via Wkyc: Teenagers are finding new ways to hide drug use in plain sight. To help families and educators stay proactive, CASA for KIDS of Geauga County and the Geauga County Juvenile Court Community Outreach Program brought ‘Operation: Street Smart’ to Kenston City Schools in Chagrin Falls Township Tuesday night. “The person that’s dying right now on heroin didn’t just start with heroin,” […]
CLEVELAND — A local work-study program by Green Corps is helping teens find employment at urban farms in Midtown, Slavic Village, Fairfax and Buckeye-Woodland communities while giving them and residents around the farms access to fresh food. For as sure as Shawn Dantzler’s hands look in the dirt, you’d never know gardening didn’t come easily to him […]
Kroger has reportedly disciplined employees and moved up previously planned diversity and sensitivity training after being accused of racial profiling by a mother whose teens were accused of stealing while buying snacks. According to Daily News, the grocery chain on announced “several immediate actions in response” to the incident at its store in Mesquite, Texas. […]
AKRON, OH (WOIO) – Three teens are in custody tonight after a FedEx worker posted a video on Facebook catching them committing crimes in Akron. A FedEx driver told Akron Police he saw the teens ride off with a package he had just delivered. “Here’s a FedEx driver basically out doing his job delivering packages […]
Something disturbing is happening to the youth in Washington D.C., and for some reason not many media outlets are talking about it. In the past 10 days, a reported 10 black and Latinx teens have gone missing in the Washington area, according to The Root. Since Mar. 9, many users on Twitter have been alerting […]
EUCLID, Ohio — Due to an increase in disruptive behavior, Euclid Public Library will soon require anyone under the age of 18 to have a chaperone. According to EuclidLibrary.org, the change will be effective March 1. The website states: “Unfortunately, since the beginning of 2017, the library has experienced a sharp increase in disruptive behavior […]
Cleveland Police have confirmed that three teenagers have been shot near the corner of East 105th Street and Ostend Avenue, while another teen was shot on East 149th on Monday evening. In all, there are three separate shooting incidents that Cleveland Police are investigating from Monday. At Ostend Avenue and East 105th, two 14-year-old females have been taken […]
Four suspects have been charged in Chicago in connection with the gruesome beating and torture of a white man that was streamed on Facebook Live. Jordan Hill, 18; Tesfaye Cooper; 18; Brittany Covington, 18; and Tanishia Covington, 24, have each been charged with hate crime, felony aggravated kidnapping, aggravated unlawful restraint and aggravated battery with […]
BEACHWOOD, Ohio — Beachwood Place announced Tuesday they will launch a Parental Guidance or PGR program beginning this Friday, January 6. The program announcement comes a week after hundreds of teens were involved in a disturbance at the shopping mall. The purpose, representatives said, is to provide a comfortable, family-friendly shopping experience for mall guests. […]
BEACHWOOD, Ohio– More than 500 teens were involved in the disturbance that shut down Beachwood Place Monday night. About a dozen Beachwood officers and more from nearby communities responded to the scene shortly before 7 p.m. The teens created havoc at the mall, but Cpt. Gary Haba said there were no large fights. He said there were no […]
Tough love is often the best kind.
During the brawl, school worker and basketball coach Marcus Cruz is heard saying, "let them fight."