CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – ***Update: 5:49 p.m. 7/21/18*** The Cleveland Police Department said the four children have been located safely and they were provided with the necessary medical attention. Police said officers found the mom and children around the 1300 block of Superior Avenue. Investigators said the kids will be turned over to Cuyahoga County Children […]

ASHTABULA, Ohio– An Amber Alert was issued Tuesday afternoon for a missing 6-year-old girl. Ashtabula police said Brooklyn Vance was taken by her non-custodial grandmother, Connie Sue Nelson. She was found safe at about 3 p.m. Brooklyn was last seen at about 10 a.m. on Tuesday on Spencer Avenue in Ashtabula, police said. She was […]

CLEVELAND – UPDATE: The 9-year-old boy was located at Dave’s Supermarket on Lakeshore Blvd around 3 p.m. Police say it appears he rode the bus all day before returning to the supermarket unharmed. Original story: Cleveland police are asking for the public’s help in finding a 9-year-old boy who was last seen on a Greater Cleveland Regional Transit […]

A new study lists Parma, Ohio as one of the safest cities in the United States. The list of 100 was compiled by the National Council for Home Safety and Security. Parma was ranked 64th, the only Ohio city to make the list. Thornton, Colorado, 10 miles north of Denver, was ranked number one. Citing the […]

STRONGSVILLE, OH (WOIO) – A family member says a pair of Ariana Grande’s backup dancers from Ohio are safe after a deadly incident at Manchester Arena. The dancers, Brian and Scott Nicholson, are from Strongsville. They graduated from Strongsville High School and the University of Akron. In a Facebook post, a family member of the Nicholsons said […]

WILLOUGHBY HILLS, Ohio– An Amber Alert for two children, who police say were kidnapped by an armed man, was canceled Tuesday afternoon. The suspect has not yet been caught. Officers were called to Chardon Road in Willoughby Hills at about 8:20 a.m. Tuesday. The victim said her boyfriend, 24-year-old Clarence Davis, threatened her with a […]

CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19) – Activists are banding together in support of Harambe by creating a petition to pass ‘Harambe’s Law.’ The petition states the law would give legal consequences when an endangered animal is harmed or killed due to the negligence of visitors. As of Tuesday morning, the petition has more than 106,000 supporters. Once it reaches enough signatures, its author – […]

The world is watching the parents of the little boy who fell into a gorilla’s habitat.   The world was stunned when video emerged of a 4-year-old boy falling into a gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo. Zoo directors ultimately made the decision to kill the 17-year-old animal, fearing for the baby’s life. Now outrage […]

Kyle Johnson, 25, of Cleveland, was caught after breaking into a home about 11 a.m. in the 300 block of Crescent Drive in Erie, Pa. this morning (April 19). Police say that Brandi Shakir, 23, of Oakwood, whom Johnson, her ex-boyfriend, allegedly abducted Monday, was reportedly OK but in the hospital. Johnson’s black 1999 Acura, the […]

KENT, Ohio – Kent State University students who were in Brussels during the attacks and the airport and Metro station Tuesday are safe. According to administrators, the 19 students and two staff members were unharmed. School officials say the college of business students were in Brussels as part of an educational spring break trip visiting […]

Students from the UK’s Isaac Newton Academy, all of whom involved won $15K and a chance to meet Prince Andrew, came up with the concept to make those who practice sex even more aware and safe to protect themselves.   Here’s a condom that will show your partner’s true colors. Three students took home first […]

  EAST CLEVELAND — Police Chief Michael Cardilli tells WKYC that Chaday Lentes, the 15-year-old missing teen, has been found and is being checked at a local hospital. A “Peace in the Hood” member says she was found at a Taco Bell on Lee Road. In a WKYC report Monday night, Reporter Lynna Lai said […]