Mph. Gu will be partly sunny midday the more light snowfall for everybody though much break breaks in between the systems iraq will be outside russia have to come in the clipper system pass through this morning giving everybody a few inches of snowfall. Ss also causing problems on the roadways, Roosevelt Leftwich joins joins us but i look at tricky conditions j. Talked about the wind, there are also some light flurries, on 528. Om you can see where the wind is gusting snow over the place. It has just been like this pretty much all day, the further east the more snowfall and for many people the roads were very slippery this morning during rush hour. On a snowy day, although they tow Truck Drivers and the police know there are some spots on 271 where the vehicles does seem two spinout and bad weather come on the express lanes express lanes near Mayfield Road is one of them,. Takes a few minutes to get everything hooked up and situated to get the traffic slowdown. 8track nonstop on a dime on during rush hour today that suv that darted in front of the truck portion into a ditch,. Is just a couple of hours, no big deal, they kept it up right and nobody got hurt hispanic but every rank slows things down, fender benders all morning if you can get out of your driveway on the road. Oror with the wind off of the lake , the eastlake neighborhood has drifted several inches high, pointed out by hand is down hired a plow service pack i can shovel, and, and why get a snow plow because i can have all of this fun and not pay and will be that bad in northeast ohio. Lane road looking good, a lot of the side street in many of the Eastern Suburbs are still snowcovered, si they have not talked to them, people still people still want to look good. Or salon is busy around but it does get slow in january and february. This is probably not a good hair day. We can make it a good hair day. Just off the highway on 528 in madison village. They have done a good job of plowing it was there was a lot more snowfall out here thenas closer to cleveland, they have managed to keep it clear, the side streets are still snowcovered, a lot of people have been shoveling. You will get back on the highway,. Were going to go down 84 and get back on the highwaywn to give snowfall was falling off your. For people including two children dead after a house explodeses p and then bursting into flames and thick there were questions about not only because the cause of the fire but nobody else managed tout get out alive. Dave nethers has been asking questions and joins us. These are troubling questions , and in Northfield Center, there is not much left of the house behind me after the fire and explosion yesterday,of killing a couple and two children, and no explanation for anything. Into to the front of the house, andnd it was that loud explosion. 8 30 p. M. Monday, Northfield Center firefighters called to theay house explosion on sky haven dr. In the heard the explosion within minutes the house was described as a massive fireball. Near the fireplace that was burning and burning andnd so my day seem like they couldnt get it out. It was the biggest house fire that i have encountered in my 25 years. Bb they say that inside the house they found the bodies of cindy and geoff mather in two children on the first floor. He was near the patio door inside the house thats where we found him, thet mother was with the two children, the girls and she was hovering over them to children kind of like she was protecting them. Investigators with the state sifting through the door very on tuesday looking for clues the gas companyor workers were in the neighborhood but firefighters were leaning away from a gas explosion. The fire chief says that the fire appears to have started in the center of the house on the firstfloor. Ve what is in the center of the house on the first floor. Ce the hallway stairway entrance to the kitchen and living room. Whenever says that he helped to kick have to kick in the front door and got into the house following the explosion. Edo iran and their confidence contents and the dog came running out. N and then i went around to the kitchen at. Part of the vestry is how nobody insideis was able to get out. That is the puzzle, the answer is in their area in the looking at the mother was hovering over t protect them from what appeared. And why did they just not get out of that house. Three fire marshals working on this fire chief says that they are the best in the state. They will find some answers along with the Summit County sheriffs department. They dont the balance of got lots of work to do. T how long might it take for them to get to the bottom of this . I dont think there is any formula,do in this case, they want to make sure that they have everything done. Speculating on anything. Laphonso remembered the family of four killed inin the explosion is matt wright spent the day with those who knew them and is therefore filled with what he has learned. Em they are morning remembering the poor people who died. Described as a great family and her essay mob for the neighborhood. The senator grieving the loss of a special womanna also a Founding Member of the rock County Church in Garfield Heights said that he was a deacon or 13 years and she taught sunday school. They say that the tenyearold was homeschooled and a girl who lives in a second grade at northfield elementary, the school brought in extra deal with the loss of. Tell parents to hug your kids , this is unspeakable and i met with the staff this morning to talk to them to prepare for the day. I the church also said that they touch many lives and will be deeply missed,at the sentiment that is shared by many people we spoke to in. For the First Time Since canton k9 officer jethro died his partner speaks out, we sat down with him today. Peggy gallek joins us with his storied. Has not slept much since his partnericsa jethro died sunday after being shot by a suspect he says to his partner and friend. Got a phone call from nypd is going to send they going to send over three handlers,s, toledo called for going to send guys. Eastern time today with for the moral service,me he was shot during a shoot out the suspect saturday, the suspect fired several shots at officers ff was also shot in his recovery he davis said he believed that the 3yearold German Shepherd saved his life, jethro had been working on a the force for about a year,enen davis says that he feels a piece of him is now gone. To teach you that this can happen, that they are there for you. Th to sacrifice for you if need be, but it does not make it any easier,bu it hurts, i would gladly gladly take his place if i could. This is our Memorial Cemetery , he will be here in this cemetery of honor. Y the service will be held thursday at the Canton Civic Center civic center the suspect facing charges including shooting of of a police dog and felonious assault back austin davis said that he spent all day home with jethro and they go j they go to work with him, so he was with themgo 24 hours a dayit, and he believes that he sent his life, that makes it even more difficult. Police have arrested a suspect for the beating ofl a priest in little italy. The 20yearold, along with two others pistol whipped the priest as he walked 120th and Mayfield Road. The person who came to his assistance was also robbed, was arrested on harvard avenue this afternoon rest for the death of a 3yearold child, they revealed a new suspect he is joining us whathe have you learned . Us the second suspect in the death of major howard, was arrested not long after the 19 foundd police took out a warrant, major howard was shot and killed in september on east 113th for fonts that are looking for Donnell Lindsey call him the prime suspect but cannot find them, this morning he the 19 found award for a second man and investigators have arrested Aaron JenningsCourt Records show that he was was with him and fired shots at the boy and others, the police have not said the child was actually a target. Ot tonight, he is locked up the lindseyy coming up at 5 00 p. M. What know about the man arrested. Purely white out conditions three hours ago, it came in to lorain, Ashtabula County around 1 00 p. M. Then began to subside. The focal point will be mailing for the snowbelt. But the advisory in effect until 8 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning and just posted, Seneca County wyandot in Crawford County under windchill advisory. From about 8 00 p. M. Tonight or tomorrow between five and 15 below zero. Lake effect snow also lake erie and lake michiganke with some serious snowfall across michigan. And then watching snowflakes here, this is the next clipper between 30 and 45we lakefront. 18 degrees cleveland, and take a look at these windchills. It is one in cleveland. Symantec estimates will be around. But tomorrow, more clipper snow farmers then after dinner that they continues until early thursday for that tapers off. Single digits night the wind chill is going to hurt with additional two were inches of lakedriven snowfall in the snowbelt with four 8 inches trumbull county. In the teens tomorrow, thats all i clipper snow in the midday thursday it still looks like a restaurant on thursday friday and then back down to the cold temperatures for the weekend and beginning next week. Fox 8 the official School Closing station with closings and delays onair, online. 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Nd three. 3 inches in of snow in hinckley, shaker heights. Now were really watching that lake effects advisory in effect until 8 00 windchills of two minus 15, with a snow bands that will continue to be persistent temperatures in the teens the land, with windchills minus three at wooster. Snowbands will come to a halt tomorrow morning and then p. M. With a general lifestylele. It will will be in the teens tomorrow, and then we get a moderating trendh coming up. This time of year, many people want to get outside of the concern is the theme snow temperatures and Road Conditions are a concern back Roosevelt Leftwich has been driving around to check out the conditions. They done a good job of clearing the roads on i90 are westbound just passed 306 we saw them doing some cleanup and got the road now theyre clearing the shoulder. In anticipation of more snowfall coming. You can see some light flurries out here off broadway. You got to watch out for these little wind gusts. No. You can get a big powder puff of snowfall. You can say some see some of the heavier the city, it is still only 430, weve seen a couple of accidents onve i90 theyve been trying to get them off the road. En because rush hour isen going to be increasing. The roads look pretty clear, it is cold you can always have a icy spots so if you are on the road drive carefully. Thank you Roosevelt Leftwich. Pawn shop with a icy spots, this time of year it is difficult for the homeless on the street,yis on crediting the police with a difficult time. Jack shea spoke with the with the story. He is grateful for the helping hand given by thee Cleveland Police officers. 57yearold glenn klein is a fixture in the cleveland west nd 117th neighborhood despite trouble he is know known for sharing a laugh and smile as he makes his rounds tog their east neighborhood business to keep warm. He says hes been homeless for many years and feels unsafe in thehe city shelters. I dont go into those. On saturday received a complaint call from an apartment buildingp on cliff to. That but that a person that isis sleeping in the hallway, the build it entranceway. They say that when the officers arrived, they estimate they asked what they could do to authority all authority. A treat them them good and and they shallod be. Meet. Is that what ill be officers , m a 17 year veteran was so worried about him that he gave himn his own shoes and then asked for permission to go home to get another pair shoes to finish his shift. The patrol did not look what anybody to know about his act of kindness but his fellow officers spread the word. User thats not why he did it come that is just two years, and theat men and women in the departments. W and he bestowed upon the up glenn kline a sense of dignity. But it is called, officers on for people like him, usually offered to take them to a shelter or hospital but as you heard he said he will not go to the shelter. A bus driver is called a hero after an angry man gets on the board the bus of students were on board she drives a bus with a bedford district on wednesday a car pulled up beside it and the man behind the wheel claim that she hit his car. Demanding that she get off the bus. You can see the exchange happening when she did not key and a passenger on the bus to confront her, the men continued to yell profanities at the driver while five middle School Students were still on board. I put my arm across the state back and i dont want him back by my kids. He got on the bus and blew my arm out of the way andle proceeded to sit down and. The Police Arrived and arrested 20yearold Jeremy Larkin and aerial call both facing charges of trespassing and disorderly conduct. Homeowners hope to strike it rich with the rnc, just a few months away, many people are offering their homes for rent but att astronomical prices, Jennifer Jordan joins us with the details. Hotels already are booked to downtown downtown are renting out there homes, townhomes and condos for convention goers to the tune of thousands of dollars above the normal rate. V the would think that the rental prices would be more affordableou but think again back in the Eastern Suburbs you can find several properties rented exclusively for the rnc in july. Ndr this property on zillow listing the seven bedroom, my Bathroom Home on the limbo trail in solon for 70,000 per month the price based on the amount of people ande the mountains where footage and Comparable Properties in Tampa Florida were the last rnc was held in 2012 also found the neighboring homes for the, 85,000 closer to downtown, and bratenahl written rented for 50,000 to say that it commerce is is not bad if there are some people who wants to pay that for a week or one monthif thats not bad, but being practical, you find that most individuals want to be closer to the downtown action andwa if theyre looking for a rental, it would not be in that area so far away. Solon is about 21 miles east of cleveland, for the lastminute convention goers who may not be that big of a deal but the price tag may have been doing a double take. Final state of Union Address tonight, say that he is aiming for a nontraditional stage, it of policy and more about getting an optimistic tone for the country. Is expected to call for action on Climate Change and expand the Affordable Care act. On you can see the speech here on fox 8 tonight aty 9 00 p. M. And a lot of liquor from groundfox that is Cherry Street in chardon. It is covered in snow. Snowdays came in fun in front and back yards and parks and your sharing pictures of the winter fun, within some brothers in grafton, their attention and for the first time, get used living in northeast ohio. The charts tell that this dog is hating or loving the snow, coming it looks like shes playing hide and seekl in her first snow in strongsville. The fourlegged friends, love us today, and are frolicking in the backyard in lakewood. The field if you have a picture of yourself or family or your pets enjoy the winter weather, send it to us at fox 8. Com, we will add them to the gallery and maybe even show them on the air during fox 8 news core clock this is the around 1 00 p. M. The reduced visibility about one , 130 and then it got almost looking. Lake effect snow fu