. >> as the civil rights movement was unfolding annette blackwell was a child. born 15 miles from selma, alabama and her father a minister moved the family to cleveland in 1964 when she was a toddler. the family went back home to alabama every summer for blackwell to help her those summers blackwell tells me much different than her life in the north. >> no looking directly at a white person's eyes you look down. on the sidewalk you have to move over or get off the sidewalk and everything was yes, ma'am and no ma'am. >> blackwell was the keynote speaker today where she told her story because ... >> you see annette blackwell made history by becoming the first african-american mayor of maple heights. she worked hard to show people she could do anything she set her mind to. >> i became strong. >> while never forgetting where she came from. she never met mlk but he certainly influenced her life. >> he was a hope for the people i flew up with. they looked to him for home. that was the reason for the picture in the house. that was the hope. >> the picture that blackwel

attorneys and defendants , governor john kasich appointing a replacement. history making mayor, annette mcmillon blackwell took the oath of office at the city high school last night she is the city's first african-american elected mayor and also the first female mayor she is a businesswoman and one for parties is to keep the city fiscally responsible. went to go outside with a fresh first look at our weather with. >> lots of sunshine . starting a warming trend to continue through much of the weekend . we have some 30s . 37 degrees ashtabula . they, low to mid '40s an afternoon with sunset . uneventful night at hand . they be changing, currently dry, want to show you, have to go to texas, oklahoma the area of low pressure, coldly panhandle hook . it will move north and west of us, bring in some rain, a warmfront, rainfall tomorrow and sunday and also soulful . talk about this panhandle system and also several shots of arctic air behind it . and even some clipper systems bringing snowfall for the rest of us . if you like snowfall snowfall, weekend forecast coming up are >> on update on miners trapped rescue

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annette mcmillian blackwell took the oath of office at the city's high school last night. she is the city's first african american to be elected mayor. she's also the city's first female mayor. annette is a businesswoman, and one of her priorities while campaigning was to keep the city fiscally responsible. two macy's department stores will be closing in northeast ohio, as part of a restructuring effort with the chain. after more than two decades, the macy's at midway mall in elyria is closing. meantime, the macy's at chapel hill mall in akron which opened in 1967 is also shutting down. around the nation. 155 workers in northeast ohio will be affected. some are being offered other positions. macy's released a statement yesterday, reading in part it is essential that we maintain a portfolio of the right stores in the right places. it continues so we will continue to add stores selectively while also being disciplined about closing stores that are unproductive or no longer robust shopping destinations. final clearance sales at the closing stores will begin monday, and run for