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Hear Cincinnati Podcast: Liberty Township standoff; police warn of skin-eating drug

Posted at 12:09 PM, Jan 18, 2018
and last updated 2018-01-18 12:36:26-05

This week on Hear Cincinnati, host Maxim Alter, digital reporter Lucy May, digital editor Meghan Wesley and 9 On Your Side anchor Chris Riva discuss Fiona's birthday, a lawsuit over suspected wage theft, Bengals fans paying it forward for charity, the Trump "girther" movement, a skin-eating drug laced with heroin, efforts for a 51st state called New California and more.

Maxim then talks with reporter Breanna Molloy about the more than 30-hour hostage situation involving a gunman and a 10-year-old boy that rocked a Butler County community this past weekend -- and what could happen next. 

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Notable links: 

  • 1:10 - The panel discusses wage theft claims, Bengals fans paying it forward, the "girther" movement, a skin-eating drug, New California and more.
  • 19:10 - Reporter Breanna Molloy details what it was like covering the more than 30-hour hostage situation involving a gunman and a 10-year-old boy this past weekend -- and what could happen next in the case.

You can read more about these stories at wcpo.com/hear.

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Hear Cincinnati is back for the new year. This week, host Maxim Alter, digital editor Meghan Wesley, digital reporter Lucy May and 9 On Your Side anchor Kathrine Nero talk President Donald Trump, the Cincinnati Zoo's new baby hippo, the film "Hidden Figures," Adam Jones and much more. Photographer Emily Maxwell also walks us through covering the historic women's march in D.C. and I-Team reporter Hillary Lake gives us an exclusive look inside a local heroin treatment center. 

Listen to this episode in the player above.

WCPO Insiders can read more about these stories at wcpo.com/hear

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