Cleveland in more than a half reported in our countys suburbs. And with another 16 deaths still waiting on test results, that number could grow even higher. Only on news 5. Much of the nation is searching for an answer to the devastating heroin epidemic. None so much as ohio which is number one in the country when it comes to heroin deaths. News 5 james gerard is here now. New numbers. Heroin crisis according to the New York Times americans as the aids crisis did at its height. Theyre pushing for more Major Solutions as more people are dieing from overdosing in ohio than anywhere else in the country. You use this you dont get a second chance. He works every day to make sure people dont die from using heroin but his job has become harder than its a moderate increase. 228 last year is nothing compared to what will likely be more than 500 deaths in 2016. What were missing is long term sober living environment. Not just two or three months. Six or seven months they are so overwhelmed where
Happen. A motherson relationship and for it to end this way, its terrible, its tragic and we need to make sure we find out what happened. Police are still on the scene there in brockton. We have a crew there and will bring you the latest live coming up on 7news at 6 00. In the newsroom, im adam williams, 7news. We are following a developing story on the soccer team tragedy in brazil. Officials say the recording shows the pilot of that brazilian charter plane ran out of fuel before nate. The pilot repeatedly asked air Traffic Control permission to land because of total failure and lack of fuel. He went silent after saying hes flying about 9,000 feet off the ground. A memorial will be held tonight at the stadium where the teams were set to play and a the attack at Ohio State University, investigators believe, was inspired by isis. Investigators say posts on abdul artans Facebook Page referenced the terror group, and yesterday isis claimed responsibility for the attack. Today were hearing
55 20 i dont know that. I dont know. She was talking to somebody. 12 19 i know she called a third person because i saw her on the phone when they were arguing and then the third person showed up. But police insist shes not a suspect. Instead theyre looking for a black man in his 30s with a goatee. Who somehow got through the gate. And drove off in a black sports car with a small assault rifle. 58 47 they were saying either like a charger or a challenger, Something Like that. 15 09 i wish i did something call the police because that way i would have prevent that from happening, im pretty sure. But i didnt want to get involved. I should have. So we asked the police have at least gone through the womans phone and they said look they cant talk about the the specifics of the investigation i didnt actually talk to the detective but the person who i did speak to said they have to imagine that they were looking at all course if you have any information about who the shooter is please call metr
Tonight ino clouds to hang on. Sunday, clouds should disperse somewhat, allowing a return to the upper 60s low 70s across the area. Next week, a warming trend is likely through wednesday with a seasonable cooldown right behind a midweek cold front. Enjoy your weekend toda y becoming mostly cloudy. Wind ne 1015. High 67 tonight cloudy. Wind ne 510. Low 57 tomorrow mostly cloudy. Wind n 510. High 66 tom. Night partly cloudy. Wind n 510. Low 53 rapids will allow people who live or work in the flood zone to go back into the area. And its asking people who dont need to be there to stay away so large equipment can get in for cleanup. The flood zone will be open to everyone else starting at seven saturday morning. For the many oncall first responders, Police Officers, and firefighters, the return to normal is longawaited. But until their routine is normalized, there is one place providing is providing hot meals and a place to relax for those working. Crescent lodge mason john english says he
The impact of those high waters. Most of them survived with little to no damage, but not everyone was so lucky. 17 32 they were all kind of jammed together yesterday, and the neighbors on the hill heard a big boom about 5 30 this morning, they came running down and this is what they saw. Gloria rolfson had a hard time looking at her sunken houseboat thursday morning. 14 22 i was down here all the time. I happened. 15 14 all our grandkids, our 10 grandkids come down, and spend time, we have cookouts we have bonfires, and we have great times, and its gone, its all gone. As the flood waters continue to drop, members of the Ellis Harbor Association say the goal now is to keep the rest of the homes afloat. 21 33 were trying to pull together to save as many great. Association members say changes after the 2008 flood helped keep all the boats in the harbor. 21 04 we beefed up our brackets, or cables, and we have an inspection every year. While most houseboat owners will likely be back after t