Discussion that started february first as part of its promise to reform safety in the wake of a deadly shooting by a u. C. Police officer last summer. Current director of Public Safety james whalen will serve as interim chief. Also breaking this hour another twist in the homicide case of a middletown mother. Mother. Just days after police in dayton ohio told us they arrested a man on suspicion of killing Brittany Russell the Montgomery County prosecutor has announced he wont formalize charges against brandon carr. Carr. Police say the 34 year old was the last person to see Brittany Russell alive. Friends said brittany left home with her daugher, six month old haven to give carrs brother a ride. She was then found dead in the parking lot of an aparmtent building. Haven was fine and returned to her father who had reported her missing the night before. This isnt the end for the case though. The Montgomery CountyProsecutors Office says the case has been sent back to police for them to get more evidence against carr at another day of snow flurries around the tristate. State. And while its still cold out there right now a better forecast is in store for the weekend. Steve break it down for us skies stay cloudy to mostly cloudy all day long and this will really hold back our temperatures. Highs will only reach the mid 30s this afternoon. If you are heading out to a fish fry this evening, bundle up the family. The weekend is looking flat out fantastic High Pressure moves into the ohio valley and it ensures that both days are mostly sunny. Temperatures improve to 50 on saturday. Winds increase from the southwest on sunday and this helps pump in warmer air. Temperatures should top out in the low 60s on sunday. A quick moving cold front rolls through the ohio valley late sunday night and into monday morning. Well have a few linger showers for Early Morning drivers but the majority of monday will be dry. Highs on monday only hit the low 50s but thats were also keeping an eye on three tie ups on our roadways. Interstate 71 is closed at deerfield in blue ash. There are huge delays there right now. And this is a live look at the one on interstate 71 near pfeiffer road. A crash on the northbound side has been cleared but the back up hasnt youll want to avoid that area. Area. The other place to avoid is near i75 and i74. This is live look at that area. The ramp from mitchell ave to northbound 75, along with a left lane has been closed most of the afternoon because of a crash. Things are starting to move a little in that area though. Getting carded is usually reserved for buying alcohol or you need your id to get into a local mall. Northgate mall police are hoping id checks and new rules will help keep shoppers safe. The nows Briana Harper explains what triggered the change. And how old you have to be to get in. Colerains Northgate Mall offers shopping, dining and entertainment all in one. But beginning march 4th that experience could be limited for visitors under 17 years old. Its all part of the new family evenings policy. Minors must be accompanied by an theyre visiting the mall after 5pm on fridays and saturdays. The policy is a relief to many shoppers. Samantha spears Northgate Mall shopperthey do get loud and they do obnoxious and they do get on my nerves. Northgate mall representatives say its in response to Customer Feedback and a recent ruckus earlier this month which involved hundreds Briana Harper briana wcpothe one exception to this policy is here at the xscape theatre just as long as kids enter through this exterior entrance here. The policy will also not affect mall employees working during family evening hours. As for enforcement there is Colerain Police substation mall and police say they do plan increased patrol. You now if theyre going to be calm theyre mature enough to be by themselves here let them be by theirselves. Officers at Northgate Mall will be checking ids and if a child is violating the policy they will be asked to leave. In colerain, Briana Harper the now cincinnati. A similar policy was first put in place back in 2010 at the tricounty mall. Theres a new effort to battle the growing problem of heroin use in the tristate. Its one that Law Enforcement agencies think is simple. But effective. Jordan burgess looks at how it will work. Could an ad campaign make the difference in the fight against heroin . Well Law Enforcement in Hamilton County hope Something Like this might hold the key to getting dealers off the streets. Communities across Hamilton County. County. That means not in my village, my city, my township, my county and certainly not in our state. If you are dealing drugs, stop, we will arrest you. Unveiled today. The not in my Neighborhood Campaign is the work of the Hamilton County sheriffs office. The heroin task force. And the Police Chiefs of cities across the county. The Campaign Features posters. Bumper stickers and business cards all with numbers on them for anonymous tip lines to report heroin dealers. Officers believe the campaign will generate more tips. Tips which lead to many of their heroin investigations. For us to make a difference its going to require education and prevention on the front end as well as treatment and recovery on the back end. So the campaign deals with Treatment Options as well. Cards will be handed out to those who overdose and are information on where they can get help. Help. If you get someone thinking about the Addiction Services councils or resources in 48 or 72 hours weve had some success with that. So will it work . Leaders admitted the spike in heroin use caught everyone offguard. But they think efforts like this one are part of a turning point. Point. I think were 100 percent convinced well get through this and we will fight this epidemic and win. Win. Now that tipline is operational 24 hours. That number pretty easy to remember there. 513352dope. Jordan burgess the now cincinnati. Cincinnati. Authorities are serious about ending the heroin epidemic. They have announced a forum next tuesday to educate people on whats being done to help communities. The two hour seminar is free. Its at the university of cincinnati blue ash and begins at six p. M. Sex offenders in indiana must now register their address no matter when or where they were convicted. Court decided unanimously that it isnt unconstitutional to require offenders to register, even if they were convicted out of state. Registration is also required for offenders convicted before 2006, when indiana law changed to require sex offenders to inform authorities about where they live. The justices added that there is no real burden on the offender because they were required to register in another state anyway. Get ready Single Game Tickets for the reds Upcoming Season go on sale tomorrow tomorrow that means you can get tickets to any game you want with the exception of opening day which is april 4th. Single game tickets go on sale at 9 am. And if youre not sure when to go consider these dates. The 1976 world series celebration game is june 24th. Thats also the start of the reds hall of fame induction weekend which runs through the 26th. Pete roses number will be retired at the game that sunday. And the team will have fireworks after every friday feature premium giveaways so even if the team doesnt win youll go home with some great reds gear. Today michigans governor authoritized 30 Million Dollars to help pay water bills in flint. Flint. People there have been sent bills by the Water Department even though they cant drink the water dangerous amounts of lead mean the water there isnt safe. This money should cover about 65 percent of the water bills. Residents will have to still pay their sewage bills. The governor says its a step in the right direction. Governor Rick Snyder michigan this is an exciting step forward in addressing the water crisis. Theres a lot of activities were doing to address this terrible situation. And again i always want to sayapologize to the people of flint for what happenedand were working hard to solve this problem, and each and every day were making progress on solutions. Investigators say state regulators failed to require that flint treat its water supply differently after the town switched to river water in 2014. That water then lead to contaminate the water supply. Why is cincinnatis infant mortality rate so high . High . Chris riva is on your side digging for with answers and solutions to this horrible problem. And a reminder there are some big delays on major highways this hour. This is a live look at the one on interstate 71 near pfeiffer road. A crash on the northbound side has been cleared but the back up hasnt we are still monitoring those three tie ups on our roadways. Interstate 71 is closed at deerfield in blue ash. And this is a live look at the one on interstate 71 near pfeiffer road. A crash on the northbound side is gone but a big backup remains. Avoid is near i75 and i74. This is live look at that area. The ramp from mitchell ave to northbound 75, along with a left lane has been closed most of the afternoon because of a crash. Things are starting to move a little in that area though. As of right now bill cosby has dropped a lawsuit against one of the women accusing him of sexual misconduct. Cosbys lawyers say he cant fully participate in Court Proceedings against beverly johnson, because of the criminal case against him in pennsylvania. So for now theyre dropping that case with plans to refile the defamation suit against johnson at a later date. Johnson, who met cosby while she was a model, says the comedian slipped drugs into her drink after she refused his advancements. The scandalplagued world Soccer Organization fifa has a new president. A 45 year old former lawyer from switzerland named Gianni Infantino won the job today. Infantino served as the general secretary for the european football association. Hes replacing sepp blatter. Who was forced out after International Corruption and bribery scandals. Today he promised to restore fifas image around the world. And regain the trust of world cup broadcasters and sponsors. 14 people who survived thursdays mass shooting in kansas are recovering today, one of them still in critical condition. Four others, including the gunman, are dead. The nows Anne Mcnamara is latest. This community in shock. The town of hesston is 30 miles north of wichita. A town of just 37hundred. Police now think they know what setoff the gunman, but it still doesnt fully answer what happened, or why. The shooting spree includes three different scenes. Police say the gunman, 38yearold cedric ford, unleashed his terror over the course of 26 minutes. The shootings ended at company where ford worked. Thats where police say ford killed three people, and injured 12 others. You can see today it is still cordoned off behind crime scene tape, the front door glass shattered. Police say an houranda half before the shootings, ford was served with a protection from abuse order to keep him from a former girlfriend. They think thats what set him off, and say one officer going into the building all by himself and shooting and killing ford. Is the only ended this rampage. Weve just learned that officer. Is the Hesston Police chief. Runs 19sheriff t. Walton | harvey county, kansas that particular officer is the hero out of all this. Understand, there was probably two or three hundred more people in that building while this was going on. This man was not going to stop shooting. The only reason that he stopped shooting is because that officer stopped the shooter. Shooter. Police say ford shot and injured two people along the way before he arrived at the plant, where he actually had shown up for work earlier in the day, left, and then came back. There is a lot still to sort out and we developments. Reporting live in kansas, Anne Mcnamara for the now. Workplace violence is more prevelant than you might think. Around 2million people a year are impacted by some form of Workplace Violence thats anything from a verbal to physical assault. As for deadly shootings the last statistic taken in 2014 counted 300 deadly shootings in workplaces across the country. A live look outside big changes are coming so get ready steve tracks your 9 first warning forecast skies stay cloudy to mostly cloudy all day long and this will really hold back our temperatures. Highs will only reach the mid 30s this afternoon. If you are heading out to a fish fry this evening, bundle up the family. The weekend is looking flat out fantastic High Pressure moves into the ohio valley and it ensures that both days are mostly sunny. Temperatures improve to 50 on saturday. Southwest on sunday and this helps pump in warmer air. Temperatures should top out in the low 60s on sunday. A quick moving cold front rolls through the ohio valley late sunday night and into monday morning. Well have a few linger showers for Early Morning drivers but the majority of monday will be dry. Highs on monday only hit the low 50s but thats considered mild for the end of experts know a lack of nutrition for expecting mothers is a factor when it comes to cincinnatis high infant mortality rate. 9 on your sides chris riva continues our series of reports on the issue, shows you one Way Community workers are battling the problem. The clients that we typically work with live in food deserts. They do not have Grocery Stores to get fresh foods. This cooking class, just might help the infant mortality crisis in Hamilton County. April griffin because there is no Major Grocery or market in the neighborhood, avondale specifically where i work, they are buying their or Family Dollar in a box. There is nothing nutritious in a box to feed your family. April griffin, crystal dennard and asa simeton are Community Service workers for trihealth outreach ministries. They are learning how to cook, so they can pass it along to their clients. Crystal dennard we are definitely more than Just Health Care we are out here trying to bridge the gap between the medical and what is actually happening in the community. Cradle cincinnati states preterm labor as the single biggest factor for infant mortality in Hamilton County. Making sure a pregnant mom has enough and the right thing to eat, is critical. Asa simeton whats the substitute . What can you eat instead of off the dollar menu meal from mcdonalds all the time . How can you make it healthier . So this team learns to cook, to pass it on, hoping it can save a life over the next year. In Winton Terrace chris riva 9 oys. The Community Service workers are new to the class. They say the pregnant mothers they work with. Is one dog breeds bad reputation. Dooming other dogs . Dogs . Why some shelter dogs without an ounce of pitbull in them. Are still suffering from a stigma against the breaking now in cincinnati. Two bodies found in an apartment on west north bend road near fox road. Thats in mount airy. Officers found the bodies while doing a welfare check. Both people were shot. The victims are 56 year old larry furr and 55 year old janet furr. Nine on your side has a crew on the way and we will bring you new information as it develops. And a reminder there are some big delays on major highways this hour. This is a live look from chopper 9 the only chopper to bring you breaking news first at interstate 71 and the regan interchange. Those ramps are backing up because of an earlier crash on 71 at pfeiffer on the giving yourself extra time if your in that area. We rely on bees and butterflies to pollinate plants. But a new firstofits kind report out today from the United Nations shows just how much trouble our food supply could be in for. 9 on your sides Carol Williams with a look. Look. That report found around 40percent of the pollinator species are headed toward extinction. Extinction. And conditions are the worst for bees and butterflies. Hummingbirds and bats are slightly better off. The report found pollinators are the key to hundreds of billions of dollars worth of crops each year. Thats everything from apples to coffee. Were already seeing the impact. Just last week here on the now we introduced you to the man behind highland bees. Hes already lost 50 thousand dollars in business this year. Name tim brod | highland bees its indicative of whats coming. We have incredible with bees. We have much less land. We have much less biodiversity, theres way new generations of pesticides that are contaminating and poisoning poisoning those issues he lists are what the United Nations points out in the new report too. It says theres not one single cause of this pollinator dieoff. Issues include changes to farming