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Aug 12, 2024 | 
fox19.com | Ken Baker
CINCINNATI (WXIX) -Country singer Sam Hunt sat down Sunday before headlining the Voices of America Music Festival with FOX19 NOW’s Ken Baker and our radio partner B105 to discuss his music’s impact, his return to Ohio and his thoughts on the Bengals. Baker has more with the superstar. See a spelling or grammar error in our story? Please click here to report it. Do you have a photo or video of a breaking news story? Send it to us here with a brief description. Copyright 2024 WXIX. All rights reserved.
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
fox19.com | Ken Baker |Brenda Ordoñez |Brenda Ordóñez
CINCINNATI (WXIX) - It’s Day 2 of the Cincinnati Music Festival and the Queen City is singing. The festival kicked off Thursday with performances by MC-LYTE and Blacksheep at the Andrew J Brady Music Center, but tonight, the party continues at Paycor Stadium with Ne-Yo, Maxwell, Fantasia, October London and The Original Lakes.
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May 15, 2024 | 
fox19.com | Ken Baker
CINCINNATI (WXIX) - The future of Ohio’s drug-sniffing K9s is lost in the haze following last November’s legalization of marijuana. Across the country, law enforcement officers use drug detection dogs to establish probable cause. While marijuana remains illegal in Kentucky, for dogs who specialize in locating narcotics and more specifically cannabis in Ohio, what happens to them is not clear.
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Dec 12, 2023 | 
fox19.com | Ken Baker
COVINGTON, Ky. (WXIX) - A Northern Kentucky middle school student is thankful to be alive after the fast actions of a school security officer. Brayden Smith is a 13-year-old student at Holmes Middle School in Covington. Dec. 7 seemed like any other day as the middle schooler walked into the cafeteria to eat lunch, but as it turned out, it would not be a normal lunch period. “We were just having chicken and rice, like Chinese food,” Smith explained. “I went to sit at this booth.
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Dec 12, 2023 | 
fox19.com | Jennifer Baker |Ken Baker
WEST CHESTER TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WXIX) - The family of a man fatally struck by a train in Butler County filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Norfolk Southern Railway. Jennifer Knight, the administrator of Henry Knight IV’s estate, alleges the railway, the train’s operator and the supervisory conductor and the unknown company that owns the train didn’t do everything possible to stop the train and were negligent when he was hit. It happened about 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct.
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Nov 28, 2023 | 
fox19.com | Ken Baker
NORWOOD, Ohio (WXIX) - One of Ohio’s largest Medical Marijuana suppliers gave back in a big way this Thanksgiving. Firelands Scientific and The Landing Dispensary donated 10,000 turkeys and meals to help fight food insecurity and celebrate the passage of Issue 2. “We set up a plan to work with an Ohio-based distributor to donate 10,000 turkeys all over the state,” said Jeff McCourt, CEO of Firelands Scientific and The Landing Dispensary.
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Nov 16, 2023 | 
fox19.com | Ken Baker
WEST CHESTER, Ohio (WXIX) – Sam Hunt and ERNEST are the final headliners for the 2024 Voices of America Country Music Fest. Jason Aldean and Keith Urban have already been announced. Tickets are already on sale for next summer’s music fest. It will be Aug. 9-11, 2024 at Voice of America MetroPark in West Chester Township. See a spelling or grammar error in our story? Please click here to report it. Do you have a photo or video of a breaking news story? Send it to us here with a brief description.
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Nov 9, 2023 | 
fox19.com | Ken Baker |Mary LeBus
CINCINNATI (WXIX) - In just about eight months, the Duke Energy Convention Center will undergo renovations that will last nearly two years. But will these renovations be worth the cost? Major events like the annual Holiday Market, the Home and Garden Show, the Boat Show and the Auto Show will no longer be held at the Duke Energy Convention Center due to the renovations that will start July 1, 2024, and end in January 2026, according to CEO of Market Place Events Tom Baugh.
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Oct 20, 2023 | 
fox19.com | Ken Baker
WEST CHESTER, Ohio (WXIX) – Jason Aldean is the second headliner for the 2024 Voices of America Country Music Fest. Tyler Wogenstahl, the organizer of Southwest Ohio’s largest country music festival, is making the announcement with Ken Baker on FOX19 NOW at 8:40 a.m. Friday. Wogenstahl says Aldean and the first headliner who was recently announced, Keith Urban, will further cement the festival as a success. Tickets are already on sale for next summer’s music fest. It will be Aug.
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Oct 3, 2023 | 
fox19.com | Ken Baker
CINCINNATI (WXIX) - A former American Idol contestant is making a stop in the Queen City on Thursday as part of his tour across the country. Todrick Hall appeared on American Idol in 2010 and has since been busy working on his music career. On Thursday, Hall will play at Bogart’s in Corryville as part of his 30-stop tour, Velvet Rage. FOX19 NOW’s Ken Baker spoke with the musician, and he says he is a big fan of Cincinnati. “It was game-changing. It was life-changing,” he said.
