that's our canton show. again, it's just under an hour away from cleveland, so make the drive, come down here. we really showed you so many great destination spots, including this place, grapes in a glass. come get a wonderful glass of wine. let's see, we did pinterest projects at marshall's antiques. david had some great ice cream. i got to sample some it really has revitalized itself and there are so many other reasons to come and check out this wonderful city. isn't that right, girls? - yes. - (laughing) come to canton. i'll see you on the next new day cleveland. cheers, ladies.

and on to i-77 in canton. right now, we're looking live and that is some snow coming down heavy and we have heavy flakes out there, wet and saturated throughout the morning, making for a messy commute and again, if you don't have to head out of the door right now, you might want to call in and might be more delayed in terms of leaving and we're seeing the system move out and that is going to take time after the morning commute and this is a look at the entire picture. the best way to describe the storm system is like a bowling ball. seaboard and spinning at the same time. we're starting to get the moisture suing in to portions of northeast ohio and the heavier pockets right now in copley and into ken moore and akron and where we see the heaviest snowfall out of the door and that is not looking good in either direction and another trouble spot i'm worried about isca know onton. we have a lot of commuters making that commute from canton to akron and akron to canton and some low visibility and struggling a quarte

canton is getting the brunt of the storm. the schools there are already closed and on the right, garfield heights much lighter there and schools. they have just closed, too and we're going to get an update on . >>> now at 6:30, a winter weather alert, a strong snowstorm forcing hundreds of snow closings. >> and while theout conditions causing horrible travel conditions. >> and we have live conditions all morning long and sarah phinney is live in one area getting pulletted -- pummeled and meg shaw in garfield heights. >> we begin with somara theodore and the question, when will it end? >> and i have the answer for you now. and looks like it'senning. look at the evolution of radar. and that dark purple shrinking and turning to a few specs on the geauga-cuyahoga border and this is still coming down. the temperatures are telling me somara, it's a wet snow, heavy snow and flushy snow. ashtabula, 29 degrees and the reason that concerns me is with below the freezing line, we could see some icing. keep that in mind. this is when it's

@north canton into canton all @snow covered in the and the @snow continues to fall. @and then we travel north @through eastern cuyahoga county @into geauga county it is @snowing so heavy, too. @we will continue to keep you up- @to-date with the very latest. @danny is keeping an eye on @these road conditions this @morning. @they are a mess. @>> yes they are, 77 us 32, @people are going really slow. @in fact, dot says they need @traffic to get that road clear @to grind the salt into the @road. @we have accidents reported in @77 south before 62, as well as @an accident in the same spot @heading north. @again, we are seeing a number of @accidents already, it is a slow @go to the south. @we are seeing about a 15-20 @minute delay on 77 between @canton and akron. @we are all covered without snow, @you are going to need to give @yourself extra time. @a number of people ask me about @state route eight, here's what @it looks like at perkins @street, again, low visibility @and about a five-10 minute @delay on eight between 76 and @271. @>>> we are looking at some of @the live i

>> john: we're on 77 northbound from canton. the roads are not looking better, and if you own a tow truck business, you are going to be very, very busy this morning. we've already seen lots of spinouts. see where my finger is on the ruler? that is how much snow, just a little more than 5 inches as we got out and measured it here. i have some video to show you. take a look at this. this is one of the spinouts we saw. dave creska our driver is doing an excellent job saw this state trooper, and this guy is almost done a 180. also, canton police stopped, and this tow truck driver pulled out a car that was spun out. when we pulled off the road trying to get back on the highway we were stuck for a few minutes until we could rock back and forth get going. we're traveling along here at about 70 miles per hour, and -- i'm sorry. 40 miles per hour. it's a 70-mile-per-hour road and we're going 40. we're going with the flow of traffic. there's a few brave souls trying to get by. there's no pavement visible here, and the storm xhaser tempera

it is coming down worcester, canton, the akron canton area. steady snow and the alert is in the affect for the overnight. the heaviest will be south and east. it could booy mixing in -- it could be mixing in with sleet and there could be a messy commute. low to mid30s and this is a heavier wet snow. it will be that way tomorrow morning. weather impact is a six. one to three inches in cleveland, akron canton up to six inches and maybe even a little more. that's going to i think -- school closings will be shut and a lot of delays. we will have you covered tomorrow morning. navigate your commute with and laura d marine yaw. laura dee maria. we will be all over this. forecast details hour by hour coming up later on. denise, over to you. >> denise: thank you, jeff. many of you probably watched the grammys and one star you didn't see was rihanna. the singer walked the red carpet, but then told the show's producers she couldn't perform because of an illness. her doctors put her on 48 hours of vocal rest because she was at risk of hemorrhaging her voc

the bullseye is youngstown to dover new philly to canton over to carolton, perhaps even into the wooster and millersburg areas look at that moderate band of snow there stretching in northern summit county to canton to tuscarawas and then back here, there's millersburg up into wooster. here is the steady snow with a quick couple inches before midnight. winter storm warning still up for the youngstown area north and south into columbia county winter weather advice r it for canton, dove it new philly, carolton, summit county, akron, geauga, ashtabula as well as wayne and holmes. i still think there's six plus inches of snow in a large part of the route 30 corridor. in the meantime lower middle 30s right now, snow timing want to miss that. latest total projections whose going to get the most and we've got school closing i'll have your school closing predictor as well. we sent out in news tracker 5 to find storm tracker 5 to find the snow. have you found it? >> yeah, mark we're looking for the snow right now so we're on our way down south on 77. there wasn't much of snow as soon as we hit akr

sarah finny is in canton, one

airport. @77 between canton -- akron and @canton. @those are typically a 20 minute @drive. @back to you. @>> thank you, danny @>>> my biggest winners this @week is all about random acts @of kindness week but you're @going to meet a can state @student who does us for @complete strangers all year @long. @a lot of it is money out of her @own pocket. @that stories coming up. @window, i swear to you, we do @not plan it this way. @we are calling this summer @sweetness. @i thought, you know, in @february, middle of the month @it would be a nice to take -- @it would be nice to take a look @back at summertime. @linda from garfield heights was @thinking the same thing when @she sent in this photo. @there you have it. @on a snowy commute, we have a @look at summer to brighten your @morning. @>> thank you, linda. @ @>>> a live look at road @conditions at the central @interchange in akron were @heavy, wet snow has been @falling all morning long. @danny has been tracking a @number of delays on the roads @this morning. @hollie and greg with live te

christine mccarthy is also in canton with messages of heart break and solis. >> anywhere you go in canton nearly everyone knows about these two tragic freak accidents happening just miles and hours apart from one another and devastating these two families. >> it's just so difficult that it could happen to two families in the same town. >> the town of canton in mourning >> i couldn't believe the branch would fall down and kill somebody. >> first 6-year-old kaleigh kenyon, the loving kindergartener struck and killed in her own back yard by a limb that fell 30 feet above her head as she was about to make a snowman with her dad. >> nine hours after the accident and 7 miles away. 48-year-old father of three tom gunning suffered a fatal head injury after being struck by another snow laden branch while cleaning off the hockey ringer at home. >> it's a tragedy. when i got up this morning and looked in the paper, i couldn't believe it. >> family friend and referee, ron officiate for gunning who was a coach and president of canton youthful cross. >> he was a gray guy. i liked him a lot. >> friends

akron, canton, wooster. ravenna and youngstown and as far north as southern ashtabula county around and over. everyone looking out at the weather conditions. again cloudy skies and fog developing as warm air overspreads the snow pack. here come the rain towards dover and new philly. seeing the snow and that trend once it gets up to route 30. everyone should begin to see snow. here is your winter storm warning. trumble and maroney and columindiana and winter storm ashtabula and stark and summit and wayne and homes and we got tuscarawas and carol roll but i think the snow will wrap up towards canton and dover and new philly and southern sections of geauga and summit county and portage counties could easily see approaching six inches of snow or more. so that is pretty good stuff in the course of the next ten hours. current temperatures in the 30s. will hover in the 30s. it is not about artic air. it is about a winter storm traveling along the ohio river. southerly breezes and 6 miles per hour. 33 degrees downto

date >>> this morning canton police are investigating a mysterious double murder. >> someone shot and killed two brothers inside an apartment early this morning. brittney harris has the latest in the investigation.. >> nine 911 what is your emergency? >> hi i'm in the house andou someone came down here shooting. sh >> two brothers are dead after an early-morning shooting at washington townhome up home apartments home apartments in canton sometime too around 6:00 a.m. 6: saturday.0 several people called 911 to report what they c saw. >> i saw a person run across in the parking lots that i p didn't see.. >> did you see somebody with the gun? >> yes and they were just >> police are not releasing many details any details at this time but the victims have been identified as christopher trent was 40 years old, and alan chris hemsworth was 41 years old. their families rushed to the scene f once they heard the news and fair in complete shock. >> were just in shock. i've never felt the pain that other people felt until now. >> gabrielle's christopher's ex-wife and she says says the men did not

in fact, we still see that from youngstown to canton. heavy snow in canton. getting a little curvature here. getting a little tiny -- a tiny mezo low. south of lodi. akron area. a wider view one more time. there's the trough. now the winds have shifted to the west-northwest. i do expect to see one or two developing. they're in the there yet. and until they really develop, it's impossible to really know where the heaviest snows are going to fall. right now our best guesstimate is right here from extreme western lake county, geauga, three to six additional imps, one to three for greater cleveland. now, if that band shifts we're going to have to modify that map four. two bands of moderate to heavy snow tonight. for the rest of you it's light snow and flurries. upper teens and lower 20s, your evening timeline. watch those temperatures falling down through the teens. it's going to be a cold arctic overnight. the centers for medicare and medicaid services recently asked patients to rate the quality of over 3.500 hospitals. t fewer than 6% received 5 stars. r among

hearts of everyone in canton tonight. she was a paramedic so many including a mother of three and those children are trying to come to grips with those this boss tonight. >> she loved each and every petty just like the love herbert so full of life and heart, a loving mother. >> both there are no words. tonya johnson who touched so many people remember here outside of her canton home on saturday night. she tried to make things possible and impossible permits are and confusion when it comes to the loss of this mother of three i canton firefighter and paramedic. >> board, watch over her family and her sons and her daughter. >> on monday she was johns driving along route eight but after an argument got out of the suv she was an and cross lanes pickup truck instantly killed according to authorities. ceric i didn't believe it from beginning. i know there are some questions that i have yet to be answered. i don't believe anything that i've heard it on my sister and her characters there is something going on that was going on tha

you could see higher amounts canton east towards youngstown. interesting stuff for the morning commute tomorrow. we will give you specific snowfall totals when we come back. in the meantime if you are planning your evening, temperatures in the lower to middle 30s. wind chills generally in the 20s. more to come on this baby. this is an interesting storm. snowfall totals you will want to see coming up. frank and lee. cameras. >>> a state lawmaker wants to stop some cities from cashing in. that has some leaders saying not so fast. tracy, that city still uses the camera, what is the mayor telling you tonight. >> reporter: if the city follows the law on the books that he believes it is a delayed deterrent for drivers. roughly 100,000 drivers every single day travel through newburg heights. since last august the police department has been using this, the handheld laser with the speeders. >> as long as this is helping with the safety, i'm all for it. is no good. >> reporter: 77 through the city is 60 speed limit and when and when it is 74 or higher ar

remember how i just mentioned that canton would slow down more if you come from canton to cleveland? it did. you're in the yellow and it's barely 6:00 right now. just 6:06. take it easy out there and give yourself extra time. guys. >> tia: the weather isn't this morning. there are two delays. both were set to depart for chicago just before 7:00, but last night cleveland.com reports a small private plane went off one of the runways. no injuries. only the pilot was on board. >>> the family of tamir rice is reacting to a lawsuit filed by the city of cleveland. they say the family has to pay $500 for tamir's ambulance ride. remember, this was november 2014 when cleveland police shot and killed the 12-year-old. here is a statement from the family's attorney. quote, the callousness, incense activity and poor judgment required for the city to send a bill. it's own police officers having slain 12-year-old tamir is breath-taking. this adds insult to homicide. >> brian: well, the arraignment is set this morning for gregory moore. he was the divorce attorney for elijah sherman. sherman was stab

temperatures now 39 akron canton 43 at lorraine. when does still coming out of the south and st a bit of a westerly component out at lorraine att 15. wind gusts about 20 - 22 currently. mid- thirties tonight. wendy has well gusts of 45. rain showers mixed with a little snow and there is all snow early tomorrowere morning and there is is our first front that comest through late tonight and early tomorrow as we said. number two is on the way for tuesday and associated with the it rain and snow showers and the winds will be turning outt r of the some lake effect snow.hi monday and tuesday's in the mid-- forties in tuesday's week tuesday we find ourselves in the twenties at o night, and a littleitt lake effect as we get into friday as well.f highs only in the twenties with lows downn to 12 flows down to 12 for friday morning.n to 1 the weekend shapes up a little bit better. fox agency or official school closinge station and of course you can find those not only at fox eight but of course online and on your mobile device. co >>> cruise c

let's go to sarah finny in canton. there and how do the roads look? >> reporter: well, jackie, right now, the roads are looking fine here. take a look. the pavement is visit will, a -- visible. a good sign. when we drove here, at 2:30, it was completely covered and that is good news for those people who are on the roads. it took us an hour and a half to get from downtown cleveland to the football hall of fame, which is where gee are at right now and that -- where we're at right now and these commuters look like they're going at normal speeds, some good news. canton and massillon dispatch said they responded to accidents and disabled vehicles, but nothing too serious. as you can see, the traffic is moving smoothly in this area. if you can get past the slushy mess and the nasty, wet snow, it looks like a bit of winter wonderland out here and that is good news for your tuesday morning. meg, how's it looking in garfield heights? >> i will tell you what, in roadways here on 480 in garfield heights off of the transportation boulevard. here's a look at 480 e

the canton museum of art and the canton theatre as well as the downtown area. jackie. >>> and for folks in canton, if you see a car with a pink mustache, don't be alarmed. today, many christians around the world begin le in, t. ash wednesday launches the -- lent. ash wednesday launches the 40- day period. during that time, many christians give up something like their favorite food or take part in shareable activities. >>> and it's 6:08 on your wednesday morning, happy hump day. >> i'm terrence lee. coming up, criminals would stay away from the courts, right? instead, they're using them to their advantage and how you can avoid the latest scam. >> and plus, your skittles and m&ms may never look the same. the companies are changing the . >>> time now, 6:12 and breaking overnight, a flight headed to san diego forced to make an emergency landing in denver. and officials say alaska airlines flight 769 was diverted after a man on board had too much to drink and became disruptive and verbally abusive toward the crew. and the police and tsa staff met the flight minutes

we are at 32 right now akron-canton cloudy sky in cleveland and it is 35. nice to get out of that arctic grip. 1 to 3 inches of snow after 10:00 in cleveland. 3 to 5 inches overnight and mixing with sleet, rain south that's where the heaviest snow will be. 4 to inches akron and portage lakes area, 5 inches is what i am thinking throughout the night and could see an? >> a: or so early in the morning before it winds down. 33 is the high tomorrow. after 7:00 a.m., the snow will diminish to flurries. by that time i'm expecting snow-covered roads. it will be the wet slushy stuff don't be surprised if we get some school closings tomorrow morning in the southern counties. this will diminish to a freezing drizzle and/or flurries in the akron-canton area 33. here is a look at the planner. 7 a.m. light snow, 33. flurries at lunchtime tomorrow. 33 and 5:00, 32. nothing too cold. but cold enough for heavy wet snow. we will keep you posted. dan, over to you. >> thank you, jeff. >>> more bloodshed in syria. two dozen people were killed in an airstrike at a hospital and s

but the hardest-hit area was in the akron-canton area. 30 degrees akron-canton right now. it is a light wind out there. downtown cleveland 31 with a west wind at 8 and overall it is a quiet night and keeping temperatures steady mid to upper 20s and by morning just a little bit of light snow in there. it won't add up to much. big warm up on friday. it will be very windy. well, it was no picnic. >> no picnic in our southern viewing area. denise zarrella with a look at what they are dealing with. >> and on i-77 in kent, traffic is moving along just fine here. the roadways mainly moist. boy, what a difference a few hours make. our camera catches the end of a truck fishtailing on the way up a hill in canton. many side roads still

but the hardest-hit area was in the akron-canton area. 30 degrees akron-canton right now. it is a light wind out there. downtown cleveland 31 with a west wind at 8 and overall it is a quiet night and keeping temperatures steady mid to upper 20s and by morning just a little bit of light snow in there. it won't add up to much. big warm up on friday. it will be very windy. well, it was no picnic. >> no picnic in our southern viewing area. denise zarrella with a look at what they are dealing with. >> and on i-77 in kent, traffic is moving along just fine here. the roadways mainly moist. boy, what a difference a few hours make. our camera catches the end of a truck fishtailing on the way up a hill in canton. many side roads still afternoon after a blast of snow that gave kids here their first snow day of the season. one woman was stuck on top of a huge hill kids were sledding on. the sleds were makeshift shovels as kids tried to dig their mom out. warmer temperatures made surfaces slippery and a challenge to navigate through. we came out to sled and now i am stuck in the snow.

akron and canton into the low 40s today. that is reasonable. this time of the year exactly what to expect. most of us are close to 30 degrees if not give or take a few. that is evident as we get closer. 26 mansfield. 29 for akron and canton. winchester 28. currently 27 in ashtabula. as we track, not a lot to talk about today other than a mix of clouds and sun and we will keep it quiet. partly cloudy skies should be really easy if we get into tuesday. the one difference for tomorrow is later in the day we will see mark cloud cover -- more cloud system. it is a big one for the middle of the week. we're planning on a lot of rain initially before things turn to snow. tomorrow afternoon we see hints of green but that is cloud cover. a dry day tomorrow and wednesday on the window nation 70 forecast it looks rainy and breezy and from there too much colder weather thursday will the upper 30s for highs early and temperatures will fall. a transition to snow and lake effect snow behind the system. it is still early. >>> >>> good morning. for those of you

today we were in canton for a new beginning. sia nyorkor with k-9 tuko's first day on the job. >> he is 14 months old and playful like a puppy. >> he has big paws to fill as officer davis new partner on the canton police department. >> excited to get training and never expected to have to go through it again. >> officer davis former partner jethro was killed in the line of duty last month. nonprofit k-9s for cops gifted he and tuko clicked. >> for me, the bond was there. >> tuko won't replace jethro but train to be a k-9. he has a rigorous schedule. monday through friday, 8:00 to 3:00 until the end of april. about 12 weeks, maybe longer, it depends on the dog and handler. >> reporter: tuko will help track criminals and specialize in narcotics possession and seems the entire world is rooting for the duo. >> i think the whole story and the pictures and how sad everybody was and the affect that it had on the handler, on ryan. that. they don't see how dogs and handler are together as one. i think it got them. >> ready to go to work.

for the akron, canton area with that heavy rain likely. rain on wednesday. we'll go thursday one to four inches of snow transitioning during the rush, west to east. it will be tricky. some will be seeing rain and others west of 77 will get snow. thursday's morning rush, a mix. thursday afternoon's rush, a snowy mess. all right? lingering east of cleveland on friday. and then the weekend. you get another bonus weekend. 40s on saturday and 50s on sunday. >>> two men getting a big payoff after serving time in jail they didn't commit. we will have more on the new ruling that gives these two men millions. >>> a popular spot to grab a bite to east on clifton boulevard will be shutting its doors but not for good. coming up, all new at six, we will be hear from the owner about the clifton diner's future. >>> but first live on 5 returns saving discovery. >>> a rocky river mountain freshman was diagnosed with scoliosis, she couldn't imagine it would save her life. >> scoliosis can occur before results before surgery revealed she was a heart beat awa

akron-canton 4, sandusky 45. across the greater cleveland area, cooler with the lake breeze up against the shore there where lakewood is at 36. okay, the trend tonight will be dropping through the 30s outside of the downtown area. view model 30 degrees and 5 a.m. downtown. it will be warmer tomorrow. sunshine before it sets over downtown cleveland quiet tonight and tomorrow. there's the alert. tuesday night part of that storm across the midwest. it will be rain and wind for us. even perhaps a little bit of thunder before we dry out on wednesday. so the alert tomorrow night, it is a high risk of rain and thunder. after the evening commute. 40mile-an-hour wind gusts and heavy rain and hopefully will get the rain out in time for wednesday and more on the 7-day focus coming up in a bit. back to you. >> denise: thank you. the world health organization held an emergency meeting to deal with the growing fears of the zika virus. >> dan: that's the mosquito born virus suspected of causing in brazil we have this health ale

. >> busy night for fbi agents in canton removing boxes from the the law office of a state senator and the governor is now weighing in on the ethics investigation. >> new poll numbers in the race for president plus a key endorsement as we get closer to the candidates in several town halls. >> from the channel 4 studios in boston, this is wbz this morning. >> good morning to you. it's 4:30 i am kathryn hauser. >> i am chris mcginnon thursday we are so -- mckinnon. thursday february 18th. we are so close to the weekend. >> you know when you wake up and think it's friday. that happens to me every week. >> a little friday. and at least the weather is quiet a chilly start this morning. temperatures will be about 10 degrees colder this afternoon, too. compared to yesterday. 32 degrees in boston right now. dew points in the 20s and wind out of the west at 8 miles per hour creating a real feel. 25 degrees not too bad across the board. 25 in nashua. 27 in keene. 25 in worcester too and low to even middle 30s on the cape and islands. 30 in falmouth. 34 in chatham right now. we have scattered clo

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paul burton is live in canton for us tonight. paul. >> reporter: and david i can tell you canton police are issuing a strong warning to everyone here to be careful of downed trees and large branches. this has been a difficult week for people in the town dealing with the loss of two people and now another winter storm and this one people are taking very seriously. downed trees and falling branches have parents very nervous here in canton. and they are keeping a close watch on children. >> trying to stay in the front yard where we have less trees. and less limbs that could fall. >> reporter: canton is dealing with two fatal storm related tragedies from last week's heavy snowfall. 6-year-old kaley kenyon died a large limb fell on her while she was playing outside her >> we urge residents to be cognizant of overhead tree limbs and power lines because of the way the -- weight of the snow. >> reporter: the next day thomas gunning a 48-year-old father of throw was killed by a falling limb while in his backyard. >> the gentleman that pas

pam: another person struck by a falling tree limb in canton. what we are learning about the victim fighting for his life as that same community remembers a young child whose life was tragically cut short. reid: flames rip through a home in north andover killing a woman. the new information just coming in including the attempt by neighbors to save her life. pam: commitment 2016, the stage is set for the final gop debate before the new hampshire primary. what' sera: government baker taking a road trip to new hampshire. announcer: this is wcvb newscenter 5 at 5. reid: right now a canton man is fighting for his life after being hit by a fallen tree limb. pam: he is the second person severely hurt in a snow-related tree accident. six-year-old kayleigh kenyon was outside shoveling with her family when a tree branch fell and hit the kindergartner taking newscenter 5' s juli mcdonald is live in canton tonight. juli: when accidents like this happen, every second counts. the canton fire department was actually called to this neighborhood for smoke in a d

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in canton, christine mccarthy, fox 25 news. >> it's hard to imagine a warnings. as well. 15 to 30 miles per hour with some higher gusts. we do have a winter weather advisory with loo it to moderate snow expected. but down across the south shore and the cape and islands where we have that blizzard warning for heavy snow combined with northeasterly winds. that will be gusting a as high as 50 to 60 miles per hour. that is likely going to cause some near white-out conditions at time. san francisco where is our storm. here it is you can see it. pushing south of the region but already we're starting to see some of the northern edge of this system get closer to us. it has to overcome some dry air. i'm expecting to see the best chance of some showers but the clouds they're advancing. if you're travelling overnight but it's going to be the monday morning commute snow that we'll be talking about. so i'm expecting to see some rain and snow move on in quickly changing over to snow by 7:00 and advancing into the boston area for that morning commute. may be okay across parts o

upper 40s for akron and canton at 8:00 p.m. and then by 10:00 p.m., everyone will be teetering on the 40-degree mark. we will be cold for a little while. i'll tell you how long plus any forecast? coming up. >>> many schools here in north east ohio have not had any snow days this winter. students at field high school, they got the day off because of widespread illness. custodians and teachers spent the day cleaning and disinfecting the buildings and buses. yesterday 30% of the students were home sick with diarrhea or vomiting symptoms. but the first day for this school year. >> well i mean in the 18 years that i have been a bus driver to local schools, that's never happened before. amount. >> the high school will reopen tomorrow, but the students will have an excused absence if parents keep them home the rest of the week. >> the latest on what's happening with the presidential candidates, the republican field is getting smaller. rick santorum is expected to announce tonight that he'll be dropping out of the presidential race. in

akron and canton finally drying out a little bit. 33 in canton, 35 in akron. wooster at 33. there's mansfield at 33. we're going to watch this area here because our computer forecast models are suggesting that this area here could see an appreciable amount of snow between now and let's say midnight, 1:00 a.m., 2:00 a.m. we're watching for a band of snow to develop. right now it's just widely scattered. mansfield, wooster, millersburg two plus additional inches of snow in a hurry. we'll watch that carefully. notice akron and canton drying out. same for most of lorain. me dana, wooster, youngstown even, just a few isolated flurries and sprinkles there. that's the way it's going to be through the evening. so here's your evening planner. do you see a whole lot of temperature drop here? i don't, either. we've got some hit and miss your best chance at accumulating snows this evening and overnight will be lake and ashtabula and eastern cuyahoga county, a trace to an inch there. down towards mansfield, ashland, millersburg where you could see one to two inches, maybe even a little b

canton, dover, new philly, the highs in the middle 50s. a spread as the front bisects our region and going up to ohio and bring us the precip. tomorrow morning dry, cloudy but dry. the rain, 5:30 p.m. the afternoon rush looks wet and here is the wintery mix. the ice and sleet. this is freezing rain and sleet for sandusky and the islands we will watch that and it transitions to snow. tuesday night, lingering into wednesday. snowfall total not that impressive generally up to three inches in most spots by the time it is all said and done, not a major winter storm and the timing is everything. snowing for the morning commute on wednesday and that could slow things down. tonight 29 degrees. isolated early mix of rain and wet snow, shouldn't amount to much. 41 tomorrow. morning clouds, we got afternoon rain transitioning to snow, tomorrow evening. akron and canton should be dry, 30 tomorrow, mid-40s to mid-50s depending on how far south it sags. rain too. frank and lee. >>> thanks, mark. here is what is coming up. >>> the fda is taking action ag

right now our juli mcdonald is live in canton with the story. juli: he was described as a hockey guy, a well-known dad who was really involved in youth the store -- in youth sports. many knew him personally, which made last night' s efforts to save him even more heart-wrenching. >> to have deed of in one town is even more devastating. juli: families and friends in canton are heartbroken tonight grieving for 6-year-old kayleigh kenyon, struck and killed by a tree branch, and praying for thomas gunning, who remains in grave condition following a separate but similar accident. >> the tree limb was approximately 40-50 feet above him. he did not hear it and had no time to react. well-known through canton youth he was tending to his family' s back yard rink when that accident happened, just after 11 friday night. first responders told newscenter 5 they can' t wrap their minds around such terrible tragedies just 4 miles apart, the same night. >> it' s difficult to understand how and why these things happen. it' s so random. it' it' s hard to figure it

dan hausle live in canton with a look at what happened there, dan? >> reporter: a barrier blocks the street. it turns out for good reason. you can see one of the a close cl when that pole now a new one replaced an old one that came crashing down and sent that officer and another running. officer good and canton sargent paul look over the telephone paul and transformer that came crashing down too -- close for comfort. >> we heard the crack. we turned an rack. >> you looked. you started -- it's like slow motion then you got out of the way. >> reporter: both of you at the same time. >> exactly. >> reporter: the officers were on detail watching cleanup after the storm blue down huge trees in the neighborhood. brought down power lines and brought down two power poles with them. hours later with the officers photoaway a third power pole came down when workers removed a line holding it up. >> i heard them running and yelling and it came down. >> reporter: thank god the power was dead to it. because i don't know what

she was a mother of three and longtime canton firefighter. and dani carlson spoke with johnson's husband today. >> reporter: tonya johnson's husband randy johnson spoke about their whirlwind romance. they met, fell in love and got married and only had been married two weeks. he didn't want to talk on camera today but did talk to me over people to know that he loved his wife and explained what happened in the minutes before her death. >> i just wish every day, you know i could do it over and probably do something different to make the incident not happen. >> reporter: randy johnson was behind the wheel when police say his wife got out of the vehicle and crossed three lanes into a median and was you hit and opposite direction. >> we were talking and holding hands and gave no indication whatsoever. a lot of people for some reason think that me and my wife were fighting or couldn't handle each other. that was not the case. i never touched her and never put a hand on her. we had a newlywed little spat. >> akron police say the two were fighting bef

i-95 again closed in canton due to a bad accident we'll continue to follow this for you as the newscast continues. >> anchor: timing couldn't be worse for that. all right, breaking news now in the race for the white house, new jersey governor chris christie throwing his support behind donald trump in what some might call a stunning move. it comes a day after the billionaire real estate millionaire fended off attacks if marco rubio and ted cruz in the 10th republican debate. bc's steve handlesman has more for us . >>> the next president of the united states, donald trump! >> reporter: no warning, chris christie and donald trump just showed up together at fort worth. >>> america must have a strong leader again that can restore american jobs, that can restore trump is just the man to do it . >> reporter: trump can beat hilary clinton kristi said . >>> i think that this is the one endorsement that i felt very strongly about. i wanted to get . >> reporter: before he dropped out, kristi had battled trump. now the fight is for super tuesday . >>> i want texas to be truffle country on tuesday .

canton 36, worcester 35, mansfield, 36 . a fair sky. there are clouds out there, sunny, clouds high and thin and beautiful. this is february. i am not complaining, today's forecast, most areas, easily low 40s. some along the lake shore won't be that high. not as beautiful as yesterday. putting this on a graph, yesterday by lunchtime, spiking upper 50s. today there is no spike. we slightly flat lined, not quite. another good day, few in a row, today is not bad, monday cooler tuesday okay. next system wednesday, rain changes to snow. might break out the snow shovels by thursday. sorry about that. chance of snow and turn colder, spring, denise, not quite here yet. >> you can track the forecast downloading first alert forecast app. free and quick download from the app store. >>> donald trump may have won our governor kasich isn't too far behind. >> reporter: ohio's john kasich doing a whole lot better than plenty thought he would do especially since his campaign fund much smaller than two governors already out of the race, chris christie an

frightening moments early this morning as witnesses report what police say is a double homicide in canton. several shots fired on tenth northeast. two men in their 40s both found shot and killed when police arrived. no word on suspects. anyone with information is asked to call canton police. >>> radioactive material shipped from pennsylvania made its way to a scrap facility in stark and richland counties. the department of health tested in canton, mansfield and radiation levels were relatively low and materials properly disposed of. epa is investigating how the scrap became contaminated in the first place. >>> one of cleveland's premier events hits a milestone. we take you to the theater as they sell brat 50 years. >> cleveland is the birthplace of rock and roll, and tonight one of the premier spots in cleveland's rich history turns 50. the theater turns 50 today, and it's a celebration. when your favorite band comes to town, you singalong. the theater has been hosting your favorite bands now for 50 years. they opened the first concert in cleveland on february 27, 1966 in little italy. an

@is 57. @59. @5757 is the record in canton. @no problem. @you'll take care of that record @quickly. @53 is the record high for @today. @then the cold side of the storm @system starts to arrive @tonight. @a cold front moves by. @colder air begins to move @through and watch these @temperatures as we head into @thursday afternoon. @barely in the low 30s. @wind chills in the 20s. @holly, there will be snow in @the air as well. @>> that brings us to the window @nation 7-day forecast. @you can see for tomorrow we've @got lake effect snow, light @possibility in the snow belt. @we could end up with about an @inch on the ground and @temperatures, as greg @mentioned, is in the 30s. @with breezy conditions, feels @like the temperature is going @to be quite a dramatic change, @even though this is normal for @this time of year. @into the weekend, the weather @looks pretty quiet, overall, a @really nice first weekend of @february. @it does get colder as we get @into early next week, a little @more seasonal again with those @highs, mid to upper 30s and @s

akron-canton area between akron and canton, you have reduced visibility and band of snow moving through holmes county and around 2 inches of accumulation most spots. that wind is an issue as well. 2mile-an-hour wind in sandusky. we are gusting to 35 at burke lakefront airport 31 gusts ashtabula and this is all part of that big system. this is the snow by the way that came out of that blizzard they saw west of us yesterday. we got a piece of it. it will get cold enough tonight for a little lake-effect snow. i don't think it will get out of control. we don't have any advisories out for the lake-effect. we have temperatures right now around 30. and there's going to be a brief chunk of some arctic air that comes in by morning. here is 7:00 this evening. and can you see the banding off the lake by 10:00 this evening. it is a northwest wind. anybody is fair game for a few snow showers here and it looks like tomorrow morning some leftover snow showers or flurries. so it will be a lot better commute tomorrow morning. trace to three inches of the lake-effect and we will drop down to 20, north wi

medina and congress and wayne county in the wooster area and akron and canton. maybe more snow in the evening and overnight. i do expect a lot of this area to dry out as we get another trough east of greater cleveland. geauga and ashtabula county and lake snow advisories for lesser amounts of snow for lake and northern ashtabula county. mentor and paynesville and perry and ashtabula and the warning could dump 6 to 12- and jefferson. we will have to wait and see where the squalls will set up come to tomorrow. one to three inches generally. 28 akron to cleveland to mentor and ashtabula and 27 in mansville and a 29-degree reading with light snow and a west wind at 14 miles per hour. 85% humidity. the big old swirl from the alberta clipper. moving out and the artic cold allowing it to come in. the front comes in and brings in the cold emoji an increases by saturday and sunday with single digit highs and lows overnight and sunday morning below desire and wind chills down to 15 on valentine's morning. 23 and scattered snow generally one to three and a tiny bit more in

akron and canton. a quick inch of snow. 23 tomorrow and 27. one to see a quick view of the cold, frank and lee. let me show you the cold. 22 friday. 8 on saturday. valentine's day, a high of 15. >>> is that a zero? six. >>> new information about what happened in an officer-involved week. >>> plus the nfl is reportedly making changes to its >>> a new money scam this is a >>> all new at five crooks are using all kinds of ways to get money out of you and the justice system. consumer investigators jonathan walsh says you would think criminals would stay away from the courts but instead they are using them to their devious advantage. >> people started coming to jury rooms after getting threatening calls after missing jury duty. >> we have had two or three show up. >> jury coordinator brad sites says they were going to pay a fine or face arrest. >> this man got a chilly call. >> i'm sheriff whiler from the sheriff's department and i am for your arrest. >> jury coordinator sites says no one from sheriff's office is calling people, just another prepai

akron and canton the same story. lower middle 30s by 9 p.m. staying dry. the low and this thing gets going. and six to 12-inches of blizzard conditions around milwaukee and iowa. warm side for you and me. that means scattered rain showers and the front moves in and yes wednesday morning we have the potential for high winds out there. some wind gusts 30 to 40 miles per hour. what is next on the mild side? 50s tomorrow and probably wednesday. and staying windy tomorrow night and here is the weather alert. tuesday night into wednesday morning. for high winds and rain. winds are the main problems. 30 to 40 miles per hourguses and rain likely and power impacted maybe by wednesday morning. something we are watching carefully. 29 and cloudy skies and dry and chilly. let's show you tomorrow. 52. any complaints. dogs in the parking lot. what do you think? some late rain showers. back to lee and frank. >>> still ahead. tax season is upon us. that means tax scams are afoot. why the scams are expected to be worse. >>> coming up at six. incredible body cam

pwe are here at the canton fire pstation number 4. ptalking to those that knew her, pthey still can't believe she's pgone. p>> i love her, man. pi love her. p>> dani: her death just doesn't pmake sense for those who knew pand love tanya johnson. pit's too soon. p>> she touched so many lives. pshe was the most giving person pi've ever met. pand she made everyone around her pbetter. p>> dani: the mother of two boys pin her 20s and a teenage pdaughter was hit and killed pyesterday in akron. olice say she and her husband pof less than a month were in a pcar and got into an argument. pshe got out of the car, ran pacross three lanes of traffic, pclimbed over a median and was phit and killed by a truck going pthe opposite direction. pjohnson was pronounced dead at pthe scene. olice say her husband stayed on pthe scene and the investigation pis ongoing. p>> she was beautiful. pshe was elegant. pshe was intelligent. pbell went off, she gave you 150% pand you were glad that tanya pjohnson was around. pabsolutely. p>> dani: and now just within p

ann canton this noon -- in canton this afternoon, kelly o'hare , a 7news. >>> police are on the scene of a deadly accident in the parking lot of the bernie and phil's headquarters. dan is live in norten with the details. >> well, the tragic accident happened here at the headquarters of bernie and phil's, a popular furniture store behind me. you can see some police and reconstruction crews here on the scene. if we look from sky 7 hd, you can see where it happened in the parking lot near where the the trucks load up furniture in the the back here. police telling me that a long-time worker, 63 years old, was in that parking lot, something or do something on the ground there. a contract worker driving a bernie and phil truck was involved in backing up to a loading ramp. may have been moving forward or backward involving kind of a 3-point turn. in some way he came in contact with the worker, crouching down. that worker is now dead. the coworkers tell us that he was a good guy who had worked here a long time. one employee been here 15 years, said that the coworker had been here much longer

. >> traffic is moving just fine here on interstate 77 near canton. it took odot hours this morning to get it all cleaned up. this report was more than 100 trucks working around their area that includes summit and stark counties. others worked to treat the mess in massileon in downtown canton and reported multiple disabled vehicles and several accidents throughout the morning. shovels and plows necessary at the pro football hall of fame. one man started working at midnight to make sure the sidewalks and parking lots were clear for tourists. >> and that is good for him and for us, too. fame closes at 5 this evening. newschannel 5. sarah. >>> stay up to date on winter weather alerts with the news net 5 app and download it to check out the power of 5 live interactive radar and get an hour-by-hour web forecast for your neighborhood. >>> and happening right now, crews are on the scene of a water main break in akron, euclid avenue, it was a four- inch pipe that burst this morning. and that left a huge hole in the road. a dozen roads in this area of akron an