Doors at more than 100 stores. Sarah phinney spent the morning at the only location in ohio that is closing on rockside road in bedford. Reporter there is not much left inside this bedford wal mart. In a matter of a few hours, it will close for good. About 300 people work here. The company said that some happen transferred to other locations and some will be transferred to other locations and help the rest find other be. S. This is only one of 12 Walmart Super centers shutting down across the country, and its the only one in ohio. Bedford city manager said that it will result in a quarter of a million hit to the citys annual budget n. An effort to clear out the inventory, nearly everything inside is 75 off with the exception of electronics, guns, jewelry, and alcohol. The discounts are bringing in a lot of customers. There is quite a few people here right now, even though many of the items are already gone. In bedford, sarah phinney, newschannel 5. And lets get a check on the forecast
Ground downtown cleveland. It should transition to snow rather quickly through the light. And here is 8 00. Were in the 30s. And watch as we head towards the 11 00 hour. We get a better organized ban through akron and greater cleveland. This is not a major winter storm. Overnight and tomorrow morning some slick spots on the highway. 41 in akron. And we had a little sunshine today and that warmed us up a few extra degrees and the precip is beginning as a tiny bit of light rain. And the evening, notice scattered light snow as we head to the 7 00 hour and the same for the akron and canton area with the temperatures hovering that is next. The roads, you can see that the traffic is moving, a lot of headlights there. And that is i480 in Warrensville Center road. On the go and want to know how much snow youll get. You can download your snow cast app. You can see how much snow youll get. And tonight in richfield, many questions are swirling around a popular shop way cop program. Two officers r
Snow come down so totals today will amount between 13 inches and wouldnt worry about it too much. Its not a major deal just causing slowdowns with visibility out in areas like the snow belt. Temperatures 29 in mentor, 27 ashtabula probably feeling much cooler with the winds out there really revving up. Well talk more about the weekend warm up but for now over to you. Lets check out these maps we arent seeing too many issues or delays but one i want to talk about here at 71 northbound getting reports of an accident near the bridge. Traffic down to one lane. Also keep in mind we still have that closure because of the water main break affecting west 106th street at madison avenue, farther south its a smooth ride for you around the akron area just a couple of minor slowdowns at this early hour thing overall looking good. Checking out drive times not much to worry about nine minutes for 77 northbound rockside to downtown average speeds moving along just how we like them and here is a live i
Cleared 71 right by the inner belt bridge and we still have a closure affecting west 106th vet at madison avenue because of that broken water main so that is still in effect until further notice. Drive times not bad 11 minutes for you 271 northbound and richmond to 90 average speeds moving along without any troubles at all lets take you outside a live look 77 at grant avenue not a whole lot going on out there but again, could be a little slick jackie and terrence . 6 01 and a school in the chagrin School District taking precautions after the ohio epa says their Drinking Water could be contaminated with lead. Water fountains at the school are now covered with plastic. We want to bring in sarah following this story and School District Officials Say this alert contradicts previous reports from the agency . Reporter terrence, we just learned that the superintendent plans to give an update at 7 30 about this situation. Well be sure to pass that information along to you. Yesterday, he sent o
Topping our news this morning. Police say they have a suspect in custody after two brothers were shot in North College hill last night. 9 on your sides Kristen Swilley joins us live from uc medical where the victims are recovering. Two brothers are here at uc medical after being shot. Before they were brought here one of them went looking for help at a nearby home. A teenage boy and his mother heard the shots and sirens before answering a knock at their door but were worried about who may be on the other side. Initially the teenager inside says he was terrified. Not just because of the shooting itself. He feared the person at his door seeking help might actually have been the shooter. But that didnt stop him from acting quickly. We heard about nine gunshots and then we heard the police sirens. Me and my mom called the police and he knocked on the door and he knocked on our door and asked if we could call the police for him. Police have a suspect in custody charged with felonious assaul