Mary LeBus

Cincinnati

Digital Content Producer at WXIX-TV (Cincinnati, OH)

University of Cincinnati ‘22 Alum | Digital Content Producer @FOX19 | She/Her/Hers | Photos in @CityBeatCincy | Inquiries: [email protected]

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How federal funding cuts impact Greater Cincinnati

1 week ago | fox19.com | Mary LeBus

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - As the federal government continues to cut funds nationally, multiple organizations in Cincinnati and Ohio say they are feeling the impacts. On May 9, a third of the staff at the Ohio History Connection were laid off as the Trump Administration continues to withhold already appropriated funds from the Historic Preservation Fund. Withholding theses funds resulted in the State Historic Preservation Office to lay off 12 of its employees, the agency confirmed.
County agency shocked by investigator’s recommendations for response to neo-Nazis

1 week ago | fox19.com | Mary LeBus |Mike Schell |Brenda Ordoñez |Brenda Ordóñez

EVENDALE, Ohio (WXIX) - Results from an independent investigation into the Feb. 7 neo-Nazi demonstration has left one Hamilton County agency shocked. The independent group, 21CP Solutions, released their findings and recommendations on the response to the neo-Nazi demonstration on the Interstate 75 overpass. The group’s report widely backed up the actions of the Evendale Police Department and offered a list of recommendations.
Madison Local Schools tax levy fails after recount

1 week ago | fox19.com | Mary LeBus

BUTLER COUNTY, Ohio (WXIX) - A school tax levy that ended in a tie during the Ohio 2025 May Primary has officially failed. On Thursday, the Butler County Board of Elections recounted the votes for Madison Local School District’s renewal tax levy. However, the board counted 621 residents voted for it, while 626 voted against it.
Riverbend 2.0 gets a new name after $60M gift

1 week ago | fox19.com | Mary LeBus

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - The soon-to-be “state-of-the-art” music and entertainment center, known as Riverbend 2.0, officially has a name: The Farmer Music Center. Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Music and Entertainment Management, Inc. made the announcement Thursday morning after the Farmer Family Foundation gifted them $60 million for the project. Both groups say that this is the “largest philanthropic commitment” that’s been made to the arts in recent Cincinnati history.
Downtown’s ‘Cincinnati’ sign will undergo renovations this summer

1 week ago | fox19.com | Mary LeBus

The video playlist above is from FOX19 NOW’s previous coverage. CINCINNATI (WXIX) - As the Duke Energy Convention Center undergoes its $240 million makeover, crews will soon move their attention to the eye-catching “Cincinnati” sign for a facelift. The project’s design team, Moody Nolan, TVS Architecture and 3CDC, announced their plans Wednesday to modernize the 17-year-old sign as part of the convention center overhaul.
Woman found partially buried in mulch bed in 2018 identified

1 week ago | fox19.com | Mary LeBus |Brittany Harry

The video above is from Jessica Schmidt’s 2024 Crime Vault episode. CINCINNATI (WXIX) - The unidentified woman, known as the “Rose Lady,” whose body was found in North Avondale in 2018 has been identified. According to Hamilton County Coroner Dr. Lakshmi Kode Sammarco, the woman was identified as Patricia Colina Goodwin, who was 71 years old when she died. Goodwin’s body was discovered by a group of children playing outside a North Avondale apartment complex on Glenwood Avenue May 31, 2018.
Coroner identifies woman’s body found in North Avondale in 2018

1 week ago | fox19.com | Mary LeBus |Brittany Harry

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - The unidentified woman, known as the “Rose Lady,” whose body was found in North Avondale in 2018 has been identified several years later. According to Hamilton County Coroner Dr. Lakshmi Kode Sammarco, the woman was identified as Patricia Colina Goodwin, who was 71 years old when she died. Goodwin’s body was discovered by a group of children playing outside a North Avondale apartment complex on Glenway Avenue May 31, 2018.
Coroner to give update on woman found in North Avondale in 2018

1 week ago | fox19.com | Mary LeBus |Brittany Harry

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - Hamilton County Coroner Dr. Lakshmi Kode Sammarco plans to discuss new developments in a 2018 case Tuesday. The coroner’s office says this is in regards to the unidentified woman’s body found in North Avondale May 31, 2018. The FBI, Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigations and Cincinnati police will join Dr. Sammarco. The press conference is expected to begin at 1 p.m. Watch the video above for live updates. See a spelling or grammatical error in our story?
‘Grandmother of Juneteenth,’ Opal Lee, hospitalized in Cincinnati

1 week ago | fox19.com | Mary LeBus

The video above is from FOX19 NOW’s media partners’ previous coverage in 2021. CINCINNATI (WXIX) - Dr. Opal Lee, the woman known for her significant role in making Juneteenth a federally recognized holiday, is currently in the hospital. Lee, 98, was hospitalized late last week in the Greater Cincinnati Area, according to Cincinnati Museum Center’s Vice President of Marketing and Communications Cody Hefner.
FCC’s Nick Hagglund hospitalized during Atlanta United FC match

1 week ago | fox19.com | Mary LeBus

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - FC Cincinnati’s Nick Hagglund sustained a serious injury, resulting in hospitalization, during Sunday night’s match against Atlanta United FC. The 32-year-old center back sustained two broken ribs, according to an FC Cincinnati spokesperson. One of those ribs was out of position, which caused one of his lungs to collapse. Just in: Pat Noonan says Nick Hagglund has a fractured rib and "damage to his lung." He's at the hospital.