Warning chief meteorologist steve raleigh. Steve. Get ready for a very cold morning. The lows will be in the single digits. But sunshine returns later in the day. However, temperatures will remain well below freezing. Highs are forecast new at 11. One of the last people to see a middletown mom who was murdered with her baby in the back seat. Tonight. Police are looking for brittany russells killer. Killer. Nine on your sides evan millard joins us with what hes learned tonight from middletown. Evan. Brittany russell was so excited to spend time with her little girl. Now we know she took little haven from her home here in middletown up to northwest dayton. And tonight the woman who has been babysitting the girl for years says she was kept alive only by the warmth of a running car. Tracy shortpence family friend 020843 i cant wrap my mind around this, what kind of person does that . A grisly discovery miles from home. 911 call thats dayton ohio. Brittany russell and her daughter haven had been hours at that point. Russell found shot in the head attacked. Pence 020743 to be honest, i know its sad, but yesterday was one of my fondest memories. When she come to get he baby, she was just, she was in a good place. Tracy short pence shows us a picture of mom and daughter bengals fans loving this seasonnats i think they won this game she was one of the last to see russell alive. The other was havens father chris the first to hold the little girl again. Chris edwards babys father shes going to grow up to be just like brittany, happy and cheerful. Dayton police now call it homicide. Russells dad tells us his daughter had a drug problem. William russell daughter shot and killed she was a good mother until probably about a year or so ago. And i havent talked to her since. But friends say mother of two girls was working making changes slowly. And she always lit up when she saw her girls. Pence 020816 she did, she loved her girls and this is just devastating. Two girls growing up now without a mom. Two families now how . Why . What did she do . She didnt do anything to deserve this. You know, shes a mom. Im told little haven is with her dads parents tonight. Earlier today we told you his mother is here this week to see her granddaughter for the first time. Live in middletown, em, 9oys. Breaking now. Fbi agents have surrounded that wildlife refuge in oregon where the last holdouts of a standoff with federal agents remain. Agents say talks are underway with four followers of ammon and ryan bundy. One of the men is believed to be from blanchester. 27 year old david fry. The bundys were arrested last month during a confrontation with the fbi that left one man dead. We will watch this for you overnight. And will update on you on good morning tristate. Now on 11 at 11a covington man in jail tonightaccused of trying to cut off his girlfriends head with a Samurai Sword. Genovese spoke with people on the street where it happened and knew Terry Phillips. john. Were told that woman was able to duck during the attackbut still seriously injured on her arm. Police say phillips ran from the scene. Leading them on a morethan 3day search ending in lexington i was waiting for my daughter to come home and i heard a scream early saturday morningpolice and paramedics swarming this home on holman avenuei heard her scream and i heard her say she couldnt move her arm neighbors in disbelief20 59when she told me i said youre crazy armed with a Samurai SwordCovington Police say 39 yearold Terry Phillips tried beheading his girlfriend. Telling her if he couldnt have her then nobody could. A missed swing still sending her the hospital with serious injuries its just hard to fathom that someone lives that close and that happened to her quickly canvassing the areapolice say phillips left town. pdwe searched high and low for him and we received some in the lexington areaon tuesday evening investigators tracking him down its hard to believe that someone like that was right above us the whole time you know wed see him every day phillips lived above the covington store sara walters owns. He was quiet he wasnt very social he wasnt sociable at alland now behind bars facing charges for attempted murder i really just feel for the lady and now hes caught or whatever he has to deal with the lord when he gets there tonight that womans condition is still unclear. Neighbors say she and phillips had just moved into that home. Less than 2 months ago. John genovese 9oys tonight. The search for the driver who hit a teenage girl kept on going. The girl was hit this morning on reading road at glenwood while walking to school. She was in a cross walk. Police for the driver is focusing on winton terrace. The car is a 1998 blue honda crv with ohio license plate grw 8229. New developments tonight in the case of rebekah kinner. She is charged in the death of her two year old daughter. Now. The man believed to be the father of kinners newborn wants immediate custody of the baby. Our ashley zilka sat down with kinners attorney in a story youll see only on 9. 9. Baby wyatt has been in foster care since he was born ten days ago. His mother remains behind bars, but wyatt could soon have a permanent home with his father. Rebekah kinner gave birth to Wyatt Matthew kinner on feburary 1. That was also the last time she saw her baby boy. 08 16 her biggest priority right now, that she was speaking of today, is to reunite with wyatt. 18 kyle rapier, who is representing kinner in her criminal case, said she spent about 10 hours with wyatt before he was taken away. Hes now in foster care. 07 20 she obviously had to be transferred back to the butler for her. 27 kinner is charged with Involuntary Manslaughter in the death of her two year old daughter, kinsley. Police say she was beaten to death by kinners boyfriend, bradley young. Today rapier gave 9 on your side this picture of kinner with kinsley. Its the first picture of the mother and daughter together that has been released. 07 44 she felt like her whole world has been taken from her. She has said to me numerous times that if given the choice she will put herself in the position of kinsley instead of kinsley. 55 rapier is now helping the man believed to be wyatts biological father file petitions for custody. He only referred to him as jason. 05 00 he seems to be very level headed. He has two children from a prior marriage. He works. He is very concerned over wyatt being in foster care 13 06 13 i know throughout this jason has been in contact with rebekah speaking on the phone extensively. 18 for april 4th but her Attorney Says she is looking at other options and could enter a plea in the near future. Reporting live, ashley zilka, 9 on your side. Tonight in democracy 2016. Two more gop candidates quit the president ial race. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and Carly Fiorina ended their campaigns today. Neither did well in New Hampshire yesterday. For the surviving candidates. The contest is now all about south carolina. Donald trump credits his big win yesterday to a large voter turnout. Second place finisher. Ohio governor john kasich. Says hell keep his Campaign Messages positive. Iowa caucus winner senator ted cruz says iowa proves he is the only candidate who can beat trump. On the democratic side. Bernie sanders today savored his victory over Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire. Telling women on the view that he is determined to make this a nation of fairness. Hillary clinton told her supporters shes a fighter. And will carry on with her campaign. South carolina voters will and clinton tomorrow night when they debate in greenville. Nine on your side will be working with politifact to check the candidates statements for you. Former president bill clinton is bringing his wifes campaign to cincinnati. Hes hosting a get out the vote rally on friday. Details about when and where hell stop are not yet released. Early voting for ohios march primary starts on february 17 th. The former secretary of state lost to Bernie Sanders yesterday in the New Hampshire primary. Now on 11 at 11. The Us Justice Department is suing the city of ferguson to change its Police Department and court system. The decision comes after city leaders tried to change a settlement with the Justice Department on reforms. Saying it was too expensive. Those negotations began after weeks of violent unrest in ferguson that started after an officer shot and killed an unarmed teenager. A grand jury refused to indict the officer. And the Justice Department decided not to an operation on the wrong newborn. The mothers reaction when she found out. And. What that doctor is saying tonight. Another streetcar arrives tomorrow. When you can expect streets to be closed when its moved to its new home. Oil prices have plunged. But were still seeing fuel surcharges on our bills. John matarese looks into whats going on. So you dont waste your money. Is it better than a new years resolution . What some people are trying to improve themselves instead of that traditional promise. And how its working for some people. Youre watching nine on your side at eleven oclock. Tomorrow on good morning tristate, a warning for people struggling to pay off student loans. Shady Debt Relief Companies targeting you. Well tell you the worst offenders and the best way to pay off your loans without getting ripped off. Join us before you head out now at 11. An operation on the wrong newborn. It happened at a hospital in tennessee. Not long after little nate was born. He was taken for what his parents thought was going to be a routine physical. A few hours later he returned. And the nurse told Jennifer Melton that the operation had gone well. Essentially they took our child who was 100 healthy, nursing well, no issues at all, and just took him out of the nursery and cut his mouth. At that point i began to cry hysterically hystericallythe operation involved cutting the tissue that connects the tongue to the floor of the mouth. The doctor who did the operation admits he asked for the wrong newborn for the procedure. And said hes sorry. The parents are now working with an attorney. A cruise that was battered by fierce storms for 12 hours is now safely back at its home port in new jersey. Winds up to 120 miles an hour hit the it to lean way over according to passengers. 30 foot waves tossed the ship around during the planned voyage to the bahamas. Which was cut short because of the storm. Four people suffered minor injuries. Passengers will get a full refund and a certificate good for 50 percent off another cruise with royal caribbean. A plan to crackdown on whats often called revenge porn is getting a hearing in kentucky. That is when people post explicit pictures of former partners on the internet without their permission. More often than not. The victims are women. The bill in the kentuckys house would make revenge porn a misdemeanor. But if the images were sold for profit. It would be considered a felony. Another streetcar arrives in cincinnati tomorrow. And that means some streets will be closed for a while so it can be moved to the maintenance facility. The streetcar is schduled to arrive in over the rhine around three oclock in the afternoon. Henry street shut down so it can be unloaded. The streetcar is expected to be operational in the fall. This is the third streetcar to arrive in town. Oil prices keep falling. But it seems many of those extra fees that were tackedon when oil prices were high havent changed. John materese looks into whats going on. So you dont waste your money. With oil prices now at 10 year lows. Gas prices are plummeting down to levels we havent seen in more than a decade. Then why are shippers, airlines, and trash haulers still making us pay for high fuel cots . Cots . Paying a fuel surcharge on your airline ticket. Or trash pickup. Made sense two years ago, with gas prices near 4 bucks. But now, with gas down to a buck 50 . 50 . They charge you a fuel surcharge when prices are high, and then when they go fuel surcharge off. Last week Glenn Mehltretter told me his garbage hauling surcharges were ridiculous at this point. But Bloomberg News says they are finally starting go to fall. Though Many Companies are wont remove them completely, just in case gas again. It says average trash surcharges have fallen from 15 to 5 percent. Most airlines have now removed fuel surcahrges from tickets. And it says fedex and ups have lowered theirs 2 percent this year. Year. The good news is that fuel surcharges are now at a 1o year low. But they still remain in many cases. That might have you saying doesnt that stink. And dont waste your money. Jm 9 on your side. Weather summary thursday brings the return of some muchneeded sunshine. However, temperatures will remain well below freezing. Lower to mid 20s. Skies will be mostly cloudy on friday, and forecast models show we could get another round of snow from a fastmoving clipper system. Right now, the models have been fluctuating with this system, so well have to watch it closely to see when it develops and if it will track over the ohio valley or move southwest of our area. The weekend remains cold, with highs only in the 20s. The next storm system is poised to move in late sunday into monday with our next chance of snow that could be measurable. Tonight in healthy living. Forget sticking to a resolution. The wall street journal says the 30day challenge is increasingly popular. Popular. We know the new years resolutions often fail this time of year. Instead try several 30day challenges throughout the year whether they be diet or exercise related. There are several apps for smartphone users that can help you get started. Some good news concerning dementia. A new study finds the number of cases has been falling steadily during the past 40 years. From nearly four percent in the late 70s to about two percent in the past few years. The findings are part of the framingham heart study. Which has been following 52 hundred people for the past four decades. For a look at whats happening director john popovich. Crunch time in high school basketball. The League Titles are on the line. Line. And the Top High SchoolFootball Players gathered downtown tonight to take one last bowl. Thats in sports. Good evening everyone. Were nearing tournament time. The regular season is in the stretch run. Run. First place on the line in walnut hills between the eagles and kings. Walnut took a six point lead at the half. That changed in the third. Tyler mitchell on target. He brings the knights right back. Kings outscored walnut 17 to 3 in that third. Mitchell again. Knights led by eight. Walnut fought to the end. Aljeria fletcher scores stay close. But kings hit a lot of free throws. The knights beats walnut for the second time this season. Awards night downtown. Keenan singleton followed the winners selected by tri state football dot com. Its award season. The oscars, the grammys and yes, even the tristate football year in review awards share in not just honoring a year well spent but also one question. Who got snubbed . After mount healthys David Montgomery won the award, we searched the holy grail on the banks for who they felt truly was the offensive player of the year. Tommy kramer from elder, im going with offensive lineman. I like to qualify it as who whom i happy ill never have to see again. Think its a tie this year, deshaunte and Peyton Ramsey at elder. Im not gonna miss playing against those two. No offense to david. Hes a great player, theyre all definitely the best player. Player. Gonna have to give it to Peyton Ramsey. Deserves every award they can give. But the best player tonight was montgomery, whos heading to iowa state next season. No player did more with less than David Montgomery. I dont think there was any question. Yeah, he was good, but he carried that team. i didnt think i would win it. I was really grateful. It was surprising. Cyclone hockey downtown tonight. Zach budish with a pair of goals in the cyclones 41 victory over kalamazoo. Many stories were told today about longtime reds clubhouse manager bernie stowe who died tuesday. Ed vignale junior wrote me that back in the sixties, bernie delivered prescriptions for larry sheas pharmacy in price hill during the off season. He said bernie would often give the kids in the neighborhood used bats and balls that they could fix ed said bernie had an impact on all of us. And ill never forget him. Visitation for bernie stowe will be sunday from three until 7 at the Schaeper Center at elder. The funeral mass on monday morning is at holy family church. 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