. >> plus of parma schools face a fiscal emergency number hearing from theme mayor about a possible merger that has many parents worriedb andya hacked and 500 million passwords are breached coming up in our tech report which de niro tells us how we can protect ourselves.us >> changes cloudy cooler and we are tracking showers of box eight news at noon starts right now.e ng >> fiscal emergency parma schools areem about to go to a major transformation in many parents are outraged thanks for joining us todaysa good schaeffer now the mayors of the cities at that will be impacted have something to say no doubt fox a stacy fry has the latest on the school cuts controversy h. >> is awful the changes parma presented to parents on monday will be absolutely devastating to the schools of the district finds himself facing a $50 million deficitoi this is not only impacts parma but parma heights and southern hills the school business manager nearly broke down as he presented a plan that will eliminate more than 50 jobs and cut multiple programs participate fees and consolidate buildings forming one high

it happened in parma on broadview road. a man was einvestigated from a vehicle. >> but emergency crews could not help the man, because of a hostage situation at the scene. shanice dunning joining us live with the story. good afternoon, shanice. >> reporter: yeah, good afternoon. you can see behind me a large police presence here with s.w.a.t teams and crisis negotiators on the scene as a man has barricaded himself on broadview road inside of one of these houses, that's according to police. what we know so far, this happened following a car accident where a man was ejected, that man was taken to metro hospital eventually and the other man barricaded himself inside one of these houses that you can't make out, because man is armed and so that's why there's such a large police presence here. we've been told that schools and daycares in the area are on lockdown. we've seen guns drawn and police dogs out walking the area. police are closed off broadway road on a couple of different spots. and we do know that crisis negotiators ha

leaders in parma, parma are saying that the budget was mishandled by the school board. that heated school board meeting is underway right now. joe, leaders in that city, they say they have been kept in the loop concerning the budget woes. >> reporter: well parma city council members say that the district is facing seven million cuts this year and eight million in needed cuts next year if they were to avoid the state receivership. take a look at what we saw just moments ago. this morning here at parma completely packed. residence are upset. parma, parma heights, they say that they have not been a part of the decision making process in trying to solve these major budgetary issues, issues that could result in a number of the parma school buildings that are being closed or readapted for other uses within the next year. 7 hills council member says that mismanagement is partly to -- to blame. the levy hasn't been used to its efficiency. >> i would definitely like to know what the former superintendent did. everybody needs to be informed in the most open and transparent way as

of the only public elementary school and parma heightss would have on our community parma layer our community is only as strong as their schools we need to stand together for the sake of our community and the children who will be our city's future" at the next parma school board meeting is set for tuesday october for the mayors are encouraging parents to attend and to contact the superintendent and the board members and to let them know what they think of their plant as for that threatened walkout rumors are swirling on social media that it will happen in the coming daysng possibly next week at normandy high school but nothing yet confirmed no question jennifer $15 million of that they tend of money to come up withnono but the parents and some people in the city are concernedi like six months ago you said everything was okay that's at the core of this problem and the parents are hoping they can find ways to save them money and other shutting down schoolsls with the indians ace pitcher kerry cooper shut down for the rest of the regular season that will be see him in the playoffs john

for parma , the parma heights and seven held under parma city schoolsmaa three high schools grades attempt to 12 would be consolidated into one high school at parma senior high the valley forge in normandy highin schools will be repurposed as middle schools and the public elementary school in parma heightsur parma park elementary could possibly be shut down also more than 50 multiple programs cut in students paid to participate fees with doublele c when we are told were in a financial safe situation six months ago then all of a sudden now they're talking about redistricting we are 15 ?-dash $19 million in the whole depending on who you talk to for the next two years it's scary speed up the mayors of parma and parma heights are speaking p out saying they also are not happy with the prop boardt meeting is tuesday october 4 the mayors are encouraging parents to attend and to contact the superintendent and board members to let them know what they think of their plan is official american greetings now has a new home the greeting card company it is sued headquarters a crocker park and was like t

parma, 51 degrees. closer to the lake and stilt in the -- still and you go to medina and lodi and currently at 45 to 46 degrees. the contours not really showing the cooler air bubbling in from the south. you will notice the southwesterly breeze this afternoon and that is going to cool off the ambient temperature. the highs today are seasonable, kristen, and they're in the lower 70s. >>> and i don't know. >> and i go back and forth.

parma, 51 degrees. closer to the lake and stilt in the -- still and you go to medina and lodi and currently at 45 to 46 degrees. the contours not really showing the cooler air bubbling in from the south. you will notice the southwesterly breeze this afternoon and that is going to cool off the ambient temperature. the highs today are seasonable, kristen, and they're in the lower 70s. >>> and i don't know. >> and i go back and forth. morning and closing part of north plum street and that is closed between west nasa and noble road. if i can move out of the way of the graphics there and that is there and closed because of the water main break after reopening and they're going to have a boil alert and we'll let you know as soon as that happens. elsewhere, the highways looking good in the akron area. and 76 and 77 and head outside and check on the odot cameras and 71 to get busy but not impacting our drive times and no delays as of yet. >>> and some now information into the live desk. we're getting a look at

and parma heights also not happy with michael byrne in parma heights" i'm deeply concerned about the negative impact the only public elementary school in parma community parma's mayor saying our community is only as strong as our schools we need to stand togetherls for the sake of our community and the children who will be our city's future if the district cannot resolve the financial crisis the state could take over the wing cassie is a coach at normandy high and has four children in parma city schools.ty >> when we were told were in a financially safe situation six months ago and then all of a sudden now they're talking about redistrictinghe 15 ?-dash $19 million in the hole depending on who you talk for the next two years it's scary. >> think you the next parma school board meeting is tuesday october 4ex as for the summer and walkout rumors are swirling on social medialk data will happen in the coming days possibly next week at normandy high school reports of mysterious clowns are spreading coast-to-coast when two people int northeast ohio another smartphone goes up in flames at t

parma. on the school situation they do not have enough money if they quit would have plenty of money for quite a few schools.a here is out you could get a hold of us hit me up on twitter >> four months old. you see here all smiles. you can have your little ones featuredyo just on out to the world series and the super bowl. >> the super bowl? come on now. world series is next. your number one in cleveland indians take on the motor city many start out trying last night's game against the tigers.ry the took advantage of the situation in the bottom of the first 42 ?- zero lead than a 31, making the score five ?- zero the tigers did beat the tribe 12 ?- 01st seven ?- ten days after an mri revealed a large stringri the indians american league division series starts in eight days. he may not be the starting pitcher right now trevor bauer. will pitch this weekend and is on standby for the playoffs. >> everyone loves first the champagne look at one of the teams own who is known for being tech savvy s

>> reporter: breaking news here in parma. the swat standoff is having -- happening on the officers, swat team members. they just brought in a swat team canine to the scene. it is an active scene right now . we are being kept at a safe distance. police say this all started with the car crashing into a pole. the car landed in the front yard of a house. one person inside the car was a check and take into metro. the other person ran into a house and believe to be armed at this point. at first it appeared to be a hostage situatio out of the house okay. a crisis negotiator can be heard over a bullhorn saying, this is the parma police department, the side doors open. please come out with her hands up. day cares and schools within mann mile -- one-mile have been put on lockdown. that is the active scene down here. when we get more information we will update you. on this. >> many thanks for your report. we will stay with you for any further developments. >>> it is a busy time for area police officers. there searching for a person who

parma heights also not happy with this proposal michael burnham parma heights singh quote i am deeply concerned about the negative impact of posing of the only publicmp elementary school in parma heights would have on our community parma maher attended shooter sayingat quote our community isng only as strong as our schools we need to stand together for the sake of our communityty w and the children o will be our city's future than the next parma school board meeting is set for tuesday october for the mayors are encouraging parentss attendant you contact the superintendent and board members are to let them know what they think of their plan as fork for the threatened walkout rumors are swirling on social media that it will happen in the coming days possibly next week w at normandy high school but nothing yet confirmed the. >> will keep an eye on what happens there.he >> the indians are just over a week awayve on the first playoff game and whether ace be ready ontology joining us now with more of he has a mild strain of his quality of the medical people sayis it seven or 10 days for him

shanice dunning was in parma as the situation resolved. >> reporter: on broad view road in parma you can still see the damage from this standoff that happened earlier today. a man crashed a car into the pole. what they don't know, what made him run away into somebody's house. >> a car went off the road and crashed really bad. >> reporter: parma police say it started at 9:30hi when a 911 caller watch this had car crash into the pole on broad view road. the impact so hard it sent a man flying out of it. >> i saw the driver get out of the car and stand up and walk out of the car and another guy was laying on the ground. >> reporter: police say the other man barged into this home owned by the russian orthodox cathedral right next door. the man told the woman inside he was armed and she ran out and called for help. followed surreal. >> there were snipers all over the place in full camouflage. >> police patrol the area with dogs and guns and schools and day cares put in lockdown within a mile. >> the school was put in lockdown because of parma police. >> reporter: nikolai's daughter attend

reporting live at parma city hall -- rather, parma uaw hall, tom beres. >>> zika turns take a new turn. ohio has a record drug bust and colin kaepernick with a new twist this time with what's on his . the thursday edition of 77 seconds here at 7:00. >> reporter: this is what a million-dollar of methamphetamine looks like. it's the single biggest bust in ohio history. three people charged with trying to smuggle it into ohio. made in mexico, a so-called superlab, it was attempted to be smuggled into the cincinnati area. the trio under arrest tonight began their journey from atlanta. more controversy surrounding san francisco 49ers quarterback with police as pigs on them at practice today. kaepernick first made headlines when he refused to stand for the national anthem during a preseason game. he says blacks are oppressed. new tonight, zika virus has been found in trapped mosquitoes down in florida. this is the first time it's happened in the continental u.s. officials say three mosquitoes from the miami beach area tested positive. officials say while it's surprise. an unusual helicopter

ziegler is in parma with more. week five of friday night touchdown , a perfect night for homecomingng and byers field, hosting the homecoming against elyria catholic it is a great showdown and show you thei homecoming festivities here at byers field, it is a carbo them will will conference showdown between will hold the top spot in the conference, the come off of a victory over normandy 20-seven, the red and lost the first game but have one three straight since, catholic is very tough averaging 35 points per game last week, davis ran for 184 yards and four touchdowns winning over valley forge, you know it is a big game with stunt r stunt... they are pretty prompt there wa a senior meeting their type two gets to play tonight. elyria catholic big parma last year so the red menli are looki for revenge at home at byers will be the week five edition of friday night touchdown.he friday night touchdown tonight at 11:00 p.m. join us with gabe spiegel with highlightsts from 20 games including the game of the week it is frid

and parma heights and seven health and suzanne strafford is life and parma are effective now. >> it was an extremely emotional and intense night here at parmer senior high school as they learned about these potential changes the district went from thinking they had a surplus of their budget just a few cutting multiple programs at every level in the same consolidating buildings. some are asking why this was in katsina. sense. they produce a balanced budget how many describe a player after he died. they spoke with their emotional reaction tonight. >> it's still unclear how he died the players who spoke with today say they are cited a bit confused it determined to keep their teammates memo >> if anybody we think that we would be the last one. everybody cry. it's a sad moment from our football team. coach he was kicked or need during friday night's game. his teammates say they'll look like a normal play. we all seen him get in the ambulance we didn't think anything of it. reply to be okay. he patty was okay. he got hain came back on the sideline. they were released saturday morning. sunday

schools are facing a budget crisis in parma. the board has $15 million to drastic cuts. news 5s meg shaw is at senior high school this morning. tell us what the plan is? >> reporter: the plan is to make one large super high school. the district's administration staff said in order to make up for some of the debt, they will have to make normandy high school and valley forge high schools middle schools in turn transferring those high school students here to parma senior high, again, to make a large senior high school. the district's budget administrator tears as he presented the plan to the board of education at a meeting monday night. in order to balance the budget, the district would have to close five schools, lay off dozens of staff members and eliminate multiple education programs. parents visibly yip set at the news and some calling for board members to resign and many are worried about the kids and how it will affect them. >> be careful making cuts. educational programs in this district once already. >> and the district must submit a balanced budget to the state by

dhomonique ricks live in parma. how many people were actually involved here? >> reporter: witnesses tell me they saw upwards of 40 people involved in four different fights at the exact same time. it is not clear how it started reports, it happened just before 3:00 on grantwood drive and west 54th street after students were released from school. a witness seen in the video trying to break up the fight says he saw innocent people who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time getting pushed to the ground. he also tells me he saw adults and students going at one another. we identified one of the parents seen in that video who admits he and his son were both involved in the fight. he says bullying and this incident stems from that. the local school board has proposed consolidating all of parma's high schools into one. parents we spoke with say they don't like that idea saying things are already bad enough. >> now you are taking the three high schools where some of these kids don't get along. they're like rivalries to an extent. then you are going to

several fights, look at that, break out between kids and adults, turning this parma community into a mob scene this week. that fight broke out just a few minutes after school let out at parma senior high school wednesday. >> and today we were able to get our hands on that video and some 911 calls. our dhomonique ricks is live near where the incident took place. do you see that brickhouse? that is west 54th street and grant wood drive. neighbors tell me it started there where the brickhouse is and moved across the street. parents say it was a wild out of control incident. craig tuttle was home watching tv when -- >> it sounded like a different scream, and i heard, no, no, cussing, screaming, and i looked out the door, that was pile of kids over here, one on that side, a couple ki four kids over here. there was like four different fights going on at once. >> 911, what's the address of the emergency? >> grant wood and 54th. you have about 40 kids beating each other up. >> innocent people get knocked over, women, kids, small little girls. there was a mother on the ground. i tried to help

first of all, middle 50s, parma north royalton, bedford 59 downtown. 56 in west lake. drive out to mans field, they're at 50 now and 50 wooskter where it'll get chilly and see 50s overnight. 54 in norwalk, 58 hopkins, 58 cacoran and canton -- akron and canton. 48 dew point, humidity at 56 percent. good visibility thanks to the clearing skies. see this little swirl here and zoom in on this and there's a lot of rain out here. to our north and west. this is an upper level low spinning for now but this is coming right down over northern ohio. got a day to mow the yard. tomorrow you get sunshine and wednesday the clouds return and scattered showers in the afternoon and might hear thunder and this low sits and spins into saturday over ohio. so hit and miss rain beginning wednesday afternoo even a few showers possible saturday night. hopefully we can keep you dry on sunday. so a prolonged period of scattered showers. 52 overnight, mainly clear, and chilly. kids on the bus tomorrow, a lot of you inland will be in the 40s. but coming home, up to near 70 degrees so mild and dry

for pictures as a proud of destroying the flag, strongsville place determined the girl is 16 from parma heights. they don't know anything about that guy so therere turning to the eye to hope that you can help identify him.. >> the constitution, and all of that that envelops the flag represents all of that as far a i'm concerned and to see people defacement andndnc skipping awa they do it doesn't make you mad. >> if you have a tip , go to fox 8.com and look for this story w have a number therefore the strongsville police, coming up at six p.m. what the police found out about that teenage girll while investigating what she puts on social media.h as you watch that video they >> happened in the middle of th night labor day weekend at a small w strip shopping area perhaps that is why. >> they got a good luck and ove they can track them down. with the clock ticking for a. school levy though in november the cleveland teachers have narrowly voted down a new contract proposal as bill joins us, was a something of a surprise ? >> it was, and maybe a bit of brinksmanship with union member that is t

be here in parma today at the uaw hall. going to be in ohio but will take stops in cincinnati and wilmington. things are heating up on both sides. wednesday hillary clinton spoke at the american legion convention in cincinnati and that is where trump will speak today. >> he is trying to make up for one year of insults and insinuation by dropping in on our neighbors for a few hours that is not how it works. >> reporter: that is what clinton had to say about donald trump's visit to mexico. coming up later in the show i will let you know more about vice president joe biden's visit. northeast ohio. >>> a mother and grandmother of and akron teenager who died of a heroin overdose has pleaded guilty for their will in his death. heather frye, brenda frye and another woman face charges and temperate with evidence. 16-year-old andrew frye was found dead at a hotel room in early april. the three women will be sentenced october 12. >>> teenagers are facing riot charges this morning after an afterschool brawl yesterday. universal height

officials of the parma district said they had no idea about the deficit until a few weeks ago. however, some residents blame a former school treasurer. others blame state auditors. >> it's the state reporting, it's the state auditor's reporting and the school board reporting. there is a paper trail here and it needs to be looked at. >> the school district must decide on cuts. it must submit a new budget by the end of the month. and a meeting is scheduled for later this cuts. the proposal will be sent to the parma school board for its approval. >>> in the meantime, the heroin epidemic in ohio reached a problem level. there are new laws growing from the situation. today, what is called the good samaritan law goes into affect. the goal of the new law is to help cut down on the number of drug-related deaths. meg shaw of our staff details the story. >> reporter: during a drug overdose, every second counts. state lawmakers believe this across the buckeye state. under the good samaritan law, people calling 911 during a drug overdose captain be arrested for minor drug remember charges.

influence of what he said when asked about his marijuana use.de place on the scene of a standoff in parma, it will get latest detailsof and police officers could soon have to follow the rules by not what changes could be coming r, and why why. attempters are coming up, as guys have pretty much cleared out and talk about the additional rainfall, the movement and direction for tonight, fox 8 news at noon begins right now. >> no police at a standoff in parma to maia belay with the latest. there is a large police presence, parma police say that school is on lockdown, to get a better view there is a large police presence on project avenue a man possibly armed the raveno near chestnut not telling us just yet details of what is going on and not letting us get any closer because this is a very dangerous situation, polic are here negotiating, who have heard them say that things have him surrounded,, they have askea the suspect to come outside and started with some sort of crash driver hitting a part of the passenger was thrown out and takenen to the hospital, the driver ran into a nearby homet. is

tomorrow morning at 10:30, the mayors of seven hills, parma and parma heights are meeting with community members to have a public discussion about this happening at the parma snowbranch library. >>> and a teacher's strike is still a possibility. the superintendent is promising to keep schools open. even if teachers walk out. two days ago, the union submitted a 10-day strike notice to the school board. right now, a neutral fact won't be ready until october 20th. >> when it comes to severe weather, missing children and security threats, the fcc wants to make sure that you get better alerts on your cell phone. it approved new rules that require wireless carriers to upgrade the emergency alert systems. this is a result of the recent bombings in new york and new jersey. the alert there was not able to include a photo of the suspect. it was not as affective as it could have been. >>> and a fraternity test shows br girl according to the plain dealer. a warrant was issued for gordon's because he was had not taken a test for more than a year. on the same day, he announces he's going to rehab and

ziegler is in parma wit more.. tonight week five of friday night touchdown, a certain someone back at the station, will join us tonight, it is the halfway point.of the regular season of it and the winner of tonight's game will sit atop th best record will start it is homecoming tonight will start both of them coming off of a wan, parma women over normandy, 28 -day seven, the redvine lost in week one but have onene the next three games, elyria catholic, is no stranger to, fac which gave up seven points the last two victories, but they average 34 points, week five of friday night touchdown, halfway point.of the regular season,t play starting to get down to th nitty-gritty won't be long before the playoffs, have highlights of week five tonight after fox 8 news at 10:00 o'clock. it is week five of friday night touchdown at 11:00 p.m. join us and gabe spiegel with highlights from over 20 games, it is front and a touchdown tonight 11:00 p.m. on fox 8. >> still to come, two women narrowly avoid an out-of-contro come into

a little more cloud cover south. 69 parma. in the 60s in the afternoon for parma . madison 73 degrees. jefferson 72. ashtabula 72. 75 akron. 73 mass flint. 74 ashland. 70 degrees vermilion. 60 marblehead. yes, it is certainly cooler. we are about 5 to 10 degrees a expected over the upcoming days. maybe you're thinking heading to the lake is a good idea especially for the big holiday weekend, hold off though strong winds are causing problems. we have a small craft advisory which means we could capsized boats very easily and also beach has it all along the lake stretching from ashtabula all the way to sandusky. that means the waves are too high and the surface to dangerous. off of the lake even for fisherman. i know you don't want remember. we also have the potential of still seeing a little spin over the water as well. watch out for those waterspouts . we will keep you updated if anything does transpire. but this is hermine increasing to a category one hurricane . it is in between tampa and a little further north. at this point expect it to really cause problems in f

both the parma and parma heights mayors released statements saying they oppose the proposal saying it will hurt students and the community. intoboth the psaying it ll hur residents to attend a special board meeting at parma senior ap high school tuesday night at 5:30.. we are now less than two weeks former president bill clinton was in cleveland yesterday making sure eligible people sign up. clinton spoke to about 400 people in the gymnasium at the p. clint ginn academy on cleveland's east side in hopes of winning minority voters. he talked about his wifed abou democratic nominee hillary his clinton's plan to make college tuition affordable. and he encouraged voters to elect her as the next commander in chief. voter registration in ohio iss open until can register 100 thousand more people between now and then, she will win ohio and become thehioe next president of the united states.come t t minorities were the reason why barack obama was elected in the last two elections, so it's extremely important for minorities to get out and to vote and especially to register to be able to vote. c

biden will be here in parma campaigning on behalf of hillary clinton. then donald trump will be making to poke-stops. one in cincinnati and the other in wilmington today with months until november election. things are heating up on the campaign trail. wednesday hillary clinton spoke at the american legion convention in cincinnati and that is where trump is scheduled to speak today. >> trying to make up for one year of insults and insinuations by dropping in on our neighbors were a few hours. that is not how it works. >> reporter: that is hillary clinton talking about donald trump's visit to mexico. coming up i will let you know more about joe biden's visit to parma >>> the geauga county fair begins today but the state health department has a warning. two people who went to the ashtabula county fair in august it's type of low past from animals to humans and it is rare. there are extra precautions to take and signs have been posted and for me to not to take food inside the areas where the pigs are and to wash hands after leaving. >> the likelihood of tran

. >>> eller this year a couple of parma teens put themselves in grave danger waving realistic bb guns at a public park. >> romona: as paul orlousky found the judge wanted to send them a message and to all lessons to be learned at the cudell recreation center in 2014. an incident in parma shows not everyone learned them. >> it looks like two kids have a gun in the pavilion. i don't know if they are real. >> reporter: the phone call to parma police was hauntingly familiar that drew officers to tamir rights at cudell. first an officer stays back and the two boys put the air soft guns down and hands up. the case has been in juvenile court for quite sometime as attorney f keep media out and they got assurances from cleveland 19 that there was no intention to identify the boys. >> anything that might identify the david bloom thank you. that is consistent with your editorial policy? >> yes, ma'am. with that, we stayed. the interesting part of the story is with the judge's punishment. community service, fine and most importantly essays of the danger the pair put themselves into by flashing th

reporting live in parma uaw hall. tom, thanks a lot. >>> republican presidential hopeful donald trump also stumped in ohio today making a stop in wilmington where he again talked about his immigration policy he laid out last night including building a southern border wall says mexico will pay for. >> done worry we are going to build that wall. that wall will go up. it's going to go up. >> mexico's president said again today he told trump flat out mexico will not pay for that wall. trump continues to say that issue was not discussed. trump also outlined a new screening test for immigration out those that don't share american values and don't love our people,. >> and we are going to bring back your jobs, which we have to have back and we want them back soon. we are going to negotiate fair trade deals that put american workers back to work that but the america first. >> trump's next campaign stop is in florida tomorrow. >>> two people are saved after overdosing what akron police are now packing, narcan. jasmine monroe re

where he is about to speak. >> the crowd gathered at the uaw local 1,005 in parma. people are here ready to hear from vic president joe biden dig in abo one hour, he has been campaigning across northeast spoke at another uaw hall he is appealing to working matters about his blue-collar roots in pennsylvania,b donald trump did pretty well with the primary so biden is a good weapon to win over those voters we expect som strong tax against donald trump like he did earlier today. if you do not see them you heard them, i the angels practice tody and cleveland headline in the air show, roosevelt leftwich talk with those who fly on those who keep them flying o . >> it is perhaps the coolest da job in the world, is also perhaps the coolest day job where people look at what you d and are amazedb, for navy kansas city, he says that the blue angels is still the cooles day jobob but to get into the a it is about hard worko and par of the team. >> it is a cool experience is not just leave flying it is a chance to represent something larger than ourselves. u.s. navy blue angels a

we spokab blue-collar upbringing and contrasting that with donald trump you do have a news crew in parma and bring you more on the speech tonight at 10:00 o'clock. >> new york city calledepp t the concrete jungle. >> the place where buildings dominate, there still room fore hardening the westin hotel manhattan aspartate rooftop real estate to good use creating their own rooftop garden, is all of that harvested will be used in the hotel restaurant and even though they're in the middle of the city the crops are thriving. >> niemi's ease the sun comes up in the morning ands will hit the more gentle items in the front and there is a ghost to the last it hits thehe sturdier festivals on the other hand, some of the peppers and tomatoes i can take the afternoon and then be shaded by one of the buildingsend. on top of the hotel 41st floor, it is the tallest visual garden in the world. story of a boy's wish come true. >> and those who made it happen, 5-year-old angela samara is battlingngea terminal brain cancer they say that he likes a police officer so that make-a-wish foundation teamed up with

gonzalo place and parma police working together,g the parma police got a tip after th getting around and the suspects may be high school students coming up at 5:00 p.m. how fox 8 is stepping up to help. local lawmakers have a working to address the state's new medical marijuana law, lorrie taylor says severalal communities are placing moratoriums, fearing that the law lacks important specifics. the lawmakers are having trouble with three that was signed into law withoutiv re-gift thor framewor, and rohs regulations and can create all kinds of confusion causing several cities to take wait-and-see position on what they're going to do , the city of broadview heights is one of man to enact a moratorium on the medical marijuana law also know as house bill 523,aw lakewood a the same, and strongsville followedod last night the probl signed the medical marijuana lobby for a complete set of rules and regulations could be fstablishedd >> reset it to pass a moratoriu to wait until the framework is created did not want anything to happen in the inter, we do not want to be in it window that someo

. >> reporter: they lived in parma at the time. don marie calls how she finally mustard up the strength to call police. twice officers came to their house. twice they left without arresting her live-in boyfriend. >> both of the officers that were there, i could understand them, but they were oh, poor you. you can't communicate. we know that there are more victims who are deaf and and hard of hearing that don't have access to the information or to services. that's a big problem. >> reporter: it's a problem that the child advocacy center is trying to change with help from cleveland police on the cleveland hearing and speech center. >> they have the information and the equipment right there grant, the domestic violence center, its shelter, and all five cleveland police district now have these video remote tablets to take with them on calls. dawn marie says these are the big step in the right direction. >> do not be afraid to ask for that help. i got help. and because i decided to move on. >> parma police say that they used a text mess

stark county search parma's as two of them were captured sunday night the other two monday morning now that they're back in custody they will not b treated as juveniles in need of treatment and counselingil >> he is convinced that they intended to kill him and his wife says even if he recoversrs she will not allow him to return to work. >> i do not want another phone call in the middle of the night telling me that i had to make funeral arrangementsehe, it's n going to happen is that plain and simple h i fear for his lif if he goes back in theire. the four teenagers are facing charges of assault and escape, he and his wife believe that they should be tried as adults. and cover the story of how cocaine ended up in cleveland. the drugs would have been on th street but federal agents and police made one of the biggest drug busts in cleveland's recen history as peggy gallek broke the story in this here with the latest s >> 200 pounds of cocaine were seized and two men from mexico facing under arrest federal drug charges. if you deal drugs and the metro area, the dea . these two suspects wer

. >> denise: there is a $15 million budget deficit in parma for the schools. coming. it might mean some schools will close. tonight hundreds of parents came out to a school board meeting to get answers. shelby miller was at that meeting where parents were understandably upset. >> reporter: they were. the business manager went through proposed budget cuts that would change hundreds of people's lives. the cuts include closing five parma city schools and moving all 10th through 12th high school. and potentially cutting activities like the stem program. they were in the dark about the proposed changes, and it would mean a whole new way of life for their kids. many told the board they wish they could have had a say in the decision. >> we need to have a voice in this process. losing normandy and losing hill hill -- hillside, those are not things we as a city as parents we are willing to deal with. >> it would be detrimental for children and worse for the residents in all three communities. >> the parma city schools needs to cover a $7 million deaf faucet for this school yea

yes, i'm on broadview road in parma. and behind me, you c the standoff started. a man crashed his car into this pole. but what police still don't know is why he fled the scene and barged into somebody's house. >> there was a car that just went off the road and crashed really bad. >> reporter: parma police say it all started around 9:30 this morning when a 911 caller watched this car crash into a pole. the impact so hard, it sent a man flying out of it. >> i saw the driver get out of of the car. but i saw another guy laying on the ground. >> reporter: police say that other man barged into this home owned by the russian orthodox cathedral right next door. the man said he was armed. she ran out and called for help. they called the scene that followed surreal. >> there were snipers all over the place. they were in full camouflage. >> reporter: as police patrolled the area with dogs and guns, schools and day cares within a one mile radius we >> the school is locked down because of police, parma police. >> reporter: this man's daughter attends a school just a few minut

there was a standoff, and schools locked down as maia belay has the latest on this in parma they said that they have the entire neighborhood on edge around 11:00 a.m. todayo i two men involved, one was injured the other got out of the car and then into a nearby home please believe he had a gun nearby schools were put on lockdown in parents rushed to get their normally you don't see something like that and lots of stuff was going on. lace and that the mandate eventually peaceably surrender, charges are pending detectives say that this was a very bizarr circumstance a very unusual for parma. workers at the social security office in cleveland became ill juvenile improper sprain of pesticides to treat bedbugs in the office and warning that the public may hav been put at risk asas matt wrig spoke to those workers today an askedm officials what's being done. >> the worker said they smelled a strong order return to work after the pesticides were used to treat bedbugs some began vomiting and some had breathing issues, it happened that the ministration office, federal building in february the

in parma this morning, everybody said that this standoff put them on edge. around 11:00 o'clock this morning it all started with a traffic crash the two men involved one of them ran into a home they say he had a gun, a woman inside the home got out okay, nearby schools were put o that was pretty crazy, i just did behind the cops . police say the man initially surrendered eventually charges are pending. >> maia belay fox news. workers at the social security office in cleveland became sickenedfi due to the improper spraying of pesticis include nausea and headaches after the february application of pesticides to report release last says that the company used unintended pesticide products improperly applied it and found the technician may have cross contaminated it with a product band for indoor use the union compensation claims approved intimate visitors aware that they could have been at risk that day.t filer of frustration has reachedo the boiling point.we find out that the substance thought that was being applied is much more dangerous. the social security m

live from the parma police department paul kiska >>> new developments now on the story that we first told you about last month. our state's publicly funded pre- school can continue to double dip accepting state and federal dollars. and this month the rule that has been on the books for years was suppose to start being enforced. so those schools could no longer receive overlapping payments. but according to the columbus dispatch, lawmakers worry that this change would cut services for some of the poorest children in our state. and until next school year. so there is more time to review when the overlapping payments do stop that it is expected to save $12 million a year. >>> well it is day one of a cuyahoga county challenge that we first told you about last month. the county wants to house 100 homeless youths in 100 days. it is all part of the pledge that no child will age out of foster care and homelessness. but the county is focusing on finding homes for 18th deadline. 100 days from today. cleveland one of three cities nationwide are taking part in this challenge. cuyahoga county say

parma, 67. and this is where that cold air was sitting this morning. we had reports. lower 40s and lodi in the medina area. hour-by-hour, enjoy all of this goodness that we continue to see. i will show you hour-by-hour, >> thank you, janessa. >>> and news 5 was first on the scene of an apartment fire on the west side. the flames were intense. the flames were shooting out of the window of the building. and three people were inside of west 112th street and cliffton. a woman suffered minor injuries and two men are reported in critical condition at metro and officials believe the fire began on the second floor. >>> and cleveland is play-off again. this is about the cleveland indian says baseball team. the indians spanked the detroit tigers in detroit last night and won 7-4. and this is the first time the indians clenched the first divisional title since 2007, and marks the first time the team made the post season since the indians 2013 wildcard game. >>> and if you're looking for a ticket to the first round, i am sorry. you're out of luck. if you're still looking, the tic

. >> reporter: we are outside of the harry buffalo i in parma. this is a well supported event and they hope to gain enough money to start the process as soon as possible so they can get their superintendent back in his position. we'll have answers on this and more information from this later on. for in parma. cleveland 19 news. >>> live from our fiesel roof cam. there you have it, a beautiful day. will it continue for tomorrow? >>> hello, what a huge difference. 90 yesterday, heat, humidity, severe thunderstorms. today clear blue skies, temperatures that topped in the 70s. a refreshingly cool night will follow. we're heading into a sunny start to the workweek and seasonable temperatures as we finalize summer. yes, the final days of summer are on the horizon a week from wednesday it all ends. nothing doing in the sky over midwest. canadian high pressure has us in its pleasant grip. north breezes are light and it's just remember freshingly fall-like. temperatures falling through the evening hours. we'll head to the mid 50s. no air conditioners, no

but of about, parma is considering a temporary ban on the law. if it passes, parma would join a growing list of cities temporarily stopping medical marijuana sales and they want time to establish their own rules for growing and patrick headstart center in cleveland kicks off the first full day of class gees. and the chief will be there for story time. he's going to be reading the book: give you take a mouse to school to those students. >> that is a good read. >> yes. >> and we this is what we're working on for you at 5. a fun day at the fair turns terrifying not once but twice this weekend. the accidents that sent a dozen kids to the hospital. >> and why the president of the philippines is backing down from his attack against . >>> new at 5, a major milestone in the inner belt bridge construction project. one you might be able to drive on. coming up next. >> and a local community banding together to let the police department know that they are appreciated. >> and a cleveland museum is our art museum stacks up to the rest. >>> and it's time for ba

this crime came to light when someone tipped off parma police about pictures on social media, bond set at million dollars wer two men accused of killing a 17-year-old girl who allegedly helped them to rob a bank, breanna fluitt was shot her bod found in a east cleveland parking lot they say that she took part in a bank robbery and they were wo talk, 19-year-old kiechaun newell and 22-year-old jeffrey doss pled not guilty to charges including murder, three teenagers believed to be involved have been charged in juvenile court. the new eastbound innerbelt bridge will be opening this weekend,e the ribbon-cutting w be this morning, then pedestrians will be able to wal on the bridge, it will be open don't expect your community much easier on monday traffic will still be restricted to two lanes so that's using 90 east or send on north will still be funneled into one lane each. back to drawing board for the school district and teachers unionon they voted to reject th contract agreement deal reached in august after the contract expired in june as of now there will not be a strike, the contract

-- vice president making a stop in parma. he will be stopping for hillary clinton and her running mate presidential candidates and they are contingents are nothing new and it goes to show you how important winning this battle downstate will be come november. >> you look at the polling numbers, we're still within a few points of marginal area -- error which means we are still in battleground. there are a lot of unpredictable is in ohio. >> biden is expected to be here in parma at 5:warty 5 on the heels of his visit -- 5:45 on the he youngstown. >>> if you are not registered to vote, you may get a postcard in the mail soon. about 1,000,000 1/2 people will get one. >> these will cost nearly $200,000. half of that money will come from a grant. the last day to register for the 11. >>> the browns will kickoff against the chicago bears at 8:00 at first energy. >> this is the last preseason game so typically a lot of starters sit this one out because teams don't want them to get injured; right? the coach said he is considering having

. >>> and parma is caring moratorium on ohio's new medical marijuana law which goes into effect this thursday. city officials plan to discuss if the moratorium passes, parma will engine a growing list of communities temporarily suspending medical marijuana sales to establish rules about growing and processing the drug. >>> now to a story you will see only on 5. in the midst of labor day celebrations, a special reunion between two longtime friends in akron. >> carmen harris and stephanie singleton haven't seen each other in more than 25 years. they reconnected through facebook after carmen was diagnosed with from california to walk with her in east act i don't know's labor day parade and raise awareness. >> i'm always inspired by carmen, and more so inspired by her today and her presence being here at the parade. >> god put us together because we have the same spirit, and i think it's my calling now. >> carmen's friend stephanie created a fund-raiser called newsnet5 app. >>> now to some serious monkey business here. a woman is turning to social media to find the owner of that stuffed

the 61-year-old of parma passed away a few days after the crash. the driver's name has not been released, charges are pending. >>> we are digging into the recent surge of the smash and grab robberies here in northeast ohio. we have learned about a solution that is stopping thieves right in their class. in front of their stores that by doing so these types of crimes could be eliminated, so we ask if they were considering this to stop all the smash and grabs. >> we are looking at what other cities have done. >> i'm certainly open to it, but there are no current ordinance before they happen. >> and the state legislatures are looking at ways to reduce the problem. simply move them away from the >> all right, let's move to weather and check in with mark johnson. a nice day outside. >> not a bad day. the clouds are staying to the north from the most part with a few clouds here and there and it will be a dry evening for you with those temps falling out of the lower 70s, through the 60s. once the sun goes down that some of you may see those temperatures in

degrees and i think the same for cleveland and high of around 80, beachwood 77 for friday afternoon, parma a high of around 81. overnight lows farther south and cooler 63 for your morning alliance, 76 your high for chador on on friday, also finding the 70s in place over ashtabula. before the rain hits or at least tries to move in we have a tribe game tonight and as you can see no rainfall here either. 7:00 we will make our way to the ballpark in the 80s we take on the royals hoping for a win weather certainly cooperating for us. the power of five seven day forecast still small rain chances ahead including for weekend and another opportunity on wednesday but the heat that we have today is gone. there are a lot more 70s and lower 80s to come. guys, over to you. >>> if you are craving it before you scoop that ice cream out of the bowl tonight, and if it's from blue bell container you'll want to put it away as the company is recalling some of its treats. >>> coming up new at 6:00 tonight chilling 911 calls after an uber driver becomes a >>> well if you are a fan of blue bell might want to chec

third officers chased at the vehicle a short time before did not get the atm also investigating and parma, akron in parma, akron and in liquid we continue along with more breaking news this morning out of elizabeth, new jersey and at a train stationof. >> this comes a day the day after an explosion n outi every few minutes investigators have identified a man from the new york city bombing scene over the weekend. they are actively searching for himth take a look at this pictue just-released by nypd the 28 -year-old is being sought in the connectionei with the bombings n chelsea on saturday he is from elizabeth, new jersey where a backpack was just backpack was explosive devices inside. the bomb squad coming into the device and it exploded. >> experts say based on the backpack it was found in our garlic garbage damage can outside a pubge the city's mayor says whoever threw it into the can was probably trying to get rid two men from theun backpack and alerted police when they sawn wires and a pie. no cell phoney by electronic devices found connected to it a bomb squad arrived on seed and a r