This stretch of 71 south was shut down just after 3 am. When a wrong way driver caused a deadly accident. Two cars traveling 55 mph and they hit headon on the interstate its going to be a spectacular crash. This was the scene of that crash on i71 near the dana avenue exit. Police say the person responsible is 22yearold taryn chin. you need to attribute this shes accused of driving the wrong way on 71, while under the influence of alcohol. Lt. Bruce hoffbaur Cincinnati Police dept. I think an ordinary driver who wouldnt be impaired would quickly realize theyre in the road . . Place. But for chin it was too late. . . Thats a line typically used for someone who dies. Plus its out of context. Cut that line chins blood alcohol content was nearly two times the legal limit when she crashed headon into 47 yearold jose arenas car. The florence man, who worked at cintas, was headed home from his shift early this morning when he was killed instantly. Its a scary thought for other innocent drivers. That it murphy driver it can be one of my Close Friends that it lives of so many that you just dont expect and its just sad that a drunk driver can be behind all the potential that can happen from that. Police are still trying to figure out where chin entered the highway. And whether drugs were involved. She suffered injuries. Officers tell us chin does not have a criminal history. And has been cooperating. She now faces charges for two counts of aggravated vehicular homicide. Reporting live, briana harper, the now cincinnati a 120 year old bridge in southeast indiana. Was gone in seconds. This morning demolition crews took down the bridge in cedar grove. It hadnt been used since the late 90s. When structural issues made it unsafe. In fact. Engineers told us the bridge was in such bad shape that they actually had to order to bring it down safely. They said they also reached the demo. Safety hazard hazard now that the bridge is down. Construction crews will clean up the wreckage in the whitewater river. Then they plan to repair the area around on the riverbank. Here is Something Else thats costing taxpayers. In kentucky the new medicaid commissioner says it will cost the state about 20 percent more this year to run its state Health Insurance program. Overall thats about 3. 7 billion over the next two years. Former democratic gov. Steve beshear expanded kentuckys Medicaid Program before leaving office. 428,000 people ended up signing up far more than state officials expected. Early voting for next months primary election in ohio is now underway. Underway. Those who have already asked for an absentee mail today. Also board of election offices around ohio opened this morning and Hamilton County was no exception. We stopped by and as of noon about 20 people had already cast their ballots. Officials say this is just the beginning. 2. 40. 24 usually we start slow and it ramps up closer to election day. People start to be aware of the primary 2. 50 2. 50a quick note about the ohios primary its march 15th a week later than usual this year. You can vote in person today through march fourth on weekdays between eight and five. After that the boe will stay open late and add saturday hours. Still a little cold but most of the snow has melted temperatures return to seasonal levels on thursday, with highs in the low 40s. Skies will be partly cloudy so well finally have more sunshine to enjoy during the day. Winds shift to the south on friday as a warm front lifts over the region. Southerly winds will push temperatures to the upper 50s that afternoon along with partly cloudy skies. Theres a slight chance we could see a few isolated showers late friday night into saturday morning but its a minor chance at best. Saturday is the pick day of the next several, and you should make your outdoor plans now. Highs on sunday as another cold front approaches the area. We will see a better chance for rain on sunday which may limit your chance to get outside at times. One more day until the unofficial start of baseball season reds pitchers and catchers report to goodyear, arizona tomorrow. this is video from last years spring training. The full squad arrives on the 23rd. And theyll hit the field for the first game of spring training on march first. Against the indians. As for opening day when they take on the phillies at Great American ball park. In 46 days. Excitement today in over the rhine as the official groundbreaking began for the ziegler park. Park. The park will soon be home to things like new basketball courts, a public deepwater swimming pool, recreational field, custom childrens playground and a 400 space underground parking garage. A big contribution in memory of mark kantor helped get us to todays announcement. Rick kantor, kantor Family Member project funder7. 52. 40 he was always the voice for those never heard. He was about making life not only better but he always waited people to feel like they mattered matteredrenderings of what the park will look like when completed were also unveiled today. We are closely tracking a developing story right now. One that pits your right to privacy. Against public safety. Apple. Says it will not help investigators break into the iphone. Of one of killers. A federal judge ordered apple to hack into the cell phone of syed farook. You see him here on the right side of your screen in a surveillance photo with the other suspect. His wife. The two killed fourteen people at a Holiday Party in december. Apple says creating a way to bypass security to access the phone. Could jeopardize the security of millions of phones citizens at risk. The fbis tried to unlock the phone on its own for two months. Without success. The nows todd walker spoke to a former Police Investigator who says this case is unprecedented. A Law Enforcement expert we spoke to says he expects this issue to go all the way to the supreme court. Pkg4 32 literally the keys to the kingdom may be in that phone 34former Las Vegas PoliceLieutenant Randy sutton says the feds asking apple to crack its own encryption is unprecedented. He says it shows that apples security now surpasses what the fbi is capable of getting into. 4 04 when the fbi asks for help stuff 08 because they have tremendous resources at their disposal 12he says this is the first major case where a court has ordered a company to create new software to hack its own product. 1 48 this is vital stuff inside this telephone 51 1 52 but then theres so many privacy issues 55apple agreed. Releasing a letter to customers last night saying it has no sympathy for terrorists. But opposed the order because it has implications far beyond the legal case at hand. And apple says the feds cant guarantee the program wouldnt be used beyond the current case. 3 27 i cant imagine the frustration of the investigators 29apple has five days to appeal this federal order. In las vegas. Im todd walker for the now. Is immigration a bad idea . Is it linked to terrorism . Its something thats been pondered a lot this year. Year. What wityh images like these in countries in europe. Theyve been overwhelmed by an estimated Million People fleeing syria and that region. Now the university of chicagos journal of politics published this study. It reviewed three decades of found there is some connection between the instability caused by a refugee crisis and the threat of terrorism. However, there the bigger connection is that immigration benefits Economic Growth and technological innovation. In fact, the study says banning immigration may put a country at a disadvantage. A sonogram of twins goes viral. So whats the story behind the photo . Photo . The comfort the photo is giving a family after doctors give it bad news. And you have your new credit card the one with the security chip. So why cant you use it at most stores . We find a cincinnati native who attracted attention when he filmed the music video for walk the moons anna sun. Is putting his distinctive style to work for an international artist. Olivia sebastianelli is a british singer signed to Warner Chapell records. She came to cincinnati earlier this year to shoot a video with director crew. They took over part of an abandoned gm factory in fairfield. And recruited students from badin, moeller, and saint xavier schools to act as dancers and extras. The song is called lighting fires. Well keep an eye out and let you know when the video debuts. Oscar night is just little more than a week away and if you cant see the show in person cincinnati has the next best thing for you its the annual hometown Hollywood Oscar gala hosted by people working cooperatively this is a look at last years gala. This year the event is sunday february 28th at the hilton Cincinnati Netherland downtown. All of the proceeds from the night go to help low income, elderly and disabled homeowners in our Community Stay in their homes. But organizers promise this fundraiser isnt like most youve ever seen. 11. 20 this years theme is back to black adn white. Tribute to the 1920s film. Characters and flapper era 11. 32. 23 11. 32. 23dont worry about missing the oscar telecast either it will be shown at the event you can buy your tickets online at pwcs website. And im thrilled to say that craig mckee and i will emcee the event this year. No matter where you are oscar night 9 on your side has you covered. You can watch the oscars right here its news that just breaks your heart a kansas expectant mother is told one make it. It. But as Emily Griffin reports. The family will hold on to a sonogram picture that warmed everyones heart. 06 11Brittani Mcintire pregnant with twinsian and Brittani Mcintire didnt plan on having any more kids. Much less, twins. Brittani Mcintire, pregnant with twins we went in for our 6 week sonogram and they just said theres one heartbeat and heres another. From shock, to no parent expects. With a hole in his heart and an abnormal brain. One baby wasnt growing like he should. Brittani Mcintire, pregnant with twins hes only weighing nine ounces and his sister is over two pounds butted to his only chance of survival would be heart surgery but they wouldnt do heart surgery on because of his brain at each appointment. Its been more bad news. Until tuesday. When the doctors captured this. Brittani Mcintire, pregnant with twins we didnt really see much, she said theres his hand and theres her hand and it looks like theyre holding hands. Baby mason, on the left. Has his tiny hand wrapped around the finger of growing twin sister madilyn. Brittani Mcintire, pregnant with twins most twins when shes trying to take pictures and stuff theyre kicking each other and hitting each other and she said with out twins it seems like she was very protective over him. Because mason may never get to know his twin or family. This special moment. Siblings bonding before birth. Is something these parents say is no coincidence. ian mcintire, have a piece of them together that will last forever and its special to have. butted to Brittani Mcintire, pregnant with twins its just nice with everything going on i know im holding him, im carrying him but i just want to be there for him and not knowing and shes the only one who can actually be there and holding onto him through it and so its comforting to know that if he does pass he wont be alone. Something neither baby has ever been. From the second their hearts began beating. mos daughter we kiss them to go to bed, we sing them lullabies, we pray for them, we just love on them huh . mmmhmm. Every moment that we have them. Them. Seasonal levels on thursday, with highs in the low 40s. Skies will be partly cloudy so well finally have more sunshine to enjoy during the day. Winds shift to the south on friday as a warm front lifts over the region. Southerly winds will push temperatures to the upper 50s that afternoon along with partly cloudy skies. Theres a slight chance we could see a few isolated showers late friday night into saturday morning but its a minor chance at best. Saturday is the pick day of the next several, and you should make your outdoor plans now. Highs will be near 60 degrees before dropping back to the mid 50s on sunday as another cold front approaches the area. We will see a better chance for rain on sunday which may limit getting your passport might says it will soon add Passport Services at all of its stores nationwide. Nationwide. The Company Started taking passportofficials photos for customers last year and says its seen an eight percent increase in Passport Servicesales last month over january, 2015. Because of that demand the company is expanding its services. Nearly 50million american passports expire over the next three years. So you have your new chip credit card but you cant seem to use its technology anywhere. Why is that . The ceo of visa says that of the more than threequarterofamillion places that take visa in the us. Only 17percent accept chip cards right now. Part of the reason is that the existing credit card readers last at least seven years so theres no rush to replace them. For the stores that have. They dont want to teach cashiers and customers how to use them. Many restaurants likely wont use Chip Technology until later this year because software has to be updated to include handling tips. Predictions are already coming in for the hottest toys your kids and grandkids will be asking for this holiday season. Season. There are three trends according to the experts at the us toy industry association. The first one drones and robot toys. Theyll be drones specifically for children. And robots will teach building. Next watch out for more toys that let families bond. That includes more board games, crafts and Outdoor Games you can do together. Number three are toys that let children be a creator. Toys and crafts teach them to cook, design and build. Youll see more things like kits for jewelry making and videography sets. 46 38 this is mildred. This is howard, and this is a picture of their wedding day 77 years ago today. Coming up their wise words of advice today from a young boy who was hospitalized after eating a medical marijuana cookie. He you find on the groundthe eight year old found the cookie near a rock quarry, ate it and then got sick a few hours later. He said things stopped looking real and thats when he knew he needed help. 14 jackson hart 8 i seen a wrapper that said cookie. I grabbed it, and it was heavy, and i looked inside and it was a cookie, and i ate it and it was not a good cookie. Cookie. 37 jessica hart jacksons mom my son started saying he wasnt feeling very well pulling at his face, and saying that he wasnt feeling right. Right. The boys mother says the cookie had two times the amount of marijuana in it recommended for an adulthe is doing okay now after doctors monitored him for more than five hours. A colorado couple is celebrating their 77th wedding anniversary. The nows Anne Mcnamara asks. Whats their secret to staying together all these years . 77 years. 21 13 we were married that long . Unbelievable huh . this is a picture from the betts wedding day. Not long after they met. 35 28 from what i understand they went over to his friend henrys who she was supposed to have a date with, but she met howard and thats who she ended up with 24 05 looks at him. Lotta trouble. Laughs. pans to him over next track theyve been together ever since. Mildred is 93. Howard. 99. 28 06 hell be 100 in june so he wants to make it that far their son thomas takes care of them at his home. 33 32 it means a lot to me as a son being in a family where parents stay togethergiving them photographs to fill in the blanks that dementia. Alzh eimers. And old age entered into their love story. Nats any of them pointing at pictures 44 50 thats when he was an airplane pilottogether they flip through the years. Howard has trouble seeing. So he touches mildreds arm. Always keeping her by his side. 35 47 he still he cant see and eveyrthing. Hes right there for everything she does. He helps her and its fun its pretty neat having them here nats48 55 velcro shoes on mildred says the secret to their longevity is. 22 08 not to be under each others feet for years. Do your own thing but today. Theyre all going out to lunch. Nats wheelchair going down ramp50 44 theres whewww hahahha to celebrate one of the longest marriages in the country. A love thats outlasted 12 president s. Five wars. And today. Marks 77 years together. Cover sot24 18 cant think that far back for the now. Im Anne Mcnamara. Howard and mildred had five children. They are now greatgreatgrandparents. A new member of the zoo to introduce you to this is otto the baby potto hes actually named after longtime zoo supporter otto budig. Otto is one of only 16 pottos living in captivity seven of which live here in cincinnati. Those are catsized nocturnal congo. Its unclear ottos gender though because it has a helicopter mother. Yep, zoo Officials Say she wont let them get near otto. Warmer weather is on the way steve promises but that means so is pothole season. But there is a way to better protect your car from those damaging patches of road. The answer next before contemplating the many choices on steak n shakes 4 dollar menu, one must calm the mind in our zen garden. Focus. The garlic double steakburger meal. The taco salad meal. Zen steakburger meal. Oh the 4 menu. Where all meals are under 4. Cincinnati. The now cincinnati is following breaking news. A car tahoe terrace in delhi township. Take a look at this first photo from 9 on your side viewer rebecca walter. We have a crew heading to the scene to see if anyone is hurt. Expect a live update at the top of 9 on your side at 5. As we leave the deep freeze of winter and head towards milder temperatures for spring,that means pothole season is coming too. Too. 9 on your sides tony mirones tells us what to prepare for and how to prevent your car from being damaged. None of us look fo