By now. A pretrial date was set for april 6th in the case. Tensings attorney asked to waive his appearance at that hearing. Something the judge granted. Reporting live. Jordan burgess. 9 on your side. Kentucky 17 on the pendleton Kenton County line should reopen soon after a deadly crash involving a semi and pick up truck this morning. One man is dead following the accident. Chopper 9 the only local helicopter bringing you breaking news first was over the scene this morning. Falmouth fire Officials Say a pick up was heading south on kentucky 17 when it crossed the center line hitting a semi. They say the pick up was pinned between a tree and the semi and caught fire. Someone who lived nearbytried saving the man who was in the pick up but was unable to because of the intense flames and that driver died. David marquardt falmouth fire chief19 27 anytime you have an accident with fatalities its bad, like i said my heart goes out to the victim and his family, as well as the accident who tried getting him out of the vehicle vehiclethe driver of the semi is ok. Kentucky state police are investigating the cause of the crash. Heres a first check of your new at noon. The Mount HealthySchool District is taking action after a boy is hit by a car while walking to class this morning. Its just one of about a half dozen accidents in that spot. That 9 on your summer. Timyka artist joins us live after talking to police and School Officials like this mornings accident, many of these incidents have happened here or near hamilton adams. Many involve children walking to and from my healthy jr sr high as well as the this morning the 16 young victim was in the crosswalk on adams. He was hit by a car that failed to yield while turning while turning on red the assistant superintendent says the district is very concerned for the safety of their students. So much so they are now considering adding another Security Guard at the intersection before and after school hours. The Security Guard who starts st 745 had not yet arrived when the boy was hit around 6 50 this morning. Sgt greg nolte says the bottomline is drivers more careful its extremely important to get the word out both drivers of the vehicles need to be attentive and kids have to be cars if they do not see them will not be stopping for them obviouslytrt 20 seconds the morning its hard to see the no turn on red which begins at 7 pm. The driver in this case was cited for had some cuts on his knees from falling but he is going to be ok ta 9 on your side ohio lawmakers are taking aim at planned parenthood. Yesterday the house sent governor kasich a bill that would strip more than one point three million in state funding from the organization. Organization. The money was earmarked for cancer screenings, hiv testing, and services other than abortions. Today planned parenthood is firing back with an Online Ad Campaign before kasich signs the bill. As hes expected to do before the South Carolina primary on february 20th. Backers of the bill say the money can be better spent at Community Health clinics around the state. While opponents say there arent enbough clinics that provide those services. A man is in the Butler County jail this morning for traveling from arizona to new york, but got busted near dayton by the ohio state patrol. Patrol. He told them he was just moving from those states. Inside the car 3 kilos of heroin worth a street value of 1. 2 Million Dollars. 63yearold rolf krueger admitted to officials he was acting as a drug mule after being promised five thousand dollars. The Highway Patrol initially pulled him over on a traffic stop. A drug dog was called in and found the heroin. Happening today, the third streetcar arrives in streets will be closed so it can be moved to the maintenance facility. The streetcar is scheduled to arrive in over the rhine around three oclock in the afternoon. Henry street between elm and race will be shut down so it can be unloaded. The streetcar is the fall. President ial campaigns are heating up. The big guns some candidates are calling in. To get big votes in South Carolina. Pay up. The order to the their attorney is saying about this new bill they have to pay. A nightmare at sea. Passengers vowing to never get on a cruise ship again. After a winter storm sends the boat into peril whats happening now and why those passengers say the captain didnt do his job. Youre watching 9 on your side donald trump has a spring in his step following a major win in tuesdays New Hampshire primary. And he has less competition going forward. Chris christie and Carly Fiorina are both dropping out of the race for the gop nomination. Nomination. Now a former president is taking to the campaign trail. Jeb bush confirms his brother george w. Will join him in drumming up primary voters in South Carolina. Bush hit out at trump at a Campaign Rally yesterday. Ush sot he is an entertaining person. Unless you are a hispanic, unless youre a pow, unless youre a disabled person. the South Carolina republican primary is february 20th. The same day Nevada Democrats will caucus for their nominee choice. Former president bill clinton is bringing his wifes campaign to cincinnati. Hes hosting a get out the vote rally tomorrow. Details about when and where are not yet released. Hell also attend a fundraiser for Hillary Clintons campaign. Early voting for ohios march primary starts on february 17 th. Tonight in milwaukee. Hillary clinton and senator Bernie Sanders square off in another debate. Sanders is trying to build off his double digit rout of clinton in New Hampshire. Where he took more than 60 percent of the vote in tuesdays primaryhe raised more than six Million Dollars in the 24 hours after polls closed on tuesday. Clintons campaign is hoping tonights debate gets them back on track after that primary defeat threw her frontrunner status into question. The debate starts at or you can stream it on youtube. After a second place finish in the New Hampshire gop primary. Ohio Governor John Kasich is making national headlines. But how well do you know the buckeye states chief executive . Can you name the band that kicked him offstage decades ago . Ago . Right now on wcpo you can test your kasich knowledge with a quiz. And learn more about the president ial contender. Tweet us your score were at wcpo. Well give you a freebie. The band that booted him back in 1991 was none other than the grateful dead. Nearing the end. Negotiations between the fbi. And the last of the oregon wildlife refuge protestors. Whats happening now to end the weekslong protest. A nightmare vacation. A cruise ship returning from a rough ride in the atlantic injuring passengers what youre watching 9 on your side at noon short forecast tease. Ill have nine first warning forecast in about two minutes. The city of cleveland says tamir rices family should pay for medical care he got after Police Officers shot and killed him. Him. The city filed a claim in Probate Court yesterday. Saying the rice estate owes 500 dollars for an ambulance and other care. An attorney for the rice family called the claim callous and insensitive. The 12 year old was shot and killed by a Cleveland Police officer more than a year ago. The citys Police Union President says the medical care claim is unconscionable. the fbi says it has surrounded the last armed protesters occupying a federal wildlife refuge in oregon. Oregon. An fbi spokesperson one of the protesters as he was riding an atv outside barricades. The protester returned to the refuge, and the fbi placed agents at all of the barricades. The fbi says no shots have been fired, and agents are negotiating with those inside. Its believed there are four people inside the refuge. The situation began january second, when protesters took over the refuge to decry what they called government overreach of federal land. Protest leader ammon bundy and several others were arrested last month. After four tough days at sea, a Royal Caribbean cruise ship that was seriously tossed around in a storm this weekend, is now back at port in new jersey. No serious injuries were reported, but some passengers say it was the scare of their lives. Abcs marci gonalez has their story, and what the cruise line is now saying. Nat free at last. Free at last wooo pure relief . Woman we are happy to be alive . And never again. 45hundred passengers on royal carribeans anthem of the seas back on solid ground in new jerseyafter thistheir ship cruising right into a storm . Sunday pounded by 30 foot waves . And wind gusts topping 100 miles an hour . Out of nowhere the ship started going crazy. Rocking. The ship was on its side . We saw the ocean coming in . Water coming in . Very scary . Some questioning the captains judgement . Knowing severe storm warnings were in the forecast . Captain sot it just exploded. Royal caribbean refunding the passengers giving them half off a future cruise . And an apology . Soundbite bill baumgartner, Senior Vice President of Global Marine operations at Royal Caribbean cruises Royal Caribbean couldnt be sorrier about what happened other going to make some changes to provide some more guidance, some more oversight. But maritime lawyer jim walker says despite this nightmare passengers looking for have a casesot lawyerwe simply think their cases are too difficult and probably wont be successful. Mg abc news ny right now on the 9 on your side facebook page, were asking for your help to caption this. This. Each week, we give you the chance to create the top caption or vote for your favorite by clicking like on one thats already there. The person behind the winning caption gets a free wcpo insider subscriptions. This week cartoonist kevin necessary is taking on just a misunderstanding. They fell in love decades ago but just now got together. See how so many people pitched in. To make sure this World War Two veteran met his match. Moving forward. This former set to go to trial. But hear why some say its not soon a couple who first fell in love seventy years ago. Only to have a misunderstand ing pull them apart. Has reunited. Norwood thomas says he never stopped thinking about joyce morris. The pair first met in 1944. When morris was a 17yearold british girl living in london 21yearold paratrooper for the u. S. Forces. Their brief romance was interrupted when thomas was deployed to normandy to fight in world war ii. After the war, he returned to the u. S to join him. But she misunderstood his letter and thought he was already married so she refused and they went their separate ways. But last year, one of morris sons found thomas online. And they reconnected on skype after more than 70 years. joyce i have your picture framed on my bureau and i say morning. And say ive missed you to that photo laughs Norwood Thomas and i will say good morning back to you. Norwood Thomas you broke my heart joyce im not sure thats true. Norwood Thomas what would you do if i could give you a squeeze . joyce that would be lovely. Lovely. A crowd Funding Campaign raised enough money to make that actually happen. This week thomas made the journey from virginia to adelaide. Norwood called it the most wonderful thing to ever happen to him. Its a story were hearing too many times. A child hit while crossing the street street and hear why particular intersection is dangerous one for students. Forcing change. Federal officials going after ferguson missouri. The change they want we now know when the trial will start for a former university of cincinnati Police Officer accused of shooting and killing a driver during a traffic stop. Stop. Ray tensing will stand trial starting october 24th. His pretrial was set for april 6th. Tensing was not in court today. His appearance was waived by the judge at the request of his attorney. Tensing was a uc police and killed dubose. Tensing claimed he was dragged first but prosecutors charged him with murder based on video of the shooting. Duboses fiancee was in court and was unhappy with the date. Saying she wants the trial to start sooner. New at noon. The Mount HealthySchool District is taking action after a boy is hit by a car while walking to class this morning. Morning. The 16 year old victim was in the crosswalk at the intersection of adams and hamilton around 6 50 am. He was hit by a car that failed to yield while turning on red. The assistant superintendent says its a troublesome area for cars and pedestrians. And due to safety concerns, they are now considering adding another Security Guard at the intersection before and after school hours. Police officers are also calling on drivers to be more responsible. Its extremely important to get the word out both drivers attentive and kids have to be attentive to know that the cars if they do not see them will not be stopping for them obviouslytrt 20 seconds secondsthe driver in this case was cited for failing to yield. The victim had some cuts on his knees from falling okay. Crews were on the scene of a gas line break this morning. Construction workers digging hit a line. Line. Utility workers were sent to the scene around 930 this morning to repair it. They quickly had the break under control. Rebekah kinners newborn could soon have a permanent home with his biological father. Kinner gave birth to wyatt on february 1st. Her attorney, kyle rapier, says she spent about ten hours with her baby now in foster care. Care. Rapier is now helping the man believed to be wyatts father file petitions for custody. He referred to him only as jason. Kinner is charged with Involuntary Manslaughter in the death of her two year old daughter, kinsley. Rapier gave 9 on your with kinsley. Its the first picture of the mother and daughter together thats 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 kinners trial date is april 4th but her Attorney Says she is looking at other options and could enter a plea in the near future. Police say a covington man tried beheading his girlfriend with a samurai sword. Right now hes behind bars in central kentucky. Terry phillips is facing charges for attempted murder and assault. Early saturday morning Covington Police tell us he got into an argument at a home on holman avenue. The woman was able to duck. But her arm was seriously injured. When police got there phillips was gone. Tuesday night investigators tracked him to a home in lexington. I really just feel for the lady and now hes caught or with the lord when he gets there thereneighbors say the woman had lived in the neighborhood for only two months. An Early Morning crash caused trouble for drivers today. Two cars crashed head on reading near elsinore avenue around 2 30. One driver, who was going the wrong way on the ramp. Crashed head on into another car traveling south. She had to be cut out of the car. Both drivers were taken to the hospital. We are working to learn if alcohol, drugs or Something Else played a role in this crash. School officials at Middletown High School are on alert today. After threats were made against students there. There. Middletown police say earlier this week they arrested a 15 year old student who wrote a racist note threatening to kill African American students if they showed up to school today. Police say he acted alone. And has been charged with a felony. School officials sent a voice mail to parents earlier this week when they became aware of the threat. Police say there is no immediate danger for students today. But they are increasing security to the city of ferguson is facing federal government announced it is suing the city. The Justice Department is trying to force ferguson to overhaul its troubled police department. After the shooting death of michael brown, an investigation found a pattern of problems with Excessive Force and Racial Discrimination in the police department. Abcs bazi kanani has the latest. nats . Police protestors clash a new battle in ferguson, missouri. The Justice Department is now suing the city for violating its residents civil rights. lynch the Ferguson Police depts. Violations were expansive and deliberate, stopping people without reasonable suspicion, arresting them without cause, and using unreasonable force. These violations were not only egregious they were routine. They were driven at least in part by racial bias. The lawsuit comes after a surprise move this week by the city council. Voting to push back against the settlement the Justice Department after months of negotiations. mayor you know the things that we asked for are i think very reasonable. City leaders want to amend the agreement which they say the city cant afford to implement. But attorney general Loretta Lynch isnt buying that argument. lynch the department of justice and fergusons own negotiators came to an agreement that was both fair and costeffective lynch says city leaders leave her no other choice forcing litigation to protect the rights of residents the Justice Department says are treated unfairly by police and a profitdriven court system. lynch they have waited decades for justice. They should not be forced to wait any longer. Bazi on cam tag this case now goes to trial. Unless the city and the Justice Department are able to settle first. Attorney general lynch did not indicate much hope for that. Dont fret over flowers if youre looking for the best priced and best quality roses for your sweetie then John Matarese has you covered why to impress your valentine. Weight loss dangers. You trust them to help you lose weight safely. But a new report says socalled experts could be harming your body nine is on your side with what you need to know about weight loss clinics. Youre watching 9 on your side thinking flowers for valentines day . The bad news about 5 this year. But 9 on your side consumer reporter John Matarese shows us how you can still get a beatiful dozen at a good price. If you know how to avoid a rose ripoff. Ripoff. Mike benken takes me into the coolers at hl benken florist. Where the valentines day roses have arrived. Arrived. All the lower leaves have been removed. Workers at the silverton Garden Center are busy preparing this weekends flower arrangements. But benken tells me all roses are not the same. He gets complaints from customers of out of town florists every year. Saying their roses arrived wilted. Frozen one day, or it may be cooked one day. It all depends on where it was on the terminal,where it was on the airplane. Thats why he suggest sticking with a local florist. That way you can be sure they were kept at the right temperature, with the right solution. Solution. Were they processed right to begin with, were they hydrated right to begin with, and if none of that was done you dont know how long they are going to last. Want long lasting roses . Benkins says reds and lavenders look shortest lifespan. And if you are ordering for delivery, he cincinnati florist, or unscrupulous out of town florists pay for google ranking. Ranking. The biggest thing is a lot of people say they are local florists and they are not. And you dont know where your flowers are coming from. You can read johns price comparison. And who has the lowest rose prices. On wcpo. Com. And hell be back today starting at 5. To look into suspicous phone calls from Fifth Third Bank that many people are receiving what are they all about . Thats later today on 9 on your side. Its back the hottest night on television returns. Only on nine on your side what you can harming your body. Trusted experts helping you lose weight may not be following the rules the concerning information researchers found out about some weight loss on your side at noon after a long wait, tgit is back tonight. Only on 9 on your side that means all new episodes of scandal. Greys anatomy. And the hit drama how to get away with murder. Dying for more in the last episode. With a major cliffhanger. Annalise keating played by viola davis was shot after she and her law students scrambled to cover up yet another murder carried out by a colleague they least suspect. Matt mcgorry, actor i was a little too straight and narrow before. And now ive just murdered someone jack falahee next to him yelllgh matt mcgorry yellgh tgit starts 8 with all new episodes. Starting with greys anatomy, then at 9. Scandal. Then at 10. How to get away with murder. Of course followed by 9 on your side at 11. Weight loss clinics are becoming a bigger part of obesity treatment. But now a new study takes a closer look at these clinics. And what they found may surprise you. With more, heres abc news senior medical contributor dr. Timothy johnson. Losing weight . It can be a turn to popular weight loss clinics to help them . Some on the advice of their doctors. But now a new Study Questions whether some of these clinics follow strict medical standards to help people safely lose weight. Researchers at Johns Hopkins looked at nearly two hundred weight loss clinics in the Greater Washington d. C. Metro area . Finding that in most cases, the websites of these clinics did not include important guidelines from top medical groups involved in obesity management. And when the researchers contacted these centers directly by phone . Only one in five indicated that they were in compliance with these guidelines. More research is needed to determine whether these findings are reflective of clinics across the country. But given how common obesity is in the United States . If this is a representative pitcure, it is bad news. So if you are looking to a weight loss clinic for help with obesity . Do your homework. It may make or break your success. With this medical minute, im lets turn to your forecast now with a live look from skycam 9. 9. Jason adams has a look at whats happening throughout the day and into the weekend well see a mix of mostly clear to partly cloudy skies during the day. It is a nice change to finally see a few more rays of sunshine. Highs are only expected in the mid to low 20s today. Temperatures generally average around 42 degrees in midfebruary so we are well below normal. Skies will be mostly cloudy on friday and well see another chance for light snow. A fast moving clipper system will swing through the ohio valley bringing. 5 to 1 of snow max. Cold we could see wind chills below zero on saturday and sunday morning. And each afternoon will be very cold with a high of 19 on saturday and 22 on sunday. Along with the cold, we also need to talk about minor snow chances. Northwest winds could bring in a few lake effect snow showers on saturday, but any accumulating snow would be minor and very isolated. This is not a widespread event. The 9 First Warning Team continues to monitor the extended forecast for snow chances next work week. This could bring snow into the tristate late sunday night into monday morning. But due to weather model inconsistencies, its too early to talk about how much snow. Check back for this weekend ring in the daspos annual Lunar New Year party is being held saturday at the transept. And here to tell us more about it. Are mapi de veyra and bao nguyen. Lunar new year partymapi de veyra director and bao nguyen food director give us some background on the mean to be in the year of the monkey . Whats up with the giant lion head . Tell us about this event. A look out over the city from the nine on your side skycam. The nine first warning later today at 4 on the now cincinnati. Two new stores are headed to the banks. Find out which ones and how soon shop. Does someone you know struggle with what to do on valentines day . Well have some insider secrets that could help out. Out. The irs hacked. And only a month into the tax season. The information you need to protect yourself. Join Tanya Orourke and me for the now cincinnati. Today at 4. Lets get one last check of your forecast. Thats 9 on your side at noon for this xx. Well see you again at four for the now cincinnati. Keep 9 on your side at your side everywhere you go. Download the wcpo 9 on your side app now now at havertys furniture, which means its the perfect time to create the perfect home. Now through february 15th, everything in our store is on sale. Plus, were offering thirtysix month, no interest financing. Come in today for our best prices of the year. With havertys, your home can be perfect. Even when life isnt. Sfx knocking. 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