before the 12 hours of sebring. it was hugely successful. so by the early '80s, i saw an opportunity to create a club 'cause i felt like it needed some structure and other events. so we created the southeast vintage racing association in the spring of 1981. page: many of the race cars that made sebring such a mecca of sports car racing returned decades later in dramatic and hotly contested races ( cheering ) ( applause ) it really harkens back to road racing in the '50s and the '60s. we didn't hit each other back then. you gave the guy room. you never blocked. the last thing we'd do is pick up the time sheet on our way out to see what kind of time did we get. did we beat our previous times that we, you know, had done. the first car that i raced, was lucky enough to be an aston martin db4, pretty much the james bond cars, arguably one of the prettiest cars in the world, so. it's crazy that you're racing, like, a da vinci painting every time that you get into some of the cars. page: in 2012, vintage racing got a much-

sebring's plant and distribution system are considered safe. but the slightly acidic water caused some pipes to leak the metals into the water supply. the head of ohio's epa has suspended the town's water plant manager from working at the treatment plant... saying he submitted "misleading, inaccurate or false reports." ( heidi griesmer / ohio epa ) "we also recognize our office was probably too patient with the village as they were working with them to get the proper notification out." schools in sebring are cancelled today for the third day in a row. > ((kirsten joyce)) > state officials will hold screening clinics at the elementary ohio's water treatment plant serves about 81-hundred homes./// ((kirsten joyce)) > in flint michigan... water bottles are pouring in to help those hit by their water crisis. walmart.. coke.. pepsi.. and nestle say they are sending six million bottles of water.. enough for the cities 10- thousand students through the rest of the year. across the country many others are chipping in and donating as well. flint gained

in sebring, abc action news. . everybody? for the last several days, we've been talking about the possibility of some pretty rough storms on friday. they are still coming in. now, it looks like we'll have sunday as well. saturday is absolutely the day something done outdoors, tricky both tomorrow and on sunday. now, this is a look at the radar. you can clearly see the rains the east. now, we're going to have two areas we're watching. first of all, the rain down south is going to be lifting north overnight. and then we'll be tracking what could be a pretty significant line of storms tomorrow morning. there's an outside chance we could see a few severe storms. i don't think we're going to be put in a tornado watch, although it is a slight possibility. we'll get into that in just a second. temperatures right now, here's the first thing you need. warmer air to provide enough power, lift and stability energy for those storms to develop. we're getting that. when that warm front lifts north later tonight, we'll be even warmer. tempe

denise zarella joins us live now as she heads to sebring. >> reporter: yeah, we are heading to sebring right now. we are on our way where today, as you mentioned, they are going to start distributing this bottled water to help the people who are affected by this lead crisis. now, we know that the e.p.a. is still working with village officials there to figure out exactly why the lead is in some of the water that's there. today, some people who have the lead in their water, they will be able to show up and get some free gallons of water. one gallon per person. but there's some very strict criteria on who exactly can get they said you need to be pregnant, have young children in your home up to six years of age, you also could get some of the free bottled water if you are a current business in that impacted area. people who are going to get the bottled will be gathering at the sebring community center until 5:00 today and then again tomorrow morning beginning at 8:00 until 5:00. again, we are on our way there. we will bring you more coming up unelateditions of cleveland 19. beginning at 4:

@in sebring, i'm andrew @horansky, channel 3 news. @today because of a deadly house @explosion last night. @the village is about 100 miles @south of cleveland. @authorities say one person died @in a house explosion on beaver @street last night. @it not only destroyed that @home, but it damaged @neighboring homes as well, @columbia gas officials believe @natural gas was a factor. @the newcomers town school @district cancelled classes @today because it's so close to @the site of that explosion. @>>> it has been a big week for @ohio governor john kasich. @he is surging in new hampshire @presidential polls and picking @up several big endorsements. @senior political correspondent @tom beres has the latest on our @governor's campaign and his @strategy. @good evening, tom. @>> good evening, jim. @governor john kasich could be @an honorary citizen of new @hampshire. @he's spending so much time @there. @now, the iowa caucuses are @monday and he's in iowa taking @a couple of days to be there @but mainly for thursday night's @debate esprit indic

sebring schools have been shut down. they were shut down earlier this week, and five children tested positive for lead in their body. investigators think the tainted water was to blame for those five cases. governor kasich will board a plane to new hampshire today. it remains to be seen if he will ride the momentum of his "the boston globe" endorsement or save himself and do some damage control because he didn't mention what's going on in sebring. we'll have to see what happens, guys. lies. as a ohio voter are you more interested in the race when you consider the rnc will be held in cleveland in july? so far 67% of you say no, you are not any more interested. >> tia: the issues with water aren't just in sebring. water fountains are shut off at gurney elementary school in chagrin falls. the school is holding a news conference at 7:30 this morning. we will carry that news that's cle43. now, back in august two water samples had small portions of lead in the water. after flushing the pipes, the school then passed all of the

plus...anger is building in sebring, ohio. find out why months went by before residents were warned about lead in their water. fox19 weather open hehey' s niatures weour ' ! pass ' ! weick ' ! decious fufor everne. hehey' hours, the scattered wintry during the morning hours, the scattered wintry be around average with skies becoming partly cloudy. mild temperatures are in the forecast on both weekend days. both saturday and sunday daytime highs will be in the 50s with showers in the forecast by sunday evening. today: am mix tapers by 7am. decreasing clouds. becoming partly cloudy. high: 38 tonight: partly cloudy. low: 31 saturday: increasing clouds. mild. high: 52 sunday: showers developing after 6pm. mild. high: 55 bridge work requires single lane closures on southbound i-75 at sr 562 beginning at 8 requires single lane closures on southbound i-75 at sr 562 beginning at 8 p.m., followed by double lane closures at 11 p.m. all lanes reopen by 5 a.m. tomorrow. the ramp from sr 562 to southbound i-75 will also be closed from 9 p.

obviously sebring's plant and distribution system are considered safe. but the slightly acidic water caused some pipes to leak the metals into the water supply. the head of ohio's epa has suspended the town's water plant manager from working at the treatment plant... saying he submitted "misleading, inaccurate or false reports." (heidi griesmer / ohio epa ) "we also recognize our office was probably too patient with the village as they were working with them to get the proper notification out." schools in sebring are cancelled today for the third day in a row. brian webb for cbs news. ((brian loftus)) state officials will hold screening clinics at the elementary school. ohio's water treatment plant serves about 81- hundred homes. /// ((kirsten joyce)) > helping with the water crisis in flint, michigan... are many celebrities including jimmy fallon. he tweeted that he's donating 10- thousand dollars... to the community foundation of the greater flint area. he challenged 10 others of his friends to match his gift. a number of celebrities have /// ((brian l

palso in sebring and here at gour pgurney elementary in chagrin pfalls. pa lot of the viewers watching pright now are probably worried. ptell us about lead. pwho should be concerned? pdoes it just come from old pkroeded pipes? pwho should be concerned about pthis? p>> i will tell you we have done psome extensive testing with see psebring. pwe have tested the water coming pout of the water plant, and it pis safe. pwe've tested the water out in ptheir water lines in their main plines. pit is safe. plead is generally a problem in pdrinking water in older homes pthat have lead pipes. pso this is not a problem of psource water for sebring. pit's not a problem of treating plines. pit is once their water is inside pa home, it has a -- if you have pa chemical imbalance in the pwater, it will allow lead to pleech out. pso that is where our concern is. pand we're most concerned about regnant women and children. pand most recently -- and this is pwhat started our issues with psebring relative to pnotification. pwe upgraded our notice to be pequal to the cdc guidance

brian webb reports. 3 <(vo sebring, oh) bottled water and lead testing kits poured into sebring, ohio after residents were notified that their water may not be safe to drink.(sot lyn davis / sebring resident mon0457 at :55) "i don't understand why they wouldn't' tell us, so they could keep us from having mon0456 at 1:30)officials say dangerous levels of lead and copper were found in seven of 20 older homes during tests dating back to last summer.(vo - mon0456 at :28)but it wasn't until last week that city officials issued a public notice warning children and pregnant women *not* to drink the water.(sot state representative john boccieri quick!!!!) obviously there's a notification issue.(vo - mon0457 at :41) sebring's plant and distribution system are considered safe.but the slightly acidic water caused some pipes to leak the metals into the water supply.(vo- mon0456 at 1:02 )the head of ohio's epa has suspended the town's water plant manager from working at the treatment plant... saying he submitted "misleading, inaccurate or false reports."(sot heidi griesmer / ohio epa mon0456 at :3

. >>> the sebring schools closed for the third straight school day. now the people that live there are asking a very critical question about the potentially dangerous water that they've been drinking. >> tia: canton's new police dog will come home today. the end to an emotional journey is just hours away. >> brian: good morning, tuesday, january 26th. i'm brian duffy. yesterday and overnight warming up to rain. it could turn into snow i hate to tell you by the end of the day. sorry. you should have waited. that's why you talk to this lady. >> brian: you get a wind doi of opportunity to wash your car. >> tia: it means he didn't listen to your forecast yesterday. >> brian: i knew it would be nice for the day. that's all you get. a half day of a clean car. that's it. >> tia: he wasted 20 bucks. >> samantha: i waited for a free car wash last night, and it never rained on top of my car. there was only like some light rain, and didn't get a lick of that salt off. so, you know, maybe today there's some hope for those that waited. let's take a look at what we

we talked to the sebring school superintendent. she says the dangerous water was isolated to two water fountains. >> so both buildings have been tested. they did very large sample of both areas testing every water fountain, every faucet in teachers' classrooms and cafeteria cafeteria. of those we have two water fountains that have been deemed to be above the epa guidelines, >> q.: so the schools are open today, and other than the two potentially dangerous water fountains shut off, they hope things will be back to normal. in the next half hour i tell you what sebring schools are offering students who aren't comfortable even touching the water. that's coming up in about 30 minutes. >> brian: donald trump is sitting out the next debate all because of questions he was asked right here in cleveland last august >> tia: check this out. what we will tell you about what could be the snowplow of the future, but sam just flurries today. we don't need those plows. >> samantha: no need for the plow. you're absolutely right. man, it's cold out t

has been monitoring sebring for t things have gone too far. on thursday, the village issued a drinking water advisory to customers. water department agency is taking steps to revoke his license and said he may have falsified reports. west branch high school, middle school, and preschool are also closed today in ing schools, but school officials at sebring say that there will be a junior high basketball game that will go on bottled water and hand sanitizer will be provided. sarah phinney, newschannel 5. >>> and city officials including the water t be reached. we're told they were in meetings this morning regarding the lead levels. >>> and the fepledging $80 million this water system. the water supply is contaminated with lead. the cleveland church is working s there. blessed hope missionary baptist church is collecting bolted water today and tomorrow and will deliver donations on thursday. over the weekend, the church received more ttles of water. >>> about -- of water. >>> an hour from now, the former police chief david expected to enter a ple

university of akron.. >> lots of concern here. >> the story just keeps getting bigger, schools in sebring and mayor brinda west branch remain closed panasonic has taken since last week continued to show that unacceptable levels of lead and several samples and residence of sebring, at the kennedy center to get bottled water distributed by the emergency management agency, schools in sebring remained closed tuesday on monday as test results are coming in from samples taken last night at drinking fountains in the school the lead level believed caused by pacific water leaving the community water treatment plant interaction with all pipes, the operator that plant was removed from his position as the ohio epa investigates among other things, if he falsified reports. >> an emergency order that prevents mr. jim bates, our current water superintendent from acting as our operator of record that was issued this morning, and indicated that the class to operator would be the inner room, until i class three operator can be obtained at a later date to take over operations, so effect of this morning, at 1

and fix this problem dozens of residents packed the vigil's hole in the mahoning county village of sebring monday night many frustrated angry or looking for answers. >> you want to hang somebody and i understand that because you're all angry i'm angry myself on friday residents learned the potentially unsafe levels of lead were found in the village drinking water forcing residents to use bottled water for their daily needs it also forced the school district to shut down schools will again be closed on tuesday. >> to heat up bottled water to wash your dishes and our laundry and bade them who's got time for that sebring residents out of 40 homes tested in the village seven were positive for lead he says testing by the ohio epa said that the lead is not coming from the town's water distribution system one woman says her two -year-old son already tests high for lead exposure they tracked it down to older homes where there is lead led by a poor steel piping for plumbing where they've used wedge solder on the copper tooling's mike hughes owns a three homes in a diner in sebring is a witch hunt r

p>> schools are back in session pin sebring despite lead levels pbeing a concern. psome older water drinking pfountains some of which have pbeen recalled have been shown to pbe problematic. pcoming up at 4:00 or 4:30, i pshould say, harry boomer tells pus exactly where those lead plevels are a concern. p>>> and up next at 4:00, the red pcross needs your help. p>> mark: how the winter is p. p>>> live from cleveland's news pcenter, driven by don joseph ptoyota in kent, this is pcleveland 19 news. p>> romona: the american red pcross desperately needs your phelp. pthey're dealing with an pemergency situation, and the pwinter weather is to blame. ptiffani tucker explains. p>> tiffani: the storm that pdumped several feet of snow on pthe east coast over the weekend pis having a ripple effect on the pred cross. pblood donations are way down pnationwide, but the need is way pup. pthey're calling it an emergency psituation. p>> since january 1st, more than p300 blood drives have been p>> tiffani: jim mcintyre says pduring the winter blood donors pdecreases. pit makes it more

@ohio epa is requiring sebring @to work with the county to @provide health screenings. @the agency also plans to revoke @the license of the current @water treatment operator, jim @bates, saying he did not @perform his duties properly and @that he may have falsified @reports. @required to continue to test @the water, provide quarterly @results and provide bottled @water or filtration systems to @homes when tests show unsafe @levels. @>>> coming in to the morning @news feed, a powerful @earthquake rocked south central @alaska early sunday morning. @the 7.1 magnitude quake took @150 miles southwest of @anchorage. @it was widely felt in @anchorage, knocking items off @the shelfs and walls. @-- shelves and walls. @no reports of injuries. @>>> faced with slumping oil @prices, oil rigged sawed raibio @is looking to di -- saudi @arabia is looking to diversify. @they want to focus on mining @and health care and information @technology, part of a revamp of @economic policies they want to @adapt to an area what they are @>>> okay, we now know it's the @panthers taking on the bronc

she's been drinking sebring's water since birth. >> this is a two-minute test. so they will have the results when they lead. >> reporter: she had to rub a solution on her hands, wash them, the and then a finger prick. her mother got the test she tested negative for lead. if the blood level is more than 5, that person is referred to a doctor for a follow-up. carra and her son grayson were tested, too. she breast feeds the baby. mother and son came back negative, but she's not armed with a list of instructions from the health department. >> they told us we have to wash his bottles with the we're going to do that, then we have to be careful when we're bathing him, just make sure he doesn't get it in his eyes or in his mouth. >> reporter: sebring schools will be closed tomorrow as a precaution as the epa does more water testing. >>> meantime a cleveland church is working to help the residents of flint, michigan. the community is still reeling from the contamination of its water supply. members of the blessed hope missionary baptist church collected more than 53,000

. >>> and corrina, today all schools will reopen in sebring. they were closed for high levels of lead and they show samples had above the federal standard of lead and as a will be shut off and schools have been closed for three days now and children are currently being tested for lead poisoning. >>> and from concerns here in sebring and to another problem for folks in flynt, michigan. the e.p.a. filter system and that trying understanding of which plumbing materials are of concern and is being restored. the water was not properly treated for corrosion, causing lead to pass into the drinking water. flynt switched from detroit water to the flynt river in 2049 to save money. >> and help is arriving m. more than 6 million bolts of water are being sent and donated to is ride flynt's continue thousand students of clean waters throughout the year. >> and with lake concerns and sebring and flint, you might be wondering if your water is safe to drink. there are kits online and local hardware stores. they're not scientific but they give you a good idea i

that one is a lot bigger than the one in sebring. other news this morning. an outspoken and once well respected police chief now admitting he committed crimes against a fellow officer and the department he ran. david oliver once was an internet sensation with a huge facebook following. he wrote a book. more on his plea and punishment. good morning. former brimfield police chief david oliver drew praise and more than 100 thousand facebook spoke about criminals in his city. he wrote a book, no mopes allowed a judge now telling him, that's exactly what he became. you've become the mope that you wrote about. do you realize that. oliver, pleaded no contest to misdemeanor assault, unlawful restraint, attempted theft in office and unauthorized use of property. the judge gave him probation, ordering ho pay fines and 1300 dollars in restitution to the department he served, for charity money that went missing while he was in office. before he was sentenced brimfield officer crystal casterline detailed the abusive behavior she was subjected to while oliver was her boss

ohio epa continues to test the water in sebring ohio, good news, gas prices are way down . some of the cheapest prices across northeast ohio. >> sunshine, and warmer temperatures, what more could you ask since we are nearing the end of january, the changes are school shut down again today in sebring ohio after water sample test results show little of the ep epa's going back there is progress by the epa says that this is unacceptable, results continue to come in, more testing is needed, which is why the schools are shut down again,. >> but the high levels that we can close off until we know for sure if it is safe to keep the kids at home . he tested the water in the schools many and the schools many were led for a bout at one, a higher level of linda wagar them, three homes in the area also tested at high levels, the required to fix the lead pipe and remove the license of the water treatment operator, the ohio epa advising that the water plant is not in violation of lead are copper, they been testing it for traces of lead and out of the hundred 78, five tested positive for l

school is closed in sebring. sarah phinney, newschannel 5. >>> now from the live desk service, slowly picking up after hear han -- more than 12,000 cancellations over the weekend because of the winter weather. airports in new york city, philadelphia, and baltimore resuming limited service. most of the major airlines do plan to resume service at all regional airports today. about 1300 cancellations across the country, including 26 cancelled flights at cleveland- hopkins for today. if you're travelling, make sure you check in with your airline for any issues you might encounter today. >>> and a group of local college students were trapped in the weekend snow for more than 20 hours. the john carol university group was making their way back from d.c. the group left -- deep in the snow but the storm caught up with them on the pennsylvania turnpike. all right, well, hundreds of people stuck on the turnpike, even joined together for a -- students tooing matters into their own hands, helping push cars out of the snow and

residents in sebring, ohio... have now ...also been told....not to drink the water. the ohio e-p-a was inside sebring high school... testing water fountains and sinks. the school was closed after the e- p-a found elevated dangerous traces of lead. the city manager...there says... the problems began when the water plant was updated (richard giroux, sebring city manager): "that simply means it's slightly acidic. and as it goes into the older residential lines and into residential plumbing and it's not being used or poured out of the faucets and it's sitting for any amount of time the acidic water is leeching the copper and lead out of the old pipes." especially vulnerable. emergency officials are now distributing bottled water. action news continuing to follow... the latest developments on the worst weather event... to hit the jersey shore since superstorm sandy! tonight the jersey shore is getting slammed. roads flooded with freezing water! chunks of ice floating down the streets! the storm surge up to 8 feet! emergency crews rescuing residents trapped in their homes!

they shut down schools in sebring after water samples tested positive for unsafe levels of lead. on friday the he attested spigots on water town tans in schools. many tests came back lead free. in mckinley, jr. sr. high one water fountain had a high level had a low level detection of lead there. three homes tested at high levels as well. the epa tested for lead in water mahoning county tested samples for mothers children and infants. >> we wanted to make sure that everything was okay and that our children hadn't been exposed to the high levels. >> out of 178 children five tested positive. we're told four lead exposure. the epa says it will provide up to $25,000 to water filtration systems foresee brink of it's not clear when sebring's lead problems actually started but a water advisory alert for pregnant will and children was november 3rd. >>> they are appointing a -- officials trade barbs who is actually responsible for the corrosive water that was pumped from the flint river in cleveland homes. >>> blessed hope missionary baptist church are collecting bottled water through tomo

with a first check of your forecast.here's meterologist brandon orr. 3 3 classes were canceled in sebring ohio yesterday for possible lead contamination in the city's water... and now we're learning the problem didn't happen overnight.the interim water plant manager for lead in sebring in *three years.*and in that time - conditions for lead contamination have occurred every summer. water customers say they think officials tried 3 (:51) they've known for quite some time, according to what they say online. and i don't understand why they wouldn't tell us. so they could keep us from having to go through illness or whatever." (1:02) the ohio e- p- a has suspended the sebring water superintenden t's operating license.jim bates is now on administrative leave.sebring schools are canceled again this morning for additional water tests. 3 the cyclones are hosting the 5th annual queen city blood drive today.in years past, the cyclones have held a blood drive at u.s. bank arena, but the event is so popular.. it's moving to the duke energy center today.the event runs from ten to seven.all donors will

. >> denise: schools in sebring are closed for a third straight day after tests show elevated levels of lead and copper in the drinking water. tonight people who live in the town packed city hall to voice their concern. >> denise: we wanted to know what is being done to clean up the situation there and when will the schools reopen? lydia esparra is asking those tough questions in huh mown knee -- mahoney county. >> reporter: the superintendent said his license was revoked by the epa because of bad weather in the schools will be closed after lead was found in the water in a water fountain at the high school. >> 7.1. he is two years old. he doesn't eat paint. i would love to know where the lead is coming from. >> reporter: sara is at monday's council meeting. her two-year-old son has tested positive for lead. they said you can't blame it. >> they found out about the problem four days ago and the city manager has known the epa is investigating since last summer. >> i was looking it up on youtube and the tests came back positive. >> they were concerned for their young children. >> i thin

people in sebring in northeastern ohio have also found lead in their water.ry residents packed a city council meeting this week, desperate to find out how much the city new about problems with the water. >> i was never notified about this problem. >> city council members insisted they knew nothing, but the denial left many in sebring worried about the safety of their water. it was just last week that sebring's 8,000 residents found out their water was contaminated with lead. >> it doesn't mean it came from the water, ma'am. >> reporter: but the state epa says it notified the city as far back as october. >> it seems like they stuck their head in the sand and chose to ignore it. >> reporter: the state has stepped in, removing the water plant director and launching a criminal investigation. officials say james baits falsified test results to show an acceptable level of lead. now businesses are using bottled water and buying ice from neighboring towns to keep customers happy. >> we have kids, women that are pregnant and breastfeeding that come in here, so we just

you can see that line of showers around sebring make it before 8:00. we have a low that is winding up here over the florida straights in the bahamas. as it winds up, we will relax the surface winds in the days ahead. combination of the two should get you more sunshine tomorrow. and a little less wind on the surface. add so it the only reason we are talking across the country and we'll likely see more here in the next few minutes with cbs evening news is another rainy day on the west coast of the u.s. snow in the nevadas. the reason for that is that el nino pattern where the jet stream will be dropping and intensifying driving these storms further south in the weeks ahead. eventually that will line up over the gulf and over your february and could mean severe weather for us. that's the reason for watching what plays out here in the west coast. we look for it to track like so. not necessarily with this storm system but in the weeks ahead that will become the norm. in the meantime temperatures are 58 brooksville. 64 st. pete. 62 tampa. we'll see temperatu

. >> sebring students are still off school because of tainted water there. test just came back and reveal 121 of the 123 samples taken at school water fountains are within the federal lead limits. meanwhile, last night, it was deflect, deflect, deflect. >> do you even know for sure >> my son is a 7.1. what else am i supposed to -- >> that doesn't -- >> i only live in sebring. >> it doesn't mean -- >> he's two. he doesn't go anywhere else. >> doesn't mean it comes from the water, ma'am. >> laura: sebring residents are being advised to use bottled water for cooking, drinking and baby formula preparation. >> people in flint, michigan are water. wal-mart, pepsi, coca-cola and nestle are donating 6.5 million bottles of water to flint schools through december. >> "q": north canton's last link to the hoover company is going away. hoover's current owner t.t.i. flow care is closing its north canton distribution center by the end of july. workers will receive severance packages there. and, just got word of a possible bank teller layoffs in the future. new details abou

it says, quote, the governor is encouraged to learn of the improving water situation in sebring and he se ports he supports the ohio epa's work to force the village to get serious about taking krek ittive action, improving removing their water treatment plant operator. the governor is sim pa he tick to the concerns of the people who live there and is directing the resources of state government to help. as for the situation in sebring, two ohio epa employees were put on paid administrative leave for their roles in the crisis. officials say the agency knew as far back as october there were unsafe levels of lead in the told the public until last week. >> let's take a look at what's happening in chagrin falls too. we've learned the epa discovered where the lead found in the water it at one elementary school is coming from now. officials say the well water that supplies gurney elementary school has elevated levels of lead. as a precaution, kids were given go telled water today, and we should know more about the situation next week as more results come in. >> tom patton is under fire after s

that time to check man who is the focus of investigation with respect to elevated lead levels in sebring ohio our supply speaks since the problem surfaced as did another spoke to him in joins us from fox 8 studio at the university of akron.. >> worries about elevated levels of lead and drinking water in sebring ohio have people are angry and worried, and their schools closed for three consecutive days, the epa revealing new test results that may give them a chance to relief , epa revealing tuesday that after testing water, only two old drinking fountains have elevated lead levels that have been disconnected and water at all of the homes tested were treatment plant had no traces of lead, getting the problem under control is still a work in progress, the epa believes that operator jim bates, has been put on administrative leave falsified reports. >> been a problem of five residents of the problem and we read him the latest epa report outside his home asking about the accusations. >> only thing i can say is that i did not falsify any reports i did not do that, the only thing is that i will

classes in the sebring school district have been called off today. officials also cancelled school friday, after testing showed high levels of lead in the water. environmental officials say they do not believe the town' s treatment plant is to blame, they say the problem could be with the lead pipes found inside older homes. >> as it goes into the older residential lines and into residential plumbing and it' s not being used or poured out of the faucets and it' s sitting for any amount of time. mark: volunteers have also been handing out bottled water in sebring and there are clinics testing residents for lead. the sebring water system serves around 8100 customers and the treatment plant to come up with a solution. mark: ohio real estate officials are rolling out an app to keep agents safe. the real agent guard app provides safe locations near you to meet strangers. it alerts colleagues where, and when, a realtor is meeting a client. and provides a panic button, connected to the office and police. the app also records open-house guests. this was deve

. >> so the question soccer schools closed for a third day in the sebring ohio, due due to high lead levels in their water supply, now after another round of water testing, jessica dill has the latest. good afternoon, we got back the results, out of the 123 samples tested, when a 21 fell within legal guidelines, so that is the good news, the two that did not pass her in the water fountains of the school, so they can just remove the water fountain as opposed and the water supply, is hoping holding this a response because they did not inform citizens in a timely fashion. >> we're extremely afraid and we need a mayor to stand up and to be honest with us, to hold people accountable and to fix this problem. >> a discussion last night at the council meeting the mayor said several homes were found with unacceptable levels of epa says it is is now three houses that they but they wanted more testing, also prohibit the water treatment operator from working on the planet and have plan and have opened a criminal investigation officials looking work of epa and the health department to solve the i

sebring's plant and distribution system are considered safe. caused some pipes to leak the metals into the water supply. the head of ohio's epa has suspended the town's water plant manager from working at the treatment plant... saying he submitted "misleading, inaccurate or false reports." (heidi griesmer / ohio epa) "we also recognize our office was probably too patient with the village as they were working with them to get the proper notification out." schools in sebring are cancelled today for the third day in a row. brian webb for cbs news./// ((denise valdez)) > ohio's water treatment plant serves about 81-hundred homes./// ((paul joncich)) > meanwhile donations continue to flow into flint michigan as they deal with their water crisis. more than six million bottles of water are being sent to students hit by the flint water crisis. the bottles donated by walmart, coke, pepsi and nestle will provide flint's 10- thousand throughout 2016. flint gained national attention to be contaminated with toxic levels of lead. state and federal officials

frost dollars berg, sebring, 58. and 61 around wesley chapel. a good parade of clouds from west to east across the area. mostly clear skies. very dry air aloft remains in north that flachlt these are not rain-making clouds. they're made of ice crystals. providing more of a northerly pressure. tomorrow it'll basically be over us. that will provide us for wind conditions we were talking about for the boaters. tomorrow morning, jacket, good idea, especially early in the day. spots are in the 40s here. and the area of high pressure will shift tomorrow afternoon. and clouds, not rain-makers, but just to obscure the blue sky that we're expecting for the area. the weekend for sunday, 1:35, area of high pressure shifts east. the flow around that high gives flow. so the warping trend will begin. and -- warming trend will begin. overall temperatures jumping right back into mid and upper 70s into monday and tuesday. again temperatures will be warmer eventually. for tonight, even with those high clouds, kind of cool. 40 degrees inverness, 41 in sebring. hig

two schools in sebring tested positive for high levels of lead in the water -- along with three homes. the epa says they will provide up to $25,000 to provide water filtration systems for the village -- as the epa calls for mandatory change in sebring. tonight show host jimmy fallon is rallying support for flint, michigan, during the city' s water crisis. fallon is donating $10,000 to made the announcement on twitter, using the hashtag water for flint, and he called on the money will go to the community foundation for greater city' s recovery from lead-poisoned water. home. a group that calls itself "cincinnati supports flint" left sunday morning to deliver safe drinking water, and they worked with the red cross, to >> this could happen in cincinnati -- this could happen anywhere and we figured that taking water -- water is not expensive its something that everyone can chip in on once kroger donated the truck we didn' t really have any reason not to. mark: the group arrived back in cincinnati last night. after being snowed in for three days people along the east coast , are grabbing t

there was a council meeting last night with sebring neighbors and parents.the school superintendent sent out a call to all parents to let them know about the water testing. 3 you can drink some beer for a good cause today.west sixth brewing, stagnaro distributing, and goodfellas pizzeria are teaming up to support the non-profit, over-the-rhine community housing.the group will receive donations from west sixth's pay it forward program, which donates 50 cents to a local non-profit for every six pack of cocoa porter sold.the donation will be matched by stagnaro.it's from six to nine and goodfellas will donate one dollar for every west sixth beer sold. 3 will open a new store in northen kentucky today.the 29th fresh thyme store will open on carothers road today in newport.the ribbon cutting ceremony will be at seven this morning... and the first 250 shoppers will get 20 percent off their purchase today.each customer will get a free reusable shopping bag too. fresh thyme sells natural and organic foods. 3 the cincinnati reds will make an announcement today.. that will involve local kids.the a

we take a bath with this sebring water into our dishes but we don't drink at. because. we are afraid of what is in it. so what should you do if you live in sebring the house cold water you can base and cook with the water but there is a suggestion not to use hot water because it tends to hold the lead. also pregnant women and young children are asked to use a different water source. something we'll be following for you guys here and at fox8.com. unsettling for those residents. don't want to wonder what is in your water. scary for sure. lots to come out today with more testing. keep you updated. saw it happen with detroit in there water. thanks so much appreciate it. other news right now. massive winter storm in the northeast reeked have it on a large part of our nation. 29 people are dead and the conditions have caused major tieups on the roads and of course at airports. been talking about it for the last three and a half days. fox 8's stacey frey is live at hopkins with the latest. so many people stranded missing vacations very important work trips. how are things look

the village of sebring's water treatment plant is said to be safe with no detectable lead. that isn't making residents feel any better. water. i don't trust the lead in it. i don't trust whatever else is in it. >> reporter: so we talked to the city manager a short time ago. he says he did not know this was that being said he said they are working with the pea. solutions. he said they could lower the levels of lead in everyone's drinking water here within a very short period of time. so it is just kind of a wait and see at this point but he thought it could be resolved pretty quickly. >> anchor: a 17-year-old is missing after leaving applewood centers in cleveland. ashley smith was last seen yesterday evening. she could be headed to marion county. she is an accomplice in the death of her stepfather. the teen was sent to the department of youth services on aggravated murder charges back in august, 2014. >>> mayfield high school will resume classes tomorrow. students were sent home today due to two separate bomb threats. nothing was found after a clean sweep by police and k-9s

. >> five children in sebring have higher than normal lead levels in their blood. the question is whether they drank tainted water or if the source is tied to something like paint. people in surrounding communities were warned that high lead levels had been found in the water over the summer. the news angered residents whoflt they should have been warned -- who felt they should have been warned immediately. fountains tested high for lead. restaurants in sebring are taking drastic measures to make sure their customers feel safe eating and drinking there. >> we're offering bottles of water. we take this to the table with the glass of ice. we have an out of order sign on the pop machine. there's cases of water sitting everywhere. >> high lead levels in children can lead to learning disabilities and behavior problems. >>> governor rick schneider has a new 17-member committee will start working on long-term solutions to fix the water system in flint and help people who have been exposed to high levels of lead. that includes flint's mayor and the virginia tech professor

public that they could be drinking dangerous water. bottle water and led testing kits poured into sebring, ohio after residents were notified that it may not be safe to drink. lead and copper levels in 20 older homes date back to last summer. the slightly acidic water caused some pipes to leak metals into the water supply. >> i don't understand why they wouldn't tell us so they could keep us from going through illnesses. >> we recognize that our district office was probably too patient with the village as they noeflgs >> the head has suggestion spended the water treatment manager. schools in sebring are cancelled for a third day in a row. the water plant serves about 8100 homes. here is meteorologist brandon orr in your no wait weather. >> the 50 degree high temperature that we set at 2:00 a.m. this morning is long gone. we're well into the 30s. lots of clouds and a whole lot of sun, that's exact hi ly what we're going to see today. the south wind coming in from the west at 13 miles per hour. now it is ushering in a much cooler air mass to the west. to the west of downtown, 33 in brookevi

@this is channel 3 news at @>> parents are still on edge @water in sebring. kids have tested @positive for elevated levels. @>> new tonight, similar @concerns closer to the e.p.a. @at gurney elementary in chagrin @falls has an unacceptable level @of lead. @wally the breaking @news. @>> reporter: good evening @sarah. @every parent here got this @letter from the rt hunt, today. @students may have been exposed @to an unacceptable level of @lead. @the ohio e.p.a. water used for washing @hands is safe but the children @and pregnant women should only @drink bottleed or @the school superintendent told @parents that message @contradicts what they were 12th aregularly @scheduled testing shows high @september 2nd, @the water showing low amounts @of lead. @september 30, one sample showed @high amounts . @the school puts in place a @water treatment and e.p.a. @says the water @january 22nd. @ohio e.p.a. @asked for additional samples. @the school takes water samples copper. @3rd. @results. @>> was there the other night @fountain. @i have no children at the @school but i kn

sebring's water supply tested positive for high levels of lead ... have people unable to use water out of their faucet.one family says their son's blood shows higher levels of lead despite the precautions they've taken. (gary helmick/sebring resident) "we're getting the bottled water from the community center. we're not using the hot water. if we use the cold water we're letting it run for 30 seconds to a minute." minute."residents there are also reacting to the fact that it took three to four months to tell customers about the issue. u-s customs have arrested a man they say tried smuggling *live* birds -- in his *pants*. *pants*.the man was a passenger on a flight from cuba to florida.customs and was concealing six exotic birds in a fanny pack -- and three more in his groin area. the birds were turned over the the department of agriculture. breaking overnight... two people are dead ...in a shooting police say was targeting the homeless. it's a cloudy drive to work today with chilly temperatures in the mid 20s. we'll see a slight decrease in clouds t

resident "we just wanted to come and make sure everything was okay it's not clear when sebring's lead problem started.but a water advisory alert for pregnant women and children was posted on the e-p-a website on december third. "the pen may be mightier than the sword, but is cursive still alive? we're going to tell you why a lawmaker wants also on the now -- thunderstorm might be one of the coolest weather shows you'll ever see and hear.but you're watching the now on wcpo 9 on your side... breaking news out of boone county.a horse has been rescued there after falling into an icy pond on hathaway road.the animal was reached by crews within the last 30 minutes and is alive. live traffic look at i-471 and grand avenue pretty much all of us can count on retiring at some point in our lives.but if you live in ohio -- you might want to make a plan now to move away. away.a new report from wallethub named ohio the 27th state to retire.that's because it finds there are about 26 other states where its more financially affordable to spent your golden years. worse though at 34 and 41 respectively.

residents in sebring, ohio... have now ...also been told....not to drink the water. the ohio e-p-a was inside sebring high school... testing water fountains and sinks. the school was closed after the e- p-a found elevated dangerous traces of lead. the city manager...there says... the problems began when the water plant was updated (richard giroux, sebring city manager): "that simply means it's slightly acidic. and as it goes into the older residential lines and into residential plumbing and it's not being used or poured out of the faucets and it's sitting for any amount of time the acidic water is leeching the copper and lead out of the old pipes." pregnant woman and children are especially vulnerable. distributing bottled water. turning now to dramatic video... of a taxi cab engulfed in flames and exploding! it was a close call for an elderly woman. and a quick-thinking driver got her to safety just in time. reid lamberty has the story from quincy, massachusetts. nats that, was the front windshield blowing out. listen again. nats it was one of six explosions john mc

p>> reporter: richard is the pcity manager for sebring ohio. precently water tests show higher pthan normal levels of lead and pcopper in seven out of 44 p>> we're retesting the sites, pincluding the original seven pthat came up anonymous. p>> reporter: drew says the pmahoney county health department pcertified labs. psunday and monday. psamples from schools first pbecause kids could be damaged pmore if they drink plead-contaminated water. p>> there isn't any lead or pcopper coming out of the plant, pnor is it in the main pdistribution lines. pif the samples are correct and pthat there is trace lead and pcopper in those samples, what's plikely the cause is what they pcall aggressive water in the pindustry, which means it's pslightly acidic. p>> reporter: to be on the safe pside if you're concerned, pofficials say run your water 30 pseconds to a couple of minutes pto make sure the line is clear pof any water that may have been pjust sitting in your pipes. p>> if you have pvc in your home, pit's not going to be an issue. pit only affects those ho

residents in sebring, ohio... have now ...also been told....not to drink the water. the ohio e-p-a was inside sebring high school... testing water fountains and sinks. the school was closed after the e- p-a found elevated dangerous traces of lead. the city manager...there says... the problems began when the water plant was updated (richard giroux, sebring city manager): "that simply means it's slightly acidic. and as it goes into the older residential lines and into acidic water is leeching the copper and lead out of the old pipes." pregnant woman and children are especially vulnerable. emergency officials are now distributing bottled water. returns... a college student working to make hospitals a less scary place for children...we'll tell you how, next. it might just be a perfect day to get outside... if you're looking to venture out... the mesquite ballon festival ends today... air balloons in the sky.... the festival has been going all weekend... it starts again this morning at the casa blanca resort and casino. the first lego league robotics state championship wa

@they tell channel 3 quote while @the village of sebring has a @clear water source, it appears @lead is drinking in the @drinking water -- in the @drinking water of certain @homes. @they need to take steps to @alert its customer. @when that did not occur, we @issued a notice of violation. @restaurants stopped serving @water, schools were closed at a @precaution. @crystal miller has four kids. @her 1 year-old drinking formula @with tap water through @november. @>> if they knew for, montana, @didn't tell anybody and knowing @the precautions they could have @took, it's kind of irritate @>> reporter: crafting a letter @to the state epa asking for @answers. @>> we want to know where the @ball was dropped, whether the @local community or the state @epa in terms of notifying @people here in the community. @>> reporter: they'll be back @here tomorrow handing out @bottled water at 8:00 a.m. @the city manager said they may @know tomorrow as well. @48 hours at the most the @results of the new samples @taken today. @you can log only to wkyc.com if @you wasn't to read for yourself @that letter fr

the ohio e-p-a is taking partial blame for the lead- tainted water in sebring ohio. the agency says it should have made more efforts -- to force sebring officials to warn residents.the ohio e-p-a accuses the water treatment plant manager of falsifying reports *last summer* of high lead and copper levels in the water. nearly two dozen "top secret" emails on hillary clinton's private server -- aren't going to be released. released.this -- as the state department is expected to fall well short of today's court- ordered deadline to release all of her emails.before today -- there were about ten- thousand emails that hadn't come out.officials think only a thousand of those will be released today. few complaints about this weekend's forecast... and that likely means you're ready to get out of the house! house!we have nine things you might enjoy this weekend... like "art after dark".it's going on right now at the cincinnati art museum. or if you like local craft beer... madtree's winter bonanza find the full list on w- c-p-o-dot-com. a bold move to stop a bank bandit...this

we live in sebring. he does not go anywhere else. mike: the ohio epa director has called for a criminal plant operator. he is tonight allegations that he falsified reports. cincinnati' s certified most accurate forecast. kevin: you' ll need a jacket and sweaters outside this evening. temperatures are certainly coming down from where they were midnight last night. a chilly evening coming upon us right now. temperatures will hover around the freezing mark. is going to slip into the upper 20' s as we get laid -- into the later evening hours. early this morning, temperatures were in the 40' s close to 50 degrees. take a live look outside right now, it is going to be a colder evening. 35 at the airport. a west wind at 37 miles bar. it is been those brisk westerly winds that have been finally in here' front that came this morning. winds. and we have plenty of cover extending from st. louis all the way to kansas city and to omaha. it is gradually going to work into our direction. before we clear up, we are going to spend the night cloudy an