the bulk of the system is pushing into the northern tips of geauga. we're expecting a lot of a couple and -- accumulation and over to you guys. >> thank you, somara. >>> and we know this is a headache for you as you head out of the door. we have several reporters tracking the snow throughout northeast ohio for you. >> and we have john ritter in snow tracker 5. and tell us where you are first and what conditions look like there? >> reporter: we're in orange, i want to talk about the conditions. and may mire -- my hair is going crazy. it's not too strong but strong enough and that is a concern this morning because of the of the blowing, drifting snow and i. to slow you the snow on the ground and that is a light, fluffy snow. kids, these are not good. i have tried and the photographer. and it's not working. i want to show you video from overnight on 271 that we got. we saw a lot of plow trucks out here double-team, trying to combat the snow along the highways. we saw many of them travelling back-to-back. the cars taking it quite snow on the roadways over

@of course they're over geauga @laying lake and cuyahoga @county. @they have their 80 salt trucks @and plows out. @the good news is they have been @able to keep up, that's @according to the spokesperson. @so we've been out here all @morning. @we've been along through @madison township, route 20. @everything was clear over @there. @we've been in some other areas. @right now we're in the mentor @still, of course, those slick @spots, and you never know, @john, with that lake effect @snow when you can get those @bands that pick up out here. @>> stay with us. @at least right now it's pretty @good traveling for you. @thank you very much. @let's head south. @live pictures here. @this is 77 at montrose hill. @flakes are still falling. @the traffic. @cars moving pretty good right @there. @stay connected with the ialert @system. @sign up right now at wkyc.com @alerts. @mobile device. @two cases of the zika virus @northeast ohio. @health officials say the two @cases are not linked. @both the 21-year-old man from @stark county and a 30-year-old @woman from cuya

what happened to geauga lake. a once favorite childhood amusement park. >> we wanted to see what it looked like. while it was in the air it was sad and put it together for friends and family. >> reporter: now it has had 450,000 views in just under a week. >> i was expecting maybe 100 views and next thing you know it went viral. >> reporter: nick says the response shows passion and great memories alive for geauga lake. it closed in 2007. you can still make out the big dipper roller coaster, the opening gates. not much more. while images show a dilapidated park nick says they are reviving a spirit of what was and bringing people together. sharing their memories of the park. it is touching. >> stay tuned, this won't be the last production you see from digi-aerial media. >> we have ideas we are looking into now and keep to the page and see other ideas we are coming up with. >> reporter: nichole vrsansky, cleveland 19. >> romona: according to theme park tours, geauga lake's roots date back to 1887. it developed from a

@geauga, ashtabula, lake @counties included. @i couldn't be surprised if this @is extended through parts of @cuyahoga county. @we're going to wait and see. @we're expecting lake effect @snows in the mid of -- middle @of the week. @that's going to affect every @single one of you. @accumulation and how cold it @gets. @here's the first look at your @drive with dani. @>>> as hollie was giving you @the forecast, we're looking @great on our highways @implement's a quiet forecast, @as well as a quiet commute. @the slow traffic on 271 south @they told you about 30 minutes @ago has cleared out. @we have 271 and 71 meet in @medina county. @you see a few cars getting by @just fine. @if you're that early morning @commuter, you look great. @if you take 271 between the @turnpike, it's a 12-minute @drive. @>> will ujek is live getting us @information on this child that @was found safe. @>> reporter: a three-year-old @girl was found safe just down @the road. @for the stolen car. @let's see if you can identify @this. @it is a gold chevy equinox.

the snow warnings for geauga and ashtabula county kicked in at 11:00 p.m. through thursday at four p.m. a lot of you will see snow. you are seeing snow right now because we got a trough here moving through. scattered showers and another trough will be overnight tonight and that will stir up more scattered snow showers as the clipper begins to slide slowly towards the east and once it gets east of us tomorrow morning we will see the lake effect really kick in and i think tomorrow through tomorrow night is the best eastern suburbs of cleveland and lake geauga and ashtabula counties. here is parma heights and willoughby and mentor and chardin and bentonville and we will zoom out and show you light to briefly moderate snow. seville, akron to ravenna and we got tuscarawas and canton, wooster as was as sleeve getting light snow. we get snow bands setting up here in the snow belt up to ashtabula county and right now it looks like one to three inch total that will be good for the snow belt tonight. lesser amounts everywhere else. here you go. 29, cleveland. at 6:00

also moving into bainbridge and geauga county. look at that heavy snowfall. that will really slow you down. here is our swath from chat ham, i-71, moving almost into westfield. that is some heavy snow and that will continue on and off through teaching hours. here is one, two, and three bands of moderate to heavy snow. here is where our advisories are. generally one to three inches of additional snow in the advisories overnight. three to six additional inches in our lake snow warning areas for geauga and ashtabula counties but remember mother lines. and if this trough continues to stalling out. if it continues to sit right here and we get this heavy band of snow from canton to wooster to ashland to mansfield, or somewhere nearby, that's good for one to four inches overnight. that's good for some school closings. along the route 30 corridor, depending on where that band sets up, okay. so inside and outside the advisory areas, three to sir, wherever that heavier snow band sits up, most likely collar don, bur top, stretching into northern trumbull county, two to

this will continuet to be coming down not just cuyahoga county also ashtabula county, we can't geauga county . it is reducing visibility . especially when you include the strong winds . allow thank you jessica dill on i-90 eastbound. >> man accused of stealing a value chain probably using them will face charges cuyahoga county grand jury indicted 36 theft and vandalism they say that the john carroll first employee took several of the diamonds from the museum of natural history in december valued at $81,000 he is expected to answer the charges on,0 every 17th span are now two confirmed cases of the zika virus and ohio one and clip the other stark county that both recently returned from haiti, and it is transmitted by mosquitoes one out of five who developed the cyrus have symptoms including mild pain and fever rash health officials warn that if you travel to the america to use insect repellent the biggest concern remains with pregnant women as it could affect fetal brain growth it typically spreads the virus is found in tropical areas are, not in ohio. >> the cdc warning about a more i

it's picking up here in portage and geauga. we had to scare ourselves, the entire -- the tire lost the grip here and we spun out a bit. this is a one-lane road. a slow go of things and you captain see the lines on the road. to add judger to insult, the visibility is down to about a quarter of a mile. and things are really slow here and we have only seen a few plows out and about here and hopefully going to start to see that pick up as people go up the street. back to you. >> and stay safe out there. we don't like hearing that about the tires spinning out. >>> and team coverage continues. snow is falling in many places. >> and let's check in with meg >> one thing is constant and it's wet snow and we're above the freezing mark and that is making a slushy, wet snow and you can see out there. three odot plows and as you can tell, we saw this in the 480 eastbound lanes. it backs up traffic especially when you have two to three plows back-to-back-to-back and it will back up traffic. and why of you're stuck in traffic, we're not getti

clevelandcl over the lake affect quick quarter of an inch possible further south and further east geauga countyto the good news is that it's going to last a long time. look at that. it's moving through lorraine county and by about quarter to six it should be well to the east.ab were looking at the middle and upper 20s into new philly. he sues through truth this morning a couple ofug hit and miss snow showers will develop later this afternoon m m should be into the lower 40s by 8:00 p.m. the nice start0 on our wednesday our freeway.'t a quick 1690. twelve right on the turnpike up towards 490. wayne and kristiti pack to you.u will be jail time for reggie walker. the former white pled receiver headed up. we spoke exclusively with jim brown who says he trusted reggie walker but if she's had ties after he had a gambling problem during the wire fraud and federal authorities he's accused's of defrauding them that he headed up. ceric i had no idea that looking underneath was a gambling sickness. according to the us attorney'se office he used his celebrity and position in u the community due to l

winter weather advisory out for ashtabula and geauga and summit and stark and waynes and hopes and tuscarawas county. three to six inches of snow. i think more for carrollton and some areas six to 8-inches even down to dover new philly. we got the youngstown area in a winter storm warning for 6 to 8 and maybe an inch or more. overnight through 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. this is a big deal for travelers just to the southeast of greater cleveland and to the southeast of interstate 90 here's interstate 71. the main band of snow. 33 in cleveland. 32 in wooster. here is the arrivals of the snow. by 10:00 tonight it is not in cleveland, just arriving in akron and ravenna and carrollton and by midnight, not here and not greater cleveland or medina or rain or mansfield or ashland. a sharp cutoff in the snow line. so we will keep you post on the shift of the track if any and the updated snowfall. the evening looks dry and seeing snow between 8 and ten p.m. akron picking up intensity after midnight through mid- morning. i got snowfall totals and your exclusive snow day predictor. you want a snow day

here is the warnings, geauga and ashtabula tonight through third at four p.m. squalls getting going through the day and tomorrow night. 6 to 12-inches. lake snow advisories for lake county and cuyahoga county. your share, a good four to 8- inches for many of you. time but stay alert. temperatures 30 degrees and they will fall slowly and surely through the 20s. travel will be dicey. there we go. in the 20s through ten p.m. and off. tracking the coldest year in a week coming up. >>> we are closely following developing details about the drama surrounding johnny manziel. the browns denied claims that they covered for manziel about drinking by entering him in a concussion protocol. a reporter was said that a player said that manziel about having a concussion and that he was drunk on the last wednesday of practice. manziel is expected to be released next season on march 9th. we will have more on the >>> and some nfl prospects could be out of the nfl draft as the league continues its convictions. >> any player convicted of sexual assault or a weapons crime will not be

geauga 2 inches today. throughout the snow belt 1 to 2 inches of accumulation. different from yesterday. let's talk about what you need to know. as i was saying earlier, flurries for the rest of us. if you are not seeing major accumulation, you will see flurries throughout the day. throughout the day we will get intermittent snow bands moving in. will see the highest levels of accumulation. not a major event but something that will cause a headache, especially after 63 yesterday. cold front moving through dropping in the cooler air. that is why we are seeing temps drop drastically. we were in the nook where the warm front was yesterday. today we are on the brink of meeting with the cold front. notice the temperatures. here is the time stab' in the corner. temperatures have leveled out throughout the 30s throughout the day. then in the overnight hours we drop into the 20s. here is the power of 5 seven- day forecast. a few things i would like you to duly note, we will see snow today but sunshine comes in throughout the weekend. we will see temperatures fairly mild

and a lake snow warning for geauga and ashtabula. somewhere in here we're expecting another three to six. i'm saying watch northern trumbull county as well, because if that band since right here, it could go right into bristolville with a good burst of moderate to heavy snow as well. we're going to stay on it for you, folks. is going to be cold, in the teens, scattered light to moderate snow on and off through the evening hours. let's go back to frank and lee. >> back to democracy 2016. a day after his self-proclaimed victory in new hampshire our governor is turning his focus towards south carolina, governor kasich wasting little time getting down to the palmetto state. some question if kasich has the support in south carolina, but the governor is feeling awfully confident he will do well there before heading back closer to home. >> we're going to do as well as we can harks then we're moving on. i'm really looking for ward to the south. the midwest. i can't wait to go to michigan where as i mentioned i'm going try to get urban meyer

geauga and southern part of cuyahoga county into medina. and then even further south between mansfield, the central part of ashland county and wooster a heavier snow band we have the lake-snow advisory in effect through tomorrow for greater cleveland, cuyahoga county, lake, ashland, ashtabula and an alert tonight for more snow about 1 to 4 inches more area wide and wind chills will be a factor as we drop below zero leading to more travel problems. you can see downtown cleveland we go from nothing to like a heavier snow band and right now downtown is dry. arctic air has arrived. lighter lake-effect snow tomorrow and talking about below zero wind chills. get used to that. that will be with us more so into the weekend. a look at the snow harry boomer live at the major accident scene or at least close enough to it. i-90 lake county. harry boomer, what's the latest? >> reporter: well, i've got to tell you that the traffic is and i-90 eastbound. as a matter of fact, the metro police officer who was sitting at the exit ramp just told us they are o

we still have a few showers and geauga and portage county and travel overall will be better tonight than what it was last night. but then tomorrow afternoon through the day saturday a new lake-effect snow watch. it extends to northwest pennsylvania. i do expect lake-effect snow across most of the area tomorrow night with this front. so it will be light snow tonight and very cold in spots where the clouds break up, ie, inland and an alert for snow, wind and frigid temperatures and the coldest yet on saturday with dangerous wind chills. we are 17 now in cleveland. cuyahoga county and 16 brecksville. you saw a couple of inches of snow today. 15 at 8:00 and dropping down to 12 at midnight downtown between 12 and 15 degrees. but then that next shot of arctic air by the weekend, perfect timing for the ice festival in medina and that's where we find dani carlson out in the cold. dani? >> reporter: you know what, jeff, that is one good thing. but when you say it will get even colder it is a bit frightening to me. as you know we are at the ice festival. they are prepping and getting it ready for

o'clock this evening an app for that turns into a big lake effect events of advisors for lake and geauga tonight and tomorrow, i think it will be much worse towardsin yuri and new york . at times looking at windchills about 20 below zero tonight and tomorrow night and tomorrow's high temperature strong winds that 20 -- 25 mph . teens and 20s upstream, upstream, down to do could be close to 40 and echoes that clipper system started to affect ashtabula county, erie county and new york area . the advisory area, two -- 4 inches by tomorrow evening, go up call upon 90 and two new york about 1 foot . tonight 5 degrees the wind windchill about 10 below zero . tomorrow about 10 to make a snowman shiver, on valentine's day, sunday, worst of all in the more snow on presidents' day on monday that next week,heon rainfall and then close to 50 degrees in the day later followed temperatures . fox 8 the official school closing station with closings and delays on-air, online. leslie, that game and third . there was an athleteh watch that again, here is the real athlete . hvac a lot of and watching bush a

want snow in lake and lighter in geauga an northern sections typical lake effect setups. you can see the lines off the lake with the northwest winds. we are waiting on one system to kick out. weak high pressure will move in north. another clipper system trying to bring in snow chances for the friday evening. in addition to the snow, it's 15 currently in ashtabula. 15 mansfield. a flake or two in new philadelphia at 18. cleveland has flakes flying with temperatures in the teens as well. winds are up, high of 17 miles per hour. the windchill temperatures are bitterly cold. 2 it feels like in cleveland to one below in elyria and wooster. extra layers are necessary today as well as the gloves, especially for those afternoon and evening plans. daytime high about 19. we won't really see much in the way of temperature changes. a lot of teens. letter snow chances starting to evening. a lot. we are thinking 1 to 2 at most. as we move to the friday timeframe, there is the next chance where we see maybe another 1 to 3 from this clipper system. we will take a look at the power of 5 s

have to let you know that @we have a few counties under a @winter weather advisory @lake county and geauga and @ashtabula are under a winter @weather advisory. @if you notice the green parts, @those are rivers. @we are under a flood warning @for the rivers. @this is what we are waking up @to. @notice how the bulk of the snow @is in huron county. @the darker shades signifying @the heavier snow. @that will continue to move in @and we will see the snow going @through northeast ohio @throughout the morning. @here it is back here on its @way. @let's push forward so you can @see how it happens. @as we head throughout the day, @we will see this heavier band @of snow moving through. @we will keep monitoring this. @let's get a look on the roads. @john, i know things haven't @revved up yet. @>> we are on 90 westbound in @storm tracker 5. things are @calm in terms of weather and @traffic. @not a lot of precipitation @falling from the sky. @if you are heading out for an @early morning commute things @are clear. @we will keep an eye on this as @it evolves throughout the @morning. @taking a look at the

however, if you live in geauga county, that is a lake affect imminent and we'll see a good amount of snow in the areas. the radar right now, showing the bands continuing to persist. where they do persist, that is amount of snow. we have a westerly component meaning it's moving into ashtabula county. some of the lighter purples, noting lighter snowfall in menner and let's talk about what you need to know today. as we go through, i want you to know we're expecting four to 12 inches of snow in the snowbelt. and this is continuing through thursday afternoon. and if you live outside of the snowbelt, you might see snow, too, less than about two inches. and we'll talk more about the lake affect snow and the arctic air blast on the way. for now, over to you, corrina. >>> tomorrow, we're out here on route 2 in lake county. keeping an eye on the road conditions and have a look. still some wet conditions we're dealing with out here. i want to point out, though, the left lanes of travel are the -- you don't see as much traffic, especially these hours and we're starting to build up in patches. th

@ashtabula, geauga, eastern @cuyahoga county where we're @seeing wet roads. @if you park outside, give @yourself extra time so you can @warm your car up and get the @extra snow off your car. @we take a look at state route @two. @usually that gets a little @dicey. @everything is looking good so @far. @so, if you take 2 between 44 @and millner, it's a 14 minute @drive. @normal, john and lynna. @>> all right. @thank you, dani. @>>> tiffany tarpley is out and @abin our eastern counties. @we have a gps locator on you @right now. @how is it looking? @>> looking pretty good overall, @john and lynna, but we've seen @the heavier bands of snow @hollie is talking about. @we're traveling along route -- @east. @there's a salt and plow truck @in front of us. @i just got off the phone with @the sheriff's office. @they said everything is good. @you can see here along route @two, we have this lain where @it's pretty clear. @over here to the left, it is @snow covered. @you just have to be careful as @you're driving along. @we were in the spots where @there was no snow falling.

@geauga county, a lot of @closings through geauga county. @west geauga schools are closed, @mentor schools are close. @i get tweets about treacherous @road conditions around mentor @right now. @enter weather advisory for a @lot of you through 1 o'clock @this afternoon. @temperatures have been such a @big part of this equation, as @we have been talking about it @is a heavy, wet snow. @we are hovering close to @freezing in some spots. @as you are driving through, @it's also the type of snow that @will really be difficult to @shovel. @please approach this very @carefully. @that shovel is going to weigh @three-four times as -- more @than that lake effect snow we @got a couple of weeks ago. @the snow is loaded with water. @there because it rained earlier @before the snow actually fell. @there is the later of water @underneath the snow. @it is very dangerous to shovel. @here are some good trends that @i'm seeing on the radar. @earlier this morning we were @seeing these dark purples, @cuyahoga lake county. @they are gone. @the intensity has decreas

out in lake, geauga counties and out into the east side of cleveland we start to dry out nicely. you might see a few spots of snow on the road. of course, the crews are out there early this morning in some areas trying to get it up for you so you get an easy drive into work. we have a nice-looking super bowl weekend. the big change is coming next week. we go right back to winter, and we have told you about this since monday. so get that ready. that snow is coming, and it's going to be cold next week. we talk about your extended forecast coming up in a moment. i want to get you out the door and show you where the early morning snow is. look at all this clear sky. sandusky, norwalk, mansfield. you get out towards the east, and we start to cloud up and we have a little bit of snow hanging on in far eastern geauga, southern and central ashtabula seeing snowshowers. so in these areas now is where i expect to see the most snow-covered roads. by sunrise we should have no problems out there. our temperatures are all over the place. if you go out to the west where we've had clearing, we a

no longer a watch for areas of geauga and into ashtabula county. and hour-by-hour temperatures into the 20s. lake affect snow possible this we'll break down the bit. >>. and live in storm tracker 5. bad downtown. through the band. what are you seeing right now? >> reporter: yeah, we drove a little too fast and we were hoping to stay with it. we drove fast but it's a word to the wise because those driving on fetch north think the roads are completely clear. and they're not going to be in the near future. we had whiteout driving conditions and slushy downtown as well and driving around 20 miles an hour and less than the actual posted speed limit. you can expect that drivers will be going slower than that and some go fast, some go slow and that is a concern downtown and that band is on the move, and out of the very shave no and one to two inches per hour is scary when driving e -- daylight. be cautious and we both know that in sorry coming and prepare for cautious driving back to you. >> and that is good information like. and she's not that far from h

the steadiest stuff is in east central geauga county and out into the western side of geauga county as well. so take it a little bit slower in these areas. this will not be an all-day event. this snow is going to quickly move out, but we may get some lake enhancements later today, which would mean more snowshowers. we'll talk about how much snow we may see coming up in just a few minutes. laura, how are we doing outside >> laura: it looks pretty good. this is i-90 at the lakefront here. you see a sheen on the roadway. they are going to be wet out there, and a lot is from the snow that started to melt a little bit. they did heavy salting on the roadways, but there is snow falling right now as sam talks about in morning. not the heavy stuff like yesterday, but enough to cause the surfaces out there to be a wee bit slippery. we have one accident at i-71 northbound at west 25th street. we have slowdowns in the area. i wouldn't relate all those slowdowns to the accident, though. that's partially the typical morning commute slowdown we always see at 71 right there at the metro curve. for the

as that moves through that's where the colder air will start to come in. lake and geauga county. lake-snow warning for lake ashtabula county where we expect the heaviest snow tonight and tomorrow. everybody is in this wind chill advisory tonight. and they issue a wind chill advisory when we are expecting 10 to 15 below wind chills and a little sun briefly over downtown cleveland. 22 degrees. akron at 22. mansfield at 21. wind chills still above zero. we've got 6. the wind chill now in cleveland. so my latest snow thoughts. 1 to 4, 4 to 8 east and another 4 to 8 east tomorrow trace to 3 for saturday night. this is also the coldest air this season. and updating things minute by minute and keep you updated hour by hour with team coverage. back to you. show we have our snow chasers and our chief photographer is in a whiteout situation near sandusky. >> denise: it is tough driving out there. harry boomer is stuck in traffic. let's go live to harry. where are you harry and what's going on? >> reporter: right now literally we are merging onto i-77 southbound after taking the on-ramp sch

geauga inland ashtabula county lake-snow advisory. lake northern ashtabula county. i am even thinking in the cleveland area we could look at some pretty good snow totals. temperatures in the 20s to 30s, upper 20s. >> and look at this inland montrose and wadsworth and lake county, the snow is picking up

r 80 snow plows are salting roads in and cuyahoga lake and geauga county . to kittle rosewater said that that they do not freezero with for this rainfall. >> typically we would have 32 inches of snowfall of the seasonin but this year, only eight . 8 inches so far real loss of action salt should use it as much salt because we're just not using is that. >> have used about half at lake and geauga and ashtabula county .edf i have plenty on hand for the rest of the. and he is embracing for that.om >> that's your primary but i didn't have a couple of t jackets ick need to buy i'm pretty excited . >> roadways are clear, no accumulation at this point in. >> said that they're not using calcium chloride since the temperatures are not cold enough ug that i could be added to the mix when temperatures are expected to dip m into the teens later this week.t new details from the investigation of a local college lsncof ti vety es igicius.s police and kent were called to ryan's place place, an apartment building near campus , 8-year-old nicholas massa had been shot during wha

a snow advisory for lake geauga and a warning for ashtabula rates go. where squalls persist. over jefferson, we will go with 8 to 12-inches of snow beginning through the day tomorrow. total. for other bands that may set up and we will see them here, there is the main band through the evening. watch the squalls, there is another one here. west side. you can get two to four inches where that squall persists. wherever the squall sets up, you will have snow and briefly heavy. all right. more coming up after this. the columbine shootings were there were 13 people killed in 1999 before taking their own lives. now in the first interview sue c lee ball may have rationalized warning signs as possible bad behavior. >> all of the kids and the teacher, and i keep thinking -- constantly thought how i would feel if it was the other way around if one of the children had shot mine. i would feel exactly the same way they do. i know i would. >> reporter: in tonight's interview she talks about the relationship with her son and what was happening in her home leading up to the shooting. >>> all o

county winter weather advice r it for canton, dove it new philly, carolton, summit county, akron, geauga, ashtabula as well as wayne and holmes. i still think there's six plus inches of snow in a large part of the route 30 corridor. in the meantime lower middle 30s right now, snow timing want to miss that. latest total projections whose going to get the most and we've got school closing i'll have your school closing predictor as well. we sent out in news tracker 5 to find storm tracker 5 to find the snow. have you found it? >> yeah, mark we're looking for the snow right now so we're on our way down south on 77. there wasn't much of snow as soon as we hit akron, those rain drops are falling and now we are south of akron heading toward canton and it's turning that wintry mix is turning more from rain into snow like you were talking about. you can see those flakes falling. traffic is moving along fine but visibility is getting a little bit worse as we're heading closer and closer into canton where you said most of the snowfall will be coming down it's about 33-34 right now so it's still in

@lake effect snow warnings are @on for geauga and ashtabula @this is a live look now at the @shore way here in cuyahoga @county. @>> let's take a live look at @some of the other roads are snow-covered in some @spots. @on your screen, you can see i- @77 and i-490 in the top left, @90 at columbia, i-271 at 322, @and i-71 at west 130th on the @bottom right. @and obviously this snow could @make for a messy commute ots. @>> absolutely. @betsy is here now with the @details. @>>> hi, there, guys. @you saw the people in the @bottom right screen, i- @the four-ways flashing, going @very slow. @snow is coming down. @we have one of those waves of @energy that came through with @an extra kick of @really helped to rev up the @snow showers. @lake erie adding its two cents @as well. @out east, heavier snow showers @pepper pike getting in there as @well. @solon, then back through @garfield heights, west of @farther to the south toward @parma. @this is a pretty good bit of @snow that is coming down. @it is coating the roads. into the @upper 20s and that's allowing @that snow to really stick now. @the sa

odot is prepared for the heavy snowfall in the forecastrere from the eastside to lake and geauga county . reduced temperatures, there are ad trucks on the road getting ready . even with the mild winter, they have significant experience that are normally far enough in the forecasting pretreatment as retreat for this time has been a challenge toen the start and not allow for us to do any major pre-treating because it came in as rainfall firstbe that washes it we will do some pre-treating on the ramps bridges and overpasses . >> there are out there doing what they can,, this has been a nice winter so far . many of us have not had to practice our winter driving skills and though knowledge is time todr brush up . so did johnny manziel miss the masking of the season due to a concussion or was it something else that caused him to miss the game ? john telich is here with nzr shedding light on the subject. >> nfl network michael silver reported that johnny manziel came to the team facility on wednesday december 30 drunk and lied and said that he was in the concussion protocol .d the team dispute

for geauga county and ashtabula county, this is not going to end until 4:00 p.m. i said it earlier, you know, this is giving it the timeframe visual and that it may not come down hard right now but through the next few hours, we're expecting a good deal of snow and this is a look at the radar seeing the lake affect snow expand. and we're seeing the purple and talking accumulation later on and i want to take a moment to talk about the second weather headline, which is the touches. twenty degrees in medina; 14, millersburg and factor in the windchill and that is feeling like single digits for many of us this morning. just the wind chill but the single temperatures? that is going to occur. the jet stream is dripping down and arctic air is plunging into northeast ohio into the weekend and this issy look at the feels like temperature. that power of 5 seven-day forecast, the snow will continue until thursday and where we see them persist. and that is a look at the power of five update. john, over to you. >>> still in the mentor area lakeshore boulevard. a similar condit

as you can see in chardon, geauga county has quite a bit and along the turnpike you'll notice it and also including ashtabula county . it will be transitioning to a lake effect event with reduced will love is the best evening to be on the road we,ng lashing out to me . behind the front it gets much colder with lake effectb tonight . windchill advisory's ' tonight over into sunday morning . with wind chills minus 20 tonight . currently about 20 degrees with strong winds makes it feel colder . cold and walk about 7 degrees that will will be between two and 4 inches in lake and geauga and between four and 8 inches in ashtabula and about 1 foot east of ashtabula . tomorrow will be the coldest day with highs around 10 degrees and then for valentine's day, another chance of snow recovering nicely . on friday next next week of warm enough for rainfall and then falling temperatures make saturday. >> broncos fans celebrating basil hall said the technology will help to protect the pictures from line drives, testing lightweight helmets for them about 20 while we're on the new hybrid for spring

@it's still snowing in geauga @and ashtabula county. @the snow showers have @diminished even in these spots. @as we track through future @view, we continue to see the @trend. @>> look how beautiful. @clouds and season shine. @as you're grabbing your @sweethearts from school, your @friday evening plans, the @weather looks great for that @matter into the weekend. @we're going to start to feel a @nice little boost in our @temperatures as we get into the @weekend too. @tomorrow and sunday, @forecasting highs in the 40s, @which will bring us to above @normal for this time of year. @window nation 7-day forecast, @once we get past the weekend, @it's back to reality. @so the deal is this. @monday will be a transition @day. @we'll have a rain-snow mix and @then behind the front, it gets @cold. @30s and snow on tuesday. @20s and snow on wednesday. @it looks like we'll stay pretty @chilly for thursday of next @week as well. @time for doggone weather. @>> check out the eyes of these @kitty cats. @first, isabella. @waiting for a home at the @adoptio

pthey have 80 trucks and drivers pin cuyahoga, lake and geauga pthe clock now on 12 hour shifts. pthey'll be treating and salting pthe roadways to make sure that, pof course, everyone in their pcars gets to their destination psafely. pthe morning commute, well, pthat's going to be a different pstory. pwe'll have another live report pcoming up in just about a phalf-hour now. pwe're driving right into plakewood. pdenise zarrella, cleveland 19. p>> mark: they're on clifton. pthank you very much. p>>> today johnny manziel pdominating the headlines once pagain. p>> romona: this after reports pthat the team covered for him pwhen he came to practice drunk. ptony zarrella joins us now with pwhat the browns had to say about pthis latest report. p>> tony: browns responded pstrongly.

station with closings one book in one school, a program that gets local students mentor school in geauga county is rich with technology they know the value of good luck. >> for use in new to shape a well-balanced education for the students as wayne dawson takes us inside park elementary school , thisis weeks fox 8 coolschool. >> park elementary in chardon is a state recognized hall of fame school, these kindergartners through fifth grade are on the scene page,hr they participate in the one book, one school program . everyone reads the same book focused on setting and reaching goalss. >> we are celebrating the 100 count to 100. >> teachers have found ways to balance technologyd and the arts while making the mandated curriculum, many hands-on nd projects are integrated into the classroom like a science lesson about fossils.. >> these fifth graders take their science class outsidefi, and use binoculars . received through a grant from the geauga county park district. >> searching for signs of winter and spring and determining if the groundhog was correct. >> it is a one-on-one school, all st

lake effect snow warning for geauga county and inland ashtabula . the advisory for lake county is spreading to the eastern component of cuyahoga county, afternoon, when it will begin to wind down this is lake effect andl we have a broad forecast but with lake effect snow, the heaviest amounts will be where is persists . as dick goddard says what comes to forecasting lake effect it is like putting socks on a roost or . orro nailing jelly to the wall it is hard to have specifics for every area you have we had to keep it somewhat general .v there will be more to the east and then more coming up. >> yesterday, jennifer jordan is in groundfox on i-90 that were they cleared a giant accident out east in the snowbelt. >> we are on vrooman road, i-90, a mobile command area has been set up in the parking loto of a gas station just off the highway , the on-ramp is shut down as a result,p taking a look at the pictures that were sent to us, those in traffic closest to that wreckage on i-90 between vrooman road and i-44 . cars trapped underneath semi trucks and t

we are seeing the flurries making their way into areas like cleveland, canton and ashtabula and geauga. the traditional snow belt is where we are expecting the most snow today, 1 to 2 inches. this is not a major snow event. temperatures are much cooler, much lower. waking up outside of door in 35 in ashtabula. hour by hour it levels out. staying in the mid-30s. the snow chance will linger with us throughout the day. that's the power of 5 forecast. >>> 5:02 on your thursday morning, we are issue and accident free as far as the main roads are concerned. i want to let you know we have an accident lee road and harvard. police responding to the scene there. as for drive times, looking good. 14 minute road crocker to the innerbelt. nine minutes 77 north side to downtown. speeds moving without troubles. a live look outside from the odot cam, 77 at 490, things are nice and smooth, jackie. >>> happening today, a cleveland official is addressing a serious problem in the city. lead paint inside homes. that has been an issue for years. now startling statistics show it could be a threat to some chi

mainly along the lakeshore and out on the east side of things, so out towards northern geauga, southern lake county, back into the east side of cleveland and then out towards ashtabula county south of hartsgrove we have snowshower activity as well. take it slow in the areas. most of the snow won't reduce visibility too much. it won't slow you down. you have to be careful. wet roads out there. it was 63 yesterday. you wake up this morning feeling like you're in the twilight zone, right? we have a chance for snowshowers off and on. an inch or less. nothing major today. next week we have weather on the way you may find to be inconvenient for your daily routine. i'll tell you how that impacts you whether we come back. what do we have going on on the roads? >> laura: it's mighty quit et out there. ontario had a closure overnight, it has re-opened for now. tonight it will close at 7:00 and re-open tomorrow at 6:00 a.m. so that closure is between carnegie and ninth streit. as your alternate, use ninth street. look at the map. across the main map we look up to speed. no issues. 271 looks good o

we have a wind advisory in effect for cuyahoga county, lake, geauga, ashtabula, to 10:00 p.m. tonight. out towards medina, erie, huron county. richland, yours is going to expire -- excuse me, the other one is 1:00 a.m. tonight. this is 10:00 p.m. two different advisories but these are sustained wind speeds up to 25 miles per hour constant throughout the day. so hour by hour, you can see the shrines and temperatures are off the charts. nearing 60 once again for the second weekends in a row. >>> breaking overnight -- three shootings in east cleveland spiraled out of control. one person is dead, police have two people in custody. meg shaw is following this story for us all morning. all three shootings happening less than a mile from one another? >> absolutely. they were all very close. they tell me, police tell me this is quite a convoluted case. they say they are now investigating to see if these here's what i can tell you so far -- it started around 10:30 saturday when police were called to a sweet 16 birthday party. on euclid for shots fired. they say when they arrived the per

you're looking at temperatures in chardon, northern geauga county and lake into ashtabula. these are areas that by the end of the day tomorrow could see upwards of a foot of snow. the highest totals in p.a. we time it out for you straight ahead. >> laura: we're looking good in terms of the weather for the morning commute this morning. of course, watching very carefully tomorrow from what sam is talking about, maybe to give yourself a head start as well, you can set that alarm clock a wee bit earlier. out there i don't see any worries hanging up your day at all. we're starting off fine and we we see a lot of green across the map. 6:02 right now and almost 6:03. that's if you leave the door on time. across highway 480 from 77 to 271, nothing but green there. 60 miles per hour. staying mostly up to speed. no reports of slowing down over broadway. look the drive times. strongsville to cleveland, mentor to cleveland 28 minutes out the door. 27 minutes from elyria to cleveland. canton to cleveland still under an hour, 57-minute commute up 77 >> brian: through of the smallest town

and 80 are out between cuyahoga, geauga and lake county and keep this in mind as you hit the roads. this is visibility with the fog and that can make it dangerous. and spirally if the roads are slushy. the snow is so wet. and we'll keep you updated and check back in with you guys soon. meg shaw, newschannel 5. >>> and thank you. >>> from the live desk, this weather may impact you when it comes to school or travel. and let's look here. this is literally changing by the minute. don't forget to download our news net 5 app for the latest closings and delays and this is a look at the miseryia. here. ak ron-canton, you have -- misery map here. and akron-canton, and no delays, of course, and karen. >>> and including this developing one here, a s.w.a.t. team is spending hours in downtown cleveland after someone called 911 saying shots were fired and the shooter could have a hostage and this happened on west 9th last night at 6:30. and this morning now, police are confirming if this was a standoff or robbery attempt. and we do know that officers found shell casings inside. dozens of people l

eventually chardon is well over geauga county. down south, also seeing a couple of larger flakes coming into stark county now. should move just north. even there you may see a couple of flurries. this morning, near 30 this afternoon. partly sunny skies. little to no accumulation with the snow this morning. impact on the morning drive. you're tracking these snow showers. that's gray. nothing like yesterday. and those accidents we told you about. they're in the clearing phases. that accident has actually cleared. on east 152nd street, that's in the clearing phases according to cleveland police. now, in akron, euclid avenue is going to close between diagonal road and east avenue because of a water main break. listen up, take easter avenue as a detour to get around, adding one to two minutes to your commute. here is a picture of your area, not seeing those snow showers there. black pavement, nothing like yesterday. coming up at 5:15 we'll track the drive on 77. >> much better today. learn more about the man police say stabbed a securi

remember geauga county, geauga video is giving a birds eye view of what the now abandoned park looks like today and it is pretty depressing. >>> plus the new list is out. the rejected license plates odot put out in the last couple of years. we will explain what can you and can't put on a plate coming up. >>> more like freshman 15k. >>> later, the controversial way thousands of ohio college students are getting the money toyota in kent this is cleveland 19 news. >> dan: not sure if you saw this video yesterday. pretty spectacular. the national transportation safety board is investigating how and why a tourist helicopter crashed into the water in hawaii. >> we heard two loud bangs and we thought it was gunshots and we saw people running which obviously made us scared in a high profile destination. >> >> dan: the chopper came down near the u.s.s. arizona memorial. a popular tourist attraction. firefighters and navy raced to the scene. all five people on board were rushed to the hospital. >> denise: a wrong way driver in dayton killed himself and four innocent people last week. after two

we have lake-effect snow warning still in play for geauga and inland ashtabula counties. these are in place now through tomorrow afternoon. so during that time in all those areas you may encounter snow-covered roads, visibility may be poor from time to time and we may have some blowing and there it is. snow? i'm fine. i didn't have any trouble morning. but, of course, on the east side that is where most of the snow is. hey, lake county you've been the morning. you can see from mentor up and even out into ashtabula county towards geneva, jefferson and ashtabula, pretty steady snow there. good morning to you in painesville. is that where you're waking up this morning? i hope that you're off to a great start at 6:33. that is where we have steady snow, and it's where we also find meteorologist john loufman in the cleveland 19 storm chaser. john, okay, so you've been out there all morning, and you've been showing us these snow-covered roads. what are you seeing now? still kind of the same thing? >> john: yeah, we're seeing the same thing, because these roads have had a powderi

@geauga schools, wadsworth, they @are happening all over the @place. @>> down to the south, this may @be your first snow day of the @year for many. @>> hears a beauty, if we are @going to do the glass half-full @like we like to. @this is a great to get out and @play in the snow kind of day. @it is warm. @>> do not throw the snowball @to harbor these are going to @her. @>> that is really good advice. @want to know. @>> not only are we scientist, @the snow. @accumulations are varying quite @a bit, greg will have more of a @breakdown on accumulation. @32degrees at 5:45, wait until @you see the extended forecast. @this is how the day is going to @go. @the morning drive is the @messiest ride by 9 a.m. @this now is moving out and @mostly by noon, then your @evening @look at the storm system. @if you are not staring out your @tv, distracting from the south @and it is really moderate to @heavy wet snow as we speak. @west and east side of @cleveland, south into @akron/canton you are all @dealing with it. @i-alert scrolling continuously @at the bottom of the screen. @there we are, into my dina

@cuyahoga county, lake geauga @we have snow coming down. @over the next 12 hours or so, @you can see how the fall. @at about 2:00 a.m., that's when @the snow starts to show up. @we'll have a slushy @accumulation across northern @ohio to start the day ow will continue. @we'll still looking for one to @four inches of snow across all @of northern ohio. @then when you get into that ga, lake, geauga, @ashtabula county area, that's @where the lake can add more. @that's where we may get four, @five, @we're going to go hour by hour, @which could be tricky through lk about that coming up @in your full forecast. @now, take a look at this whole @storm system is encompassing @the region. @greg dee gives us an update. @>> the storm system is e entire east coast @of the united states. @severe weather from the @carolinas today to louisiana @back yesterday. @everywhere you see the report and they spread @all across the southeastern @united states. @on the cold side of the zard warnings in portions @of indiana, they're expecting @five to ten inches of th st

lake geauga and ashtabula counties. for 3:00 a.m. tonight, through the day tomorrow, snow, heavy at times, beginning after midnight tonight. we're going with two to maybe as much as five inches by this time tomorrow evening. temperatures currently 50s and 40s. we're going to cool you down, though. evening timeline taking you more on the snowfall and what we expect for tomorrow morning coming up. frank. >>> new video on 5 after a police chase in elyria ended when one officer's patrol car started breaking down mid chase. >> the police chief calling this upsetting, even embarrassing, says this is the latest example of a serious problem. our derick waller went into emlear i can't. the police chief using this as an example of why there needs to be a tax hike. >> reporter: if passed this would be the first income tax levee since 1992, and part of it, police say, has to do with an emergency they're dealing with. inside elyria's maintenance garage, there's a new bumper on this rusting elyria police van. >> we fight rust a lot. >> reporter: a

how far, you head into ashtabula, geauga and more moderate. we're seeing darker purples there and temperatures are another factor and playing an extremely important role out there and everything was perfectly set up and everything was set up for the type of rain are to that rain down in pittsburgh and that is the rain- snow line there. and we saw the temperatures barely break freezing. 34 degrees right now in akron and another thing, when we see temperatures that low in ashtabula with the wet snow like this, is that is when we get that threat for icy conditions and i am going to keep an eye on you, ashtabula and light talk timing and you can see it's pushing more towards the east and that is accurate. and we push through a time here and that is not until after lunchtime where things quiet down and we see a few flurries lingering. this system making it critical and we urge the commute is treacherous. >> and the roads have been a mess all loring -- morning long and that is the case where we saw sarah phinney live a moment ago around the akron-ca

@there is a lake snow warning for @geauga and inland ashtabula @counties. @this is not lake affect yet. @we will start to see that lake @this is more enhanced snow that @is coming down. @we have some areas where we are @getting heavier showers at this @hour. @traffic is really moving along @nicely. @the road salt is very affective @in these conditions. @you see there are some slow @downs but overall does not look @like we have any massive @problems. @no major accidents to talk @about. @the roads are moving along in @the north field area. @you may notice snow blowing @around little bit. @to the south we do some heavier @snow moving into medina county. @also some heavier snow showers @down even into wayne county. @we take a peak at at 224, you @can see there is some snow in @the distance but the roads are @still wet at this point. @no traffic issues expected @tonight. @temperatures are going to hold @in the 20s. @the bigger picture shows that we @large counter clockwise spin. @this is a storm system that is @stacked in the atmosphere. @it is stuck unfortunate