. >> tomorrow, is the first saturday of voters in cuyahoga county can vote early for the primary election and looks like things are started to ramp up in advance of march 15. stay with us for more coverage ofof kasich's battleground rally sunday in columbus we will will have that live, online at fox 8.com spin it that you enlarge the state is going after payment for medical services provided to 12-year-old tamir rice after he was shot by the police the city build the estate for the use of an ambulance code that turned out to be a mistake but now the state of ohio medicaid departmentt has put the estate will notice, they have a right to reimburse forr hospital bills after the shooting, and nothing is likely to happen until the family lawsuit against the city is decided,h attorneys for darius did not return messages seeking comment. >> the i-team learnedor that the 911 system went down and and call for help for unanswered.n >> investigated what happened and could that happen again ? ed gallek as more of what he found out ap they put at least 12 calls unanswered the 911 system down 21 minute

@because of that wind @advisories continue for @cuyahoga and vagina counties -- @medina county. @the winds will get pretty @strong was a go to the @afternoon. @at the go to the maps the wind @speeds will be strong at 20 to @30 miles an hour. temperatures @will start to drop off @quickly, into the upper 40s @and lower 50s. @>> look at tomorrow morning. @we will start up in the 50s @with the wind still gusting. @patrick's day activities @things that time. @it will be sunny and cool but @make sure you have a jacket @on. @get ready for the wind and @some isolated showers which @will likely pop up during @by 2:00 the story -- the sky @will clearing with puffy white @clouds. @much like today, i think we @will have a couple of isolated @showers during the afternoon. @we will reach near 60 early in @an the temperatures will start @falling. @by friday morning with cold @air arriving, look at this, @temperatures falling into the @30s. @there may be some lake-effect @snow showers early friday. @timing is all of the @importance -- is the important @thing. @it needs to happen between 6 @am a

@if you are a democrat in @cuyahoga county will be making @a choice for cuyahoga @prosecutor. @mcginty challenged by michael @malley @>> democratic voters across @northeast ohio will have to @choose between former ohio @governor ted strickland and @cincinnati city councilman @said failed in a political @newcomer named kelly fraser for @u.s. senate. @our extensive coverage @continues tonight we are live @all evening long and wkyc.com @to report the latest results as @they come in. @tune in during prime time for @the latest updates, and for a @special edition of channel 3 @news at 11 p.m. @until midnight. @as the results roll in. @>>> this is an all-day story @with the primary spread if you @are heading to the polls early @this morning for there is fog @out there. @we are dealing with that but @what about the rest of the day? @>> i think it's going to get @easier, i do. @it looks like this morning will @be your biggest challenge as @far as a take any longer. @a dense fog advisory, if you @are just tuning in, cuyahoga, @lorain and medina that is until @9 a.m. @for those three cou

over to you. huge upset in the race for cuyahoga county prosecutors. the voters pushing out tim mcginty in favor of mike o'malley and nick foley is live outside of the justice center this morning. nick, this means we're going to have a new prosecutor. >> yes, it does, jackie and it's amazing considering mike o'malley officially entered the race for cuyahoga county prosecutor less than four months ago. now, the former parma city safety director will be sworn in as county prosecutor. the events and debates leading up to this election for prosecutor o'malley, the democrat and is therness -- and supporters often criticized tim mcginty and his handling of high-profile cases like the shooting death of 12-year-old tamir rice like police. mcgent said a vote for o'malley would be a return to old shady politics. more than 55% of voters decided it was time for a change. prosecutor to get out and answer tough questions, tough proposed tough changes that he would not have proposed had i not been here campaigning. i think the community as a whole has won. >> reporte

. >> and cuyahoga county gets a new prosecutor amidcontroversial cases. and we have live team coverage of the results this morning. >> and first, storms are rolling through our area overnight and into this morning and it may affect the morning commute. and let's get to your weather and traffic starting with meteorologist somara theodore. >> and as you're heading out of the door, you live in areas east of cleveland and it will likely affect the morning commute from rolls of thunder and flashes of light. we saw a light of storms move through quickly and zoom in here so you can see who is getting the worst of it and it's pretty moderate and that is thompson, northern parts of shoreland, painsfield, we're seeing red and that is a heavy pocket of rain into north perry again, who saw lighter rain and into north madison and this is of mooing up 90 east and out towards ashtabula and out of our area. and throughout the day, we should be drying out and we're under a wind advisory starting at 8:00 a.m. and lasts until 8:00 p.m. and we're talking about gusts as high

wind advisory for cuyahoga county, east and west ciders, including lorraine county and further west into sandusky and toledo but as i mentioned for cleveland and these areas just to the east and west that was literally issued just hours ago. it is new and it will be a day of wind thought means patients on your part, danny will talk more about the commute and still wet roads. >> especially the wet roads to the east, right now it is a good commit, the wet roads are not impacting the drive and no those of you waking up preparing to head of the downtown cleveland all routes look great, all green, westshore, interstate 90, 71 and even 77 looks great, here's the picture east 30th where the down into and out of the downtown cleveland remains seven minutes. >>> ohio governor john kasich will be back on the campaign trail this morning after winning the primary last night>> is right, tiffany tarpley joins us live this morning and tiffany the governor is hopeful that he will eventually be the nominee. >> reporter: john and lynna he is hopeful for that contested convention right here in cleveland an

all of cuyahoga county is in the 50s. shaker heights is 52. good morning in moreland hills and we're at 51. if you wake up in strongsville, good morning to you as well. 51 there. no rain for most of our coverage area, but out in ashtabula and little spotty, light rain there. that will taper off before sunrise. we may see a few additional patchy showers throughout the morning, and maybe a rumble of thunder. i think any rain we see for the remainder of the morning is isolated by noon we're all dry and dry through the afternoon as well. we may see some sunshine breaking out, but it will be so windy, especially this afternoon. so if you're working outside today, that is something to keep in mind. i'll have your full forecast for the weekend, never too early to right? minutes. john. weekend. if you have a small child under 50 pounds and they're headed off to school, throw an extra book in the backpack there. around. all right. look at what's going on on the roads. to the east. valley view bridge, granger, transportation boulevard. first state road

to the east and into geauga county, southern cuyahoga county, i mentioned the dinah and akron and cuyahoga falls, aurora seeing some showers right now, we are checking even more so as to get through this morning and we will talk about that coming up in minutes. in the meantime danny is keeping an eye on the commit. >>> be careful as you are traveling especially east forecasts and right now southeast we're still looking at the overturned semi 271 s. or getting 2271 s. from broadway avenue and oakwood village an emergency crews are still responding. so far the ramp remains open from broadway avenue to 271 software not seeing any big delays on 271 but 2480 and route 12, 12 minutes edit south and eight minutes going north and those are fairly normal drive times. so traffic headed south a little bit but we will keep you updated. >>> the body found in a truck earlier this week and east cleveland has been identified and police say charles barnes junior was abducted by two masked men from his mother's home before his body was found was later in the trunk of a car. police are still searching for su

and those rankings, cuyahoga and summit county dropped. medina and geauga improved. you can find a complete breakdown of the rankings on the news net 5 app. meg shaw, newschannel 5. >> and thank you, meg. >>> case western reserve university school of medicine is number one in ohio. that is the main point of the u.s. news and world report. the case western reserve school is ranking above the top 25 medical schools in the nation and based on pier assessments for medical school deans across the country, research funding >>> and picture this. a major online retailer is looking into allowing shoppers to pay with a selfie. amazon.com filed a patent application for the technology and customers will be able to take a picture or short video of themselves to authenticate payments. amazon's facial recognition system would ensure it was the exact customer. no word when it will be available giving a new means to the old phrase a picture is worth a thousand words. maybe. >>> and the national park service is changing the predicted bloom dates for d.c.'s cherry blossoms. officials n

uterus transplant speaks out, made an appearance with doctors who performed the procedure at the cuyahoga county ,it jennifer jordan joins us with more. >> she would otherwise not be andnd the doctors here have changed that, her name is lindsay, she has 26, because of her situation of not having children, she was born without a uterus, and n they adopted three children, we do not know where the couple is from but they are trying to maintain as much privacy as possibleou . she want to be a part of telling the story, as the first woman in and the united states to receive ast donated uterus, she made an news conference that took place at the cuyahoga county february 24 lasting nine hours,, she gratefully thank the donor, and the woman in her 30s who provided me with a gift that i i will never be able to repay and i am so grateful to them. >> shall have a fairly normal life,, she will come back after monitoring. shall have to wait a year or so until the doctors informeded in vitro fertilization and once she gives birth they will perform a c-sectionon they're not sure how this transplanted ute

the biggest primary volt is for cuyahoga county prosecutor. o'malley is challenges mcginty for his seat. so whoever wins the primary is going to be the cuyahoga county prosecutor. >>> the democratic ticket for u.s. senator is also on today's ballot. this race is down to former ohio governor ted strickland and current cincinnati councilman p.j. sittenfield. both are democrats and are aiming to take senator portman's seat in the november election. >> brian: other issues include all 16 congressional representatives, state senators in even-numbered districts and state reps in all 99 districts. if you want to look over the candidates and local issues, this is a good idea now. head to the cleveland19.com home page and click on the election tab. we have links to everything you could possibly want to know to prepare for your visit to vote at the polls. >> tia: if the most recent surveys are any indication, today's presidential election might come down to the final votes tallied right here in the >> brian: q. mccray joins us now. political analysts are

>> and cuyahoga county gets a new prosecutor and we have live team coverage this morning and what it means moving forward. >> first, we have storms rolling into an area overnight and leaving a windy morning behind and let's get to weather and traffic together with somara theodore first. >> and it will be the wind affecting that morning commute. as for rain, the lingering showers are heading out and this brought it and it's going to take a break out there and chill there for awhile and we're not too worried right now and we have showers not too long ago in lake county and have since moved through and into the big picture, we are under a wind advisory and this is coming from the south and strong and because it's from the south, the highs will reach the low 60s and we'll see wind hour and we are in for a very, very windy wednesday. >> and the roads are slick, too and odot is tweeting me this morning, no lane closures because of flooding and that is positive news and 71 still not seeing slowing into the city as of yet and 90 checking just fine. the inner belt is fantastic. 13 minutes for

on the local front it was a close race for cuyahoga county prosecutor but overnight we learned that michael o'malley defeated incumbent tim mcginty.>> it was a close one all night long but in the end it was o'malley surging ahead. >> reporter: the late surge by michael o'malley a poll numbers show he will take this one john by double digits and that was not the story most of the night where it was a very close race in the weeks and months leading up to a close race as well with a lot of it focused on the use of deadly force cases which was the primary focus for this campaign. o'malley and his supporters gather less light on 45th in detroit to watch the numbers come in and celebrate after the race was called, o'malley was the safety director in parma as well as a former cleveland city councilman and former assistant prosecutor, o'malley says his plans is to meet with attorney general mike dewine and state officials in a few weeks and get the ball route rolling on investigations and prosecution in the use on deadly force cases . >> this county next to rebuild confidence in the criminal justic

@there is one final race in @cuyahoga county it will be too @late to get in the papers, the @cuyahoga county prosecutor's @race. @we ever been keeping an eye on @this and it is a very narrow @margin with 50% of the vote in. @it is michael o'malley with 54% @again this may have tamir rice @under tones as tim mcginty, the @prosecutor who handled that @case. @>> that last race, we will talk @to our panel about that in a @few moments. @>> thank you. @>>> huge win for governor @kasich. @he spoke to a crowd and that is @where we find tom beres @tonight. @hi tom. @>> reporter: hi. @the crews are sweeping up and @tearing down after the big @celebration. @let's look ahead. @after tonight he survivors, his @campaign is reinjures id and @marco rubio -- reenergized and @marco rubio dropping out. @this is the outcome they have @been working towards. @the last governor, and hoping @from the ashes of marco rubio's @campaign. @long shot goal to keep enough @column. @john kasich supporters hope @voters will look at him and see @the solid candidates ohio @voters liked as they celebrate @this big win to

we got reports from cuyahoga county that turnout is low. 18% there. the lines are getting longer as the primary election starts to we have a look at voter turnout. megan hickey, many voters crossing the lines for today's primary. >> right, actually a historic high of 15% of registered democrats requested, republican ballots this time around. on the other side only one percent or so of republicans requested democratic ballots and i spoke with people here at gunning recreation center that did that. some is said that governor kaisch running had something to do with switching sides. the board of elections say some rain may be keeping people from the polls. we will keep you undated. in the meantime right now megan hickey, newschannel 5. >>> okay. meggen. polls close in ohio at 7:30 and 8:00 we should have the first wave of results when the tallies tallies start to come in. john kosic has been looking it up. >> reporter: more of the >> reporter: 30% of the early vote in the state will be coming from here in cuyahoga county. we know where john kasich has don

last several weeks we have seen many news media reports regarding the financial handling within the cuyahoga office. >> an investigation leads to changes at the prosecutor's office. details just minutes away. first it is raining across northeast ohio and it will make for a soggy thursday. >> make sure you have that umbrella handy as you head out the door tomorrow. jeff tanchek is tracking the latest in our first alert forecast. >> jeff: good idea and allow a not be raining of the it is real heavy in the morning, but the roads will be wet enough. we have a steady light rain coming down. the only spot where it is not raining is in the canton, dover, mu philly area. there is some steadier rain through southern lorain county. this is moving into the greater cleveland area. the alert for tonight and tomorrow for steady showers pretty much an all day rain situation coming up tomorrow. over an inch of rain in spots. we'll see ponding out there on the roads. we still have temperatures well in the 50s and 61 in dover new philly and colombiana. scale of 1 to 10, 5 for your morning commute. 57 degrees

for cuyahoga, lorain and medina county and light talk temps as well. temperatures, 52 degrees along the lake shore and we're seeing warmer the farther south we move. mansfield, 61; norwalk, 60 for we're having trouble losing the clouds and we're seeing the dense fog advisory. the temperatures not rising too much and you move into akron and canton and alliance around 60 degrees and that is the news about the temps and talk about the rain in a couple of minutes for now. over to you. >> thank you. >>> and 5:41 now. are you ready to quick smoking but not sure you can do it? >> and that is time to throw in the cigarettes and go cold turkey. a new study said that it's best to quit all at once. and they took 700 smokers, split them into two groups. those going cold turkey and a group cutting down on the number of cigarettes they smoke a day and those who stopped at the other group struggled to cut down and many gave up. >> and i agree with the study for 25 years and my dad did it cold turkey and has been smoke >>> and new video from the shooting spree. and th

. >> romona: before this story i o'malley is running against tim mcginty for cuyahoga county prosecutor. that being said, today a cleveland 19 investigation called for michael omophoria special audit and they said tim mcginty never looked into the financial background of his chief financial officer martin davies iii even though he handed over a $31 million budget to him. now davies has resigned and michael o'malley is asking for a criminal investigation. davies had numerous personal money issues in the past. after our story aired mcginty revealed davies as an employee to charge a $400 grill on an office credit card. we uncovered davies had $172,000 worth of lawsuits filed against him. >> over the last self-things we have seen many news media reports regarding the financial handling of the cuyahoga county we have seen stories from scott taylor highlighting martin davies in his troubled financial history and seen channel 3 and tom meyer do a great story on expenditures of the office. what viewers can come to a conclusion after watching it, there's obviously, viewers can come to a conclusi

problems to note that he will @be spending tomorrow night not @down here in columbus, but up @in cuyahoga county. @because they would hope that @they could convey that message @that they could carry those @counties largely democrats in @their history. @>> very interesting. @thanks a lot, chris. @now to bernie sanders who is @hoping to sway voters here in @ohio. @their rally drew crowds that @would fill every seat in the @civic center. @with ohio voting just hours @away that the political @campaign that they heated up @today in akron and that the @theater was packed. @top to bottom and the line was @wrapped around the corner all @to see senator bernie sanders @of vermont. @all things affecting middle @class citizens, what they would @do to change them. @>> the sanders campaign, that @they also stress their @importance of voting tomorrow @and how they could strongly @determine who your next @president may be. @and cleveland, they are seeing @the possible with the upcoming @republican national convention. @that we would see it too. @destination cleveland hosted @their annual meeting at publi

in lorain and medina county and cuyahoga, right? >> yeah. >> and you're looking now, i thought of this. and this is 271 and broadway avenue. the police on the scene and in that spot and we're seeing slowdowns on 271 northbound and some cars going about 28, 30 miles an hour. kind of slow in that spot. >> and coming up on gma, donald trump will be there talking about today's primary election. >> and they're talking about all things primary. if you're trying to get on "good morning america," i know polling location right now. >> there you go. >> there you go. >> and in political news, the bachelor will be on gma as well. >> close our ears. >> spoiled. >> okay. >> and ah. we'll see you on facebook at 7:30 for our post show. the nafta trade treaty -- 850,000 jobs lost. special trade status with china -- 3 million jobs lost. now the trans-pacific trade deal could cost america 448,000 more jobs. only one disastrous deal -- bernie sanders. while others supported unfair trade deals, bernie stood with american workers. he'll take on wall stre

. >>> the heroin epidemic plagues cuyahoga county today. we learned 12 more overdose deaths over a few day's time. the cuyahoga county medical examiner's office from late march 10 through monday march 14th, 12 died after overdosing on heroin, fentanyl or combination of both. victims ranged from 22 to 66-years-old and from all over the county. the same source. >>> this morning, the election poll worker who pulled a gun at a local polling place was arraigned. allen bethea pleaded not guilty and held on $10,000 bond. bethea pulled the gun out after a fight with poll workers at louisa may alcott school. >>> a reminder tower city closed early for st. patrick's day to avoid any post parade chaos. all the stores and food court closed at 2:00 this afternoon and tower city cinemas hard rock cafe and morton's and taphouse are open tonight. you will only be allowed to walk through tower city if you are going to see these restaurants, parking at tower city, staying at the ritz or renaissance hotels or taking rta. >> mark, it was a gorgeous day out ther

all of the cuyahoga precincts, o'malley won the race by 20,000 votes. it's very clear. one city delivered the defeat the mcginty. incumbent tim mcginty and his office bragged about prosecuting cases from a backlog of untested rape kits and demolishing abandoned homes. >> we're getting more than we can hafnlt. >> reporter: but analysts we talked to say lost the public's confidence with his handling of high-profile officer-involved shootings in cleveland. >> as far as they were concerned, mcginty did wrong and he was punished at the moss. >> reporter: we have reviewed numbers and we learned michael mall lee won -- michael o'malley won most of the suburbs, including maple heights. mcginty did win bay village, westlake, rocky river, north openly sterksd and strongsville. cost mcginty's reelection were the defeats he sirched all but about 25 of cleveland's more than 3070 precincts. his small victories were on cleveland's near west side, in mcginty's own neighborhood, the west park area. no republicans or independents failed for the november general election. so o'malley will

>>> we broke the story that the harrowing sentinel abuse problem may be working cutl a worse in cuyahoga county than anyone originally expected. we have learned that four people have odd and died in the county the epidemic is not just limited to cuyahoga county. the lorain county drug task force arrested david hollis d junior who they save selves that no nall to a drug user who died from an overdose. as the eye team has reported fenton allis sentinel is an opiate drug -based writ -based rate -basedug drug potentially more hazardousrug than heroin. dealers are not telling you that they are in fact selling you a potentially more lethalt s drug. >> they are indicating that they have a finer grade of heroin.ind others some might say they have china white quartz referred tor on the street as fire or the good stuff and they mighth actually be charging more for that so the buyer thinks or knows they're buying or seems they're buying there buying a higher grade of heroin when in fact it's sentinel laced harrowing kingi oft's the detective says as have t seen a recent spike in overdoses and a deb

the march is scheduled to end at the metropolitan campus of cuyahoga community college where a rally is set to organizers trying to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. forecast. >> we're in the mid to upper 60s 63 it is warmer inland. take a look at our sky cam we're looking at a winds out of the the southwest. we've got rain showers out there as well as some thunder far south and west. right now 63 in downtown cleveland however we're going to watch the readings climb a little bit. 64 in north royalton low to mid-60s across the viewing area. inland same deal. so we are mild. remember average highs this time of year about 45 degrees so we're nearly 20 degrees above that here at the noon hour. notice mostly cloudy skies for downtown cleveland but you head down to medina we've got some sunshine down there. so it feels like spring no question about it. the south of akron, south of canton also out towards wews we're getting some sun. our next batch of wet weather is moving in from the south and west. sandusky is getting pounded. this is heading north and east. so i would suspect we'll

. >> cuyahoga county election worker arrested after police say he argued with other workers and had a gun,o the supervisors spoke with lorrie taylor .. location .. tell me that she became upset after being corrected over how dealing with the voter . the police say that produced a pistol after arguing with fellow workers were on election judge says that he became so inappropriate he was asked to leave that's when he allegedly told a worker that somebody was going to dield and set his backpack and showed a gun . he is arrested by the police within minutes, the worker asked that we show her face was shaken , voters were troubled. >> i was terrified . i do not know what to do . there are children here, and we are working together about 40 people >> it is a privilege that we all have personal sense to have guns to. >> goal of those kids that were in danger, i do believe that something like that would happend . >> he was about three blocks away when he was arrested, they found the gun and some marijuana in his backpack he was convicted a few years ago on a charge of sexual impositionacac an

it comes from the mouth of the cuyahoga river. they've got to do this every couple of years. the port of cleveland is fighting the army's plan. they say the sediment is polluted and will threaten water quality and wildlife and in turn the economy. >>> there's a growing push to add more security to the streets and sidewalks in the tremont neighborhood. the community is trying to get the word out about a gofundme account set up. they're trying to raise 30 grand to install a security camera system. if you remember, there were a carjackings last summer in tremont. they can't have that. organizers hope more surveillance will prevent crime and make nightlife just a bit safer. >>> a half hour ago we told you about a local identity theft victim. her ongoing battle trying to win back her identity and credit. >> tia: it just sounds frustrating. we bring back cleveland 19 reporter paul oral ski. >> nothing is 100%. that's sure. the federal government has ideas for you. some are simple but others you may not have thought of. here's a list we thought might be helpful to you. card with you

, more cuyahoga county made history last month with the first-ever uterine transplant . >> stacey frey has an update from the doctors. >> know that she is 26 years old , and that they have adopted three children . but do not know where she is from she came into into the room thisto morning as the doctors held a news conference for an update on this surgeryrynf, she wants to maintain she was born with functioning ovaries but without a uterus the first one in the country to receive a donated uterus from a bullet in woman in her 30s who died suddenly,b the nine-hour surgery was performed at the cuyahoga county on february 204 have to wait a year before the eggs harvested areb transplanted and fertilized with her husband 'sd sperm, hopefully give birth to a healthy baby doesn't will be delivered by cesarean sectionon they don't know how a transplanted uterus would respond to natural to natural safe as possible, there were surgerybl less than two weeks ago there are 10 women to participate in the study at the cuyahoga countyy to receive donatedou services and a chance at a new life in bears

there was a good turnout at the cuyahoga county board of elections today. doors were open from eight this morning until 4:00 this afternoon. the board is now closed. but starting monday, ohio is extending but the days and hours for early voting. your local board of elections will be open monday, march 7 through friday march 11 from 8:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. you can find more information on our website, fox8.com. while bernieeb sanders was here in cleveland, the two front runners, donald trump on the republican side and lou clinton on the democratic side, were busy trying to stay ahead of the competition. john warnick has the latest on the super saturday primaries and caucuses. >> the fight from her delegatessa continues as voters head to primaries and caucuses across five states saturday, kansas, louisiana, maine and kentucky for republicans and kansas, louisiana and nebraska for democrats.or 155 delegates at stake for democrats. republican front runner donald trump made a last-minute decision to hand to keds us and skip the annual conservative political ac

. >> and a surprise upset cuyahoga county prosecutor of 24 years lost his seat to democrat hick challenger by 11 points and we are bringing you team coverage live on 5 following up on all of those major races this evening and right now we are kicking things off with our news channel 5 john. more than just campaigning at usual. >> yeah, after graduating from ohio state john kasich as accepted to the temple university law school. he didn't go. he choose a job working for a state senator. that law degree might come in handy going forward. >> as he took the stage last night his campaign was sending out a press release announcing the addition of four people to his national strategy council. the first of the visors that would charged with the test of developing the behind the scenes strategy. >> we're talking about the selection of the delegates, three quarters get selected not by the candidate but by the parties and so that's going to be something to influence and of course going into the convention the rules can be changed by the gop right up until the day of and even into the convention itsel

. >> cuyahoga county and clintons and officials plan to meet with at&t to make sure that this does not happen again.o >> the browns are in the news . down as president of the team he will remain as a consultant until the 16 he was not a factor in the front office after the hiring of paul depodesta and revamps being the uniform changes this past season he was lauded fors helping the family that suffers to learn the ropes of nfl ownership, armonty bryant suspended four games for violating the policy on performance-enhancing substance he was found to have drugs in his possession during ad christmas day traffic stop,u that suspension is not related to the legal troubles he will be suspended without pay. >> alexander called the browns fans uniquely passionate and the t people he worked with have shown on the saturday morning march 2016, live look from thehe fox-cam, snowfall is beginning to lighten up a little bit and continued to press eastward, so that heavier snow moving east is not really that heavy . the temperature stayed around freezing yesterdayth and we topped out at 33 degrees . t

now, cuyahoga county cleveland.com reports there are 15 first one set to shut down. some other branches will also be affected. compare that to 6 in summit county only two first merits there will close. the ceo said in january that all branch employees will be offered a job. this deal is expected to close in the summertime. again the branches will not close until next year. >>> now, to a robbery caught on camera. look at this it unfolded at a busy gas station and the suspect didn't just want cash she wanted personal driver too. >> the person that robbed you did they leave in a car or something? >> i had to drive her. it was a woman. i had to drive her to some place. >> the victim says the robber had her face covered and she could only see her eyes so if you know anything about this case give police a call would bars. >> the adult suspect accused of persuading that teenager into stealing. investigators say lawrence vacarrio convinced the 16-year old to do everything grabs. officers say a key witness who is blind actually help crack this case. after a smash and grab at

tony: probably the most@ heated race in northeast ohio@ is for kaya toe go county pros@ dsh dash cuyahoga county@ prosecutor.@ 54 now to 46.@ o'malley surged ahead.@ scott taylor surged ahead.@ scott?@ with me now.@ you started out the night as@ kind of an underdog.@ absentee ballots. since then@ you surged.@ can you explain that at all?@ >> it is not over.@ i am still cautiously@ optimistic.@ what we are seeing is our@ campaign has gained a lot of@ momentum.@ the voters are hearing the@ message i am trying to resend@ them about confidence in the@ office.@ it is fairly and impartially@ pursuing justice.@ certainly the issues involving@ mr. mcginty's chief@ financial officer played a@ role as well. over the last@ two or three peeks people are@ hearing our message.@ today at the polls the@ response was overwhelming.@ i covered the county from east@ to west and it was consistant@ throughout the county.@ i think this is a victory for@ the people of the county.@ i am going to take that office@ and the justice system in a@ new direction.@ >> are you ready to declare@ victory?@ >> no.@ i am caut

.@ p>> tony: accusations and@ insults flying in the could@ kaya cuyahoga county@ prosecutor's race between tim@ mcguinty and michael@ o'malley.@ scott taylor broke a store@ about the chief financial@ officer that lead to the cfo's@ resignation.@ >> tony, there is no@ republican challenger to@ face-off in the november@ election.@ who ever wins tuesday's@ primary is your next county@ prosecutor.@ >> tim mcguinty is on a@ mission.@ his opponent has experience as@ the former county prosecutor@ bill mason's first assistant@ prosecutor.@ and he wants mcguinty's@ >> i took apart o'malley's@ patronage team.@ he was the patronage czar.@ >> mcguinty is lying ji.@ michael o'malley has never@ been the prosecutor.@ i never raised a dollar and i@ challenged him to produce one@ name and he can't.@ >> he has been the face of the@ county and multiple police@ involved shooting deaths@ including the death of a@ 12-year-old boy in cleveland.@ >> the race could come down to@ how voters feel tim mcguinty@ did on the job of@ shooting.@ that went down at the rec@ center.@ >> i exposed mcguinty to@ doing a backgro

> strict limits on plea deals in gun casesct with the i-team found should change, new policy for cuyahoga county prosecutors handling gun cases doesn't doesn't much better chance to be arrested for gun crime found that many convex in cuyahoga county received probation for gun crimes now being prosecutors office says a new policy putting strict limits ons plea bargains encouraging is through the in the crime never solve. >> anything that we can do to allow another family to not go no through this to spare them the pain two years later toto. >> the i-team reviewed about 90 cases from 2,014> those were the most serious charge of concealed weapon or having a weapon as a felone about half of the suspects e got probation about one third ever got locked up including some given time served a few daysme under investigation. >> got massillon into homes killed the childrenn cuyahoga county tim mcginty put limits on plea bargains for concealed weapons chargesesit and the new policy says her regardless be for other cases. >> the prosecutor will be taken this elevator to the ninth floor to take over th

assistant prosecutor for the faith county of cuyahoga that it would be difficult to unseatul him for the office but o'malley felt the criticism he faced over the tamir race with d's boost his case.t today over the last several weeks i really did feel a shift in momentum. my message was to really was tremendous. mcginty congratulated him and thanked his supporters for his one as prosecutorsu will be squarely at the bottom of your screen cap the morning your time not is 5:09 a.m. weather and traffic every eight minutes scott sabol good morning. notice the cloud cover still relatively it will affect will probably seeee some sunshine this afternoon the wentzel pick backup even though the temperatures remain in the 50s through the lunch hour. weather and traffic every eight minutes. let's check in with scott that was my your invitation. you can catch good stuff blows up 38 years ago. mid- 80s.p eighty-eight. when the loan that shower and their ashtabula to geneva on the lake getting hit with a pretty good rain showerla the help of the cloud take as long as the new top of the remaining sho

primary here in ohio @won't arrive for another 10 @days but early voting continued @this week in cuyahoga county. @that runs through monday, march @14 just before the actual @elections. @on the 15th, your ballot must @be pope -- postmarked by the @14th. @it takes a whopping 6000 staff @to make things run smoothly. @they are still hiring and @training for the big day. @>>> new reports show the @dollars and sense are lopsided @-- in the cuyahoga county @primary race. @tim mcginty already under fire @for accepting $90,000 in @campaign contributions four @years ago. @the money coming from @businessman robert cantor. @he's now taken another $50,000 @from the same donor this very @year. @the investigator taking into @mcginty accepted the money to @help fund his showdown against @senator mike o'malley -- it @dwarfed challenger o'malley's @reported $53,000 fund. @>>> and remember even when we @are off the air we are always @on at wkyc.com and on our app. @on our website look under the @local tab for local politics @and the national stories on our @nation now tab, or touch the @politics dial on ou

but he's been handing cuyahoga county county jail since november of two and >> his attorney says his cliento is a good father and is remorseful. >> his behavior here, he has been a model father of the straight-a student who graduated from high school as an athlete and anticipates attending college. >> two mcginty believes that he deserves a harsher sentence m. >> the sentence that will deter others from taking you just take the child of if the relationship was bad and just raise them.. >> fernandez attorney says he will ask the judge toto credit him for time served and placed him on probation. >> is remorseful and just wants to moveon. >> sentencing is set for april 1313 he could get probation be at the sentencing. >> a train slams into a parked radar shows extensive area of showers from ohio . it is almost the entire area . you shall see some of the echoes of norwalk, sandusky, into mansfield, new philadelphia . and the recorded lightning strikes about 575 reports . of lightning . so be very cautious .o we see the flood watch, warnings to the southwest . rainfall could be locally he

westlake is 40 cuyahoga falls in ravenna pulled checking in at 36. will cause the clouds to blustery night too. incredible news that he's accused of saying i camera does it help or hurt his case. you buy a new car in the future it's going to be a big change. and how it's expected to keep roads safer. we are going to explain are going to share your stories associated with people they issued a statement saying they peoplea supreme court nominee is making the rounds on capitol hill they met with senator minority leaderet republican leadersic are standing. friends. say they will not allow i hearing or a vote. the man accused of killing natalie holloway has confessed to the crime. saying he lied to police the holidays thata he is guilty and except everything is done. he was loves to be seen with her hard to believe it's been a long he's currently imprisoned inim 2010. there was carrying 59 people on the lightning bolt of the around sixx there was a flashing lightgh in a big explosion were not electrician. they say it was not work related and he did not ha

the hotly contested race for cuyahoga county prosecutor sawated ch two democrats facing off. incumbent cuyahoga county prosecutor tim mcginty with just one term in office challenged by former assistant prosecutor michael o'malley. o'malley defeated mcginty by 12 percentage points. o'malley says last night he realized residents of cuyahoga county want change..o osleytytycounty w and he's grt chateful for his supporters.anhe you have to understand that itrstand that it is a very difficult thing to ask somebody to support somebody against an incumbent prosecutor but many people did and i am thankful for that because thoseifficultng t people who did helped push me to the top. the top. o'malley says he knew it would for the office. but, o'malley felt the criticism mcginty faced over the tamir rice the m would boost his case. mcginty released a statement, congratulating o'malley on his victory. vicry. he says he's proud of the says accomplishments of the prosecutor's office.he'sroudco stay with fox8 for continuing coverage of the ohio primary.y. results will be scrolling at the bot

@if you are democratic cuyahoga @county you will be making a @choice for county prosecutor. @current prosecutor tim mcginty @is being challenged by former @assistant county prosecutor @michael malley. @>> for the u.s. senate race, @democratic voters across @northeast ohio will have to @choose between former ohio @governor ted strickland, and @cincinnati since he councilman, @also a political newcomer named @kelly prather @>> if you are voting in karma, @north royalton, parma heights, @controversial bow hunting issue @is on the ballot. @that measure would allow hunters @to use bows and arrows to hunt @deer in designated areas with a @license. @>> a lot is riding on the ohio @primary today which means a lot @of attention from candidates. @will ujek joins us live. @being so important, we have @seen these campaigns out in @full force especially over the @last couple of days. @>>reporter: if you haven't had @your door knocked on, or your @phone buzz, you probably have @been doing everything you can @to avoid it. @other people are doing the @exact opposite. @they've given apply fo

@it's falling back to 38 @degrees, and mid-40s in the @cuyahoga county airport. @it's 50s in dover. @a possibility of a little bit @of freezing rain. @we're not talking about massive @amount of freezing rain in @northern ohio. @we could get a glazing, it will @put icy coating on some @surfaces. @this is near sandusky point. @where this all fits in, we have @dry air that is moving in as @this transition is taking @place. @that will probably help us out @somewhat. @but, seeing the snow showers in @western michigan, this is lake @effect we're seeing off lake @michigan, that's a harbinger of @how things will go later on @tonight. @this lake effect is getting @this dry air. @snow, midnight will be in the @20s and by early evening low @20s, with lake effect snow @showers continuing across most @of northern ohio. @we're expecting the snow @showers to taper off late @morning. @once we got into the afternoon @we'll see some of the clouds @clearing out. @temperatures will be stuck in @the 20s had, however. @we might get a knew 30s on the @map, it looks like we'll be in @the 20s and we'll have

week the fox eight i team broke the story that thet hair hair of heroin problem may be worse in cuyahoga c county than anyone expected. this morning where blurred fore with learned four people haved overdosed and died in the county ind the last three days and the epidemic is not limited to cuyahoga county. david hollis junior was arrested on a charge ofs ju involuntary to a drug user who died from an overdose. it is an opiate -based drugs like heroin but much more potent and potentially deadly. the lorraine task force is not not telling users they are in fact selling them a potentially more lethall drug. >> they are indicating that they have a finer grade ofc heroin they might say they have china white china why china white or it'shy referred to on the streete as fire or the good stuff. they might actually be charging more forhey that so the buyer knows they're hiding up a higher grade or seems they are buying a higher grade of heroin. >> detective martin says theysay have seen a recent spike ine overdoses and deaths in the ring county. the i team has reported that so far this year more

according to the cuyahoga account board of election, 849 registered votessers in the county. as of today 26500 cast of the nearly 35,000. there have been an increase in democrats requesting republican absentee ballots. >> i think this is a attribute to the excitement with donald trump and our governor being on the ballot. we are excited to see enthusiasm in cuyahoga county. >>> bo abelieves that at the end of tomorrow, 41% of the voters will participate in the on par with previous years. >>> while everyone is getting fired up over the presidential race, while residents in jackson township are getting fired up over the pocket of change to their quiet neighborhood. a group of neighbors are fighting a proposal to build apartments and condominium complexes in an area zoned for sing the family homes. they have been passing around a passion and they got enough votes. >> people like this area because it is rural and single family and not 173 unit is in your back yard. >> a developer says there is more need for housing in jackson township and regardless of the out come of the vote th

@cuyahoga county board of @elections about 15% of all the @republican votes cast are being @cast by democrats crossing @trump? @>> let's talk about turnout. @what is turnout ition pected to @be tomorrow. @41%. @>> on the democratic race, are @we looking at sanders or @clinton? @>> again i think hillary @here. @bernie sanders has picked up a @lot of support lately. @i wonder how many of his @college aged supporters will @get to the polls. @ohio, reverts to being a more @pragmatic political barometer @state. @hillary golston has a long and @deep history of support here. @i'm thinking she wins more @votes and delegates to add to @her margin and lead over bernie @sanders. @>> a fascinating day. @>> we will be here to recount @it all. @>> a long one. @thank you. @>>> cleveland will be the @worldwide stage for the @republican nomination to play @out come july, and today, @destination cleveland held the @is next for our city on the @rise. @the group met at the public @auditorium to recap the @successes from 2015 and look @ahead to the big year in 2016 @we are expecting. @al roker agrees cleveland is

@ @>>> a group of ministers @rallied support and a cuyahoga @county prosecutors race. @>>> @candidate says could happen if @he does not get the nomination. @>>> the new invention that @promises to make mealtime with @your toddler less em from becoming a @picky eater. @. @st. patrick's day festivities @in downtown cleveland. @>> thousands expected for the @parade and day of celebrating. er cooperate or @will we have to bundle up @before heading downtown? @>> your parade plan. @>> i think we will @more really nice day before @things really go downhill as we @go into the weekend. @starting in the morning mostly tures in @the 40s, but she'll and there. @if you're planning on coming @downtown bring a jacket. @make sure, just in a little rain gear. @by midday as the parade gets @going, the sky quickly fills @with clouds. @just like today, there will be @pop-up showers and the temperature, 56 @degrees for the middle of the @day. @perfect for the parade with @breaks of sun will continue through @the evening with temperatures @falling in the 40s. @lot of rain, many will miss @showers tomorrow.

. >> a car plunges into the cuyahoga river with two people inside. the passenger said she saw the driver swimming away but there hasn't been a trace of lorne harris since. where is he? >> his family taking the search for him into their own hands. they're convinced he's still alive. there are signs something strange is going on. >> reporter: signs that that are giving new home but raising new questions. the family hired a private investigator who tracked lorne's cell phone this weekend to here in >> reporter: the storey. >> can't eat. >> reporter: lorne harris was seen last sunday, eight days later it's like he vanished. >> we want to find out what happened to him. >> reporter: police say he drove his car into the cuyahoga river, when his car was pulled out of the water 24 hours later there was no signs of him, until now. >> it gives me hope a little bit. >> reporter: he is one of six kids in a tight knit family. a family that is stopping at nothing to find him, scouring the river banks day and night and hiring their own investigator to ping his cell

and where that is hurting steady is southeastern section of cuyahoga county into downtown and sullen, west of the city, lighter stuff and into westlake. here we go, maple heights, north field, twinsburg up and down interstate 271 and as well as 480 and back into portions of portage county and southern geauga county and into the south and west along interstate 71, lodi, westfield, and burbank and into medina. vermilion, wakeman and lolain lorain and elyria with light rain, too. a big warm-up but that is not happening until next week. hour-by-hour, the temperatures in the 20s with a few flakes. i will let you know about two shots of. >>> when, how much coming up. leon. >> and thank you, jason. >>> it was a house fire claiming the lives of a man and his dog. at the scene, a firefighter was on west 99th street. south of dennisson avenue. our cameras were there rolling as crews tried to save a man and his best friend. sarah phinney takes our story from there. >> reporter: as strong winds lift smoke around the west side neighborhood, firefighters went inside a home pulling out a man's limp

rest of the evening farther @north we have scattered showers @that continue to akron, canton @and cuyahoga falls. @hudson streetsboro getting a @shower, this will pass through @and as we look further north @and west to lorain and western @sections of cuyahoga county, it @looks like be showers of @breaking up. @for the rest of the night just @damp and cool and foggy as @well. @temperatures now in the upper @30s along the lake shore. @40s and 50s hanging on father @south. @as we go through the rest of @the night we are anticipating @where we will have problems @when we have new software. @it still quirky and working out @of. @the back end of the rain @continues to move out cooler @air moving in as this right @presses through. @it is good news bring in drier @air the bad news drier air is @the heaviest of the rain so @thankful for that. @as far as temperatures tomorrow @morning 30s potentially across @much of northern ohio @definitely a very chilly start @to the day your morning commute @damp and fog hanging around @mostly sunny through the @afternoon but the big thing is @it won't be warm on

. >> 17-year-olds can vote in ohio's primary only if they the cuyahoga board of elections director says this last-minute decision has caused some confusion. >> it is time they make these decisions prior to the final days of elections. it makes it very difficult for us when we get last-minute court decisions and change in the administration that affects us on election day and nice if all this litigation can be done 60 days prior to the election. >> this time voter turned 18 and says she is happy about the decision. >> it is a good experience. >> i never did it before. it was just nice. >> 70 ballots were returned so far and they put them aside just in case. >> poll workers will open the ballots and count them and doesn't expect a rush tuesday. >> the law was in effect prior to the close of registration. a lot of 17-year-olds didn't to vote and therefore now that the court allowed them to vote they are not registered for the primary election. >> more than 6,000 people stopped in over the weekend to vote, a slight increase from past elections and donald is projecting a 41% turnout overall.

the next is tomorrow night at the cuyahoga county public library in maple heights, mark. >> mark: we saw sunshine earlier. >> jeff: yes. we have to get the temperature. that's the thing. it is spring after all. come o. today's high 42. it is a mostly cloudy sky and a hint or two of sun out there. 40 is the current temperature downtown. look at mansfield with more sun today. 46 degrees on the cleveland 19 first alert weather app indicating temperatures in the low to mid-30s downtown here. i think we will go up as the night wears on. we will see an increase in cloud cover. i will keep it dry. the winds of change starting tomorrow. a big warm up on the way compared to today and the best easter sunday. forecast details at 6:18. mark? >> mark: jeff, thanks. >>> it was a family tragedy in summit county mather's found dead in their home after an explosion and now their old home is no more. the mom and two daughters died before the fire started. dad, jeff, committed suicide. dani carlson returned to the township center as crews demolished the house. >> where we are standing from the mather h