Making a list and checking it twice a lot going on. This is a big day year. Not only do we have the giving tree going on outside,do we have the of the turkey bowl contestants inside. Mark fisher will be absolutely off the chain. Anyway . 8 01 a. M. Is your time. A great, great day before thanksgiving. Temperatures are continuing to climb here is the forecast look at the rain it was a touch of sleet and wet snow mixed in net toledo and finley look at these temperatures up to 36 mansfield starting to go back up again highlightingss northwestern ohio there clinton maybe a slight chance here in the next hour but for the most part, it will be raint as the temperatures climb with a brief turn over to the west as the temperatures go up highlighting with temperatures in the mid 40s. Dry breaks the showers more widespread tonight and by thanksgiving morning, the temperatures will start rain should be long gone. A little more rain even better on friday. Traffic time with patty. A few things to watch out for as you head out the door. First of all a little bit of sunshine as you head out. Be cautious of the Warrensville Center off causing for some delays. We have this accident down in akroy down to kendall. And this is for 80 overbite Warrensville Centerbi actually that is 77 ovr by grant moving grant moving well. This isve for 80 by Warrensville Center that is the vehicle t you can see somebody walking as well along c the roadway with the construction vehicle letters sent that everyone is slowing downeh lookg at the drive times they between 77 and to 77 from out to 44 between eight and nine minute commute this is the Biggest Party this time of year. If you are going to be out drinking, get someone else to drive you home. An update now our top storyry Funeral Plans up and suffer the 16 yearold Cleveland Team found dead inside a vacant homee meanwhile family and friends their loved one is our first taken his life was taken away way too soon. St good morning. This is such a hard time for the family righthe now what they are going through is unimaginable. They have to bury their 16 yearold loved one at the same time they have no idea what happened to him. They are trying to figure out why this had to happenpear about 50 famiy members and friends gathered fom a vigil last night at the vacant home wherere east 54th street. They carried signs a month flowers and stuffed animals. He was last seena at Washington Park high school two weeks ago on sunday as body was found in the vacant home with a gunshot went to the chest. Police said dont have any suspects which makes everything so much harder for them all ins his family is aes they will never forget up how great of a person alexander was. Them always to get a haircut that shaggy blond hair is the manchester really great kids he had such a huge heart. R there will be a viewing here at the funeral home this sunday from morning until 5 00 oclock and then alexander will be laid to rest on monday they have set up at go find me account to help with funeral expenses. Reporting and reporting on our top story meanwhile car field Heights Police asking for a gun man after a deadly shooting in a barbershop f officers say a figt broke outfi at the skills barbershop between 530 and 6 00 oclock last night. Are reviewingol surveillance rit now. Meanwhile Cleveland HopkinsInternational Airport while additional staff today to help passengers get to the thanksgiving destination today is expected to be one of the busiest travel days of the are travelers should expect longer like the ticket counters andle security checkpoints also people inning c can expect more state troopers and police out on the roadways too much ofdw people driving aggressively and is texting and all putt together this is we get to pair upne with the greatest viewers and station in cleveland and it is amazing how many people we touch every year or threemae or 4,000 kids with gifts they00 would normally not have. We are helping five counties anybody got a tambourine jingle bells. Jingle bells all play. R there you go. Weve got to do weve got to do. Okay, we are getting the ramp. Nine minutes after m 8 00 oclock on this thanksgiving day. Still ahead on fox eight news in the morning tightening up security . That is right inside the expensive link the like the nypd is going to now to macys thanksgiving day parade safe. Iff you missed dick goddards tearful final forecast you can seego it again this morning. Good morning. That is rain. A touch of light snow heading out over lake erie with temperatures staying iner the 20s and low 30s climbing intos he the 40s later on today the thanksgiving forecast is justoday a few minutes away. Go we asked the High School Cheerleaders here who will show us how it is done. There it you go. Awh . . . . Givinger tree right here on the tattered rain will be here high cirrus clouds ahead of the warm front it has been pretty chilly now we put into the hyatt 30s afterly the 74 we had on friday most of the snow melting off we will stay below the normal highl of 48. Notice we are starting to see the 20s being replacedti by a few low 30s. Notice the the rain changing over to a touch of what sn the warm front starting to get the partial transition eventually the temperatures go up with the snow to the west t starting to disappear and will replace that with rain if you are driving westapl up on i 75 there is a chancei to could run into that. Temperatures in the 20s cloud called covers increasing we talk about the temperatures continue to climb well into the 40s heavier rain will be mainly during the east tonight showers continue through the overnight and by tomorrow morning, a lot of this rain should be gone as we fall into the l middle 30s with a brief shower early in the morning. Thanksgiving dayn for the most part its kind of a nonevent here an isolated snow shower two looking ahead and the first couple weeks off december the jetstream is going caps to sell more frequente we will have the four or five day dry periods of the chance chances of that happening are pretty small. Looking ath should break above 50 late monday into wednesday of next week fox eight news is your official School Closing station back to you. This wednesday morning. A Police Officer in Critical Condition after being shot in the headfiic he had beene investigating possible thefts from cars there the detroit campus a person of interest is in custody and is being questioned rss right now state l University Police all investigating. A School Bus Driver chargeda in connection that killed five in tennessee was involvedr i ina separate accident just two months ago. The sideswiped a car after going to oncoming traffic in september no charges were filed but a citation for the citation was found on monday the 24 yeard was a budget the speeding when the crash flipped busg five died many were seriously injured he is now facing five counts of vehicularo homicide. Security using christie keep the 90th macys thanksgivinga that event at target. More than 3,000 Police Officers including counterterrorist will be posting on the two and a half mile route more than any salt and sand trucks will also be posted every single intersection to prevent possible car bombs from and send infiltrating the paris. An estimated 3 Million People are expected to attend the parade. Sixty minutes after 8 00 oclock on this day after thanksgiving at this day before thanksgiving. A recl before thanksgiving. Find out which greatly some of you all want to be serving tomorrowtl ad how you can swap it out before your guests arrive. And such a better and better sweet sendoff for such a broadcasting legend. Coming up, lookn back at dick goddards john, were giving you a raise. Thats fantastic but im gonna pass. Are you ok . Honey, you got another present. No thank you, dad. Who says no to more . Time warner cable internet gives you more of what you and those little data hoggers want. Like ultrafast speeds up to 50 megs. Thats 8x faster than dsl. 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Scott sabol has a look at your forecast on if youre travelingu today you need to know. No issues here in cleveland driving west on the turnpikee tp encounter rain mixedik in with whats though between toledo and finley. Notice whats happening temperatures are going up storm fox radarrture showing a gun mot on whatever is falling. Kindve of goes back and forth ff sleet snow and freezing rain ang all of r that. Heading more to the north light int temperatures are going up te bigger threat later today would be rain as temperatures climb to the lower 40s. Future radar shows any brief transitionnf to a winter it mix will and abruptly here by late morning around midday. Some breaks more rain for the rest shower start to spread through the area overnight tonight and by tomorrow morning watch what happens as we move be the rain out of here real quick couple of less over showers early bute of tomorrow tonight o early rain and even tomorrow after this is the moves out out temperatures generally stayedd middle and upper 40s onpe40 thanksgiving. No major issues heres unless youre going west from cleveland west into eastern indiana heree this morning. Mr or otherwise the weekend is looking drier will have the eight day in just a few minutes. Check ll h unfortunately have been telling about this accident we have been akron has leftnfe beee kendale and we have pictures from the scene of this accident involved a card w w and a pickup truck unfortunately an incident was thrown from the vehicle that baby was transferred to area hospital no extent on the injuries that are. That is what theyre dealing with in akron onpitthe t the road policet sayh the road will be closed fo at least another hour as they clean up debris and continue ono the investigation. Stigatio wayne kristi and stephanie back to you. O forgot our top story on thisp wednesday morning family and friends srr gather to remember alexander mullins. The teenager was found dead inside a vacant home earlier twas foek. Memerer our top story check in with jessica dill at the funeral homo in Middleburg Heights right now funeral arrangements in the very latestds on where the investigation stands right now. Good morning. Good morning. Sti police still have no suspects in the death of 16 year old po hander mullins. S. Which makes this even harder for they have so many questions qust dont know who did this dont have any answers. Ers. Not letting that stop them from remembering who alexander was including the sister who says he just had such a huge heart. Little al was the boy who if you gave him 20 bucks to get food, he would get it for someone hungrier. 16 year old alexander mullinsd will be laid to rest monday. Alex there will be a viewing atwin a ripepis funeral home this sunday from one to 5 p. M. E t family and friends gathered last night for a vigil at the abandoned home where his body was found over the weekend. Alexander was last seen back on november 9th at Washington Park high school. Found ond. E loved ones had been searching for 11 days when sadly they were given the news no family should have to hear. Alexanders body was found shot anything you can do, our love tand is stronger. Erbodd and we are going to find who did this. T and they are going to go to prison. And they are going to spend their lives there. And we arent going to sleepepao until that happens because we still arent sleeping, still not eating. Were still crying ourselves to uhae y sleep every night so. Ing u you feel for this family so much. They set up a go fund me accoun hopefully help pay for some ofsm the funeralof cost. A link to that page on our website fox8. Com. Wayne you do feel for that family. My goodness. All right. Alli heartbreaking thank you so much well check back in with the the jess on the 9 00 hour. meantime onto more headlines this morning. You may soon have to pay to park when shopping at the west side market. Ansingoon hv Business Owners says some people park in the lot behind thess wn market and dont leave for hours, taking up valuable space. So theyve signed a petition asking city officials to charge luable park. Nothing has been determined, however, in terms of prices. City leaders say it has to be a rate that wont hurt the vendors. Time to check in on operation giving tree. Has bne stacey frey is out in the fox 8o front yard with hopefully more cars pulling up. All of a sudden i didnt hear you guys. I here in the front yard operation giving tree underway at seven this morning until seven tonight people droppingu off gifts from people dropping gi by driving by bringingd cash. This is kristin with Cuyahoga County children and family services. L such ay y great day. Da wonderful. Rain but itss not so come on out we would love to see you. The kids love these gifts every year theyth look forward to ites such a blessing. One of the people who deals directly with these children when they see these gift that get handed to them what is that expression like . They light up. Smile and they get so happy in you year gift in fun times even last year we had a girl she saiy the best day of my life. So cute. Th thank you very much in here i have luke with me who is eight. You got to talk to me now why are you out here helping . G so the kids that dont have christmas presents can have some. Have you ever come out to help l with this before . Not yet. T. Not what is it like doesnt make you feel good . El s. What is your christmas going toi be like . I always go to my familys house and we always eat. S ea thank you very much. We know some of these kids dont have that thats why we do this operation giving tree there are a lot of children who dont hava what luke has. We need the best viewers help to come down and help us feel thiss truck. Santa gave me a good luck charm rude off the reindeer in we need this truck filled up childrenen who wear in the business ofof bringing smiles Christmas Morning you can bring that smile to a child by bringing a gift might be the only gifts they get on anybody else come on down stop byo see the best news th personalities inbest the world high to them the first chance youf can do that and get tuesday be part of something great t and be part of someones life and be special. Its a great event it really is. Thank you mark a alive from Northern Ohio by the dealers help us out every year volunteers from five different counties fromh cuyahoga summit m lorraine and medina. Thats how many foster children youre helping and if f youreyu just swinging by ucs on the sure way pop offi find i something to do with it. Well buy gifts for these kids who might not get one if not for the generosity of our viewers i every year. Ya kudos to Northern Ohio honda theyrs they do so muchr really do. D my partner in crime out here. Every year. Thank you stacey. We are celebrating our legendare prognosticator, who not only changed the way we look at the weather, but left an indeliblety mark on this state and all of our hearts. Last night, dick goddard wrapped up 55 years on the air. What an emotional night. O fox 8s Suzanne Stratford has more on the farewell festivities. Zan as inside fox 8 studios on a street bearing his name meteorologist dick goddard prepares to deliver his final forecast. So are you ready to do this . Are you ready . . Drd s to do what . That wry sense of humor clearly intact while his mood as always. Partly sunny actually. Of hum the rest of us however at fox 8 are were feeling. Mixture of emotions happy and proud to celebrate his legacy. But with a lot little of precipitation. To us dick goddard isnt just a coworker but family and friend. Oh dick how many times have we laughed on the air. Familiar faces like anchor timib ohecipitgogo taylor returned for the send ofd sharing fond memories of so manf good times. You never noticed that. I was aware you are on live thats why i did it. A his impact on this stations immeasurable. Helping ratings soar whilele keeping general managers on their toes. People will say whats it like to manage dick goddard and i say nobody can manage dick goddard. I found that out today. Because dick does things his own way. Y. Always putting people and of biswn course the animals first. So sweet and caring. Because of dick ive rescued hamsters rabbits 2 horses 5 cats 4 dogs and a couple other misc animals. S ad a a lifelong passion supportingrtg all creatures big and small. Ad they say dick goddard to studio out of newsroom walking like this i said dick get in there he said open the back door he has a spider on a web. A the airforce veteran going toern battle getting goddards lawoi passed to protect pets. Which congressman jim renacci ast ps. Honor. I really admire what hes done. With the animals and advocacy for animals. Additional accolades, praise and proclamations were sent fromlad ohio governoj kasich, cleveland and mayor Frank Jackson as well as renaming the Weather Center and something else. Fran a fox eight has contacted the folks at Guinness World records. An honor which brought both a chuckle and tear to Mister Goddard who began his broadcasting career 55 years ago. I mean who does this for 55 years. Ht both ackla