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  • Tabathas Fight Combats Heroin Deaths

    Last year, Boone County' coroner handled an average of three heroin overdose deaths a month. This year is right on track for the same numbers. County leaders know it's time to come up with an awareness campaign. While they work on that, the family of a young woman who overdosed in April has launched a campaign of their own.Local 12 News Reporter Deborah Dixon shows us ...

  • Mariemont On Endangered Places List

    A local community has received a rather dubious designation. Mariemont's now one of the most endangered places in the United States. While the community's already on the National Historic Register, the new title is actually seen as a good thing.Local 12's Rich Jaffe has more from Mariemont Square with the explanation. Mariemont is one of the first planned communities in the United ...

  • Police Golf Manor Shooting Victims Were Targeted

    A burst of gunfire shakes a quiet neighborhood and sends two people to the hospital. Police say the shooter knew where his targets were sleeping. And as Local 12's Joe Webb reports from Golf Manor, the gunman purposely fired several rounds into their bedroom. 2424 Canterbury is a nice home on a peaceful street, right across from Losantiville Country Club. But if you take a look around back, ...

  • Lawsuit Filed In Taser Death

    The family of a man who died after police used a taser on him, is suing an officer and the city of North College Hill. Police were called to Crutchfield Park last July for a report that someone fired a gun. North College Hill Police Officer Sergeant Ryan Schrand responded to the Springfield Township Park. He ended up using tasers on two people. One was fine, but Corey McGinnis went into cardiac ...

  • Fundraising To Restore Findlay Market Bell

    Some locals hope to bring back a long time tradition to Findlay Market. Until seven o'clock this evening, S&J Café is holding a fundraising event to raise money to restore the market's bell. Local 12's Tiffany Wilson shows us the bell's role in the market's history. Like clockwork, we count on bells. They're a call to church goers. They're a signal ...


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Badlands [Blu-Ray]

Badlands [Blu-Ray]

Despite having made six feature films over the past four decades, writer/director Terrence Malick has remained an inscrutable figure. One of the most revered of the young directors who made their name in the 1970s as part of the so-called New Hollywood (a group that also includes Francis Ford ... ...

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  • University Hospital Settles Suit For $500000

    University Hospital will pay a local family $500,000 as part of a settlement, the Ohio Supreme Court said today. 23 year-old Ryan Smith died after being treated there for a brain injury. Smith's family filed a wrongful death suit against the hospital. Smith was diagnosed with a skull fracture and a subarachnoid hemorrhage at the Fort Hamilton Hospital in December 2006. He was transferred to ...

  • Dogs Allowed At Spring Grove Cemetery on Sunday

    The historic Spring Grove Cemetery is opening it's gates to dog owners and their four legged friends. This Sunday, June 23rd, pet owners will get to come out and enjoy the entire day with their canine, during the Dog Day of Summer Event. Owners and their dog's will get to enjoy exploring over 45 miles of paved roads throughout the 400 developed acres of the park. This event benefits ...

  • Single-game tickets on sale June 29

    Single-game tickets for Bengals 2013 home games will be available to purchase beginning next Saturday, June 29. Sales will begin at 10 a.m. and initially will be handled exclusively through Ticketmaster in three ways: ...

  • New Sesame Street Muppet Is Son of Convict

    Sesame Street is tackling another tough social issue with a new character Muppet. The children's TV series is introducing Alex, a Muppet whose father is in jail. Alex is part of Sesame Workshop's online tool kit aimed to help kids understand and cope with parental incarceration. He is also a tool to help caregivers talk about the subject with children. One in 28 American children ...

  • Horse Rescued From Inside Tire

    (WCHS/AP) A horse in Barbour County, West Virginia found itself in "wheel" trouble but police, firefighters and residents pitched in to come to the horse’s rescue. The animal, appropriately named "Rowdy", somehow got stuck in a tire. A police officer spotted the horse and called for help. It took them about 30 minutes, but rescuers were finally able to free the horse. ...

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