a hit-list found at a lee reason county school -- a lorain county school and we're looking at what the school is doing. >> and bracing for a monster winter storm. the federal government shutting down early. thousands of flights cancelled as the storm starts. let's go to ter -- tera blake. >> and we are only seeing a few flurries this morning. this major winter storm creating severe weather, icy weather, heavy rainfall and maybe two feet of snow and very icy conditions. we miss out on the bulk of the activity, which is good news. and you will see those close to home, but no actual problems from the system expected in northeast ohio and boy are we thinking about them. we have a little bit of light snow with the morning temperatures warmer in the 20s and it's not warm but warmer. many of us have started out in the single digits. it feels better out there and some light snow on the east concentration when driving. keep that in mind and it's still light out there. the daytime highs are better in the upper 20s and for now, let's check in with corrina who has your morning traffic report. >> a

the school district notified parents what was going on and the well them know the lorain county sheriff's department is investigating. parent contacted school officials about the threat and he believes one or two students were involved and that the district has a zero tolerance policy and that students will face discipline and parents are concern -- are concerned about this and want more information. >> i want to know know if my daughter's name is on the list, whether all of the children, whether one or multiple children are involved and if they're out of school and not sitting next to my daughter. >> reporter: administrators are saying there is notice credible threat -- there is no credible threat right now. >>> and it you. >>> right now, police are searching for two gunmen

so out towards eerie, huron county, lorain county, you can see those flurries flying. let's talk about our temperatures. definitely on the keeler side. when you factor in these winds that have been chattering all day long out of the northwest, 15 to 20 miles per hour, it brings your windchill down. at the airport currently at 14 degrees. going into the rest of the evening the really good news here is we start to lose the wind and high pressure is really going to build as we head into tomorrow afternoon. tracy, we are looking at more sunshine in full effect, but we are track on the power of 5 a little bit of rain headed our way as we head into next week. your full forecast coming up. >> thanks so much. >>> taking a stand against and friends gathered to remember a warrensville high school student whose family says she was murdered. >> reporter: they describe her as loving and generous, on her way to becoming a grief counselor for others. she was stabbed to death, left on a street corner. troopers caught and arrested her boyfriend miles away in erie county. a single mothe

a hit-list found at a lorain county school. parents now worried that putting their students and pulling them out of class. >> and bracing for a monster winter storm. the federal government is shutting down early, thousands of flights already cancelled as the storm starts. meteorologist tera blake. good morning. >> and it's a happy friday for us here in northeast ohio. a major storm brewing south and causing major problems already, including severe weather, tornados, hail and we're talking sleets and in through the carolinas. and even some major rain on top of us in atlanta. as this moves into the east coast. we expect minimal impact from us here in northeast ohio. some can see a little bit of snow and i will talk about that in a few minutes and we have our own snow chance. lake affect snow off of northeast winds and which is a shift from what we normally see. you can see a lot of it staying over the lake and still snow talk for us and flurries in lorain and cuyahoga and 19, though, in mansfield and this is warmer than yesterday

let's show you where the snow currently falling out towards huron, erie, lorain county, overland. getting hit with a few flakes. 20 miles per hour. so already touching down in north olmsted. northwestern portions of cuyahoga county. parma, lakewood, all the way into north royalton. going to start to spread into southeastern portions of cuyahoga county. throughout about six states the denver area. tracking into northeast ohio. along with that moisture behind it is a cold front. so first it's going to be snow. second that colder air starts to pounce in here. and that's the big time game start of your workweek. all the way into tuesday afternoon. so hour by hour these flakes will start to fall here. you can see from our future cast, this is a good shot of snow for everyone to see today. 1 to 3-inches of accumulation. then it sags more towards the look at our tumble and our temperatures. by overnight into the single digits. as we head into tomorrow morning, we have windchill advisories already put in place possibly down to 10 to 15 below out towards richland and ashland county. now thi

. >> he is being held in the lorain county jail on $1 million will close three stations f fire chief says that budget constraints related to manpower shortagela as city does not have enough crews to cover the stations instead of rotating closures three will shut down completely located on westng tuscarora street, apartment and vernon avenue chief says that response times will be affected . >> would've the best we can to cover these areas for the residences we cannot help it, with the manpowertoca required to work with it the best that we can. >> at if a fire starts, what about the victims they should not be allowed to do that? >> do that script processing scrap processing helps economic conditions will improve so that they can reopen those fire stations. >> after 18 years on the city council city council joe cimperman is stepping downci as been named president of global cleveland nonprofit aimed at attracting people from around clevelandt he was 26 when he was electedhe to the city the city council serve in the st. clair superior neighborhood, downtown, the flats s, and ohio city dur

you can see the snowflakes across lorain county . lake effect flurries this morning, tonight 18 degrees with the full wolf moon . tomorrow partly cloudy, with about 34 degrees with west winds . between 10 and 20 mph, here is the outlook calling for highs in the mid 30s tomorrow and close that will be melting snow and the same thing tuesday with mid 30s. >> who may have dodged a bullet when it comes to that massive winter storm that just opened i-75 in lexington kentucky. >> the storm has crippled places from kentucky in two in new york city killing eight people, and the worst is yet to come, glad to check back in with scott mcleann in washington dc for an update switch back it is hard way that we to believe that we are only halfway through this event . it has been constant diagonal windwe . about a foot of snow on the ground . officials were worried that it would be heavy and possibly takedown trees and power lines, power outages in dc have been minimal .es that is the good news bad news is that there is still 18 inches of snowfall y

the lorain county elementary school opened after a hit-list was found. some parents vowing to keep their kids home today. sarah phinney joins us live from firelands elementary. sarah, what are skewed officials saying? >> reporter: jackie, the superintendent said that he has seen the list and called it disturbing, but he's insisting that students are safe. this came to light yesterday when a parent contacted school officials. we're told that one or two students may have penned the threat. the fireland school district contacted parents thursday afternoon to let them know what was going on and at the -- that the county sheriff is investigating. the superintendent mike von gutten said students will face discipline suspension at the very least. >> and they're safe. grade and he will be in attendance tomorrow. >> i don't feel comfortable sending my child to school. i'm not given the same information he's given. he is able to make that decision. for me, i don't feel safe. >> reporter: again, school administrators saying there is no threat, no credible threat, b

lorain county is seeing it, western cuyahoga county is likely getting some flurries started to show up as well. cly g we have a nice batch here from vermillion down to mylan into norwalk and we are over one, a lariat, grafton, wellington starting to see the snow along the immediate lakeshore is this band is starting to push im in toward lorraine and parts of western cuyahoga county so we have a cold front, arctic front sweeping into our area passed picking up some wind chill off theici lake this afternoon. behind the front to notice theti streamer off of lake michigan. that will be us and this will continue. favorable wind directions all the way through tuesday morning.ing. outside of the snow belt i know a lot of us have tomorrow off to celebrate the holiday. snowball areas is where you're going to see thehe snow. future view our by our ndc the snow blossoming through the late morning hours and continuing several rounds of on and off snow showers throughout the day before the system gets out of here and we change over to more lake effect events. aj will be in tonight tracking who's go

five now, it is currently moving backwards, so if you are in lorain county or huron county you will see if you now. two areas of low pressure and ng out towards northern portions of raleigh and durham. this energy is tracking in and as we head into tonight washington dc and to see a good 2 feet of snow in most locations so definitely dicey what these folks are dealing with. from new york to tennesseeing pummeled by a major snowstorm. this is video of downtown philadelphia. the roads e extremely treacherous for the storm already blamed for nine deaths in the snow and wind aren't going to stop until sunday.her service said it damages. >>> east coast storm wreaking havoc for travelers. thousands of flights delayed or canceled. that is where we find make shot this morning -- this morning. >> it is busy out here. if you are heading east to new york or dc or bostonle up because it will be a long day. most if not all flights are canceled or delayed. look at this line out here at s. look how busy it is. although we are in the clear for the storm we still have quite a bit of winter left. the air

that is why the snow is hitting areas like lorain county, cuyahoga county and instead of lake county, the traditional snow about what we're used to. and it's there and here is the temperatures. i want you to notice that we're leveling out in the 20s as we head throughout the evening. and you can see how it snuck up there in tuscaroras county, the leaking a half an inch to an county. other than that, you'll be fine. the rest of us, sunshine breaking through the clouds on saturday and more sunshine breaking in on sunday. everyone should be seeing sun by sunday and temperatures very chilly and warming into the 30s throughout the weekend. temps. 25 degrees in cleveland now; 23, wooster and coshockton. and we're going to take it hour- by-hour as we head throughout the evening. getting ready to put the dancing shoes on and head downtown. you're going to be cold. bundle up. temperatures around 24 degrees this evening. cloudy conditions because you don't have to worry about from sip. no snow or rain as we head through the next few hours. in that power of 5 seven-day forecast, what you can exp

you will see out in elyria, there may be a cool spot there in lorain county. you see the strong southerly winds, with these winds holding out overnight, do not expect these apertures to fall much. we will stay mild through the morning hours. we also had the clouds thicken. you follow the clouds back into indiana and illinois, and you see no rain. we have clouds near chicago, and that will move towards michigan but will avoid us. overnight is going to be in the 40s. could have some patchy drizzle on sunday. as we go through the day on sunday, we will start off in the 40s, by 2 pm mostly cloudy skies, temperatures well up into the 50s. i do not think it's going to rain all day. 10 am to 4 pm where many of you will not be getting brain. it will not be as -- will be getting rain. it will not be as sunny as it was today. after 7 pm the chances are greater. high pressure off to are south and south east, that is when you get those southerly winds bringing in milder temperatures. you see that green from cincinnati to st. louis, to wichita, that is a mild airmass conti

notice that were started to see just a peppering of light showers on the western part of the state, lorain county top of wellington, they are very light snowflakes, make that rainfall, it is too warm and will stay above freezing tonight so any precipitation, will be rainfall . the high today 47 for the normal 35, doing it well, above normal with 26 . we are deep in the red, which means that we are warmer than yesterday and it was just a delightful day with my southwest wind padua cold front, that is lined with scattered showers . behind that front, four afternoon temperatures go down . it will not be dramatic . we're hours variably cloudy, a few showers, some on the far west as early as now as we saw on radar, passing showers mostly tomorrow morning the police will see cloudy, 39 degrees in the morning, by late day, 33 verso, we could see temperatures slipping into the 20s and some of the priests that switching over to snow showers, and may mma linker into wednesday morning and then partly cloudy 32 . near normal the back of the 40s this weekend, with a few scattered showers . it is not a huge mi

lorain county, medina, summit, portage, cuyahoga, trumbull and inland ashtabula and a few flakes around lake county as a little bit of a snow globe out there. it's not going to stick. we're not looking at additional accumulations and any snow will be long gone by the afternoon. you may even see a little bit of sun throughout the day.

the feels like and windchill temperatures, 15 for what it feels like in lorain county and richland county, feeling like 14 and ashtabula county, 17 and extra layers of good idea and not as much sunshine. the snow is not causing the problems and there is that next shot on thursday. other than the chill and 49 on saturday, 52 on sunday. no, it's not supposed to be 25, 52 is correct, corrina. over to you. >> oh, my gosh. i love the sound of that and. >> the car heater is our friend this morning, tera. other than that, it's good as it gets and there are no issues or accidents to talk about and a couple of slowdowns on 20. other than, that things are looking great. if your travels take you into the akron area, we're issue and accident free. no troubles to report and that drive time is wonderful. 13 minutes crocker to the inner belt and let's go outside with that live look from the odot cam and what is it? hold on. 77 at 490 and that traffic is slowing freely and moving along just fine and over to you. >> and thank you. >>> and this morning, a potentially life-changing decision for families wit

hundreds of people will soon be without work and lorain county republic steel is idling the steel mill and wright has reaction to. >> the workers have been through a lot, this news comes as a shock, republic steel is idling its rolling mill production to lay off all 200 workers . bios will be staggered over the next few months after layoffs in july in march last year, this facility supplies the auto industry they say that they have struggled the last year due to falling demand and cheaper foreign imports that operates out of the same plant is also struggling they say that they're also laid off workers to give a sense of the scope with 1,000 people work your year ago to say a couple months the more than 100 will remain a big blow to the local economy with a ripple >> been hard to sleep, any officer of this local would have a tough time because it is stressful to think that the next day could be worst. >> marcy kaptur told us that these red flag the repeated failure of our government to prevent countries including china from writing our economy closing their own markets to our goods and

a light traffic commute on we look across the map here, 65 miles per hour at lorain county as you head east this morning 60 miles per hour once you hit the cuyahoga county line. 58 miles per hour on the west side and 57 on the east side and 271 looking perfect this morning as well. i have to mention this one. we have the road closure. chester avenue eastbound is headed that way not towards downtown. eastbound is closed for a few more days. westbound is open, two lanes open and they hope to have the eastbound lanes open very, very soon. we don't know when yet. they haven'ted. as soon as they do, we will let guys. >> brian: thanks very much. 2016 is a very big year in cleveland whether it comes to transplant. the donate life transplant games are here in june. we're partnering with one of the top event sponsors, lifebanc. celebrating the miracles that come from organ, eye and tissue donation, but it's also cleveland's chance to shine when it comes to showing how our fine city can really make a big difference. ceremony at the convention center, it's on. it will be take from city to city ge

. >>> and new this morning, good economic news for lorain county. a new ford line coming to avon lake. ford said the new superduty chassis cab truck line will be built there. the plant will make the if,- 350, f-450, and f-550 and the facility is the largest in lorain county with 1400 people. jackie. >>> and well, in a few hours, officer ryan davis chose a new partner and is ready to get back to work. meg shaw has been on top of this emotional story for you. meg, it's going to be quite the welcome. >> absolutely, jackie and it's been three weeks since k9 jethro's death who was shot and killed earlier this month while officer davis. davis said that jethro won't be replaced and it's time to move forward with the new partner. this is a new look at k9tucco with officer davis, a houston non-profit organization, k9s for cops donated him to the canton police department. davis spent the entire weekend with several police dogs searching for his perfect partner. he was not alone in this search. officer davis had sent from other k9 officers, including one who l

studies between auto and sandusky push into richland and just started to move into portions of lorain county . this is moving north eastward . the colder air will be moving in this talk that talk about . ut then rainfall is gone then turns into a mixup in snowfall . tonight changing over to snow after midnight and falling tomorrow, . then we have a chance of some accumulation in snowfall on sunday . fox 8 the official school closing station with closings and delays on-air, online. early-morning fire scorched several homes under under construction in tribe falls as matt wright has the video. >> the good news is nobody was injuredod but it did destroy three houses under construction and unoccupied, cell phone video shows the fireball after it broke out at about 6:00 a.m. today in a section of the shady lakes neighborhoodct starting in a in a greenhouse frame house then to bebe torn down, endeavour state forest home of a family that made it out safely and. >> or thank you have to make your kids up and tell them there's a fireki. >> it's a great neighborhood, the neighbors were yelling for us to

even lorain county looks like a flurry. that will stretch into medina. current thermometer reading chilly. that's the main weather story for northern ohio. the wider shot showing ray celeb that -- ravenna 22. the good news is we're only going to drop into the middle teens. it's not going to be a major winter storm event here for northern ohio over the next couple of days. winds slightly south of west at 5 miles per hour. very light. 24 degrees with a dew point of 14, very dry air in place. 10 degrees, lower than normal for the high. should be at 34. we're at 24. here's the winter storm. let's crank it up. the center of the low pulling out of texas, stirring up tornado watches, even some tornado warnings for mississippi and louisiana. that's on the warm side of the storm. the cold side, you are going to watch the snow really get going beginning tonight up into tennessee and kentucky. there it goes. look at all that snow. blizzard warning out for d.c. and baltimore and philadelphia could experience a blizzard as well with anywhere from 15 to 22 inches of s

effecting even northeast lorain county. much of snow amounts from earlier. painesville two and a half. >> this was all with the clipper. doesn't take into account the lake effect snow. we are experiencing as we speak. here's a look from the crib cam. towards downtown. you see periods of lake effect snow. going by every once in a while. downtown is visible. not often nine degrees at the lake front. thee same. it's 8 in akron canton. 6. we find the windchill factor. 12 below 0. it's minus 15 in mansfield. and a minus 8 currently at hopkins. what it feels like. so. here's the reservoir.ir of extremely cold air. this doesn't take into effect the windchill reading. west northwest direction. accumulations upwards of a foot. before all is said and done. on the east side. especially near chardon. even eastern part of. no fun driving along i 90 either. still seasonal snow as of this evening. 6.6 inches. we picked up a bit of snow. yesterday. not too much at all. >> a lot of kids out of school >>>> . >> on days like this. it's easy to stay inside. >> . what about peop

. >> romona: a man hunt continues in lorain county. the sheriff's department is an escaped inmate. tillman climbed a window and left the correctional facility there in a court-ordered drug treatment program. >>> meantime in akron six inmates had to be treated for drug overdoses. officials rushed three to the hospital. the house works with felons who are addicted to drugs and/or alcohol. the four are suspected of using synthetic marijuana. >> don't say one other word. don't tempt the court. >> angela stokes rants like that one led to the judge losing her law license. more than a year of expensive litigation paid for by city taxpayers. today she formally agreed to step down. paul orlousky first reported the agreement had been hammered out last month. now it is official. >> don't roll your eyes at this court. i gave you a warning. will you will not conduct yourself like this in a court of law. >> reporter: it is official judge angela stokes is now former angela stokes and agreed to resign and not run again at this hearing in december. all that remained was a three-judge panel hearing

believe the suspect fled in a silver car if you know anything about this called the garfield heights lorain county, a lorain man dubbed the nightcrawler for videotaping the aftermath of a car accident is going to jail, a judge harshly criticized for literal paul pelton before sentencing him 30 days jail, the judge said that he wished he could impose a harsher sentence but indicated that his hands are tied,isisos paul pelton faces universal condemnation for using a cell phone to videotape the scene of the accident in july on the life of a 17-year-old boy and injuring the driver, the judge called the decision to videotape inside the car and then attempt to sell the video, totally outrageous behavior. >> cold weather is taken its toll on emergency workers, fire crews had to battle harsh conditions along with the flames at this house fire at east 79 th andre cornelia this morning slick conditions in addition to the reason temperatures . e it is always tough for those firefighters in these conditions . it's going to be another cold night but that's not all. >> looks like that we could see some more sno

@lorain county in the single @digits. @ashtabula, 7. sunny breaks @around cleveland 80 degrees @tomorrow wind chills 0-10 as @the wind switch direction that @will make a big difference for @as heading into the rest of the @weekend. @coldest in the magenta is over @us now as the low pressure @moves away, this cold air mass @will swing off the east coast. @behind it, not much just @scattered cloud cover and no @real storm until you get back @toward the west coast. @tomorrow all dry. @monday, all dry as well. @and with the next area of low @pressure, mainly tracking to @the north and then to the north @and west, that's a milder track @for us. @we should start to see milder @air beginning to be pulled up @into the great lakes tomorrow @afternoon and monday and that @means a lot of melting going on @and if you have snow on the @ground still. @and maybe some sunshine mixed @in. @temperatures early tomorrow @morning and the teens. @except elyria in the single @digits. @it may come up if winds pickup. @tomorrow afternoon, sunshine @and low 30s

flurries for northern lorain county the lake effect is rather active in thel all five great lakes are in business, so i clipper snowaa will be coming our waya and show you tomorrow after 6:00 p.m. it'll be a little bit less than last night with less moisture .ht two below zero at hopkins, it feels like too even is 16 . 16 degrees cleveland, in minneapolis indianapolis it is one below and the cold air is taking over with its grip on the entire great lakes region . for the rest of us, they made a breakthrough for skittish numbers in for everybodyug but the general lifestyle tomorrow into thursday morning l with about one or 2-inch, to show showing you the pockets of geauga county andow a cuyahoga county could get two -- 4 inches for a grand total of they will be near 40 friday and saturday and then fall back down sunday monday tuesday next week . fox 8 the official school closing station with closings and delays on-air, online. . for what they thought they hit the jackpot for then reality set in,f story stored behind and accept that left her ball players devastated the latest headlines

o'clock tomorrow evening, despite most of us have had a coating on the ground, when the lake-effect lorain county, northern medina county could get ano two -- 4 inches, and the snowbelt, 8 inches or more . today, 33 degrees . cloudy with some flurries . at noontime 30 degrees, the church will be followed through the day and it will be called . will be back in the teams with overnights in the single digits . click here losing on wednesday moves in on wednesday with more lake effect and then back to the 30swea at the end of the week in ashtabula county man is going to hollywood, his name is tank jackson impress the judges this week on american idol. he was 18 and greg harris has the story's. >> he has been auditioning since he was 18 years old and has just kept going throughout the rejection, and he has never given up. >> it's a good thing he did not give up because tank jackson of ashtabulave is going to hollywood and american idol contestant c learned that thursday's.th >> i am going to say yes. >> yes. >> i'm going to say that you're going to hollywood. >> jackson, who is 29 years old was not ab

@it's driving a main band across @extreme northern portions of @loraine county. @we start to get really focused @on here with a moderate snow @band along 322. @we still have snow that's @falling further to the north. @let's go west first into north @homestead. @you can see those light snow @showers coming in. @that's not going to added up to @a whole lot, maybe an inch. @we have been watching the @traffic around greater @cleveland, and that's improving @nicely. @along 322. @the snow is still coming down. @we've had very interesting @pictures. @this is a live webcam in the @middlefield area. @i believe we got it off the @wonder ground. @i have to keep an eye off these @cameras. @you can see how the snow is @blowing there in southeast @portions of geauga county to @right on the southern edge of @the heavier snow band. @farther to the north, we have @snow that's coming down. @rock creek area. @they say not a plow to be seen. @you can see the conditions @they're facing there. @that lake snow band will be @continuing, especially if it @shifts south. @that's where we c

avon -- look to the north and west, we have a clump of snow that will maybe the half hour into lorain county and farther into the east. this should hold together good. it's not lake affect ban or anything like that. it's an areawide quick burst of light snow. look at the wider picture here. notice what we're tracking, the colder air. chicago is at 8; detroit, 19. if we warm up a little bit into the mid-20s, it will be short lived. colder air is moving in on the heels of it. we drop the winter weather advisory and have the lake snow advisory until tomorrow morning. for portions of lake geauga and ashtabula you want key, expect another four to eight additional in some spots and some areas where the advisory began overnight and could see 6 to 12 total. and this is your hour-by-hour. temperatures in the lower 20s and upper types. the winds will pick up. we have windchills tonight, very cold and we'll have delays potentially tomorrow morning at not because of snows and here we go. notice not a ton happening between now and 4, but once we hit eight or 9, we start to get the re-enforcing shot of co

northern lorain counties, lighter snow to downtown cleveland and could be a slippery go. out east we get things cooking here from the i-271 corridor around mayville heights to central geauga county with one- half to one hour snowfall rates right now. again this squall could go back and forth over the course the overnight. it may go northwest and southeast. we will have to watch it. it is about what mother nature wants to do and where the squall goes, southern ashtabula county and northern trumble and portage easily three to five inches. we are in the teens everywhere we go and this is the heaviest amounts of snow and cuyahoga chagrin falls four-and-a-half and burton four-and-a-half and the same for middleville and andover. feast or famine snowfall. watch these clips outside of the snow falls. single digits and waking up to bitter cold air and the air temperatures current wind chills are already single digits to below zero and between minus five and 15 in a few spots. here is the lake snow advisory. lake geauga ashtabula. and cuyahoga county as well. wind chill advisories t

@it's cold enough we're seeing @light showers in portions of @lorain county. @we're not anticipating this to @accumulate to anything. @you still have snow on the @ground from the previous shower @and snous we've had. @that's not a concern -- snow @showers we've had. @that's not concern. @new commercingst commercetown @into car roll ton getting snow @showers, canton getting in on @that. @of over sugar creek passing @this is part of the storm @system. @the larger system is drives @force for pulling the winds @around. @at a brisk clip, we'll stay @breezy through tonight and a @good part of the day tomorrow. @it's a beautiful storm on @radar. @it's a nasty storm to have to @deal with however and we have @an area of low pressure that's @sitting off to the south of us. @this is what it looks like now @in washington, d.c.. @cling. @the bridge. @you see the snow on the bridge @deck. @in downtown baltimore, chris @posting this on our weather @warriors facebook page you can @see the snow coming down. @for now, it was still in the @pretty phase. @it's about to get ugly a

on the western tier, there's lorain county's corner. erie and huron county into the mix. region. i'm stopping this down at 5:00 why? here's the change over to a little bit of light snow. accumulation. even as we head into the day saturday early part of the day, we are talking an inch or less. here again. but we are at 47. so is akron canton. the warmest readings around. we share that with new philly and with columbiana. wooster at 43, average high this . handily. the record is 68. we aren't going to come anywhere near that. 49, gray skies. late afternoon rain. winds already gusting in excess of 25 miles per hour and they will probably continue to do that. akron canton is going to share in this late day rain showers up and as the temperatures climb. but, if you are climbing to the slopes, peak and peak has a base of six to 20 inches at the summit and it has packed powder. trails open, 25. lifts open, five. and with a drop in temperature as we make our way to the weekend, no reason not to hit the slopes. tonight we are at 34. rain ends as light snow. note the 34. because, 34 will b

too, but mostly we are northeast wind they could bring some moisture, there is a snowband, in lorain county and cuyahoga county tonight . , new philadelphia up to 1 inch rest of us will be dry . tonight upper 20s, the rest of the 8 -day outlook coming up. >> chaos at a food counter, the new confrontation between customer and chinese restaurant employeesn goes viral, it happened inside tower city food court, as matt wright obtained ob the video and spoke with both sides. >> the fight got out of hand quickly over a 2-dollar cup of money back and sue both sides were yelling and the soup went flying. >> restaurant manager says that's tower city security showed up after this ended it happened wednesday, said he stopped on his way to work to work at the q. said there was soup ,, after he requested and got money back, then they cut the soup was thrown at him, and then the couple chased after him with a pot of soup at hand and then hit him near the tower city movie theater, both sides agree it should have been handled differently. handled differently, i feel like that they were the aggressors, they

it won't cause a ton of problems pushing to lorain county and cleveland hopkins airport reporting flurries. i pulled up the visibility map and you can tell we are getting light snow mansfield and sandusky and so from you go. visibility may drop to less than 3 miles at times when the snow comes through southwest to south wind and the wind will stay up. we are at 16 in cleveland. here you see the warmer stuff coming in and 47 in st. louis. >> we have this brief thaw cycle on the way and we will warm and especially behind it. a little disturbance tonight and future view. by 10:00 the worst between 7:00 and 10:00 this evening and after that lake-effect snow east and east and that could pile up more. and roads by 90 and same spot that got hit last night and not as intense. most areas an inch or less on future view and taking you out east here. 1 to 4 inches and here you see it by morning ashtabula as it kicks in and paying attention to the lake. because that could pick things up a little bit. 27 by 7:00 a.m. >> that's a lot warmer than what we were this morning. an inch of snow around. akron-ca

is no word on whether @it employs nearly 1400 people @and is one of the largest @employers in lorain county. @>>> the canton police @department is welcoming a very @squad. @officer ryan davis brought k- @9tuko home this afternoon. @davis and others will train him @as a full fledged officer. @tuko comes to northeast ohio a @of another four legged officer @died in the line of duty. @remember jethro. @k-9s for cops in houston heard @about the tragic story and @reached out to help. @officer davis went down and @picked a top three out of @dozens and then he landed on @tuko. @>> as it went on, i would have @been comfortable with any of @the three but tuko kind of @separated himself and stood @out. @>> so he picked you? @>> pretty much. @>> he seems to be adjusting @nice into his new police @cruiser. @he should be trained and on the @pavement with his partner by @mid april. @confident about his @presidential run on the @campaign trail. @john kasich touted endorsements @by boston globe and concord @monitor. @he is heavily focused on the @campaign in new hampshire. @he doesn't plan to have much @att

@notice the darking blues there @in erie, and lorain county. @there could be snow squalls @there, pointing down towards 71 @farther to the east, one area @moving out of geauga county. @down towards pains field, and @menner. @those are the areas we're going @to shift our focus onto later @tonight. @roadways are looking okay. @the green here on major @interstates indicating traffic @flowing smoothly with no major @delays. @of course, there will be slick @spots. @bridges and overpasses can @quickly ice over. @lake snow advisories continue @until noon tomorrow for lake, @geauga and ashtabula county. @we'll start shifting toward the @primary snowbelt into the @afternoon hours. @temperatures notice, falling @back into the teens. @so slushy stuff will turn icy. @and that snow band early @tomorrow morning could impact @travel on the shore way, and @90, back into ashtabula lake, @and northern geauga. @that continues until 9:00, but @does start to taper as we @how much snow for most of us? @less than half an inch with the @snow showers. @but check out th

the lorain county sheriff's office is investigating. the parents say the call gave little want to know if my daughter's name is on that list. i want to know if one or multiple children were involved if they are out of school and not sitting next to my>> besides them letting us know there's a threat, no other information was given. >> the superintendent said they do not believe the the students they identified will face discipline for student code of conduct. >> we're considering the age of the student but taking all make sure students and staff are safe. >> he said his own fourth grader will be in school tomorrowend their kids to school as usual. these moms say their kids are staying home. >> i don't feel comfortable sending my child to school. i'm notformation he's been given. he's able to make that decision. >> i feel sad for kidsthreatened. i feel sad for the child that needed to make that threat. what's going through their mind? >> school administers feel certain there's no crediblenvolved very young students at k through 5 school.

up i-71, there's southern lorain county, and county getting a brief burst of rain, and more showers there, here's the issue. first of all, big warm up tomorrow, it's going to feel like springtime, behind it on sunday, may we've got big time temperatures chillse more on that next. >>> only on five, cleveland police are conducting an all out search for the person who shot a 59-year-old man who was simply out riding a bike. >> investigators say took a bullet to the face. five on your side investigator joins us live from the medical center where the victim is fighting for his life. >> and joe, iteven survived. >> that's right, great team work case. good samaritans who topped at the rightaining. >> we heard two shots, and then we seen a man just stagger off into the fields. >> reporter: ron atwater and his proved to be lifesavers stopping their car to assist a 59-year-old man while riding his bike at 115th, andid everything they could >> it was scary. he was bleeding like crazy. we were worried about him. >> just awas cleveland police who made all the difference, putting into action these newl

. >> laura: a man accused of shooting and killing a lorain county woman over the weekend plead not guilty. anthony davis is being held on a $1 million bond in the death of carina charlton. she was found in her home with several gunshot wounds. >>> the central ohio community of danville is mourning the loss of officer thomas cottrell. he was found shot to death sunday night outside the danville municipal building. cottrell was a little league coach and did a lot for the community there. a go fund me page has been set up for his family. so far, it has more than $10,000. >>> the suspect herschel ray jones has been convicted of breaking and entering and in one case tried to claim he was lylely insane. ohio prison records show he served nearly four years for jones was released last april. >> "q": well it's day five in the search for 12 missing marines continuing near hawaii. searchers found three or four life rafts deployed after two choppers collided midair off the coast of oahu. they eventually spotted the fourth. but all four rafts were empty. so far, there's no sign anyone survived the cra

lake enhanced a, incensed the alberta clipper, it is just offshore it will be collecting clipping lorain county, boot into cleveland expecting a burst of moderate to heavy snowfall ll within the next half hour . it is moving very rapidly you ou can see the twist that's low pressure that will move northeast . but the maps in motion and show you this moving through them during the including lake erie with water temperature 39 at a depth of 35 feet . these snowbands will zero, a clinical attention to snowfall not out of the question , we still think another two -- four, could fall and in taking it into southern cuyahoga county . stay tuned, see if that happens, international falls is minus nine with windchill factors at milwaukee and chicago before nighttime is already at 10 below zero . light snowfall ramping up, with windchill tomorrow morning five below . lake-driven snowfall continues into the morning hours-, show you that as it develops, you can see that, just after midnightyo it will left northeast it is showing signs of clipping northeast cuyahoga county . where they set up what could end u

. >>> the lorain county organization hosting a polar plunge for a heart warming cause. >> the wellington eagles are encouraging residents to take a dip in icy waters to help she's add baseball-sized tumor removed and multiple rounds of chemotherapy. proceeds from the upcoming polar plunge will help pay for the treatment. we have more information on our newsnet5 app, but man it is cold. >> we're going warm up a little bit, then we're going to cool back down. but i've got some interesting stats about snowfall that you are going to want to see here coming up. let's talk about what's going on right now outside we've got high, thin cirrus clouds over downtown. no worries about any type of rain or sleet or snow so we're going to stay dry through the evening. here's your five live radars. dry weather on the power of 5. to rainfall or snowfall within 450 miles of nosh ohio. good news there. 33. that's chilly. 33 in mentor. a little cooler inland, 31 for akron and ravenna and canton. we've got lower 30s cleveland, a southerly breeze on the light side at 7 miles per hour. a dew point at 18. so we'

both men are locked up in the lorain county jail and facing drug charges. >>> the newest member of the canton police department is on a plane to ohio right now. this is canine tuko and officer ryan davis at busch international airport. davis made national headlines when his partner canine jethro was killed in the line of duty. officer davis had to fly to texas to train and pick the dog. >> are you ready to go home, sir? >> absolutely. think he's ready, too. >> laura: he's a 14-month-old german shepherd from hungary. a trained trained kay line like him costs between $15,000 to $2,000. >> "q": well the time for polls and mud shrinking is almost over as the caucuses and primaries kick off in iowa next monday. edward lawrence tells us what the candidates are doing to win >> reporter: with just six days to go until the first votes are cast in iowa, presidential line. >> we are in the final sprint. right? >> reporter: the latest poll out this morning shows donald trump has regained the lead in iowa, but ted cruz is within the margin of error. so, trump isn't pulling any punches. including hi

and, new this noon, we are hearing hundreds more people will lose their jobs in lorain county. just a day after republic steel announced it will lay off 200 people, now u.s. steel will cut the layoffs and troubles in the steel industry in lorain has left the city facing a budget deficit of at least $2.3 million this year. >> laura: the state department has released another batch of e-mails from hillary clinton's private account and it's raising even more questions. craig boswell is in d.c. with >> reporter: the state department released another 2300 pages of e-mails from hillary clinton's private e-mail account she used during her time as secretary of state. the government says portions of 66 e-mails were upgraded to classified status. one of them is now considered secret. clinton, the frontrunner for the democratic presidential nomination, says she did not send or receive classified material on her personal account. the state department says none of the e-mails now considered classified was labeled that way at the time. one back and forth between clinton and her state departmen

know now, though, which students wrote the list and called their parents and they also called the lorain county sheriff's department. now cleveland police shut down a crack house, also. listen, they pulled out all the stops doing it. swat went in armed to the teeth. the two homes are near metrohealth medical center in the 3000 block of trowbridge avenue. two suspected drug dealers were cuffed and the search is on for a third. >> laura: a school bus driver is charged for a school bus crash that happened over a week ago. three school buses were on their way from streetsboro high school and were full of students when one rear ended another causing a chain reaction. the bus driver is charged with minor violation of unassured clear distance. >> "q": residents of bay village the city installed a brand-new ice skating rink. the outdoor rink is in reese park at 301 clague road. it's open until 11:00 p.m. >> laura: north korea has detained an american college student after accusing him of carrying out a hostile act against the government. officials say he entered the country on a tourist visa with a chi

@we have taken out lorain county @and it's continuing to move to @the east and coming down at a @pretty good ripping. @most of the leading edge of the @rain is rather light but picks @good downpour coming through @areas forth to the west doctors @area -- areas farther west @into sections of medina county, @wayne county and holm county @too -- holmes county too. @the heavier rain is falling @along u.s. 250 and of course @the northern extent of u.s. 250 @takes you up into sandusky @which is where cedar point is. @the bigger picture shows that @this rain will come to an end, @the problem is there is very @cold air behind this rain and @that will mean a chilling @weekend as temperatures will be @sliding saturday and sunday, @which will lead us into a @frigid monday. @before the evening, upper 30s @to right around 40 with @through. @we will have details on the @weekend forecast, it's going to @be a cold one, coming up. @>> thanks, betsy. @mourn a family killed in a @summit county home explosion. @investigators say it could be @murder-suicide. @>> channel 3's monica robins is @live in front o

@tiffany tarpley has spent the @morning driving around lorain @county looking pretty good @tiffany. @this morning we are foothills @kind of along that lorain @cuyahoga county border. @you can see things are moving @along pretty good. @you can see the lanes. @but the snow is coming down @pretty good right now the last @half hour we showed you route @57 that was looking @pretty good, too. @putt as we travel as we cross @over into cuyahoga county @there's certain things that @odot district 12 will @focus on. @here's what the spokesperson @had to say. @>> the thing that we're paying @attention to is we're going to @start seeing a lot lower @pavement temperatures. @because the air temperatures @are going to be down in the @single digits overnight. @>> reporter: and so when you @talk about those pavement @temperatures the lower pavement @temperatures you have @to be careful because you could @run into some slick spots. @so we're also going to get off @i-90 here to give you an idea @of kind of like what the side @streets are looking like if you @are traveling to the major @>> boy, hope you

worst of it, i think, will be this evening, a slow diminishing trend overnight and snowing some in lorain county. on top of that, look at these winds. gusting 35 to 40mile-an-hour now between cleveland and mentor. arctic shot we are in the teens. and here you see lake-effect off lake michigan and lake erie. 10:00 tonight still indicating lake-effect from the greater cleveland area towards trumbull county as well. the wind goes more to the west by morning. that will begin to lift the lake-effect north and mainly affect the eastern areas. the primary snowbelt tomorrow morning. 1 to 4 inches of snow expected tonight in cleveland. 13 the low. akron-canton down to 9 most of of akron we are thinking now. at 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., the lake snow will get out by afternoon but the updated future view model giving avon 2 inches. this is additional snowfall tonight cleveland 2 inches chardon 3 and we could see isolated higher amounts there eastern cuyahoga county through geauga county. tomorrow lake-effect snow early. it will shift east otherwise a windy and very cold day 18 the high. west to southwest wi

we have some pockets of light up in carroll county and there you can see the light snow in lorain county and into norwalk. you can see on future view that there is a light snow and flurry through tomorrow morning. speaking of tomorrow morning i am going to roll our future view and start at 7:00 a.m. heavy snow in new york. notice it is not snowing in boston. washington, baltimore, blizzard conditions here tomorrow morning . by tomorrow night the snow will wind down in washington. still coming down in new york. snow. very strong wind and then by sunday morning it is finally out . 27 by 7:00 in the morning in cleveland. some flurries around and cloudy and windy. 31 the high tomorrow with morning flurries. still has a north wind at 14 to 28. so a windy day and mostly cloudy. north wind 13 to 26. 7:00 a.m. flurries. wind 27 and lunch, 27. 5:00 and mostly cloudy sky. the next alert day will be on tuesday. that's for the rain, snow and windy conditions around here. the weekend recap, 31 tomorrow and 22 for your saturday night. the wind dies down and how about a 41 on monday and then the rain d

showers and snowfall moving in the line they are parma and brunswick, through southern lorain county into wellington . and also shelby and ashland . as we move into geauga county and the higher elevations along 271 you do have some snowflakes during red rocks will switch over to snowfall the next few hours continue tonight into midday tomorrow, and the snowbelt . 51 degrees paducah we will get that here by the end of the weekend, some scattered flurries and snow showers for everybody this evening . and ending about lunchtime tomorrow and be four-year sunset maybe a few tonight's low 20s, with some lake effect and becoming mostly cloudy and windy tomorrow . but the high temperature in the upper 20s . on sunday near 15 and then monday mid '40s on tuesday, groundhog day, but they mainly cloudy, and then on fox 8 the official school closing station with closings and delays on-air, online. metrohealth release results of external audit investigation and response to allegations of employee stealing botox. >> will review the report and conferences completely exonerates our ceo, allegations th