages posted to facebook todayfrom close friendsto former teachers how she touched their lives. the junior already taking college coursesso a go getter, but she'll mainly be remembered for her optimism 4:05:26 she comes from a of us. we're all a family here at milford high school. we focus a lot on relationships and it's difficult but especially when that we are a family and it makes it exceptionally tough and difficult for all of us. 05:44tag: no word yet on memorial services for lauren. as we get that information we will let you know. in milford, julie o'neill 9 on your side. more parents are coming forward tonight saying a lawrenceburg man molested their children.44-year-old steven rekowski was first arrested earlier this month after a friend discovered pictures of the sex acts on his cell phone.

in east price hill, julie o'neill nine on your side. tonight -- middletown police are trying to figure out if a teen trick a car dealership into letting hiim take a brand new pick-up truck for a joy ride. ride."middletown ford" told police it let a possible customer drive a car off that lot... officers say it was a 17-year-old boy.an employee found the truck -- and *15- year-old* girl driving it!it -- police say "middletown ford" admitted it didn't follow its own policies. nine on your side reached out to the dealership to find out exactly how that teen got in that truck.we'll stay on top of this story... when we hear from the business we'll update you. store clerks at gunpoint.two west price hill workers held up and demanded to hand over money... by the man who police shot and killed last night. night.nine on your side's tom mckee is live with the first person accounts of store clerks put in that scary position. it was just five minutes from the time police say robert tenbrink robbed the walgreens and deals discount store on glenway av

in east price hill julie o'neill 9 on your side. concern is growing tonight in price hill after two robberies led to a tense confrontation with cincinnati police.it ended with an officer shooting and killing one of those men who pointed a gun at officers. officers.9 on your side's tom mckee reports that city leaders say it was a justifed use of deadly force. "why would robert tenbrink rob a walgreen's and deals discount store with what turned out to be a bb gun and then point it at two police officers. that's the question answer as they released dash cam video of the encounter." encounter." "keep your hands up. get down on your -- get the f*** on the ground. ((gunshots)) shots fired. shots fired." fired."pete witte was a bit on edge tuesday because of the officer-involved shooting and two robberies in price hill. his business is a block from the deal discount store and the walgreen's at glenway and sunset which were hit.he lives nearby as well. well. "i could have easily been standing in there at eight o'clock on a monday night buyi

we sent our julie o'neill to south ripley high school to get the exciting word from the self-proclaimed "yellow twinkies." well this kelly's american strong will forever be a special stop for 15 school bus drivers who took a chance that paid off.ron these are all my friends and we've got a good group of people here. we're like a family here.these s. ripley bus drivers cut up before pick up...still basking in the big win.i was so so excited...just couldn't believe it.so blessed to pay bills.ron buchanan bought 15 tickets for his fellow drivers...and was in charge of checking the numbers. when i first looked at it only thing i thought we had was the powerball and all but one of the right numbers.and then i got up earlier in the morning to go get ready to get on the bus and i looked at it again and i'm like i think we just won 50-thousand dollars.sue reuterthey told us to come way down we're like what did we do?trisha kappes, bus driver i thought oh lord i'm he's got a stack of papers in his hand.sounds like you put the fear of god into these women. well you know i'm a little stinker that

center.nine on your side's julie o'neill joins us live from u-c medical center.julie? i have talked with friends and relatives of 24-year-old iesha williams. while she remains in critical condition here, her condition *is* stable...and as investigators scramble to piece this together, i'm assured this young mother has a lot of support. how's her mother holding up? she's a strong lady. she's strong and she's hurt and she has cried but she also prays. dwight price has known iesha williams her whole life...and says he doesn't believe the person who shot at her truck meant to hit her. police now looking for her passenger.the male black passenger in her vehicle fled the vehicle, came back momentarily to retrieve an object, and then fled again. (julie) do you know anything about who was in the car with her? no. it's a mysterycause she had went downtown to take telling cause these people nowadays i guy might've jumped in or anything like that but i know she wasn't doing nothing wrong. i know that. iesha's a good young lady. i knew when i heard it that it was wrong. police say

in brown county, julie o'neill 9 on your side. today the dow took another deep dive on wall street... street...dropping nearly 400 points.experts are largely blaming china's market which crashed 7-percent overnight and crude oil which hit a 12 year low.so what does it all mean for you?nine is on your side tonight-- talking with a local wealth management advisor. 49:45-50:07<"the stock market going up and down does not... tougher the buy the car."> car."> according to cnn money-- at least one billionaire is predicting a repeat of the others think stocks will rebound much like they did last summer. we all just keep losing - but the future winner of the powerball will now win at least 700-million dollars - probably more. more.the lottery says it's the biggest jackpot in u-s history. the next drawing is saturday. you'll see those numbers drawn live at the start of on 9 on your side at 11. a powerball spokesperson says this is uncharted territory.. and because ticket sales are still surging-- quote "we could be on the verge of creating

both men spoke exclusively with 9 on your side's julie o'neill outside district one headquarters

. >>> julie o'neill is live along 471. any snow at all or traffic issues to report? >> reporter: it's probably hard camera lens but if it makes you feel better, some sleet is hitting me in the face. we have a little something and were bundled up. the wind and the cold is a bigger issue right now than snow. i will move out of the way. we are here off of alexandria pike. cars are moving very smoothly through here. as we predicted, we had potential problems. i think people went home early from work and school. 471, very clear. we have a snow flurries. they are coming down pretty good right here but nothing like the big flakes we thought we might be getting around this time. we will stay on top of this and keep an eye on it and keep you posted. live in fort thomas, julie o'neill. back to you. >>> a local man held captive in north korea. spivak what he is accused of doing and the lawmakers >>> the snow is coming down lightly in cincinnati. >>> talks underway at this hour to try to free a wyoming high school graduate from the custody of the north korean officials. tom mcke

accusations.take a listen to what officer joseph simpson said exclusively to 9 on your side's julie o'neill: standing in front of district 1 with your attorney on the force. what do you want to say? just that i trust the system and i trust my attorney. those are the only comments that i have."> have."> simpson has been on the force for ten years. investigators say he was working off duty on december 27-th when he was caught stealing money from a restaurant's cash register.the indictment from the prosecutor's office came down yesterday... he is now suspended without pay. thomas more college has fired the campus safety director porn on his computer. computer.robert marshall faces 32 charges-- following a two year investigation. marshall, who'd been with the school since 1999, is in the kenton county jail tonight. devastating news for hundreds of local general electric engineers. engineers.the company is laying off more than 300 engineers nationwide -- 238 of whom will be let go in cincinnati.g-e reps say it's due to a shift from phase.the company will notify those who will be laid off in the

withheld until my client could have appropriate chance to be heard in court. 9 on your side's julie o'neill today.hear his reaction to the indictment on 9 on your side at 6. 238 g-e engineers are about to be laid off here in the tri- state, and in the coming days, they'll find out who they are. are.g-e confirms it is laying off 307 enginneers altogether. the company says it's due to a shift from development to a production phase.the reduction is about seven percent of the overall g-e aviation engineering population. there's a possibility of rain in the tri-state this evening. chief meteorologist steve raleigh is here here with your 9 first warning forecast. clouds are rolling back into the tri-state as we stay cold for 24 more hours. then, temperatures climb into the 50s but that comes with a price.this evening, a weak cold front will deliver a chance for a few rain showers, that will eventually mix with and change over to snow showers or flurries later bond will stay at one and a half million dollars for the man west chester police say shot and killed 18-year old tyler kassow. kassow.demar

julie o'neill talked to the father -- who was some strong words for that fan. an interview you'll only see on nine on your side.julie? this young boy a huge bengals fan-- surprised the night before the game with tickets...he's still hurting today...and his dad is fuming. you want to talk about frustration. let me tell you frustration. clay hager of crittendon shares the story of his son's first trip to paul brown stadium saturday night. here's ethan smiling just before the call that turned things ugly... ugly... i mean there was a fight over here, the police were running over therethere was just total chaosthen hager gets a tap on his shoulder from steelers fans behind him. him. and they're telling me your son is hurt your son is hurt. well i look down on the bent over and holding his arm band and then i look down and i see the bud light 50th anniversary superbowl edition bottle. the lid was still on it- beer was spewing out the side of it. so whoever threw the beer can itself hadn't even cracked the lid open yet. it's like they paid 10 bucks it. and he took a

coming up tonight at 6- julie o'neill will have the latest on road prepartions for tomorrow. live in corryvilly, t.j. parker, 9 on your side. we know you have questions about the snow to come.that's why we're giving you direct access to our weather team. just hours ago - meteorologist jason adams answered your questions in a live web chat. chat. steve will take your questions just log onto wcpo dot com - or the 9 on your side facebook page to post your questions. questions.and he'll be back to answer your questions tomorrow morning at nine - as that snow inches closer or into kentucky. we'll remind you about those chats if you sign up for push alerts on your smartphone.just search for "wcpo" in the app store to download our app. we'll aso send you information about any new winter storm watches and warnings. new at five - the boyfriend of a middletown woman who was found dead is being sentenced in her killing. today- juwan hawkins pleaded guilty to killing de'asia sims in december of 2014.the pair were dating when she disappeared.after a desperate search, her body was discover

live in hamilton, julie o'neill 9 on your side. he was shot more than seven years ago. this month.. he finally died from his wounds. wounds.now.. the case of david wallace has become a murder case. nine on your side was on mc-micken avenue in september of 20-08 when wallace was shot. the cincinnati police homicide unit and the hamilton county prosector's office are now reopening the case. if you can help them.. call crime right now in bond hill... police are looking for the times. the victim was found after he collapsed in the middle of franklin avenue. its believe he was shoot outside a near-by apartment building. bond hill elementary was put on lockdown for while as a precaution.. because school was just letting out. nine on your side will stay on this and bring develops. police have a person of interest right now -- wanted for dumping the body of an unconscious man in the parking lot of the mount healthy white castle. castle.nine on your side tom mckee is live with new information in the investigation. who dumped nathaniel clark's lifeless bvody in this white castle parking lot e

we sent our julie o'neill to get the lights, sirens and cheering crowd awaiting kyler bradley as he arrived home today. what an exciting moment for this young boy who is fighting for his life. you see the holiday lights are still up and on for this late christmas gift style.so many supporters of 10-year-old kyler bradley wouldn't miss being here to see the fairfield township rescue truck pull up with their hero.(sot)he's just touched all of our lives.(sot) it's an honor to see him come home (sound of mother about the mileage talk getting there) he just kept giving us thumbs up in the ambulance- eyes were huge.kyler's mother rebecca always at his side encouraging him in this great moment.(sot with rebecca) i everybody.and to see him waive to everybody was just unbelievable. i mean he's not the same kid that went in, but he is definitely an unbelievable kid coming out. we'll continue to fight and he's definitely a super hero but my son right here is been through a lot. (applause) we are definitely a family and to see our whole entire family of everybody in the community is just unbelievable.

saying about this storm...and what you can do *now* to help them...help you. 9 on your side's julie o'neill joins us live from the we know northern kentucky will get hit first...and get hit the hardest. i was actually in the room for the snow pow- wow today to prepare the roads for you. in fun, they call this the snow pow wow, but the people making sure you're safe... in this.... take it seriously. seriously. what is your biggest challenge? well the timing is one thing. so way ahead , they watch, they plan....and they prep... and they need your help..eric cain, truck driver for 2 years years try to give us a little bit of room to try to get the roads cleared. eric cain puts it politely, but a word to school leaders and employers as they decide on what to cancel and who to send home when...minimizing traffic around rush hour will be key. key. when traffic's not moving, our salt trucks aren't moving moving we got drivers with tons of salt on the back of the truck, an 11-foot plow blades trying to do their job. job. the more vehicles that are on the road, the more to maneuver. if you're not co

in brown county julie o'neill 9 on your side. developing right now...police are aggressively handling a case that has many people stunned...a mother found dead in a child's hospital room from an overdose! it happened at cincinnati children's hospital -- and that's wheretom mckee is live with more on what police are doing. everyone in law enforcement that i talked with today is stunned and shocked at the brazen nature of the parents' actions.but, they add it points to the power of opiates and how they can make users it was around noon when police were called to a cincinnati children's hospital room.there, they found a woman dead and her husband clinging to life.it's believed they injected themselves with heroin while their sick child was just feet away.newtown police chief tom synan says this case will get intense scrutiny. "the hamiliton county heroin task force along with the cincinnati police department will be doing an investigation back to see if heroin was 100% involved and if it was try to track it back to the dealers and s

when school.9 on your side's julie o'neill is live outside the family's house with the new developments. a teen boy guilty of skipping school...but police say the noise 14-year-old georta mack made sneaking in the back basement door had his father go for his gun- and shoot. shoot. father:i just shot my son...by accident.dispatcher: where is he shot?father: in the chest...with a 45. he scared me. i thought he was in school. i heard noise so i went downstairs looking and he jumped out at me and i shot him. he scared me. oh god. god. extremely tragic event cincinnati police captain terri theetge says when the father opened a door to the basement, his son appeared behind it, startling his father. father. dispatcher:he's shot in the dispatcherok, can you get a clean dry cloth and apply pressure to his neck? father: is now...oh god. dispatcher: is he still breathing sir? father: he's trying to breathe.dispatcher: trying to breathe, ok.father:oh god. oh god. why didn't you go to school?they had a real close bond. his dad would do anything for him. courtney williams , neighbor/friend they were

still a startling thought for the brown county grandmother who discovered them.nine on your side's julie o'neill has more from her -- and the families who are happy to have their children back. well here's where it all happened. the sun shining on lake lorelei today because all is well...after a heart pounding night in which 2 young boys came way too close to losing their lives. i just kept praying to god that he would help 'em.you can see

in milford, julie o'neill 9 on your side. a northern kentucky university student is suing the school saying nothing was done after she was raped. rape after it happened in fall of 20-13.in the lawsuit - the woman says school leaders urged her not to report the rape to police...it also claims the alleged attacker taunted her over the last two years... reportedly dating a woman in the same dorm and eating at the same cafeteria... even reaching out to her on social media. media.9 on your side reached out to n-k-u... which released a statement to us late today... saying in part: the complaint contains many factual inaccuracies and mischaracterizations. the university will have an opportunity to respond formally to the complaint. police say they are simply alarmed - after another couple crashed, after overdosing on heroin. two young boys in the back seat. that crash - shut down i-74 on friday.our t-j parker is on your side tonight - asking police what they're doing to counteract this growing problem. t.j.: "right now, police depar

police say people don't need to worry. 9 on your side's julie o'neill has been digging into the case all day and joins us live from hamilton. yesterday screams from a victim in this cemetery....today she is silent. police tell me this is the 5th case in the last 4 months where a woman...involv ed in questionable activity...has been attacked in a vehicle in hamilton....the with police.

our julie o'neill tells us how such a terrible mistake happened. that's next at 5. 5. and the anger over the bengals' ugly loss to the steelers has not gone away...at 530 popo will tell us about how some fans are petitioning the nfl to investigate. tanya -- ad lib wrap a developing story -- a suicide bomber takes action overseas overseaswhat we know about the attack in turkey today. and what should you do?we look mammograms.. and the new recommendations that has so a scary scene for tourists.the turkish prime minister is now blaming isis for a deadly suicide bombing... that targeted a popular area for tourists in istanbul. at least ten people are dead... nine of them german citizens.the prime minister says the man behind the blast came from syria.but says he refugees turkish authorities are tracking... who have recently come into the country from syria. the mom of the so-called "affluenza" teen is now out of jail... but authorities are keeping a close watch on her. her.you're looking at video of tonya couch getting out earlier today.she's now required to wear an electr

federal court, it's revealed he allegedly threatened one of his victims from jail. 9 on your side's julie o'neill was the only tristate reporter in the federal courtroom.... where cameras are not allowed. 20-year-old cody lee jackson attorneys and several federal marshalls while facing a federal judge for unthinkable acts accused of luring two people, including a minor here them against their will, raping them court documents forcing them to follow a list of rulesor face physical punishment. the offenses coming to light this past fall- as neighborhood kids reported touching. he was running around smacking all the kids butts basically... found in utah last week after running away from the tristate locked up at the butler county jail, it's revealed in court jackson used a fellow inmate's calling card pin # to call and threaten the minor he's accused of victimizing in his home threatening to kill her family if she didn't post sexually explicit photos to her facebook page.judge stephanie bowman ordering jackson he may have no contactin any waywith anyone except his counsel.julie o'neill 9 on your sid

trt 10 seconds anyone with information on what happened should call police.9 on your side's julie o'neill has been also working this story today.coming up at six -- she talks with a neighbor who went with that woman to the hospital last night about what happened after the shots were fired. heroin is a big problems in the tri-state.we've told you about it many times before.now president obama is trying to do something about it. today he appointed agriculture secretary tom vilsack... to lead a new inter-agency effort... to come up with solutions.the focus will start with the problem in rural parts of america.heroin- related deaths in the u-s increased nearly 30-percent recently... and overdoses kill an appeal made by former juvenile court judge tracie hunter -- has been denied. hunter wanted the court to toss her conviction for using her position as a judge to help her brother. he was a juvenile court employee at the time and hunter was sentenced to six months.she claimed the jury wasn't correctly polled during her trial. no verdict was reached on another eight counts hunter faced. a retria

many sounding off on facebook. 9 on your side's julie o'neill joins us live, with high school.

julie yes, following breaking traffic news. if you have the fox25 news app, would you have received an alert about this. we have an accident in the o'neill tunnel near exit 23. these are the delays we are seeing because of it. two lanes are shut down. so it is jammed. you are headed northbound on the expressway. those delays stretching back. i will take a closer look now at least the south hampton street and beyond right now. unless i get that cleared soon soon, it will be very problematic for this morning commute. take taking a whiter look. discoloration on this map is on the expressway and alert that. 24 minutes on the pike from 495 to mass avenue. check it out, 34 minutes. what we are up to on the expressway. the last time we checked in 15 minutes. 26 minutes from 495 to the leverett connector. gene and sara, back to you. >>> audience chanting "chino hills." >> gene: they are chanting "chino hills" the town where the winning powerball ticket was sold. they are not winners but they are sharing in the excitement of making history. winners in tennessee and florida along with california. here are those numbers 4, 8, 19, 27, 34, and the po

arrrr, that's not even >> julie: take look at video that just came into the newsroom right there. video from morning multicar crash inside the o'neill tunnel. i covered it for you with live pictures and delays and here see the car slam into the left side of the wall. it happened just after 6:00 this morning. we sent out an alert on fox25 of the closures. two right-hand lanes were closed no word on injuries but traffic was back up and running and 6:40. >> daniel: mystery in connecticut as people find a strange animal on the beach. images popped up all over facebook. connecticut environmental protection department investigating. they confirmed the animal is mammal and likely skunk that died on the beach. >> julie: this morning we have a new twist in story we showed you yesterday. remember 2-foot snake which was stolen from a pet store in oregon, by the guy putting it down his pants? it has been returned. the python was stolen after put down pants and walked out of the store. man returned the snake yesterday after the story went viral. the man says he purchased the python from someone and the person who stole the snake has not been cau

julie: shiri, the accident we have been telling but has been cleared. some residual delays as approach the braintree split. a wider look slowing down a little bit on the expressway as you approach the o'neill tunnel you approach the o'neill tunnel. pike moving along fine. live look at the expressway where the brake lights are starting to increase. live drive times. 25 minutes on 495 to the leverett connector. 1 minutes on 128 northbound from university avenue in west from university avenue in westwood to the weston tolls. gene and sara, back to you. >>> following breaking news out of brighton where a person was hit by a car. >> sara: police tell our crews at the scene that the victim at the scene that the victim hit the windshield and ended up on the street. fox25's jessica reyes is live closed for hours overnight, jess. >> reporter: it was, sara, closed until 4:00 this morning ago. and the person was hit along this stretch of the road around 11:00 last night. to give you a better idea where we are right now. this is only about a half mile from cleveland circle in area the road was almost entirely surrounded by homes and not necessarily the type of area that you will find many people walki