Few hours and already it has people here in South Lebanon talking. Nats cars donnat sot 1 i think its a great idea. I think the more people step up the better our community is going to be and even before donna english left her South Lebanon home tonight. Shed already heard about this. A brand new billboardat the intersection of state route 48 and masonmorrow millgrove road. It reads report heroin dealers, anonymously, cash rewards. The sign was just installed this afternoon. And is already paying off tonight. Major sot 1 11 you know were anxious to see how successful this will be. This phone number has been live today and its ringing off the hook already. So, were pleased so far we caught up with major steve arrasmith, commander of the Warren County drug task force, earlier tonight. He tells me a resident who asked to remain anonymous is paying for the billboardjust a concerned citizen fed up with the seemingly constant arrasmith tells me last year alone, there were 60 heroinoverdose related deaths in Warren County. A number thats on trend to be even higher this year. Major sot 2 16 its very real and i think people are starting to understand that. Its affecting families everywhere regardless of where you live. So i think this is a step in the right direction as far as people trying to get involved in helping us molly sot 1 11 i think its great. I think it raises peoples awareness. In recent years we know theres an epidemic of heroin and people need to get involved so we can all be a part of the solution donna sot 3 lets hope people use it. Do your part. It cant just be one person, it has to be everybody Warren County deputies tell me they are going to be following up on all the tips, and rewards will be based on the success of the investigation. If you would like to report heroin activity here in Warren County. That controversy cutting up parts of erlanger about a slaughters some neighbors are upset but the owners say. They fox19 nows Michael Baldwin is live in erlanger with the latest. Michael. How did this all get started . Well it got started when some residents went to here and made a they tell me the complaint was about what the store is doing and it has nothing to do with race. You see the store owner is muslim. Some residents who live near dixie meats in erlanger have a beef with a slaughter house being so close to their neighbor. They tell us the place smells. And if we are smelling ordors in my opinion something is not done right we had talked with one of the residents who lives behind the store on the phone. He and others took their concerns about the store to city council. He said their concern was inches away from a residential neighborhood. The issue to me living in the city we dont odors smelling up our house. Thats the only issue. We hear the animal we see the animals it turns out dixie meats is legally zoned in the area according to city officials and got scored 98 percent on a recent inspection in december. We spent about an hour in the store and didnt smell any animlas. The owner Mohamed Ahmed feels the 4 to 5 people who went to city council used smells as a code word because his store caters to muslims. My suggestion is they complain because the sign outside the store. Its an arabic sign. He told us he caters to about 3000 muslims that live in the area and they sell halal meat. Which would require animals killed in a way agreeable to isamic law. While we were there 2 animals were killed. The owners did that to prove a point. So you didnt hear any nnoise and you didnt smell anything so you be wise you are more than happy to share it with the public thats why your hear bascially switching gears now. Were just a few days away from mardis gras. And already one local neighborhood is letting the good times roll fox19 nows ben katko has more. The party is finally underway mardi gras officially kicks off tuesday. But things are starting a little early around these parts. This is the 20th year for the mardi gras festivities in mainstrasse village. This year. Its the year of the monkey. up and down the block here in mainstrasse bars and restaurants celebrations complete with cajun food. Music. And lots of beads the party rolls through tomorrow. Witht he grande parade right here in the street. Free. But of course youve got to be 21 to drink. Right now. We have all you need mardi gras this weekend. At fox19 now dot com. In covington. Ben katko. Fox19 now. Weather now and jeff, it looks weather now and jeff, it looks like its gonna be a great weekend to get outside right . Jeff so far today temps have wandered into the low 40s under sunny to partly cloudy skies. Clouds will thicken up a bit overnight but morning lows will generally drop into the mid upper 20s. Expect more saturday and sunday with highs 40s. Our next weather maker shows up late sunday in the form of a cold front. Initially temps will be warm enough for rain, but colder air filtering opportunity for showers through even colder air wednesday with highs both days in the 20s. And with the great us. We sent matt holiner out to break down some break down some of the best events happening this weekend. Matt . Thanks jeff its going to be hard to top last weekends weather, but this weekend is looking pretty good with highs in the mid 40s to around 50 and dry conditions expected. If youre fan of the check out the winter blues fest going on tonight and tomorrow night at the phoenix downtown. Its put on by Cincy Blues Society and will feature 32 artists on four stages over the course of tonight and tomorrow night. Some of the headliners include the nick moss band and carolyn wonderland. Tomorrow evening from 5pm9pm theres a unique event going on at the u. S. Bank ice rink in fountain square. Its called throwback skate can ice skate to your Favorite Music from the last few weekend its the backstreet boy and spice girls fans skate will not want to miss out. Ready for spring youll want to head up to loveland tomorrow for the 2016 Greater Cincinnati fly fishing show. There will be over 75 demonstrators and all aspects of fly worries if you think the kids will get bored. They can try out the casting pond and head over to the special kids area with fun things to see and do. I highly recommend getting outside this weekend, because next week is looking mighty cold. Jeff will have more on that coming up in just a bit. Reporting in cincinnati, matt holiner, fox 19 now. A judge has now ordered an adult store in downtown cincinnati to shut its doors for the next year. According to cincinnati police, an undercover investigation into the pink pyramid here on race street back in 2013 found that the store had been selling synthetic marijuana and a drug called poppers despite pleading guilty and agreeing to stop selling the products, cpd says it found that several months later the store was once again selling the illegal products. The owner was charged with a felony. Weve got an update on a developing story. An 11year old girl is recovering tonight after a hit and run in West Price Hill and right now. The suspect is still on the loose 11yearold london from school yesteday afternoon. She suffered injuries to her leg, mouth and face and spent the day recouperating while recieving wellwishes from her classmates. The driver, 36 yearold ruby estepp, was arrested shortly after the crash. But didnt show to court this morning. Shes charged with leaving the scene, and driving under suspension. Reds animation switching gears now. The reds make a move at the top. Bringing back a big name from the 1990 team sports director joe danneman is here with more. Does this look good . Lou piniella in a reds hat. Not sure well see lou in a hat but tonight he is back with the reds. He is the last reds manager to lift a world series trophy. He did that in 1990. He is also the only reds manager we know of to lift a base out of the ground and throw it repeatedly. The bases are safe at Great American ball park and so is bryan prices job. Piniella is back as a front office consultant. Bosses make smart baseball decisions. If youre going to spring training you might see lou the reds say hell likely be in goodyear with the team. High school hoops eleven games thats coming up. Coming up next. The fallout continues after the university of louisvilles major announcement today. Hear how players are reacting to the playoff ban. And a cleveland woman is trying to figure out whats next. After a convicted sex offender steals her name you heard that right. The bizarre story is next. Live wx tease welcome back to youre looking at 21year old Kailey Demarco. A cleveland woman who lives a pretty normal life. But right now. Shes dealing with a bizzarre problem. A convicted rapist and sex offender has stolen her identity. And her name to explain. Well have to go back to 2005. That was the year that kailey made local headlines with her accomplishments as a young gymnast. Getting her picture in a cleveland newspaper but at the time. Kailey and her family had no idea that a sex offender had seen her picture, read her story. And became obsessed with her that man was harold david hassenruck. Police arrested him on a sex charge. And believed that he may have had contact with kailey. Kailey said she had no idea who he was to make matters worse. Before he was arrested. Name legally changed to Kailey David Demarco eventually the man was convicted of various sex charges involving a child. But went to that means all those charges. Are listed under Kailey Demarco now the victim and fighting to get her identity back. So i would google my name, and all these come up and stuff that he did that wasnt me butted to i had to pay someone to get her name back. You dont get to keep her name. I gave her that name. Its not yours, its hers. Butted to its crazy that it was one person who did all this and he did it without even owning a computer kaileys family says theyve been able to get her name removed from some. But not all of the court docments. With the culprit expected to get released soon. Theyre seeking help from police to keep her safe. Players are now reacting to the shocking news out of kentucky today. That the university of louisville is selfimposing a ahead of the upcoming nc doublea basketball tournament. This of course follows an investigation that former staffers hired escorts for players and recruits. Now some senior players say theyre upset about missing their last shot at the post season. A big name and cincinnati native is back in the tristate tonight. Youre looking at la reid. Legendary music producer and now author. He stopped by the joseph beth booksellers in rookwood to sign his newest work sing to me reid stopped by our morning show today. Sharing some of his best memories. Including a chance encounter with one of the most popular artists around when have you been wrong and that person turned out to be a huge star. Oh my goodness, see here you go. This just got interesting. I want to know the answer to that question, give me one name. So her name, is lady gaga. So i signed her, i thought she was incredible she was playing the piano, and i thought oh youre incredible you will change music. And three months later or so, Something Like that, they send me her demos her first round of demos and i said you know, its just not what i thought it was you know. Hes gonna feel on sunday night. 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The simply money point they will then put a 90 day fraud alert on your accounts. For fox 19 now and simply money, im Nathan Bachrach. Coming up next. A controversial abortion bill is making its way through the indiana house. Well tell you what it is. And some local uber drivers are sounding off as a nationwide protest looms this weekend. Hear why. Next. The military was thought to be. A move toward true gender equality. Now. The question is. Should we go one step further . The Selective Service requires virtually all men between the ages of 18 and 26. Even noncitizen residents like refugees. To be registered. Most within 30 days of their 18th birthday. Women are entirely exempt. Now, the top officers in the army and marine corps testified time for women to register for the draft. Consider this. Women cant have it both ways. We asked for equality. And it makes sense to take this next step. As much as it pains me to think of any of our young people being sent into harms way, or being compelled into military service, it comes down to a simple correlation greater opportunity equals greater responsibility. Since women are no longer barred from combat roles, the 1981 decision which excluded them from the draft is no longer valid. With our current volunteer military, it doesnt mean men or women have to join, it just means that if we face a future emergency, everyone has an equal stake in defending our freedoms. Sot 10 pm reopen local uber drivers are now sounding off about potential protest this weekend involving the super bowl nearly 9thousand drivers in San Francisco are off all service for those trying to get around during the festivities. The reason . A recent fare cut thats causing workers to make less money today some local drivers responded with a protest of their own. By refusing to pick up passengers at cvg. And while no official protest is planned locally for this sunday. Many drivers say they might just stay home i think youll have a lot of drivers that wont even get on whats the point. Why not go watch the game and celebrate and have fun yourself youre not gonna make any money out there at 80 cents a mile. The fare cut stems from a 25percent discount being offered to riders that can cut 50 percent of the drivers wages. Uber officials are responding to the criticism by saying the rate change is just part of business. Affected by a change in ridership. A new bill being proposed in indiana could make it more difficult for women to get an abortion. Several state senators are pushing for a law illegal to get an abortion based on the fetus race, gender or potential disability. It also targets the recent planned parenthood scandal. And would make the use or selling of any remains illegal. Greg taylor Indiana State Senate if you and your wife were to go home and say, we dont want to take that chance that we would have a child born with down syndrome or some other disability, you couldnt do that. Planned parenthood officials have spoken out against the proposal. Saying that this type of bill would cause many woman to seek unsafe and illegal abortions. Take a look at this. This was the scene outside the tomb of William Henry harrison in Miami Township today. Residents gathered for a wreath laying ceremony this morning. Honoring harrisons upcoming birthday. The wreath was sent directly from the whitehouse. Harrison was born on february 9th, 1773. Lets give you a live look downtown right now. A cool night ahead, live wx tease creighton announce we ch ch ch bu ul sl yo yo he so on ri ul kn sunny to partly cloudy skies. Clouds will thicken up a bit overnight but morning lows drop into the mid upper 20s. 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Jeremy we risk our lives every friday, to bring you the best coverage in the tristate. Ok, we dont risk our lives. But we work hard. Tonights first stop is the pit. Purple friday for moeller and elder. First bucket goes to zach harp. String music. Zach only made one shot tonight but he just saw it on the final quarter. Moeller. Back at you with a big second quarter. Sam mccracken. Release the kracken. Samheis. But. Heres where elder won this game with threes. Frankie hofmeyer. The hof hit seven threes. Seven. Twentyfour points for hofmeyer. Elder takes down moeller, 4843. At newport. 12 new inductees in