tonight a high school football game becomes about more than just the score. hundreds of balloons honor of fallen highway patrol trooper. he was struck and killed yesterday. joe was at tonight's tribute. he is live she scene in lake wood. >>reporter: it was an emotional scene at the stadium in amherst with students and parents sharing their thoughts.

dozens of state troopers and police officers standing at attention. his son was still playing in tonight's game in honor of his father. thousands paused for a moment of science. 1,000 blue balloons fill it had air in honor of him who was killed yesterday when a driver left the highway and hit him while he was monitor that. i looked up and stared at it for a moment. it was very powerful. >>reporter: emotional parents grew up with him. their sons played baseball together. >> definitely i miss you, man. you should be here tonight watching your son play. we're definitely going to miss you here in amherst. >>reporter: and then it was game time. christian wanted to play tonight

father would have wanted. he wore an arm band that said fly high. they took to the field a 20 point underdog. amherst played a spirited game on the ground. the comets also scoring repeatedly to take a half time lead. christian played tough defense. >> it's awesome what he's doing. he's doing field. they're performing better than i've ever seen them. >>reporter: tonight's tribute left them with a single message. >> all the officers that have lost their lives to impaired drivers, don't do drugs or drink and drive. it's not worth it. it's tough. >>reporter: amherst won 54-13.

>> the tributes to the trooper began earlier today when a procession escorted his body to the funeral home. that route took the trooper back down where he was struck and killed yesterday. firefighters raised a flag from an overpass in lake wood as the procession drove past. family and friends lined the streets in a show of respect. the man accused of hitting the trooper is scheduled to court tomorrow morning. he was charged with aggravated vehicle homicide. he was under the influence of drugs at the time of the crash. we now know the name of the second woman found dead in a home in ashland. her name is elizabeth griffith. had man accused of killing her and kidnapping a third woman is

he appeared in court on video saying he had no money, job, or home. he also confessed to killing another woman. he has not been charged in that case. a cleveland police officer charged with neglect homicide tonight. for unknown reasons, officer alan buford discharged his weapon last year. jones was killed. police did say j them with a weapon. if cricketed, the officer could spend six months in jail. two east cleveland officers are fausing charges -- facing charges accused of beating a prisoner back in july. the officers were fired shortly after the incident. fshz.

see that. the conversation already getting heated in columbus less than 48 hours after a 13-year-old was shot and killed by a officer yesterday. a town hall meeting was held tonight to answer questions about the death of tyree king. the woman you saw earlier was escorted out. she felt she was being silenced. leaders say they wanted to give everybody a chance to voice concerns. hope you enjoy it had clear skies today. it's about to change and change big. take it away. >> a big full moon visible tonight across the area. get ready. clouds are moving in and rain will follow. follow me over here around the corner.

radar is dry. that's the payoff here. dry weather on the power of five. a few isolated showers toward detroit. we've got 70s in the area. now look at the rain. oh, boy. and look where they're aiming. they'll aim right toward you and i in northern ohio. right toward you and there's an isolated chance for a shower or thunderstorm. i think the best chance for rain will arrive saturday beginning during the morning. service be a soggy saturday. we'll track the rain and give you the browns and tribe outlooks for the weather weekend coming up. meantime, car maker tesla under scrutiny under its auto

system say they previously warned tesla about the hands free feature. the company says they slit from tesla because the company was pushing the envelope in terms of safety. it will now use a radar based system that's better than cameras for hands free driving. new problems tonight for samsung after reports of other samsung received 92 reports of batteries overheating that results in 26 reported burns and 55 rorlts of profit -- reports of property damage from fires. >> we want consumers to have a safe replacement that they can use. >> you do have a choice. you can get a replacement phone

tienlt. the first lawsuit has been filed against wells fargo by customers for clething fees for millions of unauthorized accounts. it accuses the bank of inl evaluation of privacy and breach of contract. the plaintiffs are asking for compensation to cover damages, anxiety, and legal fees. good news in the fight against the zika virus tonight. doctors in philadelphia are testing a people. it's entirely synthetic. >> navy sales rehearse and don't necessarily shoot somebody. same thing. we're rehearsing so they would be prepared. >> doctors say there are signs the vaccine is working. the fda will decide if and when it can be given to the public. an jou break of a rather

twlr over 700 cases of crypto in the columbus area. people who are sick are asked to stay out of the water. health officials are expecting the outbreak to get worse before it gets better. a new information about a distemper outbreak. they euthanize animals. -- halt. the company seen in this video spraying a pesticide to kill bed bugs in the social security office in cleveland back in february is now responding after an investigation found it may have made some people sick. central exterminating company admits the way the pesticide was

but it did use the right chemical and any other pesticide was likely from their equipment. they have new equipment only useded for bed bug treatment. donald trump shocks the political world by changing his tune on a issue he has argued for half a decade. the first lady called out trump. plus a fast acting thief has but this take wasn't real. >> weather wise, here it comes. rain and a slow moving front. how long the rain will stay. will it soil and sog all of your weekend plans. coming up. and a poll lar game could be putting lives at risk.

it looks like the perfect heist. a crook kicks through the duct work in the ceiling. he will break into a cash register and steal all the money and escape. seems like he pulled it off. one problem. the cash register is a toy and the money was fake. his face was caught on camera.

been the nath's best known birther, the name given to those who question whether president obama was born in the united states. the birth ser stiff cat hasn't satisfied some. today, trump threw in the towel. >>reporter: from donald trump, a full retreat from a long standing allegation. >> president president obama born in the united states, period. >>reporter: but if trump was expecting any credit, hillary clinton's campaign called his statement a sickening did say play. >> he has led the dirther movement to delegitimize our first black president. there is no erasing it. >> donald trump is a disgusting fraud. >> this man cannot be elected.

he's a bigot. and he's a racist. >>reporter: president obama himself philosophical. first lady warned against electing trump. >> they are under the hottest harshest light and there is no way to hide who they really are. at that point it's too late. >>reporter: a large rally in miami, a signs saying blacks for trump. >> when they're in trouble, they always pull out the racist word. >>reporter: our partners have checked trump on the birther issue several times before. they did so again today. take a listen to exactly what he said today. >> hillary clinton and her campaign of 2008 started the

i finished it. you know what i mean. >>reporter: they say that some clinton supporters circulated that rumor in the last day of the 2008 primary after clinton conceded. but they says there is no record at all that hillary clinton or another in her campaign promoted the birther theory let alone started it. they rate his claim as false. now a health alert you probably never expected to hear. stop kissing chickens. you heard me right. the cdc says a new study found an increase in salmonella cases as more people raise chickens.

kissing them. the cdc says 13% of these cases were linked to this show of affection. nearly half of patients studied say they snuggled baby economics or kept chickens in the house. -- chicks. we're learning about how dangerous pock mon go is. one-third of the tweets indicated a driver or walker was involved in a car while distracted by the game. they were focused on catching pokemon. according to news reports, the game was linked to 14 car crashes in the study.

get rid of chickens. kissing chickens? well i guess there are worse things. >> name one. >> cooking chickens. wow. all right. thank you. i've learned a lot on tonight's show. let's go to the live cleveland tower cam now. here we go. we are dry downtown. a nice look excellent weather tonight. the football games were dry. and brad paisley concert, thumbs up. five live radar is going round and round. isolated shower near columbus. great pics s of the full harvest moon tonight. look at that.

full moon although clouds are beginning to creep in and fill the sky. the warm front brought a band of showers into western ohio. those showers as expected have mainly faded out. it will take a little while to get more rain in here. lower 70s and upper 60s in the area. 75 downtown. humidity is up. dew points are going up into the the warm front moves in. it will be humid tienlt. look at all the rain out here. here's the front. warm front going through now. showers and thunderstorms tomorrow, on and off rain. it will be soggy on and off through the saturday. it will be hard to get dry weather. here we go. 8:00 a.m. tomorrow, showers

late afternoon. saturday at 11:00, isolated thunder. the good news there, tribe game and browns game dry for your sunday afternoon. tomorrow's tribe game at 4:10, we'll keep an eye on that. join me on twitter. we'll have the latest for you. 70 degrees tienlt and clouds thicken up a little -- all of you will see some rain and a few thunderstorms. akron tonight, 67. tomorrow 78. let's bring it on, cleveland browns. 70s, rain moves out and we'll be dry. seven day quickly. here we go. morning shower sunday and 78. 82 monday. lower and middle 80s through next friday.

the ballpark tonight. plus a lot of high school football on the way.

the indians against the tigers. cleveland detroit. it's a bizarre play. where is it? it clears the 19-foot wall for a ground rule double. you don't see that every day. indians crush the tigers 11-4. check out the sign.

four. several teams still unbeaten heading into tonight. there's a pair of matchups between unbeatens. we start with bed ford. here we go. the tiger mascot is doing the dab. michael finds his way through a crowd and takes it bedford goes for two. let me get that two point conversion. it's good. bear cats up 28-14. norris apparently wearing some type of no tackle cologne. >> look at those wheels.

got another battle of unbeatens between avon and mid view. it was avon beating them on this night. avon down 21-7 at one point and rallied back. avon wins 45-28. avon 4-0. >> speaking of unbeaten, medina third quarter after a long run, they got close. they extend the lead 35 to 7. medina is too strong tonight. takes it in the for the score.

field with flag in hand. getting on the board first. he turns on the wheels then makes a nice move inside. he's going to the house. it's 8-0. sinclai rishgs is showing off his speed. no one can watch him. look at him they miss the extra point. it's 21-0 when brunswick gets their offense going. they can't complete the comeback. >> bruins down 7-0. peterson hangs one up and brad

touchdown run. tied up at 7. there was an upset 27-26. way to go. >> there's cheer leaders with plenty to cheer for. smith in the first half with a beauty for the first touchdown of the game. they did not stop there. kennedy pulmonary ls his through for the score. the comets win 54-13. >> rangers hosting bulldogs. first quarter, no score. look at big luke. stiff arm, breaking some tackles. right outside the red zone. my man goes for six.

another busy news week. thanks for being here. that'll do it for us for now. thanks for being would you say.

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