And baby are in critical condition. One passenger was able to talk to police. Officers believe drugs may have played a role in the crash. These are live artimis pictures from 275 at 27. Near the crash. As you can see. Traffic is very slow while officers investigate. We expect it will be that way for a while since this is a fatal crash. Nine on your side will continue to cover this for you and and well have more information on nine on your side at five. Right now investigators are trying to figure out why a driver ran into the back of a school bus in Highland County early this morning. The crash left the driver dead and injured several students. Jordan burgess looks at the questions surrounding the wreck. Students on that bus were only about 3 minutes from their high school here on a everyday when suddenly they took a hard hit from behind. Behind. I just heard a loud bang. Keith marler was used to the sounds of the bus outside his was different. Looked out my window and saw the car and looked to my left and saw the bus. Marler and his wife ran to the crash. But do. My wife was tapping on the window and didnt get any response from the driver. Troopers say the 54yearold female driver of this honda passport wasnt wearing a seat belt when she rear ended a bright local schools bus here on ohio 321 near stringtown road around 7 this morning. She was killed by the impact. Troopers say of the 12 students on the bus. Three were taken from the crash to the hospital. The bright schools superintendent says later other parents took their students to be checked out as well. Well. Its tragic and especially when it happens on a school bus. Some of them were behind it and witnessed it. Others waiting to be picked up. Stick with them for a long time. The superintendent says the bus was being driven by a veteran driver. She told troopers she was slowing down to pick up a student when the behind. You never know at this point whether it could have been a medical type emergency or a driver looking at their cell phone or something of that nature. Those are all things exploring. Troopers say at this point they dont have any evidence of impairment of any kind but thats one of the tests theyll be doing to see what led up to this crash. Jordan burgess. The now cincinnati. Cincinnati. Neighbors tell us what makes this even stranger is that they rarely see crashes on that stretch of road because its so straight and doesnt see a lot of traffic. Happening right now Cincinnati Police update the community on a major drug investigation. That News Conference just got started at police headquarters. Were told the case includes arrests. We have a crew inside that News Conference and will update you on what weve learned coming temperatures were more like usual for this time of year making some of us missing that taste of spring from the weekend clouds start to build on tuesday as we get ready for our next round of heavy rain in the tristate. The majority of tuesday will be dry as highs climb to the 50 degree mark. Rain chances begin mainly late tuesday evening and turn likely overnight. Lows only drop to the low 40s heading into wednesday morning so this will only be rain. Wednesday will be a wet, soggy day in the ohio valley. Rain is likely and it will turn heavy at times. In all, we could see 1. 5 to 2 of rain out of this system. Temperatures will top out in the upper 40s on wednesday with breezy winds from the northeast. As the system passes to our north and east, the return from the center of circulation will usher in much colder air thursday morning. Leftover moisture will likely produce snow showers on a mother is in big trouble after police say she bought her 14 year old son to buy cocaine for him him Regina Turner has denied the charges against her. The judge has denied her request to be allowed out of jail to attend addiction treatment. Turner was arrested over the weekend and remains there. A case of mistaken identity may have broken open a double shooting investigation. The person arrested following a bank robbery may be the suspect in that shooting instead the nows Briana Harper live with a look at the arrest. Arrest. He matched the description of this guy. A man accused in an Armed Robbery here at us bank. But turns out 23year old john white wasnt the robber but following his arrest today police found this 40 caliber handgun. The same weapon used in a shooting last month near winton terraceaccording to the two victims white came from behind and began shooting at them. They suffered only minor injuries. Police arrested white charging him with felonious assault in connection to that shooting. And as for the Bank Robbery Suspect police are still actively searching for him. Reporting live Briana Harper the now cincinnati. Meantime Colerain Township police have just issued a warning to people following reports of damage around that community. Viewer mike craig posted this photo of the damage at his home that may be linked to this spree. It gives you an idea of the cleanup thats left behind. Police say the suspects are driving around and shooting out windows with a bb gun or airsoft rifle. Anyone who spots the suspect is asked to write down the license plate and call police. The names and addresses of dozens of Cincinnati Police members are public tonight. Its the work of an Anonymous Group upset over the officer involved shooting last week. Nine on your sides tom mckee is live the goal of this group and reaction, to it. There are pages and pages of data the Group Anonymous anon posted on social media over the weekend. Theyre upset over the shooting of paul gaston in cheviot last wednesday when he went to his waistband for what police said was a gun and a case in Mount Healthy where a man was shot with a taser when he went toward a toy gun. There are pages and pages of data the Group Anonymous anon posted on social media over the weekend. Theyre upset over the shooting of paul gaston in cheviot last wednesday when he went to his waistband for what police said was a gun and a case in Mount Healthy where a man was shot with a taser when he went toward a toy gun. The speaker on the anonymous his voice is electronically of the shooting of paul gaston him reaching toward his waistband. They compare it to mounty healthy where hit with a taser barb after ignoring officer commands. The group says it is the judge and the jury here. Of containing a suspect available, wle will make your record. We will data dub as many officers as we see fit for each situation. Situation. When theyre goal is to see us angry, to see us upset, thats absolutely the last thing i am prepared to give them. I believe these folks are very, very much on thke fringe of our community, our society, and as fringe people, theyre going to say fringe things. The majority of the communityi, the majority of the people, are behind the police. Police. Cincinnati police say theyre dealing with the matter internally and dont want to comment any more than that. Coming up new on nine on your side at five, we get our first look at the body cam video from that Mount Healthy incident and how the chief there says it compares to the cincinnati case. Tom there will a task force thats sole goal is to monitor a cease fire agreement with syria. The un is handling this. This. The cease fire is expected to take effect later this week. The us and russia brokered the deal. The agreement does not apply to isis or an alqaeda associated group. There have been five years of violence that has killed more than 250 thousand people in syria. Apples ceo says thank you and admits its not easy saying no the federal government. Government. Next on the now why he says the secrets on a terrroists phone. Are going to stay that way for now. Kalamazoo michigan is mourning the deaths of six people in a shooting rampage. Coming up here from locals about the apples ceo is thanking his staff for their support of the companys decision not to help the fbi break into the iphone of one of the san sent them an email today, saying while it does not feel right not to help. Doing so would threaten Data Security for millions of people and everyones civil liberties. The comments come just hours after the fbis director said this is about giving the victims in the shooting justice. Apple also announced today it wants a Government Panel on encryption to deal with the issue of National Security and data privacy. The company has until friday to respond to the court order in the fbi case. The nations highest court was back in session today one justice short. The late antonin scalias seat empty. The court will hear Opening Statements on various cases that could impact us here in the tristate. Judge scalia was laid to rest saturday in washington d. C. A memorial will remain in scalias seat until march 14. Then the justices will be seated in a new alignment based on seniority. Without scalia the court has just eight justices deciding cases. In the event of a tie, the ruling of the lower court will breaking news. An uber driver suspected in a deadly shooting spree in kalamazoo, michigan has confessed to killing six and is now charged with murder. Murder. This all happening within the last two hours. But there are still questions about why jason dalton may have done it. Right now theres no apparent connection between dalton and the victims. He went on the suspected shooting rampage over nearly seven hours this past weekend. Dalton is accused of shooting eight people. Six of them died. He doesnt have a criminal record. And passed ubers background checks. Dalton faces up to life in prison if convicted. Michigan doesnt have the death penalty. For people in kalamazoo. Its been a tough start to the work week. Trying to adjust to the new normal. The nows Anne Mcnamara is there for us. She has more on the communitys sense of loss. We spent the day driving to all three shooting scenes. Retracing the route this uber driver took. Todaywe Found Community coming together to grieve. Tire repair sounds underneath exteriorat Tuffy Auto Service center. Nats 16 31 were the tough man with a car repair plan its kind of a play on words its tough to lighten the mood today. From the waiting room car dealership where a father and son were shot and killed. Nats7 57 i know and im a little shocked toobelow the sign for new and used a new sign of whats been lost. 5 06 it just scares the stuffing out of me that it happened so close to where i work at 15 58 i think Everyone Wants to know why what triggered this event . Even when we get the answer, were till probably gunna ask the same question why . For rick king all three shooting scenes hit close to home. His wife always goes to the Cracker Barrel where four family members lost their lives. Nats and his daughter used to live here now covered in bullet holes. The window and i saw everyone come outside so i was like this is serious somebody got shotneighbors saw the shooters car takeoff leaving a bleeding woman behind. 25 35 just hope that theyre okayon this monday kalamazoo tries to get back to normalthe mood gloomy, cold sure fits the weather. 16 47 its tough to be tough today. Yes it is is at the apartment complexi actually talked to a witness who rushed to help. He had medical training firefighter who also lives on that street. Together took care of the womanuntil paramedics arrived. But he didnt want the Media Attention calling it a neighborhood effort. In kalamazoo, michigan clouds start to build on tuesday as we get ready for our next round of heavy rain in the tristate. The majority of tuesday will be dry as highs climb to the 50 degree mark. Rain chances begin mainly late tuesday evening and turn likely overnight. Lows only drop to the low 40s heading into wednesday morning so this will only be rain. Wednesday will be a wet, soggy day in the ohio valley. Rain is likely and it will turn heavy at times. In all, we could see 1. 5 to 2 of rain out of this system. Temperatures will top out in the upper 40s on wednesday with breezy winds from the northeast. As the system passes to our north and east, the return from the center of circulation will usher in much colder air thursday morning. Leftover moisture will likely produce snow showers on you know how much cincinnati loves its chili. And if you we have a chili trail for you this is no ordinary trip to gold star or skyline. The wcpo insider team has chosen nine chili places from alexandria to blue ash. And thursday february 25th your mission is to go to every single one of them order a cheese coney and a three way and chow down. Interested . Check out the restaurants right now on wcpo dot com and make sure to weigh in on our facebook if you think we overlooked your favorite. The great white way is coming to cincinnati. Today the broadway in cincinnati series revealed its lineup for the 2016 2017 season. And it features some real showstoppers. Tickets went on sale today for a subscription to the series. Those start at 75 dollars and go all the way up to 629 dollars. Shows include wellknown classics like the sound of music and the little mermaid. But newer Broadway Musicals like a gentlemans guide to love and murder and something rotten are part of the line where you can buy tickets visit us now on wcpo dot com. Give blood. Get a ticket to the circus. That is the deal the the Hoxworth Blood Center circus offered today. Hoxworth officials tell us their teams have been very busy with this blood drive. They expect about 300 people to donate by the time it ends at six tonight. Long time donors say its even without the ticket. Giving blood is very worthwhile. I think its a wokderful idea because it motivates peopel to come in and be a part of a reallyk positive expeirence and it helps so many othe rpeople that you make not even have any idea youre helping. The blood drive is underway at the hoxworth centers in anderson township, blue ash, fort mitchell, mason, and western hills. The voucher is good for one ticket and includes admission to the all access preshow an hour before the circus starts. A megabus explodes as dozens of people race for safety safety the warning that saved tonight mayor john cranley wants your input about how to reduce crime and the number of shootings in our city. There is a meeting at 6 30 at the College Hill Community center on belmont avenue. The mayor isnt the only one scheduled to be there either. City manager harry black, police chief eliot isaac and law and Public SafetyCommittee ChairmanChris Smitherman will a bus full of passengers catches fire outside chicago and becomes the megabus explosion everyone is talking about today. The last of the 40 Passengers Evacuated the bus just seconds before the explosion. Just thankful to be alive they then had little choice but to watch their bags burn. Many onboard said there were signs of problems early on. The driver even pulled over several times during the trip. 48 the driver kept pulling over to the side so it seemed clear there was something wrong with the bus. Bus. 20 it was full of black smoke when i got off to catch megabus has built a reputation for cheap fares and even offers service here in cincinnati. And investigation is now underway looking into why that bus caught fire. Speaking of fire the Consumer ProductSafety Commission has issued another warning about hoverboards. This time saying it cant recommend any make, model or brand as safe and thats not all. Its warned manufacturers and retailers that they need to meet standards or face massive recalls. This is just terrifying to think about. Hundreds of rattlesnakes on one island. Newsys matt moreno shows us where it could happen on the east coast. Imagine an island crawling with these guys https www. Flickr. Co m photos bonnyboy 6391961895 in photolistajqtzz rkcmqh. Well, if massachusetts officials get their way, a nightmarishsounding Rattlesnake Island could become a reality. Massachusetts division of fisheries and wildlife officials want to make mount zion, an island offlimits to quabbin reservoir, into a habitat for venomous timber rattlesnakes. Officials hope by doing this, it will help save the species. There are only about 200 http www. Masslive. Com news index. Ssf 2016 02 rattlesnak e island fisheries w. Html of the indigenous snakes left in massachusetts. Residents have expressed concerns the snakes could swim across the reservoir and attack hikers or fishermen. Officials say that shouldnt be a concern, though. The division of fisheries and wildlife website says the snakes are good swimmers, but they can only survive in unusually deep hibernation sites like the quabbin reservoir. If they escaped, theyd die come winter. Tom french, one of the officials pushing for the plan, told the republican http www. Masslive. Com news index. Ssf 2016 02 rattlesnak e island fisheries w. Html thered be fewer than 10 snakes added to the island a year a far cry from the 150 all at once reported by multiple outlets. He said, its not going to be like Indiana Jones with rattlesnakes everywhere. Adult timber rattlesnakes can grow up to 5 feet in length. Officials plan to speak at a Public Meeting on tuesday to further address the publics you can now follow newsy on your tv or favorite streaming device. Device. A math error means some flooring from Lumber Liquidators could have even big, bold, steaks. Bigger. Our new center cut 10 ounce filet. 16 ounce tbone. 18 ounce outlaw ribeye. Big, bold, steaks. Only at longhorn steakhouse. You can t fake steak. For lunch, try our steakhouse burger welcome back to the now cincinnati. Right now. Were following up on a story weve been tracking for months. Co