Where hall went to school. Hailey hall was a sophomore here and had been coming here since the 7th grade alongside her older sister mackenzie. Tonight i spoke with mckenzies foster mom who knew hailey and the family for years. No child on this earth deserves to have that happen to them. 16yearold hailey halla girl many say was full of life. Full of love. She was such a beautiful girl. She was so bright and so smart crystal prather is a close family friend who would eventually foster haileys older sister mackenzie. She absolutely loved mackenzie and mackenzie absolutely loved her. A sister who will now have to live without her best friend. On february 29th police found hall barely alive at the hospital she was in a coma and needed several brain surgeries police say the man who beat her was 34yearold william arnold. Now charged there was anyone of us who could make things different for her that nightwe would have done so in a heart beat. Prathers says she wants halls life to inspire change. We see so many kids everywhere and every day that need more help and protection and more love and we just need to figure out a way overall to give them that. This year, the assistant principal is leading a program called beat the hurt giving students a chance to talk. no cgtoo quick Scott Reisbord asst principal st. Bernard Elmwood Place high school theyve come into my officer every hour on the hour just asking why and its a hard thing because we dont have answers. The way to keep hailey alive is to be successful. She will always be in our hearts. These last 3 days the school has had dress down days where students bring a dollar to donate and can dress out of uniform just today the school raised more than 400 dollars for the family who are now working on funeral arrangements. Reporting live ra 9 oys. New on 11 at 11. A newborn whose mother is charged in the death of her two year old daughter is now with his says he he has custody of rebekah kinners son. Wyatt. The baby was put into foster care right after he was born. Rebekah kinner is charged with involuntary manslughter in the death of Kinsley Kinner last year. Police tell us kinners boyfriend. Bradley young. Beat the child to death. What exactly happened on the combs hehl bridge that sent a car flying into the ohio river yesterday . Tonight. We went to an accident reconstruction expert to find out how that mystery will be solved. Nine on your sides ashley zilka joins us with those answers. Ashely. For the reconstruction team, its all about mapping out what exactly happened up on that bridge. The problemone of the cars is still in the water and it will be days before its recovered. The Accident Reconstruction Team has their work cut out for them after a 12 vehicle crash on the combs hehl bridge. Only chopper 9 brought you these pictures live as the scene was unfolding. The biggest challenge one of the cars is still at the bottom of the ohio river. 12 37 what they can learn from that vehicle will have to wait until they complicates things. 40dan aerni reconstructs traffic accidents for a living. He says its normal that the bridge was closed for nearly 6 Hours Tuesday night. 09 34 they were gathering data from the scene. They would have debris. They would have tire marks. They would have probably fluid stains. 41but thats just the beginning. 12 00 sometimes they have to match paint, whether there is red paint on one car and blue paint on another, that tells them which vehicle may have contacted another. 06aerni says most newer cars have black boxes in them. Right now its unclear if the car in the water has one. That fact alone could be critical for the investigation. 10 45 it will give information concerning speeds and braking and other driver actions that they will want to be downloading. 53investigators still cant tell exactly what kind of car it is or even if anyone is in it. The Campbell CountyPolice Department said its possible the vehicle is red in color, possibly a pontiac grand prix. 12 47 the reason why it is going to take them several weeks is sort of making sense. 52 you can help with the Sheriffs Office is asking anyone who has a loved one they believe is missing to please contact them. Reporting live, ashley zilka, 9 on your side. A missing emt accused of stealing from aurora Emergency Rescue is now in jail. Craig whitham was reported missing month. He surrendered to authorities today. Investigators say he took about 106 thousand dollars. Whitham had been questioned about the money shortly before he disappeared. A crash led to his discovery and now a Homicide Investigation into the death of a Fairfield High School senior found shot dead inside that car. 275302 i just want justice for jaylon somebody knows something, its not going to bring him back, but i just want justice for my son. Serina knight is jaylon knights mother. 313944 jaylon didnt see color he didnt see money he was giving. She and his father paul got to see their sons body for the first time wednesday 5 days after he the wheel inside this car shot the car coming to a stop after crashing into this home on the 300 block of charles street in hamilton. Its a scene that confuses a family who says jaylon was a good kid. 264757 jaylon really was a great person you know he would literally give anything for anybody, if you didnt have any money and he seen you on the street hed give you all the money he had as the investigation looks for a shooter his friends and family remember the fairfield high Football Player and senior ready to graduate and take on the world. 455459 he was the peace maker in the family, he kept us all together. 351620 he was always smiling always laughing helping others. 450407 he taught me the true meaning of happiness its a loss the Knight Family is dealing with one day at a time. One they want answers and justice for with a message to the person responsbile. 284749 i forgive you whoever you are. Just let us put closure to this. Police are asking anyone with information to call crimestoppers. The family huge outpouring of support to the family and donations to help with jaylons funeral. A first for the Cincinnati Fire department tonight. Melissa arnold is the first woman in the departments 162 year history to be promoted to capitain. Arnold is a 17 year veteran of the department. Now for a check of weather. Wake up. For that we go to nine first warning chief meteorologist steve raleigh. Steve. One last blast of winter is set for the next several days as temperatures cool right to the 40s by the weekend. As for now, the weather stay quiet. Thursday is a mostly sunny and quiet days. Highs will push to its almost time for the madness to begin. And rarely have things looked so good for xavier before the tournament. Nine on your sides John Popovich and chris riva are in saint louis with the musketeers. Precis John Popovich and chris riva are in saint louis to cover the xavier Mens Basketball Team in the first round of the ncaa tournament. Musketeers are seeded second in the tournament, which has many fans hoping for a final four finish, if not the overall championship. Supreme battle. The president names his choice for the high court. Why republicans say that choice wont fly right now. A new danger from hoverboards. Why some of them are much more prone to catch fire. Nine is on your side with the warning signs. Plan to give you perfect seats at home the same day movies debut in theaters. Whats good for your heart may also be good for your brain. The seven things you can do to help you think faster. Youre watching nine on your youre watching 9 on your side at 11 president obamas choice to be the next justice on the Supreme Court tonight may not make it past the front door on capitol hill. Merrick garland is and is highly regarded in legal circles. He currently serves on the Dc District Court of appeals. It was clear at todays ceremony he is deeply moved by the honor of being nominated. Thank you, mr. President. This is the greatest honor of my life. [emotional] other than lynn agreeing to marry me 28 years ago. Garland would have to be confirmed by the senate. Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell of kentucky made it clear he disagrees with the timing of the nomination. It seems clear that president obama made this nomination not with the intent of seeing the nominee confirmed, but in order to politicize it for purposes of the election. Election. Mcconnell says the senate will revisit the matter when the next president nominates someone. Nine on your side has told you about the danger from hoverboards. And the tendency for them to catch this time about the dangers from counterfeit hoverboards. More than 95thousand of the fake hoverboards have been confiscated nationally. Customs Officials Say they use knockoff batteries. Making them more prone to fire or explosion. The easiest way to tell if a hoverboard is counterfeit their very low price. Other warning signs include misspelled labels. Instructions that are not properly translated into english. And batteries that dont have a name brand logo. If you have a counterfeit hoverboard. You can ask for a refund. And if that doesnt work. Dispute the charge on your credit card. Forget long lines for tickets. You may soon be able to watch movies at home the same day they open at the theater. John matarese shows how this would work. So you dont waste your money. Imagine being able to download a brand new Theatrical Release to your tv. ,. And watch it the day its released in theaters it could become a reality if some hollywood steven speilberg, jj abrams, and the founder of napster are pushing a concept called screening room. It would let you watch the next star wars movie, for instance, the day of its initial release, in the comfort of your own home. Only downside it wont be cheap. Cheap. Screening room would charge you 50 dollars to stream a just released film at home. To pacify theater chains, 20 dollars of the bill would go to local movie theaters. To keep them in business. And you could split the bill with friends and neighbors, so that everyone would pay just 10 or 12 bucks. Normal movie prices prices but dont send out invitations to your friends just yet. The National Association of theater owners is opposed to the idea. Due to the risk of people making and selling copies. And the fact theaters make most of their money selling cokes and popcorn. As always dont waste weather summary one last blast of winter is set for the next several days as temperatures cool right to the 40s by the weekend. As for now, the weather stay quiet. Thursday is a mostly sunny and quiet days. Highs will push to near 60 degrees. Friday is another dry day, but its definitely going to be cooler. Highs will stay chilly, only near 50 degrees. In fact, this weekend highs drop to the for rain. In fact, overnight saturday into sunday, theres even a small possibility of a few snowflakes floating around. Of course, sunday is tonight in healthy living. Whats good for your heart can also help your brain work faster. A new study looked at how following seven Healthy Habits affect your brain. The habits are avoiding tobacco. Maintaining a healthy weight and diet. And keeping blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar levels in check. All of those are good for your heart. Doctors at the university of miami and Columbia University say the more of those habits people follow. The faster their brains process information. For a look at whats happening in sports we check in with nine on your side sports anchor ken broo. The ncaas first four is wrapping up. Up. And send offs. A nice sendoff today for the xavier musketeers as they headed for st. Louis. And a sendoff for a hopefuland no send off now. Simply a greeting for the xavier musketeers getting a nice send off from a gathering of their fans today theyve got weber state in round one of the ncaa night. And uc is off to spokane. Theyre trolling for a win, in round one, over st. Joes. Trt 10outcue . What it takes to win. ellis everybodys mind set is where it should be. Like, we know what it takes, out of all the losses, we know exactly what it takes, to win. first four games in dayton tonight. Holy cross by four over southern. The crusaders play on. Theyll get number one see oregon for their celebration. Celebration. Second game tonight in dayton, and its michigan thats playing on, after a 6762 win. Uk is in des moines tonight. Tomorrow jamal murray and the wildcats play stony brook. Thats a team thats never. As in ever. Played in an ncaa tournament. Trt 10outcue . Come out ready to play. ulis theyre gonna come excited. A lot of them are seniors. Theyre gonna come out and give it their best shot. So, we cant try to look past them. We have to focus on this game and come out ready to play. and the indiana hoosiers are looking for a strong effort tomorrow night against chattanooga. Yogi ferrell said team mates a pep talk. Trt 15outcue . Onto the next play. ferrell playing out there, i just told these guys just to play free. Cant play with any jitterbugs. Play the game like its any other game. Like our coach says, its an imperfect game. So people are going to turn the ball over. So you gotta get onto the next play. the hits just keep on coming for the bengals. They reupped with another one of their free agents today, defensive lineman, pat sims. Also, various National Reports have the bengals bringing in free agent wide receiver, Brandon Lafell for a visit. He was just cut by the patriots. The Wilmington High School hurricane. Theyre in the Ohio Division one final four and today, the wilmington Basketball Team got a rousing send off at a high school rally. Newcath is playing on to the kentucky elite eighttoday, against louisville trinity ben weyer muscled his was inside. And brennan hall had it dialed in from the outside. And the thorobreds beat trinity, soundlyheres weyer, this time newcath wins. Trt 12outcue . Been here in a long time. dawn i kjnow anytime we beat trinity. We beat one of the top programs in the state. Theyre extremely well coached. Theyre a good defensive team. And so im really proud of our guys for hanging in there, especially in an environment like this. We havent been thats 9 on your side at 11 for this wednesday. Wednesday. Were always on with breaking news, weather, and sports on wcpodotcom. Well see how it works in the morning. Much. Thank you. Surgeries at an arkansas hospital were temporarily halted after tests showed possible contamination of surgical implements. The test found a rare degenerative brain disorder can cause dementia and death but Officials Say it is extremely unlikely any other patients were impacted. The cdc says the last transmission of disease through implements was in 1976. And within spring just days forms hitting the nation. Last night, this beautiful site here. At 6 00 local news was going off the air here in new york. A bolt of lightning hit 1 World Trade Center with quite a flash there. It looked like a summer type storm as parts of the country face a round of winter weather. Eyewitness news at 6 00. Live there. Heres abcs alex perez. Reporter in parts of the midwest, winter refusing to let go. Of this pickup losing control on i35. In wisconsin, one passenger killed after a car and semi collide on i39. This time lapse capturing the dangerous lightning. One strike setting this iowa dorm on fire. Another revealing this funnel cloud in illinois. One twister ripping a fivemile through rock island county. Its going to be a year before i can get back here with my family and neighbors