newschannel 5 at six is brought to you by mr. hero. right now get a roman burger deal for 5.75. live always investigating and always on your side, newschannel 5 starts now. northeast ohio finally getting a break from the snow. a lake effect snow advisory has been canceled but the bitter cold is sticking around. temperatures in the teens right now and it won't be a lot warmer tomorrow. chief meteorologist mark johnson breaking down the forecast hour by hour. we can breathe a little bit, chris as the advisories for snow and wind chill, the warnings for snow have all expired or been canceled. all we have left as far as lake- effect snow is a lingering flurry along the morelin corridor and newberry and geauga county. a wider view.

ashtabula and madison. cleveland. those are air temperatures. we are still dealing with frigid wind chill single digits, not below zero, 6 is the wind chill and 8 in cleveland and 5 in canton. even though wind chills will stay above zero tonight it is your temperatures, generally falling in the lower middle teens by ten p.m. you notice we do begin to clear skies out and doing that right now. no snow to worry about. wind chill single digits through the evening should improve and we will talk about that. little more snow tomorrow. coming up. i make no apologies for posting that image. i make no apologies for my position. no backing down after the police officer. made controversial posts in the department recommends the

meggen hickey talk to the about the backlash. this post received over 6000 likes and resulted in several calls to the sheriff's down. captain doug hunter tells me he >> 911. >> yes i'm in danger. >> some say a chilling 911 call for officer thomas cottrel's murder on monday. >> my ex-boyfriend is looking to kill a cop. >> herschel jones was out on parole for a 2013 burglary and recently arrested for assault. >> one of those kind of guys that you don't want around your kids and family. >> captain doug hunter told me it was his record that prompted his post. and the post time to bring back consequences. >> when these are made to release felony offenders we are putting them back in the population and in this case it whats a deadly result.

likes and comments and hunter told me that several people called the sheriff's department is outrage and self posted shame on you and this send the wrong message. hunter tells me he is not sorry. >> i make no apologies for posting that image. i make no apologies for my position on the matter that criminals need to be held accountable for their actions. what he tells me he does regret is that the photo may have implied more than he intended. >> i was not trying to say let's bring back the electric chair over lethal injection or news over those. many felony offenders are sentences. i feel that increasing the consequences for this type of behavior could deter some of them. now for why jones was on the street, the knox county prosecutor could not comment on a 2014 burglary charge but the most recent arrest the victim

not have evidence to press charges. megan hickey, newschannel 5. violent crimes on the rise. the f.b.i. releasing new data showing two percent increase in murders and rapes and assaults during the first six months of 2015. that is compared to the same time a year before. burglary and arson crimes dropped in the first six months. the man accused of murdering a woman in her home pleaded not guilty. anthony davis remains bars. he shot a woman after he got into an argument. it is the first homicide in lorraine this year in. >> akron dealing with the 4th homicide of the year. police investigating a deadly shooting on the city's west side. officers found a man with a gunshot wound at nine this morning. the victim's name is not released yet. weather creating big

stark county. destroyed tristan rubber molding while the freezing temperatures took a toll on firefighter equipment. bob, five departments respond to go to fire. >> reporter: well, chris, a total of 24 firefighters that worked on the fire that started in the walls and spread quickly and destroyed a plant that has been here for 22 years. complicated the whole mess. it was a back draft and you see the fire climbing the wall. it reminded me of that, got smoky and quick. >> it was only a matter of minutes before flames shot through the rubber molding and the thick smoke went to the captured. we got everybody out and we did a head count. i made sure everybody was out. at first ed worried about his brother nick that tried to knock down the flames and the fire extinguisher and too much. both brothers who work at the

their future. everything i have worked for has gone up in smoke. i have a mortgage to pay and i mean right now it is what am i going to do from here. care of. with wind chills hovering was tough. ice. >> it is pretty cold. >> difficult fire to fight and the weather does not help us. >> the portable heaters were other issues. >> we are getting wet and button on the radio freeze and won't press. i have had issues with my mask and air mask freezing up. the plant is a total loss but grateful for the firefighters that gave it their all in the bitter cold. >> you have to take your hats off to them. >> in frigid weather. >> they are better men than i am. there is no cause on the fire yet.

trying to thaw pipes at the same time the fire broke out. i spoke with a company executive and says that this plant will be reabilan the company will take care of the 40 employees that work here. firefighters in cleveland also battling the elements fighting a house fire earlier. the fire spread to this home after a vacant home went up in flames. no one hurt and the cause of the fire under investigation. a new video to a story we told you about last week. this rta bus surveillance video shows the driver scuffling with a passenger near public square. they got in to it after the passenger, a homeless man apparently took bus schedules from the racks and threw them on the floor and refused to pick them up. the northeast ohio coalition claims that driver, a 28-year- old veteran beat the man with his fists and a metal object. you don't see that in the surveillance. the driver was placed on crisis suspension and the case turned

about an hour from now. parma police will recognize three residents to capture a man wanted for murdering a beloved gas station owner. two men inside the store and the other provided a license plate number of the alleged gunman's car. police used that information to locate and accurate logan sin lair. he is charged with aggravated murder in the death of robert bowstick. >> police are looking for a man that used a stolen credit card and sexual assaulting a woman. he used a bank card belonging to a woman that was attacked and robbed in cleveland one day earlier. if you have any information call cleveland police. kent state university have reached a tentative agreement. the vote on the three year contract is expected to happen tomorrow night. faculty members agree to strike

both sides at an impact over medical and salary benefits. mark your calendar. indians home opener coming up four weeks away. single day tickets go on sale february 29th. fighting for justice. how the death after canton police dog could help protect other canines from meeting the same fate. a lesson in healthy eating. local high school students making better choices one meal at a time. we now know who the browns have their eyes on fort new defensive coordinator positions. the big reveal coming up.

you can text, at newsnet 5.com. new information about former ohio state marching band director jonathan waters. his lawyers are on the case as he fights to get his job back. they want an out because he couldn't pay but after hearing today they said they would volunteer and defend waters until decided if his federal

university argued their withdrawal would delay any resolution. waters has a separate defamation case against ohio state. he was fired two years ago over allegedly ignoring the sexualized culture of the band. many have expressed outrage over the death of jetro. we are learn that there could be stiffer penalties for those that kill canines and catching lawmakers. >> yes, there are going to be stricter penalties after canines are killed. there have been several thousand signatures. one petition has more than 13 now signatures demanding the penalties for killing a canine get tougher. right now the 3rd felony that

prison term and as much as $10,000 in fines. police say that 22-year-old earlier this month. lives. you would have support in the canton police department. a spokesperson in stark county, senator os glasser's office is drafting a bill but did not officer specifics. i reached out to john kaisch and mike de wine and office and they are waiting to see more. employees at several max anderma restaurants out of a job closing 13 locations in the midwest including west lake and canton. about the restaurant's parent

saying it is stream lining operations and in the midst of a new revitalization. chipotle is trying to lure back customers with free food. the restaurant chain is doubling the amount of few that they can give away but no word on when you can score a free burrito. all chipotle restaurants will shut down for part of a day to employees can attend a meeting on new safety protocols following outbreaks. if you are what you eat. what do your meals say about you? a few cleveland high school students are taking ninety days to figure it out. students at garrett morgan high school began a three month healthy eating program. the goal to increase the amount of fruit and vegetables they eat at school and home. in order to have healthy students we have to have healthy community and healthy families so we are a small part

especially the eating habits, if we want to make real change, lifelong change, we also have to involve and include the families. the school receiving $15,000 to help stock the shelves and at the end of the ninety days, data will be reported that the public health community on the impact of that program. it is tax time and the irs accepting 2015 returns. the agency said it is taking steps to protect against identity theft. so you may notice changes this year. you also get an extra three days to file. the deadline is april 18th. apple's latest i phone the battery meter may be broken. there is a glitch that affects the battery power indicator. the company has received numerous complaints from customers that the phone showed

am -- am says it is working to fix that issue. a voice care provider found ohio's capital number one for sending out robo calls with get this, 70 million calls recorded. columbus is tops in sending out the robo calls 26 in receiving them and 8 calls per person last month. speaking of phone calls, a lot of students happen because of bitter cold. in the snow belt, we had snow and a few delays and cancellations due to the cold and things are improving so get your homework done. let's take a look at what is going on. a beautiful sunset and first of all i forgot. look at this great shot from the metro parks, a light post on the wall right off of cleveland. you can see where the waves have slammed it and instantly froze it.

metro parks. let's show you a calming sky. sun going down. clouds trying to clear out. they will do that for a few hours during the evening. here is the high pressure and scouring out the low-level moisture in the form of clouds and lake-effect snow and that is indeed ending. and still light flurry here and moving across the 422 corridors through geauga county and munson and south russell and look at these snowfall totals. chardin 26-inches of snowfall. kirkland 18 and south madison 24 and burton nine-and-a-half, concord township and lake county 18 but strongsville outside of the squall only about two inches. so where squalls persist.

siders shoveling the snow. we got colder and middle teens to ravenna and canton and akron and slighter milder in mentor and 18 in fremont. wind chills and a lot of the of single digits and cold. bundle up going out. 17 right now. light westerly wind. a dew point of six. cold. 20 is the high. 8 is the low. 34 and 22. snow fall at hopkins.four inches,.four of an inch since last night for the season. not even at ten inches at cleveland hopkins airport. 8.2-inches of snow. now let's examine what is coming. we got snow here. what is that all about. well, let's zoom in. winter storm warnings for the ohio and tennessee valleys. pa dueka and kentucky could get

advisories because of this guy. low pressure. it will slide that way and fade out. it will weaken and basically go bye-bye. all right? of snow. that's going to rotate to the tomorrow. notice 2:15 p.m. beginning to see the snow. west of interstate 77. light, now just in time for the afternoon rush. and quick little area of snow. getting more in the snow belt. a quick hitting system. tonight cold. ten degrees, wind chills and staying above zero. no wind chill cold days tomorrow for the kids. 22 tomorrow. light afternoon snow generally akron and canton. overnight tonight. drying out and clearing out a bit. a low will go 7 and tomorrow 19 with some light afternoon snow.

a warmup on the way. thursday, 25 and dry and friday could be snow. southern counties in the viewing areas. 34 or 32. lower and middle 30s and dry for the weekend. don't forget your official school closing station on air and online and our cell. go to newsnet5.com and sign up. last night's loss to the warriors for the cavs and they come back home for another three game sweep. we will talk about. will the second time be the

coming up next. ray horton may be the team's next defensive coordinator met to interview for it. he was the defensive coordinator in 2013 under rob ssachinsky's top choice and still being found from his first go around. in. >> the cavaliers have to move on from last night's loss to the warriors. they are in brooklyn tomorrow

out with a fully healthy lineup. the warriors imposed their wills on the cavaliers that never adjusted to the warriors style of play and never in this basketball game. the warriors played as if they lost the nba finals to the cavs last year. this is a lesson that had to be learned if a team is going anywhere this season. you got to have just a laser sharp mentality. both physical and mental and you can't have things that can make you pay and there are certain things you can and can't get away with and it shows how far we have to go. nba basketball on newschannel 5. next week it is the spurs, and both games followed by the post-game show.

into baseball's hall of fame but today the reds announce he will inducted in their hall of fame. rob manfrey ejected rose's application last month. he will get his name in cincinnati's hall of fame. thank for watching and see you back here at 11. have a great evening everybody. newschannel 5 at six has been brought to you by the ohio lottery cash explosion game