good afternoon. i'm dominique in for leon bibs. a tragic discovery in mainer. the fire department said it took them just 23 minutes to knock down a fire on east ea. after investigating further, they discovered a body underneath the debris that collapsed during the fire. the victim's identity and the cause of the fire are still being investigated new at noon, the woman accused of hitting another

first court appearance today. 21-year-old brandy scapatello made her court appearance. surveillance video shows the vehicle leaving the scene. the victim has severe injuries but is expected to recover. she will be back in court for a misdemeanor charge in two weeks. new videos just into the newsroom. shakers heights police are investigating a morning smash and grab. the suspects used three vehicles, driving one into the deli so they could steal an atm. no arrests right now. a chilly start to our day. some areas seeing light know. janessa webb is tracking the weather. >> the chilly temperatures, that's correct, dom. 26 towards elyria. new philly, out toward the

some of that warmer air is trying to make its way n power of 5, the last three to four hours, you can see a little bit of moisture still streaming in towards medina, summit, richland down at this all the way into wayne county and stark dealing with a few light flurries. you can see a little heavier bands moving. if you are out of and about, take sure time. also what's not playing nice are these winds as you said, get ready for the weekend warmup. we'll step out of these 20s that we are seeing right now. we'll show you hour by hour when the 40s and 50s start to return. >> now you are speaking my language, janessa.

taking precautions >> school is in session this morning at gurney elementary e.p.a. that children and pregnant water. the sinks and drinking plastic bags. chagrin falls superintendent robert hunt says that the post contra connects the work that has opinion done throughout the last couple of months, he says there is no indication that lead levels at the schools are higher than they should be. the agency told the district in november that monitoring is no longer required and that water is safe. more tests were requested last week. members members of the community contacted robert hunt. >> i want to make sure that first and foremost, we have done everything that we needed to do which i believe that our staff did correctly and we took

sure that the said of staff and children are taken care of. >> they should check about it. that's not good. kids have problems later on in life drinking the water. >> the results from the additional tests come back next week and it's important to know that the school uses well water. and, now to a developing tory. c.d.c. officials confirms three more people are sick with listeria. they are the latest in an outbreak tied to salad packaged ohio. meanwhile, newly released inspection report show the proper procedures were in place at that plant. the springfield sun news looks years. dole stopped production at that plants. >> state officials found list the bags.

who have traveled to central or south america should not donate blood at this time. the virus spread by mosquitoes have been linked to babies being born with birth defect and police in athens are asking students at ohio university to be on high alert after dna confirms that three sexual assaults are all linked to one aattack on america all involving young women walking home in the middle of the night. police will increase patrol around campus. >> looking ahead this weekend, ohio is beginning its medical marijuana tour right here in the cle. the task force held it first immediating yesterday looking at the pros and cons of bringing medical marijuana to our state. tomorrow's meeting is at 10:00 at cleveland state university, around ohio. the task force hopes to have a recommendation by april. congressional investigation finding migrant kids in the

traffickers. the study isolated a case in ohio where six guatemalans traffickers ahead, a trumpless debate. we'll hear from governor kasich iowa caucuses and president obama is stepping up his he was to make sure that women receive the

glnchr. the latest round of syrian peace talks happening in switzerland. the dutch government announced it will start airstrikes against isis in eastern syria. the other side of the peace talks are not there. they want a list of bomb bartments by russia the u.s. and u.k. have been spying on israel for several years, specifically the two countries' intelligence agencies are accused of cracking the codes of israeli drones in order to monitor surveillance feeds. the details were gathered in documents leaked by edward snowden in 2013. israel is accused of spying only the methods are anything but high-tech. lebanese media accused this vulture of being an old school

the bird was captured by locals in lebanon and suspected of spying because it had israeli tags and devices. turns out she had just escaped from a nature preserve. the vulture has since been returned to her home. the obama administration is expanding a program that aims toned equal pay law abuses. the data collection program will now cover all businesses with more than 100 employees government contractors. that announce. coming on the same bay that a group of ohio women were gathering to protest senator rob portman's equal pay record. the group will be at the heights. the u.s. military is becoming a family friendly group. a new rule stand carrizing military leave across the military doubles the length of

new moms gets 12 weeks but cuts weeks. and happening right now in crum with us a gay veteran kicked out of the military back in 1955 is being honored today. 82-year-old donald hallman was gay. now because of the repeal of don't ask, don't tell is receiving an honorable discharge half a century later. could another nfl team be preparing to head to another city? we'll share where the raiders could soon be calling home. and cloudy skies. but look at this. 50s, 40s are returning. i'm going to show you that weekend warmup.

just days before the all important iowa caucus, the

to convince votersthat they need to be voted for >> there are three lane, the establishment lane, the antiestablishment lane and the kasich lane. the reap is that i've been a reformer all my career. >> donald trump put on his own event for iowa veterans. he hold back jabs at the candidates and touted his own problems that veterans face. >> our vets are being mills treated, illegal immigrants are treated better in many cases than our vets and that's not going to happen anymore. >> two other rivals, rick santorum and mike muck bee showed up at the event but the two were not be a send at the debate but just were at an earlier debate. >> and house democrats are meeting with president for a pep talk. he promised democrats that the

he cited progress against isis, lower gas prices and improved unemployment numbers as signs that things are improving. and news channel 5 is staying on top of the race for the oval office. our political recorder john castish will be in iowa for the caucus next week. looking ahead to the weekend, the search for missing flight 370 will intensify. a chinese ship equipped with a advanced sonar equipment will join the search for the plane. the malaysian airline flight disappeared with 340 people on board. the ship will leave sunday and will join the operation in indian ocean by february and sam sung is reeling

workers. how about some sports news for you now? >> rams may not be the only f f l team on the move next' son. records are emerging that the vegas. the sands corporation are in a talk to bring the raiders to las vegas. the owner of the raiders are set to immediate this afternoon with las vegas. and the 2016 hall of fame inducteys, jim thome, albert belle, frank robinson and charlie jaime sons will be inducted into the team hall of fame. >> that's always fun. >> i'm so excited about this weekend because you said warm up is on the way? >> yeah, still waiting for a biting down cold and just not seeing it. >> i know.

not complaining. going to be a pretty uneventualful weekend weather wise in northeast ohio, pretty quiet. so all the meteorologists here, we are going to have a nice, quiet weekend tracking warmer temperatures moving in. earlier this morning, and still right now out towards lake county and into marion we have a few flurries we are at 26 degrees for downtown cleveland. this is the last day going into the weekend that we'll talk about the 20s. inland locations from barber ton all the way into the massoulin area into the upper 20s. thermometers only are going to be going up a few more clicks today as we are dealing with a little it bit of high pressure still building in. earlier this morning for the early morning commute, you dealt with that lake effect snow. things are starting to die down

right side from medina county. could be dealing with just a light flurry but it's moving more towards the southeast. here comes the warmup. -up. look at jackson all the way into alabama. this is where that warm, moist air is coming from they are currently in the 50s. this south breeze starts to make its way into northeast ohio as we kick into your saturday that's going to allow for the warmup. tonight, still going to be chilly as we head into the 5:00 hour all the way into seven p.m. we remain on the dry side so that's the good news but temperatures still on the chilly side. do want to show you our hour-by- hour. here are the cloud cover, still in effect this afternoon out towards eastern locations. high pressure is building out towards wayne county. so possibly a hint of sunshine

okay for your evening commute. still tracking a few flakes all the way into the madison area but not a big time concern. out and about, still on the chilly side but make sure that you get out this and try to enjoy it. still dealing with a few lingering flurries this afternoon, should be moving out of here. daytime highs only 28 degrees. tonight, we are at 23. but look at this dome as we head into your saturday. i'll be talking about all week long, it's 15 to 20-degree difference from today into tomorrow. it gets even better as we head into sunday. january 2016. let's step into february with a activity. tuesday, we are stepping into the lower 50s.

air and possibly a little bit more snow moving in thursday all the way into friday afternoon. so enjoy the warmup for the weekend. remember, with power of 5, we are on the radio. cleveland star 102 and 98.5.

and welcome back. warmer weather on the way. >> yes, it's cool when you step out and about today tomorrow into sunday, we are about 15 to 20 degrees, normal going into february. i mean, just can't beat. this we're going to be on the warm side of this front that's moving through. we'll see rain possibly saturday evening into monday. then a big time drop in our temperatures late next week. remember, this coming week, i don't want to have any issues >> so another drop. can. thank you guys out there for watching news channel 5 at noon. join us now here at 4:00.

we are here to talk about online education for students through the 12th grade. thank you, dr. bowlen for being here. >> thank you. >> we all heard about getting your degrees online, college degrees online. tell me a little bit more about getting your education, kindergarten through the 12th grade online. odella is a comprehensive k-12 program with highly qualified teachers.

we deliver education through technology every day and very similar to what you see on the high -- in higher education and it's a wonderful way to experience. have so many decision. how do i know if an online education is right for my child that's a great question. we have a lot of parents wondering that same thing. >> one of the things that we students are comfortable. we want to make sure that they understand exactly what they would be doing online. so we foster an opportunity for students to experience that first hand. interact with our teach teres and then they are able to carry out that learning on a very, very high level one of the other things that parents might have questions about is you think online learning, you think sitting in front of a computer all day. what do you do to help kids socialize.

feature and we address that at ways. we hold events to make sure that students and families are getting out and we interact with them. it's been a wonderful, wonderful thing. we have one coming up in cleveland on february 12th. >> thank you again, dr. bowland, for being here. to see if online learning is