as you mentioned i-90 westbound near the cleveland lakewood border is back open, traffic flowing very nicely. but this is obviously a horrible afternoon for the law enforcement community. trooper kenneth velez, a trooper based in cleveland died after he stopped someone in traffic on i-90 and then him with their car. he leaves behind three children one of whom is in the navy. we have video from that scene of a man who was being given a field sobriety test before he was arrested and taken away in handcuffs. we have not identified him yet so that's why we chose to blur his face. but somebody is in custody accused of hitting and killing state trooper kenneth velez on i-90 westbound near the cleveland/lakewood border this hours. a lot of traffic delays. right now traffic is back open and moving right here on i-90 westbound. that's the latest from cleveland, derick waller, newschannel5. >> a tragic story, derick. thank you. here's more proof, jon rudder in air tracker 5. jon, those backups now gone? >> reporter: for the most part along 90, you can see traffic moving incident was just cleare

as you mentioned i-90 westbound near the cleveland lakewood border is back open, traffic flowing very nicely. but this is obviously a horrible afternoon for the law enforcement community. trooper kenneth velez, a trooper based in cleveland died after he stopped someone in traffic on i-90 and then him with their car. he leaves behind three children one of whom is in the navy. we have video from that scene of a man who was being given a field sobriety test before he was arrested and taken away in handcuffs. we have not identified him yet so that's why we chose to blur his face. but somebody is in custody accused of hitting and killing state trooper kenneth velez on i-90 westbound near the cleveland/lakewood border this

breaking news this morning near the cleveland/lakewood border. three people were taken to a hospital from injuries at an apartment fire. two victims are in critical condition. arson investigators are currently on the looking for more information, so they're obviously determining whether this fire was intentionally started or not. keep checking back for updates. >> nichole: also this morning, the cleveland indians or windians, i should say, a.l. central champs. fish out your old tribe jackets, gloves and hats. this october will be fun. >> brian: go get new ones or the playoffs. sam, the kids need that gear at the bus stop as well this morning. a little chilly? >> samantha: they will. it is chilly. a lot of you are waking up in the 40s. even though you need the jacket, you don't need the umbrella. we're completely dry this morning and all day. here's the hour-by-hour rain chance forecast. notice it's zero all day long. radar and satellite showing completely dry conditions this morning. i don't expect any showers or thunderstorms for your commute or

lakewood. we are on the cleveland and lakewood near i-90 west. we are working on getting information. that's the story we have now. in cleveland, shanice >> denise: thanks shanice. the trooper rushed there was taken to the medical center. harry boomer is live with more. >> reporter: all right, guys, what's happening now, we are seeing 6 or 7 state trooper vehicles. now they are here to lend support to themselves and to the family of state trooper kenneth velez 48-years-old. shanice dunning said he was hit mckin until lakewood. he was outside his vehicle when he was struck they are investigating by the state investigators to get more details. trooper velez leaves behind three children and worked out of the cleveland post. i-90 has been closed and still closed until they get the evidence this need to piece together what happened and why. this is state trooper kenneth velez. he died of his injuries after being struck while conducting traffic outside his vehicle. remember, the law requires drivers to slow down and move to the left when approaching an officer conducting a traffic stop. as y

that's just on the cleveland lakewood border. three people were hurt and taken to metro. two men were critically hurt. a woman was treated for minor tavern was started by a lit cigarette that wasn't put out. it was left in a storage room right next to the roof top dining area. damage at the greenhouse is estimated at about 10 grand. no word yet on when the east 4th restaurant will reopen. >>> new information about a deadly concert crash in parma heights. a second person has died. nine people were hurt when a woman confused the gas for the brake and struck a stage in an outdoor concert at in parma heights last month. we asked police about possible charges. they met with the prosecutor yesterday. we should learn about those possible charges later this week. >>> some people who live in a chardon neighborhood are very upset now after someone stole an angel statue from a memorial for a three-year-old boy who was struck and killed by a car. this is the picture of the angel that was at the memorial on park avenue. the little boy reportedly ran a week ago, possibly he was chasing

right now getting answers in lakewood, shanice dunning, cleveland 19 news. >> mark: all right, shanice, thank you very much. >>> and live pictures now from 71. a lot of drivers going to have to detour here. it looks like traffic actually starting to pick up just a little bit. split. jon loufman live in the traffic center right now with an update on the traffic situation. john. >> jon: you're looking at this picture. and we are looking at speeds of 5 miles per hour as you're coming out of town. now, look simply put and we'll enlarge this here in just a minute, you're going to need to take the shoreway if you're headed out of town. take route 6, clifton boulevard, take lake if you're traveling west. you're not going to be able to do it any other way. go across the detroit bridge. cross detroit. but you're going to have to get beyond warren road before you can try to get back on to 90. it is just a mess out there. these traffic numbers, 5 miles per hour, 4 miles per hour, 15 miles per hour here on 480. and this is a separate incident. these are pretty typical and many places it's just sim

i want that friday to be easy there's where the slowdown is through the cleveland/lakewood area entering in from rocky river. i'll get to that in a moment. take a glance at the rest of the map if that's where you're driving. aum of them are moving right on time. got a red line red alert for you. this is going fob along the rta. coming up this weekend. 9, 10, 11 both saturday and sunday are on 66r buses instead of on the train. just catch the bus right at the regular 66r stop right close to the make sure you jump on the bus instead of on the train. here's that accident, i-90 eastbound right at west 140th currently two lanes blocked. i've watched the ambulance and fire trucks out there. you see the lights twinkling. all the traffic moved to the left lane, so it kind of picks up around this time. you see the increase in traffic, and that is why we see the yellow here with the elyria-to-cleveland slowdown. 36 minutes kufrntsly and a minutes. running a bit slow. >> brian: now a story getting all kinds of attention all over the place including on our facebook page, a heroin overdose like never

i think the rain is going to be coming down throughout cleveland, lakewood, newburgh heights. and then by 2:00, 3:00 tomorrow afternoon, it's out. so it's pretty much one wave. and we're talking mainly the first half of the day here. current temps 82 cleveland. 84 dover-new philly. you can see most a least at 80 degrees. and it is going to be mild out there tonight because of the increasing moisture. 81 at 6:00. going with a clear sky. we'll start to see some high clouds come in over night. but 2:00 in the morning, we're still around 68 degrees. that is above normal for this time of year with that mild night. will is the alert tomorrow. rain and storms mainly in the morning. dryer, cooler on thursday. showers and storms not severe. a few downpours, though, with some of these storms. 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. that will be the time frame here. and then we'll get ready for the next system on saturday. and unfortunately it looks like that could ruin your weekend a little bit. details on that coming up. mark and ramona. >> romona: thank you, jeff. >>> have you heard of hand, foot and m

coast residents are looking forward to come home lower ande middle 60s as they headed from cleveland the to lakewood ahe will check it out d see what's going on. the tropical system that willl send the beginning of the locals. the ridge of high pressure was great in the middle.ri a systems will start to slide further eastms we're going to so highlighting some thunderstorms wall-to-wall sunshine with highs very calm out there. thank you very much.ut will go to todd meeting with morego than this storm. it strengthening as it mo late friday others are lookinglo as they work their way to go for the warm water to write it out and hope for the best.te pope francis -- image catalog has more. the catholic church is one of mother teresa a andre nicola fit family 1500 homeless people we're served aic pizza lunch by nine. known as the center of the gutters mother teresa wasow revered for her work with the poor.rev mother teresa died in 1997 at the age of 87 is the first step toward sainthood. they then.rs on sunday he admitted that heh maya find it hard to call saints therese since her tenderness so it will be

cleveland area. this part moving north coming down west and south of the city. lakewood, rocky river, parma heavy rain and lightning. >> heavy rain reported at cleveland hopkins airport. western cuyahoga county getting slammed. boy, it is a messy evening commute out there. it will be that way tonight. >> northern summit county cuyahoga falls hudson through this red color where we are getting heavy rain with thunder through lexington, beloit into columbiana county, salem. this is the latest arc of heavy rain and storms. see how it is drifting more to the north. this will move through the greater cleveland area already raining hard in akron. it's been that way for the last couple of hours. this is the system by the everything rotating around it. we are getting moisture in off the atlantic now. so this is the problem. it is not moving. >> it will be similar weather conditions here. waves of rain and storm. sometimes heavy. that will be with us not only tonight but through the day tomorrow and even on saturday. we get breaks in between. time. when you have one of these heavy

also an accident extreme west side of cleveland on the lakewood border. west 1/16 -- 116th st. -- 116th st. there are no closures with it. on into downtown 71 heading into downtown looking good. here's the wider picture. the other areas looking good. here is 90 and the shoreway from the east side. and medina 71 at 76 looking good. >>> fans heading down to the list of delicious and crazy food options. will ujek is back at firstenergy stadium with a look at like the country song i want crazy. >> reporter: you're going to get crazy. usa today came out with a list of the top 10 crazy foods for nfl fans. cleveland made the list. twice. including number one on the list michael simons spot. chef steve in >> we have an excellent reputations for great food number one mr. porky brought. pulled pork barbecue shredded cheddar cheese jalapenos on a brioche bun. the same kind of thing with the pulled pork sandwich caramelized onions and guacamole. and then the famous combination we pair that with options. fresh strawberry milkshake. >> it's great because it something w

adam clock, on parks and recreation, made stops in lakewood, cleveland, case western reserve university and overland college. and america atmosphere auroraa held a series of events for t latino community. she was in public square holding and event to encourage people to get registered to vote. >>> more sad news in the sports world did. legendary golfer arnold palmer has died at the age of 87. he died this afternoon. palmer is credited with taking golf from country clubs to mainstream. he was the first golfer to earn a million dollars while playing. he turned his golfing success into an extensive empire, the golf channel. he will be missed. >>> and many are grieving today after the ace pitcher for the miami marlins died this weekend. jose fernandez, a defector from cuba was one of three people found dead from a boating accident in miami. andrew spencer is getting answers on how fernandez's death has shocked major league baseball. >> he watched kids play little league, something like that, that's the joy that jose played with. >>reporter: miami marlins' manager don mattingly choked up tal

a narrowband ber olmsted near the great northern mall and skirting around downtown cleveland along i-90 near lakewood and west clevelan will run into some of this rainfall during rush hourur. in ashtabula county, some heavy rainfall also garretsville into streetsboro and ravenna those ladies and hopkins, then surround 15-25 mph tonight if you lingering showers as late a tomorrow morning is looking good for the footbal mostly cloudy and humid tomorro increasingly sunny still hot humid with low '80s. this hot weather prompted dozens of loca schoolsls the air-conditioned close. pat summitt renewing calls to start the school year laterer, matt wright with a proposed state law to change the start date. >> it would require private schools to start after labor daybl when it is typically cooler dozens of schools closin due to high heat index temperatures under the proposal local school board canr choose to start before labor many schools start to complete before winter break in the prep time for standardized test. rather than learn on eight 70 d the middle of august. if it passes, it does not necessarily mea

next up is rocky river and fairview park and lakewood and cleveland. zipped on through that. nothing but green the whole time to the split now, and the innerbelt bridge is back open. we had that closure overnight last night. they opened it up early and it's open for a while and everything is free and clear through the a 22-minute ride from downtown. mentor to cleveland, a 28-minute drive for you 37 from akron on time. we have some construction in lakewood today. we have that for you at 6:48. guys. >> tia: you said that you have kids and they had a concussion before. >> brian: i think all of them have had at least one concussion. >> tia: they play sports, so it makes sense. i'm sure this is new to you like a lot of parents. >> brian: every concussion is different, too. >> tia: this is the a new study finds most parents follow outdated advice when it comes to treating kids that have concussions. >> brian: i learned something new myself. what they're doing could make it worse. that's what we're learning. sia nyorkor is getting answers for you this morning. hey, sia. >> sia: good

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lakewood. he worked out of the cleveland post, over 500 law enforcement canada, along with hundreds of locals filled the fieldhouse here today. they just wanted to be here for a man who was always there for his colleagues and his community. cleveland police officer vincent montague was among them. >> i'm here to show my respect to the fallen officer who died in the line of duty. >> this always hits police departments hard when one of your own falls in the line of duty. talk a little bit about that. >> yes, it definitely hits hard and support an officer who dies in the line of duty because it's very sad for us as a police family and the family of the officer. >> all right. the funeral of course for state trooper kenneth velez happening today, he was a man, a father of three, and a state trooper, held in high regard in life, and now in death. folks, we're going to hear from more of the peo at the fieldhouse in my live report at 4:00. live from lorain county community college, harry boomer, cleveland 19. >> thank you so much harry. >>> we are getting answers about a tragic accident at the tower where a

an accident being reported in the lakewood live area of west cleveland. 116 in detroit. >>> time now for the biggest winners and lo. the knock against soccer has been there is not enough scoring. i heard that for what to my first pro match at 11 and minnesota be the cosmos team 9- 2. and it out there was plenty of scoring. and now we have this. us women's national team playing thailand in columbus. this was not even fair. it was ugly from the opening minute. heather o'reilly and the perfect pass to carli lloyd and and then it got worse. americans scored nine times against a very weak defense. 9-0 the final. every shot they took went into the net. that's a tough american team. >>> the biggest winners are from trapshooting. this of the junior varsity team from the chipotle trapshooting club. a been state champions for the past several years which is great and this year they added national championship. nikki sent in the photo and thank you. the kids pay a fee to be in the club must also do volunteer work . great job by the team and nice shooting to become our national champions. >>> yo

cleveland. tracking an accident in the lakewood area. west 140th and this is coming in. we're keeping an eye on the severity of the accident and else where, things are looking good and seeing our slowdown, a typical spot about this toon of the morning going -- this time of the morning and some areas are going below the speed limit. eastbound west, the three- minute ride, 77 northbound and rock side to downtown an 8- minute ride and you can see the slowdowns i was mentioning and this is 90 in fulton and these are typical spots you see the slowdowns and there is nothing too overwhelming. and janessa webb, how's the forecast looking? >> and we're off to a clear stop what they're doing. you're seeing a lot of clearing and not a cloud in the sky across northeast ohio. and i want to show you across our map. and stop here and come to the screen and 90 degrees weather is returning to northeast ohio. with the heat and humidity, it's rising throughout your tuesday afternoon. and it gets oppressive for wednesday afternoon. and so, whatever you have planned, i want you to stay hydra

cleveland. i believe back in june, he paid a visit to lakewood. and getting getting pizza. >> a lot of people like that place. >>> time now 4:41. next, video that is truly unbelievable. that is not it. you know that guy. here it is. wait until you see what happens when another flame comes straight at that pilot. >> and more legal drama for browns receive josh gordon. what he has finally done. plus what the nfl is saying about this latest incident. >>> puerto rico affecting 3 million people. officials say a fire at a power plant in soon juan late yesterday left the entire island in the dark. the governor calling this a very serious event adding the system not designed to withstand the failure of this magnitude. many schools canceled classes today. s a precaution in puerto rico's largest hospital canceling all >> all right. yeah, we're talking about the ceo of the company that makes epipens here getting slammed by a congressional panel. she answered tough questions about why the life-saving allergy medicine's price jumped 400% over the past eight ye

portage, >>> this morning we will learn more about the man that hit a trooper in lakewood. >>> a lot on tap in cleveland. we have an event bringing people to the cleveland of art today. >>> look at that gray sky. it will be a wet day for you as you begin your week.

for now we're getting answers here in lakewood, and i'm sia nyorkor, "cleveland 19 news." >> tia: thank you so much. >>> funeral arrangements have been finalized for state highway trooper kenneth velez. it's posted on our website at cleveland19.com. he was hit and killed during a traffic stop last week. the man that hit him, 37-year-old joshua a judge over the weekend. he will remain behind bars. he was on drugs when he hit velez. he's behind bars right now on aggravated vehicular homicide charges. >>> a touching moment friday night. velez's son christian played football for amherst in honor of his dad. fans wore blue and before the game they released blue balloons on the screen. amherst beat berea 54-13. i think he's legitimately trying to just throw the ball up. >> brian: always something to your brownies, right? they couldn't catch a break. let's face it, we can't blame the refs. lose the home opener, and they may have lost another quarterback. what do you do? is this your idea? saved by the browns? >> it was a matter of time before a new comes in. look at that. saved by the browns.

lakewood. >>> a lot on tap in cleveland. we have an event bringing people to the cleveland of art today. >>> look at that gray sky. it will be a wet day for you as you begin your week. heard that thunder. it was really active outside. >> today is a good sleeping day. relax, stay inside. >>reporter: we were tracking thunderstorm activity. as we were driving in my major concern was hydroplaning. very heavy downpours. early in the summer we were in a moderate drought. we needed more rain and with you still could use some. a warm front shifted to the north allowing dew points go up this morning. this was the brunt of the this is the secondary wave coming in this is in lorain county. we had about 8:15 own our storm track for lakewood moving into north almstead. you can see a little activity into mansfield. that activity is lefting north here. it's not losing it's force but gaining momentum. i'll be in the studio tracking this next front. that's the game changer here. it's a potent and slow going cold front. it will cool us off bu

that suspect transported to the cleveland clinic akron general medical center where he later died. >> tia: beefed up security at lakewood high school and both middle schools after a threatening message found on a bathroom wall. janitors found the message friday night. the threat said, quote, i will make columbine look like a f-ing joke. it also included a swastika. police have been investigating superintendent and asked -- is it really that serious? >> this day and age, we don't take it likely. we take everything serious whether it was a joke, whether someone is just trying to reach out and has other issues, we discovered it friday night and right away saturday we began to notify not only lakewood police department but our families as well. >> tia: superintendent patterson says they have several leads and have already forwarded the information to lakewood police. he says school officials will monitor s and have extra security as long as it is needed. >>> investigators in minnesota are learning more about the man who attacked several shoppers at a mall saturday. nine people were stabbed and lived. the attacker was shot a

liebling is -- cleveland is getting light rain downtown. ohio city all the way to lakewood, that is heavy rainfall impacting the travelers going west out of downtown. parma, heavy rain, garfield heights, that area to the north and east, we are seeing the heavy rain. yellows and oranges and reds, heavy rain just out almost into ravenna. it will slide north and east. canton getting moderate rain. there is rain out there. should dry out for a little while. another round comes in towards adric 9:00 tonight. 62 degrees raining in elyria. akron, 63, 61 in fremont. 60 degrees in ravenna. here is your hour by hour, bit. look at the next round coming in. more heavy rainfall where you see those yellows and oranges. cleveland, madonna, lorraine, wurster, canton, akron, dover, new philly, under the gun for good rains. look at our rainfall expectations. tomorrow morning's rush, this is 8:15 a.m. friday. between now and then, look at these impressive rainfall totals. dover new philly, to a half inches of rain potentially. cleveland, almost ravenna, 1.6. keep an eye out for ponding of wat

cleveland film commission. hanks, of course is an academy award winner. he's no stranger to these parts. he shacked up in lakewood early in his career and interned gi the great lakes theater in the 1970s. >>> more hollywood production is coming to cleveland thanks to lebron james. his for network tv called "there goes the neighborhood." it's set in cleveland. now, it's a comedy about a white family that moves to a predominantly black neighborhood. there goes the neighborhood, right? that's pretty funny when you think about it, right? that's good. >> nichole: time is 6:25. kids have lucked out at the bus stop this week and this morning will no different. great, great fall start so far, >> samantha: right, it feels like we should go back to summer camp and not school. no rain around but there could be a few showers that pop up tonight and early tomorrow. we talk about that and look ahead to a major cooldown that we're forecasting coming up after the break. >> brian: next, the officer who shot a man dead in tulsa, oklahoma, now finding herself in >> nichole: the tulsa, oklahoma police officer that shot and killed an

lakewood. >>> and it happened again. right now, police are investigating another smash-and- grab theft in cleveland this morning. it happened at the convenient food mart at the corner of west arts district. the relatives of the owners tell news 5 the atm was taken after a stolen minivan was used to smash into the front door. that mini van was left in the parking lot running. so far, police have not released any information on a possible suspect. >>> and the trending crime has hit hard in cleveland barely a day goes by without news of another smash-and-grab. it's costing business owners thousands of dollars in wants to take a stand by introducing a bill that would require atms to go along a brick or concrete wall in stores and lower the amount of money kept inside the machine. patton hopes to fast track the bill and says that if it's not ready for a vote at the end of the year, he's confident it will be ready by next february. >>> the latest house down there, her front window got shot out and her back window got hit, too. bb gun shooting spree. dozens of windows shot out in the middle of the night. 28 cars and fi

cleveland 19 news." >> tia: thank you so much for that report. >>> lakewood city school superintendent says so far they have no evidence supporting a written threat found this past weekend as credibility. three stupts were arrested this week, but lakewood police confirmed any threats made towards the school are false. they urge parents to be vinyling labl on social media because several students have been questioned for making comments or posting suspicious pictures. >>> we are getting answers about a tragic accident at the willoughby towers. a toddler boy felt to his death. they think he climbed to the window and pushed through the screen after he was pud to bed. people that live there found the boy on a parking deck around mied knit. >> brian: in elyria a grandmother has been charged with child endangerment for grandchild in the back seat. it's the latest heroin horror story we have heard. tonight elyria is holding a town hall meeting on the heroin epidemic from 6:00 to 8:00 at lorain county community college. this video is extremely hard to watch. a mom overdosed on heroin sprawled out in the middle

lakewood. he is due in court in a few hours. >>> lots of things going on this weekend here in cleveland, we have a preview of an event bringing thousands of people to >>> first, we will give you a live look outside, across the shores of lake erie from our earth cam, there is downtown cleveland. the overhang cloudy sky mix as you begin your saturday and your weekend. welcome to saturday edition of good morning cleveland. i'm nick foley alongside meteorologist janessa webb. let's get right to the forecast. for some of you that have been up for a while it was a little bit noisy with that thunder raging free. >> overnight, tracking storms.

you head into downtown cleveland or maybe one of the other suburbs on the map. shake r heights, lakewood and parm parma. we have an accident to the southern tier here. an accident on i-77 and 76 eastbound headed towards downtown akron and the university of akron at east off the roadway. careful getting through there. there could be police on the scene and other vehicles on the scene as well. don't get caught up in what's going on there and possible slowdowns behind it. innerbelt bridge closes eastbound tonight at 8:00, and it will stay closed through tomorrow at 10:00 in the morning. beware of that one and use your alternate 490 drive times running perfectly on time in the green. we have the innerbelt bridge effects on i-77 as well. i have that for you at 6:33. >> tia: time is 6:20. newest disney princess. >> brian: we are? >> tia: not you, but she's coming up. >> brian: all right. thank you for that. i've been called a lot of things here in the morning, but never a pri princess. next, the new details about a 13-year-old ohio boy shot and >> nichole: time is 6:23. columbus police have id

. >>> the mayor of lakewood along with the fire chief delivered some good news to residents services. cleveland 19's chris tanaka is here to explain why sick people who may need treatment should rest easy. chris. >> chris: indeed. treatments ended earlier this year but the er remains open. top city leaders told cleveland 19 there's been no delay in care. there's been concern those who need help won't get it. fire chief scott gillman and mayor michael srs that's not the case. ems crews continue to transport patients to the most appropriate facility for treatment, including the emergency department in lakewood which continues to successfully operate. >> when life is on the line, let's make sure we know the truth. and the truth is that health care is delivering -- being delivered in many different will remain open until the cleveland clinic reopens. >>> now former pennsylvania lunch lady is accusing a pittsburgh area school district of lunch shaming. this is a rough story. this is when the schools deny a child a hot lunch because the parents have overdrawn the lunch account. instead of getting a h

lakewood. he is due in court in a few hours. >>> lots of things going on this weekend here in cleveland, we have a preview of an event bringing thousands of people to >>> first, we will give you a live look outside, across the shores of lake erie from our earth cam, there is downtown cleveland. the overhang cloudy sky mix as you begin your saturday and your weekend. welcome to saturday edition of good morning cleveland. i'm nick foley alongside meteorologist janessa webb. let's get right to the forecast. for some of you that have been up for a while it was a little bit noisy with that thunder raging free. >> overnight, tracking storms. that's the good news. we have been seeing gully washers, heavy downpours, i lake to call them super soaker cells. >> a couple of us got caught in those coming in to work. >> as you are driving we are seeing minor flooding on roadways, no warnings or advisories issued. hydroplaning, take it slow. you can see the overcast skies, a little bit of rain still area. a bulk of this moisture is towards eastern locations, right now, a little bit of lightning is falling towards northern geauga county, the

lakewood as a teenager. he'll be attending canvas kickoffs and phone banks. how about that. >>> the city of cleveland heights will return the naked trump statue. it was taken down last month on coventry road. the artist wants to have it auctioned off. there were more in other cities. the proceeds would go to benefit funding public art in coventry to establish initial funding at heights arts for future public art projects in cleveland heights. >> all i have to say is nobody needs to see all of that. that statue is just not -- no one needs to see that. >> no. niece any but, hey, if it's helping out the arts, god bless portion of that statue. try to figure out what part we were blocking. okay. never mind. let's go to the alert tonight and tomorrow. not so much this evening. it's going to be later on tonight and then through the day tomorrow and even tomorrow night. but we took out the alert for sunday which means we're not expecting enough rain to have an alert going. it will just be more isolated stuff. so it is looking better now for the browns game. at least that's my thought and it starts after 11:0

cleveland. near 90 almost all over the place here. 92 dover-new philly. across cuyahoga county. just a little lakeshore where it's 86 in lakewood. you have 93 in parma. and, wow, 95 heat index common. 99 is how it feels there in sandusky. so that's not going to go away. 5:00 temperature upper 80s to near 90s. 6:00, 86. 7:00, 84. warm and muggy at the tribe game tonight. i'll let you know when things change up in the forecast in the days to come. that's straight ahead. ramona, back to you. >>> there's finally justice for a euclid family who had their house end over 100 times. chris tanaka is here with the price the man who destroyed the property has to pay. chris. >> chris: isn't it amazing. we first took the home last year. remember this mess. jason cozene left it behind. today the judge cut him a break. he will serve 18 month probation. a thous court costs for the mess he left behind. he was charged in march with vandalizing albert clemons's euclid home. he egged it more than 100 times between may 20th of 2040 and june 26th of 2015. clemons daughter and son all read victim statements at the sentencing. >> mr. cozen warranted h

stay with cleveland 19 news for continuing coverage of the suspected terrorist arrest and can you find updates on cleveland19.com, twitter page or facebook. >> chris: beefed up security at lakewood high school and middle schools after a threatening message found on a bathroom wall reading "i will look make columbine look like a joke." no reports today >> denise: we are learning new details in akron after a deadly police-involved shooting. >> chris: we have the 911 call for help and hearing from a witness. denise zarrella live getting answers. denise? >> reporter: the 911 call came from inside this apartment building. neighbors tell me there was an ongoing dispute over a small dog that unfortunately ended with a man being shot multiple times by the caravan yesterday. you are about to hear the call that came to police for help here at this akron apartment building. >> what's going on there? >> a guy upstairs comes down and jammed my friend's hand in the door. he started cussing at my niece and dog. >> when police arrived they say a 61-year-old man who lived here only a month grabbed an assault rifle and pointed it at police. kathy saw the whole thing. >> police told him to leave t

cleveland. we know two of the locations, a family dollar stores, and also a walgreen's was hit at eddie road and saint clare. >>> now to lakewood where there will be extra police patrols inside and outside lakewood police called a vague threat written on a bath room stall. it made reference to the columbine shootings. classes will resume as usual today. however, the school says parents can keep their kids at home today, as an excused absence. and lakewood police say there will be extra officers before and during and after school. >>> let's check in with hollie and a little fog this morning. >> that's probably our biggest issue at the moment, lena. fog has formed inland and clea shall the moral of the story is, where the fog is and where skies are clear, we are expecting highs in the 80s. so although fall arrives on thursday, it is going to continue to feel like summer time around here. and 81 degrees, by 5:00, today. and fog burning off, mid to late morning. if you're dealing with it. and believe me, it is reducing visibility. so caution on those drives. and taking a look at some visibles right now. up to 9 miles in elyria. a h

city of cleveland and rodney brown's family come to newschannel5 at 6:00 begins in pulled it up and saw it. i couldn't believe it for a moment. >> yeah, it was a surprise that showed up in one lakewood resident's facebook message inbox. someone claiming they work with the tax collection department for the city. >> and in the message they say you still owe money and want your banking information in order to pay it o. now, the real collection department is getting involved, and that's where we find our paul kiska. >> reporter: well, this facebook page looks so real that tonight tax warning people not to get fooled. >> we would never contact anyone by facebook. we would not have many friends on our tax page. >> reporter: here at the lakewood tax collection department they only contact people by mail. so when this facebook page popped up from a mary j smith claiming to be an area supervisor for the lakewood income tax department, the real tax department knew right away she was an imposter.

cleveland. not bad, but look how many 50s e have. ashtabula in the mid 50s and 50 serve in for walk. >> across cuyahoga county, most of us are also in the 60s. brecksville, 56. in lakewood, good morning to yo, you're on the warmer side, about 66 degrees there. by 9:00, i think most of us will be closer to 70, so there is going to be a quicker warm up today. 82 midday and 85 this afternoon. with sunny skies all day, mtl if you don't have time, maybe after work today, we're right there with you. we're going to make it a great day anyway. but if you don't have time to gt outside and enjoy the weather today, tonight will be nice too. 79 at 7:00. dropping to 71 at 11:00 under a mostly clear sky. i think by the time you wake up tomorrow morning we'll be kind f where we are now. upper 50s, lower 60s and then the warm-up begins. here is your full 7-day planning a stray thunderstorm and then we get those weather alert days in the forecast thursday, friday, saturday, showers and storms are possible, a cool down at the end of the weekend. >> i would say it's probably god weather to get your workout on. >> always good weather for that, right? >> sometimes it can be really tough to

cleveland heights wins the game. >> i bonanza. north ridgeville at the readmit park -- berea-midpark. they go for the 2-point conversion and the team is parting ways with [ to win 42-39. >> on to lakewood, the rangers hosting olmsted falls. here is a 6 yard touchdown run, rangers down by one heading into the locker room. bulldogs, sorry olmsted falls, didn't mean to say that. they end up winning. bedford fly height against shaker heights. wow! red wings come fighting back, 24 yards. william [ name indiscernible ] has a great play and it's 15-12. that was pretty. >> they were pumped up for last night's game. texas was already up 7-0 in the first quarter. here was a touchdown pass and they were up 14-0. they're going to try it again. another past lies downfield but this time it is picked off by smith. jackson parker started the game on fire but once again gets picked off. this time it was another score and the end of the game 54-24. >>> we will talk about wargames tonight at news 5 at 11:00. don't forget ohio state playing too later today. >>> still ahead for you this morning, the idea was to get rid of annoying bed rugs at one downtown office but instead the workers are feeling the pain

breaking news this morning near the cleveland/lakewood border. three people were taken to a hospital from injuries at an apartment fire. two victims are in critical condition. arson investigators are currently on the looking for more information, so they're obviously determining whether this fire was intentionally started or not. keep checking back for updates. >> nichole: also this morning, the cleveland indians or windians, i should say, a.l. central champs. fish out your old tribe jackets, gloves and hats. this october will be fun. >> brian: go get new ones or