. >> mike dewine: this is the worst drug epidemic i've seen in... in my lifetime. >> whitaker: mike dewine is the attorney general of ohio. he's a former u.s. senator, congressman, and a county prosecutor. we met him at a state crime lab outside columbus. >> dewine: it's in every single county. it's in our cities, but it's also in our wealthier suburbs. it's in our small towns. there is no place in ohio where you can hide from it. >> whitaker: it's that pervasive? >> dewine: there is no place in ohio where you couldn't have it delivered to you in 15, 20 minutes. >> morris: i can text and say, "hey, do you have this?" we can meet. leave it under the mat. it's pretty easy to get. >> whitaker: full service. >> morris: uh-huh, yeah. to me, it was easier to get than weed or cocaine, definitely easier. >> whitaker: dealers with connections to the mexican cartels sell heroin everywhere, even in this department store parking lot outside columbus. >> he'll be coming out of that car right there. >> whitaker: our cameras captured the purchase of this heroin by

dewine step in stopping hackers from getting your personal information. protect your home software and and finally, be careful when using any personal or financial public network. protected, but i think you can lessen the odds that you know, make it tougher for them. your protection and just be more careful." dewine says, if you victim of identity theft, you can call the attorney generals office and they will lead you through the steps to get it resolved. a cincinnati couple hits it big with the lottery. alvin and valerie ross won 5 million dollars ater buying a mega fortune ticket at this road hundred and fifty thousand dollars for 20 years. after taxes the rosses will get one million, seven hundred, seventy five thousand dollars. the rosses ..they say they will buy a house with the winnings. the cincinnati cyclones frozen 5-k starts this morning in about an hour.... the event that benefits the pink ribbon girls.. but, it half of today's events. the cincinnati cyclones will don pink jeresys and skate on pink ice tonight at their breast cancer awarness ga

now, attorney general mike dewine is fighting back, by issuing a list of tips to follow. step one, review the privacy settings on your electronic devices accounts. from there you wanna read any and all privacies you come across. step three... update your passwords. dewine says this is a big step in stopping hackers from getting your personal information. after that, protect your home wi-fi network with software and firewalls. and finally, be careful when using public wi-fi... you don't want enter any personal or financial information on a public network. "you can't be totally protected, but i think you can lessen the odds that you know, make it your protection and just be more careful." dewine says, if you happen to become a victim of identity theft, you can call the attorney generals office and they will lead you through the steps to get it resolved. mount healthy police are on the hunt right now for the suspect who left a man for dead in a white castle parking lot! take a look at this body camera footage sent out by the department. it show's e-m-s crews reviving nathani

>> dewine: anybody watching today this show. it could be your family.erson. it just has permeated every segment of society in ohio.ven the well-to-do town of pickerington, 30 minutes outside of columbus. tyler campbell was a star of the team. he went on to play division one at the university of akron. for tyler, heroin wasn't a party drug.nd christy campbell, say his heroin habit grew from his addiction to opiate painkillers, prescribedured his what were the pills? >> christy campbell: it was vicodin. >> wayne campbell: vicodin. shoulder surgery. >> whitaker: that's a normal prescription? >> wayne campbell: for that procedure. s to sell their excess pills. they're popular recreational drugs in high schools and colleges, so much in demand that pill addicts like tyler often switch to heroin because it's a cheaper opiate with a bigger high. out of rehab four times. the night he came home the last time, he couldn't fight therge that is heroin addiction. he shot up in his bedroom and died of a heroin overdose.ddict on his college football team. >> wayne campbell:

with a goverment record and purchasing human organs.the scandal prompted ohio attorney general mike dewine to investigate ohio's planned parenthood. all clinics in the state were cleared of any suspicion of selling fetal tissue. fresh off the last town hall meeting before the iowa caucus... a new poll shows hillary clinton's lead is shrinking. shrinking.but it's still pretty substantial. substantial.the c-n-n poll of clinton will 52 percent of the vote... followed by bernie sanders with 38 percent.at last night's town hall meeting... sanders tried to point out the differences between him and clinton... while the former secretary of state admitted sending top secret emials from her personal account was a mistake. i had no intention other than having a convenient way of communicating and it turned out to be not so convenient. we've answered every question and we will continue to do so. ####so experience is important, but it is not the only thing. and i would urge people to check out my views on foreign policy, how we deal with isis, and i think they'll make a lot of sense to the people of io

with a goverment record and purchasing human organs.the scandal prompted ohio attorney general mike dewine to parenthood. all clinics in the state were cleared of any suspicion of selling fetal tissue. fresh off the last town hall meeting before the iowa caucuses... a new poll shows hillary clinton's lead is shrinking. shrinking.but it's still pretty substantial. substantial.the c-n-n poll of democratic voters shows clinton will 52 percent of the vote... followed by bernie sanders with 38 percent.at last night's town hall meeting... sanders tried to point out the differences between him and clinton... while the former secretary of state admitted sending top secret emials from her personal account was a mistake. i had no intention other than having a convenient way of communicating and it turned out to be not so convenient. we've answered every question and we will continue to do so. ####so experience is important, but it is not the only thing. and i would urge people to check out my views with isis, and i think they'll make a lot of sense to the people of iowa and the people of our country

ohio attorney general mike dewine will attend a meeting of the human trafficking commission in columbus. officials are expected to release the 2015 human trafficking annual report. happening today happening today across the tri- state... a groundbreaking ceremony will be held for the lincoln grant scholar house in covington. the facility will provide homes for 45 single parent families pursuing a college degree. and a public meeting will be held to discuss renovations for the western hills engineer says improvements million dollars. it's set for 1 p-m at the county building downtown. another water main big problems for details next in a live adlib weather and traffic tease kara 2 shot diyanow? fresh step extreme lightweight litter isn't just ligh 's also the best lightweight for eliminating odors. amazing, right? r superior odor elimination try esh step extreme...

epidemic.state leaders will meet today to talk about how to solve the problem.ohio attorney general mike dewine will hold an emergency meeting with ohio law enforcement and public safety officials in columbus this morning.they'll discuss ideas that work ... such as treating drug overdose scenes as crime scenes, using naloxone to save lives, and addressing addiction in jails. they'll also cover using the state's automated prescription reporting system to find dealers. 3 the co-chairs of the child poverty coalition will meet today.the group was created by cincinnati major john cranley to address childhood poverty in the city.mayor cranley gave the coalition until june to come up with a plan.but today, the co-chairs will talk about possibly pushing that deadline back to september, since it took longer than expected to get the coalition organized. right now, the group is looking to hire a consultant, who will recommend ideas to the co-chairs.those co-chairs will then decide the best path forward. 3 there's a public meeting tonight about a proposal for free preschool for every child in cincinnati.or

happening today happening today ohio attorney general mike dewine is holding an emergency meeting to discuss the state's opiate epidemic. he'll meet with law enforcement and public safety officials in happening today happening today across the tri- state.. newport aquarium is set to unveil plans for a new exhibit. the announcement is set for 10:30... we'll of course bring you the update on air and online at fox19 now dot com. how local road crews are preparing to keep drivers safe.. ahead of the coming snow. adlib weather and traffic tease kara 2 shot

ohio attorney general mike dewine says his office has gotten sweestakes or prize scams. the average reported loss around 5-thousand dollars! many are getting phone calls that they've won the lottery... and they have to wire money to the scammers to get the winnings! so if you get a call like that... you're being urged to hang up. bengals cam the bengals play the steelers tongiht at 8:15. e-s-p-n 1530's mo egger is live in studio with what to hope for. mo tell us what you think! everything you need to know about tonight's playoff game online on our fox19 now app. fox19 now app. plus.... fox19 now app. plus.... one of the most powerful drug trafficker in the world... is now behind bars. more on his arrest.... dan leve and a live look outside on this saturday morning. we have snow in the forecast. catherine will detail your forecast. toyota billboard a dynamic weather for the next 36 hours! a strengthening area of low pressure is approaching from the west. a majority of the tri-state will be dry throughout the afternoon with cloudy skies and temperatures touching the mid 50

mike dewine said that thrifty propane in medina didn't deliver propane to customers, even though they paid for it. the company could be fined up to $25,000. the past eight months, his office has received 38 complaints against that company. >>> and thanks for starting your day with us on newschannel 5. i'm terrence lee. >> i'm jackie fernandez. happy you're here. still ahead, a father outraged his father subjected to a nearly two-minute patdown from tsa. pocket that set off sensors. >> and first, it was distracted driving and now distracted parenting. your cell fen obsession could affect your child's development. and first, we want to check in with the neighborhood tracker. >> and we're heading to westlake. current temperatures, 25 degrees, pretty chilly out there. the good news, it's dry. look at the radar pushing through. no rain for now but it starts to move in. today's high in westlake, 42 degrees. dry and a good amount of sunshine. that is a look at the neighborhood forecast. stick around we have more news and weather on the other side of the break. . >>> welcome back. time now is

ohio attorney general mike dewine has indicted charges environmental enterprises incorporated for the 2012 death of an employee. 20-year-old zachary henzerling died after chemicals he was henzerling' s supervisor kyle indicted. the company and its employees are now facing a number of charges including involuntary manslaughter, reckless homicide , and tampering with evidence. also just into the newsroom, bengals cornerback andy dalton has been ruled out of the wild-card game against the steelers. dalton broke his thumb back on december 13, the last time the bengals played the steelers. dalton' s cast came off on monday -- but the bengals say he' s let' s talk about the forecast. s on the field is going to get wet. randi: everyone of them. and everyone in the stands, too. we' re looking at what weather for the weekend, we' ve obviously started the day with some showers and another round will take a miss as we head towards kickoff -- take aim at us as we head towards kickoff. cloudy skies, it' s been steadily raining since about 3:00 this morning. we finally watching the back edge roll t

mike dewine says they'll discuss everything from treating overdoses to reporting abuse..we'll have more later today on nine on your side. some kentucky teens didn't just use their snow day yesterday to sit around an play video games.instead... they posted on facebook that needed it ...and people in hardin county took them up on it ...they ended up jumping car batteries, shoveling snow and pulling out stuck cars. "people always get stuck and sometimes they don't have a do it. " "the three boys did all that work for free. let get your latest nine first warning forecast. we will start our thursday forecast with mostly cloudy skies and temperatures in the teens. rural and side roads are still slick but most interstates are snow free for your morning rush. highs tonight, so overcast conditions are expected with a low of 200f. light snow will begin friday morning in our very southern counties across northern kentucky. that's where we could have our first issues on the roads. snow spreads to the north during the day, coming into cincinnati mainly after noon. snow will turn widespread friday af

meanwhile, ohio attorney general mike dewine has a warning for anyone getting a powerball ticket. his office says it's gotten more than two dozen complaints about sweepstakes or prize scams... with the average reported loss around $5- thousand dollars! many are getting phone calls that they've won the lottery... and they have to wire money to the scammers to get the winnings! so if you get a call like that... you're being urged to hang up. "you's don't like me... and i don't like you." the governor of maine is firing back after video surfaces of him making some controversial comments about african americans. hear it for yourself... after the break. jeff. live wx tease day... three police shot, in separate incidents, in the line of duty in the u-s. one of those shootings was in philadelphia... where we're learning more about a possible isis connection. authorities now say the man who ambushed officer jesse hartnett... pledged allegiance to isis during his interrogation. 30-year old edward archer is charged with shooting the officer three times... only to be shot himself by that off

mike dewine says they'll discuss everything from treating overdoses to reporting abuse..we'll have more later today on nine on your side. this morning... a former marcos pizza worker accused of giving herself some pretty big tips will be in court.police say tiffany trout charged multiple large tips on customers' creidt cards without permission.police say the charges added up to more than 13-hundred dollars.trout is accused of doing this for several months before she was caught. some kentucky teens didn't just use their snow day yesterday to sit around an play video games.instead... they posted on facebook that they'd help out anyone who needed it ...and people in hardin county took them up on it ...they ended up jumping car batteries, shoveling snow and pulling out stuck cars. "people always get stuck and sometimes they don't have a do it. " "the three boys did all that let get your latest nine first warning forecast. we will start our thursday forecast with mostly cloudy skies and temperatures in the teens. rural and side roads are still slick but most interstates are snow free for you

ohio attorney general mike dewine will attend a meeting of the human trafficking commission in columbus. officials are expected to release the 2015 human trafficking annual report. happening today happening today across the tri- state... a groundbreaking ceremony will be held for the lincoln grant scholar house in covington. the facility will provide homes for 45 single parent families pursuing a college degree. and a public meeting will be held to discuss renovations for the western hills viadcut. the county engineer says improvements could cost 280- million dollars. it's set for 1 p-m at the county administration building downtown. rob 2shot more news in just a moment but first we want to check your forecast. kara 2shot frank has a look at your forecast. kara 2shot frank has a look at today's weather. mostly cloudy start with increasing afternoon clouds and an evening shower possible, high: 43 tonight: a few scattered showers, low: 35 tuesday: showers end morning then a few random flurries possible, high: 36 carstar traffic west of branch hill guinea pike, is shut down in both directi

mike dewine says they're discussing everything from treating overdoses to reporting abuse..we'll have more later today on nine on your side. right now business leaders from both sides of the ohio river are meeting in covington ... to discuss whether a 'streetcar' lies in the region's future.some believe a streetcar system ...eventually linked to cincinnati's own streetcar ... could have a major economic impact on northern kentucky businesses. the area last had a streetcar more than six decades ago. . the exec director of the covington business council says now is the time to be having these discussions ... as more people look to move closer to urban centers ... with walkable neighborhoods and public transportation. stocks are once again seesawing today after that roller coaster of a day yesterday..the dow was down more than 500 points in the afternoon with stocks tumbling over global slowdown and falling oil prices. abc's elizabeth hur is in new york with the latest. :suggested intro:stocks are once again seesawing today after that roller coaster of a day yesterday.. right now.. the d

ohio attorney general mike dewine says his complaints about sweestakes or prize scams. the average reported loss around 5-thousand dollars! many are getting phone calls that they've won the lottery... and they have to wire money to the scammers to get the winnings! so if you get a call like that... you're being urged to hang up. and when that drawing happens at 11-o-clock tonight... we're gonna post the winning numbers on a ticker at the bottom of your screen... so keep an eye out. we'll also post them on the fox19 now facebook and twitter pages. weather now so jeff... i got mine, what about you? jeff overspread the tri-state this evening and overnight as a strong area of low pressure approaches from the southwest. some of the rain could be locally heavy with up to a half inch or a little more possible before morning. we will remain rather mild through the night as well, falling into the mid 30s by 7am. colder air then rushes in turning lingering rain to snow and snow showers. as it looks right now, the speed of the system will keep snow amounts to under an inch, but ce

ohio attorney general mike dewine is holding an emergency meeting to discuss the state's opiate epidemic. he'll meet with law enforcement and public safety officials in columbus. happening today happening today across the tri- state.. newport aquarium is set to unveil plans for a new exhibit. the announcement is set for 10:30... we'll of course bring you the update on air and online at fox19 now dot com. the woman's city club of greater cincinnati is hosting a public forum on how to help children who experience aversity and trauma. it starts at 5:45 at the united way convening center on reading road. 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. winter weather advisory's for areas of northern and brown county's go into affect winter storm warning for our extreme southern and south eastern kentucky counties. we are watching what could be a major winter southeastern counties into and could bring several inches of foot possible in areas near maysville and as far north as florence and the i 71 76 split we could

ohio attorney general mike dewine is pushing for more agencies to carry narcan to save lives. other speakers talked of the need to detox jails where half the inmates have heroin-related issues. and, they heard they have to overdoses as crime scenes. "communities that i've seen across the state that are beginnig to fight back successfully against heroin -- successfully fight back against pain meds - are communities that have gotten so sick of seeing their kids die that they kind of a rise up in a grass roots effort and start fighting back. i can be very effective as long as the entire community gets involved." involved." first responders in southwestern ohio are already taking many of the steps discussed. coming up nine on your side at five, our tom mckee has the story of what new things they learned today. the now cincinnati is following breaking news out of butler county.that's where a 20-year-old man just plead guilty to killing his girlfriend. girlfriend.juwan hawkins will spend at least the next two decades behind bars for the found dead in december of 20-14 at a water wor

on a chase in three cities before crashing into a brooklyn home and ohio's attorney general mike dewine set to meet with the human trafficking condition this afternoon. the meeting the include the release of the 2015 annual report on human trafficking. this morning. elevated levels of lead and theville a.m. is 45-pints east of akron and the closure comes as the water investigated. >>> and this is turning into a criminal investigation. the ohio epa said the sebring water superintendent did do his reports. school, one of several closed for tests. initial testing was done -- [audio breaking up] >> i will pick up the story from here. we're having audio problems this morning. officials issued an advisory thursday saying children and pregnant woman shouldn't drink the tap water after seven of the 20 homes where water is tested shows levels of lead and copper that exceeded e.p.a. standards. the hallways filled as people tested for lead over the weekend. 176 people came out there and five had higher-than-normal lead levels in their blood. important to note, the blood level is more than 5 and th

mike dewine said that thrifty propane in medina didn't deliver the propane to customers, even though they paid for it. the company could be fined up to $25,000 in the past 8 months, the office has received 38 complaints against the company. >>> and if you have a drone for christmas, do not forget to register it. so far, more than 180,000 remote-controlled aircraft have been registered with the faa and estimated that more than 400,000 of these were sold over the holidays and there is a lot left to go here. registration first became manitor -- mandatory by the faa december 21st. >>> and chipotle now. the food-related sickness is happening there and it's now the center of the criminal investigation. it's related to the noro 200 people and didn't include the recent outbreaks, e. coli in 9 state says and noro virus in boston. the company will be providing a number of documents to federal investigators. >>> and to a story you see on 5 this morning, a viewer contacted us saying her lost phone ended up in texas. someone put it on ebay and the buyer tracked her down. she lost her phone in dow

p>> dan: mark, attorney general pmike dewine got these to us and ptold us last year 150 people got pscammed by this. pfive job seeking scams. pthe first one, and you get these pin e-mail form. pyou see them online. pthe first one work from home. pit's an office job. pwell, what ends up happening is pthey tell you you need articular software. pyou need a new computer. pso send us money and we'll get pit to you so you can work at phome. pobviously it never happens. pthey just take your money. pthe next up, and this is popular pamong women, the mystery shopper pjob. pyou've been selected. pthey send you a check for, oh, psay $1,000. pthey tell you to deposit it and pthen start spending it at articular stores. psend a wire. pwell, that wire is your real pmoney. pbut the check they sent you, pthat's fake. pand so now you're out money. pthe next one running a web-based pbusiness. pvery similar. pthey tell you you can run your pown business. psend them money. pwe'll set you up with a website pand you'll make all of this pmoney. pof course, none of that ever phappens. pthis one was fairly new to me

ohio attorney general mike dewine will attend a meeting of the human trafficking commission in columbus. officials are expected to release the 2015 human trafficking annual report. happening today happening today across the tri- state... a groundbreaking ceremony will be held for the lincoln grant scholar house in covington. the facility will provide homes for 45 single parent families pursuing a college degree. and a public meeting will be held to discuss renovations for the western hills viadcut. the county improvements could cost 280- it's set for 1 p-m at administration building downtown. coming up... the xtra is next, and we're checking in with jeff & jenn at now underway along the east coast... when major cities to be rob levee ... plus another look at today's forecast... the morning xtra is don't go away! show open cam 4 studio bump everyone it's monday, january 25th and welcome to the fox19 now morning xtra. i'm rob williams and i'm kara sewell.... frank has the day super bowl 50 is set...and it will feature the top

the ohio attorney general mark dewine is martin a beat abused his duty to serve and protect the public. bty >>> and businesses the walmart on tuscarora tuscarora street,et, the circle straight k on dressler all targeted by bomb threats. the calls by came in at 7:00 p.m. prompting evacuations at each store. a bomb threat was also called into the canton police department.epa police say all businesses weress searched and nothing was found. we will continue to follow thee everything here at www.fox8.com ande also on tv in mecca fire destroyed a small home and sent to people to the hospital shortly before 9:00 p.m. yesterday at this trailer onile fourth-quarter street northwest. joss were stevenson's grandmother wilma noland escape the flames that stephen suffered burns on both his hands for home.he the trailer is a loss and the cause is under investigation. >>> three of the victims in a home explosion will be laid to rest this week as investigators continue to figure out exactly what happened. police fo at the scene of the blast and they say it could be arson but it could investigation is

. >> governor kasich is campaigning in new hampshire today, the ohio attorney general mike dewine tweeted out this picture of him at franklin pierce university. here's a look at what other candidates are up to. ed cruz is in osceola, iowa, campaigning with governor perry who dropped out of the race in september. mike huckabee is in iowa. our road to the white house coverage continues from iowa tonight. hillary clinton will be meeting supporters in marshalltown, iowa. our live coverage tonight starting at 9:30 eastern. >> c-span's campaign 2016 is taking you on the road to the white house for the iowa caucuses. monday, february 1, our live coverage begins at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span and c-span2. we'll bring you live precaucus coverage taking your phone calls, tweets and texts. at k p.m. eastern, we'll take you to the republican caucus on c-span and the democratic caucus on c span 2. see the event live in its entirety. stay with c-span and join in on the conversation on c-span radio and at c-span.org. >> now a look back at four debling kids of reporting on china as the new yorker magazin