CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The 2013 National Senior Games opens Friday! There are 10,834 athletes competing. The opening festival is Friday, July 19 from 4:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. on Mall B, next to the Cleveland Convention Center. This is a free event with activities, food vendors, a beer garden, live music and entertainment for both athletes and […]
ASHLAND COUNTY, OH (WOIO) – Ohio Highway Patrol Troopers stopped a rented 2013 Ford Taurus, with Ohio registration, for a taillight violation on Interstate 71 southbound, near milepost 187 in Ashland County at 10:52 p.m., on July 17. Troopers observed several criminal indicators and a Ashland County Sheriff’s Department drug-sniffing canine alerted to the vehicle. […]
WESTLAKE, OH (WOIO) – Westlake’s brand new Sky Zone is getting ready to open! It’s a place where you let your hair down, and freely flip for the foam zone. With more than 8,000 foam cubes in a six foot deep pit, moms say this is the place they don’t mind having kids bouncing off the […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – RTA is taking extra steps during this extreme heat to make sure drivers and passengers stay cool and safe. It’s hard to avoid the heat altogether when buses and trains are your modes of transportation. RTA drivers are baking behind the wheel and passengers are waiting in sweltering shelters. “It’s hot, […]
(CNN) — As an ailing Nelson Mandela recuperates in a South African hospital, the world celebrated his 95th birthday Thursday, honoring his legacy in various ways, including performing 67 minutes of community service. Voice from a Kenyan slum: Mandela saved my life Schoolchildren sang “Happy Birthday” to the former president during morning assemblies while crowds […]
Although finding a packed marijuana pipe in a fast-food meal might make some people very happy, the Michigan customer who discovered the drug paraphernalia in his 4-year-old grandson’s meal was not pleased. The grandfather called police when he found the pipe in a Burger King Kids Meal purchased Tuesday at a franchise in Dundee, Mich., […]
CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio – The city of Cleveland Heights has canceled the upcoming Coventry Family Arts Fair. On Thursday, the city announced police were monitoring social media and canceling the fair was the “appropriate and responsible thing”. The event was scheduled for Sunday, July 21. “We have a responsibility to never compromise the health, welfare […]
For the first time since the man who fatally shot their son was acquitted, Trayvon Martin’s parents, have come forward to discuss their reaction to the verdict. While peaceful protests and demonstrations popped up around the country, displaying an overwhelming outpour of support for the family, Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin remained silent. But during […]
Bruce Springsteen became the latest musician to honor Trayvon Martin this week, according to the New Jersey Star-Ledger. The Boss reportedly gave tribute to Martin at his show in Limerick, Ireland on Tuesday evening. Springsteen made a stop in the country for his Wrecking Ball Tour, hitting the stage at Thomond Park. Springsteen performed his […]
Detroit filed for bankruptcy Thursday afternoon, becoming the nation’s largest public sector bankruptcy. The move could slash pension benefits to city workers and retirees, and leave investors holding the city’s debt with only pennies on the dollar. Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr, appointed by Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder to oversee the city’s finances, had been holding […]
NEW YORK (CNN) — Accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s face on the cover of the latest Rolling Stone sparked a backlash against the magazine in social media and in boardrooms around the country. “THE BOMBER,” the cover reads. “How a popular, promising student was failed by his family, fell into radical Islam and became […]
“Family Matters” signed off 15 years ago today — the series finale aired on July 17, 1998 after nine seasons, most of which were spent as a staple on ABC’s T.G.I.F. lineup. The show, a spinoff of Jo Marie Payton’s “Perfect Strangers” character Harriette Winslow, has left us with fond memories of The Urkel, the […]