The Hamilton County prosecutors case against against her. They claim theres evidence that can prove her innocent of ethical violations but say it was intentionally left out of Court Proceedings. 9 on your side timyka artist is live outside the Prosecutors Office where that News Conference has just wrapped up. Brand new information just coming to light moments ago. This has to do with two Computers Containing backdated information the the judge was presented with because they were destroyed including senator cecil thomas vowing not to give up the fight to clear here name. They say information about those two computers being wiped cleaned and sold at an auction was discovered by a private investigator hired by Tracie Hunter during her trial. The group says that evidence was tampered with in an attempt to obstruction. They also claim the prosecutor hired two attorneys w who he had a prior relationship to investigate prosecutors could have been brought in without any expense to taxpayers. Tracie hunter former judged facing 6 months in jail13 46 09 when i can be accused falsely of crimes that i did not commit and what orhers acknowledged in testimony that they did theres a problem senator cecil thomas district 9 ohio senate 13 39 23 our concern justin has to be blind has to be fair and impartial serious allegations. They are demanding the department of justice stepped in and take over this case. Starting with letter that was sent to fbi detailing what the private investigators discovered about those two computers kentucky lawmakers are tightening the criminal punishment on heroin dealers. Dealers. The senate just cleared a bill that would make anyone convicted of selling any amount of heroin for the first time to automatically to the loosened penalties for heroin dealers that happened in 2011. Since then, some say both heroin use and overdoses increased significantly. We will not learn the trial date today for four suspects accused of a murder in west chester. Demarcus staley, rodney foster, jibril willingham, and justin koch are charged in the january death of tyler kassow. Investigators say the four planned to rob kassow inside a home. Two of them went inside. But there was a scuffle, and kassow was shot and killed,the suspects have another court date on march tenth. Did you see that game last night . Right now xavier fans are basking in the glow of their Basketball Teams take down of the Number One Team in the country. Jordan burgess is live with how students are celebrating the win. Youll see more shirts like this around campus today. And maybe even a few more dribble off the shelves here at the all for one store. Students are kind of shirt. A much different scene outside the Cintas Center here this morning. Where about 12 hours before xavier was polishing off a victory over number one villanova. Instead of a Top Ranked Team falling. It was snow falling. And students who were thinking about rushing the court. They ended up not doing it. Were instead rushing to class. But the cold couldnt put a freeze on the warm feelings students got from last nights win. It was xaviers first victory ever over a Top Ranked Team at the Cintas Center. Theyve had three other wins over Number One Teams in other venues. Now students are thinking xavier could maybe land a top seed of its own in the ncaa tournament next month. And that brings with it talk of a possible national championship. And who could blame them for thinking that. With all the excitement surrounding last nights win. The fans were into it last night. You could feel the energy once you walked into the building. I think the players fed off the energy. It was fun and i think the skys the limit for them. Everybody there thought they were playing well and it was a great atmosphere to be at. Now the focus already turning to the next game. As xavier goes on the road to face seton hall on sunday. Reporting live. Jordan burgess. 9 on your side. The man who managed the 1990 wiretowire reds to a championship is back in the game. Game. Lou piniella was hired less than a month ago as a Senior Consultant to the reds front office. His first day on the job was yesterday at spring training. Two of his former players are spring training instructors. And both say theyre excited to have lou on the team. Because of that championship 25 years ago. It was the last time the reds have one a championship. And a landmark for piniella. piniella thts the only worlds championship that i ever won as a manager. Im extremely gratified to be here here 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 reporters ken broo and Keenan Singleton are in goodyear with the reds right now. Watch for updates from spring good morning tri state. Its National Chili day. And what better way to celebrate than to hit the cincinnati chili trail . Trail . There are 9 stops on the map of gastronomic delights. Created by the wcpo web team. You can start anywhere on the trail and work your way through. The goal is to eat a coney and a three way at each stop. Maybe bring a buddy to share. You can find the map for the trail on wcpo dot com. Coming up. A warning for ecigarette users what a firefighter says could have prevented an explosion. Caused by one of these devices youre watching 9 on your side if you smoke ecigarettes, you might want to Pay Attention to went up in flames. When the ecigarette in his pocket exploded tara molina has what happened. Check out these pictures a lab coat, totally charred. A black and smoldered e cigarette. Its all thats left after the ecig blew up in a mans coat pocket. [ pi], [pi]the Lyndhurst Fire Department answered an alarm at dr. Rodney greens Plastic Surgery center. [ pi], [pi]nats [ pi], [pi]. And the chief told me this guy got lucky. [ pi], [pi]chief michael carroll, lyndhurst fire[ pi], [pi]sot [ pi], [pi]he dangerous. [ pi], [pi]chief michael carroll, [ pi], [pi]i did some digging and according to the us fire administration, the number of incidents like this one are small, considering the millions of americans who smoke ecigs. There were 25 when they conducted a study in 2014. [ pi], [pi]nats [ pi], [pi]most incidents occur with the battery, or when the batteries [pi]chief michael carroll, [ pi], [pi]i went to a vape shop to find out what else people can do to make sure theyre doing this [pi]riley gardner, euphoria vapor[ pi], [pi]sot coming back to Time Warner Cable for a whole new experience. Thats because weve been working hard to give you better service, and it shows. Pwe came back for internet speeds so fast even the kids are impressed. Oh shes impressed. Were catching up on movies and shows on demand just as fast as we can watch them. 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Bazi tag can mention those 5 coast guard members here on 9 on your side at noon were asking you to caption this every week we give you one of kevin necessarys cartoons and ask you to come up with the punch line. This week we want to know what you think the flying pig has to say. About the oscars carol was filmed in cincinnati. And Cate Blanchett is up for best actress for the movie. Leave a comment on our Facebook Page your favorite by someone else. The winner gets a years subscription to wcpo insider. Chris rock is taking the stage on sunday as host of the oscars. Will the comedian weigh in on the awards diversity. Or lack thereof . Plus. Penguin in a playpen were not kidding. Thats actually happening. Well tell you where. And why. This baby is winning peoples get a load of this little chick its a ten week old rockhopper penguin. And the newest resident of the omaha zoo in nebraska. And its finally getting to hang out with the grown ups. Sort of. Zookeepers built the chick its own play pen. Where it can see and interact with other penguins in the exhibit while it gets bigger and stronger. There are 81 penguins on display at the zoo. Penguins. Zookeepers dont know yet whether the chick is a boy or a girl. But that wont influence its name, which the zoo will let visitors pick. The world will be watching on sunday to see how oscars host chris rock handles the awards show controversy over diversity. With lots of buzz about whos walking the red carpet. And whos not. For the second year in a row. All 20 of the nominees in the acting categories are white. That resparked the hashtag oscars so white. And led to artists like director spike lee announcing they would not attend the awards. Chris rock has not let much slip about how he plans to address the topic during his hosting gig. But the comedian has never shied away from addressing race in his acts. Sot david blaustein, abc newsradio entertainment correspondent movie critic it is going to be an extremely memorable monologue simply because of that particular topic 5\ 5\we do have one hint about what rock has planned. An oscars producer says he threw out his original monologue and has completely rewritten it to address the diversity miss that. Make sure you watch 9 on your side starting at 7 for the live red carpet show. The awards ceremony begins at 8. And stick with us after the oscars because 9 on your side at 11 will bring you all the latest breaking news. `and dont forget to wake up on monday with good morning tristate. Clearing her name. The goal of protestors who stand behind judge Tracie Hunter. Why they say evidence was left out of her court case. A historic win for xavier. That has students pumped up today. The reaction from fans after the musketeers take down the nations Number One Team. A view from the inside. See Union Terminal like youve never seen it before the work that went into this unique view of a historic cincinnati all across america families are coming back to Time Warner Cable for a whole new experience. Pwe came back for internet speeds so fast even the kids are impressed. Oh shes impressed. Shows on demand just as fast as we can watch them. Twcs home wifi is so strong the same time. Come back today. Youll get 30 meg internet, tv, phone and more for 89. 99 a month. And ask how you could get a 300 reward card. Supporters of former juvenile judge Tracie Hunter are demanding an independent investigation into the Hamilton CountyProsecutors Office. Office. Those supporters say evidence that could have proved her innocence of ethical violations was intentionally left out of the Court Proceedings against hunter. Supporters also say two computers were wiped of information by authorities and then sold at an auction. Tracie hunter former judged facing 6 months in jail13 46 09 when i can be accused falsely of crimes that i did not commit and what orhers they did theres a problem problemearlier this year prosecutors dropped eight charges that hunter still faced. The Ohio Supreme Court has told hunter she can appeal her conviction on an ethics charge. Miami university is investigating more than 20 hazing allegations reported at a dozen fraternities and sororities. And its bringing pledging to an end. Two weeks earlier than scheduled. Scheduled. The University Says its received 21 complaints over the last three weeks related to greeklife initiation processes. The office of ethics and student conflict resolution has ordered pledging to be completed by tomorrow. There have been no official suspensions. And the cases will go through formal hearings. Organizations and students wil have a chance to appeal the decision. About 30 percent of the universitys undergrads are involved with campus greek life. Were following a threat from isis this morning to some social media giants. The Islamic State released a 25 minute video, this is a screen twitter Ceo Jack Dorsey and Facebook Ceo Mark Zuckerberg with bullet holes. Its a response to facebook and twitter trying to block the spreading its message. New details this afternoon in that deadly rampage in michigan. We are learning more about Jason Daltons behavior from the attorney for his family. Who in an exclusive interview with abc news. Is also revealing what dalton told his family in the days before he killed six people and injured two others. Abcs Elizabeth Hur reports. sot lawyer they first want to express the familys utter shock and sympathy for the victims. Through their attorney. Uber driver Jason Daltons wife and parents are speaking out for the first time. Exclusively to abc news. sot lawyer jason by all accounts was a fairly gregarious character. A good father. Well known in the community. Well liked. There was nothing to indicate that Something Like this would occur. The married father of two. Only began driving for shooting. Now hes in jail. Facing 6 counts of murder. sot paul vlachos theyre thinking like everybody else, why . The motive. A mystery even to his family. But according to the attorney. In the days leading up to the rampage. Daltons wife did sense a change in his behavior. sot paul vlachos hes been acting different in the last couple of days and his wife asked him and he said he was tired. just his demeanor, that he seemed to be depressed and down which was not his normal character. On the day of the shooting. Daltons family was out running errands when he visited a gun store. As seen in these surveillance pictures. Buying a tactical jacket. The attorney also revealing. Dalton went to his parents house after the first shooting. Telling his family that his chevy equinox had been sideswiped and he needed to switch cars then headed back out with his parents chevy hhr. Elizabeth tag the attorney also denied reports that the family was having financial troubles at the time of daltons arrest. Again desperate to learn why this happened. Eh, abc news, ny. Time initial donald trump was a no show for a republican town hall on fox news. Hosted by megyn kelly who had a very public feud with the gop frontrunner. The candidates lined up as they work to take down trump. Trump. All 4 republicans promised to release their tax returns this week . After mitt romney called on them to do so. The 2012 gop nominee even said he believes theres a bombshell in trumps taxes. Trump went on the attack. Tweeting that romney blew the 2012 election and mishandled the issue over his own tax returns. He also weighed in on who could be his choice for a running mate if nominated. I do want somebody thats political because i want to that we all want passed passedfewer fireworks on the democratic side. Hillary clinton made her case to the sisters of aka ahead of saturdays South Carolina primary. Bernie sanders who is struggling with black voters there moved on to super people to his rally in tulsa, oklahoma. The Kentucky House has passed legislation to make it easier for Domestic Violence victims to escape their abusers. By allowing them to break rental agreements without penalties. The bills sponsor says it would remove barriers faced by some victims who want to leave abusive relationships. ;the victim would have to go to court and obtain a protective order. And give 30 days written notice to the landlord. The bill would also protect people from being evicted solely because they were victims of domestic or dating violence and have protective orders. 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