Community relations. As someone chagrin the former abbas of Athletic Director and he made before the High School Basketball game. Hes the kind of guy that when he shows up and walks into a room hand in energy and i think thats what i will always remember. Superintendent robin hunt was sent to learn that he along with his wife, lena were killed in a car crash in bradenton florida thursday night. The accident also killed Chagrin Falls resident diane kepner. Her husband paul remains in serious condition. English teacher, English Department transitions on those athletic site and completely transform the program. And that may was once a coach and teacher of the year. Was being the father to forge a and his wife rena. The beautiful, intelligent, articulate and educator as well. The district released a statement saying we are deeply saddened to have learned the news that one of our former teachers passed away in an accident. Mrs. Lena mae was a wonderful teacher and touch the lives of hundreds of students throughout her years in the classroom. Putting the statement together today. The number of young people at this couple text. They meant so much of this Athletic Department especially those in the baseball community. The district named this leni mayfield. Its about student athletes but at the emphasis on students first. The district is providing they deal with a gap. No greater legacy than the work that he did here. Lenny made was with a Chagrin Falls for 46 years. Our thoughts and prayers are with their family as well as everyone else in that car accident and people in this Chagrin Falls community. Absolutely terrible. Thank you, melissa. horrific case of child sex abuse. A man and woman charged with luring boys as young as nine years old to have sex with a 14 yearold. 40 yearold andre boysen and 37 yearold Annika George are both named in a 150 count indictment handed down by a Cuyahoga County grand jury on thursday. They include human trafficking, rape and kidnapping among others. Years to life prison sentence at the hearing correctional facility for kidnapping and raping a 13 yearold girl in 2008. Prosecutors say from prison, he directed george to find ways that have sex with a 14 yearold mentally challenged girl who they both knew. They say george found for boys around cleveland from nine 13 years old. One month. In june and july of 2014 she would take the children to her apartment in North Royalton and use her cell phone to record the boys having sex with her and the 14 yearold girl. Prosecutors say each time, boykin was listening and giving instructions from prison system of account is up and insight Annika Georges car as well. Prosecutors say although the illegal sex acts were recorded, recordings. Kevin freeman, fox 8 news. Prosecutors say this new indictment also accuses Annika George who worked at a nursing home of taking nude pictures of about a dozen elderly patient. She is currently being treated is psychiatric hospital. The iteam learned the victim just finished filling up an atm when the armed thieves a temp outside of a shop at east 100 40th and kinsmen. Please recover the stolen vehicle, but not the cash. The officers are coming over the cleveland attorney accused of Misleading Police in their search for Alisa Sherman skill are facing judge today. Sherman was stabbed to death in she was supposed to be meeting more pleading not guilty to several charges including sending false Text Messages to sherman in line to homicide detective. I want to make sure justice is served. She never hurt anybody in her life. We just want the right thing to happen for her. The judge set or his bond at 5,000 he do back in court next week. In the meantime please continue to investigate Alisa Shermans monitor. The family of a man killed by a Cleveland Police cruiser Christopher Campbell was crossing superior avenue on september 3 when the cruiser hit to him, that the accuser as is feeding to the intersection and maintains a city and officer have immunity from lawsuits. For one he wasnt jaywalking. , not charges against the officer, but they say East Cleveland officers are avoiding them. More good news out of sebring tonight the ohio epa says the most recent tapped samples from water faucets in the that operator of the latter part waited months to notify people about the danger, but to epa employees were fired one more demoted over how the situation was handled. Investigators say just 44 home for lead since mid january. Traded to portland after 12 seasons, he is his next move. He Still Believes he can extend his career in the meantime gathered his emotions and reached out to cavalier fans everywhere. Thanking them to their support. How fans always showed unwavering support how the city of cleveland and andys heart. This is not a goodbye but i thank you. Here is a look at what he said in terms of coming over from spain at the young age of 21 with a difficult transition. I felt at home. He went on to say whether you to the radio, or in the cue screaming at the top of your lungs, we felt your energy and support. Cleveland fans are simply the best. Entire letter is posted on our website at fox8. Com. Later on in sports, which teams are showing interest in potentially bringing anderson very sure onto their team. Nice of him to write that letter there. So a month and a half away or so from the indians opening day and todays are starting to think shape at progressive field. Skyfox giving you crews were testing the new ribbon boards along the stadium its all part of the scoreboard overhaul. It will be innocent giant hdtv 221 feet wide, singlegame tickets by the way for the 2016 season go on sale a week from monday. Good luck. It is a twister to a story that is grabbing national headlines. Playing politics leaned in ohio teenager in big trouble. That he was a state lawmaker. Its a rare condition that left doctors baffled inside the skin diagnosis thats turning a little boy to stone. The calendar still says february, but it wont feel that way tomorrow. Entre e lets us know how long the look at this, suit jacket. Its actually warmer now than it was at 4 00 oclock this afternoon. At noon and this morning, we have seen the temperatures rise right through the day and even into the nighttime hours. If thats any indication as to what is in store tomorrow, we are in great shape. This is the system up to the north. Or not liking any temperatures there. These are wind gust. Fortyone in detroit. Thirtyeight at cleveland. Some of the wing gust of around you probably hear at least we have the toasty wins coming in, 56, that our current High Temperature for the day. We may see another degree or two before it settles back into the upper 40s 45, that made the lowest level weve seen in any backyard tonight, its going to be partly to mostly clear eventually right now clouds roll, but then the sun comes out tomorrow. Were going to average at 59 that also says that the oval room. With that, with that pattern, something is shrieking. I tell you what that is coming up. Voters head to the postmodern, South Carolina for the next republican primary, the six remaining candidate spent the day trying to shore up both in different parts of the state, donald trump held a big lead in the balls, but more recent surveys have the rays narrowing, but there is an increasing focus on the lower portion of the race. When you get to ohio, were going to get to pennsylvania. Where going everywhere. Democrats focus on nevada. The Police Office carried his flag draped casket into the high court the possession was led by scully is on. What a favorite log later in the day. Its tough to imagine this Court Without him, without him sending up there. As for the showdown over his replacement, president obama is wasting no time, he was seen at the white house carrying a binder of potential nominees. Republicans want the next president to pick the success or prep to get the battle between the government and apple is heating up. Is is boneless and apple is resisting seen such a request its customers. Fourteen people were killed in the attacks. Apple has a week to formally respond to that question corporate marketing sunday theyre doing, he was responsible for a drunk driving crash that killed four people. An outpouring of love for famed author harper lee, the pulitzer prizewinning author of to kill fast approaching and south that deadlines for transforming downtown cleveland. Theyre right on track with the any site for several a construction reconstruction projects. The new look of downtown. Like in an out of cleveland right now, the airport is a mass mass. Construction everywhere. Detours and close doors a lot of blows airport renovation will be finished a little more than two months. It will be inside a night out. It will give Republican NationalConvention Visitors a quick weight in and out of the city. Will be much more spacious number of individuals that are going to help guide people through the terminal. It will have the Ground Transportation center set up. Construction is also everywhere everywhere downtown peninsula to knocks almost complete and the hotel is look looking to start hiring his first 300 staffers the next few weeks for the big changes that are finally coming together are in the citys yard. Its helped tremendously in an effort to get it ready to go. And it will a walk ball screw green space and downtown. It will be a new city space that is a longlasting impact. The square your around after that come and gone. Thats not the kind of activity bring in the square. It has to be a public space. Fox 8 news. Still to come, follow from an incredibly lopsided victory. Local Girls Basketball team defeats more than a hundred points. Find out why the athletic a local judge go too far a fox birthdays arent always happy occasions. Meet the 110 yearold woman that was less than thrilled to be interviewed on her big day. The snow will continue but weekend and beyond a Surprising Development tonight in the wake of a lopsided Girls Basketball game. That the director for the losing team has also lost his gait job. This is the image that is popping up and on wednesday night in a girls sectional semi final game. Fox 8 news has learned that the struggling season the team had cost Athletic Director justin short his job. I had no idea that it would cost him his job. Northeast Ohio Preparatory School released a statement to fox 8 about the firing and it reads in part, on thursday february 19 we took steps that while we cant discuss any personnel matters, we felt it was necessary to embark upon it different path regarding our Athletic Department. On friday she spoke out to foxy. We went up against such a high skilled team and for us to give it our best we played all four quarters with everything we had. The lady knights had a long night. They do not edit single shot and finished the game over 28 from the floor. It was, its not like we were shooting air balls. We put them up and they didnt follow through. I shot three threes and they came in and went back out. Northeast ohio prep is in their third year as a bath while program. The school has only been in existence for five years, they have a girls on the roster and most of them are freshmen. Heart, they didnt play with an attitude, they didnt give up. They kept encouraging each other on the floor. While the last still thinks for many reasons, the lady knights are ready to move on and use the loss of motivation to rewrite the headlines. The freshmen now are already talking about how they are going to come back. Nadia says that many of the girls on the team are still learning the fundamentals of basketball and some of her teammates had little or no basketball background. Heres a look at the more stories making headlines tonight. A start county man faces charges after police say he used heroin in the back of a police car. Masculine please say they found 24 yearold nicholas spradling has out in a car when they found him. Hes now charged with heroin possession in tempering with evidence. The Investigation Continues into the disappearance of a two yearold lorraine grote wednesday night. Land low there was found by good police are looking for an additional witness that could shed light on the case. And scum of the state of ohio will get 98 million to demolished lighted homes. The money will also be used for event people from losing their homes to foreclosure. A state agency will minister ohios portion of the cash. It can also apply for an additional 250 million in assistance. The foxy eye team has uncovered a huge break for a suspected drunk driver. Its so unusual in fact that the states highest court is asking ken a judge really do that . And could other drivers get the same break . I Team Reporter ed gallek has the details tonight. The driver you see walking up in the Cleveland Court got an incredible break and a dui case. Now, the states highest court is deciding did the judge go too far . True sought son jones arrested back in 2013 and charged with drunk driving. Gross reduce the dui to a much lesser charge of physical control. Did that on her own after a plea of no contest. Jones only got probation for that and driving under suspension when he couldve gone to jail. Ill have him give you a call. Please do. Think so much. The i team tracked down jones. And by phone he was stunned to hear from us that his cases now before the ohio Supreme Court. He got arrested in 2013 and said quote thats crazy man. I cant believe it. Supreme Court Arguments last week. The state was never given the opportunity to introduce or reducedany evidence to prove mr. Johns was operating a vehicle under the influence. Is that what we want going on in our trial courts . Is this going to become president now . He was sentence. He served a sentence. And now the state wants to go back and re prosecute him. Facts court finds guilt a ph but again no child howled. Only pretrial hearings. The court has no authority to amend is charged with physical control. Has the court prejudge the case before a plea was entered . Key question, if the Supreme Court finds the city judge did step out of bounds, will that ever have to come back to city court to face those old charges again or will the ruling only affect how future cases are handled . A public defender argued all of this is too late. The state has no right to get into this kind of inquiry that were engaged in here which is secondguessing the final verdict of a trial court. At gallek, fox 8 i team. The i team reached out to judge gross but a spokesperson says she cant speak about a pending case. Are unseasonably warm winter has been great for local businesses that path and bottle fresh maple syrup. The owners of Richards Maple warm weather allowed them to start tapping maple trees in midjanuary and thats earlier than ever. The process is pretty simple. The drill a hole into the tree and attach a host to drain the sap, which is been turned into syrup. You know i look back on our records from all of our first boils and test throughout the years. It is all over the place. This is by far the earliest. Last year, we didnt have our first boil until st. Patricks day, so its mother nature. You just have to take it as it comes and hope you are ready. Richards maple products is offering tours this weekend. Im very hungry under. Beautiful weather this weekend as well which would be fantastic. The snow piles will also be running. This photo was taken tonight about an hour ago and l this parking lot. It is totally sopping wet and it is not from rain. It is from all of the piles of the temperature actually broke 32 degrees and it appears as though it will not return to 32 until the very earliest at 10 00 p. M. On sunday night. So when you consider that fact that means we will have 67 hours of melting. Some of it will be quite accelerated, especially saturday. This is the overnight low temperature potential. I think a lot of areas will stay closer to 50 degrees. Notice will we get to sunday it is above freezing but the snow melt, what is left of it, will be decelerating as temperatures cool down just a bit. Cloud cover and i saw a spritz or two on radar but they were quick to pass by the area that might have gone unnoticed. That was how quick they were. Changeable skies tonight. Lets go with 50 degrees and heres why. These temperatures are hovering near the current daily High Temperature of 56 degrees at hopkins. I think the cool spot is 52 degrees at akron canton and ashtabula. Theyve attended state to shift more west and north west. So tomorrow we will be and the sweet spot right through here. Perfect on a scale of 010 its going to be a perfect ten for february without question. A little bit cooler on sunday and a slight chance of passing shower. Not a big issue. Once we get to monday we will return to a more normal pattern with perhaps a few snow showers like a big deal. We see that happening with the jet stream remain in up to the north until sunday it starts to sink down in on monday at buckles. That is going to be the setup for the rest of the week. Actually near normal but right now it appears as though it will be fairly quiet. Again, snow showers a possibility on wednesday and thursday looks quiet but colder at 32 degrees. Been a clipper comes by on friday and 30 degrees. Even colder air behind the clipper so we are not done with winter. We slowly get back into the cooler stuff. Look at the high tomorrow. I want you to focus on saturday and make the most of it. Thanks andre. Fox 8 is your official School Closing station. Get all of the School Closings and delays online, on your phone and on air. Still to come posing as a politician . Howard ohio teenager managed to dupe School Administrators lawmaker. Plus, a woman making green beans almost serves up something else. The bizarre discovery in a can that turns a sparked new here tonight, a bazaar and worry some story from a small ohio town. A teenager imposter allegedly ashley give a speech at a high school. Lou maglio has the story and lou it is very strange. Tracy and bill its hard to imagine that Something Like this could happen in this day and age but it did. And now school ministers are promising parents that i will never happen again. This happened at Mohawk High School in sycamore, a town of about 1,000 people about 65 miles southeast of toledo. In december, 18 yearold isaiah akins walked in and said he was the replacement for state senator scheduled to speak at the school in january. The schools that okay, give him a tour and allowed him to give a 45 minute speech to students about advocacy. Then he left. It wasnt until the state senator showed up at the School Relays the young man was an imposter. He showed an id and seem to have a legitimate explanation. This person shut up in advance, early days early and said the senator had fallen ill his place. And thats all, akins apparently misrepresented them himself and obtained a loaner vehicle from a dealership right nearby. Parents are deeply concerned about this. The district says itll paintings up and be more vigilant in an checking identities of people who show up at the school. As for akins, he has been indicted by a grand jury and faces a felony charge for impersonating a government official. Hes in a lot of trouble. Thanks lou. Horrific car accident. A local man trapped inside his burning car facing certain death. I thought to myself im not going to get out of here. Monday on fox 8 news at ten, out of nowhere, a stranger comes to his rescue. Now the victim is certain it was an angel who appeared in saved his life. The amazing story of a rescue, that even First Responders can explain. Angels among us, a fox 8 exclusive monday night at 10 00. As black History Month a part of teaching students about their heritage. Wayne dawson spoke to more than 500 students. And shaker square. The students from seven different high schools in the area where there to watch the new jesse owens biography movie race. Wayne talked to the boys and girls about the importance of black History Month and using it as a springboard to make a name for themselves. And as you watch this movie about the life of jesse owens, one of the planners of black history, understand that each and every one of you are in the process of writing your own black history, so the question is, what will your black history request mark but the key is, youll all have to believe in yourself. You have to believe in yourself and invest in yourself. Be the best that you can be, use black History Month as a time to determine that im going to be the best i can be. The movie race opens everywhere today. A very close call coming up for school bus full of children. See how they narrowly avoided being hit by a train, and find driver. Turning to stone. See how a familys coping with pacific cod sandwich we send guys like this. On boats like these. In weather like this. All the way up here. Fish like this. Like this. Crispy and crunchy. Which should make you. Really happy. I Houston Area School bus driver terrifying incident. This is cell phone video taken after an oncoming train near a lease land into the back of her bus, which is full of high school students. Students there were on their way home when they witness the close call. After the incident, the driver brought the bus back to school, saying the students were so loud, the bus could it be driven safely. But the district says she did not follow standard protocol. That was close. It was like, at least a couple of feet away. So just coming that close would be lifechanging for me just how that experience. We were all screaming and telling her to move forward. Everyone was just really freaking out and really terrified at the moment. The School District says the bus driver was fired for driving too close to the train. A colorado boy is fighting a rare skin condition that is essentially turning his body into stone. The condition is known as stiff skin syndrome and its so rare, only 40 additional cases have years. Jaiden rogers has spent countless hours in a hospital bed. It all started when his parents notice some spots on his skin were hardening. The spot to spread to his legs, back and hips, making walking difficult. Its almost if you took your finger and tapped on his arm, its almost like tapping on a countertop, on a hard surface. You know you love him so much and you dont know what to do. You try to fight for everything you can but you dont know how to fight in this case. Jadens parents say physical therapy is one of the only thing they can do to help their son. Theyve got an incredible support from the community, including a fundraiser that raised about 80,000. A Food Distribution company halted shipments of some canned green beans after utah woman says she found a snake head inside a can. The woman said that she made the and fellow Church Members were preparing meals wednesday night for neighbors. At first she thought it was just a burnt been and then she spotted ice. The western Family Food Company says they are working with the supplier that produced the green beans to find out what happened. Gross. Some people are impressed by tv reporters. This 110 yearold is not one of them. Dont miss the morning show debut of a woman named flossie who is taking the enters internet by storm. Up next in sports, delhi talking about Anderson Varejao and cant faces akron on the hardwood. A woman from Washington State is state is celebrating her 110 birthday. Thats right but when the cameras showed up she was less than impressed. You say youre a little tired this morning at that right . I am tired. She is very tired. I heard thats your favorite activity to do at the center here is to take a little nap. Take a nap as many times as i can. You sound like a very busy lady. Thats flossie dickey. She leaves and a retirement home in spokane. Her interview with the local tv station there is racking up a lot of hits on youtube. She is already gain lots offense for answers like this. Are you excited for your party . Not one bit. You would rather be taking a nap pop . Flossie didnt have much else her caretaker said that flossie swears by straight as the secret of her long life and those allimportant naps. While, according to a national report, the Golden State Warriors are among a handful of teams, contemplating a run at former cavalier anderson verizon. Today, the 12 your calves veteran wrote a letter to cast fans everywhere thinking them for such a great sport over the years and how cleveland holds a special place in his heart. He also wrote how he at hope to retire here, but in the end of the day it is business. For the past 12 years, ive had the honor of representing the city of cleveland and the cavaliers organization, and for that i will be forever grateful. No matter the product on the court, one thing that never change was the unwavering support from all of you, the fans. Matthew dellavedova appreciated him because he kept at the team and winning and that was all the matter to them. Meanwhile, new cavalier Channing Frye will have his first practice saturday and get all the trade procedures them for todays practice. Also, mn shumpert sprained his Left Shoulder friday night and he of course is day today. That game last night. Keep them out and akron to rival kent state. One hundredth year for the rivalry. Cat with a steel and its going to be dion at one scoring. They have a Comfortable Lead by akron would tie the game right here. Cheatham for the three and 61 all. With twopoint lead, edwin scores once again for kent. And then later on, its creek spicer with a hook and the golden flashes post 8576. Baseman juan yuri that today. This is a oneyear deal for just under 5 million. The 36 rolled hit. 2 fifth three for the multiple teens with 14 homers and 119 games. He is expected to start as third as giovanni or your cell continues to gain more marks parents. High School Basketball hoops asthma dina traveled to mentor. The big men headed to michigan, john teske would score. The seven footer is outstanding. How about jack or stock scoring their scores one more time for the medina and beat the cards 5947. That is your final score. Thank you very much. And its 55 degrees out there right now push mark. It is. Right now. Tomorrow near 60 degrees and lots of sun and breezy and warm. It will cool off a little bit going into sunday and sundays High Temperature will be down to 43 degrees. My pick of the two days is r george well, currently, the doors on the bathroom stalls here at the stadium dont offer much by way of privacy. But i was thinking if we extend the doors all the way to the floor all the way to the floor . Are you out of your mind . Youre lucky you have doors at all. You know, when i was in the army hey, costanza, what is that youre eating over there . That looks pretty tasty. Its a calzone, sir. Lets see it. Pass that on down. Lets get a little look at it. A little taste. Pass it down here. Thats a good boy. Ok. Hey, whats in this thing . Uh, cheese, pepperoni, eggplant. Eggplant, huh . Thats a hell of a thing. All right, all right. Back to business. Here you go. Very good, very good. Excellent little calzone you got there, costanza. Ok. Im a little jealous