Well be watching the roads throughout the morning. But wed like to see what its like in your part of town. Facebook us your photos or weather video. This is the first time we are seeing the man accused of shooting and killing a middletown mom, with her infant daughter in the back seat of her car. Car. Brandon carr is charged with murdering 29 year old Brittany Russell9oys timyka artist is live with reaction from the family and where the investigation goes from here 9 on your side we are only russellsfather. He tells us he has good days and bad days. But he is glad the man accused of killing his daughter will never be able to hurt anyone again this is the suspect brandon carr being hauled away in handcuffs yesterday. Police say that he was the last person to see Brittany Russell alive. According to friends the victim left home with her child. To pick up carr and give him a ride. It was during that meeting that investigators say carr pulled out a gun, shooting and killing the 29 year old mother as her 6 month old daughter looked on. Chris edwards says hes been on an emotional roller coaster since loosing his daughter im happy they caught the guy but it aint gone stop what happened aint gone bring her back. My kids aint gone have a mom russels daughter was not harmed. Her dad says she is doing well Dayton Police will determine the next steps. As to motive. Police havent said yet in middletown ta 9 oys this morning social media is calling xaviers big win over number one villanova. A big win with national implications. Implications. And its also one of the biggest wins in cincinnati history. The musketeers jumped out in front of villanova in the first half. Leading by three at the break. They opened it up in the second half with a series of drives and jams and wellplaced passes. Six muskies ended the night in double figures. As xavier knocks off nova 90to83. The Cintas Center was standing room only. With thousands of students and fans packed inside to watch the highintensity game. Fans were celebrating before the final buzzer went off. A few of them telling us this is the year theyve been waiting for. 8 51i think this whole team played well you had miles putting up points, trayvon putting up points, everyone did their job11 05i wouldve thats all i wanted everything every emotion this is a great game xavier feeling fans are already looking to the future. Leaving the game. We heard several of them muttering the words final four. Its a fabulous february giveaway on 9 on your side. Watch good morning tristate from 6 t0 7a for your chance to win a 100dollar prepaid gift card. Five chances to win every weekday watch for the weather word of the day and enter it at wcpo dot com slash a man is attacked inside his own home. And he says he knows one of the people that hurt him and stole from him. What he says happened. And how police have taken action. A multimillion dollar Animal Shelter. Where its going to be located and whos footing the a middletown man says he is lucky to be alive after police say he was robbed and tied up with his own oxygen tank cord. 65 year old David Caldwell says one of the suspects hit him in the head with a fake gun while three others took his television, cash, it happened on january 14th at his home on elm grove terrace. Caldwell says he heard a knock at the door and when he went to open it, the four defendants forced themselves in and pushed him onto the bed. He says he knows one of the suspects, 45 year old kimberly moland. She would come to his home often with one of his friends. 01 27 she takes my tube and starts to yank it all the way through there. I am strangling. Alright, i cant breathe. 33 33the defendants are facing robbery, burglary and kidnapping charges. Bond was set for 150thousand dollars each. All four people are in the Butler County jail this morning. A new multimillion dollar Animal Shelter will soon be created in urbana, ohio. Between dayton and columbus. David robert wetzell left the money after he died. Died. His will stated his executors were to sell all of his belongings and create a new shelter in champaign county. The total should be just over 3 million dollars. Scattered snow showers for our thursday forecast with very gusty winds from the northwest. Roads should be our snow that falls will melt. Up to 1 of snow possible by later this afternoon, mainly on elevated surfaces. A trail through the tristate. All in the name of chili. Chili. 9 is on your side doing the leg work for you. You. Were making stops at local chili hot spots this morning. Well check into our gmts animyoure watching good morning tristate at 5 on 9 on your side grab your bowls and spoons this morning. We have a treat for you. And were not talking cereal. Cereal. Chili may not be your today its ok. Its National Chili day. So were hopping on the cincinnati chili trail. Wcpodotcom is highlighting 9 local chili parlors. Jordan burgess is hitting several this morning. He starts in blue ash. Forget the bowls this morning. Were talking platters to start off. Im joined by mark hudson from blue ash chili and mark you guys are home to the no freakin way challenge. Tell me about this. Were working our way through ohio and Northern Kentucky. Our next stop. Pleasant ridge chili. Then skyline. Let get your latest nine first warning forecast light snow showers continue to fall this morning but very little of this is sticking as it falls. Our roadways are mainly wet. The bigger story this morning will be the colder air and gusty winds. Temperatures start near the freezing mark and well see winds from the northwest at 15 to 25, gusting to 40 mph. You are going to notice that push on your vehicle today spotty snow showers continue for most of our thursday forecast with a slightly better chance this afternoon as an upper level feature swings through the ohio valley. It will still be difficult for this to stick because air temperatures are in the mid30s and pavement temperatures are still warm. Id mainly look for any light snow on elevated surfaces. Reduced at times because of the gusty winds and scattered snow showers that will last all day. Winds will gust to 40mph. Highs will be in the mid to lower 30s. Fridays highs only hit the mid30s with mostly cloudy skies and the potential for flurries during the day. Temperatures rise quickly this weekend to the upper 40s on saturday and the low60s on sunday. Both days will be dry and on the breezy side. Rain chances return late sunday night into monday morning as a cold front moves through the ohio valley. Morning rushsnow showerswet pavement and very windylow 32 thursdaylight, wet snow showers very windyhigh 36thursday nightsnow chances endmostly cloudylow 26fridaymostly cloudyflurries possiblehigh 35 friday nightclouds decrease the struggle is real. Fixing breakfast can be tough when youre trying to wake up. But one group says theres one handle. And heres what youll see traffic if youre trying to pick something to eat for breakfast this morning. Researchers say pouring a bowl of cereal might be too involved. Involved. 40 percent of millennials say eating cereal is too inconvenient the people interviewed say they dont like having to clean it up when they are done and its causing Cereal Companies to take a hit. Sales are down 30 percent over the last 15 years are you still celebrating the big win at the Cintas Center last night . We are are 9 on your side cartoonist kevin necessary created this yesterday. Even before the team got the w. Scattered snow showers for our thursday forecast with very gusty winds from the northwest. Roads should be mainly wet today as much of our snow that falls will melt. Up to 1 of snow possible by later this afternoon, mainly on elevated surfaces. Our Investigative Team is catching the eye of the white house. Their reaction to the developing story involving the cincinnati va center. And a man runs outside and employees follow with a fire douse his pants on the outside. Wet roads across the tristate this morning from rain and snow. President obama reportedly close to making a decision. The man he might be considering to replace the late antonin scalia. A live look outside. Depending on where you live you could see rain or snow this morning as you head out the door. Door. Our teams are working to keep you updated on both traffic and weather conditions. Scattered snow showers for our thursday forecast with very gusty winds from the northwest. Roads should be mainly wet today as much of our snow that falls will melt. Up to 1 of snow possible by later this afternoon, mainly president obama may have a nominee in mind to fill antonin scalias empty spot on the supreme court. And its a republican. Republican. Sources say Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval is one of the president s top choices. Its seen as a compromise. To get Senate Republicans to vote on his pick. Sandoval is a former abortion rights. The ohio race for us senate is still neck and neck this morning. A new Quinnipiac University poll finds that former democratic governor Ted Strickland leads incumbent republican rob portman by two percentage points. Thats within the margin of error. And basically a dead heat. Strickland must face Cincinnati City Council member pg sittenfeld in the primary. The white house is taking notice of a 9 on your side and Scripps Washington Bureau joint investigation into problems at the cincinnati va. Va. The president s press secretary announced the white house is aware of the allegations raised in our reports. Dozens of whistleblowers told us about how they say Hospital Leaders intentionally cut key services for veterans, dirty surgical instruments left in circulation, and alleged ethical misconduct by senior va leaders. The white house expressed faith in va secretary bob mcdonald to make sure cincinnati area veterans deserve. Press secretary certainly, secretary mcdonald takes that seriously. I can assure you that the commanderinchief takes that seriously. And were going to continue to watch these situations, moving forward forwardfor more on our ongoing investigation, go to wcpo. Com, where you can read all of our exclusive reports in the series veterans care a dereliction of duty. Happening today. A tristate man will answer to felony charges after prosecutors say he had sex with a nineyear old girl. Girl. Cincinnati Police Officers filed rape charges yesterday against this man. 26year old rolando brooks. They say brooks attacked the victim in august of 2015. At an apartment in mt. Airy. Its still not known how he knew the victim. In just a few hours. This woman will appear before a local judge. Brandi ross is charged with trying to bring a gun into the hamilton courty courthouse. Hidden in her bra. Deputies arrested her after a metal detector went off. A kentucky man is recovering this morning. After an e pocket. And the entire thing was caught on camera. Camera. This is the Surveillance Video from a shell gas station in owensboro. Watch the man on your right. You can see his pants suddenly explode in flames. Startling a nearby worker. I was shocked i was like what was that . You have a bomb in your pocket . I was like that you carry your bomb in your pocket . I was totally shocked and just like this my hands were on my head. Head. Employees and customers yanked the mans burning pants off. And then doused him with a fire extinguisher. He has seconddegree burns on his leg. Scattered snow showers for our thursday forecast with very gusty winds from the northwest. Roads should be mainly wet today as much of our snow that falls will melt. Up to 1 of snow possible by on the heels of the big win. Xavier is already looking forward to the next big game. When that is happening and who theyll be something to warm you up on this colder morning. This is National Chili day. We are in the midst of eating our way down the cincinnati chili trail. Trail. This was an idea put forward on wcpodotcom. Its nine local chili places. Our own Jordan Burgess is hitting several this morning. He started with blue ash chili. Now hes at Camp Washington chili. Where you can get chili for breakfast. This is the place where you can find it. Camp washington chili is open 24 hours a day. Six days a week. Closed on sundays. Were joined by owner maria papkirk. What kind of business do you see in these Early Morning hours . Our trail continues next to price hill and then on to Northern Kentucky to empress chili. You can keep up with our top 9 chili spots on our website wcpo dot com. It was standing room only last night as fans cheered on xavier to the big win over villanova. One guy that made the trip for the game. Actor bill murray. Murray. His son is one of the assistant coaches for xavier. Xaviers next big game is saturday against seton scattered snow showers for our thursday forecast with very gusty winds from the northwest. Roads wet today as much of our snow that falls will melt. Up to 1 of snow possible by later this on elevated surfaces. Theres excitement on the field in arizona. Arizona. davis everytime you see lou, excitement start to happen. Because of what we did 25, 26 years ago. how lou pinella is getting the team pumped up at spring training. This morning. Its a fabulous february giveaway on 9 on your side. Watch good morning tristate from 6 t0 7a for your chance to win a 100dollar prepaid gift card. Card. Five chances to win every weekday watch for the weather word of the day and enter it at wcpo dot com slash win. A reds legend joins the team at spring training arizona. Arizona. Lou pinella was hired by the clubhouse about a month ago. But it was yesterday that he made his way on to the has more. Reds legend joins team in camp goodyear, arizona 0007 broo track his time with the reds was short but sweet. Lou piniella, sweet lou, hired less than a month ago to be a Senior Consultant to the reds front office. Meeting the current reds todaysot up full piniella i guess they said, who is this old guy thats in uniform. Ive got the right title, Senior Advisor broo track piniella spent most of his first day on the job observingnatso full broo players, both spring training instructors, think hiring piniella is a home runchyron eric davisformer Cincinnati Reds outfielder 3138sot up full davis see lou, excitement start to happen. Because of what we did 25, 26 years ago. broo track he remains the last reds manager to lead the team to a world series championship. piniella thts the only worlds championship that i ever won as a manager. Im extremely gratified to be here chyron ken broo ken. Broo wcpo. Com 53100 broo stand up this year, piniella has Something Else to add to his arnsenal. This year, he will be the grand marshall of the Findlay Market opening day parade. In goodyear, ken broo, nine on let get your latest nine first warning forecast light snow showers continue to fall this morning but very little of this is sticking as it falls. Our roadways are mainly wet. The bigger story this morning will be the colder air and gusty winds. Temperatures start near the freezing mark and well see winds from the northwest at 15 to 25, gusting to 40 mph. You are going to notice that push on your vehicle today spotty snow showers continue for most of our thursday forecast with a slightly better chance this afternoon as an upper level feature swings through the ohio valley. It will still be difficult for this to stick because air temperatures are in the mid30s and pavement temperatures are still warm. Id mainly look for any light snow on elevated surfaces. However, visibility could be reduced at times because of the gusty winds and scattered snow showers that will last all day. Winds will gust to 40mph. Highs will be in the mid to lower 30s. Fridays highs only hit the mid30s with mostly cloudy skies and the potential for flurries during the day. Temperatures rise quickly this weekend to the upper 40s on saturday and the low60s on sunday. Both days will be dry and on the breezy side. Rain chances return late sunday night into monday morning as a cold front moves through the ohio valley. Morning rushsnow showerswet pavement and very windylow 32 thursdaylight, wet snow showers very windyhigh 36thursday nightsnow chances endmostly cloudylow 26fridaymostly cloudyflurries possiblehigh 35 friday nightclouds decrease its almost time to watch the oscars right here on 9 on your side. Side. But before the show begins. The planning of the oscar menu has to start. Start. Next. Well show what hollywood royalty will be the Academy Awards are sunday. And were learning this morning whats on the menu for celebrities after the big show. Show. This is chef wolfgang pucks 22nd year creating the food for the postoscars governors ball. This year, the menu is focused chefs will create 12thousand dishes in one and a half hours. Celebs will have 30 options. Including sushi, smoked salmon oscars, kobe beef, and alaskan king crab. Wolfgang puckgovernors ball chefafter not eating all day by 10 oclock at night everybody is hungry, and im sure especially some of the women probably didnt eat all to week to fit in their dresses. Dresses. The desserts are oscarthemed. With chocolate towers. Cookies. Macaroons and candy statuettes. Remember the oscars are sunday night. Right here on 9 on your side. Coverage starts at seven. And well have a look at all of the winners and big moments the next morning. On good morning tristate. The man police say shot and killed Brittney Russell is behind bars. What her family is accused of killing a middletown mom now in handcuffs 9 on your side digging into what will happen in the case today taking down number one well take you to the fan celebration after xavier beat villanova and youre looking live at the roads from the 9 on your side live drive. With snow on the radar were looking out for you and your safety good morning tristate. Heres a live look outside for your thursday. Thursday. Some of you are seeing a fe