good evening- i'm tricia macke. last weekend involving manziel and his ex- girlfriend in fort worth, texas. zoom well just in the last hour, fort worth police released the report.. and it includes disturbing jeremy rauch is here with more.. jeremy.. this involves allegations that manziel hit her! and that's just the beginning! according to the report, that we looked over, manziel's ex- girlfriend colleen crowley- said he hit her in the left ear.. appeared to be on drugs! the police report from january 30th reveals that crowley told police manziel got aggressive with her at a dallas hotel. she claims manziel

good evening - i'm tricia macke. just in to fox19 now-- tricia macke. just in to fox19 now-- a youth pastor--behind bars tonight--charged with multiple sex crimes against a child. investigative reporter jody barr.... here with the breaking details. sometime monday--independen ce police arrested walton kentucky youth pastor--joe niemeyer. he's charged tonight with sodomy--rape--and first degree sex abuse. kenton county jail records show independence police charged 54 year old joe niemeyer with those three felonies. jail records show the crimes were all committed on a child under 12 years old. we don't know whether the victim had any connection to new banklick baptist church in walton. that's where the pastor there confirmed to us--that niemeyer was a youth pastor--working alongside his wife at this walton kentucky church. the church's facebook page shows niemeyer involoved in several activities with the youth members--and shows niemeyer on trips with the youth members outside of church. the pastor there tell us--he's close friends with joe niemeyer--and

i'm tricia macke. we have team coverage for you tonight, as parts of the tri-state are under a winter storm warning. but first - let's get straight to chief meteorologist steve horstmeyer... and steve -- this snow has bad timing..... maybe ruining some valentine's day plans! weather alert steve cam engineers in if you don't need to stay home. so its not just us out... we have you fox 19's michael baldwin is out there and michael whats it like now. tricia most of the roads are still snow covered so don't let the snow letting up fool you. the folks in hamilton county tell me they have to tend to about 1800 lane miles. in other words, thats a lot of road. tonight hamilton county will be taking care of 54 snow routes. and good thing they are. check out this car we found sitting on the side of the road stuck. as we traveled a ltttle further down hamilton ave in mt. healthy we saw this vehicle driving with there hazzards on. hazzardous roadways will do that to you. don't take it from me. listen to theresa cu

good evening i'm tricia macke.... boone, kenton, and campbell county cancelled evening let's start with the chief.. steve horstmeyer... steve... steve weather meantime many people have been commenting on the huge snowflakes that have been falling... meteorologist matt holiner has that part of the story... matt holiner wx comp matt holiner current confitions and hourly forecasts download the fox19 now weather app. it's simple just text "snow" to four-19-19 you can also upload pictures of the snow on the app! many of you have been sending in pictures of what it looks like in your part of town. here are just a few... download that right now the father of a woman who police say hit an 11-year old at a west price hill crosswalk.. and then took off... is apologizing to the little girl's family. fox19 now's mike outside the hamilton county where ruby ee-step has bonded out.. mike.. mike remote ruby estepp left the justice center after posting a 17- bond today.. she not only faces tonight...but she here in court for allegedly

good evening i'm tricia macke... we have live, team coverage... including damage from today... and a water main break that has homeowners devastated. but let's start with the chief.. steve horstmeyer... steve.. not fun out there.. steve weather tricia traffic cam right now.. a live look at revolving traffic cameras state... so far.. so good on the highways at this hour. not a fun evening for a woman who won't sleep in her own bed in the 94- hundred block of wynnecrest drive in blue ash. home isn't livable.. after a giant tree crashed through it. all this rain caused the massive tree root to rise.. sending the tree right through the ceiling of sheila franklin's bathroom. we shot some video of the inside. insulation all over the place. and scary moments.. because get this. sheila's bedroom is right next to the bathroom... and her pillow... was three feet away! "we heard something you've never heard in your life. it was a big bang." and .. despite all of that... sheila says the shampoo window of the bathroom... never moved! please dowload it's free... and you can get all of this in

good evening, i'm tricia macke. we broke this story on the fox19 now mobile app. who posted comments on facebook... threatening to shoot people at the kenton county public library? if you think the answer is as simple as finding a profile... think again. fox19 now's mike schell joins us live with more... and mike police aren't quite sure who's behind this right? you are absolutely right tricia,, anytime these threats come over social media authorites have to do some special detective work to find out who posted it. the one here at the kenton county libarary in erlanger. 1nat "ok, they're closed." one by one people were turned away today at the kenton county library in erlanger... a swat team and detectives searched the library inside and out looking for someone suspicious.. 1sgt. "initially it was a threat of force against a potential person who worked here. the profanity laced threat came on facebook by someone named daniel...who said he just got out of the campbell county jail..that he had a gun...and that he was going to shoot someone at the desk, near the comp

good evening, i'm tricia macke. it happened near the intersection of maple and locust streets in lockland. that's where mike schell is live.. and mike... police say the homeowner is the one who pulled the trigger right? rollcue to vo="... over an hour ago" "a guy just tried to come in here and cut my throat and he's down on the floor." rollcue to sot = "well liked in the neighborhood" everybody knows him. if you needed a cigarete or something like that or some change, you know, he was a good guy. he does things for a lot of people." also breaking now... the cincinnati reds have confirmed that former manager lou piniella will be the grand marshal of this year's opening day parade! the team just named him front office consultant earlier this month. this will be the 97th year of the findlay market parade. right now animation right now 2 sixth graders are facing serious charges... after police say they used facebook to issue a bomb threat on their school! fox19 now's shawn has the story. shawn lanier: "well say they fou

we just learned that the mother's death is now being treated as a homicide good evening, i'm tricia macke. mike schell is live at the middletown police department... mike that mother was found dead in dayton... that's is correct tricia... dayton police say she was found shot to death...and the baby was located out in the cold...sitting in a car... but earlier today department...the child's father had a very happy reunion.. 2chris "i'm happy to have my baby back" chris edwards says he can rest easy now that his daughter haven is back in his arms.. police say the child's non- custodial mother...brittany russell went to chris's home on taylor avenue and convinced the babysitter to allow her to have the child. 5chris "she didn't take her as in kidnapping wise, but she took her like to spend time with her daughter." police say russell then called the told him that she few hours or later that night. she never did. 3chris "we basically went to dayton looking for her morning." when chris child's mother...he says he returned to middletown where officers told him to go on home and try to get some r

exactly happened on harrison avenue yesterday, that left a suspect dead and a full good evening, i'm tricia macke. we've got team coverage to break let's start with our own michael baldwin who joins scene. michael.... cell be a big part of this investigation right? it certainly does tricia. it captures of paul gastons life. here's a picture of the air soft gun gaston had. the officers at the time didn't know the gun was fake. and the chief said it was a very realistic pistol. - you leave them where we can see them take a look and listen to the cell phone video captured by witnesses as police confronted 37- year-old paul gaston. get on your face here's another cell phone video of the same incident from a different view. listen to how worried the witnesses are. please do it please do it. please do what your asked he's another view. look at the officers guns pointed. they are giving gaston commands. he is listening at first. but things go get on your face right keep your hands where we can see them what they say back up and then we hear this. keep your hands where we can see them. go all wow, let me

good evening, i'm tricia macke. when it comes to severe weather... we've got you covered. so let's get right to it with the chief... meteorologist steve horstmeyer. steve? slight risk for severe storms late slight risk for severe storms late evening sky is beginning to clear and the temperature is temperature has warm front moves viewing area more be visible and warm into the 60s. 60 mark will be our counties owen, carroll, gallatin and switzerland . by early to mid evening we should all be around 60. thunderstorms will develop in the warm humid air and some could be marginally severe. this in no way is a big outbreak of severe weather and at this point chances are fairly good that we escape without severe storms. but late this evening a few cells could approach or just exceed severe thresholds. now is a good time app. it's free for your iphone or android. and coming up a little later... we'll show you how to use the lightning detector. it could come in handy tonight. what would you do if you found a toddler walking alone in the middle of the street at night? that's the ex

good evening, i'm tricia macke. for more we bring in jeremy rauch. jeremy.... lots of smiles today around town.. for high school the day when everything you've worked for, becomes a reality when pen meets paper. and we're showing you now, what that looks like in the tri-state. we begin at c-h-c-a, 6-foot-8 defensive end prince sammons had offers from uc, ohio state, nearly every big time program, he signs with auburn. in sharonville, 32 football stars signed their letter of intent. biggest names? colerain's deshaunte jones signs with iowa state over uc, mason's ty sponseller chose the bearcats. one of 23 in the bearcats 20-16 class. and to uc's credit, they took a different approach this year. tommy tuberville: "we took on the battle of saying we're going after every player we think can play here. i don't care who's offering, the number one team in the country or the number five team, we're going head to head. some we got, some we didn't, but we threw our name in the hat, but we want to do that because we feel like we can compete with anybody. it hasn't been do

good evening i'm tricia macke. it happened late 275 east... in kentucky... near the combs-hehl bridge. let's get right to fox19 now's ben katko live on the over in that area all the time... katko remote traffic is moving just a bit here across the combs hehl bridge toward coney island right now. we are high above the accident right now... as police are still piecing it all together. this happened around 3 this afternoon. we are just learning from police that they think the driver may have been on drugs and speeding leading to the crash. officers also tell us they found needles in the car. take a look at the devastation in this video. the driver is dead. as for the other passengers... including a small child who was thrown from the car while strapped in a car seat... they are still alive right now. we have learned that the infant involved is a 7- month old... who is critical right now. police say the driver lost control... went off the road... and the car started flipping and rolling. "the vehicle travelling at a high rate of speed appeared to go off the righ

good evening everyone, i'm tricia macke. there are already school and event cancellations for tonight... we've got a team of meteorologists standing by to bring you the latest.... so let's get right to it with the chief... steve horstmeyer. weather alert animation winter weather advisory for all counties in the fox19 now viewing area except decatur co. in until become scattered now viewing area expected to develop from time- to-time into wednesday air and pavement temps below freezing any snow shower could cause icy patches to develop. as temperatures fall well below freezing overnight - into the teens - another issue with travel for your will be re-freezing. problem in areas with little traffic that are untreated. in addition sidewalks and bridge decks are vulnerable. cold air will dominate into next week and it looks chance of a warmer than freezing comes of rain and snow that look or a few and friday. thanks matt... you know snow... we wanna see how things are looking in your neighborhood. take a look at some of the pictu

good evening i'm tricia macke... let's get right to the chief.. steve horstmeyer... steve.. what's with the fog? steve weather we have a rotating series of cameras going right now, and as you can see the fog is causing some serious visibility issues. now, when i'm not at work surrounded by meteorologists.. i use the fox19 now weather app to keep up with the changing conditions... it's like having a personal weather guy! plus, it's simple to download, just text snow to 4-19- 19. tragedy in springfield township tonight... after flames and smoke leave a man dead... and firefighters on the it happened at a court near this morning.. fox19 now's mike schell is there... mike we have the who died in this fire... schell remote identified as david oldham... a man believed to be in his early 60's and landmark church in evendale oldham's neighbors say he was one of the nicest people you'd ever want to meet. 3teri "it just happened so quick and such a shame." teri keller is david oldham's next door neighbor... 1teri "super nice guy. he kept to himself. very friendly. he walked the neighb

good evening, i'm tricia macke. let's get right to the chief... steve horstmeyer. steve what are we looking at? take a look at this video shot by our baton rouge showing some of the storm damage in prairieville steve weather cloud cover will be increasing this afternoon and rain will move into the southern counties of the fox19 now viewing area by midnight. occasionally very heavy rain overnight could cause ponding on roadways and flash flooding could become a problem. in addition areas that have had recent mud slides may see more late tonight and tomorrow. both the morning and evening commutes look rainy day slow. rainfall totals will exceed 2 inches in many areas by midday thursday. as the cold air arrives after midnight wed/thu the rain will change to wet, light snow. with the ground warm and the air at or warmer than 32 it will be a mostly wet to slushy situation. thursday morning could become a problem in isolated areas with a slick spot or two. so we could be dealing with school delays thursday morning. snow showers will be scattered on thursday with 1 inch o

she told our tricia macke, quote... "even though we are in desperate need of increased space, we are also in need of more scientists and forensic pathologists. our d-n-a section has been inundated with submissions, partly due to the very busy heroin task force. and we have performed 20-percent more this time. she had more to say. you can read it all, on fox19now.com. you decide happening today... nevada is holding its republican caucuses. and the g-o-p white house hopefuls continue to fire pot-shots at each other as they look to win delegate support. "every single day something comes out of the cruz campaign that's deceptive and untrue." "none of you have heard me throw the kind of insults at marco rubio that he's throws at me every single day." it's a cruz commercial, and he made this thing - it's like where do they come up with these ideas? although he just fired his guy so maybe that will be the end of it." ohio governor john kasich is feeling some heat this morning.... he made an eyebrow-raising comment about women

good evening - i'm tricia macke... we start with team coverage on the weather tonight.. tricia zoom out 2sh chief meteorologist steve horstmeyer - you've been in the weather center all night.. tracking this... what's the very latest? national weather picture... matt? tornado originated in near newton, mississippi in east central mississippi. then tracked about 100 miles northeast into alabama. tornado may have lifted and set back down several times. caused extensive damage around mcmullin and aliceville alabama. numerous trees and power lines down several mobile and brick homes were of a house and some people were debris, but rescued. only minor injuries have far. far. of course - be sure fox19 now weather app.. for pinpointing the storm in your area. right now cops in covington are taking new steps to ensure citizen's safety tonight. a new program designed to help the lgbt our ben katko is with police tonight in covington... with the story. police here just rolled out this liasion program yesterday. two officers will streets... to help build better relationships with thi

good evening - im tricia macke. both shootings happened just a few hours ago and police are investigating if their linked. fox 19's michael baldwin is on the scene michael. tricia its quiet over here now this is the place where police old was involved in a drive by shooting. they are telling us it happened somewhere around 7:15 tonight. now the person devante settles. it was over here in the 5500 hundrend avenue. police are telling me the know he was shot once and possibly twice in the back. he was taken to uc hosptial and is in stable condition now amazingly, was able to walk to stations, he was able to get help from police. investigators haven't been able to talk to him yet so the only describtion of the vehicle that shot at him is a black toyota. police tell me there are some witnesses and they plan on talking to them to get more information. police don't have a lot to go on at this point but again they a leaning toward this being a drive by shooting. it appears to have been it appears that he was on the walk way

good evening i'm tricia macke... we're talking about the 3-year old shot dead near sunman, indiana.. on van wedding road... in dearborn county near the ripley county line... fox19 now's mike schell just got an update on the situation.. phone with the coroner who says its a complicated investigation...and the sheriff's office should have a statement in the next couple of hours as we get more information.. we'll have it for you on air.. on the fox19 now news app.. and fox19now.com. tricia hplaz the university of cincinnati is without two leaders of the school's police force tonight. now ex-chief jason goodrich has resigned... along with major tim thornton. walk to bam r it all comes amidst a 'top to bottom' review of the department, coming after sam dubose was shot to death a traffic stop last year. let's get right to ben katko live on campus... ben remote on campus tonight... things are different inside this department... campus safety leaders tell me the company reviewing the department pointed out some quote "manage

good evening - i'm tricia macke.. we begin in blue ash.. the scene of a police chase tonight... fox19 now's michael baldwin is live with the latest. that chased tricia ended right here on this street in centinal where one of two suspects was caught we are told he was taken away in an ambulance and we will tell you why in a second. the chase started on cook street. an alert officer out here notice two people trying to break into a home. what's not clear is if the homeowner was inside at the time. blue ash police would chase two suspects. a foot chase would ensue. one of the suspects would be caught just down the road here on florence. he was atually caught by a montgomery police officer. the second suspect would be chased through a back yard here on centinal. police brought in the canine unit and the dog chased the suspect and apprehended him. we spoke with one of the officers a short time ago who told us it was just the dog taking a bite out of crime. happened right outside a meeting of residents looking for answers after a violent shootout over the weekend. their plans to take a

we even found some video our own tricia macke who joined in the sledding fun with some kids at devou park! adlib 4shot anchors adlib during 4 shot in many areas to and dry this cloud mix today temperatures of 46 chance of rain with a rain and snow mix possible on monday as temperatures fall back into 30s. much colder air lows in the teens. dealing with snow week. with much showers could will be much two lanes of westbound will remain closed due to actively moving earth in the area that is spilling over the retaining wall near william howard taft road. at 9 a.m. tomorrow, all lanes of columbia parkway will be closed in both directions from baines street to torrence parkway to allow city officials, working with contractors, to remove the remaining loose soil. happening today mardi gras is tuesday... but the celebration kicks off today here in kara dblbx our jessica brown joins us live from with the details. fat tuesday isn't until next week but mainstrasse village is celebrating it's the 20th annual mainstrasse village mardi gras that 8. all the local bars mardi gras fun tomorrow night

good evening - i'm tricia macke. let's get straight to frankie jupiter - -he's there now live - what can you tell us? tonight.... new information coming in now in the investigation of a serious hit and run accident in anderson township. released the information about

good evening- i'm tricia macke.. that game just wrapped up... and we have team coverage from the cintas center.. fox19 now's sports anchor jeremy rauch kicks things off.. it never hurts to beat a number one team this time of year... right jeremy? in front of a sellout crowd at cintas center, down goes number one villanova. the first top 5 showdown in almost 60 years, the first ever number one team to play here, and xavier gets it done. x won this game from the start, came out firing and from the start, came out firing and never let up. jalen reynolds sparked it, but j-p macura off the bench, had 19 points in xavier's 7-point win over nova. x remains unbeaten this season when they shoot better tonight, and had six guys in double figures. safe to say this solidifies it. x goes from a heavyweight solidifies it. x goes from a heavyweight hopeful, to a heavyweight contender. we'll have reaction from coach mack and the players coming up. live at cintas, jr, fox19 now the hype was so strong on campus today... students were outside before the sun came u

good evening- i'm tricia macke. last weekend involving manziel and his ex- girlfriend in fort worth, texas. zoom well just in the last hour, fort worth police released the report.. and it includes disturbing jeremy rauch is here with more.. jeremy.. this involves allegations that manziel hit her! and that's just the beginning! according to the report, that we looked over, manziel's ex- girlfriend colleen crowley- said he hit her in the left ear.. appeared to be on drugs! the police report from january 30th reveals that crowley told police manziel got aggressive with her at a dallas hotel. she claims manziel hit her several times driving back to her home in fort worth. when police arrived, officers say manziel's ex became uncooperative and didn't want the officer to take a statement or take pictures of her injuries. a and now this... dallas police say manziel will not be charged and the investigation is closed. why? they say, no reported criminal offense occurred. the cleveland browns say they know about all of this, and so does the nfl - both are taking a close look. happening now...

it's tricia macke.. we begin with breaking details another workplace this time in hesston, kansas.. at this hour - we know that up to seven people are dead and as many as result... counted among the it happened excel industries plant where the suspect was an we'll bring you information comes newsroom. right now... this little cat is fighting for her life. rescue workers say she was swung by her tail... and thrown outside. tonight... she can't use half her body. now the f-b-i will be involved in cases like this and others. our ben katko joins us live tonight... with her fight for survival. ava is a new mother to five kittens. as for her... her future is up in the air. we are here at the fbi in kenwood. it's the fbi... that's tracking and crimes like murder. there is nothing easy about daily life these days for little ava. janel hemrick/joseph's legacy rescue "she pretty much drags the back half of her body everywhere that she goes." rescue workers with joseph's legacy rescue say 2-year old ava was found in brown county. what happened to her... is hard to imagine. janel "she was picke

good evening i'm tricia macke... three cincinnati police officers... shot and killed a suspect in westwood... after they say.. he pulled a handgun from his waistband... tonight - we have team coverage on that shooting... frankie jupiter just spoke with the hamilton county coroner... who has been at the scene all night... and his here to tell us the details. so michael around 4 oclock.. police say they got a call that the man was waving a gun.. what happened next? by night fall the police lights were still turning. a suspect shot by police after showing a hand gun pulled from his waist. a woman at work at a near by restaurant took this photograph. the man's body is covered in a white tarp in the middle of the street on harrison in westwood. and you can see the gun next to the body. michael baldwin: what did you think when you saw all this. jerrie wooten: it was crazy i was keeping my son back cause i didn't want him to get in the way what's not clear is if the man was in or out of his vehicle when he was waving the gun around. this telephone poll. this

i'm tricia macke.. breaking now - this our newsroom... surveillance showing a man police say... is very dangerous and they want to get off the streets after he killed a dog in cold blood and tried to do the same to two people. we spoke with police a short time ago... they tell us he broke into a house on eastern avenue back in december. while there, investigators say he didn't want any witnesses ..... so he shot a young man in the leg.. then, turned the gun on that victim's mother, shooting her twice... then he killed the family dog. after that.. cops say he pointed his semi-automatic hand gun at point blank range in the face of the antoher man, but by that time he was out of rounds. based on his actions and the things he did it leaves no doubt in my mind that one of the things he wanted to do was that he didn't want to leave any identifying victim. i think if he would have had more rounds in that gun he would have killed one the house" crime stoppers if you have information that could help police - call crime stoppers... 513-352- 30-40.. a middletown mom's death... is now a hom

good evening - i'm tricia macke. the man, who cops say, pulled out that gun was slapped with a federal indictment today as anti-violence now's frankie jupiter joins us with the officer's harrowing story. it was and it all started at this intersection. a traffic stop ended to an unexpected turn. one that could have been deadly. "gun recovery, he tried to shoot to fired at lamars avenue in lincoln heights." that was the 911 dispatch call back in september when then lockland matthew kurtz routine traffic stop on a vehicle that had no plates. the vehicle, got vehicle operator took off." the driver of the vehicle was 40- year-old keno very short foot took a turn for the phillips pulled out a gun. "he stuck directly to my stomach. i heard the click of the firing pen going off" but there was no bullet in the chamber, before he officers were able to disarm phillips. "you start to think about your family and your loved ones and the things that you could have done. it just makes you feel blessed to be alive." the feds mean bus