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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 well 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 cant use half her body. Now the fbi 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. Its the fbi. Thats tracking and crimes like murder. There is nothing easy about daily life these days for little ava. Janel hemrick josephs legacy rescue she pretty much drags the back half of her body everywhere that she goes. Rescue workers with josephs legacy rescue say 2year old ava was found in brown county. What happened to her. Is hard to imagine. Janel she was picked up by her tail. She was swung around the persons head, and she was thrown outside because either her or one of the on the floor. Animal abuse cases are on the radar of more than local Law Enforcement. In january. The fbi launched plans to track animal cruelty alongside crimes like arson and homicide. Janel she also has a broken tail from where they were holding on to her tail. By tracking these crimes. The fbi wants to prevent other crimes. And help save more but for ava. Despite small situation is serious. Virtually non functioning. Janel her spinal cord was not severed, which gave us hope. However, it is basically corkscrewed. Ava also has five small kittens. Caretakers say they were completely dependent on her when this happened. Janel its very heartbreaking that someone could take a mom from their small babies. Now, were bottlefeeding five babies. Avas been in and out of different treatments to try to get her healthy again. Despite great uncertainty. Janel she keeps fighting. As long as she fights, well try to do the same thing. Rescue workers tell me that theyre in touch with Law Enforcement in brown county about this. Theyll say theyll also be involving the dog warden as well. None of the kittens are up for adoption yet. But they will be eventually. Live in kenwood. Ben katko. Fox19 now. Developing now developing now the balding bandit strikes again tonight, officers in both ohio and kentucky are looking for the thief who they say stolen rogaine. Our Megan Orourke is live with the latest on the investigation and a look at surveillence video. In just the last few days. The man has hit several area Stores Including three right here in florence. Officers tell us operates the same each time, grabbing the goods, and making a quick escape. Take a look at this video from inside the Crescent Springs walgreen store. Watch as the man grabs a basket and immeadiately starts filling it up with boxes of rogaine, and the memory supplement, prevagen. Problem is police say he didnt pay for any of it. And not just here, but also at stores in mt. Healthy, North College hill, west chester, florence and even as far away as pittsburgh sot 4 its quite a large area that hes covering, he does the same thing every time he goes in and targets the same items. Detective erik daniels is investigating the florence thefts. 3 in just 35 and lots of questions about whats happening to the hair medication. Sot 5 id say obviously hes not using it just for his personal hygiene, but again we dont know exactly where its going after its stolen residents like xxx have their ideas. But, officers tell me theres a good chance the rogaine and supplements are being sold. So theyre keeping a close eye on Online Auction sites. Sot 6 oh i think theres probably a black market for everything, you, being that its expensive, if he turns around and sells it for 10 or 15 dollars off somewhere, all of that money is going straight in his pocket, and the person buying it may or may not know that it is stolen property if you recognize the suspect or call Crime Stoppers at 352 3040. Rl mo fox19 now. Weather now steve cam breaking now breaking now. Police in indiana are looking. For the driver of a suspicious vehicle. For allegedly trying to entice a teen girl in in Dearborn County. It happened yesterday evening. Cops say the man with ohio plates was trying to drugs to get them in the car. If you see anything police. Now county, a manchester high in a jail cell after kidnapped and raped a 15yearold girl. Court records show 18year old denny blanton, junior allegedly forced the 15year old into his vehicle on monday, and drove her to a secluded area where he raped her. Blantons in jail on a halfmillion dollar bond. Hes due back in court a week from tomorrow. New at 10. This avondale man is locked up tonight, accused of peeping in a Clifton Heights window. Darrell harris is charged with voyeurism and public indecency. Officers say they caught up with harris inside his car on wheeler street after the victim called police. An emt worker in aurora indiana is missing. No one has seen or heard from him since monday and his family is getting worried. Prosecutors are asking questions about Something Else thats missing. Fox 19s Michael Baldwin is live an michael any word . No tricia we still havent heard from him. We tried to speak with some of his co workers here at the aurora rescue and they cant talk on camera but said they are concerned. And then theres this. Court papers filed just two days after emt Craig Whitham went missing are asking for bank records. Prosecutors in Dearborn County want his bank to give them bank records from january 1st of last year to this month. Why . They are investigating if he was involved in theft of funds at emergency rescue, inc. His family tells me he has worked as an emt for 20 years. Hes a an employee here at the aurora emergency resue. I sat down with his cousin tonight who did not want to go into the theft allegationsrathe r focus on her missing cousin. We are really worried person and this is not like him. A picture of craig has been posted on the lawrenceburg pds website asking for help if people have seen him. In it you can see his car which is a silver suv. The family knew something was wrong when go check on him and works all the time said this past monday her dad. Look for him and found his cell phone and his wallet and he knew that wasnt right becsause he never leaves those things behind whitham is only 42 years old. She said she doubts hes just out having a good time somewhere and not contacting his famiy. She told me she is trying to stay positive. We just really want to hear from him and know that he is ok. If he did just take off for awhile and needed some space that is fine we just want to hear from him and know that he is ok we are concerned for his well being now craig left with credit cards. Angel told me as far as she has heard from police the credit cards have not been used. Live in aurora Michael Baldwin fox 19 now. Reds 38. Thats the number of days until opening day. And the reds are gearing up in arizona. Sports director joe danneman. Is live tonight. With the latest from spring training. Joe . The big talker here tonight continues to be what everyone is thinking at home watching this. That the reds without frazier and cueto and chapman just wont be very good. Tonight joey votto says if you say that to him hell get in your face. Want you to see this video fox19 now captured. Its jay bruce working with eric davis and barry larkin a good two hours after the rest of the team leftt. Star power at this camp and some swag thanks Brandon Phillips and some pride. Cue joey votto. Joey votto youre going to have to take it from us everyday. And, i refuse to go into a season thinking that its already set in stone that were going to be last place or were not going to make the playoff or were not going to have a chance to win the world series. And, i brought up getting in peoples faces, thats probably the one thing ill confront people on if any of that sort of thing would carry into the clubhouse, im certainly not going to represent it. Just an observation from watching joey votto now several years here at spring training hes different this year. Hes more involved with his teammates. In fact today he yelled up to the clubbies to shut off the music during drills so he could quote talk to these guys more. Fox19 now. Guns. In the hands of children. The controversy surrounding a new proposal. Coming up. No no no im the only one on the stage thats hired people. You havent hired anybody. Fireworks. In the gop showdown. A live report on the best moments ahead. Steve chroma breaking this picture just in on that workplace shooting in kansas. The shooter now identified as cedric ford. Kwch showing this picture of the large gun. To prisonafter killing a manwhile texting behind the wheel of his 18 wheeler. The crash happened in boone county last year. Tonightwe investigate the problem in the tri stateand why its one of the hardest crimes for troopers to catchand charge. Investigative reporter jody barr joins us live from warren countyand jodywarren county has a major problem there . It does troopers tell metheyve written more distracted driving tickets in this county than any just about any other county in ohio. As deadly as these things have proven to be behind the wheelyou still see every day. Its everywhere you look people with one hand on the wheelthe other clutching a cell phone. We caught these drivers on camerafrom all over the tri statein just a couple hours. Many timesit ends badly. This truckers spending the next 7 years in a kentucky prison. Investigators say Christopher Thornhill was texting behind the wheel of his tractor trailersideswiped this carand ran head on into two others. The crash killed mark sevilla. He was 45 years old. Barr you dont think he suffered . Cleves i dont think so. Strack i think he was horrified knowing it was coming at him and i cant imagine the terror that went through him. Sevillas sisters, libby and kathy, saw the crash report. Investigators foundsevilla hit the brakes just before the coming. Investigators also foundthornhillin stead of helping the injuredspent time deleting Text Messages right inside the crash site. Strack to know that somebody had been there with mark would have been so comforting. But he laid there alone because this guy was worried about his phone. Barr this driver knew hed made a big mistake . Strack how could you not . The problem is growing in ohio. Ohio patrol records showbetween 2013 and 2014, nearly 2,000 crashes involved a cell phone and texting. Each yeardrivers between 16 and 35 years old caused 61 percent of all cell phonerelated crashes across the state. Since 2013cuyahoga countys led the state in distracted driving charges with 82 total. Mahoning county ranked secondwith warren and hamilton counties coming in third and fourthhighest in the state. Police radio. But enforcing the states texting ban is extremely tough. In ohio, police cant stop you for having a phone in your handwithout first catching you on a separate traffic violation. Thats why written 992 texting violations since 2013. They think it wont happen to them. Mark savillas family tells usthey once thought the same thinguntil they were forced to meet Christopher Thornhill. It just happened to be our brother that paid the price for his text. Took him away because of a text. Just down the interstate across the river into kentuckythe laws different. If a cop sees you on thishe can pull you and charge you. The point from the patrol here isjust knock it off when youre behind the wheel. Sot stormtracker Stinger Steve cam the threats. That shut down a local library. What police are saying. And when plan to reopen. Nats 4 seconds american closing on the superstars. An American Idol history lesson. After the break. The scariest thing ive ever been through in my girl from her bedroom window. How she got away and the manhunt underway. The gloves come off. Were live as trump trades jabs rubio. Who will be the last man standing . Even had long, curly American Idol singers. And how playdoh can hack your smart phone. Now you decide 2016 the field is intensity and stakes are not. As the remaining president ial facing off tonight in houston. Us live from the university of texas anticipated a tonight, has this expectations . 30 second debrief how has marco rubio gone after donald trump . he says five things. Everyones dumb, win win win, hes leading in the around the states. Every night, same thing, dana senator rubio only let her say it once polls, and the lines every night, same thing, only let her say it once a lot of interest here in Ohio Governor john kasich. Does this look like the end kasich. Does this look like the end for him . Check this out from Hamilton County Republican County Republican Party chairman Alex Triantafilou he was at the debate tonight and took former first lady to the former selfie. Have approved a bill aged 14 and under. The controversial proposal would let kids handle a pistol, revolver or theyd only be able to use the weapon under parental supervision. Opponents claim it supporters say its issue. The bill passed the iowa house and now moves to the senate. Breaking now. Revised the dead and injured in a workplace shooting in kansas. Four people are dead, including the shooter, whos been identified as 14 people are hurt in the mass shooting at the hesston, kansas. The swat Team Surrounded a home in newton, but its not clear who they think may be in there. Were monitoring the developments in this investigation and will bring you upates on air and on fox19now. Com developing now developing now, an ohio neighborhood is shaken after a man tried to pull a 10yearold girl from her bed out of her bedroom window. Make sure your kids are aware, that there is danger out there obviously this is a very dangerous person. To try to pull this girl out of her bed, early in the morning, this is somebody that we need to get off the streets very quickly. It happened just before 4 this morning in elyria, near cleveland. The girl told police she awoke to a hooded man grabbing her legs, trying to pull her out of this window. They think he took a ladder from the yard and leaned it against the house. The fbi has been to track down the suspect. Right now right now police are investigating shooting threats that forced the Kenton County library to close today. No one suspicious was found after a sweep by swat and canine units. Several threats were made against a person working at a desk at the library. Social media posts from a man named daniel said he had lost his kids when he went to jail and that he might as well go shoot up a library. The library will be reopened for regular hours tomorrow. Despite signs that the economy is showing improvement. A recent study has found cincinnati is still in the top ten large us cities in distress. According to the new york times. Cincinnati came in at number 10. After being scored on several factors including adults without a high school degree, poverty rate, unemployed adults and average income. The most distressed large city was cleveland. Followed by detroit. Continues to get legal weed back ohio. About the impact recreational pot and it isnt good. Legalized marijuana is leading to more trips to the er since colorado made it legal two years ago, emergency room visits by outof staters have spiked doctors say experimental pot smokers arent prepared to handle the side effects, they also say edible marijuana have delayed could trigger an overdose. American idol you just watched American Idol. Reveal the top 10. The hit show changed pop culture and created superstars. But all good things must come it an end and this season is the shows swan song. Fox19 nows Frank Marzullo sat down with some local idol contestants. What the show means to them and to music. Kelly clarkson, Carrie Underwood superstar hit have never been discovered without American Idol. For 15 seasons, watch some great singers and some pretty bad ones too. And the tristate talented contestants representing. Pkg music of show open for years that sound has meant idol has been one successful shows every week tuned in to watch dreams come true. A singer plucked out of obscurity superstar. American idol 2002 is. Kelly clarkson. Applause. Not only did she win and go on to win grammys and top the charts, she also inspired future idol conntestants. Like cincinnatis own jess lamb. I think shes the best thats ever been on the show. Jess, who competed on season 14 is a longtime cincinnati musician, who says what viewers didnt see was how nurturing the judges were to helped take her queen city music career to a new level. In fact, jess was just named cincinnati artist of the year. The press that i got from the show really propelled me forward. I had music online, i was selling maybe 10 songs to selling a hundred songs. That was a beautiful thing to happen. The winner of American Idol 2005 is Carrie Underwood. That moment centerville native alexis gomez really hit home. That hometown girl, she even had long, curly hair. Alexis had been singing and playing Country Music all her life. She ended up making it into the top 16 of season 14. Since the show, shes signed with a Management Team in nashville and might be moving there fulltime. But she said, the impact of the show was as much on the fans as the artists. American idol was all about having that connection to somebody you knew through your tv person who could have been someone from down the street. Q1o2 dj jon jon agrees. He also said idol changed the way artists are discovered. Idol has been that thing where you not only get to see an new artist, but you get to follow them in their journey on the show, thats the coolest thing about it i think. That and also. Lets be honest. Some of the really bad auditions were pretty funny too. William hung, remember him . She bangs, she bangs. Ok, thank you. You cant sing, you cant dance, so what do you want me to say . A classic. Well miss you American Idol. And if you miss seeing simon cowell. You want to keep watching. Rumor is. Original judges. Simon, paula abdul and Randy Jackson are expected back to say goodbye. Frank marzullo, fox19 now. A kentucky garbage man making headlines tonight after his good deed goes viral. After 16years on the job. Clifford gentry is somewhat of an expert on whats not. Thats why when he and his crew saw an American Flag out on the curb in lexington on wednesday. He knew something wasnt right. It aint suppose to touch the ground, it aint suppose to touch no funky dirt you know garbage and grind it all up and you know. A lot of people faught for this country and its like. Its just wrong. So without another thought. Gentry picked up the flag, unrolled it. And found a spot for it on his truck. Thats where he thought the story ended. Until an army veteran snapped this photo which is now going viral. Gentry says the flag wont stay on the truck. He plans to take it home, and display it on his porch. He says he hopes this story will teach others a little respect for the red, white and blue. I failed him in that moment. An emotional dad. Sticking up for his son. With down syndrome. The viral video after the break. Coming up getting past an iphone fingerprint lock with play doh what you need to know to keep way. Will barry larkin manage someday . Get his very interesting take. And byron larkin weighs in on xavier. Are they now a oneseed . Thats coming up with joe and jeremy. Talk about a surprise twist for dozens of surprise twist for dozens of passengers on a recent jetblue flight. The Airline Conducted a social experiment. Offering all 150 passengers a free roundtrip ticket for a future flight to anywhere the airline flies. But of course, there was a catch. They all had to Work Together and unanimously agree on one destination, by the end of the flight. Using paddles they narrowed it down destination. Remarkably all rica. Wants to everyone to reach across the aisle. Going virala canadian father down syndrome shared an emotional video after hearing another father tell his son that down syndrome was an illness of not knowing anything. In not speaking up the father says, he failed his son. Down syndrome is literally one of the most beautiful things thats ever happened to my life. Its fun, brilliant, its amazing, its funny, its kind, its loving, its cuddly. Million times on comments are support for the dad and his family. Live wx tease if youve got kidsyou may have this weekthe president of a chinese mobile security startup showed reporters he could unlock an iphone with play doh he made a mold of his fingerprintthen held that up to the sensor, and phone. Great party trickbut what does it mean for you . Well, as cool as that fingerprint feature is, its not perfect in terms of security. A few years ago, in fact, a german hacker was able to take a highresolution picture of a politicians finger, and use it to unlock her phone the odds of a thief carrying around playdoh or having the technical ability to do what the german hacker did are low, but the reality isyou may be putting your own personal information at real risk yourself only 36 of smart phone users in america bother to lock the screen with a passcode the simply money point whether you use a fingerprint or a good, 4 or 6 digit code, make it just a little harder for thieves to rip you off for fox 19 now and simply money, im nathan bachrach. Sot steve weather animation steve chroma key steve gfx sot sports open jer bam gfx a quick google of me, hes trying to sell his mansion in orlando for a cool 3million dollars. Maybe theres something to that. Joe d is live with the reds in arizona. Joe live three days done of full squad spring training. And the big stories are this. Devin mesoraco and zack cozart look fine theyre healthy. Jay bruce is still a red. And barry larkin coaches hard. His first time working with big league players. Larkin is spending a lot of time around the batting cage talking hitting. Hes on staff as a minor League Instructor but this is first spring training working with the big boys. Looks every bit a future manager would he ever do it . Watch for the smile at the end of this quote. Barry larkin if the opportunity presents itself, well see. But, the conditions have to be right and, you know, the managers job, at least managers position. Its about having the support system to support that managers position and, if thats the case, its certainly something i would have interest in if that opportunity presented itself. Joe live never say never is the exact quote from the hall of famer. Jeremy hes fluent in spanish seems to connect well with the latin players here at camp. Jer bam gfx thanks joe. Coming up. It was the most watched big east game in fs1 history, what does it mean for x in the tourney . We hear from another larkin, next. I stormed the all across america families are coming back to Time Warner Cable for a whole new experience. Pwe came back for internet speeds so fast even the kids are impressed. Oh shes impressed. Shows on demand just as fast as we can watch them. Twcs home wifi is so strong we can use all our devices at the same time. Come back today. Youll get 30 meg internet, tv, phone and more for 89. 99 a month. And ask how you could get a 300 reward card. Keep moving up and possibly get a number one seed and thatd be great. Jer hplaz gfx right now. Jerry palm says xavier is a oneseed. Joe lunardi still has the muskies a twoseed. And ill just leave this right here. X is 6and1 against top 25 teams. Nku on the road in cleveland tonight. Continues his campaign for freshman of the year in the horizon. Had 20 and 12, his 5th double double this season. Lavone holland hit one shot, it tied the game at 48all with 10 to play, but with 10 seconds left. Norse need a miracle down 4, no sir. Cleveland state hangs on 6358 to the nfl combine. Could the bengals grab Braxton Miller in the first round . Hes just one of 14 buckeyes at the combine. Anywhere from five to six are projected first rounders. Middletowns jalin marshall, has some ground to make up. Jalin marshall i just want to prove that i belong here to be able to play in the nfl with the best of the best. I have an opportunity to prove that through this whole weekend and ill continue to do so. Tricia 4shot steves tracking the next 24 hours. Tricia cam dont forget were always tracking sot announcer now with the fox19 mobile app, youll never be without fox19 news. From fox19. Com to text and email alerts for breaking news and weather. Its all right here in the palm of your hand. Sot full vo vo [ crow caws ] frankie out here in the middle, we love to chat. We chat at the grocery store. We chat at the gas station. Yep, theres nothing we look forward to more than a good chat unless its this one. Can we chat for a minute . Uh, sure. [ sighs ] mike. Really . I thought you had this covered. [ groans ] [ sighs ] [ sports announcer talking ] mike. I was gonna mute it. [ tv mutes ] mom, dad, ive decided id like to be popular. Okay