This study looked at at nearly 59,000 bridges here in ohio. And like this one columbia parkway over 471. They found that drivers are traveling on shaky ground and its not just this structure but ohio ranks among the worst in the country. 912 percent of all of our bridges and overpasses are ranked structurally defient. And in desperate need of repair. Also making the list the Western Hills viaduct. Which would cost millions of dollars to replace. Virginia gall says she is not surprised that hamilton countys bridges didnt score so well in this new report i would have say i agree. Side to side actually, really scary bridge did not make the list although most people would agree it is one of the worst structured in the tri state the girlfriend of 37yearold paul gaston. The man police shot and killed wednesday. Tells 9 on your side his death is senseless. Investigators say officers gave gaston several commands. And that he was intoxicated. Thats when they say gaston reached for a gun forcing officers to shoot. That gun turned out to be an airsoft gun. Take a look police and city leaders say its nearly impossible to tell the difference. Gastons girlfriend says he just got it a few weeks ago. She described him as sweet and caring but admits he had his struggles. She asked us to change her voice. He wasnt a bad person he had a few issues here and believe that played a role int he incident yesterday but overall he wasnt a bad person she says funeral arrangements will be made later today. A man has been charged with robbery at a middletown speedway speedwaypolice say 31yearold eli metcalf displayed a butcher knife during the robbery on wednesday morning. He got away with cash and lottery tickets. He was arrested about an hour after the crime. And then charged. He will be in court this morning. An update to a story 9 on your side first told you about earlier this month. The mother and grandmother of two warren children. Who ate heroin and had to be revived with narcan. Are now facing felonies. Felonies. 18yearold mother Carlisa Davis has been indicted on two counts of endangering children. The childrens grandmother. Lisa davis. Is charged with permitting drug abuse. The 21monthold girl and ninemonth old boy are both a message for mason parents students are using instagram to bully each other. Other. But its not just happening there. Last night parents at Nagel Middle School in anderson got a lesson in teen tech. Hearing from experts on what apps can be misused what the consequences can be and the ways parents can make sure their kids stay out of tech trouble. 040331 its natural curiosity that a childs going to want to get involved in that type of activity. You need to minimize or eliminate that activity and one way to do that is to actually create a techfree zone. Zone. 035112 if you really love and care about protecting your kids, which we all do, you need to make the time to learn about it. It. Weve linked to more information from that presentation for you just click on this story on wcpo dotcom. Happening today. A job fair for veterans looking for work. Work. Its this morning at the Anderson Township center on five mile road. There will be more than two dozen major regional employers looking for ohio congressman brad wenstrup. That is the delicious sizzle of cod being fried up for the famous frischs fish sandwich. The director of research and development thats the fancy name for the guy who creates frischs recipes showed us how its done. The cod is lightly breaded in seasoned cornmeal the haddock in a flour mixture. Both are flash fried for four minutes for just the right amount of crisp on the outside. The toasted rye buns are topped with tartar sauce, shredded lettuce and two pieces of cod. Chef Greg Grisanti director of Research Development frischs has always been famous for our fish. One of the reasons is, weve never bent on quality, never cheapened the product. And that goes so far with our customer. We see families coming in, now that they get to the age theyre having traditions. The tartar sauce equally as famous as the fish itself. The secret to their recipe no sugar. In the next six weeks frischs will sell more than 200thousand pounds of fish. A man finds any way possible into a restaurant. B business. How he helped himself to something that didnt make the owners very happy. Getting to know Governor John Kasich a little better. Why one of his answers from last nights debate is now going were hearing this morning from three more republican president ial candidates taking questions from South Carolina voters ahead of saturdays crucial primary. Among them. Gop frontrunner donald trump. During the sitdown with cnns anderson cooper. Trump admitted that he may have back the invasion of iraq back in 2002. It follows his attack last weekend on george w. Bushs handling of the iraq war. I could have said that. I wasnt a politician. It was probably the 1st time anybody asked me that question. By the time the war started, that was quite a bit before the war, i was against the war. War. Today is the final full day of campaigning in the palmetto state before South Carolina voters go to the polls on saturday. Trump still holds a doubledigit lead in most polls. Another candidate taking part in last nights president ial forum. Ohio Governor John Kasich. And one of his answers is going viral this morning. Morning. Kasich tried to counter the tough talk from donald trump and jeb bush. Message. He embraced a young man. Who said hed been through a rough time and has now found meaning in kasichs message. He also shared a secret about his favorite music. gov john kasich r president ial candidate fall out boy is one of them, you know. I like linkin park and 21 pilots, you know stressed out . out . his reponse is raising some eyebrows. But its not the first time hes mentioned lincoln park as one of his favorite bands. Kentucky governor matt bevin will be in the tristate today. Hell speak at Gateway Community and Technical College in florence this morning. Hell also take part in a Government Forum luncheon. Hosted by the Northern Kentucky chamber of commerce. Hell deliver the keynote address discussing his administration and the issues firefighters have to snatch up a monkey on a rampage. What they said he downed just moments before grabbing a knife and going after men at a bar horses are making even more money for the commonwealth. We take a look at the numbers from the breeders cup and how gmts animyoure watching good morning tristate at 5 on 9 on your side police in florida are on the presisent though while he was inside the restaurant. After realizing the registers were empty the crook spent hours trying to open the safe. He managed to get away with some cash but forgot to cover his face. We hear a lot about belligerent people in bars but you dont really hear about beligerant monkeys. So for that im taking you to brazil. According to the United Press International this monkey downed a glass of rum got aggressive, and grabbed a kitchen knife. Not just any knifea big knife the Fire Department says the monkey was chasing men around the bar before it climbed on a Citywide Campaign to make cincinnati shine is underway. And you can get involved. Involved. Keep cincinnati beautiful will have events in all of the citys 75 neighborhoods this year. The kickoff last night celebrated the 11 thousand people who turned out last year to help. And show their pride in their hometown. I love the volunteers they are definitely the best part of it all. Theyre passionate and its great to see them come and show up in big numbers. Those numbers are impressive. Organizers hope to top 11 thousand volunteers this year. Also a beautiful thing. Reds pitchers and catchers reported for duty in goodyear arizona. Yesterday was their first practice for the spring training season. Traffic american pharoahs history making victory at last years breeders cup at keeneland was a big win off the race track. Lexington Officials Say the breeders cup helped deliver doubledigit growth in tourism. The citys Hotel Room Revenue was up 11 percent last year. But its more than just playing the ponies. 29 new restaurants and bars opened along with eight craft breweries on the brewgrass trail. Highlighting businesses that are making products right here in the tristate. The feature company for the weeknext. And heres what youll see each week we introduce you to a local Company Making great things in our area. We call it made in the tristate. State. 22years ago, the owners of studio vertu created their business by accident. Accident. The Newport Company made murals out of italian marble. When they went to a new york trade show, they could not take giants slabs of marble, so they made small ones. Which turned out to be the perfect coasters. Millions of coasters later studio vertu has a client list of the whose disney. They can custom make a design or put any type of art on the stone. Riva you have had people say i have seen your work. Dusseldorf, Alaska Alaska brewing , we do 250 wineries and brewerys. We ship to aruba. It is exciting because we can put any type of image and use anyone tastes while reflecting art on stone. Stone. They have 15 employees at their newport facility. One has made mroe than 3million coasters. This is part of the busy season they have a contract with major league baseball. Studio vertu is made chat time the cincinnati auto show kicks off tonight. Inside the Duke Energy Center right now taking a look at all the latest and greatest cars is our own 9 on your side reporter. Jordan burgess. Burgess. Jordan, youre not just looking at the fanciest carsyou have some good cars for those looking that might the 2016 cincinnati auto show. The newest models have rolled out on the floorbut its the features that will really rev up your engines. Were taking a look at all price points this morning. A car that can protect you from potholes . . It could save you a lot of headaches. And money. Well take a closer look at the car companys claims. Good morning. The ladies are over in weather right now. Excited about the springlike its a warmer and dry start to the day. Skies will be mostly clear to start and then turn mostly cloudy sunset today. Highs are expected in the low 60s. Saturday is dry and warm but rain returns on sunday. Jennifer calls for graphic full traffic you dont want to see it on the roads but theres one place this weekend where you wont mind looking at stopped cars in front of you. You. Thats at the cincinnati auto expo. Weve got a look at the cars youll spend your daydreams on. And the ones youll spend your money on. Jordan burgess is live with what youll find there. Theyve got cars for the dreamers and the drivers. Youve got dream machine boulevard with cars that you might see a secret agent get of others that you might see an Insurance Agent drive. This year you dont just have to spin your tires on the show room floor. You can do it in the streets. Thats right. You can test drive certain ford and toyota cars at this years auto expo. Although the maseratis and those high end cars youll just have to imagine how they handle. Those can certainly be nice to look at. But this is also where the rubber meets the road. Because along with the cars that cost six figures you also have plenty that figure into budgets. This is a great chance to kick the tires on a number of them at one time. And no worries about the kids in the back asking are we there yet. Theyve got games and other things for them to do. Youve got today. Saturday and sunday if you want to go. Tickets are 11 dollars at the door. But you can get discount tickets online and at kroger. Kids 12 and under are free. Burgess. 9 on your side. Imagine a car that can resist those nasty potholes. Ford says its next fusion will have new pothole protection technology. The company says the 2017 fusion vsix sport sedan will have a shock absorber system that automatically stiffens when sensors detect a pothole. Ford says that keeps the wheel elevated. Instead of dropping into the hole. Ford says that keeps the wheel elevated. Instead of dropping into the hole. Currently that techology is only available in some luxury cars. And right now you can head to our website wcpo dot com where we have an article dedicated to potholes in the tristate. Where theyre being repaired and how to report a pothole that needs to be repaired. Some streets in over the rhine will be closed today for street car tests. Several this test will affect elm street between 14th and liberty from 9 00 until 4 00. You wont be allowed to park on the east side of elm during the tests. Crews will test brake mechanisms on the first two streetcars in the fleet, as well as overall movement and dynamics on the newest vehicle that arrived from the manufacturer last week. A plan to put marijuana on the November Ballot is now on hold. The group legalize 2016 has put its campaign to legalize pot on hold because its having trouble with fundraising. Its Political Action committee had less than 300 dollars last month. Legalize 2016 now hopes to work with other promarijuana groups. A tour helicopter that looks more like a toy helicopter when it crashes into the water in honolulu. This didnt happen far from pearl harbor. Even more amazing. Everyone on board survived. Although one of the five people on board is in Critical Condition this morning. Sound of helicopter crashing crashingfirefighters and and started rescuing the victims. And even before they were on scene. Bystanders started jumping into the water chopper. Its dive in and help. Somebody said there is somebody still in the aircraft. So i dove through from the pilots sidein the backseat and saw them and saw that it was twisted, so instinct that this point. How did the other folks get off the helicopter . They had pfds on and they were floating already. Already. The most seriously injured person is a 16 year old boy. Navy teams from pearl harbor joined the rescue effort. Investigators havent said yet why the helicopter crashed. An ohio woman decided to try her hand at shoplifting. With an unusual choice. Choice. She stole a jar of pickles. The 40yearold wasnt alone. She was with this guy. Guy. 46yearold brian balala. They were both arrested. But he was booked into jail because he was on parole for robbery. She was charged with a court next month. Just so you knowthose pickles only cost 279. Its a warmer and dry start to the day. Skies will be mostly clear to start and then turn mostly cloudy sunset today. Highs are expected in the low 60s. Saturday is dry and warm but rain returns on sunday. A new place to hang out at the banks. Plans have been revealed for the replacement business rockets. Feel itbut a new study is proving it. Where the tristate a live look from skycam 9 this morningwere expecting a much warmer weekend. Jennifer will have a look at your forecast just ahead. Theres a woman in cleves making it her business to look out for others. Others. She does this while running a small motel a motel we sent the 9 on your side surprise patrol to check out. Out. Juliewhy is that important to you . Customer being neighborly and paying it forward you know our mission is to be nice to each other. Juliewe like to do that sometimes to, im with the 9 on your side surprise patrol and we want to give you a hundred dollars. Customeroh my god are you serious. Thank our surprise patrol is handing out 100dollars a day at random every monday through thursday in february. On fridays, we are picking a special someone and giving them a 500dollar surprise. So make sure you watch for that tonight on 9 on your side at 6pm. A new bar is coming to the banks. Entertainment company four eg will open the stretch in the old Johnny Rockets space near the ballpark. Four eg manages other hotspots including lacheys, keystone, igbys, and the Righteous Room . Look for the stretch this summer. Its a cincinnati summertime tradition. Jimmy buffett is coming back to cincinnati. Cincinnati. Mark your calendar for june 21st at riverbend. Riverbend. Tickets to buffetts i dont know tour go on sale next friday they range in price from 36 lawn tickets to 136 reserved seats. Its a warmer and dry start to the day. Skies will be mostly clear to start and then turn mostly cloudy sunset today. Highs are expected in the low but rain returns on sunday. Getting enough zzzs. The new recommendation from officals and where the tristate ranks on the list for states not getting enough sleep. A wendys employee is attacked while at work. But it wasnt by an animal. Well tell you who bit her. And why she got a woman is facing charges in virginia after police say she attacked a wendys worker with her teeth over a wrong order. Order. Wendys worker Latanya Nelson says 25year old lovely robinson ordered four 99cent chicken sandwiches. But changed that order to a pair of spicy chicken sandwiches. That drove the price up. And robinson got fed up. She jumped the counter and took a bite out of nelson. Latanya Nelson wendys manager she clamped down continued to punch her cause she was biting me. Me. Nelson says she was able to fight robinson off. But the attack left a biggiesized bite mark above her left knee. Robinson is facing assault charges. But nelson is already back on the job. A tribute to the greatest living cincinnatians. Cincinnatians. The annual greatest living cincinnatians awards were handed out last night. This years recipients. Shannon carter. Lorrence kellar. For his support of the arts. Michael livingston. One of the tristates most influencial educators. And james votruba. Who is largely responsible for nkys growth as a university during the past 40 years. If youre not getting much sleep youre not alone. All three states in the tristate rank near the bottom of the barrel in sleep. Kentucky ranks number 49. With only 60 percent of kentuckians getting more than seven hours of sleep. Sleep. The centers for Disease Control say thats the minimum recommendation for Adults Health issues are connected with not sleeping enough. Weight gain. High blood pressure. And mental Health Issues like depression. If you struggle to sleep. Experts say keeping a consistent bedtime and wake up time can help. And take all the screens out of your bedroom. Let get your latest nine its a warmer and dry start to the day. Skies will be mostly clear to start and then turn mostly cloudy sunset today. Highs are expected in the low 60s. Saturday is dry and warm cincinnati159 at marathon avenue151 at udf on covington 155 at speedway st. For the lowest prices website wcpo dot com. Coffee. Thats what some experts are saying this morning. Well tell you how many cups of joe you need to have to get the health its a warmer and dry start to the day. Skies will be mostly clear to start and then turn mostly cloudy sunset today. Highs are expected in the low 60s. Saturday is dry and warm but rain returns on sunday. In todays rightthisminute video, a bike messenger hits the road on a world tour for a good cause. Dravis bixel just started his world bicycle tour and plans to ride twentythousand miles through twentythree countries. He hopes to raise awareness and money for Doctors Without Borders along the way see all of the days top videos every weekday on right this minute here on 9 on your side at 10 Caitlyn Jenner might be getting into the cosmetic business. This is according to tmz start a Makeup Company under her name. In addition to cosmetics. The application covers fragrances, nail polish and skin care. Her own daughter, kylie, has done quite well in the same business. Oscar sunday is just nine days away. Away. And nine on your side wants you to vote for your favorite nominees. You can vote on wcpo. Com right now. Unfortunately our votes wont be sent to the academy. Academy. But you can compare your answers while watching the awards right here on nine on your side sunday february 28th. Red carpet coverage begins at seven. Well continue our coverage on 9 on your side at 11. 4 cups of java a day can supposedly reduce your risk of liver damage linked to drinking by 65 percent. The study was done by southhampton university. Cirrhosis of the liver is potentially fatal and is caused by drinking excessively. Experts dont beneficial to the liver and they say people should not use the findings to drink more bridges in trouble how many of the roads you travel every day are in serious need of repair and a major update this morning in the case of two children who ate heroin why its not just their mom in trouble today happy friday morning tristate. Are you ready for a warmup . Up . Meteorologist Jennifer Ketchmark is here to tell us all about it