The rain is facing a serious fiscal emergency in under a tight deadline to balance their budget however police and firefighters tonight say they feel like they were targeted without any discussion or warning. To the first people called in a crisis but also at the top of the list for budget cuts proposed by mayor chase ridenhours administration in the rain the chief already cut 750,000 from his budget creating dangerous situations as local flp president kyle salinas weve had increase in shootings in the city and our heroin epidemic is out of control at the same time the city is taking a big economic hit losing hundreds of fuel industry jobs in need about three and a half Million Dollars to balance the budget by march 301 as mandated by the state are look at her as we do largely to move the needle to get this college at balance demonstration suggested having police and firefighters retire at age 57 with or without a pension ordinances that were taken off the agenda for Mondays Council meeting after backlash from safety workers who showed up in force my lease on the retirement age its discriminative its discriminative marine Firefighters Union president can shopper says theyre willing to work with the city if they work with them in a has to start with administration the mayor says that was only one idea and that they are open to others some Council Members at say theyll keep say theyll keep trying until the clock runs out. And we start new we look at all of the ordinances regarding wages and pay ranges and we are right size of them to the current Economic Conditions and put in the cities city and safety in jeopardy is not the best way so again the deadline is march 301 tonight because the ordinances were taken off the table dave and present them although there was a lot of discussion about the no Public Comment however on wednesday there is a Committee Hearing where people the public they can come out and voice their concerns and their opinions at 530 wednesday night march 301 the deadline to find three and a half Million Dollars approximately to balance the budget in the rain without tax increases which a lot of people are unhappy about anymore a lot of cities in ohio basing this kind of crisis. Absolutely a lot of money got a find it somewhere Suzanne Stratford line in the rain tonight in other news tonight thousands of teachers in a local School District will be out of a job before the next school year administrators blame declining enrollment for the cuts in the Cleveland HeightsUniversity HighSchool DistrictKevin Freeman with details in reaction to this announcement 52 positions it will because saving the district about Teachers Union said they has been aware of layoffs were in the works but didnt think they would be the steep. Teachers at rally before the start of school at Cleveland Heights high School Monday morning protesting a plan to cut 52 positions up by the 2016 dash 2017 school year these photos were taken by teachers Union President ari klein who teaches math at the school and has a child who is a senior we need to get out what we think is important and whats good for kids and that weve invested in teachers that have come to our district and really want to be here and love our district and love our kids and id hate to see that investment lost. They range from kindergarten teachers Elementary Teachers secondary High School Teachers and administrators and were making an effort to make sure that our quality of education will not be disrupted cleveland superintendent doctor teresa dixon said the cuts are needed to make up her declining enrollment she says that since 2007 the district has lost about 900 students and expects a hundred more to lead over continue to see our enrollment decline and not making those are operating effectively were operating effectively and efficiently moving forward we probably have lost about 50 members over the same period of time over the last same period of time i feel like weve already done a little bit of this refining administrators say they expect average classroom sizes to increase from about 14 dash 22 students per room you may see in some of our classes at three or four more students and their High School Classrooms you may see a consolidation of some classes for example french at three and four may be taught together we wanted to get individualized attention to give individualized attention that making it a little bit higher will certainly impact our teachers and our kids now the Teachers Union says that they would rather see the district a scaledback staff over a two or three year period and make cuts through attrition by not telling vacant positions at the Cleveland HeightsUniversity Heights board of education will begin percent during the proposed layoffs at its meeting on april 5. An investigation is now underway and a community and morning after a stark county man died inside the tank timken steel plant in canton they served as a Police Officer or firefighter in several local communities that right with more. A tribute to kenny ray junior outside the Atwater Fire Department where he lived and served i think were all just in shock right now where the family here so its devastating loss his gear now draped in a flag that just dont think it was something fallen brother ray was working for a fire technician at timken steel fircrest in canton sunday investigators say he been inspecting fire extinguishers with a coworker found him dead in a control room lucius is a deadly level of nitrogen used in the plant somehow seeped into that room. Osha tells us the company and fire officials found oxygen levels in the area where ray died so low that rapid suffocation can occur osha investigators are insuring the area safe for other workers and pointing to timken steels lengthy record less than a year ago osha cited the company for another nitrogen exposure incident at the same plant and in october placed the company in a program for severe violators after several problems at other plants including amputation the company says its quote working with officials in their investigation and mourning the always so full of energy and almost infectious to be around that she wouldnt she wouldnt want to be around him in the knowledge that he brought here was phenomenal for on a day they wouldve celebrated two years of marriage his wife instead planned his funeral. Its devastating such a tragedy missing him already he was a great guy like this that can say a second say anything good about them. Now an autopsy was scheduled for tonight his funeral was planned for saturday in accra and his wife releasing a statement saying in part the family is deeply saddened and kenny will be missed new details are emerging about a murder suicide involving a hudson couple that stunned their friends and neighbors Hudson Police were called to a home a teenage boy discovered the bodies of his mother and father inside investigators say 42 yearold Christy Kennedy bice was shot to death by her estranged husband 53 yearold steven by sue dent took his own life couple had recently separated family members say stephen was arrested in january for Domestic Violence and his wife asked for and received a protection order i know my sister felt trapped and on others about of other victims that feel trapped and they feel like they have nobody i think we as the state of ohio can do more to try to help the victims in try to let them know that they have outlets and maybe do better on keeping track of the suspects family members are trying to make arrangements to take care of the three boys citizens grew up for sending a large message to Cleveland City leaders that they are concerned about the amount of military style equipment being purchased for the Republican National convention this summer the what are they worried about the city can spend about 20 million on the safety and surveillance equipment for the rnc in july they want to make sure the rights of individuals protest on in some way violated their calling on the city to release a list of equipment being purchased to the convention is being ordered they want input they want the city council to pass resolutions to in resolution to end their words demilitarize the city their calling for transparency and public input citing the Consent Decree with the department of justice that ensures its citizens are kept in the loop with the activities of the Police Department the Public Consultation is critical because the purchase and possible misuse of militarized weaponry and surveillance equipment may undermine Public Health and safety may lead to violations of the Constitutional Rights of the people and may further damage the relationship between the public equivalent provision of now drafted a letter that spring sent to the mayor and City Council Mayor and city council the Police Commission and others they say they havent been consulted yet but the convention as we know is just four months away a story we will follow thank you new at 10 Cleveland City council has passed a balanced budget for 2016 council tonight voted to approve a 566 million spending plan within a reduction in City Services and however members did note that cost will be on the rise especially those associated with the Consent Decree negotiated with the federal government as a result council has introduced legislation to put a half percent income tax increase on the ballot still to come out 10 climbing temperatures less is up next to let us know how warm it will get this week while the moments on the water what it took for a local firefighter to save lives of mcgarrys fraud caught on tape why it was cheating the system hopping mad. Gloves furry gloves come off inside of a mall what prompted an easter bunny to brawl with shoppers plus meet dog didnt see a regular pooch the story of a will come back to fox acres at 10 00 oclock on this monday evening temperatures were on the cold side today with highs below the norm current terms already cold were falling to the 30s its 33 hopkins right now still some 40s in toledo and finley along 75 otherwise we look it whens the winds have begun to lighten up think goodness it was quite a factor in terms of the windchill although right now most of us felt like we are right around 30 in some spots as cold as the upper 20s like hopkins it feels like 27 when youre out and about it feels a winter like kind of feeling although its the second day of spring to give broader perspective some a broader perspective some lake enhanced snow occurring upstate new york some of the locals give resorts High Pressure will try to stay off the front to our north end to the north is where there are winter storm watches with a front will be located partly to mostly cloudy to the day tomorrow the french and stay far enough north were clouds north but if you notice the quick shower and the blip in the screen tomorrow evening brings about a slight chance across the Northern Counties of a brief morning middle to upper 50s tomorrow warmer south we do have the 60s wednesday into thursday best chance of rain for all of us a call from during the day thursday temperatures fall rapidly behind that front where there could be left over rain and or snow showers early friday before responding and then relisting the temperatures into the 50degree mark the first half of easter weekend the eight day is a day is coming up in just a few minutes. s 60s sound nice not bad at all still to come tonight the push to keep guns off the streets the it breaks down a stricter new policy what it means for local prosecutors handling gun cases the wild joy ride gives away to a police chase what it took to stop a child in a stolen cement truck later in sports are g3 how serious is this will have the latest on that plus out the cute cavaliers history in cuba today is president obama becomes the first is sitting president and 88 years to visit that country the president says the two governments still have serious differences but believe they are capable of having a constructive dialogue to differences center on issues human rights and democracy today as a new day in relations what i have said to president castro is that we are moving forward and not looking backwards that we dont to view cuba as a threat to the United States. Cuban president raul castro did call on the United States to panama bay return atlanta cuba four of the five remaining president ial candidates spoke to the same audience tonight everyone except to Bernie Sanders addressed to the nations top proisrael group in the nations capitol Hillary Clinton pledged to maintain israel as a military edge over its neighbors she also took some shots at republican front runner donald trump. We need steady hands and not a president who says he is neutral on monday pro israel on tuesday and who knows what president like a secondclass citizen will end on day one Ohio Governor john kasich also pledged from support for israel shocking twist in the deaths of two Young Children in texas the daughters of internationally known were found slain in their beds thursday and tonight the musicians estranged wife is accused of killing them and investigators say the mother was in an extreme state of distress when they responded to the home she is hospitalized for Mental Health evaluation theory has a warning even more money to pro wrestler hulk hogan today the panel adding another 25 million to the 115 mehsuds gawker media for violating the privacy by posting a snippet of a sex tape companys president says if she is confident the new site will win the case on appeal the fbi may no longer need apples i found a Court Hearing set for tomorrow has been postponed at the fed to request investigators had asked the judge to order apple to help unlock a phone used by one of the San Bernardino attackers l prosecutors say an outside party has shown the fbi a possible method for accessing the found still to come and a few minutes it was a drug ring like authorities had never seen before now in northeast ohio women responsible for distributing thousands of illegal narcotics learn her fate learn what she had to save for herself and if he was working to get the it was one of the most sophisticated Prescription Drug rings police have ever seen now the woman behind it is heading to prison peggy gallant has more. He may may be a person normally not 41 yearold Heather Mitchell cried as she stood in front of the judge monday for sentencing on numerous charges including engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity and trafficking in this deception to obtain a dangerous drug. The tenant pled guilty and engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity. Own addiction that led her to organize what prosecutors say was one of the most sophisticated fraudulent Prescription Drug schemes that they have ever handled ive never heard nobody or anything like that is just a drug and once again im sorry to chill was sentenced to 211 years in prison prosecutors say mitchell had several codefendants as i hope to of that helped her illegally obtain Prescription Drugs she knew exactly which pharmacies to go to and she would have about three cell phones on during the time his people will fill prescriptions they fraudulent Prescription Drug ring spanned over several counties in northeast ohio and operated for more than a year the prosecutors say the scheme caused more than 5,000 narcotic pills to be illegally distributed throughout the area this is one of the most sophisticated cases that is level of munich beer ration by Heather Mitchell as well as the amount of people that were involved. Still to come tonight scary moments out on the water find out how a quick thinking firefighters save the lives of lake erie fisherman plus its the carryon items at a flight big changes in an effort to keep guns off the street the fox ait and details the stricter limits and what they mean for criminals. Its not your typical dog track meet the pooch who got major talent with the longer the news at 10 continues right now. For criminals who use a gun to commit crimes stand a lot better chance of serving prison time the fox ai team has uncovered a new policy at the Cuyahoga CountyProsecutors Office at galaxy is you gallup shows you what it means. Suddenly now a much better chance to get locked up for a gun crime last september the it and found many convicts in Cuyahoga County got probation for some gun crim