meg shaw is live in lorain. folks say you can't expect to cut the lights out without re precushions. >> people are fired up over these lights. this light at the intersection of west 21st, one of them changed to a flashing signal. people say this is just too dangerous and it needs to change. now about 40 lights were taken down or change to a flashing light to he money. about $55,000 a year to be exact. some of the lights were deactivated. we're told they were shut off after a traffic study was conducted. the results showing no safety concerns would be created. but residents we talked to, she understands money is tight, but she says it's not worth it. >> how are we going to bring businesses. things back when we can't make the citizens safe? >> now lorain city councilman says he is concerned about this issue. he plans to bring it up at the next city council meeting. beale keep you updated on what happened. live in lorain, meg shaw, flews channel 5. >> there's good news coming out of lorain. new plans to venn vat th

the lorain county corone old joseph kelly. police believe that kelly was in the dump truck as it backed up in the construction zone when he was hit. >>> and a man robbed and killed while ordering foodad a taco bell in lorain. police this morning are searching for his killer this morning. investigators tell us the murder was part of a botched robbery. the police have a vague description of the suspect. if you know anything or saw anything, give police a call. mulholovic tugged at the people of northeast ohio for three decades and police have new clues. technology helped them link a green curtain in that area with a 10-year-old body found to amy. >> and it's been definitely we believe it was wrapped around amy at some point in time. >> and investigators have received dozens of calls since asking for the public's help in identifying the new evidence. [ indiscernible ] >> a preview, rather >>> a judge dropping all charges against the east cleveland three. derek weeks, eugene johnson and maurice glover were convicted for a 1995 mur

this report by the lorain county sheriff's department shows the complaint it is 14 years old. it gives very little information. two female and one male detention officer were placed on leave last friday. sheriff's department opened an investigation. a sheriff's captain. told me today that detectives are trying to determine if an assault occurred. >> when the lorain county sheriff's officer did those are finished with their report, they will give it to the prosecutor for review. the prosecutor will decide if ml charges should be filed or if the allegations only violate detention home policy. lorain county domestic relations court also confirms that potential officers were suspended while kate -- county agencies conf details surrounding the allegation. no one at the detention home returned our phone calls seeking comment. no charges have been filed at this time as the investigation continues. will stay on top of the story. in lorain county, paul kiska, newschannel 5 in the meantime, we're learning more about a shooting in cleveland last night that left one man dead. they make it

so meg shaw is live in lorain. people who live there say this is already causing problems. >> yeah, several people we talked to are angry. they say they won't cross streets like this one here at west 21st because dodging traffic is just too dangerous, now that some of the lights have been shut off or they are have been removed. lights could be taken down without causing any safety issues. the move will save the city about $55,000 a year. a concern resident we talked to is calling on lorain's mayor. she tells us the move isn't worth it. >> is he the one that is dodging and weaving? i mean, i have to ask that question. you know, is he going up and the decision he is making is the best for lorain? >> reporter: we also talked to a lorain city councilman. he is also concerned about this issue. he plans to bring it up at the next city council meeting, which is next tuesday. meanwhile, that mayor, he told us last week, he would be willing to reconsider putting some of the lights back up at these busy intersections, especi

of lorain are concerned about safety after changes to traffic signals. why some of them are coming down coming up john. >> tiffany, hasn't been done in decades. hear from the ohio in a the that grabbed a medal in rio. we'll talk about that this morning. >>> 6:38 this morning. yesterday we hit 81. mid 80s for highs today. good morning to you. 16 days into august. he's scat herred showers and storms in the forecast. scattered is the key word. it's a passing thousander chance. better opportunities later today. here's how we plotted it out on the menu. humid and breezy in the afternoon hours. winds out of the south starting 10 to 15. increasing up to 15 to 25 miles per hour later on. mid 80s for highs staying humid. we've got a lot of moisture, same storm system producing severe weather south. we showed you that video out of indianapolis with the tornado yesterday. we're expecting rain. we could absolutely see heavier downpours as the showers track off east and northeast. those of you west of cleveland, lorain seeing wet weather over toward sandusky. we'll t

lorain county entering cuyahoga but it's on the light side. and we'll see a lull of the weather pattern here the next this is tropical moisture that continues to stream in here and by this afternoon, we're under the marginal risk for severe storms. once again, our major concern is heavy downpours with gusts and sticking up to 50 or 60 miles per hour. and now, we're under the slight risk for canton and southern portions of summit county. we want you to make sure you're the future cast here, the bulk of the moisture -- moisture drops in after lunch and you can see the darker greens, yellows and oranges. that is route 30 corridor and sweeping through ashtabula and stark county and a possible delay of the tribe game at 7 tim tonight as the storms roll -- game at seven 10:00 and greater cleveland today, 82 and some overnight lows side, upper 60s to near 70s. the forecaster's cold front though wednesday afternoon. some day -- the picnic is browns friday, and mostly sunny skies. >> thank you so much, janessa. >>> and a good day to go to our drive tim

we're seeing showers through lorain county and lake shore cuyahoga county. islands getting wet into sandusky. no thunderstorms. yes, we've got rain in spots. this is going to slow you down. absolutely a allow extra time due to wet roads. a lot of you heading back to school, first time in several months. takes getting use to. traffic heavier i'm sure with back to schoolers on the road. tracking in the the hours, scattered showers and thunderstorms throughout the day. danielle has a look at the roads and rains and what impact that's having. >> even though we see rain to the west, not seeing accidents. it's accident and delay free ride. i was tracking slow traffic 480 west near 77. it's all in all slow traffic. here's the picture at check drive time 480 at state road. it's a 13 minute commute, typically eight minute drive. we're seeing the five minute delay. make sure you adjust as you are traveling. heading up 77 north from 480, it's your normal commute. >>> adds cleveland students head back to class for a new school year. this morning, trouble brewing behind

if you're in lorain thshd slow down for you. westlake and north olmstead in line to see the light rain next. it slowed down for us and takes a little while to get to cleveland. i would give it about another 15, 20 minutes before it moves into downtown. concord is about 6:40, and if it holds together it will move into the jefferson area around 7:00. let's go through futureview. we'll take you through the day ahead. we have a lot of clouds around. let's plan the day hour-by-hour. should be long gone. and much of the morning like mid to late morning will be dry. after lunchtime rain and thunderstorms begin to develop especially east, south and southeast of cleveland. some of those could produce some good downpours and gusty wind. have that cleveland 19 first alert weather app ready to go this afternoon. evening commute you may run into a few showers and thunderstorms, even through 7:00, 8:00, 9:00 tonight there may be showers and storms around. if you're tired of it and over taking your um brel will with you everywhere, after today

i also reached out to lorain ciy schools. they told us they also are not going to comment on this ongoing lawsuit. but if you would like to see wht the inspection is like at your child's school, i'm told you're just supposed to contact your local health department, some of them even have those records online. live in lorain, shelby miller, thank you. and the consumer product safety commission says each year more than 200,000 children in the u.. go to the emergency room with playground injuries. most from when a child falls. so proper padding like wood chips, sand or rubber is recommended. >> local businessman tom ganley has died after a lengthy illnes. he was 73 years old. automotive group in ohio. he was known for large car dealerships. he ran for the u.s. senate but lost to betty sutton. he also helped launch crime stoppers of ohio. and spent two years helping the fbi catch organized crime figurs who tried to extort his company. >> cleveland is saying no to creating an east cleveland ward. take a look at what the suburb sub

>>> all right, this closure yesterday in lorain county. state route 18 is closed from west road and white head road. september 23rd. >>> going outside to check on 71 and bagley. >> what color car gets the most tickets across ohio? you may be wondering this, and you may think the answer is red, but it's actually black. ohio state troopers wrote 612,000 tickets last year, and 105,000 of those tickets went to drivers in black cars, and now drivers in red cars only received a little more than 70,000 tickets. terren a college football players outside of a cleveland bar will learn his fate today. barry blemonds is accused of killing gary garrett. >>> two men were found dead in a home on mid-way avenue, and there were three kids inside. they are 4, 2, and 11 months old, and a woman was inside during the shooting. house, running to a neighbor for help with her hands still zip tied together. >> she said she walked in the door, and someone put something over her head and zip tied her hands, and that's really all she could say and blood every place.

hookers on lorain. emory jackson said when he sees something happening, he takes out the phone and tries to get a license plate and uploads it and the latest video posted a few hours ago. jackson said that he started the page during the republican national convention after seeing a spike in prostitution and he has no people doing this kind of stuff. but, just with children and families, you don't need this at all. we -- we live here and we're trying to make it a good community. we don't need the aggravation. >> and we have reached out to cleveland police about the recordings. jackson said that he hopes officers will step up patrols in the neighborhood. on cleveland's west side, sarah phinney, newschannel 5. >> thank you. >> and we this new video came into our newsroom overnight. firestone parkway. and -- [ indiscernible ] if anyone was working in the building at the time. according to the plain dealer, nobody was injured. >>> and we also have new information on a construction worker killed on the job in

. >> a lorain man is in jail for stabbing and killing his mother. he pleaded not guilty and when officers arrived, they found the 51-year-old dead and right now, police have not mentioned a motive. >> and taco bell increasing the reward for information about murder and bringing the reward ak was shot and killed trying to order food and he said the shooter tried to rob him at the drive-through. >>> and people in lorain are concerned. the traffic lights were no longer flooded but some of the lights are at intersections near schools and ay lorain councilman is worried about the safety of kids walking to school and now, a petition is being passed around and is asking city leaders to reconsider taking the lights continues this morning but not without controversy. >> one menner's condition to sell the confederate flag has another group boycotting and because of, that the lorain county party is not participating and the man said it's not about hate or history and fairgoers we spoke with disagree. >> and a lot of people say it pre represents the south. it d

because of that, the lorain county knows how to party and is not taking part in the fare. it's not about hate but it's about history and some people we spoke with disagree. >> i am from the south and it doesn't represent me. >> and this is the second year the democratic party boy boy scooted the -- party boycotted the fair. they want them to adopt the pitching in to help pets affected by the massive flooding in louisiana. >> more than two dozen puppies and dogs are on the way to a rescue village in geauga county. meg shaw is there with more. they're expected to arrive soon. >> reporter: yeah, the count don is on and we're close to that arrive willa. they set to take in 28 dogs and puppies rescued in that devastating flood in louisiana around 7:00 this morning and again, we're close to them being here. and those dogs and puppies were initially rescued by a group in louisiana called acadiana animal group or animal aid, excuse me. they have been incredible work and took in more than 150 manny -- animals from flooded shelters in the area and they're being transported to shelte

. >> terence, lights out in lorain. budget cuts getting so extreme, now driver safety is becoming a concern. meg, folks there say you cannot do this without reprecushions. >> yeah, jackie, a lot of people are fired up over these lights or the lack thereof. i'm here at the intersection at west 21st. this is just one of the lights that has been changed to a flashing signal. residents we talked to say this needs to change because it is just too dangerous dodging traffic nearly 40 lights were either changed or deactivated to help the city save some money. about $55,000 a year to be exact. some of the lights a couple blocks away from schools. we're told they were shut off after a traffic study was conducted. the results showing that no safety issues would be created. but a resident we talked to say she understands money is tight, but says this is just not worth bring businesses? how are we going to bring things back here when we can't even make the citizens safe? >> now councilman we talked to says he plans to bring up this

if this is rule add murder it will be lorain's 7th this year. before you say that's low, well the city had zero murders last scary situation in akron. a stranger broke into a home and startled two girls. >> tonight, they tell us that he was convicted already earlier this year of a crime. bob jones is live for us in akron tonight. what have you uncovered today? >> reporter: well rob, the suspect is a 38-year-old man who is now facing a new charge of burglary and two weeks ago, less than two weeks ago he was found guilty in connection with the case of following a police officer's wife. the most recent incident happened just before 7:00 a.m. on akron's south side. a woman was asleep upstairs. two teenage girls were asleep in the basement. police tell me that he walked into the home standing over the teens, tapped on the shoulder of the younger teen telling them to wake up. he says that the older teen had asked him what he was doing as he walked out of the house. police responded. after a short chase he was caught in the neighborhood. in april he fo

this year in lorain. police say that he was shot to death in his upstairs apartment on lexington avenue. >> we believe this is a robbery that went bad. >> a quiet guy. >> reporter: neighbor betty turner told me that holland was friendly and kept to himself. >> i knew jimmie as a neighbor. he's very nice person. never any trouble or anything, he was just a real nice guy. >> police arrested four people, elliott kirkland, mark sanchez, and jasmine schafer are charged with murder. latrice obstructing justice. all four have criminal records. betty lives near three of the recent murders. >> well don't make me feel too safe, but we mind our own business and don't bother nobody. >> reporter: lorain police already solved six of the seven murders. they say none of the crimes are related. they're still searching for the killer earlier this month in a drive-thru of taco bell on overland avenue. >> we're still seeking and any homicides. specifically that one. we've gotten a lot of tips that we're still following up on

denise zarrella went to lorain to get some answers. >> reporter: it is business as usual at this taco bell less than 24 hours ago, a man was shot and killed during a robbery as he and his friend ordered wife quoted saying her husband had a great sense of humor and his life came to a tragic end. mike d'angelo was across the street and noticed something suspicious at taco bell. >> i heard two shots like a car backfiring but it wasn't. we looked and a guy was running that way. >> lorain police say gnizak was a passenger in a vehicle with a female friend who was driving as the two approached this taco bell drive-through last night. it was suddenly, police say a robber on foot approached the car. >> they were ordering food. him and the driver. behind them, somebody came up. a black male, i will give you the description, black male roughly 6 feet tall possibly wearing a mask, wearing a tan hat, yellow or tan shirt and tan or khaki pants. >> captain roger watkins of the lorain police department tells us the attack appears to be >> the victim was a veteran. just going through a drive-through.

he has been charged of vehicular homicide in the lorain county office. he failed to stop after an accident on private property. >> i talked to the woman's family today as they are not ready to go on camera, but they describe her as a wonderful person who would do anything for her friends tara molina news channel 5. >>> with the heroin epidemic running rampant in ohio, the state is expanding their efforts to curb overdose deaths by offering the reversal drug at nearly half of ohio's pharmacies without a prescription. it is an anecdote that blocks the effects of opioids on the brain and it can restore breathing in a matter of minutes. the drug will soon be available >>> shocking new murks released for our state. all in a six-day period. >> unbelievable numbers. nearly 80 of those in a 40-hour window. the number not much better here in northeast ohio. dhomonique ricks joins us live. no doubt this is an epidemic. >> reporter: this year alone 300 people have overdosed on heroin. a local organization is something about it. the salvation army complex on prospec

the city of lorain is removing traffic lights as way to save thousands. many are now calling it a danger >> we have been talking to folks in lorain and the city leaders are basing this on a traffic study? >> reporter: yes, that's right and it showed that the lights could be taken down without any impact. the residents disagree. intersection here, please bring back the lights. >> reporter: just the control light remains here. >> i heard a big boom and i was up stairs in my home. >> reporter: her sidesteps were slam into because of the light being taken out here. this accident caused by a drive that didn't know how to stop, and two teens almost killed. >> this car came up into the yard, you know, traveling at a high rate of speed. >> do you think this is busy? >> try 5:00 p.m. >> at the cost of what? $55,000? a >> reporter: this man is calling for a public issue meeting. >> before another life gets hurt, we should have to meeting as soon as possible. >> reporter: the councilman says that the traffic lights issue will come up at the next meeting. we reached

they say that they do not knoww wher he was drinking , there is no alcohol served at the lorain county fair will jack shea fox news. >> he pled not guilty and is $500,000 bond. place in akron police this video hope that someone will recognize armed robber walked into the carnegie pantry on carnegie avenue last week pointing the gun at the court demanding mone come to know that someone will recognize him especially from his gait if you have information call akron police. another newburgh heightss at east 54th and harvardrd the suspects ran a stolen car through the store an 5:00 a.m.ol make an offer the a. >> clip and ambulance crews wil now give away kits with a drug to review's the effects of heroin overdose. it will have the drug in phone number for treatment and more the have used in this drug patients now the city is offering the kids for those struggling with addiction. >> onour hope is to save lives people may use of heroin again but we hope to get them to the point.to enter into rehab. >> police union wants officers to carry the drugs and use them on calls they plan to make that

he called that youtube page hooker on lorain. he's not the only one working along lorain avenue on cleveland's west side, telling us that the police and the city have abandoned them as prostitutes run rampant along the street at all hours of the day and night. today we sent our derick waller to clean up. derick, what are they going to do about this? >> reporter: well lee, i can tell you lee -- tell you that it is a priority, but some neighbors say that they haven't seen it. it's youtube posted on all hooker on lorain showing the alleged prostitutes. >> reporter: the-- news channel 5 first told you monday night that his family resorted to youtube videos because he says that the no soliciting cameras, lights, sirens weren't enough. >> everybody knows that the lorain avenue is the place for prostitutes. >> reporter: police have turn add blind eye on this section above west 44th. >> we are fighting a battle here on our own, you know, we're doing it without law enforcement. >> reporter: what are police doing about >> it is priority fo

we're in touch with lorain police. when we hear more, look for an update on the cleveland 19 mobile app. >> tia: it's monday, august 15th. i'm tia ewing. >> brian: i'm brian duffy. we survived a rainy weekend. i actually snuck nine holes of golf in. i did. >> brian: very early sunday morning. >> tia: who is complaining if it rains on the weekend? >> brian: we needed the rain and got it. >> tia: i'm complaining on a monday. >> brian: sam, we had rain over the weekend. what about today? >> samantha: more rain, guys. it's already out there for us. time is 6:31 on this first day of the work week, and for some of you first day of the school year. it's a first alert weather day, because we are tracking the potential for scattered showers by mid-afternoon. it's not going to rain constantly on you this morning. i think there will be breaks, but from time to time you will definitely need that umbrella. here's doppler max from cleveland down to the south. akron/canton, dover, we're completely dry and east of i-77 there is like n

. >> a tragedy says amanda quimper in lorain county and a family in an instant. >> i've been to more funerals and anyone should ever have to attend to their whole life almost her own she admits a. >> that could've totally been many. >> now in recovery for nearly a decade of mentors on a mission to grateful to see narcan were readily available as for any critics she says. >> i think saving people's lives and loving people is more important than anything. >> amanda's on a mission to save lives of the price of narcan right now at the pharmacy is about $15 to see a complete list of the pharmacies where he can be purchased and is available now in to learn more about the cleveland ems program you can go to fox8.com is important to say just how valuable this lives out there every day in the midst of this epidemic is recently a couple of weeks ago in the rain they had nearly two dozen over services three people did die but the others were saved because of narcan be met thousands of people nationwide are asking local prosecutors to dismiss order charges filed against a 15 -year-old girl accus

. >> tiffani: hello, guys, we are following a murder in lorain. a man killed in a fast food drive-through restaurant. denise zarrella is live getting answers on the investigation. >> reporter: tiffani, police say the suspect is still out there. they consider him armed and very, very dangerous. they say he came up to the car that was parked near the speaker last night and killed a man over only a few bucks. >> shots fired and a guy took off. >> that was a 911 call that came to police moments after a man through this taco bell drive-through after 11:00. police say 49-year-old robert gnizak was found dead in front of the ground of the screen where you order. he was a passenger in the car. >> he tried to rob the people in the car in front ofs. >> captain roger watkins of the lorain police department wouldn't tell us why gnizak got out of the car but it is part of the investigation and tells me that the level of violence doesn't add up to the amount bucks the robber got away with. >> in lorain, we have crime like anywhere else. this was unusual t. coul

dark clouds in place over lorain county. just a bit of light rain will be falling. >> we've got an audio problem there. we're going to fix that as she gets rewired with audio, we'll get back to weather in just a moment. right now we press o. >>> megan hick key is talking about the weather -- megan hickey is talking about weather as they start to make their way across the area. you right now? >> reporter: it is actually looking very good right now, we are just in regular rush hour traffic. we were in cleveland heights earlier. we showed you that during the now. we are moving west, now we're in lakewood. but much of the debris has been picked up. there were some traffic signals that are out causing a little bit of confusion at intersections. but other than that, it is actually looking very good here. as you head west that there are some clouds, but we are hoping that things will stay dry for now. i know a lot of people are headed to concerts this weekend. and that they are hoping to stay dry. we'll send it back to tara. >> tha

lorain this morning. you spoke exclusively with the parent. >> lynne that and john, this is -- lynna and john, this is one of those stories that makes you think how could this happen? first the couple goes through a pain of still birth then want to give their baby a proper memorial. it's what happened or didn't happen here that has left them stunned. >> where's my baby at? >> a and father may never get answered. whitfield was six months pregnant when she gave birth to her stillborn baby girl in lorain. an emotional time for any family. that's not all she and robinson had to endure. afterwards t funeral director was given the run around when he went to pick up the remains. they learned their daughter was missing. >> i was shocked. are you serious? >> the couple says they were told her remains were disposed of. >> they believed they were sent to their laundry department. they were senting the investigative team over there to search the place. >> numb, unsure how to feel. all they had left of their baby was

it is almost fair week, lorain county fair starts monday but the animals arriving today. >> 's morning were joined by christopher, andrew wynn frankie no one. >> i think that they are on the show more than i amm and is goi to hand it over and you can do this next block of news. >> an the got some great things here. >> they always do . >> a start off by height. that's really good tell us what you got? >> i have a white leghorn , two years old.. >> i am showing a goat actually.. >> is very calm. >> you are a beekeeper, what did besides that i would give this a try. it's going pretty well. >> to get honey and that kind o stuff, sounds pretty coola. >> give us your line about bein stung. >> i have not yet been stunned but i anticipate itot. are these pretty easy to deal with hard you have to be very careful? >> eaif you have multiple boxes they can get pretty heavy. i just got one and if you cannot make them mad then you should b good. >> f thalways be nice to the be. >> other so important for our environment. there some education about that at many of the local fairs in the get this delic

last seen at the station on lorain road around 1:30 p.m.r, never to be heard from. thirty-nine years later has photo that shows what she might look like today at the ag of 56. family members have clung to the hope that she migh be alive s, the police believe that it's more likely she met with foul playti. we believe that this was a crime of opportunity, that she was pumping gasas and the perso saw her and grabbed her from the gas station. we think that she was inducted, sold it in and i think that she is dead. the police that they have a person of interest, the hope that someone out there can be witness to lead them to the c evidence needed. accomack user tried to kill a kind of falls officer makes his first court appearance t k as peggy gallek reports. for securing akron man facing charges including attempted several police cruisers before slamming into oneam driven by officer tensing avis, donald watson junior was arraigned in stow municipal court and automatic not guilty plea was enterednd on his behalf and bon set atn center $50,000. the senate he called 911 ear

and in addition to the taco bell bell reward, the lorain police are offering $5,000 for information in the case. the total reward money am to $15,000. >>> and in cleveland, in the meantime, police are investigating another case of smash-and-grab and thieves hit the food mart on cleveland's west 49th street. and they used a minivan to crash through the brick wall of the neighborhood store. the van was left running in the parking lot white will thieves got away. among the items stolen were cigarettes. >>> and nearly a dozen firefighters in tampa are back on the job, thanks to federal and the repository reported the cuts were because of a $5 million budget deficit and that $1.4 million grant from fema was made public nearly two weeks ago. it was approved by the city council last night. >>> and let's check in on the weather situation with my friend and yours, somara theodore. how are we looking? >> we're looking beautiful out there. you step outside. it's gorgeous and you can look at the radar and it's dry. barely seeing the clouds in the sky and tons of sunshine. let's look morning and ta

not much good it was much more active in lorain county. there appeared to be one lightning strike north of my friends house in euclid and just offshore but these are old strikes to that's really the only one left. it's a warm nitric '70s, ms. seven is right now to do points that are very high. still 80 degrees right now in mansfield. and as far as august goes, we are above normal. that's no surprise to there had been no below normal day so far in august or 76 tonight most of thunderstorms to do it again tomorrow but i think tomorrow as a thunderstorms probably will increase just a little bit. as the front approaches from the westward most of the frontal boundary is going to remain to the west and most of the rain with it until saturday. watch what happened happens saturday. we have this a big stretch of potential 2-4 inches of rain on saturday which may linger into sunday. betwee may put to rest the better part of this moderate route that we have been in for the last three months. after that will quiet down and drought monday, tuesday and

hazy sunshine over lorain. this is mentor. all in all it has been not bad as far as severe weather goes. we've weather warnings. we're in the yellow zone. slight risk. one for ashtabula county and one cell for the southern coshocton area. those warnings have expired. where's the rain right now? here's our current power of 5 radar. there's not a lot going on. if you're worried about a major cleveland is dry now. let's zoom on in to this one, shakers heights, warrensville heights. lightning and thun different. geauga county, russell township. that's the cell, sliding on down to medina county, liverpool, brunswick. moderate to heavy rain. here's some rain in rich field in cuyahoga county. nothing that looks like this will fire up severe. here's one over the reservoir. that's the last cell, the last one for conneaut lake. so far so good. here is the system we're watching, disorganized low pressure, going to ride up toward the bahamas, will intensify saturday into sunday. could become a weak hurricane. if it makes it into the gulf

they forfeited their first game last week because so many >>> mercy medical center in lorain is issuing an apology after losing the remains of a stillborn baby. they are investigating how it happened. there's no regulations on labeling fetal remains. mercy has not responded to our request for a copy of their policy. >>> the search for who murdered to men in a home with several children the three kids, ages 4, 2, and 11 months were found in the home. a woman was also inside. a neighbor says the woman ran to her house for help, and her hands were still zip tied. >> she said she walk in the door, and someone put something over her head and zip tied her hands, and that's about all she could say and blood everybody she said. >> it's awful. as 35-year-old joshua weatherspoon, the son of the late nba player. >>> with the holiday weekend approaching, starting today, your beer is getting stronger. >> ohio will officially take the cap off the alcohol content. nick, all the brewers are ready for the change. >> they change in deed, and breweries here that feature the specialized beers, they have be

look at that shower there around lorain county. let's show you where it's going and who might expect scattered showers. zooming in closer, wellington and that is the turn pike, the red line is moderate to light rain towards lorain county. and a couple these areas, put a storm track on this, the area of rain heading towards the direction. north ridgeville is part the area. there are more showers behind it over towards mansfield and 71. and if we zoom out, all of the way out to the west. there are additional areas of showers and even thunderstorms. this linen tearing western ohio. that's where we're seeing some stronger storms. i think this will fall apart by the time it gets here. let's track it just a wide track on it. the area arrival time, cleveland, when i do this, it puts it in here around 9:50 or 10:00. and if it holds together, it may not hold together. we've seen the thunderstorms out ahead of it and these zapped the energy from the atmosphere. if you heading to the game, temperatures in the 80s, and watch out. a short delay

killed in a hit-and-run right outside the lorain county fairgrounds. let me doom and so you can see exactly where this is. the driver was a man from strongsville he hit her, drove off and then caused damaged -- damage in 2 other places . police caught up with him. you was arrested. charges are pending and they also say alcohol was involved. >>> strong storms hit northeast ohio lein . >> one tree even cut 3 home. we're told no one was injured. however, the captain says the storm caused tremendous amounts of damage. she believes it was rotating twisting trees, taking off the tops, stringing down wires but not touching down. jerry was in his basement when the power started to flickr. >> 2 seconds later it went out going on. i walked upstairs and looked out my lack -- back sliding glass door and elected clouds, rain and winds .. >> when he emerged he saw a branch piercing his ceiling causing a leak. >>> now news out of stark county: a man's body was found a family found him while walking on a trail near partridge street northwest. police have been searchin

now, this case stretches back years from cuyahoga, summit, stark, lake, and lorain counties involving stolen atms. a number of agencies working on this for some time now and five men were located and locations were hit and all rite aid stores and they used vans to steal the machines and took them to stat houses using blow torches to drive them open. >> and they're driving a couple ton vehicles and who knows who might walk out. >> and the office is scheduling an 11:00 a.m. press conference to update the entire smash-and-grab crime ring. from cleveland's east side, nick foley, newschannel 5. 5. people have sticker shock. some of the utility bills have doubled. you'ria hogga falls runs the utility, including water, sewer and electric. the mayor said it was a billing mistake and not a rate hike and blames it on a software issue. >> and we found there were some errors. those get kicked back and when we have 26,000 customers to do manual checks on the accounts, that is going to delay the bill going out. >> and because they were facing late fees. the mayor tells us that they will be eliminat

over 2,000 in lorain thing everybody should get power back sometime on friday. that would be a good thing. let's do another time lapse for this is from the bert lakefront webcam.s looks like another one has passed by around 9:000 just abot at the sunset hour. in fact. going through the downtown cleveland area.. and one spotty cell south of there are if you still dancing around here. let's take a closer look at one in cuyahoga county. c we heard from somebody in parma saying here comes again another tropical shower put a little bit of lightning to from cleveland down to parma. they just kissing the shoreline at euclid. let me show you what the lightning looks like.in not much good it was much more active in lorain county.i there appeared to be one lightning strike north of my friends house in euclid offshore but these are old strikes to that's really the only one left.t. it's a warm nitric '70s, ms. seven is right now to do points that are very high. still 80 degrees right now in mansfield. and as far as august goes, we are above normal. that's no surprise to the

most people go down here 35 minimum in a 25. >> it is for lorain. >> reporter: this all started after an engineering study recommended that 39 traffic lights were no longer warranted because there wasn't enough traffic in the area. and this traffic light at 35th and oberlin has been changed to a yellow flashing light. and they recommend it had also be removed -- recommended it also be removed and it is right in front of this school and the city said they are doing their near schools to see if certain traffic lights should remain up. >> particularly some of the school areas. the police will be out there and they will be monitoring and see if there is a reason to keep it up. >> reporter: it sounds like the mayor is being open mind bad this especially the traffic lights near the schools and they will take a closer look at their study. in 39 traffic lights come down, it will save the city $55,000 much the 7 hills mayor expected to speak out against a controversial move by city council. it is a night that we told you about this month who is allowed to gather signatures for a petition in th

other charges including opi mayy be filed the name of the victim 38 -year-old lorain woman has not yet been released.d.38 - back to you guys. thank you. new this morning an appen smash and grab is underappare ur investigation in newburgh heights.s. in this one happened just before hts. one happeing at the family dollar at harvard and east 54th. the suspect or suspects crashed through the window leaving a lot of damage behind.shed not clear yet if anything was taken.c a trumbull county woman isrumb behind bars, accused of trying to run over her boyfriend. brandy rush is charged withull felonious assault, criminal damage, physical control and phy reckless operation.sicreckles police say she tried to run ove. and then chased him with her car.then chaith he officials says she appeared torr be intoxicated when she wasntox arrested.icen she is being held in the trumbull county jail.is be a suspect will face a judge this morning in connection to a series of bb gun shootings in cleveland heights that damaged cleveral ca..ngs inin the police chief says someone had been shooting at cars on noble

. >>> new efforts to try to find the shooter that killed a man at a lorain drive through. lorain police and yum brands incorporate red offering $-- $15,000 for who murdered robert nezak. the reward was previously $5,000. >>> in summitt county be on the lookout for this man. jason shockly escaped from the glenwood jail back on friday and they still haven't been able to catch him. shockly and daniel perkins were carrying trays to a van in the jail parking lot when they took off. perkins was caught not lo after but shockly is still on the run. >>> a new development in the battle of early voting. means the so-called golden week residents get guaranteed work on public projects? it's suing to bloc a state law that will ban that. tom beres explains mayor jackson claims it's about sharing the benefits of downtown's building boom. >> reporter: david johnson is working on a downtown sewer project. ten years ago he had a dead end job. he became a laborer. started under the city's lewis law. >> fannie may law was an excellent law. if it wasn't for that, i wouldn't be doing this right

places in lorain coun county being effected by this. we'll take a look at this one and see if there are any showers or storms in there producing some hail or maybe even some wind with this. first in portions of huron county. we will scan for hail. right now no hail. there is lightning though. look at that lightning around norwalk. maybe some small hail south of the city. and in terms of wind, with this one, the wind gusts have been generally less than 50 miles an hour. that is why no warning yet from very carefully. it looks like south of norwalk some stronger wind gusts. some of the brighter greens. those could be 30-35-40 miles an hour winds. let's take a look at clarks to do. notice the brighter greens to the west of town. these could be wind gusts heading your way. maybe approaching 30-40 miles an hour. we will continue to watch these storms very carefully as we go through the rest of the evening. severe thunderstorm warning continues. if you are in cleveland, expect storms soon. those thrs things pretty wet. the garlic fest going r

ashtabula youngstown lorain ashtabula youngstown all in the mid- 50s and that's about as cool as we got in most cases most other certainly very very comfortable right now we are still in the 70s at 78 degrees but the dew points are still pretty decent here we are in the 50s that certainly very doable very dry it doesn't get humid until you get south towards marietta and having 10 hearers the doppler weather radar showing the bulk of the moisture well to our south but the high-pressure south of some of the moisture may try to sneak up your beginning as early as tomorrow in detail for tonight 66 degrees still a very comfortable partly cloudy and look to the crescent moon it's still up there is well on the horizon but it is pretty is approaching the first quarter and then tomorrow a little warmer 88 to a little margin material partly cloudy skies and there could be a few isolated to scattered thunderstorms that doesn't look like the big distribution but that will increase slowly but surely going into the week as the humidity grows up in the next front arrives all the timing on the eigh

vi page called hooker on lorain. they say the no soliciting signs, lights, cameras have not stopped the decade's old problem and police need to step up enforcement. >> we are fighting a battle here on our own. they are not here enough. when you do see them, they're not stopping the prostitutes, they're not. >> reporter: city leaders are taking notice. >> it doesn't necessarily mean that police officers are not working just because you don't see them. not only arresting the prostitutes, but the johns as well. you're in the wrong neighborhood. >> reporter: jackson says his family will continue posting the videos as long as necessary. derick waller news channel 5. >>> we are getting a look at a serious crash that involved two ohio state troopers earlier this month. take a look at this video. the crash happened earlier this month as they were trying to track down a driver. now one of the officers was driving over a bit of a hill in the road. the other was backing out of the driveway closer to the top. then after the coll

terrence. >>> a fire levee will be added to the november ballot in lorain. the city council approved it last night. according to the morning journal, it will raise more than $1 million in the fire department and in the course of five years, it will home owner an additional $5 a month. the fire department dealt with cuts this year. 22 firefighters were lady off a few months -- lady off a few months back. >>> and thieves are targeting gardening tools. dozens of sheds and barns were hit. the crime spans a three-mile radius. they're after items like lawnmowers and weed whackers and police have no leads, so who have had their sheds breaken into and the people who didn't realize that it was attempted to get broken into. anyone with cameras in those areas. >> and officers told us that thieves are targeting homes that are usually on the corner with easy access to a road and without a fence in the backyard. >> and a similar story in portage county. nearly 60 sheds and barns broken into in broomfield. and police do have two suspects here. twoen men were surveillance c

today taco bell offered an additional $10,000 reward in a murder at its lorain drive-through. earlier this month someone shot and killed robert gnizak. the oberlin avenue location, the $10,000 on top of a $5,000 from the lorain police department. >>> a summit grand jury indicted a man who faces attempted murder and other watson is accused of driving into several vehicles including police cruisers last month. officer ted davis was trapped inside his police cruiser spending nearly a week in the hospital. >>> the latest on a water main break in pepper pike. >>> cedar road between brain ard remain closed gilmore academy in gates mills closed due to lack of water and concerns of lack of quality and water is back on. e-mail to parents when they have an update about tomorrow's classes. >> he asks questions and he wants answers. it is on on wants to know. >> mark: it is a thought always on a parent's mind. is my child safe when i am the one not watching them. we found a danger the city is slow to address. paul orlousky digs deeper into unmanned school crossings. >> reporter: at this t

in lorain it's rather light. all that activity again over the lake, but farther south of lorain the potential of showers and thunderstorms to be moving in. we are watching a strong line of showers and storms forming now and intensifying. you can see coming up next, some of those numbers for you. 5:57 is willard. heavy rainfall with this. actually let's put on and see if we are noticing any other issues, maybe a little bit of hail within the strong line of showers and storms, also showing darker greens. that's good. we don't want to see any purples. that's when we could see the potential for bigger hail. thunderstorms as well as very heavy, heavy rainfall impacting us driving here on the west side. we do have a concern for later today. we expect showers and storms out of the forecast. we'll have the dark clouds here in huron this afternoon. look at those storm clouds and a look at your weekend flooding concerns that will be coming up next. over to you. >> we're not the only ones feeling the wrath of mother rescued

2003, lorain/elyria high school grad. she finished outside of the qualifiers with an 11 second run. she is a little disappointed. she has two other events on deck. she will be running and and running later on this week. >> >> murphy finished second, personal best, -- after the race, he told me he wasn't happy with his positioning, got stuck on the inside, but he will rest, relax and see his family. >> >> and then john barber, barber moved into the finals as well in pole vaulting. us he did what he needed to do. he will be ready tomorrow night for -- he said akron is where he is home. later on, -- going on, later, nba we'll talk more about that coming up. >> >> will, sometimes, thing look a little funny on tv. when it all shakes out, that pool, is it still really that green? the diving pool? >> reporter: you know, i was told to avoid that area. i didn't want to go swimming there. i have to tell you. i talked to a guy. i talked to a guy that did the basketball courts down here, from cleveland. he is a cleveland native and h