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Two Maysville toddlers killed in fire

Submitted by Fox19 Web Staff
Thursday, February 24th, 2011, 1:40pm

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."

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Local men appearing on 'Millionaire' this week

Submitted by Fox19 Web Staff
Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011, 5:25pm

CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19) - Two local men are appearing on 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire' this week during movie week.

In preparation for the Academy Awards on Feb. 27, the show is presenting "Netflix Million Dollar Movie Week" from Feb. 21 to 25.

Two local men will be on the show, which airs at 5 p.m. on FOX19.

Scott Mullikin is a cost coordinator from Florence. He will be on Wednesday, Feb. 23 and Thursday, Feb. 24. Scott is originally from Covington and is a 1996 graduate of Holmes High School and the son of Bill and Geneva Mullikin of Latonia.  Scott's sister Dawn came to NYC with him and sat in the Millionaire audience as his on-air companion for the show.

Scott said that if he won big on Millionaire, he would retire early, buy his sister something nice and travel.

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12 fatal accidents in 6 days on KY highways

Submitted by Fox19 Web Staff
Monday, February 21st, 2011, 4:22pm

FRANKFORT, KY (FOX19) - The Kentucky State Police release a report saying 12 people have died in 12 separate crashes on Kentucky roadways from February 14th through February 20th.

Eleven of the crashes involved motor vehicles and six of the victims were not wearing seat belts. Single-fatality crashes occurred in Harlan, Jefferson, Knott, Madison, McCracken, Pike, Rockcastle, Russell, Spencer, and Whitley (2) counties. The crashes in Madison and Russell County involved the suspected use of alcohol.

One pedestrian involved crash occurred in Jefferson County.

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High at home: how to keep it from happening to your teen

Submitted by Fox19 Web Staff
Friday, February 18th, 2011, 11:38pm

WILMINGTON, NC (WSFX) - With household items like nutmeg making headlines as ways to get high at home, parents have their hands full.

That includes Sherry DelVecchio, a Wilmington, N.C. mother who wants to protect her 14-year-old son, Nicolas, as long as she can.

DelVecchio knows Nicolas is a good kid, but she also knows it's easy for middle schoolers to experiment with all kinds of drugs without ever leaving home.

That's why she agreed to open up her house and her cabinets to a drug prevention counselor and find out what she could do better.

John Dail is part of Wilmington's Coastal Horizons Prevention Program. He agreed to walk through the DelVecchio residence and advise Sherry on any at-home highs to watch out for and how to prevent Nicolas from experimenting with drugs.

He began his inspection under the kitchen sink, where he spotted an aerosol cleaner.

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How to find a good tax preparer

Submitted by Fox19 Web Staff
Friday, February 18th, 2011, 8:48pm

CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19) - Making sure you pick the right person to do your taxes can be a difficult task.

Out of people who do taxes, 70 percent use a tax preparer to do our taxes, 20 percent use some kind of software, and 10 percent do it the old fashioned way.

If you can't or just won't do your taxes yourself, you are going to need some help. Hire the wrong person and you could end up with a real mess on your hands.

"What you don't want is someone who says that merely, 'I can get you the highest refund,'" said Nathan Bachrach, FOX19 Financial Analyst. "Somebody who says that my fee is based upon a percentage of the refund that you get, because number one, that's illegal."

Al Pearlman, a certified public accountant with Burkhardt and Company in Milford, Ohio, says the key to avoiding unqualified or dishonest prepares is asking the right questions.

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Campbell County Road Maintenance Schedule

Submitted by kkinley, Neighborhood Reporter
Friday, February 18th, 2011, 3:43pm
Campbell County Road Maintenance Schedule

CAMPBELL COUNTY, KY (FOX19) - 

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District 6 Superintendent Dave Bauman announces the following maintenance activities in Campbell County for the week February 21 – February 25th:

 

Monday, February 21 – Friday, February 25

  • A crew will be ditching with equipment on I-275 EB in between the 76 – 77 mile-marker in Campbell County.  Please watch for crews, equipment and lane closures. 
  • A crew will be removing trees and brush on state right of way on various state routes throughout Campbell County.  Please watch for flaggers and equipment. 

If you have a pothole to report on a state route, you can call Campbell County Maintenance at 859-635-9240 or you can call a toll free direct line to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet to report potholes or other problems on all state maintained highways.  The number is 1-800-PATCH IT or 1-800-728-2448.

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Weekend road work in Campbell County to patch potholes

Submitted by kkinley, Neighborhood Reporter
Friday, February 18th, 2011, 3:03pm
Weekend road work in Campbell County to patch potholes

CAMPBELL COUNTY, KY (FOX19) - Notice from KYTC District 6

  • I-471 (0 - 5 mile marker) – This weekend, February 19 and 20, crews will be patching potholes on I-471 in Campbell County beginning at 4:00 am until 11:00 am. Motorists should watch for crews, equipment and lane closures. 

 

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