. >> gaelic for prosperity and motto of the city of cleveland. >> thousands flock to cleveland each year for the st. patrick's day parade and one of the largest in the country. this marks the 149th year. >> happy st. patrick's day. >> i love being irish. i love ohio. so i wanted to sell this design to everyone else who loves being irish and loves ohio. and hoping to sell more. the plan is to sell at more events to fund his dream, going to law school right here in the state that he loves. >> i threw together the design and put together the ohio -- >> mark: when sia spoke to him hes sold 35 shirts in two days and for more information about his t-shirts and dream log onto cleveland19.com. >>> st. patrick's day is party time. that means a lot of people will be throwing back more than a few brews. reporter harry boomer went for a ride along with the ohio state highway patrol to help keep us safe. >> this is an all-out day and all uniformed personnel are on the road now. >> sergeant gable cleveland post of the ohio highway patrol says they are keeping an eye on those who make a bad decision wh

>>> live from cleveland's news center, cleveland 19 news starts now. >> denise: we begin with breaking news tonight off the top. protestor packed a donald trump rally in chicago tonight. the event was canceled due to security concerns. things got physical in the crowd as trump opponents squared off with his supporters. >> romona: and a police officer was injured and tonight donald trump says he didn't want to see anyone get hurt, so he decided to can sell. decided to cancel. ohio. >> denise: a trump rally is scheduled and we wonder if police are ready for potential problems. dan deroos continues our breaking news coverage. [no audio]. >> our concern is that there is enough police officers out there so they can keep each other safe and keep the rally safe. free speech goes both ways. we want everybody to be able to have their say, but they have to do it peacefully and safely. >> dan: as soon as we saw the events happen in chicago we got concerned. that's why we went to steve loomis there. you heard from him and they are concerned for what will happen. let me walk you through why chicago

city wants to plant 25,000 trees each year equaling: harry boomer cleveland 19. >> the origins of cleveland's nickname date back to the 1800s. portland, maine and rockford, illinois and ontario in canada. >> mark: a little thing called march madness going on. >> romona: that's right. wallet hub put together philippine best and worst for basketball plans with ncaa and division 1 basketball teams from ticket prices to stadium accessibility cleveland ranked 6 and los angeles topping the list. cleveland and north carolina and an interesting note during last year's march madness fans spent $9 billion alone on wagering. >> mark: wow! >> romona: i still have to fill out my bracket. >> mark: i have austin p winning it all. >> romona: you were doing yours at work. >> mark: i was. i was responsible for 1.2 in lost productibility getting mine done. >> romona: i have to do it. >> mark: public square may not a new place opened. we will tell you all about it next. >>> we continue to monitor this line of pretty heavy showers and storms here huron county and ashland county and approaching wooster and holmes

there's plenty of evidence to cleveland. >> one thing in cleveland the study did not catch is we have diversified our economy. for all the studies they bring up this negative study, we have all the studies that came out in the last year or so that cleveland is a great place doing great things. >> pun intended, things are buzzing at the all-state barber school on lorain road. >> it is moving down the street and detroit avenue and west 25th. the other areas -- >> the most distressed city in america. >> i don't believe it. it is a very nice place to live. every city has problems. >> just so you know, here are the things economic innovation group judge cleveland on. 1 in 5 homes vacant and 1 in 5 over age 25 did not graduate high school and 40% of people in this city live in poverty. >> reporter: in the newscenter harry boomer, cleveland 19. >> romona: we have a lot to work on. >>> a high school teacher on administrative leave and investigated for inappropriate behavior. the school district is investigating the matter and police have been contacted. now, the superintendent says they learn

@ @ >>> live from cleveland's news@ center, cleveland 19 news@ starts now.@ p>> denise: meteorologist jeff@ tanchek is tracking snow for@ the weekend.@ the first alert details on how@ much you can expect coming up@ in just minutes.@ p>> romona: first, we uncovered@ huge personal money issues for@ the chief financial officer at@ the cuyahoga county@ prosecutor's office.@ marvin davies the third was in@ deep debt before he was@ hired.@ and we were curious, why@ didn't his boss know about@ it?@ p>> denise: that's because no@ one checked the man's personal@ finances. now our scott@ taylor is back and continuing@ his investigation that is@ spreading all over the@ county.@ p>> reporter: i was shocked@ when nobody ran a background@ check after a guy who was in@ charge of a@ multimillion-dollar budget,@ and then i found out it is@ common practice across the@ county. on wednesday i@ exposed that marvin davies,@ the third had multiple@ lawsuits filed against him@ before he was hired totaling@ more than $170,000. a $19@ thousand judgment was actually@ handed down by a judge named@ timothy mcguin

i don't know what will happen to him. >> reporter: in cleveland dani carlson, cleveland 19. >> mark: dani, thank you. >>> cleveland 19 learned the state is investigating this incident. the day care has had several violations in two years with tables and toilets not being cleaned, peeling paint in a toddler room and a child using a potentially dangerous cleaning solution. >> romona: another wrong-way crash in cleveland past the 90 split. police say a driver was going and hit a u-haul truck. three were hurt but not seriously. investigators believe alcohol was a factor. now, this is the third wrong-way crash in just over a month. two died february 2 on i-71 south and a bw student was killed february 14th on 480 west. odot is looking for ways to prevent wrong-way crashes. >>> another incident on the roadways this morning. two cleveland police officers cruiser. it happened early this morning on east 140th and lakeshore. the driver richardson was arrested. police believe alcohol played a role in this crash. the 17-year-old boy is headed to adult court for the death of kremling. he and two

@temperatures south of cleveland @reaching to near 60. @look at the window nation @extended forecast through the @workweek, notice the @temperature trend, starting to @come down, we could see the @opportunity for rain and snow @showers on friday and maybe @even some light snow in the @region for a second half of the @weekend. @>> in like a lamb, out like a @lion, maybe. @ @voice of the browns,. @>> we are not making any moves. @we didn't wait going over the @weekend. @because it's the weekend. @they didn't do anything today. @the browns are playing it chose @to the best, the kaepernick @story to the browns, i don't @think that's going to happen or @as it was put out at the end of @last week. @the san francisco 49ers put him @on the trademark market and @kaepernick would like to be @traded but i think it's to the @broncos. @we might be a pawn in this @game. @i think kaepernick is going to @try and really force the 49ers @to either trade him or to cut @him and then make him a free @agent and he could go and i @think that would be to the @de

there's greater cleveland. look at the sunshine. beautiful weather through the day a few cumulus clouds here and there. now, we've also seen some isolated rain showers. here's the power of 5 live doppler radar network. a few isolated showers sandusky into norwalk, moving this way to mansfield, a sprinkle up north of mansfield near shiloh. cleveland could bea sprinkle in the ground clutter. we're also seeing a couple of isolated showers down dover/new philly. i will mention an isolated, brief rain shower through the evening but there's a lot going on. we've got sunshine, clouds mixing in, and we've got these little pockets of isolated showers. more back toward fort wayne, all because of that dog-gone storm system up around sue st. marie. wind gusts currently are calming down. i don't think we're going to see gusts above 40 again this evening as winds slowly fall. look at today's strongest wind gusts. cleveland hopkins 44, akron/canton regional airport 36, ashtabula county airport a wind gust of 46 miles per hour. another blustery day

cleveland 19 broke the story. a neighbor called 911 to send fire crews to the house on knickerbocker road. an elderly man got out of the home but firefighters found a woman dead inside. the fire appears accidental. >>> yesterday's explosion at crocker park in westlake made we wanted to know how it possibly could have happened. >> dani carlson started asking questions and got some answers today. >> reporter: we spoke off camera to a safety inspector who said the propane tank may have been leaking and somehow ignited and he says he thinks the heat of the fire made propane in the tanks boil. when the heat hit the vaporized gas it caused an explosion or called a levy. >> we found this industriousal video on-line that explains what happens during a blevy. >> as the tank comes apart liquid and vapor are released in a powerful explosion. >> two tanks used to heat the american greetings company exploded yesterday. what led to this is under investigation. >> the westlake fire department and state fire marshall and bureau o

yes cleveland is included and mainly dry for st. patrick's day and i will explain that mainly in a moment and with a colder weekend as well. low 60s today which is fabulous considering we should be in the mid 40s, with the sunshine through the day and we will have hit or miss shower chance through early afternoon. i think it should be totally drive for the evening commute. here is the latest on the wind advisory. cuyahoga county included which is new, lorraine and back towards sandusky and toledo and the advisories were in place west overnight and before you development and unit is the winds today, 15 to 25 miles per hour in that is sustained with gusts as high as 30+ miles per hour. that is going to be the huge part of the forecast no question. you cannot help but notice it already breezy woodwinds 10 to 20 miles per hour sustained. showers are fading already and we see if you to the east but no big deal. there are no thunderstorms are just some wet roads and mainly east, or future view you see the possibilities not only this morni

>>> live from cleveland's news center, cleveland 19 news starts now. >> romona: now at 11:00, these suits are on cleveland's shopping list for the republican national convention. community advocates are raising questions about how money is being spent for the major event. we are going to get to that story in a moment. first, another change in the forecast. >> denise: that's right. things are warming up out there. jeff tanchek is in the first alert weather center with the >> jeff: it is chilly with the clear sky we saw this evening and the light wind. we look at the current temperatures. this is about as low as we are going to get tonight. from this point forward we will be going up in temperature. we are down to 29 in akron and 28 worcester and it is also 28 in colombiana. the clouds are on the increase so we expect a cloudy sky in the midto upper 30s. it is an easy morning chute on a scale of 1 to 10 -- morning commute on a scale of 1 to 10 i give it a 1. the temperatures will shoot up and moisture will be on the increase. we have an alert on wednesday. this will be light rain. we are ex

@ @ >>> live from cleveland's news@ center, cleveland 19 news@ starts now.@ p>> romona: breaking news@ tonight involving the death of@ a 3-year-old girl in canton.@ we've learned in the past 90@ minutes that the girl's father@ is now facing a murder@ charge.@ p>> denise: tonight sara@ goldenburg spoke exclusively@ with the girl's grandmother@ who was dealing with the@ heartbreaking situation.@ >> i just got off the phone@ with little hayley's grand@ parents.@ they were devastated by the@ loss and were upset to hear@ that their son matt has been@ charged with her murder.@ no matter what they want truth@ and justice for hayley.@ hayley brings her grandmother,@ karen, to tears.@ >> she always had a smile on@ her face.@ she was beautiful.@ she was an angel.@ p>> reporter: canton police say@ hayley's dad called 9-1-1@ around 11 on friday morning@ and said he found his daughter@ dead in her bed.@ he sounded distraught and said@ hayley fell on the steps a@ week ago.@ >> losing a child nobody@ should have to go through@ that.@ a child is someone you@ cherish.@ they are a gift from heaven.@ yo

with cleveland. this fight has gone on for more than four years. westlake is one of cleveland's biggest customers, but now the city is no longer locked into a contract with cleveland. so now westlake officials are looking at avon lake for water. westlake's mayor says that move could save residents about 5% off their yearly bill. >>> anytime we tell you a story about people turning wild animals into pets, it will raise eyebrows, right? absolutely. this couple in stark county have had a pet black bear now for 20 years. >> tia: q. mccray joins us now. the department of agriculture took custody of big baby ben, the black bear. they repeatedly warned the owner to fix the pen, and that didn't happen. >> q.: that's exactly right. november of 2014. jeff fitzgerald was told to patch up the roof of the pen and to fix the fence surrounding it, and every time fitzgerald was cited he agreed to make the repairs, but he never got the work done. now ben is waking up in an animal sanctuary this morning. the state has

and that's where we are in cleveland. 60 westlake and 60 rock creek and 57 chardon and 62 in cleveland. and also in sandusky. we have a strong south wind and warmer air. it will be unseasonalbly warm tonight and stay above 50 degrees. 50 or higher. and 50 the low. 8:00, 57 downtown and latest guidance around 50. mostly cloudy sky downtown, very warm tonight. a little light rain tomorrow. tomorrow nuisance stuff and less than .10 and thursday that's the worst threat here with showers cold front. i have an alert tomorrow for the nuisance light rain and .1 or less and still breezy. not as windy as what we are seeing right now. more tomorrow because of the clouds. if we happen to get the light rain 55 for the high. southwest to south wind 12 to 24 akron-canton and light rain and partly cloudy sky and 54 and maybe an umbrella needed out there with the areas of light rain and 52 at 7 a.m. and 53 at noon and 5:00, i have us dry later on in the afternoon there. 55. let's fast forward to tomorrow night. again, it looks mainly dry. as we get to thursday we will have waves of rain. this right her

>> live from cleveland's news center. cleveland 19 news starts now. not too long ago, president barack obama introduced his supreme court nominee it replace the late antonin scalia. the move is likely going to be a democrats who said they would have a hold out basically before november before they make an appointment and agree on somebody. correspondent craig boswell, he has a report and the latest on this situation. >> president obama introduced his white house rose garden. >> after completing the exhaustive process i've made my decision. today i am nominating chief judge merrick garland to the supreme court. >> he became chief judge on the u.s. court of appeals in he is a respected liberal, born harvard law school. >> the president in selecting merrick garland has gone with, i believe, the safest possible pick. he has a long record of highly regarded by conservatives and liberals across the spectrum. >> if confirmed, the new justice will replace conservative antonin scalia who died suddenly last month and that could change the ibeoligic for years to

this is cleveland near the east cleveland border. someone burned vehicles on andorra and lampson on every vehicle, it looks like the side window was broken out and an accelerant tossed in the dashboard. this is not the first for the neighborhood. >> there was a car on fire and got it next door and his car was on fire. the car was on fire. surveillance cameras may have captured so they can help i.d. the culprit. >> back to campaign 2016 now. a kasich supporter traveling around the country. >> romona: sia nyorkor caught up with a grandfather from illinois and his vintage ride. >> reporter: mr. tom hit the road in this air stream camper with one goal in mind to get ohio gov john kasich elected president and he tells me it's been quite the adventure. >> reporter: mr. tom says it is kind of hard to miss him. that's one of the goals. >> sir, have you voted yet? >> no. not yet. >> it is obvious he is stumping for john kasich and doing this for the good of the country. >> i am for him because of his experience and for him because of his temp

her son, brandon jones kill by a cleveland officer during a petty theft. tim russell and melissa williams shot and killed during a 2012 cleveland police chase and now this survey issued by the city asking residents about the use of force policy. how will the families react. >> candidly, i think they would feel insulted. >> attorney paul christello that represents the jones and russell families believe the survey is not likely to be filled out by residents hose opinions are badly needed. >> i think it is fooling yourself to think a lot of people in the community who are victims of excessive force and know people have been the victims of excessive force will sit down and answer the question about how do we make the city of cleveland improve the police department. >> and there are questions about who has access to this >> what about people that don have the internet or access to >> that's a great question and we met the activists and the community leaders and we will take the hard copies and some want to go door to door. >> christello believes the questions n

two mile visibility in cleveland. notice how it is not as bad in the canton area, although we have mile-and-a-half visibility in akron. you see downtown cleveland with the snow coming down. it is not really sticking to the roads though. it will be around an inch by morning and then another inch of mix with a little bit of rain. after that moves through, we will start the warming trend into next week. but it is pretty cold out there right now. only around 30 degrees, 31 in cleveland, dove-new phillie 35. cleveland 19 weather app with the interactive radar severe weather alerts. here is a look at the hourlies. keeps the temperatures around 30 downtown, light snow eventually slipping into the upper 20s. it looks like by morning most of this should be out. speaking of the cleveland 19 weather app, you can download it now on your smartphone or your tablet right here. we've got radar. make sure you customize it to your neighborhood. the hourly updates right here and a ten-day forecast on the first alert weather app. mark, o

state university study finds cleveland community is growing. >> dan: cleveland metro area added more jobs in the last year than 20 years. sia nyorkor has the details. >> the study shows in 2015 the region added 23,000 jobs. >> some say it's been a long time coming. >> it is a long come back. decades long. >> a new report released by cleveland state university shows strong job growth 23,000 jobs were created here in the region. richey co-authored the study and four industries that saw growth were education and health services and leisure and hospitality and construction and financial services. >> cleveland has the highest concentration of skilled health care workers in the labor country. >> we are becoming the silcon valley of skilled care and that's important. one business will not go out of style and is keeping people alive. >>> cleveland area lost many jobs in the early 2000 and mostly blue collar jobs. >> this region is tied to manufacturing. if you showed up from europe, job and you could go to the factory floor and you could get there. now to be employed in the region, you have

in cleveland, bill safos, cleveland 19. >> denise: in some other news, fbi in cleveland -- and cleveland heights police investigating a bank robbery the picture is a little dark. into the u.s. bank on lee road, demanded money and took off with the cash after 9:00 saturday morning. call police if you know anything. >>> large crowd in brecksville came fourth a bicycle awareness rally close to where two were killed last year when they were hittle while riding their bikes. -- they were hit while riding their bikes. >>> coming up, march madness, mash schwab has your morning sports report. >> beth: we are already starting off above average. just not going to be one of those pretty days. look at cedar point cam, a little squishy, i bet that's a little muddy there. cedar point opening day, 54 days way, may 7th. this week we are above average. i'll let you know what the week ahead looks like, coming (vo) my name's nick and i make dog chow in denver, colorado. one of my fondest memories of khloe is the day we got her. i knew right there she was gonna be a great dog. khloe's a big influence on the

. >>> live from cleveland's newscenter, this is cleveland 19 news brought to you by bill dougherty of kia streetsboro. kia, what's in your driveway? cleveland 19 news starts now. >> cathrine: good evening. spring officially begins sunday winter. >> harry: that's right. we are kicking off the weekend with a big shot of cool air. beth mccleod has details in the weather center. we didn't get a lake breeze. we warmed a little better than originally expected. don't be fooled. we will be cooler. hour-by-hour forecast you don't have any weather worries as long as you are prepared for temperatures to be in the upper 20s overnight tonight. cloud cover, yes. we will be dry tonight and that's not our concern. our concern starts saturday night where we could start seeing snow and not a lot of snow. on the west side, say avon and sandusky probably not seeing any snow. temperatures 38 saturday. that's if you are lucky in some spots. down to the mid-20s saturday night and back up in the upper 30s on sunday. headed out the door right now you will see areas in the 40s, new philly in the 50s. you won't

listen, cleveland's st. patrick's day parade is the third largest in the country, so a lot goes into planning security to make sure everybody is safe. that being said, and you mentioned it a second ago, brian, officers want parade-goers on the lookout as well. if you see anything, suspicious, we're live at the one turn in the parade route at east third street and superior. here's a look at the rest of the parade route. now, it starts at 1:04 this afternoon at east 18th street and runs west on superior avenue towards public square. at east third street the route turns north ending a block later at the cleveland mall. due to construction, you're being asked to avoid gathering around public square. make alternative plans. >> you want it to be a family affair, and everyone should have a great time and enjoy the great city. we have a lot to offer. enjoy it safely and use public transportation. if you see something, say something and remain aware. >> q.: a look at terminal tower all in the st. patrick's day spirit

@police department, the @cleveland clinic and cleveland @metropolitan housing committee @and people from ems were also @there. @>> it's a chance to sitdown @with first-responders in a way @that is casual and calm and a @way to really talk to people @effectively. @yet, but you will be able to @see it in the way that people @talk with police and they will @talk about the cleveland clinic @positively and we're good @neighbors. @>> this effort started as part @of the cleveland's clinic safe @summer program, and did events @in fairfax and south euclid and @this one at the boys and girls @won't be the last. @>>> an update now to a murder @investigation and manhunt out @of canton yesterday. @police now say they have gotten @their guy, homicide suspect @lance regan caught overnight @after a brief chase on i-70. @lincoln hit a highway patrol @car he was chased. @no officers thank goodness @were hurt. @>>> cleveland police sorting @through warn incident that @included a foot chase and @officer. @firing at a dog. @this happened last night on @were fired. @police found the suspect. @thanrin and

>>> live from cleveland's newscenter, cleveland 19 news starts now. >> mark: cleveland 19 exposed money problems at rta months ago. >> romona: riding the bus or trains may soon cost more. before that happens they are holding public hearings. denise zarrella was at one today and passengers say they are not happy. >> make it fair! >> reporter: protestors gather outside the rta headquarters in cleveland. many here say they can't afford the rate hikes being proposed. mary works two jobs. >> my savings and everything, it can't take any more being withdrawn. it is working against me. >> saundra ellington works at the airport and says a proposed route change would be dangerous. >> i work second shift 2:00 to 11:00 and i could get home at 12:30, 1:00. it is a drastic change. neighborhood and i have no choice. >> reporter: among the rate hikes rta is proposing the current fare would rise to 2.50. another fare up to 2.25 and some rise to 3.50 a ride. >> joe says cuts in state funding are making rate hikes necessary. >> funding at the state level or national level and for us to keep providing serv

that's great. >>> coming up on cleveland cleveland 19...you may notice in remembrance of an influential former first lady. >> mark: as we get closer to the arrival of the rnc paul orlousky breaks down the term brokered convention. jeff? >> jeff: all right. feazel roof camera unseasonally warm night. that's the case throughout the week. i will let you know the best risk of rain will be in the . >>> live from cleveland's newscenter, driven by don joseph toyota in kent this is cleveland 19 news. >> sara: governor john kasich ordered flags at all state buildings be flown at half-staff in memory of nancy reagan. they will be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset until her internment. reagan died yesterday at her california home. she died of congestive heart failure. reagan was 94-years-old. her funeral is held friday at 2:00 p.m. and buried next to her husband. >>> ohio governor john kasich vowed to beat g.o.p. frontrunner so it is no surprise he is campaigning here. kasich will be in broadview heights tomorrow at the ohio cat headquarters on royalton road. doors open at 4:30 p.m. and t

come to cleveland or go to jail. former state rep picked prison. >> hit by bad he years in this area. i've been trying to get this house tour down. >> reporter: it's a house larry and his neighbors have had to deal with for far too long. the property vacant, abandoned and filled with illegal dumping. a hazard for neighborhood children. >> came over here, breaking in and staying. >> reporter: what larry didn't know is the house is owned by former state representative douglas bruce, just sentenced to two years in jail for this house and three other ohio homes filled with hazards and tens of thousands of dollars in back taxes. bruce leaving cleveland with a mess. he's in jail? >> sadly, this is where it rolls down hill and the city has to clean it up. you see the dumping, people see and empty house, abandoned property. it's a free for all. >> reporter: this councilman wants to petition the colorado legal system to come up with a different type of jail sentence. >> not good that he's now on taxpayer dollars and we're fee

>> live from qleef lend's news center, -- from cleveland's news center cleveland 19 news starts now. >> denise: new at 11:00, why can you vote twice in the race are to president in the ohio primary? >> we are getting answers. there are major concerns over a confusing republican ballot. it is a troubling discovery since we are only a week away from ohio's primary. >> romona: we want to know how will this affect your vote? how will they count them. dan deroos is here. >> dan: we went to the top, the top of the ohio republican part. for democrats when you step up for your primary ballot, simple. one question, which candidate the democratic side? if you go to the republican side if you get the republican ballot, four republicans at large. try not to get confused with jeb bush and carly fiorina and mike huckabee. they have dropped out since this was printed. you can see district delegates and district delegates and you have to vote again. it is the same list of candidates and we said what happens if you vote one way here up top and then the on second question you woat a different -- you v

and talks between rice's family and the city of cleveland. the 12-year-old's family filed a wrongful death suit against the city after she was hot -- he was shot and killed by the city. the district judge sent the case to a new judge yesterday and a meeting date has not been set yet. >>> and this morning for you, an ohio officer accused of making an inappropriate comment about a black lives matter activist is off of the job. the former officer has been fired. he posted's comment love the happy ending about the suicide. and the department said the policy. since 1994. baltimore. one of the officers charged in the death of freddie gray is colleague. officer william porter was the first of six officers to go to the trial for gray's death and that ended in a hung jury. suffering a spinal injury from being transported in the police van. he was handcuffed and shackled and buckled in with the seatbelt. >>> and 4:42. almost and on this tuesday, wednesday morning and we have sad news. the man known as the fifth beatle died. we're looking back at his li

we start with a look at downtown cleveland -- the sun is back out over downtown cleveland -- a chilly start to the day that will be warming up and you'll enjoy it -- welcome to the saturday edition i'm nick foley along sign janessa webb you will love everything about today -- some of you wake up to early morning fog starting to push out of the the cooler side -- the last hour look at that -- in millersburg and worcester you are currently at 42 -- things are starting to be on an upward trend. you can see lakeshore communities and downtown cleveland still in the mid-to upper 30s. the live radar is not picking up moisture but a few high cirrus clouds for the south double push out of the area. we will be under partly to mostly sunny skies for the day. >> hour by hour until about 4:00 you can see the temperatures -- 55 and summit county can count on the temperatures in the low 60s. cooling-off a bit for sunday. then the power of five is tracking rain -- heavy at times for sunday into monday afternoon. no need to look too far ahead >> thank you, nick foley all eyes are on cleveland as we ge

what the heck is a flying over in cleveland. one of the viewers sent a video and take a closer look. to the person who rolled on this hovering over cleveland for about 30 minutes. if you want to take a closer look, we have it on our facebook page. mmm. >> romona: i sure did love that sunshine, beth, but you said it would get colder. >> beth: you thought this was cold. we are spoiled. >> romona: it is winter. >> beth: until sunday morning and will you wake up and go gosh darn it, it is spring. >> it will take a little bit of time. >> and trade off is a dry easter and we will be okay with that >> outside on the feazel roof cam. >>> sunshine and clouds no big weather issues out there. current temperature 42 degrees. it is a north wind that kicked in at 10:00, 11:00 and once it did, temperatures start sink and they will continue to sink. >> tonight most areas will bottom out in the upper 20s. a couple could be less than that especially if the cloud cover doesn't thicken up which i don't think so and you don't have to worry about it.

we will show you how they are selling themselves on the >>> live from cleveland's newscenter cleveland 19 news starts now. >> mark: a day away from the ohio primary, three candidates came to our area today all with stops in youngstown. bernie sanders also in akron, ohio governor john kasich and donald trump has an event tonight in youngstown. >> romona: we are live at the trump event set to begin at any moment. we will take you there in just a few moments. >> mark: we begin, though, with the weather. storms and showers blowing through our area at least in the southwest. >> romona: that's right jeff tanchak is all over it tracking >> jeff: tracking northeast. this is a strong line of showers and storms. nothing severe. it is containing heavy rain and perhaps some small hail. let's update you on doppler max network and zoom in to the northwest part of lorain county here. this moved through amherst approaching vermillion, norwalk, willard and greenwich and this line as well in ashland county and down to millersburg all tracking to the northeast. it puts it in the wooster area after 6:00 o

this is moving into the greater cleveland area. the alert for tonight and tomorrow for steady showers pretty much an all day rain situation coming up tomorrow. over an inch of rain in spots. we'll see ponding out there on the roads. we still have temperatures well in the 50s and 61 in dover new philly and colombiana. scale of 1 to 10, 5 for your morning commute. 57 degrees with the rain. good tool to have. the cleveland 19 first alert weather app. be prepared in the interactive radar. you can customize it to where you live. ladies, over to you. we have breaking news out of stark county. alliance high school is closed tomorrow because of a bedbug infestation. four of the insects were found at the school over the past several days. exterminators will be at the school to treat the entire building tomorrow. it will re-open on friday. >> romona: also breaking, reports of multiple people shot in the area of west fest 8th and store avenue in cleveland. when police arrived they found three males shot and one of them died on the scene. the

newscenter, cleveland 19 news starts now. >> mark: cleveland 19 exposed money problems at rta months ago. >> romona: riding the bus or trains may soon cost more. before that happens they are holding public hearings. denise zarrella was at one today and passengers say they are not happy. >> make it fair! >> reporter: protestors gather outside the rta headquarters in cleveland. many here say they can't afford the rate hikes being proposed. mary works two jobs. >> my savings and everything, it can't take any more being withdrawn. it is working against me. >> saundra ellington works at the airport and says a proposed route change would be dangerous. >> i work second shift 2:00 to 11:00 and i could get home at 12:30, 1:00. it is a drastic change.

of the greater cleveland food bank. this spring marks the 25th annual harvest for hunger campaign providing critical and nutritious food for hunger relief programs and struggling families in 21 northeast ohio counties. clients and hot meal sites are children and seniors. cleveland was recently ranked number 1 in child poverty amongst the top 50 u.s. cities. we cannot let these children or local senior citizens go hungry. and it is easy to help. host a food and funds drive in your school or organization and give to your local supermarket. tear off a coupon at your supermarket. add one, five dollars or more to your bill. food banks can provide food for four nutritious meals. we are serving more families now than before the recession. please support the campaign today and help make a difference >> visit harvest hunger for more information how to help. thank you for your generosity. >>> we encourage your response to this editorial. >>> live from cleveland's newscenter, cleveland 19 news starts now. >> romona: the warmer wea

destination cleveland will be project. rock officials say all of this will be done by the start of the rnc convention. they say this plaza will also include a "long live rock" sign in big bold letters and a cafe here, more proof that cleveland, ohio, is indeed the rock 'n' roll capital. paul kiska, newschannel5. >>> the summit county medical examiner's office released its findings on how a family died. >> they were found in their home after it exploded. the children in that home were asphyxiated. >> reporter: the medical one of the parents smothered or strangled the two girls prior to the explosion. the mom died from an overdose of prozac. all three were upstairs. now one of these neighbors is grappling with anger and confusion as he and his son risked their lives to try to save anyone inside. in his door. >> reporter: as they kicked the front door this is what was happening above them. a massive fireball engulfed the center home. >> the fire was shooting out through here and through here. >> reporter: but they reign anywa

if you're just waking up we now have a wind advisory for cleveland in areas west and southwest of cleveland. all the way back towards sandusky and toledo, from 8 am until 8 pm this evening. it will start to kick up and it is already breezy, sustained winds in the 15 to 25 mile-per-hour range with gusts 30+ you are not staring at your tv, who has time for these days? we're lucky to get a piece of miles per hour is where we are situated at the moment . winds continue to pick up, if you're like me and you like to get the garbage can out early in the day, maybe hold off until later when the winds subside tonight after 8 pm. showers are subsiding we do not have thunderstorms at the moment, we could have a rumble but i really do not think so, honestly it is just as left over wet weather we're doing fading fast. you see rain into trouble county, you see on future view, again what this shows is spotty showers through the afternoon, otherwise partly sunny and it will be mild and breezy. kids listened to mom and dad, you need your coats today even though it will be 60 for the high. as we get into ton

cleveland 61. won't be quite this warm tomorrow for everything happening downtown. there in sandusky. 40 elyria. 40 in cleveland. and there you see the bright windy again tomorrow. not as bad as today and winds gusting over 30. isolated showers around and the and gentlemen. that will come in friday morning. >> i don't think it will be all snow. it won't be all rain either. mix. >> here we go isolated showers, windy, warm. south to southwest wind. over 30 gusts and 56 in the akron-canton area and isolated showers. and here we go, tomorrow morning and a lot of places open up as early as 5:00 a.m. tomorrow. we will be in the mid-40s. dry, a small chance of a shower throughout the day. 55 in the afternoon. windy with increasing clouds. the evening. we will drop back into the 40s tomorrow night. it will be quite a bit colder. we have the alert friday morning here for that winter mix. rain, sleet and snow. expect a wet road, generally, though for your friday morning commute. here you see it on the future

you're being asked to call cleveland police. >> west lake will be able to leave the cleveland water system for another provider. following a victory in court. the judge making a decision after nearly a 4 year dispute between the water system. and the west side suburb. city of cleveland says in a statement. to fox 8. >> it's disappointed with the decision. and will appeal. e almost brought my big puffy skwrarbgt. i'm sorry i did. didn't use it for most of today. but now i can start to use it. guarantee you. i'll be wearing it tomorrow. let's get right to it. we have temperatures. that five hours ago were in the 50s. this is not the current. wait until you see the current. a huge fall. hit a high of 54 today. 62 in new philly. notice that we lost a lot of ground. now down to 29. 28 in lorain. still to come. rocking a new look on the shore of lake erie. >> big changes coming to -lt rock and roll hall of fame. we're getting a first look at the renovation plans. virus. officials are working on ways to respond to -lt virus. ahead of the mosquito season. beginning in may. the mosquito isn't in oh

if you have any information. cleveland police. >> west lake will bebe able too leave the cleveland water system for another provider. p following a victory in court. the judge making a decision after nearly a 4 year disputed between the water system. s and the west side suburb. city of cleveland says in a statement. to fox 8. >> it's disappointed with the decision. andnd will appeal. e almost brought my big puffy skwrarbgt. i'm sorry i did. didn't use it for most of today. but now i can start to use it. guarantee you. i'll be wearing it tomorrow. let's get right to it. we have temperatures. that five t hours ago were in the 50s. this is notot the current. wait until you see the current. a hugere fall. it was 53. hit a high of 54 today. 62 in new philly. notice that we lost a lot of ground. 28 in lorain. still to come.me rocking a new look on the shore of lake erie. >> bigo changes coming to -lt rock and roll hall of fame. we're getting a first look att the renovation plans. >> all right, 3:15. k, you better watch out boys, i'm on a hot streak today. what's that? wait. what's that? man, t

any time after 3:00 to the western suburbs of cleveland. the western sections of the newschannel 5 viewing area and we'll break that down. and this is the storm system more for chicago. the rain showers and thunder right now, creeping in to western ohio and that is quiet over the next couple. by five:00, we track rain and rain showers around, 5:00 and 7:00 and that is your changeover around 9, 10, we change over to that wet snow and that could be heavy at officially -- initially. and hour-by-hour notice, the next few hours are okay and especially 77 corridor. showers whyer coming in by 4, the temperature -- 4:30 on the now and temperatures running 50 to 55 and this is all rain. rain. 32 degrees. there is your cold air creeping from the north and west. by 9:30, we start to change over from rain to show and -- sno and there is the snow pouring in by 11:00 tonight. it could be heavy at times after midnight and by 9:30 tomorrow morning, it's out of here and that is more of a lake affect issue where we may have say few bands setting up. and 50 t

statement, the cleveland clinic says they are saddened adding the cleveland clinic took precautions and measures to ensure the safety of the patient and while this is difficult for both the patient and medical team, lindsey is doing well and recovering, the most important part here. not sure what's next for lindsey but the cleveland clinic made it clear it calls for 10 transplants all together. in the newscenter, i'm catherine bosley. >> romona: concerning lindsey, she released a statement saying i wanted to take a moment to express my gratitude towards all of my doctors. they acted quickly to ensure my health and safety and unfortunately, i did lose the uterus to complications, however i am doing okay and appreciate all your prayers and good mark? over in the weather center. ground? it is kinda dry. >> jeff: yeah, sprinkles, mansfield and starting in western counties and move east and an alert by the way. rain. in fact, many spots looking at over an inch of rain for a total here. pretty much going to be a wash out tomorrow. ponding is an issue. issues. here is the light rain mark was t

police there in east cleveland have recovered a stolen car that belongs to the son of cleveland's police chief williams. calvin williams jr. left his 2011 chevy impala running at a gas station. gun which was inside it. no suspects in the car theft and the gun that was inside the car remains missing. >>> new at the noon hour as we continue investigators in south west ohio are revealing what they found in search with the school shooting there. bb guns ammunition knives and computers were seized from the home of the 14-year-old student accused of opening fire in madison high school cafeteria last month. four schools were injured in the shooting in middletown ohio in the southwestern part of the state. he's being held under charges of attempted murder. she's denied the charms. >>> and a father is facing charges after his toddler wandered into traffic for the second time in two weeks. the three-year-old girl was spotted in the middle of west river road sunday afternoon. two weeks ago a worker at planet fitness a quarter mile found her wandering inside the father of the three-year- old chris p

in cleveland dani carlson, cleveland 19. >> mark: all right, dani, thank you. >>> we could soon get a place to shop. the company plans to build the outlet at the cleveland mall in the long abandoned bridge crossing site by i-480 at transportation boulevard and across the bridge. 2018. >> romona: up next new details on a wrong-way crash. the man deliberately responsible for the crash on i-480. >> let's take doppler max out. we are tracking the showers and line of rain east of canton and changes. that's straight ahead. >> is it haunted art or trick of newscenter driven by don joseph toyota in kent this is cleveland 19 news. >> mark: police say the man responsible for a deadly wrong-way crash did it on purpose. >> romona: last month mark rafter was driving a truck and smashed into a car on i-480 in brooklyn. 20-year-old kayla coates died and rafter is in surgical intensive care and investigators say this was a suicide attempt and rafter is indicted on murder and other charges. >>> a double shooting at a cleveland bar overnight. it was a large fight on daley's bar in lorain. >> one was sh

reporting live in cleveland. >>> breaking news right now in cleveland, emergency crews on the scene of a hit skip accident on east 93rd and chester. news channel5 has the details. >> reporter: this whole thing going down just about a half hour ago. you can see here we're just outside the main campus of the cleveland clinic where this happened. this is actually the exit from the main campus of the cleveland clinic, you can see that a man has been hit here at the kwauk. you can see his clothing still on the street. police are investigating, looking for a car that fled the you see here. this dark brown chevrolet. situation. and out of here. they have a pretty good idea of who they are looking for. so police looking for a suspect after a hit skip. the victim taken to university hospital in critical condition. the latest details on this breaking story. i'm five on your side joel pack knack us. >> new information tonight on breaking news. 54-year-old laura byrd from akron was killed in this head-on crash on state route 18 in copley township during the evening rush. state trooperers saying a

>>> live from cleveland's news center, cleveland money teen news starts now. >> denise: now at 11:00, breaking news. super tuesday results are pouring in. >> and i think we are going to win in november. >> denise: donald trump is is starting to run away with the republican nomination. >> instead of building walls we will break down barriers. she remains the top democrat. >> romona: what about john kasich? >> before we are democrats and republicans we are americans. >> romona: what does his future hold? live team coverage on the minutes away. >> romona: first, we dodged another storm. >> denise: jeff tanchek checks to see how much we could get. >> jeff: we will get maybe an inch for most areas and some spots are a little more than that. you can see the transition has already taken place. it is much colder and windy out there. in fact, check out this shot from the east 55th street pier. the gusts are over 30 if not 40 along the lakeshore. so the much, much colder air has now moved in. this is going to be with us. back to the radar we go and i do want to zoom into this area because this

at east cleveland city hall. >>> new information tonight on a deadly hit and run in cleveland this weekend. the city tells us the division of streets is now investigating of intersection of lee and tarkington neighbors say the crosswalk this is confusing, signals at some parts of the intersection, crosswalk markings only painted on one side of the street. the driver suspected in the deadly hit is now charged with vehicular homicide. >>> there are vicious and personal attacks of the campaign. donald trump teed off against rival marco rubio calling him a nasty guy and a little mouth piece. rubio fought back calling trump's plane hair-force one. the war of words reached a fevered pitch after trump failed to david duke. and feeling the heat from the fallout. he had 30 black students removed from a campaign event tonight rubio has tried to use trump's recent missteps to his advantage. >> ku klux klan comes through clearly and he refuses to it. >>> hillary clinton is hoping to lock out her democratic rival bernie sanders. >>> ohio voters aren't going to the polls tomorrow but donald trump is spe

>>> live from cleveland's news center, this is "cleveland 19 news" brought to you by spanky's carpet and flooring outlet. "cleveland 19 news" starts now. >> tia: it's safe to say the entire country is waiting. today ohio voters go to the primary polls and make their decision in what has become tight races on both sides of the aisle. >> brian: polls open in a half hour at 6:30. we have a live report of what to expect before you head to your polling location. >> tia: some parts of ohio are cleaning up this morning from a very severe weather storm that swept across the buckeye state. this video comes from the dayton touched down. >> brian: good morning, everybody. today is the ides of march. thanks for joining us. i'm brian duffy. >> tia: i'm tia ewing. the good news no one was hurt from that tornado we showed you and better news for ohio voters. weather shouldn't keep you from casting your vote today. sam roberts is here. the only thing we're contending with at this point, a little fog out there if someone is heading to the polls early. polls open at 6:30, and there's still lingering f

>> ayers has filed another suit hoping to compel cleveland to pay. but he and his attorney worry that in the meantime he completed a bachelor's degree in criminal justice and is planning to attend law school in the hope of helping other people like him. >> how does your future look good? >> even without the money i think it look pretty good. because now i'm a positive person. i can overcome probably anything now. you know? is and i am grateful. i am very grateful to be helped. >> "america tonight's" lori jane gliha with a surprising turn in the high cost of justice. in a moment we speak again with "america tonight"'s lori jane gliha, about the tactic that cleveland is using to avoid paying these bills and what the consequence of that might be. >> pushing the boundaries of science. >> we are on the tipping point. >> we can save species. >> it's the biggest question out there. >> it's a revolutionary approach. >> we are pushing the boundaries. >> techknow is going to blow your mind. >> our experts go inside the innovations, impacting you. >> this is th

places like cleveland clinic. and the area gained 23,000 jobs in 2014 and 2015 and that is the largest year job growth in nearly a deckeddade and that means growth in other areas like construction and finance, hospitality and education. cleveland is fourth in similar size and makeup. the big question, will this last past the rnc this summer. significantly not as more healthcare companies continue to expand in the city. meg shaw, newschannel 5. >>> and thank you, the time now is 6:16. and if if you want to remember what it was like last year, we have i picture on the great lakes. this is from march 2015. you see so much snow and high schooler -- ice here, covering more than 90% of the lake, 94% of the lake and you see it here on the right side of the screen and there is so much open water and we can thank el nino for this? >> exactly. >> and we are thanking the south for sending us some warmer weather. the carolinas, in fact. the high pressure. >> yeah. >> and let's go ahead and take a look at what is coming up. ri

this is cleveland 19 news. >>> tomorrow cleveland's streets will run green. >> mark: this year the st. patrick's day parade may actually help prepare for the republican national convention. sort of a trial run. people who show up to tomorrow's parade can expect to see an increased police presence not just from the cleveland police department. >> not only are we ramping up for the rnc we will do it for any event and we have more partners coming to the table and asking for different things. security and highway patrol and sheriff's department and other officials hope the public will help, too by reporting anything that seems off. the parade steps off at 1:04:00 p.m. the route and tower city restrictions on our app. >>> making our neighborhood safer. this is a sievers security alert. >>> let's go to ba'ath, a security camera caught a thief in the act from sparrow pond road a home there. the guy forced open the front door and stole jewelry. police want to know if anyone else in the neighborhood saw him. >> a follow up on a pitbull problem in lakewood. >> how much do you love him? >> very