. >> 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

make sure they get a very uniform and consistent approach to prosecuting criminals here in the cuyahoga county region. >>> let's take you to summit county where voters and norton shot down tool or to school levels - shut down to school levies. 60% of the voters said no, the operating levy but the voters did approve the levy renewal for norton fire and ems. >>> election coverage continues throughout the morning coming up with 622 >>> election coverage continues throughout the morning coming up with 6:22 am rob frost the head of the republican party hearing cuyahoga county will sit down with us and talk about the impact these primary elections are having on the party and also the national convention. plus at 6:30 am or donald trump had to say about a cleveland business and what had one poll worker pulling out a gun. >>> still to come, new details this morning in a nightclub shooting from last week and what police are now telling us about the case and a possible suspect the first let's go check that whether.>> thank you john, and a great wednesday to you. what we're talking about today is breezy

meg, so many people wondering how did we do in cuyahoga county. >> i can tell you our health ranking is slightly declining. the county was at number 50, among all 88 counties. this year, it's at 53 and there is our base on health factors like smoking, drinking and obesity and here are other factors they come up with. and that is down 2% from last year. adult obesity remaining the same and this year with 30% of adults having a body mass index higher than 30. the last factor i am looking into this morning is drunk driving deaths. 35% of driving deaths in ohio have alcohol involved. and i can tell you cuyahoga county's percentage in that category is higher than that with 45% involving alcohol. the healthiest county in ohio the second year is delaware county. and in last, pike county in southern ohio. if you want to know where your county ranks, we have them up on the newschannel 5 app. >>> the cleveland clinic under a u.s. senate review with 20 other hospitals for surgery procedures. the hospitals often perform concurrent surgeries, meaning one surgeon operates on two patients at the sam

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

, michael o'malley beats timothy mcginty for cuyahoga county prosecutor. this is huge because there's no republican in the race, so o'malley will run uncontested and win the county prosecutor's seat next november. >> tia: it's been a item few years for timothy mcgintfy. the high profile cases and protests have come to try and impeach him. >> brian: next january it's michael o'malley's turn to take over a very difficult job. there's reaction from o'malley's big win. >> q.: the o'malley campaign expected a close race, but after it was all said and done, the race wasn't very close at all. voters made an overwhelming decision that the office needs a new direction. prosecutor mcginty served just one term at cuyahoga county's prosecutor. mcginty found himself dodging criticism over several cases and shooting death of 12-year-old tamir rice. o'malley think it's a good change for cuyahoga county. >> it was a long campaign that really benefitted the residents of the county. there was a much-needed dialogue about the criminal justice system and the operations of the

. @>> reporter: cuyahoga county @in the end decided it was time @for a change. @[ indiscernible - low volume ] @helping pay to demolish all @houses. @he championed ways to make the @criminal justice system fair @but to get many thought his @personality caused problems. @it's not what you do but how @you do it. @>> there is speculation, maybe @mcginty lost some votes @connected with the @presidential primary. @what can you tell us about @that? @got ballots to vote for john @kasich. @a lot of them would've been @piggyback is, not enough to @change the outcome. @maybe you could make things a @little closer. @>> thank you. @>>> new tonight, a sheffield @lake man provided guilty for @providing support to the @islamic state. @and their f i'm on [ @indiscernible ] [ name @indiscernible ] he was @arrested after trying to buy @an ak-47 from an undercover @agent. @>> amir said rahman al-ghaz @is expected to be sentenced @june 23. @>>> odot is working to replace @noise barriers. @>> what is being done for the @project? @>> reporter: you could see the @small hole here that gives you @a perf

kuaiia hogga county's percentage in the -- cuyahoga county's percentage is higher than that. and delaware county the cent year and at last, pike county in southern ohio and to know how your county can, we have the results on the news5 app. >>> and thank you. new for you this morning, the cleveland clinic is under a u.s. senate review with 20 other hospitals. the hospitals performing concurrent surgeries, meaning one surgeon operates on two patients at the same time. the senate's inquiry is looking into how affective that practice is. >>> u.s. news and world report ranking case western reserve one in ohio. the report released overnight ranks case among the top 25 schools -- schools in the u.s. and they're ranked on pure assessments from medical schools nationally and objective criteria like research funding and the qualifications of admitted students. >>> hundreds of thousands of commuters need to find another way to get around d.c. today. it's an unprecedented move here. the entire metro shut down because of safety fears. it shut down at midnight for rails to be inspected and

@blm 267 looks like cuyahoga @county -- @county voters will pass issue @23. @it was a continuation of @funding for another 8 years. @monica robins explains what @taxpayer dollars will be used @for. @>> reporter: the levelly @impacts children, seniors, @families and residents who are @in crisis. @last year 200,000 families used @the program. @now the money funds emergency @services like metro health @level one trauma and burn @center and life flight and @there are programs to protect @children and home health @services for seen considers. @it is -- seniors and critical @for addiction and mental health @services. @>> for metro health it tells us @what we are doing is correct. @it is what people want. @it is what they need. @it is what they appreciate. @>> reporter: the levelly will @provide $130 million for core @services over 8 years and it @>> monica robins, thank you. @>>> for perspective on the @presidential race, joining me @is virgil dominic. @you covered a few races in your @time. @maybe not so many like this @one. @after tonight we still have @three men

@watch for the fog richland @lorraine, portions of western @cuyahoga county. @we are also seeing in summit @county, i to 71 at state route @eight, as you can see heavy fog @here, but normal drive times. @back to you. @>>> time now for my biggest @winners of my biggest losers in @sports prayed for the biggest @losers, we have seen many @famous horses from secretariat @to american pharaoh, to trigger @to mr. ed. @they've all had one thing in @clothing. @i mean, mr. ed would wear @glasses from time to time, but @no clothing. @why should we start now? @look at this. @this is racehorse more stead, @and the jockey had a tweed suit @and tie made special for his @horse to wear to big racing @festival. @[laughter] @i admit the horse look sharp, @is this necessary? @it took 59 feet of tweed to @10 times more than a human suit. @ridiculous? @how is the horse race in this. @he would be better off in a @tracksuit. @[laughter] @horseracing is the sport of @kings. @get him a robe. @not a tweed suit. @i will admit he is very dapper. @the biggest winners come from @chagrin fall

transplanted uterus all given the chance to be part ofof one of life's greatest kudos to the cuyahoga county, this gives hope to so many who have lost it due to cancer or illness and perhaps were born without it. >> many people don't realize this is a m serious condition, and we have seen today the cuyahoga county doctors are trying to change that for so many . then something like that they are there, we take it for granted to be able tow give birth that shows you . >> this is a transplant that unlike organ transplants or hair transplant etc. that can help you to reproduce life. >> the temperatures are increasing tomorrow, we got the we've got the first forecaster with melissa mack who is outdoors..t >> very seldom do i go to the t producer to go outside but this t is one of those days that you do not need a coat . it feels fantastic outside . not ready to go to the swimming pool but doesdy get you thinking in that way . philadelphia is closer on the side of 7070 as opposed to 60 . the winds have been testing, on tuesday, some breaks of sun . tonight 47 mostly cloudy . a tomorrow, intervals

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

> 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 debts deat

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

. >> 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

@and the orange right in here @and on the east side of @cuyahoga county that the storm @is this close to you now. @look at the band of the storm @now. @take us to the sky. @look at this we've got this on @the twitter feed, the shelf @cloud that will be lowering in @lorain county as these @thunderstorms were moving @through this from twitter and @thanks for tweeting us the @photo from ridgeville as you @can see the storms lining up @from the west side of cleveland @to the turnpike. @heavier rain on 77. @in fact just about the entire @length of 77 now from downtown @cleveland all the way into the @county, very heavy rain towards @philadelphia, carolton and @carroll county will get the @showers and thunderstorms next @and in a period of rain behind @it. @no severe weather here, but @gusty winds likely. @about 7:42. @just after 8:30 down to the @south of lyons it is 8:49. @and about 8:34. @may see some gusty winds, @definitely the rainy evening if @you're coming out. @behind that area of low @pressure is moving in. @another area of low pressure @will bring us showers and @thunderstorms as

. >>> 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

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

ben travelled in -- pope ben ben travelled in 1976. >>> and you're taking a live look at the cuyahoga county board of elections. it is and it's prompted the national weather service team. and let's go ahead and get a look at the counties. lorain county, parts of medina county and cuyahoga county and you're seeing fog to a itical point. and we're seeing it dwindle in wooster and canton and keep monitoring the situation and let you know who is seeing the fog again. and this is a look at the radar. the last of the rain is sweeping through. it's light and we're looking at a light drizzle there and that is in southern ashtabula. we're drying out for your tuesday and this is going to be one of the dryest days for the remainder of the week. by 9:00 a.m., this is dry and by 5:45 p.m., it's taking time for clouds and the fogs to burn out and we will see sunshine this evening once they do and in the wake, we'll get the temperatures rising. it's going to be cooler along and rain returns to the forecast and this is the other round i was talking about. it's moving in late, late, late tonight and honestly

five counties in our area improve their rankings from the 2015 annual report and that includes cuyahoga county, which ranks ohio. geauga county is one of the healthiest in the state and coming in second place. there are several factors determining the health of our state. right now, 19% of adults in ohio are smokers and that is down 2% from last year. adult obesity remains the same with 30% of adults having a and drunk driving deaths, that is all a factor. 35% of driving deaths in ohio are alcohol-related and cuyahoga's percentage is higher at 45% and they use the factors to determine how healthy the counties will be while looking at education, access to healthcare and the unemployment rate. 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

prosecutor . >> joins us. >> timothy mcginty is opposed in the election by former cuyahoga county assistant prosecutor michael malley, judge mcginty campaign on the positive of his first term including tearing down hundreds of abandoned homes , eliminating politics of the office and new life to hundreds of old rape cases, michael malley campaignedt on promise to restore lost confidence in the justice systemem which claims a broken here and factors tonight will been how the prosecutor's office handled the parachutingic in the prosecution of michael brelo, he's taken some lumps for those two high-profile cases and they could make or breakt his reelection bid tonight . another element of the election and the race is that neither are endorsed by the local democratic party . today was the special day for time first-time 17 -year-olds were able to vote if 18 before the election in november they were excited and took the >> is a good experience, but i was nervous but they make it a nice experience. >> i thought that i would mess it up but i was fine.at >> first time this has happened in

rocky river and north olmstead and the southern part of cuyahoga county and then we have this line tracking east. medina and wayne county here. that's moving into the akron 1:00 a.m. to 4:00 a.m. generally this light rain, kind of what we have been seeing throughout the night so far. then tomorrow morning it will be a light rain. and it will be wet roads for the morning drive. need the rain gear. showers are very warm though. 56 the low. 10:00 a.m., there seems to be a bit of a break from the steadier rain. but look what happens in the afternoon. that rain picks up around 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 tomorrow evening. after that it starts to wind down from northwest to southeast. when we look at the future view rainfall here, this is going to be the total. we are looking at here by 10:00 tomorrow night over an inch in sandusky and around an inch in norwalk and three-quarters of an inch in cleveland and over an inch in canton. you can get the idea. it is a super soaker. i didn't go nuts with the 59 for the high in cleveland and to around 60. that's warm for this time of year. it is cooler than

as we, the fox 8 i team broke the story that the heroin fentanyl abuse problem may be worse in cuyahoga county than anyone expected. an arrest in elyria makes clear. dear lorraine county drug task force arrested david hollis, junior on a charge of involuntary manslaughter. detective say collis sold fentanyl to drug user, who died from an overdose. asm the i team has reported, fentanyl is an opiate like heroin, but is much more potent and potentially deadly. the rain county m task force is steelers aren't telling users that they are come in fact, selling them a potentially more lethal drugs. >> they are indicating that they have a finer grade of karen>>. they are not referring to it as fentanyl. on the street they may refer to it as far or the good stuff.ey they might actually be charging more fort that. so the buyer thinks and knowsd that they are buying a higher grade or assumes they are buying higher gradee heroin when it is really fentanyl laced heroin. >> detective martin says they have seen a recent spike in overdoses and deaths in lorraine county but thein i team has more people have die

around strongsville and into bainbridge, and into summit in portage county, cuyahoga falls, akron, aurora, showers, winds will remain blustery through the day. that means sustained about 15 to 25 and they will start to diminish later. wind chills a writer on 10 as i mentioned so bundle up as you leave today. let's go check on the morning drive with danny and see how >>> thank you holly a good morning, we stay in oakwood village at highway 270 1f broadwood avenue because you have an overturned semi onto 71 s. ramp, traffic can get by the ramp, they're not sure how long the semi will be there. if they close it they will let us know. i will pass that information on to you once i hear it. you can still access to someone without from broadway avenue. no delays onto 71 even though we're doing with the snow this morning so please give yourself extra time. john and lena back to you. >>> live in breaking news here, there crews on the scene of a firearm was 99th st. in cleveland we're told one man was taken to the hospital. we're working on getting an update on his condition but we have got

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

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 a

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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 the offic

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

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 our app. @>>> we were in canton last @night when officials charged a @father and his live-in @girlfriend in the death of a @three-year-old. @22-year-old matthew miku is @accused of murdering his own @daughter. @he and his girlfriend 21-year- @old jessica binder our chart -- @charged with child endangering. @after they did a little more @investigatio

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

the cuyahoga county public library is one of them. you're watching what this day is all about. read across america now in its 19th year focuses on motivating children and teens to read through events, partnerships and reading resources. its slogan is, you've never too pick up a book to read with a child. that's the message the nea hopes to get out during this year's program, and cuyahoga county is on board 100%. >> cuyahoga county public library is celebrating read across america day by helping to promote the message that reading is essential. it's essential that parents read aloud to their children and get their kids excited about reading. >> q.: it's dr. seuss's birthday today. happy birthday. that's no coincidence also. millions of students nationwide will pick up a book to set dr. seuss on the loose. children in northeastern ohio are no exception. >> brian: what are you doing? >> tia: i'm reading. >> brian: you're reading? all right. >> tia: that's what today is all about. take it to a school, and we'll be done. >> brian: do you have a favorite dr. seuss book? >> samantha:

heaviest bursts of snow and not heavy at north of northfield center and into the summit county-cuyahoga county line and back into the southern geauga-northern sections of portage county along the turnpike, we're getting light snow and into the south and west. more hit-or-miss stuff through southwestern medina county and into easterny and huron. western lorain county getting snow again and not much. things are just lowly snowflakes that won't accumulate too much in anything. maybe a half an inch to an inch. and that is about it. between now and 5 or 6 tonight. as everything will start to wind down. we conto stay cold, a march breeze is -- we continue to stay cold. a march breeze and hour-by-hour for us, the temperatures in the mid- to upper 20s and mostly cloudy skies. we'll break the clouds up tonight and tomorrow won't be that bad through the afternoon. again, we track some snow and take a look. winder snow stats. we're standing at the third least snowiest winter record for cleveland and we're 2 1/2 some six feet tall and about halfway. we're about right there. low. 2 1/2 feet. wow, that is a

. >> 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

@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.

. >>> 12 people in cuyahoga county have died in the past week alone as a result of an on the part i -- opioid overdose. >>> chris, nothing to cheer about here. a youth cheerleading group treasurer is facing felony charges accused of stealing more than peds 13,000 from the group. shannon lewis was arrested after police say she tooct over a three-month period. police say she used that money to pay off her own bills and buy personal items. >> there were two checks to herself, and there were also -- most of the charges were made to the association that she used for perm expenses. >> lewis is scheduled to in a court early next month. >>> more and more people are telling us their bill from the cleveland division of water are wrong. tonight a boston heights woman told us she isn't even hooked into cleveland water lines but she's getting build. investigator jonathan walsh uncovers new details at 6:00. >> reporter: there's a lot of aggressive development in the botch heights area but one woman tells me the water department billing is getting ahead of the building itself. >> i feel like where d

blue counties and those are hillary clinton wins and cuyahoga county won with 63% of the vote and franklin county, the columbus area an impressive 55% win. the only wins for bernie sanders were in smaller counties in the outlying areas. catherine? >> who will represent us rob portman is running for re-election and won the primary on the democratic side ted strickland came out on top. portman and strickland face off. >> parma public safety director o'malley is set to take over the cuyahoga county prosecutor and o'malley received 50% of the vote beating out tim mcginty and the county prosecutor's office has been in the national spotlight in recent years for handling of the controversial tamir rice and michael brelo cases. 23, health and human service tax levee renewal. the life saving services metro health and counseling for children and job training. >>> in fairview park an overwhelming majority of residents voted for issue 6 a renewal of five year fire levy allowing them to staff the fire station 24 hours a day with 6 firefighter-paramedics. >> cathrine: and in el rather whether or not to

every year in cuyahoga county the number of individuals who misuse or overuse this prescription medications would fill first energy stadium. if we took a portion of them and filled up the arena this is the number of people every year who make the shift to heroin and we lose right around 350 people right here in cuyahoga county overdose. >> it really does help put it in perspective. so what's being done locally? >> so it is truly a public health crisis and as a public health industries we can implement strategies and policies and collaboration has been the key to the success of the task force. >> so tell me about project dawn. >> it stands for deaths avoided. overdose if administered in a timely fashion and anybody regardless of what community can receive a free lifesaving kit. >> thank you so much, great information. you can get more by visiting their website or 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 candidate for president has opposed every disastrou

all that is running and this primary will decide who is the next prosecutor in cuyahoga county. been name calling all over the campaign trail for some time now. o'malley used his former position as mcginty for county prosecutor for political gain and flat-out campaigning working for the county and o'malley fires back saying mcginty is not telling the truth and will do anything to hold onto his job. >> i took apart o'malley's patronage machine and he served as a political and forester and patronage czar according to the newspaper which i fully agree with. >> on every issue of this campaign timothy mcginty will make up lies, he will distort the facts. none of this should be surprising. he is a man desperate to cling to this position. >> clearly, the two guys do not like each other. the county prosecutor's office has been in the headlines for not doing credit checks on hires officer. the harp overnight and mr. mcginty and supporters will be at the prosecutor's office. >> any early indications how this will go? mine. we will find out later tonight. romona. >> a lot on the line. not just

the epidemic is not limited to cuyahoga county. david hollis junior was arrested on a charge of involuntary manslaughter. detectives say hee sold fentanyl f to a drug user who died from an overdose and we have reported fentanyl is an opiate -based drugs like heroin but it is much more potent and potentially deadly. they're telling users they are in fact selling them a potentially more lethal drug. >> they are indicating that they have a finer grade of heroine they might as say this china white or it's referred to on the street as fire or the good stuff and they might actually be charging more for mi that so the buyer thinks they're buying a higher grade ofhk heroine. >> detective martin says they've seen a recent spike in overdoses and deaths in lorain county. so far this year more people have died from fentanyl than >>> fox eight saint jude dream home takingng shape and setting up to frame the house. a if funds avon's red tail golf community baghdad's half a million dollars thanks to our viewers tickets were sold out to win that h

a lot better chance of serving prison time the foxf ai team has uncovered a new policy at the cuyahoga county prosecutor's office at galaxy is you gallup shows you what it means. >> suddenly now a much better chance to get locked upa for a gun crime last september the it and found many convicts in cuyahoga county got probation for some gun crimes the office has a new policy putting stricter limitsew on plea bargains and gun cases encouraging news to the family of stephen holden junior rob shot to death on this his way to work in 2014at the crime never solved. >> we can bring my brother back for anything we can do to allow another family not to go through thiso they fell as the agony and the pain we felt even at two years later is reviewed about 90 cases from 2014 cases with the most serious charge carrying a concealed weapon or having avi weapon as a felon or improperim handling of a gun about half the suspects got probation only about a third ever got locked ups including some giving time served for the few days they spend in jail under investigationf when i looked i saw the spark and then i

romona: first, we uncovered@ huge personal money issues for@ the chief financial officer at@ the cuyahoga county@ prosecutor's office.@ marvin davies the third was in@ deep debt before he was@ hired.@ and we were curious, why@ didn't his boss know about@ it?@ p>> denise: that's because no@ one checked the man's personal@ finances. now our scott@ taylor is back and continuing@ his investigation that is@ spreading all over the@ county.@ p>> reporter: i was shocked@ when nobody ran a background@ check after a guy who was in@ charge of a@ multimillion-dollar budget,@ and then i found out it is@ common practice across the@ county. on wednesday i@ exposed that marvin davies,@ the third had multiple@ lawsuits filed against him@ before he was hired totaling@ more than $170,000. a $19@ thousand judgment was actually@ handed down by a judge named@ timothy mcguinty.@ the same mcguinty who hired@ him four years later in the@ prosecutor's office.@ why hire a guy in charge of a@ $31 million budget and not do@ a credit check.@ >> it is that part of the@ county process.@ he had worked a number of@ had high reco

reported that so far this year more people have died from sentinel ban heroin band heroin in cuyahoga county. broke on friday night. upd ohio's medicaid department says they are not seeking o reimbursement from the family of tamir ricent fr for the ambulance the a fees after the clevelandmbu police shotlael and killed the boy in 2014. they notified that the state has the right to seek reimbursement for medical bills se after the shooting. it a similar situation arose earlier this year when the rice family was billed for an ambulance bill but they moved quickly to withdraw that motion from court and today the i teamda said they they will the hospital ho will not the ambulance companyan will not pursue those bills either. >>> a statement released that says " in the cases of both b public and private health insurance this is a standard protocol that occurs when a wrongful death is fired however the state has discretion not to n pursue discretion and we have decidedd to exercise that discretion ex in this case.. super saturday is in the books. >> we will let you know who came out on top and who

, 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

some spotty showers and drizzle and and you name it, especially cuyahoga county over towards northern medina county .ndnd in brunswick also strongsville and towards euclid . tonight and tomorrow try to another round of showers,s, we , 50 degrees hopkins . of sunshine . likely break out into sunshine to the south,i after 2:00 p.m. which will boost the temperature to 60, along the lake, stay in the upper 40s to low 50s . 3:00 o'clock . about 3:00 system pushes them . it should be out by the afternoon and tomorrow 60 degrees, with cooler air moving and four thursday . the next round, start off thursday looking good, in the afternoon, a few showers . looking at the 8 -day forecast, friday mid '40s, scattered showers saturday, low 40s . on sunday could be a rain/snow mixon with temperatures overnight there is some good news if you rick cassara at the center of a criminal investigation, kellogg sayso the fda looking at video that shows a man urinating on one of itsv factory assembly linesct in memphis, in memphis, they said it learned how video friday and alerted authorities,ow the kellogg

forget he tries for reelection after one term is opposed by former assistant cuyahoga county prosecutor mike o'malley,, again she is listed he has hired more minorities targeted habitual repeat offenders and create a task o'malley asked to restore integrity to the justice system that he says has lost the confidence of the communityris . the handling of the tour are officer michael brelo could decide the race, to both debated on those cases earlier this year. >> he continues to dodge repeated questions of what would he have donener in to terrorize gays would he have indicted or not ?ul he is not answering, would jury ? he never did to the grand jury when he was the first assistant prosecutor in a answer the questionrs and the brelo case. >> i don't have all the facts that he has at his disposal but i can tell you that i would impartially pursuant to the law of criminal procedure and jury. >> both are running as democrats , there are no republicans in the race, neither answers with the endorsement of the democratic party. >> stay with fox 8.com for real-time results when the polls close t

cuyahoga county never looked so good. >> i kissed the ground when i i did. i didn't kiss the carpet because i didn't know if it was clean but it was great to be home. >> he expects to win ohio and talked about his path forward after that. it would involve a contested convention. >> look -- i think we should not get ahead of ourselves when it comes to the convention. i have talked about it probably more than i should have, getting ahead of myself a little bit because politics, as you know, john what is true today is not necessarily true tomorrow. that's why i think we are interested in it. but if we were to go to a convention -- look, let me put it to you simply. when you and i were in school, if you made and 86 on your test, you didn't get an a, you got a b. if nobody can get to 90 and get an a then we have to have a convention and talk about it. john, at the end of the day, the governor of ohio is one of four people less -- there's only six people in the country who might be president. >> and the republican nominee where else, but in cleveland? >> it's amaz