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Are you using the right smoke detector?

Are you using the right smoke detector?

By Kimberly Holmes – bio | email


CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19)  - We all have smoke detectors in our homes, but are the detectors the correct types?


For Madeira dad Dean Dennis, having the right smoke detector means his daughter, Andrea, may still be alive. She was an Ohio State University student who was killed in a fire seven years ago.


Almost two years later, Milford dad Doug Turnball lost his daughter, Julie, in a fire at Miami University after a lit cigarette started a couch fire. Turnball says the worst part is knowing her death could have been prevented.


"Both of our kids were in the prime of their lives, and they're not with us anymore," said Dean Dennis. "We're just not going to stop until people do the right things."

Flood watch in effect for Monday

CINCINNATI (FOX19) - A flood watch will be in effect for much of the FOX19 viewing area from late Sunday night until Monday evening.

This flood watch effects Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. A flood watch means there is a potential for flooding based on current forecasts.

New Target store set to open in Newport

New Target store set to open in Newport

NEWPORT, KY (FOX19) - The much awaited for Target store in Newport is set for a grand opening. The described P-fresh Target simply means that the store will hold basic grocery food items without a deli or a bakery. Target in Newport will of course hold all the items common at other locations.

Target will join the Kroger Market Place at Newport Pavilion.

An official grand opening is set for Sunday, March 6. There will be new store specials and promotions available to customers on opening day.

Store hours are Monday-Saturday; 8am-10pm and Sunday; 8am-9pm.

Target Newport is located at 160 Pavilion Parkway.

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Heavy rainfall around Tri-State causes flooding

CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19) - The rainfall around the Tri-State is causing some problems on the roadways, and in local homes.  

There are dozens of reports of high water Friday morning. High water was reported on northbound I-75 near Hopple Avenue, blocking at least one lane. Artimis signs were lit up, alerting drivers. I-75 southbound at the ramp to Mitchell Avenue also has high water blocking part of the road.

A flood warning is effect for Adams County.

As of 2 p.m. Friday:

New Ky. specialty license plate supports the arts

New Ky. specialty license plate supports the arts

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky has a new specialty vehicle license plate, with the proceeds of the latest plate going to the arts.

The plate features progressive line drawings of a galloping horse and jockey by Louisville artist Jeaneen Barnhart. Her prints and posters have included Woodford Reserve's Kentucky Derby bottle, the Kentucky Derby Festival, PGA Golf and St. James Court Art Show.

The state must receive at least 900 applications for the "Experience the Arts" plate before it can go into production.

For more information, visit http://artscouncil.ky.gov/.

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Neuterville Express hits Northern Kentucky

Neuterville Express hits Northern Kentucky

CAMPBELL, KY (FOX19) - Let Ohio Alleycat Resource be your cat’s spay/neuter chauffeur. All you have to do is drop off the cat at the convenient location below, and our experienced staff will take care of the rest to ensure a safe and speedy recovery. The next day, after the royal treatment at our cat-only spay/neuter clinic, we’ll return your cat at the same location.

Friends of the Shelter has teamed with Ohio Alleycat Resource & Spay/Neuter Clinic to provide $10 cat spay/neuter-rabies vaccination packages for northern Kentucky residents through monthly Neuterville Express transports.

Two Maysville toddlers killed in fire

By Kimberly Holmes – bio | email

MAYSVILLE, KY (FOX19) - Two toddlers are killed during a house fire in Maysville, Ky.

The children's step-grandfather, Daniel Farra, says 3-year-old Brayden Henderson and 2-year-old Kaydence Henderson were killed in the fire.

Farra said the children were staying with their aunt and her boyfriend in an 1 1/2-story, wood-frame house on the 1400 block of E. Third Street. The house sat next to the railroad tracks on the edge of town.

Police said the fire broke out around 1:39 p.m. Wednesday afternoon.

"We responded here and found the house fully engulfed in flames," said Lt. Justin Horch of Maysville Police. "At that time, there were a man and female outside. They had sustained some injuries in the hospital Meadowview Local Regional for treatment."