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No traffic issues, minutebyminute updates on wcpo. Com and at the bottom of the screen youre looking live at chopper 9, the only local helicopter getting you breaking news first, as it hovers over the combs hehl bridge on 275. Part of the night underwater, looking for a car that plunged into the ohio river yesterday. 9 on your sides
Jordan Burgess
joins us live with the latest. Latest. You can see how dark it is out here. So
Recovery Efforts
have been called off. But right now that car is thought to be sitting at the bottom of the river here not far from the bridge. But what hasnt been said is if anyone was inside. We want to show you another look from chopper 9 at this crash here on the combs hail bridge on i275. Campbell countys police chief says this was a 12 car crash that involved 4 different collisions. At some point. Its unknown exactly how. A car went over the east bound side of the bridge. It reportedly floated a short distance before falling to the bottom of the river. Boone county crews used
Sonar Technology
to locate the vehicle. And worked for hours to see if anyone was inside. A few hours ago. We asked them what it will take to recover that vehicle and anyone who theyll make an assessment based on the vehicle itself. First identify if there are victims in the vehicle and then theyll make an assessment whether its best to extract any persons that are found or best to float the vehicle. Police say no one on the bridge suffered any serious injuries from the crash. The wreck closed the interstate for 7 hours but it is open now. Jordan burgess. 9 on your side. Also breaking this morning, the student from cincinnati arrested in north korea was sentenced to 15 years of hard please, ive made the worst mistake of my life, but please act to save me. Please. Think of my family. Family. That wasotto warmbiers tearful confession last month. The wyoming graduate and university of virginia student says he tried to steal a propaganda banner from a restricted area of the hotel he was staying in. He was convicted and sentenced in a trial lasting just one hour. Governor john kasich returns to the campaign trail today after a big win in his home state of ohio, beating donald trump 47 percent to 36 percent. Kasich still has a bit of an uphill battle, hoping now for a brokered
Gop Convention
in cleveland this summer. Lets take a look at the bigger picture. Keep in mind, missouri is too close to call at the moment. And that marco rubio suspended his campaign after losing his home state of florida. Kasich for grabs in ohio. But hes still far behind gop frontrunner donald trump. Ted cruz and even rubio. Missouri is also too close to call on the democrat side. But heres how the delegate count looks right now. Hillary clinton may have ended the feel the bern movement. She won ohio. Florida. North carolina, and illinois. Every single state thats been called in yesterdays primaries. Provisional ballots will still have to be counted in hamilton county. A judge ordered polls to stay open an extra hour last night after that crash on the combs hehl bridge. But many of those locations didnt receive the order until after 8 pm, when much of the equipment had been packed up. So voters had to fill out provisional ballots instead. We have results from all the races scrolling across the bottom of our screen right now. Website, wcpo dot com. In addition to results, youll find indepth analysis of what the victories and losses mean for the candidates. A university of cincinnati professor arrested on child porn charges has a hearing today todayholt parker was taken in by fbi agents at his clifton home yesterday. Uc responded saying that parker has been suspended. And is barred from university property. New this morning. Police in springfield township are investigating a stabbing on blue hill drive. It happened a little after 1 this morning. The victim was taken to uc medical center. At last check, police k9s were out looking for the attacker. Also new this morning. The ohio state
Highway Patrol
is investigating a fatal crash in clermont county. Around 9 last night, troopers say randell marsh ran off us 50 in his truck, hitting a traffic sign, ditch, utility pole, and embankment. Investigators believe alcohol played a role in the crash. After a few isolated storms before sunrise, the rest of our wednesday forecast will be mostly sunny, windy and the mid 60s. Temperatures will be cooler as well tonight, dropping into the mid 40s with partly cloudy skies. Call in the
National Guard
. Where theyve rescued thousands of people from floodwaters just in the past few days, and how a local charity is pitching in to help. Watch your step. Part of this road just washed out, and its the
Kentucky House
is expected to vote on a
Budget Proposal
today to send to the senate. It significantly pared down governor matt bevins proposed 650
Million Dollars
in spending cuts, eliminating all the cuts to public colleges and universities. It also funds the states
Pension System
without borrowing money. The
National Guard
is out helping people trapped in floodwaters near new orleans. Louisiana activated more than 11hundred guardsman and women for this flood. They say theyre putting all their resources to good use during this emergency. Being able to actually get out there and help individuals who need it and werent really ready for the flood makes a big difference. Thats what were here for. I wish there was something that i can do to appreciate what theyre doing for us. That is above and beyond, man. Man. So far, guardsmen have made more than 5 thousand rescues across louisiana. Blue ashbased matthew 25 ministries is headed south to help people in this flood emergency. The
Disaster Response
team is loading up at 9 this morning to bring toiletries, cleaning supplies, first aid,
Baby Products
and more to people across the region. After a few isolated storms before sunrise, the rest of our wednesday forecast will be mostly sunny, windy and cooler. Highs will top out in the mid 60s. Temperatures will be cooler as well tonight, dropping into the mid 40s with partly cloudy skies. Road hazard. Drivers and bicyclists surprised to see replacing scalia. How soon we could get a nominee from president obama, and whos on gmts animyoure watching good morning tristate at 6 on 9 on your side a decision on a
Supreme Court
nominee to replace the late
Antonin Scalia
could come as early as today. Today. Some of the people president barack obama is said to be considering are us court of appeals judges merrick garland, sri srinivasan, and paul watford. The federal government just published the
First National
standards for prescription painkillers. Painkillers. The cdc guidelines are nonbinding. But they are the broadest measures yet to address opioids. The guidelines recommend what many addiction experts have long called for that
Doctors First
try ibuprofen and aspirin to treat pain, and that opioid treatment for days. Its all an effort to curb abuse, that can also lead to harder drugs. Take a look at this
Emergency Landing
in los angeles. The aircrafts landing gear was compromised, so the plane was forced to perform a belly skid landing. 5 people were on board. One was hurt and taken to the hospital. Farther north in california, in the chico area, part of this highway just gave way. And because the ground is so saturated with water and mud, authorities are expecting more chunks of the highway to give out. michael singleton, cyclist first thing i thought was im glad i wasnt bike riding and im glad i wasnt driving on the road at the time. It looks like someone took a divet out of the road. Just a huge divet out of the road. Theres nothing beneath it, dirt beneath it. Gone washed out the road is closed. Crews are working on a safe way to fix it. Toss to wx wx well see a few isolated showers and thunderstorms until 6 a. M. Before this activity comes to a close. Even by 6 a. M. , any storms that are left should be exiting our area quickly. After that, the bigger story for the day is mostly sunny skies along with windy conditions. Winds will be coming in from the west southwest today at 1520 mph, gusting to 30 mph. And temperatures will not as a warm. The cold front that passes early this morning will start ushering in cooler air. Highs are expected in the mid 60s today. Temperatures fall a bit more tonight, dropping into the mid 40s. While this is still well above normal for mid march, its a bit of a change from the last few days. Skies will be partly cloudy partly cloudy and mild forecast. Highs will end up near the 60 degree mark, which is again on the warm side. 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 upper 40s with a chance for no traffic issues, minutebyminute updates on wcpo. Com and at the bottom of a swirly pink and green drink thats welcoming spring. Spring. And
Harrison Ford
says iconic characters. Were wmax fullafter a few isolated storms before sunrise, the rest of our wednesday forecast will be mostly sunny, windy and cooler. Highs will top out in the mid 60s. Temperatures will be cooler as well tonight, dropping into the mid 40s with partly cloudy skies. And while youre checking facebook this morning, check out our live chat on the wcpo in the studio while were delivering the news. Starbucks always comes out with a seasonal drink we have to try. Try. This spring, its the
Cherry Blossom
frappuccino. Frappuccino. But the cherry is missing from this drink. Its actually a strawberries and cream frappuccino with
White Chocolate
sauce, green tea drizzle and whipped cream. Its only available until sunday. Harrison ford will not be returning for any more star wars movies. Movies. But he will be picking up his hat and whip. Whip. Hell play
Indiana Jones
once again for a fifth spielberg will also be back as director. Right now the movie doesnt have a name, and we dont know the plot, or who else will star. At one time there were rumors chris pratt would take over the franchise from ford, who will be 77 when the new movie comes out. Breaking news were following this morning. A car falls off a bridge into the ohio river. The search overnight, and what we hope to learn this morning. Plus, the races have been called. So how did the tristate vote . Were breakiing down your candidates, county the wind is picking up this morning. Meteorologist
Jennifer Ketchmark
has your wednesday forecast. So how did it go . Kasich won ohio. But it wasnt a tristate sweep. Were breaking it down, county by county. Good morning tristate. Im chris riva. Riva. And im kathrine nero. Nero. Some rain showers could be popping up across the tri state this morning. Lets get meterologist
Jennifer Ketchmark
. After a few isolated storms before sunrise, the rest of our wednesday forecast will be mostly sunny, windy and cooler. Highs will top out in the mid 60s. Temperatures will be cooler as well tonight, dropping into the mid 40s with no traffic issues, minutebyminute updates on wcpo. Com and at the bottom of the screen breaking news we continue to follow this morning on the combs hehl bridge on i275. Chopper 9 is over the area, where crews spent part of the night underwater, looking for a car that plunged into the ohio river. It happened yesterday afternoon during a 12car pileup. Later today, we expect crews to pull the car determine whether anyone is inside. Governor john kasich returns to the campaign trail today after a big win in his home state of ohio. Ohio. Kasich beat rival donald trump 47 percent to 36 percent. Kasich still has a bit of an uphill battle, hoping now for a brokered
Gop Convention
in cleveland this summer. Taking a look at the democrats. Hillary clinton handily beat
Bernie Sanders
in ohio. 56 percent to 43 percent. 9 on your side is giving you an interactive tool to see how you and your neighbors voted during the ohio primary. You can find this map on w cpodotcom. You can scroll and see which candidate won each county. Warren davidson won the special primary for ohios 8th congressional seat. Thats former speaker of the house, john boehners, old seat. Davidson beat out 14 other republicans. Davidson says hes not taking anything for granted this win in a very heavily conservative district virtually guaranteeing his trip to washington we have results from all the races scrolling across the or you can always go to our website, wcpo dot com. In addition to results, youll find indepth analysis of what the victories and losses mean for the candidates. This could be a game changer in the ongoing struggle against heroin addiction in the tristate. The
Grant County Health
department is launching a
Needle Exchange
program, the first in
Northern Kentucky
. 9 on your sides
Kristen Swilley
has more on how you or your loved ones can get medical attention and clean needlesyou need. There are two fights the one against heroin. The other against the dangerous practice of sharing needles. And diseases. Starting today
Northern Kentucky
Health Officials
plan to change that. The
Health Department
was surprised years ago to discover hepatitis c cases in
Northern Kentucky
were 19 times the national rate. Now the director of
Clinical Services
here, jennifer hunter, believes if she cant try and keep them safe. And its why she launched the areas first
Needle Exchange
program. It begins this afternoon in williamstown at the
Grant County Health
department. You dont have to be from kentucky or give your name to get fresh needles. But hunter realizes the program may not be popular at first. What everybody tells us is that it takes some time for them to build trust. Maybe for the first second week nobody will show up. Were ready for that. It might not happen. We might not get anyone, but were just going to keep offering it week after week. The exchange will be available every wednesday from 1 to 4. Participants are encouraged to come back every week with their dirty needles in containers provided. Reporting live. Kristen swilley. 9 on your side. Kenton county judge executive, kris knochelmann, will be holding a forum on the heroin epidemic in kentucky today. Hes part of a group thats been working on a plan for almost 9 months. Representativ es from kenton,
Campbell Boone
counties are working together on the plan to make crisis. 9 on your side will be there and have the details for you today at noon. After a few isolated storms before sunrise, the rest of our wednesday forecast will be mostly sunny, windy and cooler. Highs will top out in the mid 60s. Temperatures will be cooler as well tonight, dropping into the mid 40s with partly cloudy skies. Kentucky
Police Released
new information this morning. The names of the people involved in a
Deadly Police
shooting. And the zika virus creates another health crisis. The steps authorities are going through to keep the blood this customer is running to get her deposit in today. Too late. Branch is already closed. But she could make the atm. Still wont beat the cutoff time. Really . At huntington, with atm and mobile deposits, you have up till midnight. We call it all day deposit. Midnight . What are you, a bank or a
Convenience Store
. Ive got to make a deposit shes got no chance. Deposit hours that make sense for you, not the bank. Welcome to huntington, new this morning. The names of those involved in a shooting in russellville have been released by police. Police. Officials say 34yearold joseph harris, of lewisburg, pulled into a mcdonalds parking lot walked up to his former girlfriend, 28yearold
Amanda Harper
of russellville and shot her while she was waiting in the drivethru line. Shes listed in critical condition. Harris ran to a nearby store. Police tried to stop him. He pulled a gun on them and they shot him three times. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Refusing business in the commonwealth based on your religious beliefs. If a bill is passed in kentucky, businesses could invoke their religious beliefs to refuse service to gay, lesbian or transgender customers. It just passed the yesterday. The bills creator says its meant to protect businesses from civil damages and legal fees for refusing to participate in samesex marriage celebrations. The bill goes to the democratic controlled house next. After a few isolated storms before sunrise, the rest of our wednesday forecast will be mostly sunny, windy and cooler. Highs will top out in the mid 60s. Temperatures will be cooler as well tonight, dropping into the mid 40s with partly cloudy skies. Wmax full
Newport Aquarium
making headlines around the world. The litter of shark ray pups are making splash. Well tell you nimyoure watching good morning tristate at 6 on 9 on your side
Health Officials
are worried that stopping blood collections in puerto rico due to the zika virus will cause a
Public Health
crisis there. There. A jacksonville,
Florida Blood Bank
is shipping blood products to puerto rico in efforts to ward off the crisis. The food and
Drug Administration
has not approved a test to screen blood donations for the zika virus. So a questionnaire is being given to donors asking about a persons risks of having the disease. There are people that are depending on us and
Jordan Burgess<\/a> joins us live with the latest. Latest. You can see how dark it is out here. So
Recovery Efforts<\/a> have been called off. But right now that car is thought to be sitting at the bottom of the river here not far from the bridge. But what hasnt been said is if anyone was inside. We want to show you another look from chopper 9 at this crash here on the combs hail bridge on i275. Campbell countys police chief says this was a 12 car crash that involved 4 different collisions. At some point. Its unknown exactly how. A car went over the east bound side of the bridge. It reportedly floated a short distance before falling to the bottom of the river. Boone county crews used
Sonar Technology<\/a> to locate the vehicle. And worked for hours to see if anyone was inside. A few hours ago. We asked them what it will take to recover that vehicle and anyone who theyll make an assessment based on the vehicle itself. First identify if there are victims in the vehicle and then theyll make an assessment whether its best to extract any persons that are found or best to float the vehicle. Police say no one on the bridge suffered any serious injuries from the crash. The wreck closed the interstate for 7 hours but it is open now. Jordan burgess. 9 on your side. Also breaking this morning, the student from cincinnati arrested in north korea was sentenced to 15 years of hard please, ive made the worst mistake of my life, but please act to save me. Please. Think of my family. Family. That wasotto warmbiers tearful confession last month. The wyoming graduate and university of virginia student says he tried to steal a propaganda banner from a restricted area of the hotel he was staying in. He was convicted and sentenced in a trial lasting just one hour. Governor john kasich returns to the campaign trail today after a big win in his home state of ohio, beating donald trump 47 percent to 36 percent. Kasich still has a bit of an uphill battle, hoping now for a brokered
Gop Convention<\/a> in cleveland this summer. Lets take a look at the bigger picture. Keep in mind, missouri is too close to call at the moment. And that marco rubio suspended his campaign after losing his home state of florida. Kasich for grabs in ohio. But hes still far behind gop frontrunner donald trump. Ted cruz and even rubio. Missouri is also too close to call on the democrat side. But heres how the delegate count looks right now. Hillary clinton may have ended the feel the bern movement. She won ohio. Florida. North carolina, and illinois. Every single state thats been called in yesterdays primaries. Provisional ballots will still have to be counted in hamilton county. A judge ordered polls to stay open an extra hour last night after that crash on the combs hehl bridge. But many of those locations didnt receive the order until after 8 pm, when much of the equipment had been packed up. So voters had to fill out provisional ballots instead. We have results from all the races scrolling across the bottom of our screen right now. Website, wcpo dot com. In addition to results, youll find indepth analysis of what the victories and losses mean for the candidates. A university of cincinnati professor arrested on child porn charges has a hearing today todayholt parker was taken in by fbi agents at his clifton home yesterday. Uc responded saying that parker has been suspended. And is barred from university property. New this morning. Police in springfield township are investigating a stabbing on blue hill drive. It happened a little after 1 this morning. The victim was taken to uc medical center. At last check, police k9s were out looking for the attacker. Also new this morning. The ohio state
Highway Patrol<\/a> is investigating a fatal crash in clermont county. Around 9 last night, troopers say randell marsh ran off us 50 in his truck, hitting a traffic sign, ditch, utility pole, and embankment. Investigators believe alcohol played a role in the crash. After a few isolated storms before sunrise, the rest of our wednesday forecast will be mostly sunny, windy and the mid 60s. Temperatures will be cooler as well tonight, dropping into the mid 40s with partly cloudy skies. Call in the
National Guard<\/a>. Where theyve rescued thousands of people from floodwaters just in the past few days, and how a local charity is pitching in to help. Watch your step. Part of this road just washed out, and its the
Kentucky House<\/a> is expected to vote on a
Budget Proposal<\/a> today to send to the senate. It significantly pared down governor matt bevins proposed 650
Million Dollars<\/a> in spending cuts, eliminating all the cuts to public colleges and universities. It also funds the states
Pension System<\/a> without borrowing money. The
National Guard<\/a> is out helping people trapped in floodwaters near new orleans. Louisiana activated more than 11hundred guardsman and women for this flood. They say theyre putting all their resources to good use during this emergency. Being able to actually get out there and help individuals who need it and werent really ready for the flood makes a big difference. Thats what were here for. I wish there was something that i can do to appreciate what theyre doing for us. That is above and beyond, man. Man. So far, guardsmen have made more than 5 thousand rescues across louisiana. Blue ashbased matthew 25 ministries is headed south to help people in this flood emergency. The
Disaster Response<\/a> team is loading up at 9 this morning to bring toiletries, cleaning supplies, first aid,
Baby Products<\/a> and more to people across the region. After a few isolated storms before sunrise, the rest of our wednesday forecast will be mostly sunny, windy and cooler. Highs will top out in the mid 60s. Temperatures will be cooler as well tonight, dropping into the mid 40s with partly cloudy skies. Road hazard. Drivers and bicyclists surprised to see replacing scalia. How soon we could get a nominee from president obama, and whos on gmts animyoure watching good morning tristate at 6 on 9 on your side a decision on a
Supreme Court<\/a> nominee to replace the late
Antonin Scalia<\/a> could come as early as today. Today. Some of the people president barack obama is said to be considering are us court of appeals judges merrick garland, sri srinivasan, and paul watford. The federal government just published the
First National<\/a> standards for prescription painkillers. Painkillers. The cdc guidelines are nonbinding. But they are the broadest measures yet to address opioids. The guidelines recommend what many addiction experts have long called for that
Doctors First<\/a> try ibuprofen and aspirin to treat pain, and that opioid treatment for days. Its all an effort to curb abuse, that can also lead to harder drugs. Take a look at this
Emergency Landing<\/a> in los angeles. The aircrafts landing gear was compromised, so the plane was forced to perform a belly skid landing. 5 people were on board. One was hurt and taken to the hospital. Farther north in california, in the chico area, part of this highway just gave way. And because the ground is so saturated with water and mud, authorities are expecting more chunks of the highway to give out. michael singleton, cyclist first thing i thought was im glad i wasnt bike riding and im glad i wasnt driving on the road at the time. It looks like someone took a divet out of the road. Just a huge divet out of the road. Theres nothing beneath it, dirt beneath it. Gone washed out the road is closed. Crews are working on a safe way to fix it. Toss to wx wx well see a few isolated showers and thunderstorms until 6 a. M. Before this activity comes to a close. Even by 6 a. M. , any storms that are left should be exiting our area quickly. After that, the bigger story for the day is mostly sunny skies along with windy conditions. Winds will be coming in from the west southwest today at 1520 mph, gusting to 30 mph. And temperatures will not as a warm. The cold front that passes early this morning will start ushering in cooler air. Highs are expected in the mid 60s today. Temperatures fall a bit more tonight, dropping into the mid 40s. While this is still well above normal for mid march, its a bit of a change from the last few days. Skies will be partly cloudy partly cloudy and mild forecast. Highs will end up near the 60 degree mark, which is again on the warm side. 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 upper 40s with a chance for no traffic issues, minutebyminute updates on wcpo. Com and at the bottom of a swirly pink and green drink thats welcoming spring. Spring. And
Harrison Ford<\/a> says iconic characters. Were wmax fullafter a few isolated storms before sunrise, the rest of our wednesday forecast will be mostly sunny, windy and cooler. Highs will top out in the mid 60s. Temperatures will be cooler as well tonight, dropping into the mid 40s with partly cloudy skies. And while youre checking facebook this morning, check out our live chat on the wcpo in the studio while were delivering the news. Starbucks always comes out with a seasonal drink we have to try. Try. This spring, its the
Cherry Blossom<\/a> frappuccino. Frappuccino. But the cherry is missing from this drink. Its actually a strawberries and cream frappuccino with
White Chocolate<\/a> sauce, green tea drizzle and whipped cream. Its only available until sunday. Harrison ford will not be returning for any more star wars movies. Movies. But he will be picking up his hat and whip. Whip. Hell play
Indiana Jones<\/a> once again for a fifth spielberg will also be back as director. Right now the movie doesnt have a name, and we dont know the plot, or who else will star. At one time there were rumors chris pratt would take over the franchise from ford, who will be 77 when the new movie comes out. Breaking news were following this morning. A car falls off a bridge into the ohio river. The search overnight, and what we hope to learn this morning. Plus, the races have been called. So how did the tristate vote . Were breakiing down your candidates, county the wind is picking up this morning. Meteorologist
Jennifer Ketchmark<\/a> has your wednesday forecast. So how did it go . Kasich won ohio. But it wasnt a tristate sweep. Were breaking it down, county by county. Good morning tristate. Im chris riva. Riva. And im kathrine nero. Nero. Some rain showers could be popping up across the tri state this morning. Lets get meterologist
Jennifer Ketchmark<\/a>. After a few isolated storms before sunrise, the rest of our wednesday forecast will be mostly sunny, windy and cooler. Highs will top out in the mid 60s. Temperatures will be cooler as well tonight, dropping into the mid 40s with no traffic issues, minutebyminute updates on wcpo. Com and at the bottom of the screen breaking news we continue to follow this morning on the combs hehl bridge on i275. Chopper 9 is over the area, where crews spent part of the night underwater, looking for a car that plunged into the ohio river. It happened yesterday afternoon during a 12car pileup. Later today, we expect crews to pull the car determine whether anyone is inside. Governor john kasich returns to the campaign trail today after a big win in his home state of ohio. Ohio. Kasich beat rival donald trump 47 percent to 36 percent. Kasich still has a bit of an uphill battle, hoping now for a brokered
Gop Convention<\/a> in cleveland this summer. Taking a look at the democrats. Hillary clinton handily beat
Bernie Sanders<\/a> in ohio. 56 percent to 43 percent. 9 on your side is giving you an interactive tool to see how you and your neighbors voted during the ohio primary. You can find this map on w cpodotcom. You can scroll and see which candidate won each county. Warren davidson won the special primary for ohios 8th congressional seat. Thats former speaker of the house, john boehners, old seat. Davidson beat out 14 other republicans. Davidson says hes not taking anything for granted this win in a very heavily conservative district virtually guaranteeing his trip to washington we have results from all the races scrolling across the or you can always go to our website, wcpo dot com. In addition to results, youll find indepth analysis of what the victories and losses mean for the candidates. This could be a game changer in the ongoing struggle against heroin addiction in the tristate. The
Grant County Health<\/a> department is launching a
Needle Exchange<\/a> program, the first in
Northern Kentucky<\/a>. 9 on your sides
Kristen Swilley<\/a> has more on how you or your loved ones can get medical attention and clean needlesyou need. There are two fights the one against heroin. The other against the dangerous practice of sharing needles. And diseases. Starting today
Northern Kentucky<\/a>
Health Officials<\/a> plan to change that. The
Health Department<\/a> was surprised years ago to discover hepatitis c cases in
Northern Kentucky<\/a> were 19 times the national rate. Now the director of
Clinical Services<\/a> here, jennifer hunter, believes if she cant try and keep them safe. And its why she launched the areas first
Needle Exchange<\/a> program. It begins this afternoon in williamstown at the
Grant County Health<\/a> department. You dont have to be from kentucky or give your name to get fresh needles. But hunter realizes the program may not be popular at first. What everybody tells us is that it takes some time for them to build trust. Maybe for the first second week nobody will show up. Were ready for that. It might not happen. We might not get anyone, but were just going to keep offering it week after week. The exchange will be available every wednesday from 1 to 4. Participants are encouraged to come back every week with their dirty needles in containers provided. Reporting live. Kristen swilley. 9 on your side. Kenton county judge executive, kris knochelmann, will be holding a forum on the heroin epidemic in kentucky today. Hes part of a group thats been working on a plan for almost 9 months. Representativ es from kenton,
Campbell Boone<\/a> counties are working together on the plan to make crisis. 9 on your side will be there and have the details for you today at noon. After a few isolated storms before sunrise, the rest of our wednesday forecast will be mostly sunny, windy and cooler. Highs will top out in the mid 60s. Temperatures will be cooler as well tonight, dropping into the mid 40s with partly cloudy skies. Kentucky
Police Released<\/a> new information this morning. The names of the people involved in a
Deadly Police<\/a> shooting. And the zika virus creates another health crisis. The steps authorities are going through to keep the blood this customer is running to get her deposit in today. Too late. Branch is already closed. But she could make the atm. Still wont beat the cutoff time. Really . At huntington, with atm and mobile deposits, you have up till midnight. We call it all day deposit. Midnight . What are you, a bank or a
Convenience Store<\/a> . Ive got to make a deposit shes got no chance. Deposit hours that make sense for you, not the bank. Welcome to huntington, new this morning. The names of those involved in a shooting in russellville have been released by police. Police. Officials say 34yearold joseph harris, of lewisburg, pulled into a mcdonalds parking lot walked up to his former girlfriend, 28yearold
Amanda Harper<\/a> of russellville and shot her while she was waiting in the drivethru line. Shes listed in critical condition. Harris ran to a nearby store. Police tried to stop him. He pulled a gun on them and they shot him three times. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Refusing business in the commonwealth based on your religious beliefs. If a bill is passed in kentucky, businesses could invoke their religious beliefs to refuse service to gay, lesbian or transgender customers. It just passed the yesterday. The bills creator says its meant to protect businesses from civil damages and legal fees for refusing to participate in samesex marriage celebrations. The bill goes to the democratic controlled house next. After a few isolated storms before sunrise, the rest of our wednesday forecast will be mostly sunny, windy and cooler. Highs will top out in the mid 60s. Temperatures will be cooler as well tonight, dropping into the mid 40s with partly cloudy skies. Wmax full
Newport Aquarium<\/a> making headlines around the world. The litter of shark ray pups are making splash. Well tell you nimyoure watching good morning tristate at 6 on 9 on your side
Health Officials<\/a> are worried that stopping blood collections in puerto rico due to the zika virus will cause a
Public Health<\/a> crisis there. There. A jacksonville,
Florida Blood Bank<\/a> is shipping blood products to puerto rico in efforts to ward off the crisis. The food and
Drug Administration<\/a> has not approved a test to screen blood donations for the zika virus. So a questionnaire is being given to donors asking about a persons risks of having the disease. There are people that are depending on us and
Everybody Needs<\/a> to get out there and roll up their sleeves and donate. Donate. Health
Officials Say<\/a> one pint of blood donated can help save up to three lives. Today is
National Kick<\/a> butts day. And its dedicated to free. Its organized by the campaign for tobaccofree kids. According to the group. More than onethousand events in schools and communities are planned across the nation today. The first kick butts day was held in 1996. Its a historic milestone for a tristate hospital. Which is welcoming a special delivery. Delivery. West
Chester Hospital<\/a> recently delivered its 500th baby. This is a picture of little alexander jones. Weighing 7 lbs. 2 ounces, alexander was born at 7 54 a. M. Yesterday to proud parents tina bales jones and robert jones. Great news this morning from the folks at the
Newport Aquarium<\/a>. Were learning the only litter of shark ray pups in the world is flourishing. Thanks to a team of biologists care. The pups were born back in january. The
Breeding Program<\/a> is helping biologists write the book on shark ray development. The research will help scientists learn how to save the species. You can see video of the pups at wcpo dotcom. Toss to weather weather well see a few isolated showers and thunderstorms until 6 a. M. Before this activity comes to a close. Even by 6 a. M. , any storms that are left should be exiting our area bigger story for the day is mostly sunny skies along with windy conditions. Winds will be coming in from the west southwest today at 1520 mph, temperatures will not as a warm. The cold front that passes early this morning will start ushering in cooler air. Highs are expected in the mid 60s today. Temperatures fall a bit more tonight, dropping into the mid 40s. While this is still well above normal for mid march, its a bit of a change from the last few days. Skies will be partly cloudy overnight. Thursday is a partly cloudy and mild forecast. Highs will end up near the 60 degree mark, which is again on the warm side. 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 upper 40s with a chance for no traffic issues, minutebyminute updates on wcpo. Com and at the bottom of lots of breaking news at divers in the ohio river. River. The car theyre searching for this morning after it plunged off the bridge in a vehicle pileup. When they are expected to resume their search. The cincinnati native arrested in north korea has been sentenced. Well tell you how many years hell be sitting youre looking live at chopper 9, the only local helicopter getting you breaking news first, as it hovers over the combs hehl bridge on 275. That is where crews spent part of the night underwater, looking for a car that plunged 9 on your sides
Jordan Burgess<\/a> joins us live with the latest. You can see how dark it is out here. So
Recovery Efforts<\/a> have been called off. But right now that car is thought to be sitting at the bottom of the river here not far from the bridge. But what hasnt been said is if anyone was inside. We want to show you another look from chopper 9 at this crash here on the combs hail bridge on i275. Campbell countys police chief says this was a 12 car crash that involved 4 different collisions. At some point. Its unknown exactly how. A car went over the east bound side of the bridge. It reportedly floated a short distance before falling to the bottom of the river. Boone county crews used
Sonar Technology<\/a> to locate the vehicle. And worked for hours before stopping those efforts a few hours ago. We asked them that vehicle and anyone who was in it. Bridge serious injuries from the crash. The wreck closed the is open now. Reporting live also breaking this morning, the student from cincinnati arrested in north korea was labor in prison. Please, ive made the worst mistake of my life, but please act to save me. Please. Think of my family. Family. That wasotto warmbiers tearful confession last month. The wyoming graduate and university of virginia student says he tried to steal a propaganda banner from a restricted area of the hotel he was staying in. He was convicted and sentenced in a trial lasting just one hour. The votes are still being counted right now in missouri. Where its too close to call in both the republican and democratic primaries. Donald trump and
Hillary Clinton<\/a> are leading at this hour. And both candidates are coming off major victories in their in ohios gop primary. It wasnt trump. But
Governor John Kasich<\/a> who emerged victorious. Despite trailing in delegates. Hes vowing to take his campaign all the way to the
Republican National<\/a> convention. Meanwhile. Marco rubio has suspended his campaign after an embarassing loss in his home state of florida. It was a difficult night for democratic candidate
Bernie Sanders<\/a>. Who failed to win a single state. In a
Statement Released<\/a> just last night. Sanders is vowing to go all the way to the
Democratic National<\/a> convention. And says hes confident hes on a path to win the nomination. One of nasas greatest heroes is speaking out this morning about when he thinks well see mankind on mars. Mars. Buzz aldrin. Who was the second man to walk on the moon. Says its likely astronauts will be walking on the red planet by 2040. He also thinks well leave a crew behind to stay. So scientists can study mars up close. In just a few hours. A take place for a uc professor arrested on child porn charges. Charges. Holt parker was taken in by fbi agents at his clifton home yesterday morning. Uc says parker has been suspended. And is barred from university property. The woman accused of driving the wrong way in both directions on i71. Killing a man. Will also be in court today. Taryn chin is accused of driving south in northbound lanes. Starting at montgomery road. She then crossed over and ended up going north in the southbound lanes. Police say she hit jose arenas headon in the
Construction Zone<\/a> between dana and taft. A wouldbe burglar is recovering this morning. After he tried to break into his neighbors house and attacked him with a sword. That homeowner managed to fight the man off using a golf club. Hitting the swordsman in the head. The suspect is a registered physician. But hes now facing charges of battery and burglary. Police say alcohol was involved. Making sure no kid goes hungry in the tristate. Tristate. The freestore with design impact and no kid hungry. Theyve created the summer feeding program. But they need to make sure teens show up for it. Students from
Western Hills<\/a> university,
Owen County High School<\/a> and
Glen Este Middle School<\/a> got together yesterday to try and come up with creative ways to get more teenagers to attend the programs. You can see the complete story on our website now. The ncaaa tournament is officially underway with the first four in dayton. And neither were close. In the early game in dayton. Florida gulf coast absolutely rolled over fairleigh dickinson. 9665. Thats the most lopsided victory ever since these play in games started. In the late game. Wichita state took on vanderbilt. A bit closer here. The shockers win 7050. Tonight holy cross takes on now lets get another check of the roads. Roads. Ally has your nine first warning traffic. No traffic issues, minutebyminute updates on wcpo. Com and at the bottom of the screen gives 7day forecast after a few isolated storms before sunrise, the rest of our wednesday forecast will be mostly sunny, windy and cooler. Highs will top out in the mid 60s. Temperatures will be cooler as well tonight, dropping into the mid 40s with partly cloudy skies. Thats good morning tristate 30 minutes
Good Morning America<\/a> is next. Next. And you can kep nine on your side. At your side good morning, america. Split decision. Donald trump winning big in florida. Were going to win, win, which, and were not stopping. And john kasich scoring his first victory in his home state of ohio. I will not take the low road to the highest office in the land. As marco rubio drops out. It is not gods plan that i be president in 2016 or maybe ever. The race now entering
Uncharted Waters<\/a> as
Hillary Clinton<\/a> moves closer to locking up the democratic nomination and takes direct aim at the gop frontrunner. Our commander in chief has to","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"archive.org","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","width":"800","height":"600","url":"\/\/ia801305.us.archive.org\/4\/items\/WCPO_20160316_100000_Good_Morning_Tri-State_6am\/WCPO_20160316_100000_Good_Morning_Tri-State_6am.thumbs\/WCPO_20160316_100000_Good_Morning_Tri-State_6am_000001.jpg"}},"autauthor":{"@type":"Organization"},"author":{"sameAs":"archive.org","name":"archive.org"}}],"coverageEndTime":"20240624T12:35:10+00:00"}