right now a 15-year-old is facing charges after police say he made threats against several area high schools on facebook. jordan burgess is live with how the schools are handling the situation. right now that 15-year old is here at the hamilton county youth center.his classmates are in school today.. getting a lesson on being careful on social media. we want to show you the facebook posts that started all this. police say they were put up around 7 last night by a dater 10th grader. the first one mentions planting a bomb in several cincinnati high schools.in another post the 15- year-old claims the original post was just a crude joke.but

reported the threat to police. that student was arrested. his plea hearing in juvenile court this morning was delayed because a parent wasn't present.that hearing will now be tomorrow morning instead. school was held as scheduled but officials say the posts caused a lot of anxiety even if the student never meant to do anything.so they're talking to students today about watching what they post on social media. that student is facing charges for inducing panic and telecommunications harassment. he'll be held here at least until his hearing tomorrow. reporting live.. jordan burgess 9 on your side. here's a first check of your

helping heroin addicts ...the hamilton county heroin task force is trying to find solutions to the region's growing drug addiction problem. today they're telling the county they have an idea ...

the problem. reporter kristen swilley was there as they addressed county commissioners ... kristen? kristen: hamilton county's drug task force says the heroin problem is only getting worse....up 140 percent since 2012. vo: its why theyre asking for a million dollars from county commissioners.... a commitment to funding detox and medicated assisted treatment. this is a newer approach and it works on health treatment. the medication blocks cravings and the high of heroine.someone uses heroine they won't get high and they won't overdose on itaddicts would take the medicine for up to a year on a monthly basis. the plan would cost 7.4 million dollars in total.

swilley....9 on your side. west chester police are investigating a rollover crash on tylersville road at this hour. hour.the crash happened around 9:30 this morning near kingsgate way.according to witnesses .. the driver of the black s-u-v blew through the intersection and struck another car.the s-u-v rolled at least once ... causing one of the people to be ejected. altogether there were three people taken to west chester hospital ...west chester has not released information about what they believe led up to the crash ... but a spokeswoman for the township said there was no police pursuit.traffic around the area has been backed up all morning and just a few minutes ago the road was still closed to traffic. this morning a police chase ended with two people hurt -- after the car crashed into a power pole and gaslight on east sharon road.the car went airborne in the crash ...first responders found one person unconscious and trapped inside. that victim and another person were taken to

we are investigating ... ... came up on them themduke energy crews were on scene for hours trying to get everything back in working order ... while police completed their investigation. and ... controversy on the court ...why tennis professionals are swinging executive ... and ... talk about a 'baby bump'!wait until you hear how this little guy entered the world ... 9 on your side at noon is back

outrage in the pro-tennis world today...an executive of a popular u-s tournament caused controversy - saying women are riding on coat tails of male players.now, top athletes , including serena williams, are firing back.

these comments sending shockwaves thru the world of tennissot - raymond moore / garden"in my next life when i come back i want to be someone in the wta, because they ride on the coattails of the men... // if i was a lady player, i'd go down every night on my knees and thank god there is a roger federer and a rafa nadal was born...because they've carried this sport."raymond moore, the director of the b-n-p paribus tournament in indian wells, california....sp arking a firestorm...with the comments he made ...before the women's final on sunday. and top athletes...wasted no time firing backsot - serena williams / tennis player "there's only one way to interpret that....get on your knees...which is offensive as enough! // we as women have come a long way and we shouldn't have to drop to our knees at any point."the comments - igniting an international discussion about which sex contributes more to success of the sport. the top men's player novak djokovic while denouncing

this.(gfx)"stats are showing that we have much more spectators on the men's tennis matches. i think that is one of the... reasons why maybe we should get awarded more."a bitter battle of the sexes in the sport of tennis now erupting on twitter, as the controversial comments play out both on and off the tennis court.ray raimundi oncam close: raymond moore did apologize...saying his comments were in extremely poor taste.. and erroneous. founder of the w-t-a billy jean king took to twitter saying moore was wrong and that every player contribute to the success of the sport. ray raimundi, abc news, new york. baby surprise!this indiana mom to be wasn't just surprised to go into labor ... but her baby shocked everyone with 'where' he arrived! and ... spring break in cuba! how the president and his daughters are making history

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preparations are underway for a vice presidential visit to cincinnati. cincinnati.v-p joe biden will be in the queen city tomorrow ...he's speaking at an event supporting former governor ted strickland.strickland won the democrats' nomination last week to run for incumbant senate seat. march madness.. now being renamed march sadness by many.. no thanks to some last minute upsets.. upsets..just two days after u-c's loss at the buzzer... xavier fell to a similar fate last night.wisconsin's bronson koenig hit a fall away three-pointer to send the badgers to the sweet 16... and the muskies home in heartbreak. here was the moment ... and the fans' reaction. {**natural sound** *buzer* "ohhhhhhhhh!!!!"mark durket/cincinnati resident "oh that was just an unbelievable

but it was a great year."tom carns/mason resident "it was a great year though. top ten, they did their thing all year. it's march madness. it is hard to be on the bad side of that one." one."xavier entered the tournament as a number two seed, which was the highest ranking in the school's history.. an indiana woman knew it was nearly time to deliver her baby ... but 'how' that kid arrived surprised everyone! reporter chance walser has the story. [pi]take pkg[/pi],, [a idref=0] [pi]banner[/pi],, at 5 am... tosha gambrel's internal alarm clock woke her up. , she was in labor. , her husband mike was realdy to be the way., [a idref=1][pi]sot[/pi],[a idref=2][pi] tosha gambrel @ :09-:15[/pi],, [cc]"he said do you want to try to get to the car or do you want me to call 911 and i said i don't think i can make it to the car. i think you need to call 911. [pi]banner[/pi],, within 5 minutes... paramedics showed up and into an ambulance tosha went for the quick drive to the hospital. , her husband and their 4-year-old followed in the family car., mike feared he was missing the moment he never thought he'd be absent for. , [a idref=4][pi]sot [/pi],[cc]"i thought she could be having the baby right now while i'm

idref=5][pi]sot [/pi],[cc]"i was very worried i wouldn't make it to the hospital. we had blown a couple of red lights. i could see out the back of the ambulance. "[/cc], and just feet from the hospital entrance... as the ambulance went over a speed bump... , [a idref=6][pi]sot [/pi],[cc]"they've since nicknamed it the baby bump. (laughs) "[/cc], beautiful little riley was born. , mike was still rushing inside. , [a idref=7][pi]sot[/pi],[a idref=8][pi] michael gambrel @ :51-:56[/pi],, [cc]"they walk us back into the room they put her in and said well congratulations she was born in the ambulance so it was a different way. "[/cc], [a idref=9] [pi]banner[/pi],, [a idref=10][pi]sot [/pi],[cc]"i must have apologized to him 10 times that day about how i was sorry that he missed it because that is something very special. "[/cc], now a month later riley is busy being cute., this week the fire department handed them a plaque commemorating riley's amazing delivery story. , a story that mom dad admit almost trumps mike's unavoidable absence. , [a idref=11][pi]sot [/pi],[cc]"it's a unique experience and a great story for riley when she gets older. "[/cc], , [pi]runs=

coming up ... we introduced you to this local mom last week ... who says she's proud of looking like 'barbie' ... now she's speaking out after getting worldwide attention for her looks!hear what she had to say .... and ... let this be a lesson ... 'never' let the internet name your boat.or ... should that be ... 'always' let the internet name your boat?we'll

a northern kentucky woman who attracted international attention online for her unconventional looks ... says she's not paying the haters any mind. we told you last week about nannette hammond. ... her story went viral ... when the u-k's 'daily mail' posted a video about her quest to reshape her body to look like a barbie doll's.she's spent

all the surgeries. when her story went spread on facebook ... the backlash from commenters was intense ...kidd chris at w-e-b-n invited her on to hear her side. i've always been teh kind of person ... ... and it never has hasnannette and her husband have six children ...she says she's always tried to teach them to be better than bullies. coming up ... two teens in custody today ... for unrelated threats against area schools!reporter tom mckee is live to tell us how one school handled the disruption ... affecting more than a thousand students! and ... fighting the heroin problem ...what the hamilton county task force says they need from county leaders ... to mount a defense against the drug. then ... history in havana! we're following the president on the first official visit to

breaking news out of campbell county ...where 14-hundred middle school students were 'evacuated' after a student made a bomb threat. tom mckee is there now ... he's spoken to the alexandria

right now a 15-year-old is facing charges after police say he made threats against several area high schools on facebook.meanwhile his classmates are in school today.. getting a lesson on being careful on social media. media.we want to show you the facebook posts that started all this. police say they were put up around 7 last night by a dater 10th grader. the first one mentions planting a bomb in several cincinnati high schools.in another post the 15- year-old claims the original post was just a crude joke.but by that time many people had reported the threat to police. that student was arrested and charged with inducing panic and telecommunications harassment. officials say the posts caused a lot of anxiety even if the student never meant to do anything.so they're talking to students today about watching what they post on social media. a deadly crash on the combs hehl bridge last night forced police to close several lanes of i-275.(two cars were

9-30 but police haven't said how many people were hurt. one person was killed.they haven't yet released any information about the victim in the crash. it's the second deadly incident on that bridge in under a week ...and today we could learn the timeline for recovering the car that plunged over the side of the bridge last tuesday.divers were forced to pause their efforts to retrieve the car due to high water and fast currents.low visibility in the water was also making it hard to figure out who was inside the car.boone county rescuers tell us they're meeting later today to go over a plan to get the car out. hamilton county's drug task force says the heroin problem is only getting worse....up 140 off the drug. drug.they're asking for a million dollars from county commissioners.... as a commitment to funding detox and medication- assisted treatment. this is a newer approach and the task force says it works on the same philosophy as mental health treatment. the medication

of heroin.someone uses heroin they won't get high and they won't overdose on itaddicts would take the medicine for up to a year on a monthly basis. the plan would cost 7.4 million dollars in total. people living in an apartment building on reading road in avondale are back in their homes after a fire forced everyone to evacuate. investigators say the fire started in a storage bin in the basement laundry room. damage was mostly smoke related.... and everyone was able to return to their homes. we'll get an update tonight on just how well cincinnati is doing when it comes to hiring women and minorities. minorities.community leaders say the department of economic inclusion has made great strides over the past 12 months. it was created to increase the number of minority companies... and inspire business owners to relocate to the tri-state. mayor cranley... who was instrumental in creating the program... will deliver the update beginning at five p-m. food trucks could run into some changes in the hamilton area...city leaders are

mobile food vendors can... and *can't* operate.that's according to the *journal news.*officials say they're trying to stream-line the permitting process... so the rules are clear for vendors before the start of the summer. an historic handshake in cuba today...president obama meeting with cuban president raul castro during his visit to the communist nation - the first from a u-s president in nearly ninety years.abc's marci gonzalez is in havana with the latest. an historic - first full day in havana-president obama - meeting with cuban president raul castro today-a first step in trying to work past the decades-old bitter divide between the us and this communist nation- president obama- sharing his optimism- in this abc news exclusive interview- sot - president obama"the time is right//you know change is going to happen here. and i think raul castro understands that."the first family- welcomed yesterday by cheering crowds-hopeful that

the 11 million people living in cuba- make an average of just 20 dollars a month.only about 5 percent- have internet access in their homes. president obama - working to change that?while the trade embargo still exists - american businesses are starting to take advantage of newly relaxed restrictions - bringing more tourism dollars to cuba.sot - thomas mangas starwood hotel & resort "cuba has significant potential for travelers around the world." but -opponents- criticize the president's actions here- nats - "...arrests..."pointing to the ongoing arrests of political dissidents, and other human rights issues in cuba. president obama vowing to take a strong stance - sot - president obama"although we still have significant differences around human rights and individual liberties inside of cuba, we felt that coming now would maximize our ability to prompt more change."marci gonzalez oncam close:...tbd....mg, abc news, havana, cuba.preview: categories:big stories internationalpackagesu.s. news

in just a few hours... we'll get a look at apple's latest must-have gadgets. don't expect a "big" announcement though. experts say apple's spring news conference will "go small" this year.the headliner... a smaller version of the i-phone six... and a smaller version of the i-pad pro.the event will take place at apple's california headquarters in about half an hour at one p-m eastern time. while a lot of folks across the country are celebrating the first few days of spring ...seasonal allergies have kicked in for millions of americans. americans.in fact, more than 60 million americans suffer from alleriges.think burning, itchy eyes and noses that won't stop running.that's according to the american academy of allergy, asthma & immunology.the website pollen-dot-com tracks pollen counts nation-wide.the site's national allergy map shows the southern half of the u-s is getting absolutely whacked with pollen this week. a poll seeking names for a

hundred million dollar polar research ship has gotten some very colorful suggestions. the ice-breaker is the largest and most advanced british research vessel ever.officials requested inspirational names, like a historical figure or landmark....but the favorite name among voters - garnering more than 26-thousand votes - is the "r-r-s boaty mcboatface".other suggestions include "r-r-s usain boat" ... "r-r-s ice ice baby" ... and "r-r-s p-e-c-t." the vessel is scheduled to set sail for antarctica in 20-19. spring means spring cleaning ... spring repairs ... and springing into action on your lawn!but as consumer reporter john matarese found out ... doing it yourself ... isn't always a 'deal.'

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spring *is* here and soon enough you'll be landscaping. but buyer beware -- big box stores may *not* be ideal for all your purchases.consumer reporter john matarese shows us where the deals are and *are not*... not*...so you don't waste your money. its spring, which means many of us are heading out to home depot and lowes to buy our flowers, fertizlizer, and other gardening supplies.but before you do you should know

to not buy at these big box stores.-------------hardware stores...sears....home depot....and lowes...all overflowing with patio furniture, grills, and spring flowers.all are good quality, and at good prices.but a new report by marketwatch.com says there are some things you should not buy at home depot or lowes.among them:-cleaning supplies: often cheaper at walmart or the grocery store. -home decor: better prices and selection at home goods and tjmaxx.-and small kitchen appliances: you'll find more, at better prices at target and walmart.--------------2 secs separator------------and from the doesn't that stink file, what is often the worst deal at home improvement stores: batteries.grab some without checking prices and you might say doesn't that stink. marketwatch found duracell aa's for 30 percent less at walmart and costco. costco.finally, get to know your loca hardware store and garden center.they may match many of the prices you find at

are supporting local business owners, so you dont waste your money.i'm john matarese 9 on your side. side. and john will be back today starting at 5 ....with details of apple's big announcement today.and...does anyone still sell iphones for 200 dollars anymore?plus.....getting help for a local family with no refrigerator....later today on 9 on your side. coming up ... a marriage falls apart ... then decades later ... everything changes ... we'll speak to the stars of this funny, heartbreaking new play ... and tell you where

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right now at the ensemble theater cincinnati ... a new play making its regional premiere."annapurna" tells the story of a man whose marriage fell apart 20 years ago ...now he suddenly finds his wife standing on his doorstep.what happens next? here to give us some hints are the stars of "annapurna" ... dennis parlato and regina pugh.

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