Ketchmark has more. Grab your jacket before heading out the door today as temperatures dip below freezing. Skies will be partly cloudy and highs improve a few more degrees, up to the 50 degree mark this afternoon. Well warm quickly in the days ahead before showers and storms return on thursday. Right now one person is dead after a crash in nearly the same spot as one that sent a car into the ohio river days before. Both crashes happened in the eastbound lanes of interstate 275 at the combs hehl bridge. Jordan burgess is live with what police think is this second crash happened on the ohio side of the bridge here. The other was on the kentucky side. But were only talking about the difference of a few hundred feet. Police say in this case they have a pretty good idea of what caused it. We want to show you a look at that crash. The vehicles came to a stop just past the combs hehl bridge. Police say a Dodge Caliber driver by Cory Lippmeier rear ended a pontiac grand am. The driver of the grand am was killed. Police are not releasing their name at this point. As you can imagine from a crash where somebody gets rearended on the interstate. Police say they believe lippmeier was going too fast. They also say impairment had something to do with the crash. It happened in nearly the same spot where a 12car wreck sent a car off the combshehl bridge and into the river. What led to that crews are still waiting to recover the car that crashed into the river here last week. The river is too rough right now. They have not said who or how many people were inside. Reporting live. Jordan burgess. 9 on your side. Just two days after ucs loss at the buzzer. Xaviers luck at the ncaa tournament ran out at the last second. Wisconsins Bronson Koenig hit a fall away threepointer to send the badgers to the sweet 16. And the muskies home in heartbreak. 9 sports director John Popovich starts our Team Coverage from st. Louis. March madness . No more like march sadnessno gain. And way too much pain for xavierthe all too vivid agony of defeat. Low as it getsi still dont believe that it happened. My heart dropped to my stomach this was the moment of disbelief. I three point buzzer and muskie beater by Bronson Koenig. Ya see football isnt the only sports with sudden deathkid made a great shot. It stinkssure does. The players thoght the ending would be different. When jalen rynold chase down this ball and dunked it through. Xavier led by eight xavier still be one in the final half minute. Edmund sumner drove and scores, muskies by threebut then with a hand in his face, Bronson Koenig delivered a three that tied the gamesumner tried the lane again. But this time. He was called for a chargethen off an inbounds play with two seconds left on the clock. Wisconsin ended the musketeers season. 28 wins. A knockoff of number one. A number two seed. All didnt seem to matter anymorei told the kid that if thats the you in your life. Youve had a pretty good lifewhat doesnt killl you makes you quote. Sniffle think about it. Since the first of the year, the bengals collapsed, uc lost on a shot that didnt count and xavier lost on one that did. Cincinnat is either becomming very very tough. Or just stayinfg very very unluckyJohn Popovich nine on your side with the musketeers in st louis. Heartbreak and disappointment. That is the only way xavier fans could describe how they were feeling as they walked out of the arena here in st. Louis sunday night. While they are still proud of their team, they say the final shot truly defines march madness. Riva track the fans at the ncaa tournament tell the story. At first it was a sea of red cheering. But xavier got back in it giving fans and the band something to cheer about. In the second half, xaviers most famous fan got in on the act. Then perhaps two of the muskies lainee, thought they were going to dance their way to the sweet 16. But this is the moment when wisconsin hits the game winner. { natural sound buzer ohhhhhhhhh mark durket cincinnati resident oh that was just an unbelievable game. It is too bad we lost, but it was a great year. Tom carns mason resident it was a great year though. Top ten, they did their thing all year. Its march madness. It is hard to be on the bad side of that one. Man, ups and downs. At this time of the year it is not about what you dont do, but what you do do you eventually get to the point where it is make or break and we did not do it. Riva how would you describe that ending . Phenomenal, phonemail. That is why they call it march madness. Chris season ends in heartbreak, but team next year. In stl. At the Katie Stewarts friends say she was one of a kind. And this morning. Theyre grieving the loss of a Kenton County woman who fell to her death at a nature sanctuary near lexington. Lexington. Friends. Co workers. And fellow transylvania students turned out for a fundraiser and memorial for Katie Stewart last night at the ice cream shop where she worked in lexington. Police say she fell off a cliff at an overlook at raven run nature sanctuary on saturday. She was a very integral part of our ice cream family and their Coffee Family and so we really just wanted to come together today and mourn together and celebrate her life and honor her memory memorythe proceeds from the fundraiser will go into a gofundme account that benefits her family. You can donate directly to the gofundme account as well. Grab your jacket before heading out the door today as temperatures dip below freezing. Skies will be partly cloudy and highs improve a few more degrees, up to the 50 degree mark this afternoon. Storms return on thursday. Traffic historic visit. President obama. Doing something no president has done in nearly nine decades. Decades. A look at his trip to cuba. And the major issue hell bring up with its president. Remembering a hero. How the entire state of indiana is honoring a sheriffs deputy. Breaking overnight. People living in an Apartment Building on reading road in avondale are back in their homes after a fire forced everyone to evacuate. Investigators say the fire started in a storage bin in the basement laundry room. Damage was mostly smoke related. And everyone was able to return to their homes. President obama is waking up a historic step in trying to mend the decades of tensions between the us and the communist nation. Nation. After arriving yesterday on air force one. The president met with us embassy staff. Hell speak today with cuban president raul castro sot obama its a historic opportunity to forge new agreements and commercial deals, to build new ties between our two peoples and for me to lay out my vision for a future thats brighter than our past. Past. Just before president obamas arrival. Outspoken opponents of the castro regime were rounded up and arrested. The president plans to discuss cubas human rights concerns. Flags at all indiana government buildings are flying at halfstaff this morning. After a Central Indiana sheriffs deputy was killed in the line of duty. Duty. Weve got shots fired. Ive been hit county 66 is down get an ambulance somebody Deputy Carl Koontz and his partner were both shot inside a russiaville house. Koontz was taken to an indianapolis hospital. But died yesterday morning. The gunman was found dead hours later. Grab your jacket before heading out the door today as temperatures dip below freezing. Skies will be partly cloudy and highs improve a few more degrees, up to the 50 degree mark this afternoon. Well warm quickly in the days ahead before showers and storms return on thursday. Hoping for a turn around. Bernie sanders is speaking out after his poor performance in last weeks primaries. Where hes laying the blame. Grab your iphone. A major announcement today by apple could have you trading in your smartphone. Why bigger doesnt gmts animyoure watching good morning tristate at 5 on 9 on your side Bernie Sanders is staying in the race for president. Despite falling further and further behind fellow democratic candidate hillary clinton. And he didnt mince words on blaming ohio voters for his recent downturn. The disappointment, to be honest with you, was in ohio. I had hoped that we had an outside shot to winning ohio. Losing there by 15 points was a disappointment. Disappointment. Sanders was shut out last tuesday. Losing all five states to hillary clinton. But he says hes confident that primaries tomorrow in west coast states. Like utah, idaho and arizona. Will help him pick up delegates. Donald trump is also hoping to extend his delegate lead during tuesdays primaries. But hes expected to get a Cold Shoulder today from a major proisraeli lobbying group. Group. Trump is expected to speak at todays aipac rabbis say theyll walk out of his speech to protest what theyre calling his intolerance. It comes after another round of violence at a trump rally. When a trump supporter punched and kicked a protester. Trump at what point do people blame the protesters . These are people that are. Sot steph stephanopoulos so, youre blaming the protesters, not the person who actually punched and kicked the protester . Sot trump trump no, im saying this, these are professional agitators and they should be blamed there, too. Trump is also defending his campaign manager. Corey lewandowski. After he grabbed a protester by the collar. In just a few hours. Well get a look at apples latest musthave gadgets. But dont expect a big announcement. Though. Experts say apples spring News Conference will go small this year. The headliner. A smaller version of the iphone six. And a smaller version of the ipad pro. The event will take place at apples california headquarters at one pm eastern time. First warning forecast. Its a chilly start to our monday forecast with lows dipping a few degrees below freezing. I wouldnt be surprised to see patchy frost this morning. Thankfully, temperatures are warming up a few more degrees today and we should top out around 500f. This is still cool for the 21st of march, but warmer air is returning soon. Heres a look at todays temperature trend an area of low pressure will be developing out in the plains states this week and well see a nice boost in temperatures ahead of it. Winds pick up on tuesday from the southwest at 10 to 20, gusting to 30 mph. This is warm air building ahead of this next rain maker. While tuesday is breezy, temperatures will bounce back to the mid to low 60s with partly cloudy skies. Warm air continues to surge into the tristate on wednesday with a few more clouds expected. Temperatures will be mild in the mid60s. There will be a slight rain chance late in the day but right now its only 20 . Showers and storms will finally move in on thursday and our chance looks likely at this point. While the amount of rain still needs to be finetuned, it looks like well have a decent chance for rain throughout the day. Highs top out at 630f before cooling back to the 50 degree mark on traffic dancings big debut. The hunt trophy. As the new season of dancing with the stars kicks off. Where you can find it. And a look at the early favorites. Internet prank. Online voters. Making their voices heard. The undignified name theyve chosen for a 200million Dollar Research ship. And heres what youll see its back. The new season of dancing with the stars premieres tonight. And you can watch it live right here on 9 on your side. Celebrities competing for the coveted mirror ball trophy in season 22 include Good Morning America meteorologist ginger zee. Full house and fuller house star jodie sweetin. And boys to mens wanya morris. Len goodman will also return as head judge you can watch tonights premiere live. Beginning at 8. Right here on 9 on your side. Its a cutting edge ship that will study the worlds oceans. And it may be stuck with the stupidest name ever. Thanks to the internet. Internet. The Irish Government is building this 200million Dollar Research vessel. And decided to hold an online naming contest. You can guess where this is going. The number one vote getter so fast. Rrs boaty mcboatface. Some other popular picks. Usain boat. Ice ice baby. And not the titanic. Grab your jacket before heading out the door today as temperatures dip below freezing. Skies will be partly cloudy and highs improve a few more degrees, up to the 50 degree mark this afternoon. Well warm quickly in the days ahead before showers and ready to play. An Indiana High School basketball team. Not letting a bus crash get in a building is being inspected today. After nearly crumbling over the weekend. What the owner said in an exclusive interview with 9 on your side. Facing charges. A former assistant coach for the xavier Womens Basketball team is headed to court today. Good monday morning, tristate. Im kathrine nero. Chris riva the first monday of spring is a little chilly, but were in store for a warmup this week, right . Jennifer calls for graphic full fullgrab your jacket before heading out the door today as temperatures dip below freezing. Skies will be partly cloudy and highs improve a few more degrees, up to the 50 degree mark this afternoon. Well warm quickly in the days ahead before showers and were on top of breaking news. A 15year old has been arrested for making a bomb threat against severla tri state schools. Cincinnati police tell us tht student sent a facebook message. Warning people not to attend dater. West hight. Aiken and walnut hills because he was quote going to be the next osama. Hundreds of students and parents sent that threat to cincinnati police. And that student was arrested last night. Hes currently being held in juvenile hall. We have a crew following up on this story. And well bring you new information in our next hour. An otr building comes crumbling down the owner of that building, norman miller, spoke only with 9 on your side. He says he was at home when a building inspector called him with news of the collapse on sunday. He says hes owned the place for 18 years and the last time he had a Structural Engineer check it was 10 years ago. He was planning on rennovating for a prospective tenant. Now he says hell have to do much more. He spoke only with 9 on next. Were going to start by making sure the roof is secure. And then were work our way down. I have no idea what the cost will be. Miller says hes also not sure exactly what caused the collapse but says a Structural Engineer is going to be out here today. Happening today. The trial against a former xavier assistant Womens Basketball coach. Accused of groping a player. Is expected to begin. Begin. Bryce mckey is charged with sexual assault. Two studentathletes claimed that mckey invited them to his covington home last august to say goodbye before he left for a coaching job in maryland. Thats when the alleged attack happened. He resigned from that job after those allegations surfaced. Today mark huffman is expected to be arraigned on murder charges. Police say he killed david and ella mcnay when he crossed the center line on kentucky 17 near pelly road on new years eve. Court documents say he had recently taken drugs. And was three alcohol limit. 9 on your side will be in court and have more for you today at noon. New information this morning on an Armed Robbery attempt on the pensylvannia turnpike. Turnpike. Police say a retired state trooper shot and killed a toll collector and a Security Guard during a holdup sunday morning. Clarence briggs allegedly confronted the 2 workers. Then opened fired. One the the turnpike employees had been on the job for just 3 months. After the shooting. Briggs took off but was later killed in a gunfight with troopers responding to the robbery. The driver of a school bus full of High School Basketball players ran off the road and plunged into a ditch. Ditch. This video was recorded by another driver as the students scrambled to escape over the weekend near fort wayne, indiana. Police say a woman in a car tried to grab a spilled drink when she side swiped the bus. All 27 passengers were taken to the it just might be a painful case of de ja vu for two wouldbe robbers in northern kentucky. Look at these surveillance pictures police in williamstown shared with us from a robbery attempt saturday night. You see the clerk standing behind the counter watching as two men with hoods over their heads try to get in the glass doors of the marathon gas station on highway 36. They cant get in. Because the clerk apparently locked the door. Its similar to an attempted Armed Robbery a few weeks ago not far away. That other attempted robbery happened about 10 minutes away at another marathon station. This are surveillance pictures from that incident on february 25th. Its the same scenario the clerk locked out the would be armed robbers, so they ran away. Emptyhanded. Drivers are starting to feel a little pain at the pump. The average price for a gallon regular gas has jumped 17 cents in the past 2 weeks 2. 02. Its all because of crude oil prices. Prices. We did some research and found these low prices for you. In cincinnati you can get a gallon for 1. 75 at the udf on madison road. In lawrenceburg its 1. 78 at the speedway on eads parkwayand in newport its 1. 91 at the speedway on east 10th street. You can always find the lowest prices near you on wcpo. Com. Just click on the traffic tab. Grab your jacket before heading out the door today as temperatures dip below freezing. Skies will be partly more degrees, up to the 50 degree mark this afternoon. Well warm quickly in the days ahead before showers and storms return on thursday. Its been happening for about a year. But now its out in the open. What the military has been secretly doing and why theyre ramping up their a ring given to an actress when she was a child is now on the auction block. How many millions experts expect the us is sending more troops to iraqto fight isis. It comes after a rocket attack killed a marine and wounded several others. The exact number of troops being deployed is not known. Hundreds of marines have been quietly deploying to iraq over the past year to to assist iraqis in reclaiming territory from isis. Kentucky senator Mitch Mcconnell is sticking to his stance to delay holding a confirmation hearing for a Supreme Court nominee. This just days after president obama nominated Merrick Garland but mcconnell says it will be months before a nominee goes before his chamber. New york times said it would move the Court Dramatically to the left. But its not about this particular judge. This is about who should make the appointment. Were in the process of picking a president. And that new appointment which will affect the Supreme Court maybe for the next quarter century. Century. But his fellow republicans arent completely opposed a handful of senators are offering to meet with garland. Its back to court this morning for hulk hogan. Who could win even more money in his lawsuit against Online Media Company gawker. Gawker. Hogan has already been awarded 115Million Dollars by a jury. After suing gawker media over a sex tape that was filmed without his knowledge and posted online. But there are more deliberations today. As jurors consider punitive damages. Gawker has already vowed to appeal the ruling. This 9 and a half carat blue diamond ring is up for auction. Shirley temples father gave it to his movie star daughter when she was just 12yearsold. Now its expected to go for somewhere between 25 and 35 Million Dollars at auction. Start saving. Bidding begins april 19th. Grab your jacket before heading out the door today as freezing. Skies will be partly cloudy and highs improve a few more degrees, up to the 50 degree mark this afternoon. Well warm quickly in the days ahead before showers and storms return on thursday. Time for Spring Cleaning and projects. But dont spend a fortune this year. Year. We have a list of the best places to shop for the waste your money. Twins overhead. What you could see if youre looking up at its officially spring now, which means many people are heading out to buy flowers, fertizlizer, and other gardening supplies. But before. You do you should know about what to buy and what not to buy at big box hardware stores. A new report by marketwatch. C om saysstay away from cleaning supplies. Home decor. And small Kitchen Appliances at garden center. They may match many of the prices you find at lowes and home depot, and you will be supporting local business owners. While youre working on all those spring projects you might notice your allergies are acting up. More than 60 million americans are already suffering from burning, itchy eyes and running noses. Thanks to recordhigh temperatures in the first few months of the year, trees and plants are already blooming. That means pollen season is hitting earlier and harder this year. Doctors suggest using antihistamines, nasal sprays and even steam to help relieve symptoms. Real italian food, served to thousands for more than a century. Right here in the tristate. State. The annual tradition at Sacred Heart Church in Camp Washington brought out hundreds of people. Volunteers serve homemade ravoli spaghetti and meatballs during the annual fundraiser for the church. Organizers say its more than the food that keeps people we see their mom and dad they go then we see their kids they used to bring with them then they come here with their new family familyvolunteers made more than 100thousand ravioli this weekend. Hats in addition to the 100thousand made ahead of time as for the meatballs. Volunteers handrolled 37thousand of them. Its time to look to the sky tonight and tomorrow night comets will pass overhead. According to nasa the two commets are twins. One comet is expected to pass by earth tonight. And the smaller one that broke off of that one. Will likely fly by tomorrow night. Dont worry thoughboth commets will never get close. Theyll be about 2 million miles away from earth. The event will be the third closest comet flyby in recorded history. Mommy now lets check in with your nine first warning weather. Its a chilly start to our monday forecast with lows dipping a few degrees below freezing. I wouldnt be surprised to see patchy frost this morning. Thankfully, temperatures are warming up a few more degrees today and we should top out around 500f. This is still cool for the 21st of march, but warmer air look at todays temperature trend an area of low pressure will be developing out in the plains states this week and well see a nice boost in temperatures ahead of it. Winds pick up on tuesday from the southwest at 10 to 20, gusting to 30 mph. This is warm air building ahead of this next rain maker. While tuesday is breezy, temperatures will bounce back to the mid to low 60s with partly cloudy skies. Warm air continues to surge into the tristate on wednesday with a few more clouds expected. Temperatures will be mild in the mid60s. There will be a slight rain chance late in the day but right now its only 20 . Showers and storms will finally move in on thursday and our chance looks likely at this point. While the amount of rain still needs to be finetuned, it looks like well have a decent chance for rain throughout the day. Highs top out at 630f before cooling back to the 50 degree mark on no traffic issues, minutebyminute updates on wcpo. Com and at the bottom of i think, i would call it a miracle was it happenstance. Or a higher power . Ahead why the homeowner says this was no accident. A day to celebrate single parents. And a month to celebrate women. A list of the most affordable places for women to live and raise grab your jacket before heading out the door today as temperatures dip below freezing. Skies will be partly cloudy and highs improve a few more degrees, up to the 50 degree mark this afternoon. Well warm quickly in the days ahead before showers and storms return on thursday. Were on top of breaking news. Sharon road is closed in glendale. After a car slammed into a power pole. 9 on your sides Kristen Swilley is live in glendale with the latest on this crash. Kristen . Two people were injured in the wreck that ended here at the road. One person was not conscious and entrapped. You can see a power pole badly damaged and Duke Energy Crews on scene trying get everything back in working order. Meanwhile this portion of e sharon road at willow closed for the foreseeable future. The crash also damaged a transformer. We expect to learn more from police later this morning meanwhile this portion of sharon road in glendale closed for the foreseeable future. Reporting live Kristen Swilley. 9 oys. Having faith. A texas woman says her virgin mary statue was saved. Thanks to a higher power. Power. A large tree fell during a storm this weekend. And the only thing it didnt knock over, was the virgin mary statue. Oh and the womans house the homeowner says shes glad the statue was spared. And that the tree didnt fall the other direction, because it would be theres a day to celebrate everything. And today its not only National Single parent day. But its also womens history month. Wallet hub has a list of the best places for single moms to live and work. Experts say the annual income for moms is just over 24 thousand. No cities in the tristate made the list. But the number 1 spot is scottsdale arizona. A surprising one to ussan francisco. The cost of living there is so high. But they Research Shows theres a lot of childcare options. Although youll may the most there for a sitter. 1850 an hour compared to 1250 an hour in fort wayne, indiana. A deadly crash on a bridge already on the radar. Where officials are saying another car crashed and what happened a live look from chopper 9 right now. A Police Pursuit ends in a crash on sharon road. What we have just learned live at the scene. Koenigs got it. Rises up. The shot. Its good. Its good good sweet dreams dashed. Xavier loses a heartbreaker at the buzzer. 9 on your side has Team Coverage of the crushing loss. And the reaction from fans. Good morning. Im kathrine nero. Chris riva is covering xaviers trip to the ncaa tournament. Its another chilly start to the morning. But a warmup is on the way. 9 first