A College Student from Kenton County who fell to her death during a hike in lexington over the weekend is being remembered tonight. 9 on your sides tom mckee shows us how Katie Stewarts former high school is honoring the the bright and energetic woman young woman. Faculty members here at notre dame acadeny came together monday night for a private vigil in memory of 2012 graduate Katie Stewart who died in an accident over the weekend. Weekend. Stewart, a senior at Transylvania University in lexington, slipped and fell over a cliff saturday at the raven run nature sanctuary, where friends say shed gone hiking. She was due to come home to Lakeside Park sunday to celebrate her 22nd birthday with her family and twin sister. Sister. We wanted to pray for katie and her family and to acknowledge the pain that theyre going through with this loss. Loss. Notre dame Academy President laura koehlsays the school made special mention of the fact that katies died during the easter season. Season. This is the time when we passion the pain and suffering of christ and then ultimately the ressurection. Ressurection. And while katies death is tragic, koehl added the pain and sadness being felt will ultimately subside. We also hope that at some point they can find hope in the care and love of others. The great hope is that god is there for all of us. Us. Kher father, tom, called her a smart young woman who easily excelled in her studies. Her mother, stephanie, called her a jewel who spread beauty to the world around her. Her. The concensus here is that katie was a natural born leader gone way too soon. Tom mckee, nine on your side, park hills. Funeral arrangements for Katie Stewart are now final. Visitation begins at 3 30 wednesday at Saint Agnes Church in fort wright. The service follows at 7. Three bomb threats against tri state schools in a single day. They turned out to be hoaxes that School Officials say are becoming a big waste of time. Facing charges after posting this message on facebook. Threatening to blow up several cincinnati schools. Also today North College hill high and Campbell County middle school were evacuated after Police Say Students made threats tgere as well. Summit View Academy had two bomb scares called in recently from a robotic voice. Kenton County District spokesperson jess dykes says the cost of these threats cant be measured. Were losing academic instructional time with our kids its a waste of our time and you cant put a dollar amount on that thateven during an evacuation districts are required to feed students scramble to put sack lunches together. Some bus drivers are also called in on overtime. Tonight a dozen fairfield families are trying to find new homes after theirs were destroyed by fire. Fire. Investigators say a crew doing excavation work hit a gas line sparking a fire that burned up part of the villages of wildwood. Firefighters say at one point though the buildings roof,but tonight the big question is who was at fault for hitting the gas line. Its really going to be up to the investigators to see where this line was whether it had been moved this complex was built back in the 70s so theres been a lot of modifications. Modifications. The red cross is helping those displaced families find a place to stay tonight. Tonight a driver is charged with vehicular homicide. In connection with a deadly crash near the combs hehl bridge. Cincinnati police say Cory Lippmeier was speeding and may have been impaired when he rearended another car on i275 sunday night. It happened around nine30 on the ohio side of the bridge. Scott petredis was traveling in the other vehicle and was killed in the crash. Its the second crash near that bridge in a week. Tomorrow marks one week since a car went off the combshehl bridge plunging into the ohio river. Crews will try to get the car out of the water this high, swift and murky for them to reach it. Campbell county police say they now have an idea of who was in the car. After a family contacted them inquiring about a missing person. Tonight traffic is moving again in west chester after a deadly crash shut down tylersville road. It happened just before ten this morning. Police say a driver ran a red light at kingsgate way. And hit two vehicles at the intersection. La Verne Morlock of west chester was in one of those cars. She died at west chester hospital. Two others inside that car were also taken to the hospital. Family members of a st. Bernard man who was beaten to death last year are angry that the people charged are taking a plea deal. Deal. James kirby mario lewis and Chasidy Brewer all pleaded guilty to their involvement in the beating death of 73yearold carl engel at his home last march. Police say it happened during a botched burglary. Today in court the victims children begged the judge for stiffer sentences saying its been really hard to not hate the players, but hate the game. And our legal system, thats exactly what it is. Is. Kirby will spend 27 years in prison. Lewis and brewer were given shorter prison terms. They were duped by a locked door. And police in Northern Kentucky say it may have been the second time thats happened to these wouldbe robbers. Nine on your sides julie oneill shows us why the suspects in that scene this weekend fit the bill for another investigation. It happened here at this marathon gas station right off i75 in williamstown. The 57yearold clerk tells me he started to go around back to put the garbage outheard somethinggot suspicious back inside and locked the door. The surveillance picture shows him looking at the two men, one of whom has a gun. It was scary because he had a gun. And he couldve went ahead and shot me right but he didnt so. Dwayne nickell is very familiar with what happened at the marathon 10 miles south of here a few weeks ago when a clerk averted an Armed Robbery when she thought to lock the door. The men had on similar hoods and clothing so police in williamstown and grant county Sheriff Deputies are working together on this pretty sure theyre the same guys. Theyre asking people to share the surveillance pictures on their facebook pages to help catch these guys as soon as possible. The sooner the better for these clerks who have a healthy fear this will happen again. In williamstown, julie oneill 9 on your side. A man hit by his own car car the mistake that led to a driver ending up underneath his car. How hes doing tonight. Over the top support for a Northern Kentucky landmark destroyed by fire. How tristate folks are helping rebuild the rabbit hash general stores. Winds pick up on tuesday from the southwest at 10 to 20, warm air building ahead of a tristate man run over by his own car. Is expected to recover. Recover. It happened this afternoon in springfield township. Police say that man had stepped out of his vehicle but didnt put the car in park. He quickly tried jumping fell. His legs were hit by the car and it came to a stop. Police say he was taken to the hospital only as a precaution. Organizers say the support was over the top. To help rebuild a boone county landmark that caught fire last month. The rabbit hash bash held just over a week ago raised more than 11thousand dollars. That money will help rebuild the rabbit hash general store. Which caught fire in february. It was built in 1831 and is on the National Registry of historical places. Its a troubling issue that affects the lives of so many teens. And a Tristate Group is getting students and teachers involved to stop teen suicide. Suicide. The group is called seas the day thats seas. An acronyn for stay educated about suicide. Suicide. And that education comes in the form of Suicide Prevention workshops and presentations. Like this one from students in saint bernard. And the group has another important and tough job. Grief services when a young wcpo insiders can read how seas the day is working to make a trained counselor available for every tristate student. Text for help. Its a vital tool for some people who just cant make a call. Call. Coming up what part of the tristate is now covered under this new way to contact 911. Mostly clear skies tonight over downtown cincinnati. And were expecting a warmup tomorrow jason adams has the forecast youre watching youre watching 9 on your side at 7 your cellphone could become a lifesaver. Thats the idea leaders in Butler County say could be the result of the latest text to 911 service. The motto call if you can, text if you cant. Its a tool meant to better serve those who are either hearing impaired or whose safety could be at risk if they actually called 911 for help. Hamilton county has been using the text 911 technology for a couple years. 911 operators there say so far this year theyve recieved close to 500 emergency texts. Its another tool that enhances the safety of the citizens of the county and thats why were pushing forward. Forward. Butler county plans to expand the text to 911 service to all of its county Emergency Communication Centers within the next several months the nations highest court will not take up the case of accused of in the death of his wife. Wife. Thats after an Appeals Court agreed that prosecutors withheld evidence in jim bartons trial. The former springboro lieutentant was convicted of hiring two men to burglarize his home and scare his wife into moving from their farm and into springboro. Vickie barton was murdered and raped during the burglary 20 years ago. So now prosecutors must retry barton or drop the case. Hundreds line the streets to honor a Central Indiana deputy killed in the line of duty. The body of carl koontz was taken from indianapolis to a funeral home in kokomo this afternoon. He was shot and killed while trying to serve a warrant at a home. Another deputy on scene was also hit by gunfire he was released from the hospital today and participated in the procession for deputy koontz. The fallen deputys impact stretches beyond his department. He was also a resource officer at a nearby school. Wed talk everyday and hed always say hi when i passed would give hugs to everyone and hi5s and make sure everyone was having a good day. He was safe, he was well trained. He was a pro. Pro. Koontz was trying to serve a search warrant for syringes when he was hit by gunfire. That suspect was found dead in the home hours later. The images are amazing. An indianapolis truck stop up in flames. Causing two Million Dollars in damage it took around 100 firefighters to battle the blaze. About 40 people were inside the building when it caught fire but no one was hurt. Investigators dont know how the fire started. But a witness told fire crews they saw flames outside. And high building. President obama says the us embargo on cuba will be lifted. But he needs help to get it done. Done. The president met with cubas leader raul castro today in closeddoor meeting. Afterward castro said relations with the us could only be normalized when the embargo ends. President obama says that will happen he cant do it alone. The list of things we can do administratively is growing shorter, and the bulk of changes that have to be made with respect to the embargo are now going to rely on Congress Make changes. Changes. But the two leaders do not agree on human rights and economic reforms. Castro did answer one question on Political Prisoners but said hed had enough when a second question came his way. A heads up for drivers downtown. The city is closing down part of walnut street this week to make repairs to a streetcar station stop. This is only a daytime closure. But it will shut down a lane of walnut between seventh and eighth street. 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 its a memory he wont forget. And neither will lots of social media users nine on your side talks to the man who got a quick solo at one of the hottest pop singers right now played for a big crowd saturday in cincinnati. And an ohio state professor may have the best memory of the night. Terah stewart was in the crowd when rihanna put the mic in front of his face. You see that reaction from rihanna. Nine on your side caught up with stewart today who said he was worried when he saw her face. I dont want reto put the mike in my face and for it to sound bad so thats what i was really thinking about. About. But hes grown quite a following since then. Stewart says he gained more than 12 thousand instagram followers and constant emails and texts from people trying to that is 9 on your side at 7 for this monday. Updates on all the days top stories right now on wcpo dot com. Our next newscast is tonight at 11. Theres a freedom about asheville. An unspoken invitation to discover who you really are. Here, the world is a big, beautiful place filled with adventure. Take it in. Come up for air. Asheville. Mysteries revealed. The list starts now. Were really getting a deal. How to decode prices in these three stores. Plus taking you inside the home of the year. 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