Cleaned up and things look like theyre moving along and there traffic. Two fafallity fatalities confirmed in the wrongway driver crash, a crash involving a suv and small car happened around 3 a. M. Things are looking like theyre clear here from air tracker 5. Morning . Reporter things are good. And again, all lanes of 71 southbound reopened. Where, seeing minor slowdowns and things should pick up in terms of traffic. And also i want to let you closed at madison avenue. The water main break is repaired and resurface going on the road and should be thursday and friday of this week what were hearing. Crocker to the uninner belt and average speeds moving along just fine and. Lot look at the odot cam. And frost on the windshields are cold out there. And 21 degrees in medina and elyria, 24; cleveland, 25 degrees. We have a lot of weather questions out there and this is what were answering throughout the show. How warm is it going to get, what time is the rain arriving and is the snow back .
The road is clear no word if drugs or alcohol is involved but one car is going the wrong way and two people die said. Sarah phinney two people died. Sarah finny, newschannel 5. And as the commute picks up, we could see more traffic is in the area. If you want to detour around this, get off at west 130th street and go south 480 westbound until you meet up with 71 south again. Now, its taking a look at the Bigger Picture on the maps. Were issue free just a couple of minor slowdowns to talk about, but nothing serious going on other than that accident. We have a look at drive times for you here, 14 minutes eastbound crocker to the inner belt. The average speeds moving along just fine and this is a live look outside from the scene of the fatal accident to the odot cam, 71 at west 140th street and were in for another mild day out there, somara. We are. Its not off to a mild start but it should end that way. And this is what i want you to know and stick around for. Morning and its going to be
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A 24-year-old man was found dead in Cleveland Heights on Saturday. (Chris Mosby, Patch)
CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OH A possible overdose death occurred over the weekend in Cleveland Heights, police confirmed.
On Saturday, a 24-year-old Cleveland man was found dead in an apartment on Lancanshire Road. Cleveland Heights Police Chief Annette Mecklenburg said investigators believe the man s death was the result of an overdose.
Detectives are still investigating the man s death.
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Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Ohio has seen a statewide spike in overdose deaths, particularly deaths associated with opioids. During the second quarter of 2020, Ohio s death rate from opioid overdoses jumped to 11.01 per 100,000 people the highest rate seen in a decade. The previous 10-year high was in the first quarter of 2017, when opioid overdoses effected 10.87 people per 100,000.
Cleveland Heights police to host virtual town halls on departmental policy reforms, updates
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Hundreds marched around Severance Circle to Cleveland Heights City Hall in the June 3 Protest for Peace condemning racially motivated police brutality in the wake of the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis on Memorial Day 2020.Roger Glenn Hill
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CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio Police Chief Annette Mecklenburg has announced two upcoming virtual town halls on proposed departmental policy reforms.
Both 90-minute online sessions will run from 7 to 9:30 p.m., with the first to be held on Tuesday (April 13). Those policy drafts, dealing with Recruitment and Selection as well as Vehicle Pursuits, are available for review on the Cleveland Heights Police Department website.