record high temperatures today and big change is already happening. what will you be waking up to . this is how my lifeGreyhound Bus. a cleveland man speaks out about the crash that nearly took his life. why he says it could have been prevented. irs comp problem that has shut down the efiling system and could hold up your tax return. At a big dream. how big . we will see next how lebron james is helping to make dreams come true. news at 11. thank you for joining us. i am sara shookman. and i am chris [ indiscernible look at this screen. this was the scene one year ago today. northeast ohioans were digging out from up to now in a lot of places. today its quite different. we hit a record high. The big changes are already happening. this what was a nasty february for us. today with record highs being set, you have to say, what else is coming going to cool off go in the meantime it looks like the records 100 years old today, they were broken today. 63 hopkins and 59at mansfield. the average high is 35. we shot way past that. interestingly enough we are in itory. the temperatures have cooled back into the midshipman and upper 30s. a couple of 40 sagging on. that wont be for long. 40s hanging on. we have some flurries affect snow showers but other than that no real action. a lot of times this is a be coming our way. as far as the forecast, this is 11 pm. you can see how the temperatures trend downward as we get into the Morning Hours g hours. we will start the day in the low to midshipman 30s. isolated storms through the day but it will feel a whole lot more february tomorrow. the Cuyahoga County jury has declared must play 27 million for life changing injuries that a man suffered in a bus crash. the victims as if the wed its own you may find some of these injuries disturbing. Excelled in judo at his days of competition are now over. Have a terrible wreck island 80 west. we had a Greyhound Bus on 80 west. we had a rearended a truck work mark ended up crushed between the two vehicles. i was thinking this is how my life ends, on a Greyhound Bus. he was covered in glass and it took three hours for d from the wreckage. this was my left leg that was torn off. One leg had to be amputated in the foot on the other one was partially amputated. the lake is disfigure. this is called a fasciotomy. , shoulder, torn off eyelid, the aorta slightly broke away from the heart. Ys leave the driving to him but to them but mark says you may want to think twice. their own safety rules require that three hours or 150 miles. i saw her doze off before the accident. she ignored Company Rules which are designed to prevent fatigue. E she was set up to fail. row does greyhound had these rules so that people like her who dont recognize e are protected by rules. she was victimized by the rules. despite the Company Rules, the ceo testified the daughter er can make the final call. its okay that they drive 33 he said [ indiscernible ] life ruined because the corporation didnt find out follow their own safety rules. reporter it was last month that a greyhound driver at he was fatigued before he crashed into safety barrels on a california highway flipping the bus on the site, 2 killed and at least 8 others hospitalized. and marks case a Cuyahoga County jury recently ordered greyhound to pay him 27 million. mark says his life has been hell, brushing his teeth and getting out of bed are challenging. he has even more surgeries ahead. Spirit this was an accident that wasnt an accident. it was going to happen this was an accident that wasnt an accident. it was going to happen. it was just a matter of time. Reporter the ceo says the 150 mile rule is just a guideline. they dont discipline drivers if they dont follow it. the company is now weighing it the man who allegedly shot of Dansville Police officer is being held without bond in jail tonight. he pleaded not guilty. He could face the death penalty. Health Emergencies are in effect tonight in 4 florida counties due to the zika virus . We are talking miamidade, lee, hillsboro and Santa Rosa County in florida. they are all under this emergency. florida has seen at least nine cases of this miskito borne illness. every case mosquito borne illness. every case has been from someone who has traveled in affected countries. the irs is having trouble with computer systems. it has stopped accepting electronically filed tax returns at the moment. this could affect refunds. it doesnt anticipate major disruptions. the irs says some of its systems will remain out of service until tomorrow at least. wayne county family is safe saying thanks to a good samaritan. a man stopped to alert them after he saw there foreign and home on fire. channel 3s Hillary Wilson spoke to them i in chippewa live in chippewa. reporter a family of 4 used to you live here at this home. they had no idea what was going on. it just so happened that jesse walker was driving by, considering the explosive material, they are so happy he passed by. they were going to blow. the ground was on fire coming up to the propane tank. they were leaning on the home. they were right there. he was worried about an explosive situation yesterday afternoon. portage road was on fire. they drop to their knees and they didnt know what to do. reporter jesse happened to be driving by when he saw the flames. a mom and kid were upstairs and had no idea what was going on. everyone made it out despite the roaring fire in the back of the house. the entire garage was enveloped in flames. it started spreading onto the house. reporter page lists next door and could feel the heat on her face and see the pain on the faces of the family who thankfully got out. i could see the loss in the mothers face and how difficult that would have to be for her. A family who lost everything. A gofundme account has been set up. this family. the community is behind them. help anybody. reporter the community really is behind in. julie erwin, a family friend, a while ago. she set up a gofundme account because of all of the great things that the family does in the community. we have a link on our website at wkyc. Com. Where live in Chippewa County channel 3 news. we are live in Chippewa County channel 3 news. a dream come true. see how a local Senior Living facility surprised a lifelong cavs fan with the help of king james. now hiring, home depot right here in northeast ohio. first off, long as we take a sneak peek into downtowns newest hotel. it is sold out for a long more than 1300 jobs are coming to northeast ohio. home depot announced it will hire seasonal staff in stores this includes sales, operations and cashier they are also looking for new Merchandising Team members. go to our website, wkyc. Com foretelling the website to apply. the Republican National convention is five months away. another new downtown all help hotel is about to open its doors. this is the Schofield Hotel across from the new [ indiscernible ] on the outside the original fagade is turn of the 20th century. it has been renovated and cyber a click a complete remodel, the hotel has it caters to guests who want a more personal experience. if you want a boutique feel, with 122 rooms, its almost a innkeeper type of feel. it allows us to rapper wrap our arms around the guests. they will be busy this summer. they are already sold out for the republican convention. is expected to open next asking you shall receive. sometimes more than you could ever imagine. that is what happened when i local man reached out when a local man reached out to his favorite athlete. Walter Robinson has been beachwood since 2007. the staff goes out of their way to show the residents that theres a better way to age and they are never too old. reporter if you ask Walter Robinson anything related to basketball, you will probably get the same answer. who was going to win walter . the cavaliers. my father has wanted to see a cavs game for a long time. when he found out lebron was coming back, he was super excited. Reporter his speech and maneuverability have been hurt from a stroke the staff at menorah park make it their mission to fulfill the residents residence wishes. his wish is you guessed it berky such as going to again. they sent in the letter thanking him for being a fan, shoes and a bracelet in addition to going to the game. my dad was over the moon. reporter donors have been helping since the dream initiative started in 2002. once we make a dream come true, we go on to the next one. i dont know if lebron will give up the second shoe however. reporter he watched tonights game with the shoe in his lap. there was only one player that lebron. [ laughter ] it doesnt matter what you ask, he will say lebron james. Reporter in the meantime menorah park will continue working on other james. theres a woman in the has a dream to get her own radio show and another resident who wants to meet two of the band members of the beatles. that is cool. switching gears to the weather, betsy kling is here. i think we were 30 degrees warmer this afternoon and we are right now. it has been quite an abrupt change for us. we shattered 126yearold records. that doesnt happen every day. and we are only one day removed from vermin day. [ laughter ] theres this day and then whether persons day weather persons day. candy and Vacation Time and chocolates, good enough. scattered flurries will be around as we get into the morning rush. temperatures will be in the 30s. we will cool off another 5 or 10 degrees from where we are right now. it will be relatively steady throughout the day tomorrow as far as temperatures go. we have had an abrupt change. we made it to the low 60s early this afternoon and now we are sitting at about 40 degrees. Temperatures will continue to tumble back into the low 30s. we could even end up with some upper 20s. change. the cold air is off to the even though it is cooling off, we wont take a big polar plunge yet in the forecast. it does look like things will even out for us. as far as the snow, typically these large storm systems to produce a lot of snow. there was a ton of snow mccain planes state plains states. we are getting some lake effect snow, thats not really related to the system. its semirelated. we might see lake erie get in on some of this action tonight. it looks like the colder temperatures will drive the lake show do the lake snow throughout the entire day tomorrow. that is easy to plan on. snow showers and flurries will be hit and miss as we go through the day. at 5 30 in the morning, you can see this and then at 8 30 you can see the low 20s upper 20s and low 30s. the snow showers will not be heavy, we are not expecting a lot of accumulation. chances to the south as well. the wind speeds are coming down overall even though the temperatures are coming down as well. for tomorrow we will be in the low and mid 30s, flurry chances around for much of the area, especially as we head into the latter part of the day. then they will become more scattered. clouds and sun for friday. the temperatures will get back into the upper 30s and 40 degrees is the anticipated saturday. the sevenday forecast, sunday increasing clouds, monday, tuesday, wednesday of next week, you can see where things are going. They will go back down into the basement. we have a chance for snow flowers snow showers coming in as well. it looks like that pattern will set up and then be with us for quite a while. as far as the overall forecast, it looks like winter is still firmly in place in northern ohio. thank you betty. coming up, the caps on the road tonight for the final time before the allstar break. can they keep the winning lebron had two shoes on tonight, right . he did give one away earlier on the show thats very nice but even with two shoes tonight, it was not good enough. the cabs were in great shape at the half in charlotte that the second half was another he fivegame winning streak came to an end. the hornets got them tonight. Michael GordonsCharlotte Hornets were ready to go tonight. Michael JordansCharlotte Hornets or ready to go tonight. he goes into 16th place. in nba alltime scoring jeremy lane was a guy for the hornets a cup them going. the cabs were outscored in Third Quarter by 15 points. the cavaliers were outscored in Third Quarter by 15 points. the cavaliers were lose 106 97. they will take on the celtics after the allstar break. big news, Johnny Manziel was approached to find out what happened last weekend is future in cleveland. he said i will not answer that. he said if you have any questions about how the mavericks are playing, i will answer those questions. this was National Signing day. ohio state always does here but they do well everywhere. they get a type v top five recruiting class in the nation. they hit it big in northeast ohio. the news at 7 00, to marry him a call from northridge a u. S. Army allamerican rated in the top 50 in the nation as a player. he is thrilled to be staying in ohio and playing for the buckeyes i love my family and i love my peers and friends. knowing that ohio state was my dream school and its pretty close to home, i had no other choice, to be honest. lets go out to Perry High School where the big tight end was sitting at the table and signed on the dotted line. he became an ohio state by. luke farrell is thrilled to be coming is thrilled to be playing for urban meyer. i had a great relationship with the coaches. just being there was like being home. the home of the buffs tight end hawkins can do a lot of things. he will play for the buckeyes too. he made it official today. jack [ name indiscernible ] can you remember that name . center from is dad was a center. He is moving on to ohio state is about a. michigan landed the number 1 recruit in the country, reshad gary who made his announcement live on cnn today. he had clemson and michigan right at the altar ready to go and michigan got the nod. at st. Ignatius, several signed their letter of intent. william liam aiken burke, what a great name and a great tackle for the fighting irish of notre dame. now we go to the defending state champions, 29th student athletes sign their letters of this was an addon, tony butler will be going to the cornhuskers. the safety from clearview high school, lance billings will become an iowa hawkeye after he makes his signature right there is a multiple time all ohio selection. the home of champions, the Benedictine High School bengals, thats justin layne. he is a spartan of michigan state. hes one of the top receiver wide receiver recruits in the nation. what a great day for the Cleveland School district. here come the [ indiscernible ] 30 kids sign their letters of intent, 18 from glenville high school. they were congratulated by the great ted [ name indiscernible ]. Channel 3 sports is everywhere. we also signed on for some further education. thats a good move. 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