prescription drug abuse is leading to a spike in heroin use. now heroin is leading to an increase in burglaries. we'll show you how the drugs are impacting crime rates in our state. the clock is ticking. less than 24 hours to sign up for health insurance through the federal marketplace or face some steep fines. i'll show you how to get covered. first we help you start your sunday with a live look downtown cleveland. it is 10:00 on your sunday. the overcast skies are moving in for your sunday in cleveland. hello and welcome to this sunday edition of good morning cleveland, i'm nick foley. we've been talking about these temperatures. the more important thing is

january 31st. hard to imagine. >> i feel like i'm into the matrix or something. where am i? greater cleveland area. we just hit 55 for downtown cleveland. so pretty unreal temperatures this morning. and you know on friday i was talking about daytime highs into the upper 20s. so we're going to continue to see the thermometer click up just a few more clicks throughout the afternoon. we'll go with upper 50s across the boards. january. right now we are at 53 out towards richland county. a little bit of cooler air west. cloud coverage. yesterday we were sitting in a lot of sunshine. we are tracking storms well towards our north. to float in here. day. also tracking that rain. i told you yesterday if you don't do it.

west out towards omaha and the with a little snow. as this system continues to track in from the west, it will bring along with it a cold front. windy weather going to be picking up out of the south, 15 to 20 miles per hour as that front moves through. around 8:00 p.m., all the way into overnight, extending into your early morning commute. dealing with rain and windy weather. daytime highs. i think this model is very much on the low side. we're already at 55. as we head into about 3:00, degrees. count on the rain moving in >> okay. we start this morning with developing news here from the live desk. right now cleveland police an infant. they tell us their sex crimes and child abuse departments were notified after baby drowning at a cleveland home. as the child was taken to hospital. no word on the baby's condition.

information as we get it. more news. a police chase ends in a crash on cleveland's east side. it happened around 5:00 yesterday. officials tell us the suspects jumped out of that car after hitting a house and crashing and then ran away. no word yet on any arrests. willoughby police investigating a fatal crash involving pedestrians. it happened last night just before 7:00. police tell us a 73-year-old man hit two pedestrians with his truck. the two people walking on the road were a 50-year-old man and a 57-year-old female both from east lake. they were taken to a hospital where the woman later deed died. the driver was not injured and has been arrested for vehicular homicide and ovi. today is the last day you can sign up for health insurance through the federal market place. if you already are covered, well you could face steep fines select coverage. meg shaw has everything you need to know.

federal officials say the extended. nearly $700 in fines you'll possible. right now more than 226,000 ohioans have already enrolled or have their coverage automatically renewed with more than 80,000 of those people area. just this past week the number of people trying to enroll on the federal healthcare market place jumped by 50%. officials say signing up using healthcare.gov is faster, however you can call the 1-800 number listed on your screen. if you sign up by today your coverage will begin on march 1st and if you miss today's deadline you'll face the fines and being uninsured for the entire year. you have until midnight to enroll. if you need help with sign up, visit our app for a list of centers in cleveland. nick. >> thank you. definitely a deadline people need to be aware of.

the state's heroin epidemic for a recent up tick in -- urging car owners to hide their valuables. this after several people who live in a normally quiet apartment complex had their windows smashed in. many people arrested for crimes like burglary are heroin addicts. nearly 1200 people died of heroin overdoses in ohio in 2014. the most ever. 2015 numbers have not yet been released. in elyria several churches are stepping up to help the homeless community. the city does not have a term innocent shelter for those in need. st. andrew's, first united methodist and first presbyterian are working to make sure everyone has a place to spend the night. from 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. from now until april the churches will be open as shelters. the ohio department of transportation is now testing out some new technology that helps keep drivers informed on road conditions.

equipped with modems, gps and cameras. the trucks are able to be tracked at headquarters. >> this would benefit greatly as far as the positioning of our trucks. become able to see the roadways. if a driver would say that the roads are looking bad or need some assistance we can try to reposition the trucks. >> eventually all odot plow trucks could have this equipment and in the future the public access -- they could access the information as well. the test period will wrap up in after that if deemed successful they will expand to the rest of ohio. >> if you couldn't stay up late enough to catch the cavs big win, we have you covered. they took on the spurs and dominated from start to finish. the team continued with the get

they've been playing since ty lue taking over. caps off a successful first week for coach lue. he is 4-1 at the helm. we'll have a break down from the game ahead. thank you so much for starting your sunday here with us. i'm nick foley. coming up on this final day of january, how are you doing on that new year's resolution to lose the weight? if you need extra motivation, we'll show you how you can get paid to drop the pounds. divertsty was the word of the night at the sag awards. we'll have all the big winners when we return. janessa has your local weather. >> have you enjoyed temperatures in the 50s? well above normal. as we step into late next week, i'm going to show you my seven day when winter makes a full time comeback.

i'm meteorologist janessa webb. this seems wrong. why am i looking at green grass here in lake county on the last day of january? just yesterday i was showing you we could see snow still on the rooftops. lake effect snow has really been affecting lake geauga, ashtabula county. they're still dealing with a little bit of snow. that has moved back. due to temperatures off the charts.

hot spot though goes to summit county. 56. cooler towards western locations. we are definitely on the mild side. it will stick around for the rest of your sunday. right now we are seeing some of our forecasted highs for today. 55. we'll sit under a mostly cloudy conditions. due to a storm system that is brewing out towards our west, bringing us rain by 8:00 p.m. tonight. that's why we're seeing clouds floating in. man, soak it in. >> rainy and 50s in january. thank you. the oscars may have a diversity problem. the screen actors guild awards were another story. idris elba won two awards for his roles. other winners include uzo uduba

many of the winners speeches also focused on the need to tell diverse stories, including jeffrey tambor who plays transgender woman maura. >> i would like to dedicate this award to the nonmaura's who don't have a lot of cash for their operations, for their medicine, for their freedom. thank you very much. >> the sag awards are one of the highest regarded awards because they are chosen by their peers instead of critics or an academy. >> if you see news happening, let us know. or tweet us at wews. as we head to break, here's a lottery numbers.

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welcome back. just into the newsroom, the death toll from a series of deadly explosions in syria continues to rise. right now at least 45 people are dead in the capital city. the blasts come as a un envoy attempts peace talks. three explosions went off this morning at a bus station. isis is claiming responsibility online. denver police are still on scene at an expo center where yesterday. the violence broke out at the colorado motorcycle expo. four of the victims were shot.

and the others injured in fistfights. >> just seems chaotic. you know everybody started taking off. couple of the actual motorcycle clubs took off already. >> police say they are interviewing a person of interest but they believe there was one -- more than one shooter. they would not confirm if any of those involved were members of motorcycle gangs. investigators have found the remains of a 13-year-old girl from virginia who has been missing for days. nicole madison lovell was last seen at a home wednesday night. virginia tech freshman david eisenhower is charged with her murder and abduction. investigators identified him through tips on social media. just one day from now the iowa caucuses and the new poll is shedding light on where voters in the hawkeye state stand right now. the des moines register poll shows the democratic race is a dead heat. hillary clinton is just 3 points ahead of bernie sanders.

trump is 5 points ahead of ted cruz. marco rubio is third, 15 points behind trump. the poll was conducted among likely caucus goers. the candidates trying to get the poll numbers to move in their favor. in his first rally this weekend donald trump fired up a crowd in dubuque. he was the topic during several of his counterparts' rallies. >> as a result of the disastrous citizens united supreme court decision -- as we speak right now this moment on your television sets billionaires are trying to buy elections. >> but the business mogul wasn't the only candidate getting attacked. marco rubio took his aim towards hillary clinton. >> there's a reason why hillary clinton and her superrer pac spend more time attacking me than any other republican. they don't want to run against me. i can't wait to run against her. >> meanwhile hillary clinton tried to keep the focus away

saying she wants to speak with the people of iowa about the issues that really matter to them. news channel 5 is committed to bringing you complete coverage of this year's elections. john kosich is in iowa right now bringing you live coverage of the final push. you'll hear from him in the next half hour about why you won't be seeing governor john weekend. other political news, the daughter of former vice president dick cheney is running for his old liz cheney filed paperwork to run for the only u.s. house seat from wyoming. she ran for the senate on the republican ticket two years ago. she later dropped out. liz cheney was hammered during that campaign by her own sister mary. mary claimed that liz privately supported mary's same-sex relationship but opposed same- sex marriage in public. the u.s. defense department will not take any official action against retired general david petraeus for sharing classified information.

demoting from a four star general to a three star. the move would have affected his retirement salary. as a retired four star general, petraeus remains liable for any wrong doing he committed while on active duty. and president barack obama is about to make his first visit to a u.s. mosque as president. mr. obama will visit on wednesday. he is expected to hold a round table with community members and deliver remarks. a senior administration official said the president will celebrate the contribution of muslim americans to the nation. mr. obama has visited mosques overseas but never one during his presidency here in the united states. a woman in new hampshire is celebrating a big legal win. she prevailed in a lawsuit that accused the company of wrongfully firing her. 51-year-old maureen mcpaten will receive a $31 million pay out from the retailer. in 2012 she was working at the

she says she told management about safety concerns she had as described by one of her attorneys. >> staffing conditions became deplorable. they were inexperienced, untrained and insufficient support staff, which created a public safety concern. >> a month later she lost her pharmacy key and says walmart used that as an excuse to fire her. she also accuses the company of discriminating against her because she's a woman. walmart says it will appeal the verdict. you'd have to believe they would. janessa webb joining us for weather. no one is going to be suing you for this forecast. no problems with high 50s in january. >> i want you to love me, but if you're a snow fan like myself, cold weather, where's my crisp air. just hold on. i'll bring it back. we'll see a -- flip. >> a flip in the weather pattern. up and down. up and down. the mood swings are a little bit kind of crazy this time of

today what you're going to notice is a lot more cloud coverage as the storm system is starting to push our way. out towards summit county. a little bit of sunshine this morning. but that's going to fade away as we head into mid afternoon. friday afternoon when i saw you degrees. yesterday look at that official high of 57 degrees. we saw 56 out towards akron. i want to show you the bigger picture this morning. they are already at 56 for the akron area and going to continue to warm up. at the airport currently at 55 degrees. so across the board we continue to deal with warmer temperatures. the lone soldier in ashtabula county. you're on the mild side. currently at 47 degrees. look at the clouds. they're thickening up due to a system well towards our north. that's why we'll sit under cloudy skies for the rest of your day. taking a look at where this warm air is coming from, you can thank the winds.

and that's what's allowing the gradual warming. you can see from alabama all the way into jackson area, they're sitting in the 60s. some of this air continues to flow across northeast ohio. want to show you our hour by hour. we are already sitting at 55. so these models here, they're a little bit off temperature wise. but you really can count on the icons, the cloud coverage. definitely going to be in full effect along with the winds. 15 to 20 miles per hour. this is our storm system for today. it's a very weak cold front. it starts to enter around 8:00 p.m. tonight. so no threats of any moisture throughout your afternoon around 8:00, 9:00 tonight. timing is everything. that's when we start to see that rain start to flow through. the bigger story throughout the week is this pacific storm that's going to be affecting the west coast. severe weather out towards the south. northeast ohio, what's going to happen here is a warm front is going to track in monday,

but behind that is a cold front. it'll produce us with some moisture and a big time drop in our temperatures. so say hello to the upper 50s for the last day of january. we'll start to track that rain moving in late this evening. 39. so slightly cooler. just a few degrees from last night. and then take a look at our death say. as that cold front, a very weak cold front starts to slide through, our overnights drop tomorrow evening. but we pick up as that front starts to make its way back in. and then here you go winter fans. thursday, friday, that sunshine returns. but we're back down to the 30s. nick. >> reality check is on the way. thank you. how happy and healthy do you think ohio is? the new annual rankings are out for well being. across the nation we feel better about our lives than we ever have. that's since gallup started asking in 2008. the index is based on a number of things including your sense

pride in your community and maintaining good health. you may want to move to the aloha state. hawaii comes in at number one on this poll. followed by alaska, montana, colorado and wyoming. but not as good news for us 47th. west virginia and kentucky rank last for health and happiness. now there are some overall trends nice wade. first the positive. we're feeling better about our finances. more of us have insurance. not as many of us are smoking and more of us are exercising. now the negative. obesity rates continue to go up and a lot of people are still having a hard time getting a full time job. january is almost over and a lot of you are working on the health resolutions about living a healthier lifestyle. do you need motivation? how about if you made money for losing that weight. laura harris tries to find out if it's too good to be true. three, two --

spot check if losing weight was part of your resolution. but if you're like 88% of americans, forbes magazine says you've ruined your irresolution to lose weight. there are three apps out there promising not to, shall we say, hang your sweat out to dry. kyle taylor is giving us the three in a top list. the first is fit studio. linking to your fit bit. >> if you with walk or run 14- miles in a week they'll give you enough points you can redeem for a $5 gift card to sears or kmart. >> that's only 3000 steps a day. you can earn up to $400 a year in gift cards. post mates is another. described as an uber-like courier service. you can drive, go by foot or bike. >> it's an independent contractor type of situation. you get to decide how much you want to work. and they give you 80% of the

>> some claiming they make $25 an hour on this one. and finally -- >> those blood pressure machines you see at your local pharmacy. some of them are run by a company called higi. they will pay you to stay active, stay fit and to check your blood pressure. >> taylor saying none of these apps will pay you in cash deposits but every bit helps when it comes to saving money during the year. >> all the apps we're recommend willing free and so if you see other apps in the app store that are asking for money, that's something that i would stay away from. >> definitely good suggestions if you're staying healthy and active. and staying on health news, turning -- help spread the word about zika virus. ??? the country's health department released this catchy psa to tell people about how to keep mosquitoes out of their homes.

linked to a rapid rise in birth defects across latin america and the caribbean. an ohio man is captured trying to cross the border into mexico. what he's accused of trying to do there is truly shocking. more troubles for johnny manziel. we have details of his latest run in with law enforcement. that and more when good morning cleveland returns. lease a 2016 lincoln mkx for $399 a month

hello, everyone. it's a big win for the cavaliers. they are looking good after a week under coach ty lue. we'll take a closer look at the performance and the change on the floor for the wine and gold. >> there is a bond between us and it's very special. a retiring k9 officer fight os to keep the partner who has served at his side for years. time now is 10:30. a look outside of downtown cleveland. that's a beautiful image there as you start your sunday. meteorologist janessa webb checking out that shot. first look on weather as well. we have these warm temperatures but they're not going to hang around too much longer. >> i hope you enjoyed the weekend. hope you pulled out the sun glasses. let's put that back in the box. wear going to start to see our next storm front that is

but look at these toasty -- i mean toasty temperatures. earlier we saw that bitter cold. it is all about the finish, folks. right now at the airport currently at 55 degrees. i am forecasting our high at 56 for the greater cleveland area. possibly nearing 60s towards stark and summit counties. well above normal. waking up to cloudy skies. hope you enjoyed that sunshine. we'll stay under mostly cloudy conditions. timing is everything. i want you to enjoy your afternoon. even early evening is going into 8:00, 9:00, that's when we start to see that rain start to float through here. want to show you the clouds that continue to float in. it's well towards our west. towards the north, they're dealing with storm systems. that's what's allowing for the cloud coverage.

we'll check out that seven day. we go from 50s, 40s, down to the 30s late next week. >> that cold is in sight. new details this morning about an ohio man being held by the department of homeland security in san diego. 23-year-old joel wright is charged with trying to travel to mexico in order to adopt or buy a child under 3 years old and have intercourse with it. wright thought he was speaking with a tour guide. in reality he was chatting with an i.c.e. agent who met and arrested him in san diego. wright who is from columbus is expected to be arraigned in federal court tomorrow. new this morning, an ohio police officer hoping to retire with his k9 partner. the city may not let him. while the officer is old enough to leave, the dog not so much. still in his working prime. the story has generated a lot of attention online and getting

>> reporter: this story is taking off. officer matthew hickey retired earlier this week after more than 30 years. he planned to pay for the dog the day he retired. the city of marietta says the k9 is city property and he must go to auction. his partner of three years ajack was appraised for $3500. the city says they are under strict rules because state and federal funds may have been used to purchase him. technically forfeited his right to buy ajax when he decided to retire. >> we need to start a -- the state and get legislation passed to where officers that retire in good standing gets the k9. >> a go fund me account was started. i've been keeping an eye on the account. almost $40,000 have been donated. any money left over after the auction will be donated to purchase bullet proof vests for

the bidding process is set to start this week. meg shaw, news channel 5. lots of interest in this story. we've been waiting for a signature win from lebron james and the cavs. the wine and gold took down the san antonio spurs at the q. >> good morning. talking cavaliers basketball after a nice 117-103 win over the san antonio spurs. what did we learn last night? >> we might be headed in the right direction here. we have four straight wins together now. it looks like we're making incremental growth. i think that the things that tyronn lue is starting to take hold. >> kyrie with 21, lebron with 29, kevin love with 21. the big three did what they needed to do. >> they've done that for a couple games now.

big three are performing a the a high level. we wanted to take it one game at a time see it if we can continue this trend. >> talking about the game. it was clear and evident kevin love was in the zone early and often. not only offense but defense. >> we are making a concerted effort to get involved. he's making a concerted effort to get himself involved. he can be counted on and trusted. we just want to take that, keep him involved and see if if we can make things happen with him in the mix. >> big word of the week was flow. are we seeing the flow? >> i think so. the mall is not sticking in peoples hands. it's moving around the horn. giving other people opportunities to contribute. when you do that you build confidence and continuity. that's what we want to do as we push forward. >> brad, looking forward to talking more cavaliers basketball throughout the season as we try to charge towards the playoffs. ashton carter it for morning sports.

while the cavs clicked on all cylinders, it wasn't all smooth sailing. he started the game wearing the wrong shorts. james was wearing the standard issue gold shorts while the rest of the team was wearing the classic uniform shorts. the equipment staff noticed, gave him the right shorts to change into. the team says an attendant put the wrong shorts in lebron's locker. new to browns news. once again johnny manziel doing his best to stay in the news for the wrong reasons. he was involved in another altercation with his girlfriend. it is the second time manziel has been questioned about an altercation with his girlfriend but not arrested. we want to show you dash cam video from avon. police following a roadway incident last year. it is the latest incident. -- in this last incident fort worth police were called to an apartment complex. manziel's former girlfriend told police she was concerned about him. officers questioned manziel but

the browns are trying to determine manziel's future in cleveland. >> we talked to johnny before he left. i know a big deal was made. but we have 53 players on the active and 10 more. there were a couple other prominent players. i'm sure he'll get around to talking to him. >> the browns declined to comment about this particular incident in texas. if they want to release manziel, the earliest they can do so is february 8th, the day after the super bowl next week. when we return, an ohio company is stepping away from its role in the daily fantasy sports industry. we'll explain why. there's a new initiative in ohio helping kids graduate high school in fewer than four years. janessa. starting off your sunday with clouds and temperatures in the 50s. i'll show you hour by hour when

good morning. i'm power of 5 meteorologist janessa webb. are we in winter or spring? spring is still about 48 days away. we are waking up to temperatures in into the mid50s. nearing 60s in some spots. seven day forecast. as we head into the rest of the afternoon, we are tracking in rain around p.m. tonight. -- 8:00 p.m. tonight. we start to see a storm system make its way in here. it's well towards our west right now. 8:00, 9:00 it starts to slice

even for your early morning commute, a little bit of high pressure builds back in. things dry out as we head into your mid afternoon. monday into tuesday. we do have that pacific storm affecting the west coast. severe weather towards the south. northeast ohio, we'll see our temperatures start to drop here. but nick, waking up this morning, 55 degrees. you can't beat that as we step out of january. >> certainly can't. not bad at all. take it every day of the week. developing, an ohio company that processes paints for daily fantasy sports sites saying they're done. pulling away from the $2 billion industry. according to the new york times. fanduel, draftkings and other daily fantasy sports sites have been under fire as several states have ruled the games illegal. losing a payment process soar would be the latest blow to the businesses.

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welcome back. 10:44 on your sunday. the iowa caucuses finally upon us as voters spread across the state tomorrow night, awarding the first delegates in the race

newschannel 5's john kosich is in iowa and has more from des moines. >> reporter: very good morning from iowa where tomorrow night the first votes in this race will be cast and no matter where you live in this 99 county state of just over 3 million people, you will likely be getting a visit from one or more of the candidates to your community this weekend. paining, john kasich. he focused heavily on iowa in 19 9. this time he's gone all in on new hampshire. that's where he's been campaigning all weekend. the campaign boasting he's receiving the endorsement of eight of ten granite state newspapers. yesterday landing the backing of the new york times. iowa is not traditional. polls aren't open all day. you have to show up tomorrow night at 7:00 at one of the nearly 1700 precincts and cast your vote in public.

actually votes. >> turnout is not that high. you win precinct by precinct. the delegates, you have to add them up. one of the problems some of these people have is heavy concentration but only in a few precincts of support. this is bernie sanders big challenge. ted cruz and his organizing has a more evenly distributed support statewide. >> one of those hoping for a big win is bernie sanders who is relying more and more on the support of a prominent clevelanders. we'll have that story at 6:00. right now elections officials in the buckeye state starting to send oversea voters their absentee ballots. our primary is just over a month away. set for march 15th. early voting begins february 17th. meaning residents who aren't registered must do so by february 16th in order to vote. military voters and overseas voters still have time to

new this morning out of italy, after eluding authorities for years, two major mafia bosses have been arrested. they were found in an underground bunker full of weapons. the two men are part of a dangerous criminal network known to be involved in kidnappings, corruption, drug trafficking, gammening and murders. it has between 100 and 200 members in had the united states as well. mostly in new york and florida. the search for missing flight 370 is now expected to ramp up today. a chinese ship equipped with advance sonar equipment will join the search for the plane. the flight disappeared with 239 people on board in 2014. the ship scheduled to leave today and join the search in the southern indian ocean by late february. trending this morning. are you hungry for a bite to eat? maybe she was. this video shows a female sand tiger shark gnawing the head off a smaller hound shark. this happened a the an aquarium

the male shark likely moved in on her turf of that female, so she just ate him. wildlife experts say she will likely regurgitate that shark in about a week because she can't fully digest him. do not move in on that female easter tour. that's the lesson of the day. shifting mow to weather. want to show you this shot. it was so pretty earlier taking a look at downtown cleveland across the shores of lake erie. picturers this morning. little lofty temperatures. >> love that shot. we showed this earlier. i wanted to check on the lake erie temperature. it's 33 degrees. that is well above normal for this time of year. usually going into february we start to see the lake freezing over. but we are seeing our water

along with our temperatures on shore. 55 degrees at the airport. nearly 20 to 30 degrees above our normal for this time of year. earlier this month when you're sitting there and saying wow, cooler temperatures tracking in, it is not about mow you start the month, it's about how you finish. look at this. well above normal. 47. controller towards ashtabula county into lake, geauga. power of 5. five live radars not picking any moisture up. could see isolated activity towards northern portions of ashtabula county. moving out fairly quickly. sitting under mostly cloudy conditions. this warmer air has been tracking in all weekend long. it's going to continue before we get a slice of a cold front that will move in around 8:00 to 9:00 tonight. you can see from our hour by hour. these temperatures are on the low side. we are already at 55 degrees. we're not going to be tomming that quickly going into about 5:00.

into the upper 50s. what i really want you to take note of is the icons here. staying under cloudy skies. then that rain starts to really track in here. you can see the well defined front. it's moving throughout omaha into the denver area. they're dealing with a lot of snowfall activity. as it tracks into northeast ohio. it moves in in the form of rain. taking a look as we head into the rest of the day. you can see rain starts to make its way in from erie, huron county into lorain by 8:15. becomes more widespread going into 9:00, 10:00 hour. this is more of an overnight event. it starts to sweep out by 5:00 to 6:00 a.m. not really impacting your early morning commute. but definitely overnight. so hopefully you didn't go get that car wash done yesterday. today, 56 degrees. i think the thermometer goes up

the afternoon. down to the lower 40s. upper 30s as we head into tonight. as this front starts to track in, gusty weather starts to make its way in. 15 to 25 miles per hour as it makes its way through. as we head into tomorrow, you can see the front will cause our temperatures to plummet throughout your afternoon. so by noon we'll be into the lower 30s once again. 29 for an overnight low. then we start to see another warm front tracks in here and stepping into next weekend, my 30 degrees. nick. >> yeah, much different thank you. teachers in ohio are starting to use a new app. some teachers in central ohio are testing a mobile app that sends daily customized reports. parents who join can use the platform to communicate with

they can ask the class or their pictures. senioritis. more and more students in our early. reporter laura wilson tells us about the initiatives to get kids further, faster. >> we take students, top with potential. college credit plus initiative in 2015, part of the idea was to make sure all ohio high schoolers knew about it. >> the program allows for greater access, increase enrollment in ap courses, how we offer additional support for our students. >> so they required every school district to explain the free college opportunity. participation increased. >> we've seen about a to percent increase. >> statewide nearly 32,000

since the inception. that's doubled from the state's previous post secondary program. >> our goal is to provide students with college experience especially and exposures. >> a senior at cleveland heights high school. but is also a full time college student at john carroll university. >> it's overwhelming at first. like, that's it? >> he's part of the first graduating class, a function of college credit plus that starts kids off in ninth grade. >> i felt prepared to be on equal level with all the college students. >> in the fall he'll be stepping into college as a junior, giving him only two years left to complete his undergrad. >> it feels great. it makes me feel like all this was worth it. all my hard work has paid off. >> good to see that achievement there. college credit plus is set to see more growth this year as it has expanded to include summer classes.

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finally this morning a star wars-themed painting taken away from an ohio pizza shop has been returned. it's who brought it back that heads. looks like there's a man in this video dressed as a storm trooper stopped by to return the stolen painting of r2-d2.

included a note from one darth vader. they plan to frame that, hang it back up. i guess switching over from the dark side. >> i can't deal. what? >> painting is not bad. >> at least he did the right thing. >> all means necessary to get their memorabilia. >> i guess. those of you wanting to enjoy the weather forecast. get out there when you can. it's a little wet and rainy today. still warm. >> not until 8:00. timing is everything. all day if you want to go for a run or be outside. have the sunglasses -- not really sunglasses. cloud coverage is taking over. 41 into tomorrow. a little bit of cooler air tomorrow evening before that big storm really affects us tuesday and wednesday. >> that's all the time we have for this morning on this sunday edition of good morning cleveland.