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WJW Fox 8 News At 6PM September 3, 2016

Cleveland police have made a major drug bust on the citys east side. Welcome to fox 8 news at 6 00, im jennifer jordan. Bill sheil has the night off. Lets get right to fox 8 Allison Brown who is live along st. Clair avenue where officers have been on the scene all day. Allison, what do we know at this hour . Ay jennifer, this happened early this morning in this big lot behind the warehouse. Its in the 17,000 block of st. Clair. Dozens of kilos of cocaine were seized according to officialszen a large truck behind this building. The fox 8 i team found out the Cleveland Fire Department was called out this morning to break a container that was believed oo be the letting illegal narcotics. This is son pair shea property. He said hes received a call early a about the bust this morningt and its an Industrial Complex were trucks come and go however, all vehicles are legitimate and there is a paper trail, according to this owner. Craig christ says the box trailer in question was not here last night. Christ says someone mustve told someone else about the property for the wrong reason. He is disappointed. They believe someone told him. To get to the back of this yard and find it and park, you had to know it was here. Im sure they will be investigatingaows who involved. Christ also says at night there are many lights as you can see. Just one streetlight outse here and we are along the Railroad Tracks as well. He really said this is a prime spot to do Something Like this, howeverly i it obviously did nod well and he hopes nothing like this happens again. He isis been in the syria for se years. Allison, still no arrests or how many people might be anything at this point . Right jennifer, at this point we have not had any confirmation from Cleveland Police when it comes to the number of suspects here c or what the potential charges could be. A story we will be following. Allison brown my for us this evening, thank you. Allison will have more on the story tonight at 10 00on, and as always you can find the latest Information Online at fox8. Com. N turning now to weather and its a picture perfect start to the Holiday Weekend. A live fox 8 studios and as you can see, nothing but blue skies along the lake shore, where the afternoon session of the Cleveland National air show, jut wrapping up. So what can we expect if we have outdoor plans tonight and tomorrow . Xp jenn harcher is in the front yard with the first look at the forecast. Fo a Beautiful Day jen. It is gorgeous. A little bit of a breeze along the lake and for those thatle wanted to watch the air show from a boat a little bit of a the forecast is absolutely gorgeous and lots of sunshine expected. Low humidity and this will continue allll the way through your Holiday Weekend for the remainder of the evening looks like this. No problem to have ae Backyard Barbecue or bonfire. 68 degrees and clear and comfortable at 9 00. We are cooling off at 11 00 at 65 degrees paired right now we are at 75 degrees. Seventys across the board except for New Philadelphia at 81 degrees. We of a breeze out of the north and east and those winds will go out of the south tomorrow. Now as far as our sky goes you look up and you do not see a cloud around. Very low humidity and no clouds across the region for that matter. That will be the casese for the a perfect Holiday Weekend continues. Next week we do have a little bit of a warmup. H h so if youre not a fan of the comfortable temperatures we do have the humidity coming up and another rise here with temperatures in the upper 80s. Wererese do a little bit of a y spell. We are in a moderate drought in some spots. A i will in on the reigning p eightday forecast and a little bit. Perfect reminderd that summer is not over. Exactly, its not. While the weather is perfect here on the north coast, the seen as much different along the east coast. Where the former hurricane hermine is bringing strong winds and heavy rain to parts of the carolinas. Mary maloney with the latest. Down trees, damaged roads and we had to empty to toy bins and a garbage can in the kitchen probably seven or eight times during the night. We still had about 3 inches of water on the floor because we couldnt do it fast enough. Much of floridas panhandle continues to recover from the destruction hurricane f hermine left behind. More than 300,000 floridians experienced power loss. The top concern of residents have met with this regaining power to homes and businesses so they can begin the recovery processin. And though its no hurricane, hermine isnt done yet. Rough seas, high winds, and strong storm surgege threaten te coastline from South Carolina to as far north as connecticut. T. Some computer models show the storm could stall offshore, gained strength, then slammed back into the eastern seaboard. Not s only will the immediate coastline be a dangerous place in the middle oll atlantic in te northeast this weekend but some distance inland because of the sizeheth of this system. Carolinas have already lost power. He further north city officials are taking every precaution. We can sayer we learned some very powerful and painful lessons from sandy and weve made a number of changes to the way we prepare for this kind of situation. The mayor of new york says no swimming will be allowed at the beaches sunday. And a new jersey, Atlantic City officials, canceled two outdoor concerts. Mary maloney reporting. While hermine was roaring offshore powerful earthquake were shaking the central plains. This Surveillance Video capturing the moment a 5. 6 magnitude quake shook northeastern oklahoma. The tremor wasno center near th town of bonnie, about an hour outside tulsa. The Us Geological survey also recorded at least sixx significant aftershocks, the strongest wasf measured at 3. 6 n the richter scale. The quake, which people reported wisconsin and minnesota, caused some significant damage in and around poni. Earthquakes are nothing new and the sooner state. There were more than 900 magnitude three or greater tremors last year, but the mayor of poni says this one was much different. It was a sustained quaking. It lasted a long time and was something that, you had your presence of mind to check on children and didh things like that. It was nothing like, we have been having a lot of earthquakes of the past couple of years. Most of those have just been single tremors. You feel it and its gone. E this continued and it was very alarming for those of us who were used to this sort of thing. One man did suffer a minor head injurya when part of a fireplace fell ont top of him. He was treated and released. After the quake, oklahoma officials ordered dozens of wastewater disposal wells to drilling and tracking, have been linked to the sudden increase of tremors in the sooner state. Members of the Community Come together to clean up the memorial dedicated to the victims of anthony so well. In 2013 the city of cleveland and several other organizations unveiled plans for the park on the imperial avenue lot where the bodies of 11 women were found. However, Community Members say the memorial had fallen into disrepair victims and their families came together to clean up the memorialv, something one activit says other leaders have failed to do. What we did in three hours come the city of cleveland cannot do in seven whole years. Im not saying that out of vanity, im saying it because we are accountable to our own community. Ty those taking part in the cleanup say several local landscapers donated time to help we are counting down the last few days at a popular summer getaway, wild water kingdom will close for good on labor day. The water parks Parent Company cedar fairpa announcing last moh that it wouldas close for good t the end of the summer season. Cedar fair, which also owns cedar point and kings island purchased the property back in 2004c and eventually closed both the former sea world and geauga water kingdom remained open. The land could be used for future retails or housing developments. Talk about a wild ride. There were plenty of them at this yearsa Cleveland National air show. Fox 8 Lorrie Taylor says every minute was a show, in and of itself. She joins us with a look at what the rest of the Labor Day Weekend has in store at burke lakefront airport. Love this time of year. Called an aviation theme park. There is plenty to see and do, whether your interest is in military, commercial or vintage aircraft. The 2016 Cleveland National air showow has something for everyo. Its amazing, really amazing. Its family time for us, good time to spend the day together. Being able to go into things you wouldnt normally be able to go into. Whethero. You are love of aviation leans toward the militaryyo or toward the world of Crime Fighting superheroes, you will find it at burke lakefront airport between now and the end of labor day. This is our airspeed indicator that tells you how fast you are going. Its were 16 yearold peter immerse himself in all things aviation since his dad first brought into the air show three years ago. I was amazed. I couldnt believe, like the blueik angels, i couldnt beliee how precise they were, how, it was just insane. Since thenin he has learned o fly a plane. Another year and he will be old enough to take the test for his private pilots license. They are doingo a flip right now. T until then, he will continue to share his passion for planes with otherse as a member of civil air patrol. Your gear coming down . Im no aviation aficionado, however when im in join the airshow foodcourt, my heart is soaring. Maybe not the same way it does for Robert Morton was been coming tow the show since he was a teenager its just a great place to be. Or for ten yearold evan who will no doubt be coming back long after his teenage years are over. Its just really fun. But like i said, at the there is something for everyone. As many as 70100,000 people turn out for the airshow every year. Together they spend more than 7 million here in cleveland over the Labor Day Weekend. Anyone with bike more information, go to fox8. Com. Driving into work this afternoon and you look to the skies and there isd the show. You just have to Pay Attention to great exciting show every year. The browns open the 2016 season one week from tomorrow. But before coach hugh jackson and companies are preparing to playn the eagles, they have to make their final cuts this afternoon and a couple of big namese will not make the trip o philadelphia. Fox 8 sports anchor p. J. Zigler joinss us with the details. More changes. More changes and it looks like some of the guysys that wee staple heree in town are no officially given up on is the 2014 nfl draft, two picks are no longer with the team after they were traded away the eighth overall pick Justin Gilberter today. Gilbert was traded to the steelers in exchange for a 2,186th round pick. Gilbert appeared in 23 games with threes starts. He had 33 tackles, one interception and one defensive touchdown. The other firstround pick in 2014 was Johnny Manziel who the browns cut back in march. Oh so the browns now own philadelphias 2017 firstround pick, tennesseesw 2,172nd round pick, new englands 2017 fifthround pick, philadelphias 2,182nd round pick,ad carolinas 2,184th round pick and pittsburghs 2,186th round pick. The browns completed their roster cut down today and we will tell you who is staying and who is going coming up later in sports. Plus, the browns added a player bowl champ headed to cleveland in just a few minutes. Cant wait to hear who that is. Still ahead tonight, election day is just over two months away. Before Hillary Clinton returns to northeast ohio on monday, donald trump started his Holiday Weekend up north in detroit. See how he isin trying to win or some key w minority voters. Plus, ohio is at the heart of a controversial homecoming. See who is waiting for a convicted rapist returned to the buckeye a parents are asking police for help. Plus, policeh trying to clean up the streets, actually make a bigger mess. Why one officer just issued a ticket to a two yearold girl. Jen . He really couldnt complain about the weather this we can peer the forecast holding out w and lots of sunshine and temperatures really nice. I will have the rest of your Labor Day Weekend forecast we all know what donald trump has said about women. So how can rob portman still support him . Like overturning roe v. Wade. And defunding planned parenthood. And opposing equal pay for women. Ted strickland respects the rights of women to make their own decisions. Rob portman has endorsed a man for president who doesnt respect women at all. Im Ted Strickland and i approve this message. And welcome back to fox 8 news at 6 00. A live picture looking out over the lake. A beautiful start to the labor if you have two days to see the amazing show over the skies of northeast ohio. How will the weather holdup . Jenn is back with all the details. Fabulous. You really cannot complain. And no temperatures will warm up a little bit. We will be in the low 80s the next couple of days but with the low 80s very comfortable humidity levels. We are not talking as muggy. It is fantastic. I think the only thing you have to worry about is getting a somber. We will have full out sunshine all the way into labor day. Not a cloud in the sky and you can see this year atto if you have not seen the airshow, you really need to get down there and see it. It is definitely a sight to see. Today is perfect. We had 78 degrees. A little bit of a chop on the 78 degrees. Can you believe we had a record high on the statete of 101 degrs paired we are nowhere near that. Was a littler cool to start out but you kept your windows open and very refreshing. We have High Pressure in the region now and it is doing its job. Its creeping is clear and dry. Unfortunately they are dealing with highgh surf right mover. It will spin off the coastst and while its spinning around us we have an area of highpressure it will block any of the cloudsf from the remnants of the Tropical Storm to push into our areahe. We are really looking at a nice, dry, sunny stretch all the way intoy the first part of your week. Temperatures tomorrow warmer. Wewe hit 78 degrees today and tomorrow i expect to see 80 degrees and low 80s on the map. S bad b because the humidity is down. Ty 75 degrees right now in cleveland and the same and to try. Y. In detroit. Very comfortable and great sleeping weather. Nd on the water we did have 24 footers and they should subside around subset sunset. Tomorrow 2 feetho or less. We could have a little bit of a chop if the winds the northeast. 81 degrees tomorrowe, sunny and warmer with low humidity. Here is a look atu the rest of thees Labor Day Weekend forecas. Labor day itself plenty of sunshine and temperatures still creeping up at 84 degrees. Lots of sunshine tuesday and wednesday and heres where things start to changege s back the mid to upper 80s by the middle of the week. The humiditymi creeping up to. We will have popup showers and throughout the day on saturday. D that system will pull us back into the 70s. First day of fall again . September 22. Exactly. Much more days of summer ahead of us. Thanks jen. Still ahead tonight, its the Opening Weekend of the College Football season. And before zero ohio state took the field this afternoon, a familiar faceaf spent some time tailgating outside the horseshoe. Pe why became a buckeye fan today. Up next in sports, corey klugerup honored by major league baseball, plus a busy day for the browns is thehe cut the rosr to 53 and its back. College football returns as the Ohio State Buckeyes host Bowling Green on a recordsetting day. Well talk about it next in sports. Introducing longhorns Great American steak dinner for 12. 99. Perfectly seasoned sirloin with your choice of side. Only at longhorn steakhouse. It was a recordsetting opening day for the Ohio State Buckeyes whoey made quick work of Bowling Green this afternoon down at ohio stadium. Good start for ohio state and jt barrett is picked off by brendan harris. Harris return 663 yards for the touchdown and Bowling Green is up 70. That is the last time the falcons led this game. The next ohio state possession barrett finds kj hill downfield fornd its 47yard touchdown. We are tied at seven. T barrett hits curtis a meal over the middle and samuel breaks loose for 79 yards or. There it was 21 of 31 for 349 yards and six touchdowns. Then the pride of northridge bill, Demario Mccall goes in for the buckeye touchdown. Ohio state rolled up a schooluc record 776 yards as the buckeyes win big 7710. Dont forget you can see the fox 8 on saturday, september 17. They take on oklahoma. Kickoff is at 730 and can see the game right here on fox 8. Th. Trace mcsorley gets hit from behind, loses the football, elcee refugend picks it up and returnsic it for the golden flashes touchdown. Right now can state trails penn in the third quarter. We will get a final coming up tonight. And thenom there were 53. The browns were busy cutting their roster down to the leaguee mandated 53 players ahead of next sundays Season Opener against the P

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