Were looking at a soggy saturday in who dey nation. As the bengals get ready to take on the steelers. Lets get straight to 9 first warning chief meteorologist Steve Raleigh for a first look we are just over 24 hours from kickoff in Paul Brown Stadium. Counting down the hours until the bengals try to mark their first playoff win in decades. Today we learned andy dalton is officially ruled out for the game. As expected. Aj mccarron will start at quarterback on saturday. Tomorrow the banks is expected to see one of its largest crowds ever. 9 on your sides ashley zilka is live at the banks and tells us how people running the show at the bars and restaurants plan to keep you safe during the big game. More people means more security down here at the banks. I spoke to several bar managers who say they are use to big events. Most have hired Cincinnati Police officers to make sure everything runs smoothly. 24313946nick ramsey general manager of holy grail08 30 tomorrow night because of the team we are playing and just all of the momentum, i am going to compare it to the all star weekend. That saturday night of the home run derby, thats the way i am preparing the place anyway. 41 the and steelers well its intense. And that fact alone will bring thousands of people down to the banks. Businesses like tin roof and holy grail ostrander general manager of tin roof00 27 with big crowds we are excited to have them here but we need to beef up security, so we will have six or seven guys working the door and kind of patrolling the area inside, make sure nothing gets out of hand. 37 bars have also hired the men in blue for tomorrows big game. 07 13 we do have two Cincinnati Police officers that work detail for us plus there are always lot of cincinnati detail out there hired by the city so there will be security everywhere. Its going to run smooth. 25 as far as fights go bar managers say fans typically have more bark than bite. Kyle tin roof01 39 there is definitely a lot of things said between fan groups but for that kind of stuff. We really dont have a lot of there are little barbs every once in a while but that is kind of fun and part of the sport. 51 the bars all have maximum occupancies and the playoff crowds will surely exceed them. Managers say you can expect to wait in line. Its all part of keeping you safe. Kyle ostrander general is the first home game that we in the playoffs so we dont know exactly what to expect, we dont have anything really to base it off of but we are expecting it to be a lot of fun and have a lot of people out here earlier. 29 nick ramsey general manager of holy grail08 50 we are going to do what we have to do and hopefully the bengals will do what they have to do and hopefully we will see them in new england next week. 54 in addition to all of these bars and restaurants here on east freedom way the budlight tailgate zone will be back here tomorrow. That starts at 4pm. But if you plan to do that you will definitely want to bring rain gear with you. Reporting live, ashley zilka, 9 on your side. Because of the soggy forecast we checked in to see how Paul Brown Stadium ground crews are preparing. A new surface was put on pbs just three years ago. Theres a gravel underlay and a drainage system taht goes back to when the field was natural grass. And the field was reshaped with a crown at the 50 yard line that allows the water to drain off to the walls. Today crews cleaned the seats, checked the scoreboards, and washed the windows. Now Paul Brown Stadium is ready to if youre waiting until the last minute to try and score tickets to tomorrows game youre in luck. Ticket prices are falling falling between falling demand. And tomorrows rainy forecast. Upper deck seats to the game are available for as low as seventy dollars if you do decide to snag tickets. Make sure you get them from a legit website with a money back guarantee. For more than 40 years a Symmes Township man has made going to bengals games a family tradition. Tradition. It started at the age of seven with his dad and grandfather,now it focuses on his kids, and all the memories are hanging around in his basement. John wagner also paints, banners spanning 40 feet, and the message usually depends on the competing team. Jeff wagner bengals fanits a difficult question but the reality is you do things you like its a labor of love it is a stress reliever. And its also an expression, i have got a big investment in the team voice. Wagner says he leaves all of his banners behind at the games. Its the memories he makes with family and friends that he takes home. Nine on your sides special coverage begins after the kansas city texas game. Tanya, craig and popo will have your pregame setup at 730. Then. After nine on your side at 11. Ken broo hosts a special hourlong edition of sports of all sorts. With highlights and team reaction. Today. A father accused of overdosing on drugs in his childs hospital room. Was arraigned on 400thousand dollars bond. Bond. This morning the prosecutor told a judge that Wesley Landers poses a danger to the community and is at risk of oding again. And asked for a high bond. Yesterday landers was found unresponsive in the room at Childrens Hospital with a handgun and three syringes used for heroin in his pockets. His wife. Also found unresponsive. Was declared dead. Police believe the two were using heroin. Addiction has reached epidemic proportions and impacted thousands of families. Nine on your sides introduces you to a woman who kicked her eightyear habit and is trying to reunite her family. Heroin has hit all corners of the community very, very hard as evidence by the overdoses at cincinnati Childrens Hospital on thursday that tore an Alabama Family apart. That type of tragedy, though, is all too familiar for a recovered addict that i talked with on friday. Friday. The heroin overdose that put Wesley Landers in court and killed his wife is having a huge impact on his family. Grandparents may become guardians. Two little girls face an uncertain future. Meagan petty can relate to that all too well. Well. Im a mom and im also a recovering heroin addict. I experienced that disconnect from my children. No matter how much i love them, that disease never allowed me to put them first. First. 2005 and it took two of her three children from her. Her. My mother raised my 12year old daughter. She still has her today because for the first 10years of her life what she knew was my mom being her mother. Mother. Finally, petty came to first step home in walnut hills and shook her disease. Disease. Its painful to get clean. It hurts. It doesnt hurt nearly as bad as were hurting our families and our children. Children. But, it was a guesture of her own daughter that made it all worthwhile. Worthwhile. This 10year old little girl wrote me a letter that said, mom, i want you to know that i still have hope for you. now, meagan petty is first step homes intake coordinator and central scheduler. Shes helping others shake the demons she once experienced and vows to keep her children from becoming addicts. Tom mckee, nine on your side, corryville. Were having a little fun with the Powerball Jackpot jackpotwe breakdown what you winnings and were doing it cincinnati style. Plus later at least 10 cars tagged with white spray paint in a westwood neighborhood. How the victims say they plan the Powerball Jackpot is now 800 Million Dollars. The largest lottery prize in history. We wanted to know what cincinnati specific things the cash payout of about 496 Million Dollars. We crunched the numbers and figured out. You could design and build your own downtown streetcar loop and operate it for about 82 years. You could buy 268million, 108thousand, and 108 cheese coneys at skyline. Or fund the cincinnati zoos 32 Million Dollar yearly operations for the next 15 years. Its a sweet story you wont want to miss. How a young boy battling brain cancer reacts to an amazing welcome home. Plus a full look at your 9 at 7 developing tonight in a Northern Kentucky child porn investigation. 9 on your side has learned the suspect involved is a school bus driver. driver. tonight weve learned Derrick Becker resigned from Kenton County schools in november after he was charged. A school spokeswoman tells nine on your side becker drove for nealy four years. His routes were for Ryland Heights elementary, woodland middle and scott high. But his criminal case doesnt appear to have ties to the schools. Jess dykes Kenton County schools spokesperson we are unaware of any criminal investigation in the Kenton County area but all questions furthermore after this will county investigators. Investigators. We have reached out to Campbell County police and prosecutors tonight. We will let you know when we learn more about the case against becker. It took two rounds with a taser to bring him down. But Cincinnati Police say the man wanted for a deadly hit and run is in custody tonight. Tonight. Thomas stidhum was arrested at a home in bond hill this morning. Police say he tried to escape out a window. And resisted arrest. So officers deployed a taser. Taser. Stidhum is accused of hitting and killing runner Cathy Chatfield on dorchester avenue last month. During the seven hills run walk. Witnesses say stidhum jumped the curb. Hitting chatfield. Then removed his plates and ran away. A Butler County couple could need a new place to stay. After a truck plows into their home. Home. Dionna davis says she was asleep when the truck came crashing into her 1800s log cabin style home in madison township early this morning. A house she and her fiance only just started renting this month. She credits that very truck from crashing all the way into the house. The driver suffered only minor injuries and davis wasnt hurt. But odot and zoning Officials Say the damage may mean the home isnt safe to live in anymore. Officials say the accident was caused by slick roads. Neighbors in westwood say they are taking matters into their own hands. After several cars are hit by vandals with graffiti. Graffiti. Nine on your side photographed several vehicles that had been spray painted. Including at least one tagged with an obscenity too graphic to air. Police tell us that despite this recent vandalism. Theyve only received two complaints. But one resident says there have been problems with vandals for more than a year. And others say theyre installing Security Systems and forming a blockwatch. Its hard seeing that, and dealing with that, waking up in the morning, especially when youre going to work and youre looking at Something Like that, your property being destroyed. Destroyed. Police say if you see your car has been damaged by a vandal in any way, contact them and file a a 10 year old boy with dipg cancer got an incredible homecoming today. Complete with lights, sirens, and a cheering crowd to greet him. Kyler bradley is fighting for his life against cancer. Today he returned home from undergoing treatment in style. Pulling up to a home still decorated in holiday lights. Also shining with the lights of the Fairfield Township rescue truck that brought him home. Kylers mom rebecca says. He kept giving thumbs up to everyone in the ambulance. I think he was amazed to see everybody. And to see him waive to everybody was just unbelievable. I mean hes not the same kid that went in, but he is definitely an unbelievable kid coming out. Out. Kylers mother says her family pushed to get him home as soon as possible so that they can give him the best quality of life. And promises well see him out and about. As they keep praying its not any new mothers ideal place to give birth. A bathroom. But its exactly what happened to one local mom. And tonight our viewers are a tristate mother and baby are doing fine, tonight, after an unusual birth in a very unusual place. Christine ferguson gave birth to a baby boy, yesterday, while she was in her shower. Christines husband, thomas, quickly called 911. Christine and the baby, chance, were taken to uc medical center. Thomas tells 9 on your side baby chance was three weeks early. He says this is a great surprise. Thomas says as thankful he is he and is family are struggling to provide for chance. If youre interested in donating any new or gently used baby items to the family po. Com after this story first aired at 6 weve already heard from several of you. The cincinnati zoo has a new family member. A little penguin hatched early this morning. Becoming the first zoo baby of 2016 2016 the penguin. Also known as a blue or fairy penguin. Hatched around 6 this morning. Weighing in at 46 grams. The chick became the 33rd little penguin at the zoo. Which is home to the largest little penguin colony in the us. The zoo took suggestions for its name from social media. And eventually settled on bowie because today is david bowies birthday