Now is the perfect time to snowcast app for iphones and ipads. Its the best way to keep track of the snow fall totals in your area. It costs just under three dollars. A piece of tristate history goes up in flames. The rabbit hash general store in kentucky pre dates the civil war but now it is just a memory. Just to give you some idea this is file footage from the store. It first opened in 1831. While times have changed, rabbit hash seemed like the the little shop that time have forgotten. But one that will always be remembered. 2 40 its not only a general store. Its the center of our community. Rabbit hash3 04 its full of antqiues. That go back to the beginning of the store. A general stgore. 3 18 its lost. From the mid 1800s. To the early 1900s. Well have a live report injust a few minutes. 9 on your side reporter Kristen Swilley this morning, loved ones, lawmakers and supporters are mourning the loss of the longestserving judge on the us Supreme Court. Antonin scalia passed away yesterday. He was 79 years oldthe news news. Scalia was appointed by ronald first first Italian American to be seated on the high court. Scalia was on a hunting trip in texas. But was said to have been sick when he went to bed on friday night. He was found unresponsive yesterday afternoon. The question th is morning is who will succeed scalia and who will make the appointment. President obama says he intends to make the nomination in due time. Republicans say that decision should be left to the next president. Justice scalias passing played a major role in last nights gop debate. The debate starting with a moment of silence in honor of of the late judge. The debate held just days before the South Carolina caucus. The field now dwindled down to six republican candidates. The focus last night, Foreign Policy and the bush administrations handling of the war in iraq. Things got heated. donald trump, r president ial candidate we shouldve never been in iraq. We have destabilized the middle east. jeb bush while donald trump was building a reality tv show. My brother was building a security im proud of what he did. trump how did he keep us safe . The world trade center. Excuse me. Me. Well that escalated. One person who wanted no part of the scramble. Ohio governor john kasich. Gov. John kasich, r president ial candidate i gotta tell ya. This is just crazy. This is just nuts. Interesting stuff. Nine on your side is working with politifact to check the candidates statements for accruacy. Our team worked overnight on this. You can see their findings on wcpo dot com and on our mobile app. Firefighters battle another massive fire yesterday in aurora. How it started who was hurt and what investigatoirs are saying this morning. A man found dead in covedale, this Morning Police have one manin custody. How you can help them piece thing together. You we told you about rabbit hash. But there was another massive fire in aurora last night. This picture was sent to nine on your side by tyler manbeck. You can see the inferno raging. And pillows of smoke rising into the air. Dispatchers tell us this started in the garage. Amazingly. No one was hurt. Firefighters are stil investigating the cause. This Morning Police say they have a peson in custody in covedale yesterday. Yesterday. Police have arrested 23 year old donta williams. That arrest made just hours after the body of 23 year old Derrick Johnson was found. Found. His body was found in a car on tulsa court near anderson ferry. Police first responded there because of a call that someone had been shot. Call Crime Stoppers at 513 352 3040 if you can help we followed her story as she battled a dibilitating disease. 7 year old grace white passed away firday night. A look back at the life of this littel youre watching good morning tristate weekend at 5 on 9 on your side friends and loved ones are remembering and celebrating the life of grace white. A 7yearold girl who bravely fought a rare brain cancer. Her parents informed us she passed away on friday night 9 on your sides Rose Ann Aragon sat down with her loved ones, who say her legacy lives on, even though she is gone pkg her loved ones called her extraordinary. rob tewes godfather Operation Grace White Foundation sees life be in a foul mood for more than 5 minutes when youre around that kid. eileen jones Operation Grace White Foundation she had a great spirit. She was a true fighter. A 7yearold girl diagnosed with dipg a brain cancer affecting mostly childrenmaking the most basic human functions difficult. Grace fought. tewes its devastating. Its the most unfair thing you can imagine. cg eileen jones Operation Grace White Foundation it quickly became. We had to get the word out of helping. We had to help other people. But first we had to help scott. Her father lt. Colonel scott white was serving in afghanistan when he got the news in 2014. The family moved back here from North Carolina for the best possible treatment. Here 22 lauren hill would be fighting the same battle. cg jennifer carbonfamily friend until lauren hill was diagnosed dipg was just not even on the map 0 survival rate. Its not one of those cancers that get any research. Graces friends and family quickly formed the Operation Grace White Foundation. cg steve epplen a cure. Weve got to beat this. As we saidno one surviving is unacceptable. Passed away in the presence of friends and family. Friends and family got a message the fight is over. Grace won. Showed us how to fight. And how to live. tewes being part of the movement. Being part of the education that has to happen. epplen shes going to win because were going to continue the fight. Its out turn now. We have to continue the fight, to fight dipg and to cure cancer. Rose ann argion reporting. A big day is planned at cincinnati Childrens Hospital more than 15 hundred toys will be handed out today. Today. The toys were collected by the bengals cheerleaders. Its part of the program cheer for savannahit was started three years ago by sisters who had treatments at cincinnati childrens. In addition to those toys. The bengals will present a check for 71hundred dollars to help project. The money will go toward renovating and building a playground at the hospital just in case you havent figured where to go or what to do today with your sweet heart. How about white castle . Castle . Theyre giving folks just what they crave this valentines day. They are still excepting dinner reservations at all of their tristate love castlesthis is their 25th year hosting the event skip the burgers today theyve got special sliders, shrimp nibblers. Strawberry and cream waffles. They will have hosts and table side service. Valentines day is all about love. And there are a lot of little guys in need today. Cincinnatis largest pet adoption continues at the Sharonville Convention center. Its the my furry valentine megaadoption event. Animals from across the tristate are featured. One couple flew in from ontario yesterday to pick fifth year for this event. He goal is to make it easy for people to find a pet they just cant live with out. And take him home. The doors will be open from 11 am until five. Admission is three dollars. Its time to check weather with meterologist jason adams. Adams. Monday, snow ends in the morning with a slight chance of rain or snow showers during the day. Temperatures will begin to climb, reaching the upper 30s by afternoon. The pattern stays pretty unsettled for the beginning of the week, with rain snow chances through early wednesday. Any snow accumulation after monday morning would be minor with no major problems. Temperatures will climb all week, and by the time we reach the weekend, well see highs in the upper a phone call from your bank telling you to activate your debit card. But you have to guessed right it is the latest scam thats going around consumer reporter John Materese highlights so you hundreds if not thousands of tri staters have been receiving strange calls this week about their debit card. Consumer rpeorter John Matarese is on your side with what the phone call is all about, and what you should do, if get one one jim and Nancy Downing have gotten used to strange sales time. This weekend we are out. And next weekend we are out. But they were really rattled this week by an unexpected robocall. That said it was from fifth third bank. Bank. It came in from a female voice, and basically said my debit card wasnt activated, and i needed to activate my debit card, push this number, and something was going to happen. The recorded voice said if the downings did not enter their debit card number and pin, it would no longer work. Jim hung up, and confused, decided to contact his branch. Branch. Everything was fine with the account, no big deal, no problems. It was a had he given his debit number and pin. Pin. Its frightening, to understand, and know what potentially could be going on. On. In the past, you could block unwanted calls with the do not call list. But scammers dont Pay Attention to it. You cant even block the number, because they dont use their real number. Fifth third tells 9 on your side that Bank Branches are receiving many complaints about these calls. It says they are all fraudulent and are spoofing or copying local phone numbers to make the call id. So theyre calling i think anyone with the 513 area code, and taking the chance they are with fifth third. Fifth third tells us it will never initiate a phone call asking for personal customer information. Nancy says the scams are getting out of control. Control. I believe nobody that calls anymore. I check it out personally. A kentucky icon goes up in smoke. A look at the massive fire that destroyed the 185 year old rabbit hash general store in burlington. A live , more than 2 dozen firefighters battle the extreme cold. While fighting a fire at the iconic rabbit hash general store in kentucky. A staple in burlington since before the civil war has burned to the ground. It was our community center, people come from all over the world to see it. And now its gone. Gone. 9 on your side reporter Kristen Swilley joins us from the scene in just minutes. Good morning. Im timyka artistand im Jason Adams Adams snow will begin to develop after 1 p. M. And overspread Winter Weather advisory begins at noon excluding Fayette Union co in se in and expires tomorrow morning at 10 a. M. Snow looks to be heaviest from 3 p. M to 10 p. M. , where 12 is expected. Overnight, an additional 12 is expected. Storm totals will be in the 23 range, with a few spots the rabbit hash general storein kentucky went up in flames overnight. Its been a tristate staple since it opened in 1831. 1831. 9 on your sides Kristen Swilley joins us live from rabbit hash. Kristen what can ou tell us . It took firefighters about 3 hours to extinguish this more than century old general store that those who live here call the center of the rabbit hash community. This building was a social center that hosted concerts and events. It contained several antiques dating back to the 19th century. The rabbit hash general store was built in 1831. Members of the was the longest continually run general store in the country. This fire was not easy to battle. Fire chief jeff hermes explains. The cold weather, the terrain and the ice thats formed has made things quite difficult. A structure like this has a lot of fire load and we do the best we can. We had to fight the fire from the outside. It from the inside. There is no word yet on an exact cause. Reporting live in rabbit hash Kristen Swilley. 9 on your side. Indeed it was a busy night for firefighters all around the first brought you the story about this fire in amberley village as it was breaking yesterday at six oclock. No injuries in this fire on road. And in oakleya onealarm fire at this home at the corner of madison and woodland. Started in the back kitchen. We got this video from a neighbor. Firefighters were able to keep the fire from spreading. Again no one hurt this morning weve learned that three of the five People Killed early yesterday in a crash on i75 just north of dayton, ohio. Were in a band together. Devin bachmann. Kyle canter. And earl miller were members of the Group Counter flux. Police say James Pohlabeln likely caused the crash. And he was probably drunk when he started driving the wrong way in the northbound lanes. He was also killed. Pohlabeln was just arrested on thursday after police say he caused another crash while driving drunk. Court flew at halfstaff overnight in honor of the passing of justice Antonin Scalia. The longest serving judge on the high court. Died unexpectedly yesterday in texas yesterday. The president addressed the nation soon after. Nine on your sides julie oneil reorts. A brillian legal mind. With an energetic style. Decisive wit. And colorful opinions. On a saturday night the president speaks. Of a legal giant. Whose views could not have been more different. Getting nominated to the Supreme Court is the culmination of a dream of course. Justice Antonin Scalia nominated by president reagan. Delivered the dissenting opinion on obamacare. And gay marriage among other social issues. He was the conservative voice for 30 years the first italianamerican member of the court a devout catholic the father of 9 had passion for his convictions but valued friendships that transended them Justice Scalia was opera lover a passion for music that he shared with his Dear Colleague and friend, Justice Ruth Bader ginsberg. Nicknamed nino he was widely known for his high intellect, elegant writing and caustic wit. Chief Justice John Roberts issued a statement calling his late colleage an extraordinary individual and jurist, admited and treasured by his colleagues. He influenced a generation of judges, lawyers and students and profoundly shaped the legal landscape. That was julie oneil reporting. This morning some 880 adults and children will seek entrance into the Roman Catholic church. Church. Its called the rite of election, followed by the continuing conversion. The archdiocese of cincinnati will celebrate with those preparing to be baptized. Continuing conversion celebrates those already baptized. This year there are four celebrations in the tri state. Two at the cathedral of and 7 30 pm. And at our lady of immaculate conception, also at 3 30 and 7 30. Pope francis was welcomed to mexico yesterday. It was an elaborate ceremony with the president of mexico. And a long list of government officials. The pope had stern words for the clergy. He told them not to use their postions to avoid confronting the violence and corruption that has plagued the nation. The stiff formality of that event is in sharp contrast to the pontiffs reception in the streets of mexico city. That is were he was welcomed by large exuberant crowds. The pope appeard to enjoy the change. Getting out of the pope mobile to kiss babies and greet others ok well if you still dont have a date and looking for cincinnatis most eligible bachelors . Weve got you covered on wcpo dot com. Our web team took a look some of the Young Professionals weve turns out, several of them are single they include, ceos, entrepeneurs and businessmen you can find out more about our top eight eligible bacheloers. And read their profiles on wcpo dot com. Its bitter cold outside. And now we are tracking snow moving into the tri state. What to expect and who will see the worst of it. Your nine first doing there part to help those in need. Students in Harrison Held a waterdirve to benefit residents in flint michigan yesterday. Yesterday. They took up donations at the Harrison Kroger yesterday. The hope was cases. Jtm has donated a semi to haul of that water to flint next week. The red cross will be in charge of handing it out. If you would like to to donate but missed the opportunity. You can still drop of water at the Junior School at 9830 west road. The super bowl may have been last weekend but today you can root for your Favorite Team at the super bowl of chili cookoff its the 9th annual event and you are welcome to sample more than a dozen different chilis the cookoff starts at 3 pm at the edge inn on edwards road. Tickets are five dollars. Even better. All the money raised will go to tender mercies mission. With all the money youre likely spening on that special someone, parents weve got some relief for your wallet. For the entire day kids can eat free at the rusty bucket restaurant and tavern. As long as theyre under 10 that is. The rusty bucket is located in an earthquake centered in oklahoma yesterday was felt in seven other states. The Us Geological survey says the five point one magnitude tremor was the third most powerful ever recored in the state. At least ten smaller quakes followed. But there are no reports of any damage or injuries. Just weeks after record snow fall across much of the east coast, in new york city. Tempertures plummeted and the wind chill made it feel like it was negative 25 degrees. The mayor warned residents to stay inside if possible. Adding its dangerous for seniors. But it snow we are worried about right jason its time to check weather with meterologist Jason Adams Adams monday, snow ends in the morning with a slight chance begin to climb, reaching the upper 30s by afternoon. The pattern stays pretty unsettled for the beginning of the week, with rain snow chances through early wednesday. Any snow accumulation after monday morning would be minor with no major problems. Temperatures will climb all week, and by the time we reach the weekend, well see highs in the upper the nbas allstar weekend is in full swing. The slam dunk championships and three point shootout both taking place. Well tell you who won in what was a contest for the ages. Heres a look at what youll nbc allstar weekend is in full swing. Last night it wasall about the three point shootout and slam dunk contest. Contest. Getting right to the nitty gritty. As we showcase the final between the orlando magics aaron gordon and defending champ minnestoa timberwolf zach lavine. And once again its lavine taking home the gold with 50s across the board. While the slam dunk went to the favorite, the threepoint shootout was some what of an upset. Golden state warrior Klay Thompson took home the trophy last night. Beating out teamate and everyones mvp steph curry. It was quite the display for thompson who drained every shot on the final rack to wrap up the win. Storein kentucky went up in flames overnight. Its been a tristate staple since it opened in 1831. 1831. 9 on your sides Kristen Swilley joins us live from ou tell us . It took firefighters about 3 hours to extinguish this more than century old general store that those who live here call community. There is no word yet on an exact cause. Reporting live in rabbit hash Kristen Swilley. Good morning america is next. Well be back in one hour. Were always on with breaking news and weather updates on wcpodotcom. Good morning, america. Breaking overnight remembering Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia, the high courts leading conservative voice passing away suddenly at this ranch in texas at the age of 79. He influenced a generation of judges, lawyers, and students and profoundly shaped the legal landscape. Flags across america lowered to halfstaff in his honor. This morning, the focus on his legacy. Getting nominated to the Supreme Court is a culmination of a dream, of