cleveland heights, you need to tell them to take cover. if you don't have power and storms are coming at you, it is not a good idea. >> and brooklyn heights, and brooklyn, you are almost out of it. >> let's go to kevin. he shot video from a bit ago. kevin are you there? >> i am here, hey. what does it feel like? were you driving when the storm came through? what did you see fist. >> b i up my daughter from summer camp in hilliard at westlake. i sent video, i don't know if you got it yet. the front edge of the thunderstorms. it was coming in and it got really dark. it rained and a little bit of hail and cars stopped it was so dark and everyone was putting their flashers on and trees came down and it is scary because you don't see the power lines. it was dark. you couldn't really move far a couple minutes there. heavy winds. >> beth: everyone is safe, right? >> everyone is safe. it kind of blew through and bright skies now. it was moving pretty quick. >> beth: they move quick. it was maybe 20 minutes would you say? >> 15, 20 minutes. >> beth:

live in cleveland heights, dan deroos, getting answer. back to you. >> tiffani: thank you, dan. >>> a viewer in strongsville woke up to find this in his backyard. lightning struck his tree and literally peeled the bark right off. it sounded like a bomb went off in his backyard. pieces were found 100 feet away. thanks for those pictures. >> beth: take a look. we pulled up another traffic camera. traffic is moving great. 80 and 480. can you see the road spray coming off the vehicles with the heavy rains coming down. not going to be where the water will start collecting. we will see huge downpours. there was a flood advisory out. we will continue to get saturated. over and over and over again. right in that camera view, 80. meeting up with 480. and getting soaked. south of north ridgeville. you are seeing conditions lighten up a bit. you are in heavier rain now and a whole trail of showers and storms from sandusky county all the way through. my goodness through geauga and youngstown at this point. some carry potentially very dangerous heavy

all morning removing trees and power lines off the road to make itor possible a big stretch of cleveland heights was hit near thousands without power around the area especially here in cleveland you are asked to use a different routear mlk in university circle that area as a lot a lot a lot of streetlights downmlmle when that happens its become a four-way stop use cautionme in that area as well e will keep you updated on power outages buter hit areasoa you don't go where e power line is acres of been accursed been out here and nos this is one of the areas we will keep you updated on. >> reporting live from cleveland heightss we check back with you other news an alarming surge and overdoses here in ohio is prompting a call for action. put together by an out-of-state activists is nonprofit group is >> what we have here is an epidemic of killing people around heref and it needs to stp today. >> 's mission is personal and understood all too well by thousands gatheredisn tuesday night. i lost my bus from best friend jason when he diedr my daughter's boyfriend it died it was killing my town. a grassro

and we spoke to the people behind this and nick foley is live in cleveland heights, the artist who created the statues is a clevelander and he's from here in cleveland heights and he agreed to do the project if only one of the statues was placed here in the hometown am -- hometown. the only way is why of police escort you to where it's impounded. one of five donald trump statues was placed in cleveland heights yesterday on coventry road. it was taken down in less than an hour by police. the chief telling us the same would be done with public property. in the time it was up it -- it was up, it got quite a bit like the other statues placed in new york, los angeles, seattle, and san francisco. the group commissioning the work is called in decline. a spokesman told us that they're a protest of trump's rise up the political ladder. the artists himself referring to himself as ginger said he wishes the statue will have lasted longer. >> and we knew from the get go dismantled pretty quickly. but, i believe cleveland was the quickest to be take know down with very little fanfare. and that iss did h

again, we're at lutheran east high school in cleveland heights just off of mayfield road. for now, i'm dan deroos, cleveland 19. >> mark: >> romona: okay. good job out there, dan. thank you. >>> coming up at 4:00. >> mark: we're getting answers on how to prevent lyme disease today, to access the number one care in ohio. simply click in for an express care online visit any hour - day, or night. walk in to our express care clinics or our 24/7 emergency departments or call in today for an appointment today. cleveland clinic is here for you. anytime, anytime. anywhere. find your way to the best care, at clevelandclinic.org/access . >>> welcome back. lyme disease affects more than 3,000 people each year. now how to prevent getting bit by ticks that prevent this disease. marley hall has information. >> reporter: this family has been battling lyme disease for years. dad mark was first to be infectioned in 2010. >> i noticed i would get dizzy finally diagnosed me. >> reporter: his wife and two children were diagnosed years later. >> it's been a really long road for us. >> reporter:

all of these old trees that are typical of cleveland heights are down. the couple that lives here, the woman karen is on oxygen. they have been without power since tuesday running on a generator. ironically, the generator they're using needs to be returned to their cousin who lives in lakewood who's without power. this is the story. this is we know that they are making progress here. there are teams of first energy workers outside as we speak. as the mouser go by, we're decreasing the number. we'll continue to keep an eye on it out here. i'm live in cleveland heights. channel 3 news. >> rough for a lot of folks. thank you. from rio with great news about athletes from northeast ohio. today not so much. sarah joins us from brazil with the latest. hello. >> reporter: you said it. we are beginning week two here in rio if you can believe it. that means track and field which i know is at stake. i'm going to skip ahead to that now. there's one name you're going to want to cheer for. that's the university of akron. clayton murphy in round one slowed him in the m

right now, cleveland heights, you can see the storm damage yesterday. we talked about the storms over that came through hard and we saw a good amount of rain fallling from the storms. cloudy conditions and most of the viewing area right now and we have some okay going on. and you can see there on the line. just outside of new franklin. parts of brown and carrollton county, the lighter rain and heavier initially starting to lighten up as we start to see it lose the feel and then we head farther south out of the viewing area. the northeastern component could impact tuscaroras county and we and into coshockton. and so, the last of the storms that we saw roll through last night exited through ashtabula and in ashtabula county. you can see we're mainly dry and light showers north of andover there into pennsylvania. and still, they're under a flash flood warning as well as watch and really triggering off a lot of warnings and watches due to the storms we saw roll through last night. this is a look at the next few scattered showers and thunderstorms and resemb

asking questions, getting answers in cleveland heights denise zarrella, cleveland 19. >> romona: if you lost power we have more information about power outages and keeping your refrigerator and freezer doors if it is half full. after an outage when in doubt, throw it out. grouping foods together helps them stay cold longer. fill empty spaces with frozen jugs of water or bags of ice. more tips are on our app. there's another app that will help you. cleveland 19 news forecast app. can you track the storms affecting your neighborhood, live radar on your phone. >>> sending p >> some were photo shopped they were absolutely amazing. dan deroos over at the big board from earlier today. >> dan: some look out of a movie scene. >> and first thing touching on firstenergy power outage map. i think we broke it and storms came through. zero people without power. we know that's not possible. at one point that number was as high as 57,000 and a new system councilman zack reed, he was in his councilman's office and take a look at the storm. that is a shelf cloud that many saw out over the lake in westla

earlier this morning i spoke with a cleveland heights police officer. he told me intersections are on generators, so those important intersections, they're using generators to power the traffic signals. the department of forestry in cleveland heights, they are working to get all of this up and out of the roadway, all of this debris, all of these branches. coming up in the next i'm going to put in call to first energy to get an idea of how long it mike take for -- might take for them to get the power back home. that could happen around 6:00 this morning, but we want to see what the process is and how it is moving along. for now i'm going to turn it over to holly. >>> thank you for that. maybe this is one of those where you're watching and you have power but you know maybe you have friends in the cleveland heights area you can this morning. it's going to be a pretty active day again, too. we're going to transition with quieter weather for the morning drive. we have a lot of humidity in place. i think there will be some patchy fog, which will be a tough on

in the meantime, social media page set up to help find aci missing cleveland heights manhee has now been located the to find evan buyere facebook page says he's been found near cincinnati the 36 rolled was last seen one week ago the facebook page did not provide any details on who found him. we did reach out to the cleveland heights to police department is that they will be releasing information later this morning. >> a cryptic hit list with the names of law enforcement officers into counties as authorities on high alert the list was discovered and port clinton naming specific officers andof sheriff's deputies from several departments andfr ottawa and what counties along with four residency out of county sheriff immediately notify the fbi and they are calling it a charges of driving under the influence this morning lieutenant was pulled over last month highway patrol report states she had a loaded handgun in her purse on the floor next to her.a she was the officer of the year and 2015. she pleaded not guilty to all charges. >> disappointed sports fans now wanted the national football lea

why one popped up here in cleveland heights. >> and trashing textbooks. why the brand-new works are ripped apart instead of going to local schools. >> and start your friday off with weather and traffic together. kristen byrne is watching the drive time for on you our friday morning and janessa webb has the hour-by-hour forecast. and how's it looking? >> and looking fantastic to start off your morning and clear skies. the temperatures on the morning this morning. and mid-50s for wayne county and lower 70s for greater cleveland. and it's seeing a temperature contrast there. across the board, though, the humidity is a lot better than earlier this week and mid-50s wonderful day to be outside for your early afternoon to enjoy all of the sunshine and unfortunately, we have storms into the northwest and the severe weather threat for the central plains and some of that activity is starting to move across northeast ohio and by this 2:00 hour to not rule out the possibility of a few isolated raindrops into the 5:00 hour. kristen. >>> thank you so much, janessa and

cleveland heights. storms came through tuesday night to wednesday morning. some folks still don't have power. here's the reason why. take a look cleveland heights now off south taylor. not only did it completely cover the yard, it took out the fence. behind me, the garage is deep in there. it is crushed. that took down power lines is a big issue. that's why folks don't have power. that's probably until 12:30 at the earliest. that's what we're hearing from out here this morning. there were storms last night. some of you sent in amazing pictures. we take the weather vehicle on the road this morning to cleveland. images like this from 185th street on east side of cleveland from donna. take a look at this formation here in the upper part of this storm. huge area of very heavy rain, lots of rain with this storm. that wall cloud which produced a lot there are going to be additional showers and thunderstorms later this afternoon. as those storms move in, there could be additional opportunities for strong gusty

locally, it was placed in cleveland heights on coventry road on the sidewalk. as you see, as you're about to see, it makes quite a statement. a donald trump live size statue completely in the nude and this one lasted less than an hour before it was taken down by police. similar pieces went up in seattle, san francisco, new york, and los angeles. and the artist is known as calling it says in decline. the group spokesman told us the statues are a call for action against donald trump. >> this is our, i guess our way, this is our way of protesting trump's existent, essentially -- existence, is to say we're beyond dismayed he made it this far. >> a statue in cleveland heights remains here in police custody, if you will, impounded. they cost about $6,000 to make that police can keep it. reporting in cleveland heights, nick foley for newschannel 5. >>> in menner, lake catholic high school's football team is being investigated for hazing some of the players. they tell us that it's aware of the allegations, the school, and it has taken corrective measures against those

all paul kiska in cleveland heights hit hardest and first meteorologist sarah blake is keeping a close watch on the next storm heading our way. >> we do have thunderstorms ongoing through the afternoon dumping as inches on the east side. we go from boston to hudson and north field center as it moves to the northeast. dumping about two inches per hour with lightning, a potential for strong winds. driving on 271 and 480 is going to be stronger with the windshield wipers on that high setting. trying to keep up with the rainfall in place. south of eastville's corner there was the potential for rotation and that has not been depicted on radar. heavy rainfall for us. trying to impact cuyahoga. for those over wednesday your rainfall inching closer and closer. i do think within 30 or 45 minutes you will see the thunderstorms getting close to you as well. you see the lightning and hear the thunder indoors even if it not raining at your house. thunderstorm parked on top of you and driving on 480 and a lot slower and barea hitting you soon and brook park you are up next as well. huron with thunde

cleveland heights suffered some of the worse damage. high winds down and utility poles and toppled large trees including this one that crashed on coventry road. and tara you are watching storms firing to the west. >> the heaviest rainfall currently in erie county in sandusky. to anyone on the lake you need because we have extremely heavy rainfall and strong winds with the thunderstorms. want to show you the rainfall race over sandusky. 3-inches per hour. that's a lot of rainfall in a short amount of time. your darker purples indicating two inches and huron you are seeing an inch. heavy pockets in summit county south of us driving on what will be issues over 480 moving towards the east bay and auburn. be careful for me. a little bit lighter east side. you have lost the flood advisory. one viewer said he had two-and- a-half inches with the next round headed your way. so watch out for the big water way on the roadways and turn around and find a different route. everybody inside. here is the damage on the tree from a lightning strike in kin

that could be a long time without power for those cleveland heights. cleveland is 4,290. the spots orange is cleveland height, that's the worst. yellow is the next worst. you can zoom in on different spots that you live in or relatives lie live in and let them know about outages in their area. a look at the maps. we have downed trees and wires across the area. highways look very, very good, as you see. downed wire at columbia road and atkinsman. brian. >> brian: thanks so much, laura. the cuyahoga county fair is in town all week. we give away tickets coming up in about 20 minutes. we will tell you how you can win some tickets. the fair is great, too. >> tia: we already had one winner, dorothy this morning. you have a chance to win as well. >>> a scare for indians manager terry francona. we will update you how he's doing after missing last night's game with chest pain. police shoot during a shoot or there's something out there. that can be serious, even fatal to infants. derstand the danger your new grandchild faces. talk to your doctor or pharmacist about [ fly buzzing ]

entire house shook when this tree came down, this is on the corner of clermont in avondale in cleveland heights. this damage is everywhere. berkshire road was another hard-hit street.e things began going everywhere. i went back into the house i came outside and don't know if it was a tornado, but it was son aroundnd 1030 last night wh the tree with on to the home on of many thrown around the neighborhood. fire chiefs is the damage is widespread across the area working around the clock to clear the roads and make that the power lines are blocked off, no injuries reported except for a man with smoke inhalationex from a small fire, which he says he loves everybody remained safe today and do not go near the damage. >> to want to go near any of it becausese there are wires tangled around most of the stuff they can charge the entire areata especially fences the downed tree debris just avoid those areas altogetherer we caution tape most of it some stuff not because we don't know about it yetst just avoid it altogether and call it into the fire departmen we can look at it. another issue, power outages,

it was taken out in that microburst here in cleveland heights. it really lead to a close call for the family that lives in the home right here. michael adams and his family inside their family room watching tv at time that the storm would come through unaware of what was happening outside. the wind and the rain that will be so intense that they would have no idea that the tree came down within feet of crashing where it was stopped by an oak tree in our yard with a 45- degree angle. about two feet away from the oldest kid's head. >> reporter: not only was the family lucky that they didn't come crashing through their family room that they would have friends and family in the neighborhood and they have not lost any food because of the power outage. this area has not had power since tuesday night. in cleveland heights mike brookbank news channel 5. >>> th been hit hard by this week's storms. clean up is also happening on the west side and that it is where we would find our paul kiska. some crews you spoke to today said that clean up, i'm here on elmw

up next would be cleveland heights, shaker heights, warrensville heights, garfield heights, and bedford. remember to slow down in weather like this. guys? are you hearing anything about problems out there on the roads? i was just looking at liam to information. i think a big note is that the stoplights are out and that we have 48,000 people without power. that is a major, major problem for us out here. we now have a picture. let's take a look at what you are going to be dealing with and what you may find. if we can take a look at that now. showers and thunderstorms, because of a severe thunderstorm warning in cuyahoga, it is likely extended. i'm having trouble getting that for you. if we can take a look at your picture. there we go. while. that is an incredible picture. is is a picture from mark olmsted, i think. certainly this may be over the rock hall. this is that major thunderstorm that was causing problems over the lake as well. we've had marine warnings with 34 to 40 kn winds. backing capsizing boat quick. 3 inches of rainfall. that is some very strong lowering in the front a litt

last night's storm causing widespread damage in cleveland heights. >> cleanup underway as they wak up to a cleanup as matt wright looks at the aftermath. >> don't have to look far to find damage in cleveland height especially at lutheran east hig school, it toppled to massive trees i around 10:00 p.m. heavy rain. with winds gusting up to 80 mph in cleveland heights part of a microburst downing power lines cutting power to about 10,000 and many traffic signals. knockdown branches toppling large trees and damaging homes. felt like somebody lifted the roof of the house. thise storm damage in clevelan heights the wire chief hopes to keep it that way to want everybody to steer clear of debris that could includede dow power lines. first energ expect to have powerful restore by 10:00 p.m. tonight, matt wright fox 8 news. out east of more than 200 homes in mentor are without rainfall toppled trees and knocking downed power lines this is mentor road and garfield roa they say transformer, firear , ntor avenue was blocked for most morg nandnd now down to just one lane in both direction as theydo

where harry was in cleveland heights, just off university circle, we can click on some of these. these people all day have been seeing these estimates at 10:00 tonight to get their power back. let me go down to this one. you kwan -- you can see the estimates have been pushed to 6:00 p.m. tomorrow night. that's a long day, a long, hot night of trying to sleep and then maybeot to pow wi in -- up to power in the morning. they have extra crews and they are trying to get the power back on, but it is a lot longer delay. >> one of the cleveland police officers fired over a chase and deadly shooting shooting in 2012 is trying to get his job back. he was one of the 13 police officers who fired a total of 137 bullets into a car after the chase killing timothy russell and melissa williams. as we told you at the top of the newscast, cleveland city council voted to take down the gazebo where 12-year-old tamir rice was shot and killed by police. we learned it will be dismantled next month and eventually will go on display at a chicago for the past year rice's mother told cleveland 19 news that

up to the east in cleveland heights. i know you've been checking this map all day because your family day. waiting for that power to go back on. >> for a lot of you, yesterday's storms triggered this outage. another batch of you was two nights ago. you haven't had power in days. first energy is saying power should be back on at midnight. i know families are west africaing the clock. >> absolutely. no time is soon euclid heights boulevard, what we're told is a thousand people are still without power in cleveland heights. keep in mind, most have been since tuesday waiting it out. we found a guy down the street that said he's been waiting since tuesday because his wife is on oxygen. we also met george here who's in from atlanta at his mom's house here. so you've had power. it blinked out and now you're out now. >> yeah. hopefully it's just they're else. i think they have to shut it off for safety concerns. hopefully in the next half hour, they'll hook it back up. >> right. from your mouth to god's ears, everyone is waiting.

lakewo cleveland heights lead the way. you can find someone without power in almost every community right here in northeast ohio. >>> if your drive taking you down through westlake or bay village, you may change yurt route this morning. >> trees down all over the place there, and this one on columbia road may be there for a few more hours. >> lakewood i was hit heart hard. >> we saw some power trucks. massive deal with the cavs, three years and $100 million. the highest-paid player in the league. >> samantha: i always think of that. on a more serious note, we are going live out to lakewood right now where we have a tree on a house. now, this is not from anything this morning. this is from yesterday aide thunderstorms. it's beautiful right now, but this picture is why i tellou to treat any severe thunderstorms in this environment as you would treat a tornado warning, because it can be every bit as dangerous. late day thunderstorms and more rain through the weekend. >> laura: the biggest heads-up is that situation on columbi

live in cleveland heights, >> i. and thank you. and nick foley is here at the live desk and new details coming in here. police said that power is along menner avenue between garfield and center street in that area and the storm is sparking a fire at willoughby south high school. a large transformer inside a utility room blow up and caught fire at the school and filled the school with smoke. the fire caused electrical today to see if the first day of school is affected, and that is one week from tomorrow. >>> and now as the morning sprint continues, let's check in with meg shaw. >> and conversations can be huge in cuyahoga heights because of the district's superintendent. the parents said they want answers as tote -- at tonight's school board meeting. a week ago today, the district superintendent was placed on administrative leave and the school board is not saying why. a they're investigating, quote, allegations and related matters. what the allegations are, no one knows. they even say they hope the investigation wraps up in -- bar

from the cleveland heights university heights school district. informing them about an incident but the message was not very specific. >> . it's my child. i care. i want to make sure my son is safe. >> . university heights police tell us that around 3:30 last thursday, 17 year-old cleveland heights high school student was raped. while walking home from school. the girl was first walking with a friend. investigators say a young man followed the teen. and somewhere about a quarter mile from where she lived. he raped her: >> . university heights police believe this was an isolated incident. and do not believe there is a serial rapist on the loose. also without being specific they believe that it is possible that the suspect knew the victim. but the victim may not have known the suspect. >> yes it's concerning. i have sisters. i have friends that are female. thy stuff on a daily basis. i don't want anything to happen. >> . >> it's a lot of things details that no one knows. that should go out there. >> >> residents of the cleveland heights and univers

people are waking up in the dark here in this cleveland heights neighborhood again. first energy reporting about 27,000 people without power and some of the estimates for the power to be restored is 6:00 a.m. and we're going to keep you updated and let you within if that happens. live in cleveland heights, sarah phinney, newschannel 5. >> and i want to check in with kristen byrne now. >> and people will have to watch the side streets today. >> and a lot of people me go back. it's closed because of storm damage there and we zoom in. garfield road to 6:15 and that is where it's closed and look at that second there and we're talking about downed trees and downed power lines as well and make sure you follow me on twitter at kristen underscore byrne. a poll in the tree blocking the road and east 55th and kinsman. follow me on twitter. i have a lot of more road closures because of those issues. >> and a lot of things to be aware of before people head out today. >> and we thank you, we have more news and damage from overnight relating to the storms to tell you about here at

live in cleveland heights. i'm investigator sarah buduson newschannel 5. >> several west side community are cleaning up earlier. residents on brookville road in avon lake are dealing with on and off again power issues. a first energy spokesperson says downed branches were to street brought a new generator. >> i was not happen about that. however, it is a good thing to have. since we do lose power and with the storms coming this winter, we will need it. it is an investment into our house. >>> several residents also told us they had to toss several items from refrigerators and freezers because of that outage. >> and now is a good time to remind you about the storm shield app. it alerts you acts as weather radio. storm shield is available for apple android products. >> mother nature had beautiful pictures across southeast ohio. >> wicked weather moved across southeast ohio and our viewers were ready to capture the work. neighborhoods, over the city skyline and green golf courses. thick clouds and heavy downpours.

worst areas are still cleveland and cleveland heights. cleveland currently 726 customers that do not have power. cleveland height currently 2,427. that has gone down and down. at 4:30 that was in the 4,000 now 2,427. so we are improving, and they hope to have all power restored by 6:00 this evening. let's go to the traffic maps now and take a look around and see how it's moving on the highways. that is a good sign this morning. still early, 6:20, but we're moving towards friday, and we like to see that on a thursday morning commute. it gets hard as the week goes on, right? there's your drive times. they are all in the green. coming up, we have your west side commute at 6:33. >> tia: another mentor. every where else in my life i say mentor. so when i see it, i have a slight pause to say it's not mentor but mentor. >> brian: i think it's because a place, but also what one person can do for another. even here we say mentor. >> tia: that's what you would say no matter what? >> brian: yeah, no matter what. >> tia: that's interesting. young kid

the microburst yesterday and cleveland heights about 80 mph wind gust. this will cool down making thisis more dense and he so it falls or rapidly from the clouds so that is the potential for some of these over th could be some flooding in some areas of heavy rainfall in the same spot over a prolonged amount of timee long route 80 a along the turnpike and thunder near mosquito lake. we have the washington. the lightning detector is at 5,000 strikes over 1 inch at hopkins. a lot less youngstown area where you could use a lot more. made a break earlier this morning is still hot and humid. tonight if you even storms otherwise partl cloudy tomorrow, chance of afternoon showers. '90s. rest of the weekend forecast in kids go back to the first day of school. high winds, downed trees and property damage it is tempting to deal with contractors to offer help knocking on your door.oo >> lorrie taylor says i could b an expensive mistake joins us i tips to protect your pocketbook in tonight's call fo action consumer report. >> be careful of contractors wh show up on y

of the public displays interfering with the pedestrian walkways to statue is is an automatic cleveland heights waiting for the owners to claim theyan >> still to come a shocking scene in the back of a police cruiser a suspect tirade is just at the beginning see what happened once the cruiser was >> welcome back a police officer ina a suspect in jail after the officers patrol car crashed and flipped since the suspect sitting the suspect flying out the back window before the crash the suspect make an older looking younger did manage to partially listen himself in handcuffs to the police car door he also sparked a lighter and tried to burn the car at one point then well forget that crash happened the video shows that getting sucked right out the back window amazingly he was able to get out and run officers caught up with him a was going on they just kept on going, cars and no space three ambulances here i was just i wasn't sure until i saw them when the guy that. >> the officer had to be cut out of that car and was flown to the hospital he was conscious and talking to matter. we are told the susp

cleveland heights fire department is warning residents to not cross yellow caution tape. crews are cautiously removing fallen branches that are resting on power lines. >>> thieves in chardon did not from a grieving woman. >> reporter: a low from a grief that stole from the cemetery in chardon. tonight the family is trying to do something about it. she knows something about loss. first she lost her fiance raymond in a tragic accident only weeks before their wedding. now five years later she has lost a beautiful bronze statue she commissioned for his grave. lewis had recently been back from texas to visit hen she noticed it missing. an angel in mourning that took more than a year to crea cost of $26,000. tonight she's offering $10,000 for its safe return while investigators say it sets a new standard for low. >> there are certain things that even thieves should be above. if you know what i mean. and if it's just a prank and somebody vandalized and took it, please return it. >> reporter: anyone with information should call the geauga county sheriffs office. investigators say

that should go out there. >> >> residents of the cleveland heights and university heights area. say this type of crime is not the norm. >> i feel like extremely safe. the police patrol pretty often. >> now police say they are trying to determine exactly where that assault occurred. according to to the police report. it happened in a yard. but that's all it says. they also say that a weapon was not used in the case. now the 17 year-old she was evaluated and that's where police went and where she told them what happened. >> they have a very vague description. right now they're trying to work on that. working with the school district. and witnesses. to try to determine exactly who it is. the description of the suspect is very vague. >> . lorain family is in mourning. after a hospital says they lost a baby remains. tonight they are heart proebgen. and looking for sans. and looking for answers. >> . more on this disturbing case. >> . i wouldn't wish this on anyone. >> . all she wanted was to meet her great granddaughter. stillborn at 6 months. she would never get the chance. in the m

. >> reporter: the beginning here in cleveland heights. some people are walking around looking at the damage while others are busy filing insurance claims. >> it hurt like crash, like the whole house shook. their glass is shooterring and like i, i had -- shattering. i had never heard anything in my life. it was a scary thing. >> reporter: the once towering tree uprooted on top of the house. >> and i grabbed my kids and i just cried. >> reporter: davita thinks it's this morning. >> and usually at that time of night, my husband and kids are sitting in the kitchen kind of catching up on their day. and having a snack at the table. literally right where everything came down. >> reporter: she's counting her blessings while waiting for a tree removal company to bring in a 100-foot crane. >> and hug your kids. tell people important on to you that you love them. >> reporter: just down hide park avenue, anthony jordano is feeling the same way. very fortunate. >> reporter: the tree in front just missing his house, leaving him with a big mess and a lo

in cleveland heights. no one has been injured. but police hope the to tpaoeupd the people responsible for someone does get hurt. >> it concerns me. i'm tkpwaoeupbg to work. or i'm going to work. or coming home and i want to be protected. and feel safe. >> . i'm very concerned. and my daughter could be in the car. anything. >> . cleveland heights police ask people who live near or travel along the road to keep an eye out for suspicious activity. and if you see it, report it. >> . shots. a little shocked. >> . but with thing going on right now. i don't know i'm surprised. >> . now the police chief tells me she believes there could be have also been hit. she says that is the case, she wants them to call here at the cleveland heights police department. >> . here now with more what the governor had to say. today. >> . the governor is talking about accidental drug over dose. and he says despite the record drug death toll. he sees progress in the state antidrug effort. governor was in cincinnati today. his speech came the same day ohio r

it's been since then since folks have lost power here in cleveland heights. more than a thousand homes and businesses are without power in this eastern suburb. we're in a neighborhood off south taylor. problem is first energy will have to go from home to home to lines. putting up one line will not restore 100 homes anymore. we're here with the weather advanced mobile in cleveland heights. we can bring the weather to you. i want to show you some of the images you have been sending in. holly was mentioning it this morning from last night. scenes like this from dan in willoby. this formation got a lot of attention last night. here's what you're looking at. here's the this lowering in the cloud here indicated a strong thunderstorm moving in. out ahead of that storm, strong southerly winds pushing up into the clouds. on the back side of the storm, that's where all the rain is. you can make it out here. all this gray is all rain pushing down toward the surface. gusty winds formed. winds. the wet micro burst happened creating the damage on east side of cleveland. >>

for now we are live out here asking questions and getting answers in cleveland heights. denise zarella, cleveland 19. >> brian: all right, thanks, d. that's a massive tree. >>> well akron drivers are getting the run around thanks to new just. the ramp from 76 eastbound to 77 south is closed until late november. construction crews are removing the bridge. here's what you can do. leg to westbound 277 eastbound and then to 77 southbound to get around all of that. >> tia: well a woman in florida was shot and killed by a police officer in a class about procedures. chief called it a horrible accident. david bignot is there with the investigation. >> it happened just before 7:00 p.m. tuesday night at a public safety complex. mary knolton wasbo taking part in the city's eight-week citizen police academy. >> two participants were randomly selected to be put through a shoot/don't shoot scenario. during the first scenario in a horrible accident, participant mary knowlton was mistakenly struck with a live round. >> the elderly victim was transported to a local hospital and pronounced

house, can see that in just a minute.i >> continue to remove tree limbs across a large swath of cleveland heights. ssjust busy with 12, 16 hour days. >> powerful winds accompanied storms since tuesday leaving a mess. the power is out to nearly 1,000 people inp clevela heights friday. the go for one job to another. >> o power is restored to many area homes and businessesr including the market they were busy restocking shelves after throwing out thousands of dollars of perishable food. >> er meat, seafood, delhi, frozen foods. >> efothey lost an estimated $90,000 of ideas because of the you got the frozen stuff, try to save whath high-priced tough, especially the meat. we had to throw out lots of stuff. >> f many here were still trying to clean up,e they were here to rebuild it after a massive tree crashed down on the home. >> they said it was a scary time when that tree hit the home the good-sized part of the roof wil have to be rebuilt.g a lot of people in cleveland heights are happy to have sunshine with no thread today so far of storms. so they have made progress cleaning up. cleanup continues

the festival starting next thursday. >> we are so thrilled. >> reporter: getting answers in cleveland heights shanice dunning, cleveland 19. >> dan: in fact, we wish we had better news when we look at the firstenergy power outage live outage numbers still over 10,000. it is getting better. when i came to work a couple hours ago it was 13,000, 14,000. we are dealing with two big areas still major without power. here in rocky river you have 45 households, areas that are out there and clevelandei bad for these people. this has been since tuesday night when we really get down into some of the neighborhoods off lee and mayfield here. then you look. this is what the estimated restoration time. that's midnight tonight. still many, many hours away to get through. it is like that pretty much all over. i will click up here to see some updated times this neighborhood midnight, 10:30 kind of getting their power back on and that's best case scenario. we have seen times get pushed and pushed and pushed and pushed. good luck. if you know someone in the areas give them a call and offer them ac and offer for

he those how important his customers are. >> this is another one of those incredible cleveland heights gestures. if you talk about it too long, it gets emotional. >> customers will tell you they can go anywhere to buy their as fresh is this. the reason they come is because of the long lasting relationship they have with the garett. >> it is family. >> we appreciate the gesture, we appreciate their support. >> bill, thank you. a long time summer staple is closing its doors after this season. wild water kingdom will not reopen after the season. september 5. cedar fair has been working with the city to redevelop this property. no reason yet for the closing. >> as the summer games come to a close the olympics are under way. they are right here at northeast ohio. this three acre corn maze opened at lake metro parks. the challenge, to find all five olympic events located in the maze and complete the activity. the maze will be open through october 16. >> it was an all day block check out this slide. over 1,000 feet long. that's a world record. riders must be taller than 46 inches. the party g

. >> e here an cleveland heights this evening, all over our pile of debris this is probably a entire tree that came down. they have a lot of work to do but are making progresst. >> after days of storms, they continue to remove large trees and tree limbs across a large swath of cleveland heights. >> progress is made after powerful winds during storms tuesday left a mess with power still out to 1,000 people and cleveland heights fridays00 they were going from one job to another. many area homes and businesses including the marketet , there is a restocking shelves in freezer cases afterr throwing up thousands of dollars of perishable food. >> talk about fresh meat, seafood, delhi, derek frozen foods. >> they lost an estimated $90,000 of perishables because of the storm.. try to get most of the frozen stuff that we can the high-priced of especially meats. many here are still trying to clean up. restoration crews were beginning the proces of rebuildingio the home hair after a massive tree t crashed into the home. the back home as to be rebuilt as well as part of the roofs she said she was

they continue removing large tree limbsbs in a large part of cleveland heights. progress is made companies stormst, since tuesda leaving a large mass with power outage to a large number friday afternoon they were going from one job to another. power is restored to many harry homes an businesses includingr the mark where they are restocking shelves and freezer cases after throwing out thousands of dollars of personal fooderer. talking about cheese eggs milk and frozen foodta in the store lost an estimatedin $90,0 of personal items because of th storm ground out moving the foo back into the skies but they spent hours earlier in the week into freezers. >> you try to get the stuff the frozen stuff in there the high price-especially the meat, we had to throw a lot of stuff away. restoration crews were busy friday begin the process of rebuilding the home of the alley fence and his family after a massive tree crush the back of the home. >> > ama rubin see right under that window that's broken,n, and the kids were hanging out in the living room think that nobody was ther

down quickly and isn sitting in a police impound stir t t was in the left which s more.wa >> cleveland heights police got a call at about 1130 thursday according to the report officers, 7-foot-statue virtuallyfo glued to the sidewalk in front of the huntington bank building officers put the statue on the ground and eventuallyt covered it with a sheet but not before people got a good love the statue was one of 5-foot of los angeles san francisco seattle cleveland by the group in decline the jews aren't as a forme of protest and back in the spring was done by an artist from cleveland who goes by the name of gingeran on their website they say they do the naked chums would be removed quickly by police but say it's symbolic because of what they called the country's leading brush with the candidacyd now while the cleveland heightsle and statue didn't make it a four hour others were of long enough for folks to take pictures in cities and cities like san francisco and seattle it's not person who is so out there. >> i can't even processor yet cleveland heights is that it removed the one in coventry c b

yesterday with strong winds and pounding rain, with winds gusting up to 80 mph in cleveland heights part of a microburst downing power lines and cutting power to about the wind knocked down branches and toppled trees some damagin homes. very startling it felt like the house was lifted upup like they lifted the roof. at the school not damaged by the large all entries, fire chief reminds everyone to bebe very careful and keep your distance from down pwe and i can charge the surroundin ground, and first energy said power should be restored here b 10:00 p.m. tonight, this time, about 6,000 are without power. local police officer speaks out with a survivor story, recovering after being hit by a gallek is here with the courageous message ga. cuyahoga falls officer tensing suffered injuries including a fractured pelvis. today, for the first time since the july 23 crash, he was back at the department. sundays are good and some bad.e >> of the crutches are temporary,y, dead diva says the smile is permanent. thankful to be able to walk because just 18 days ago it was something he was not sure that

was taken to to a local it has been a time for coping as hundreds of familieses in cleveland heights are still without power.i. >> the hot weather has been brutal as many people try to ge through what has been a tough two dayse ry as roosevelt leftwich joins us with the latest. >> this has been a problem in cleveland heights can savet front of lutheran east high school. it has been one of those things that a lot of people been trying to deal withf a lot of trees, not downed powe lines causing problems the latest is that they hope to hav most ofh cleveland heights back online by six or 7:00 p.m. for many people have of the power restoredha cannot come too soon. is aea pain which you can see t they don't have a problem, the trucks blocking one side of the road ringing ine new polls to replace one that was snapped an another badly damaged. it has been rough on the family, they were living in a car just to have some ac. >> got air conditioner going, i is what it is you got to deal with it. >> > a large area hard-hit trees and branches glittering many yards and power is out in parts of th

. >> last night storm causing widespread damagei in cleveland heights. >> people spent the day cleanup high school looking at the aftermath which much cleanup to be done. >> everywhere here you see expensive damage especially in front of the high school. after toppling to large trees. people been coming here all day to tak photos. the rifle came with a vengeance in cleveland heights things were going everywhere. >> winds gusting up to 80 about 10:00 p.m. tuesday night. the microburst knocking down a tree branches a brooding trees.s. it crashed into this house. >> it felt like someone lived i tree-lined streets, is cleaning up branches, as went into her car? trees are the answer. the storm cutting power to traffic signals at about 10,000 homes.a downed power lines, it was a common theme the fire chief reminds everybody to keep a safe distance away. >> you do not want to get wires because there are tangled around it t in a can charge the entire area. there is debris blocking several roads. >> i try to get down very streets and not able to gett anywhere. >> despite all the damage, no inju

for now we're asking questions and getting answers here in cleveland heights. denise zarrella, cleveland 19. >> romona: denise, thank you. >>> right now about 4,000 people ac across cuyahoga county are still families is what is still good in that fridge and what is not. well, dan deroos is here with some ideas to help keep you safe. dan. >> dan: we've been using the usda as a reference on this. just to show you, this is the live power outage map from first energy cleveland heights. take a look. that's more than 50 homes that are still without power. and some of them aren't going to get it back until tomorrow around noon. so that's obviously an issue. let's talk about what you need to pitch and when. we're talkingut that gets above 40 degrees. if it's in your fridge and you've been able to keep it closed but it'sforever. if it gets above 40 degrees for two hours, here is what we need to throw out. meat, poultry, seafood, basically all of this stuff. the usda is saying you should discard. we're talking any raw or leftover meat. anything that's thawed, poultry, tun

gusts likely over 50 miles per hour brought down large branches all over the east side, from cleveland heights to high land heights. and hopes. video from last night in the area shows sheets of rain and freak lightning. at one point, you can see the rain being pushed down toward the ground as winds increased and trees began to sway. this down burst is likely what caused most of the damage. the storms continue east into lake county, bringing additional strong wind gusts. crews spent all morning installing power in the area large tree branches literred the road. >> the city of cleveland heights wants to remind everyone to stay away. those can still come down. if you see yellow tape marking off an area. stay tuned. greg dee, channel 3 news. >> betsy will be along in the broadcast for more. now to a case of a stolen angel, investigators are searching for who stole an marathon puzzling story. hi, andrew. >> hi, russ, it is puzzling. i was told that it is a first and that whoever did this didn't just commit a crime. they broke a heart. she lost her fiance weeks before their wedding five years ago. n

the bulk of those customers are in the cleveland heights area still remain down and crews are working to catch up with the damage. i called cleveland heights police, be careful there could be downed trees on some side streets near you. >>> we're learning more about an amish boy killed by lightning. he was just 9 years old. he was trying to put horses in a barn. it is mom called 911 and tried to give him cpr, but he died at the hospital. a little girl was also hope by the -- hurt >>> we are expecting to see more construction around the energy stadium. they are ready to spend tillman you -- 10 million more dollars . this comes just a year after another big renovation progress. -- project . >> reporter: the team spent about $129 million on that project and now the team is this is coming from the text that taxes alcohol and cigarettes. at cleveland city council spokesperson told us the improvements will cost about $10 million. that includes replacing lights, sprinklers, upgrading cameras and retrofitting elevators. the council passed the legislation at its meeting last night. the team mad