No traffic issues, minutebyminute updates on breaking news. A Fairfield Township woman and her daughter are dead. And Police Believe it was a murder suicide. Suicide. Investigators are now searching for the reasons why, Jordan Burgess is live with what were learning this morning. Right now police here in Fairfield Township are calling this a family matter. But what that matter might be they havent gone into any detail on yet. At this point Police Believe that a Family Member showed up at this home on springcrest drive sometime between 7 and 9 last night. What they found down in the basement was a mom and her daughter both shot to death. They say there arent any signs someone had broken into the house. And at this point they believe the mom shot her daughter and then took her own life. Right now might have led up to this shooting saying only its very sad. Well be working throughout the day to find out who that mom and daughter were and how this story had such a terrible ending. Reporting live Jordan Burgess. 9 on your side. Also breaking. Westwood northern boulevard is open again after a crash earlier this morning. Crews had shut it down near hopple to deal with live elecrtical wires that were in the road after a car hit a pole. Police say the driver crashed and flipped the car. Which then caught fire. They believe alcohol may have been a factor. Early this morning a Driver University of cincinnati Medical Center. After hitting a recycling companys sign in hamilton. Police say just after midnight they responded to the crash on route 127. Where they found a driver trapped in their car. The driver had veered off the road and hit the sign for cohan brothers recycling. The Medical Center and is expected to be okay. Four of the remaining republican candidates took to the debate stage last night for the last time before ohio voters head to the polls. And we were tracking their statements with politifact. donald trump discussed the economy. And pointed to lifeless Business Growth as evidence why america isnt great anymore. Listen to how he breaks it down. Gdp was zero essentially for the last two quarters. If that ever happened in china. You would have had a depression like nobodys ever seen before. Before. Politifact says trump is wrong about gains in americas economy. The bureau of Economic Analysis shows Gross Domestic Product grew at an annual rate of onepercent in the Fourth Quarter of last year. It also made a two percent gain in the third quarter. It rates trumps zerogrowth claim is false. Read more of politifacts factchecking right now on wcpo dot com. Epicenter of the battleground between trump and Governor John Kasich. And now the g op frontrunner is planning on making his case in person. Person. Donald trump will be in dayton saturday for a rally at ten am. And then downtown at the Duke Energy ConventionCenter Sunday at noon. Ohio Governor John Kasich will be dayton today. And sharonville saturday morning. Nine on your side will cover those for you. Marco rubio and ted cruz dont have any events planned in the tristate. Democrata Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton are focusing their efforts in other parts of the state. Sanders will be in toledo tomorrow. Both candidates and clinton will take part in a cnn forum at ohio state sunday. And will also speak at a democratic fundraiser in columbus that night. The trial dates are set for four men accused in the deadly shooting of a teenager in west chester. Chester. According to our partners at the journalnews, demarcus staley, rodney foster, jibril willingham, and justin koch are all charged wth murder, kidnapping, aggravated burglar, aggravated robbery, and tampering with evidence. They will be tried prosecutors say theyve made incriminating statements against each other. The suspects are accused of botching a robbery and killing 18 year old tyler kassow inside his home in january. We are on our way to a fabulous friday while we start out with cloudy skies, those clouds will be scoured away later this morning as a dry east wind is ushered in and High Pressure to the north nudges closer. Highs today will remain unseasonably warm in the lower 60s. The normal high this time of year is 51 degrees. Next on good morning tri state. New details in an ambush at a back yard barbeque that killed left 5 people dead. Nancy reagans funeral is today. How americans are paying tribute to the former first lady as shes laid to police now say the shooting in pennslvania that killed five people and an unborn child was a caluclated ambush. Police are still searching for the two gunmen who attacked the group near pittsburgh. Jessica shelton planned the backyard cookout because it was a nice day. Three of her children are among those killed. She left the party before the gunmen arrived. Right now i have no choice to be strong, because i have grandkids that lost their for. 15 people were in the backyard when the men opened fire. Police found 48 shell casings in the area. Investigators say they dont have a motive yet. Former first Lady Nancy Reagan will be laid to rest today in california. Reagan died sunday at her home at the age of 94. Thousands of people have visited her casket to pay their respects. She will be buried next to her husband. President ronald reagan. At his president ial museum in simi valley. Nine on your side and abc news will carry the Funeral Service live for you starting at about two oclock. Todays episode of General Hospital will be moved to monday. We are on our way to a fabulous friday while we start out with cloudy skies, those clouds will be scoured away later this morning as a dry east wind is ushered in and High Pressure to the north nudges closer. Highs today will remain unseasonably warm in the lower 60s. The normal a dogs tale. This pup survived a firey wreck. Now her rescuers are trying to reunite her with her owners family. You wont want to miss this. Then. Testing our smart s the scripps regional spelling bee is this weekend. Weve got a preview of the contest plus our own good gmts animyoure watching good morning tristate at 6 on 9 on your side were learning this morning there is a Silver Lining to this deadly semi crash in indiana. A dog was in the cab of that truck when her owner died in that Early Morning crash. Rescuers say the pup was trapped in the wreckage for almost six hours until firefighters came to her her say the pup likely traveled everywhere with the semi truck driver. Because the cab seemed to be set up for her comfort. That was home to her. She needs somebody somebody the pup is now being fostered by a firefighter until she can be reunited with the Truck Drivers family. Henry ford once said anyone who keeps learning stays young. And a 93 year old woman in northeast ohio is proving him right. Dorothy houston just earned her high school diploma. Diploma. The superintendent of akron Public Schools presented dorothy with her diploma on her birthday this week. 74 years after she should have graduated. Shed been kicked out of school just weeks before graduation. Because shed married her sweetheart when he was called to serve in the army. This year her daughter wrote a letter to the school explaining what happened and asking that her mom be allowed to graduate. Its important to me. Feels wonderful her daughter says dorothy is the mentor to her grand children. Great grand children,. And many neighborhood kids in fairlawn. Who now have one more reason to look up to her. The spelling bee champs are descending upon the tristate tomorrow for the scripps regional spelling bee. We had a little fun with a spelling bee of our own and found out some of us need a dictionary dictionary riva lets go with rhythm, rhythmicly sherry rhm thmically we are on our way to a fabulous friday while we start out with cloudy skies, those clouds will be scoured away later this morning as a dry east wind is ushered in and High Pressure to the north nudges closer. Highs today will remain unseasonably warm in the lower 60s. The normal high this time of year is 51 degrees. An area of low pressure and warm front will advance from the south tonight so skies will become partly cloudy with increasing clouds and a chance of rain and springlike thunderstorms by daybreak. We are not expecting severe weather. Rainfall totals saturday will be minor,. 10 to. 25. Expect. 25 to. 50 sunday. Our weather will become unsettled with all the moisture and warmth accompanying the system so expect an increase in rain and storms sunday. Highs remain in no traffic issues, minutebyminute updates on wcpo. Com and at the bottom of are you leaving money on the table . What you need to know if youre behind on your taxes. Before your money disappears forever. Helping with a familys major expense. How the white house wants to help struggling parents get one big necessity talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, scream. Only one guys done more than talk. Kasich. Hell do for america what hes done for us. Create jobs. Four hundred thousand jobs here in ohio. Brought em back from mexico and china. Turned our deficit into an america that works . Lets loan em john kasich. New day for america is responsible for the content of this advertising. We are on our way to a fabulous friday while we those clouds will be scoured away later this morning as a dry east wind is ushered in nudges closer. Highs today will remain unseasonably warm in the lower 60s. The normal high this time of year is 51 degrees. Wmax full if you have not filed your 20 12 federal income taxes the government is preparing to pocket your refund. More than 950Million Dollars in tax refunds will disappear after the april 18th deadline. The feds say about onemillion americans have refund checks of at least 600bucks waiting file a 2012tax return by the deadline, you may also be losing out on the 2012 earned income tax credit. Thats worth nearly sixthousand dollars. The white house is launching a new initiative to make diapers more affordable for lowincome families. It would save families up to 25 percent. The white house say about one in three families has trouble affording diapers. And theyre not covered by federal assistance programs. The Program Launches at the end of next month. President obama says online retailer jet dotcom, cuties diapers and several nonprofits are collaborating to make this initiative a reality. You might want to take a look in your freezer. Ther are a couple of frozen food recalls to be aware of. All are made by nestle usa. They include digiorno thin and crusty spinach and garlic pizza and stouffers chicken lasagna. As well as several lean cuisines. Nestle says there may be small pieces of glass inside these foods. You can return these items for a refund. Getting your hands on a nice affordale suit is going to be harder. The Parent Company of bank is closing hundreds of stores after a rough 4th quarter. Sales are down 32 percent. Which means 250 locations will close. No word if that includes any in the tristate. The move should reduce expenses by about 50 Million Dollars. Breaking news were following this morning. A murdersuicide in Fairfield Township. New details were learning at American Workers brought us back from the crash. Now, lets move forward. We need jobs that provide dignity and a bright future. New penalties to stop companies from moving profits and jobs overseas. For businesses that create manufacturing jobs, a new tax credit. And lets invest in clean energy jobs, with 500 million solar panels her first term. Weve gotta create new jobs and industries of the future. Im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. A murdersuicide involving two Family Members. Were live in Fairfield Township gathering the latest breaking details. It looks awful. But the driver in this overnight wreck survived. The road that just opened up to traffic. Good morning tristate. Heres a live look outside. Outside. Nice and clear for your friday commute. Heres Sherry Hughes with a look at the forecast. We are on our way to a fabulous friday while we start out with cloudy skies, those clouds will be scoured away later this morning as a dry east wind is ushered in and High Pressure to the north nudges closer. Highs today will remain unseasonably warm in the lower 60s. The normal no traffic issues, minutebyminute updates on wcpo. Com and at the bottom of this morning in Fairfield Township. Right now police are trying to figure out what led a mom to. They say. Shoot her daughter. And then turn the gun on herself. Police believe another Family Member found the two bodies in the basement. 9 on your sides Jordan Burgess is gathering new live update in 30 minutes. Also breaking. Westwood northern boulevard is open again after a crash earlier this morning. Crews had shut it down near hopple to deal with live elecrtical wires that hit a pole. Police say the driver crashed and flipped the car. Which then caught fire. They believe alcohol may have been a factor. The breaking news from the live alert center this morning the us embassy in berlin, germany is open again after Police Arrested a 23year old man claiming to have a bomb in a suitcase. This was right at the front entrance of the embassy he did not he struggled with security before making the bomb claims. The area was inspected the luggage. They determined it was just clothing inside. New this morning. The heroin epidemic is putting the tri state at risk for another of hiv. A new study shows that some of the most atrisk counties are in Northern Kentucky, southern ohio and southeast indiana. Due to sharing needles9 on your sides timyka artist joins us now with a closer look. The results of this report has many Health Professionals and lawmakers trying to find a way to quash what could soon become a healthcare disaster. The centers for Disease Control looked at 220 counties. Most at risk for an aids outbreak becasue of needle sharing among heroin users. We can show the map. They found the largest concentration is right here in the tristate. With a portion of Northern Kentucky having one of the highest concentrations of hiv cases. The study does not name specific counties, but we know from earlier reports that last year 190 people in scott county indiana contracted hiv. Thats compared to just 5 reported cases in 2014. The report says a lack of education and inaccessibility to Affordable Health care are primarily to blame. Strong argument for Needle Exchange progams. Mostly there is growing concern that this trend could across other parts of the us as well. To read this story indepth, log on to wcpo dot com now. Timyka artist 9 on your side. For some of you, the mere mention of the word heroin and you turn away. Away. But a teacher in indiana hopes youll listen to one thing. Within hours of losing his son to an overdose this father writes a letter to his 8th grade students. 23124147 heroin wrapped itself around his neck like a python until it eventually strangled the life out of him. Him. Tonight on 9 on your side at 11 anchor craig mckee talks with this father. How the message he read to his class has gone beyond the classroom. Thats on 9 on your side at 11, right after a special 2020 heroin special at 10. A woman accused of lying about being kidnapped and helping to severely injuring her 10 judge today. Them her boyfriend, neal royal, held her and her kids at gunpoint, and injured her baby, inside a reading apartment. A swat team was called to that situation. Now prosecutors believe they both took part. Neighbors tell 9 on your side the whole situation is hard to believe. 06 01 29 its bizarre i dont understand it i dont know if she would do it or not, i wasnt there, but from what i seen from her shes always been good the babys grandmother tells us hes out of the hospital and doing ok. She says these new developments are traumatizing for her family. Also in court today, a tri state teens much older boyfriend, whos accused of beating her unconscious. Police say 34yearold William Arnold beat the 16yearold girl outside the inner circle nightclub on february 29th. Family friends tell nine on your side the teen is still in a coma. We are on our way to a fabulous friday while we start out with cloudy skies, those clouds will be scoured away later this morning as a dry east wind is ushered in and High Pressure to the north nudges closer. Highs today will remain unseasonably warm in the lower 60s. The normal high this time of year is 51 a huge building goes up in a ball of fire. When firefighters were finally able to get this under control. Around, dont drown some people still dont heed the more than 150 los angeles firefighters finally got this huge commercial building fire knocked down overnight. We brought this to you live last night at 11. Huge flames were shooting from the 70thousand square foot building. No one was hurt. And investigators are still looking into how the fire started. Autopsies are planned this m