but overall i dont think its going to complicate you too much and not for too long. basically about half an inch to an inch later on this morning burt it is a quick moving system and will move out. one thing taking a long time to move these temperatures. we just made it20 degrees for a for elyria. heres how it breaks down by the noontime hour all of us are at or above freezing. well get rid of the snow through midday. im tracking a late day chance for flurries to move in mainly along the lake shore. by the 5 00 hour most of us should be well into the middle 30s. were looking pretty good this monday morning. president s day. remember its going to be a light traffic day. or were anticipating it to be light because the kids are out of school and a lot of people dont have to go to work this morning. heres a picture on 77 at grant avenue as youre coming into and out of downtown. again, wet roads, so watch for that. and for those of you who take the east shoreway into downtown heres a picture at dead mans curve and everyone getting by just fine. coming up, well take like at the drive to the west. the mayor of madison village in lake county wants to shut down the Police Department and use a neighboring communitys police force. find out more about this will ujek joins us monday is the issue here. reporter he said after the revenues went flat in state cuts that the budget is just over 1 million. thats not enough to get all the work done. they have three fulltime police officers. the rest of that work being done by parttime officers as well as nearby madison township covering the duties on the weekends. in an open letter the mayor said his Police Department is already understaffed they would need six more officers which would cost 800,000 or 70 of the budget. they already have a police tax he wants to dissolve the Police Department partner with madison township full time. he says that would save 100,000. some residents are concerned worth what the changes could mean. my certain is my concern is that the township if they merge is way by the lake which is im guessing 4 miles away. which would take some time if we place a call. reporter we werent able to reach the mayor or police chief but were going to continue to follow this story. a lorain man under arrest for shooting a dog several times. the morning journal reports it started with an argument over a 5dollar bet in a card game. 31yearold man is accused of firing several shots at the dog inside its cage. then threatening other people with the gun. the dog had to be put down. johnson is in the lorain city jail. officials continue to investigate a deadly crash yesterday morning. Brooklyn Police say it happened wrong way. a 48yearold man was driving east in the westbound lanes of i 480 killing a 20yearold woman. the other driver is en the hospital no word on his condition the part of the highway was shut down. so far we have no information on charges against the driver. later this morning Metro Health Medical Center opens a new Emergency Department in university heights. starting at 8 00 a. M. the Health Center at severance circle will offer 24 hour Emergency Care 7 days a week. trauma cases will be handled at the main campus. another er will open in parma brecksville. the morning news feed. reporter former president george w. Bush is ethan couching the campaign trail to stump for his brother jeb. at first jeb distanced himself from the familys president ial lunging. barbara bush underhim in New Hampshire and george w. Appears the former president is also hoping to bolster support in South Carolina where he won 53 2000. police in the San Francisco area are asking for the publics help after two people walking on the Golden Gate Bridge were hit with blow darts. they were struck in the leg on friday afternoon. the darts are being tested to make sure they were not coated in chemicals. and the search continues for the suspect. california coastline. a man was strand on a reef and the cliff was just too steep to climb. lifeguards had to swim through the rough waters to reach him and then use a crane to lift him up. lifeguards in california say weekend. so a lot of us can say weve been late to work. some of you maybe even skippedy day but a 69yearold spanish he hadnt shown up to work for at least six years. he worked in Civil Service overseeing construction of a Water Treatment plant and his absence was only discovered, get this, after the deputy mayor tried to give him an ab ward for 20 years of loyal and dedicated service. the man now faces a fine of around 30,000 which would be one year of his salary. and they started this investigation back in 2010, this is when they discovered it. they know that hes missed six years of work theyre thinking it could be as many as 14. well, looking traffic is really bad so its taken him 14 years to come in. well, i mean that cough just lingers. they told him to stay home if youre not feeling well. this is unbelievable. it is unbelievable who missed this . i mean, he missed all those birthday cakes. all christmas parties. protecting your tax return what the experts say you should stealing your money. its money monday. most of us have credit cards but are you taking advantage of them. easy move you can take to help build your credit. we have some wintry weather moving through. some light snow showers and yes, well see the ouch tonight for some sunshine a see the opportunity for some sunshine a little bit later and warmer temperatures this morning were helping you get smart when it comes to your credit and Financial Plan ter is here and you say its as easy as three steps. step one. step one is to keep an eye out for warning signs. able to pay off your credit card every month, youre juggling, just to make the minimum payments. are you getting behind the curve. check your Credit Report you can do this for free. yes, you can you want to check it once a year. www. 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Com is a free site you can go to where the three agencies, one of them will happily provide you with that. grow your credit score. make certain that youre only charging what you can pay off every month. you want to be able to pay it off continue to grow that payment history and two, over time try to extend the amount you have available in credit make certain youre paying that off. a lot of people think im going to cut out all my credit card that doesnt necessarily help. your credit score is based on history the amount of time you have your credit outstanding. thank you so much. and weve just started tax season and already the irs is dealing with an job slaught of fraudulent tax returns. traced back to last years Security Breaches where millions of Social Security numbers were stolen they use the number to file a fake return. the irs says theres more security this year to detect a real return from a fake one. theyll also saying if youre looking for a refund because of this extra security it will take a few days longer. i think wed rather be safer. well, kids are out of school today for this president s day. olga, lot of kid want to go sledding going to warm up, though, huh . not quite as brutally cold as we were for saturday and sunday but today for president s day i think were going to keep it quite close to the freezing mark. but things are going to be changing in the extended forecast. right now we have Winter Weather advisories across much of the middle south right now. were going to see a little bit of action mainly across the southern counties and off toward the east as this system passes through. but for most of us this morning snow falling right now. the temperatures are chilly. although many locations have pushed out of the teens and close to 20 degrees still feeling like Single Digits across much of the region. but with the south and southeasterly wind moving in, were going to see some improvements to the forecast. at least a bit of a warmup over the next couple days. so the morning scattered snow showers will be coming to an end. watch for a second round of snow moving in. we have more of an opportunity to get some accumulation with that one. and then the warmup later on this week and into the weekend looking pretty good. so if youre stepping out bundle up. temperatures are in the 20 for most of the morning. then well pass that freezing mark midday. hold off on some of st. Snow flurries and bring back a chance later on tonight. future view breaks it down this way. 6 00 doesnt look too bad. warm front, moisture will bring that midnight hour and into tuesday morning. depending upon track, this could be all snow, and for some could even pass to the east and could be smaller accumulations but right now were going with anywhere between one and 4 inches by wednesday morning. so for most of us getting back into the routine temperatures should stabilize pretty seasonable levels. so for today were look at a forecast that takes us to the middle range to upper 30s by late day. then looking at the extended forecast with the southerly wind to pull in a little bit more moisture but i think well hold off on the rain opportunity until we get to friday. look at the 40s moving in. once we hit the 40s i think its going to look like a pretty decent weekend. were looking ate pretty good commute. we take a look to the south and 77, u. S. 30, 62 they all look great. route8 looks great between the central interchange and 271 all the way through no problems north and south. be prepared for wet roads to the north because of those snow showers. heres the picture on i90 at columbia road and westlake where its a quiet commute. everyone getting by just fine. heres the picture on 71 at rin road where again slick driving conditions but again, its a pretty good commute heading into downtown from the west. on 71 north between 480 and 490, 8 minutes. so john, we do have normal drive times throughout the region. it is 65 00. time for the biggest winners and losers. something a little different with this being random acts of kindness my biggest winners community. but first my biggest loser could use a lesson on kindness. happened over the weekend fighting for the ball going to let the frustration get the best of him. right there hes going to take the player and slam his head to the court. thats brown of wisconsin and that hurt. stone was just given a technical foul. thats not being a good sport. by the way diamond stone is a wisconsin native. yeah, watch this again. going to push his head to the court. stones team fitting they lost by 13 points. here we go. my biggest winners are two classrooms from brokesville broad view heights fourth grade and the kids work the together to collect donations for the homeless. they were collected by Cleveland Police officers. the officers will then make sure the donations get into the right hands. the effort was led by two brothers. jack and alex who are in the two classrooms. so how about that . great job of leadership and the kid spread kindness to people they dont even know. and thanks to brandy for sending in the picture and this wonderful story. if youd like to nominate your champion or all star send me the picture and story. email us, or tweet them to me at john wkyc another act of kindness will be honored tomorrow for biggest winners. thats so great to hear. we can all learn a lesson from you today. great job to their parents, too. yes. time now 6 17. a battle is brewing over who will replace Supreme CourtJustice Antonin Scalia. we take you live to washington for a look at why some say president obama should not make that decision. weather out your window, this was taken at brandy wine thanks to don. look at all the people there, theyre having a great night. teachers may not like it, but chatting in class could actually be gad for students. a new study of College Students showed that when they talk to their peers more during classes they felt a greater sense of belonging and the mr. They chatted the more they enjoyed the class. lets talk about this one. expect more fallout from the u unexpected death of Supreme CourtJustice Antonin Scalia. republicans are insisting that president barack obama hold off and let the next president name a successor. but were already hearing some of the names that who the replacement could be. tracie potts following the developments this morning from washington. reporter were going to show you some of those possible replacements but this is really between the president and republicans. already replacing scalia could tilt the balance of this court and republicans are concerned about that because there are still some key issues outstanding. i plan to fulfill my Constitutional Responsibilities to nominate a successor. reporter the white house says that wont happen this week while congress is on break but with flags at half staff were already seeing possible candidates mentioned to replace Justice Antonin Scalia. thats his prerogative he has every right to do it. thats his prerogative but we dont have to confirm him and we wont. reporter theyre in the midlands of the term and more cases to hear between now and without conservative scalia cases could end up in a tie t funding no parental conservative person. reporter dem cats insist the country should not have to wait nearly a year for the next decide. he was elected. he has the right to nominate another Supreme Court justice. i dont think the public will look kindly on republican actions to try to thwart what he is supposed to be able to do. reporter now, t republicans not only battling the president theyre battling each other, too. this brand new ad out by ted cruz hes running it in South Carolina. and in this ad he argues that iffy lect donald trump cant be trusted to select the next Supreme Court justice because he believes Donald Trumps record is too close to clinton and sanders and the democrats. the fighting is going to get fierce. you know, im also reminded that Justice David souder became more liberal over time so you never really know what youre really going to get. but lets talk about the possible nominees on both sides of the party who are they . reporter well, for example, Sri Srinivasan and he is on the yorker called him a nominee in waiting. previously unanimously confirmed by this Republican Senate two years ago. so thats the one who they think they might be able to get through. there are others who have had republican support on that court and others. for example, paul watt out of california. the california judge is african american. there is a woman, so clearly theyre looking atdy vessity here. but you brought u up a really good point for people who dont have much of a record, sometimes that can be tricky because they cant really get a sense of whether theyre leaning more liberal or conservative and as you noted souder was one of those. fascinating to watch. pope francis continues his trip in mexico today. he visits a southern part of the country. but yesterday he celebrated mass for hundreds of thousands mexico city. the pope spoke out against the drug trade and associated violence. its essential its a central theme t. Francis also kissed and blessed dozens of Sick Children at a pediatric hospital. one trend continues for another year. women are better at trading stocks than men. the info here from an online Investment Advisor says men make more trades s they open themselves up to more risk and higher fees. now, when you look at the total picture men trade by about 30 more than women. guys, the ladies are making more money. [laughter] per average. he said it. all right. olga says were going to i would like you to look at my 40 1k. coal ga has a warmup i think were looking forward to this. absolutely we have a National Forecast that looks pretty good for the middle of february. west you get a really good break. 70s and 80s going across the Desert Southwest into southern california. but there are a few trouble spots. mainly around the mid portion of the nation overcast skies for chicago. storm system moving through the carolinas and up into the mid atlantic but the temperatures are not too bad. at least for now. things will be changing. coming up at 6 30 if your plans have you traveling on the ohio turnpike there are some changes happening. why youll want to make sure you have cash with you beer you hit the road. we are following developing news in the morning news feed. this the second former nazi guard is reportedly dead. and a new mexico rental car company back open after suspected bomb was found underneath a car. right now 63 07 im john and. im lynna lai. olga is in she has your forecast coming up. first heres whats happening as we start in columbus. today the restaurant where a man attacked several people with a machete is set to reopen he injured several he was shot and killed by police after hellionened at them with a knife. the owner anticipates a large crowd so hes bringing in extra help. the case remains under investigation. Chelsea Clinton is come tug today for a get out the vote event. shell be at clevelands Community Center on kinsman avenue. the event is already at capacity. her local Campaign Office just opened in lake wad yesterday. heads up if you plan to travel on the turnpike you credit card. from 9 00 a. M. until 4 00 p. M. the ohio turnpike will be upgrades the Technology Network which means credit cards will be unavailable at all booths. in