Good news though is that the snow is starting to ease up downtown. Meteorologist Sherry Hughes has a look at what is to come light snow continues to fall but in many areas, it is mixing with rain and melting as it hits the surface. Snow and rain will diminish by 8 p. M. With isolated chances overnight. Light accumulations on grassy and elevated surfaces, however in our Winter Weather advisory has accumulation. Overnight low 31 isolated show showers. Clouds will gradually scour away friday afternoon. So well stay mostly cloudy skies most of the day. Temperatures will fall below normal 48 in the lower 40s. Heading into the weekend, there a slight chance for another mix of snow and rain early saturday. With temperatures climbing to near 50, it will limit our snow be rain. Sunday looks better sunny skies and highs in the low 50s. And the extended forecast is trending well above normal for next week. Weve been staying on top of the forecast. And 9 on your sides ashley zilka continues our coverage at 7 with a look at what weve been seeing all day. Ashley i am out in florence where the weather is relatively calm. The snow isnt sticking to the roads but people have had to brush off their cars. Take a look at video from earlier today. Here you see snow falling in the west end of cincinnati right near district 1 headquarters. Heres a look at downtown on vine street where people had to take out umbrellas to get through the rain and snow. And this video was taken outside of our station near mount adams. Here you can see those fluffy and thick flakes but still no snow sticking on the roads, just as our 9 first the mother of a newborn reported to be in the backseat of a stolen vehicle this morning is now accused of lying. And faces charges. Cincinnati police say the newborn was never in the car in the first place 9 on your sides tom mckee walks us through the story that just didnt add up for officers. Why would a west end mother make up a story about her car being stolen and her newborn daughter inside. Thats what Cincinnati Police want to know tonight. Nonetheless, that story triggered a big search until the baby was found safe. Safe. Nicole benton made that claim shortly after seven a. M. Resulting in an intense 90minute search not only in the west end, but covedale and other parts of the city as well. Well. The child was at home the entire time. She left her home, she actually snuck out with the child, went a few blocks down the road, met up with her friend who returned the child home with the appearance that the child had been recovered in another location. Location. Thats the Reason Police have filed three criminal charges against benton. Benton. Shell be charged with obstructing official business, making false alarms and inducing panic. Panic. The car indeed was stolen and found wrecked on prosperity lane in covedale near Western Hills high school. For that. That. I got a word to the teenagers out here. Go to school. Get an education. Thats the best thing you can get out here. If you dont, the Justice Center or the graveyard. One of the two. Two. Nicole benton is the mother of three children. Tonite, theyre all in the custody of job and family services. Tom mckee, nine on your side, west end. A heads up to parents williamstown independent schools is closing all preschool and headstart tomorrow because of illness. Were making calls to find out exactly what kind of illness. A mt. Healthy student accused of bringing a fake gun and wine to school was expelled expelled police say they werent about to take any chances after receiving a tip about a student with a firearm. Another student told them that a 12yearold boy showed off what turned out to be a fake gun while in class. Sgt. Greg nolte mt. Healthy policepulled the gun out again pointed it to another female student and said im gonna shoot you. He again put it back in his waist band and starting laughing and giggling. Giggling. In addition the expulsion the student is facing several charges. New at 7160thousand dollars. Thats how much was raised at pwcs oscar party sunday night. Night. People working cooperatively will use the majority of that money to help elderly, disabled and low income families make critical home repairs to stay in their homes. 9 on your side is a proud sponsor of the event. We want to thank everyone who donated to this special cause. Pwc and one family in particular benefitting from this money, check out the latest post on my facebook page. Nearly 16 thousand dollars in cash and money orders in the goshen township Evidence Room cant be accounted for. Two investigations are now complete. And no one will be charged or cited. The investigations began in march of 2013. The ohio state auditor. The bureau of criminal investigation. And the Hamilton CountySheriffs Department all looked at the situation. They found there is no way to figure out exactly what happened to the cash and other items. Or who took them. Will be charged. A local College Campus is growing. Growing. The Expansion Plan at u. C. Blue ash and why Officials Say its needed. And a student at seven hills is using his diabetes diagnosis to train dogs. And ultimately help others. His story. Next. And trending now on our websiteyour forecast. Remember if were not on the air, you can always check out our free mobile app. But no need to do that now sherry the uc blue ash campus is on the verge of getting a little bigger. Bigger. A Ground Breaking celebration was held today for it new 16 thousand square foot building. It will be used for both classrooms and offices. School Officials Say space is now at a premium at uc blue ash. The school was designed for 35 hundred students. And it now has five thousand. We have retrofitted so man spaces that this new building will absolutly transform the use of our college and campus. Campus. When the new building opens in july of 2017. Renovation work will begin on the oldest building on the uc blue ash campus. That project will take place in several phases. A new home for homeless young adults is coming to walnut hills. A fourstory industrial building on iowa avenue will soon be a new start for area foster kids. Kids. This is what the new Sheakley Center for youth could look like. Once complete there will be apartments for foster kids who have aged out of the system and have no where else to go. The building will be topped off with a light shining through the top. So Homeless Youth can see the facility at night as a sign of hope. But the shelter isnt just accomodating homeless kids. Wcpo insiders can read right now how its helping other disadvantaged folks in the tristate. Check out lucy mays article right now. A local High School Student is education. Matthew kreines, whos a sophomore at seven hills, has type one diabetes. And hes using his experience with the disease to help train dogs to sniff it out in other people. Matthew volunteered to be the first to train a diabetic alert dog for the group circle tail. Marla staley circle tail executive directorthey can detect a drop in blood sugar in a person with diabetes and that can be life saving. Matthew kreinesit can alert your blood sugar up to forty minutes before you actually have a low which is a lot longer than your continuous glucose monitor can. Can. The group will provide the service dogs to children at no cost. Matthew is Getting School credit for the project. A middletown mother takes her kids out for a treat. Treat. But what she finds in her car is something she will never forget how the battle family and taking a live look outside right now. Snow flurries starting to end. But whats youre watching 9 on your side at 7 a middletown mother says shell never make the mistake of leaving her car unlocked again after a heroin addict crawled inside her car and overdosed overdosedthe woman tells 9 on your side she discovered the unconscious man outside the wendys in middletown. Kelsey says they called police and paramedics were able to use narcan to revive him. Kelsey says the man didnt take left something behind. Kelsey wiley, says man crawled in and overdosed in her car {41 56 the officer said, you might want to go get some cleaning [supplies]. It looks like when he overdosed he puked in your seat. the wendys workers were very helpful and gave me disinfectant. {42 14 {42 14kelsey said the mother of the man who overdosed actually contacted her and apologized. Kelsey said this a lesson to everybody to always lock your car. Former president ial nominee mitt romney stepping into the president ial fight ahead of tonights Republican Debate in detroit. Detroit. Today mitt romney took on frontrunner donald trump saying he has neither the temperament nor the judgment to be president. Its a big change from a few years ago when trump supported romney during his president ial campaign. Tonight a very different story. 0006donald trump is a phony, a fraud. His promises are as worthless as a degree from trump university. 0411you can see how loyal he is. He was begging for my endorsement. I could have said mitt, drop to your knees. Some are also interested in the dynamic between trump and megyn kelly who returns as moderator for tonights debate. They clashed during the first debate last summer when kelly questioned trump about some of his comments toward women. And as always we will be on your side with whats true and whats not about the candidates statements during tonights debate. Well have the latest politifact report tonight on nine on your side at eleven. Tonight we know more about senator rand pauls plans for saturdays republican caucus. Caucus. You may remember paul asked for the caucus in the first place so he could run for president , and his senate seat at the same time. But now that he is out of the president ial race we have learned he will still participate in the caucus and will cast a ballot of his own. For how and where to vote in the caucus and the upcoming primary in ohio. Log on to wcpo dot com right now. We have it all sorted out for you. Gop president ial candidate marco rubio has canceled an appearence in kentucky. Just days before the republican rubio was scheduled to make a Campaign Stop in lexington friday. But now. His Campaign Says it was canceled to use his time as effectively as possible before saturdays contests. Kansas. Louisiana. And maine also have gop primaries that day. Right now on wcpo dot com and our mobile app. We have information about the kentucky caucus. Including where to vote. Light snow continues to fall but in many areas, it is mixing with rain and melting as it hits the surface. Snow p. M. With isolated chances overnight. Light accumulations of 1 2 or less are possible on grassy and elevated surfaces, however in our southernmost counties, a Winter Weather advisory has been issued for up to 1 of accumulation. Overnight low 31 under cloudy skies with isolated show showers. Clouds will gradually scour away friday afternoon. So well stay mostly cloudy skies most of the day. Temperatures will fall below normal 48 in the lower 40s. Heading into the weekend, there a slight chance for another mix of snow and rain early saturday. With temperatures climbing to near 50, it will limit our snow window and this should mainly be rain. Sunday looks better with partly cloudy to mostly sunny skies and highs in the low 50s. And the extended forecast is trending well above normal for next week. Highs will increase into the a new warning for women about wearing high heels heels well give you three reasons you might want to tonight police want your help solving a bank robbery. This a picture of the man officers say held up the First Financial bank on south gilmore road in fairfield. Witnesses saw him leave in a dark oldermodel toyota sedan. If you know who this man is call fairfield police. Soccer icon Brandi Chastain says she will donate her brain to science after she dies. Dies. Chastain was a member of the 1999 womens world cup team. She played soccer the majority of her life suffering two concussions. Concussions. Its rare for doctors to use womens brains for concussion research. She wants doctors to be able to 14yearold be heading a soccer ball . Ladies when it comes to wearing high heels turns out there are some unhealthy, long term side effects you might not know about. One biggie increased knee and hip pain. Also muscle pain and spasms. Spasms. 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