CLEVELAND – The Cavs are hoping LeBron James’ next “decision” will be a return home to where his career began. Those rumors have circulated before and are being talked about again after a report from The Akron Beacon Journal’s Jason Lloyd about the team’s intentions looking toward the 2014 offseason. In a piece filed Saturday, […]
CLEVELAND, OH – 19 Action News has learned of a new push to restrict where Cleveland city workers live. This is new fallout from a story we broke more than a year ago — three firefighters were living out of state, including one in California. The new law would require many kinds of city workers to live […]
CLEVELAND – Quotes from owner Jimmy Haslam and Rob Chudzinski at a news conference Friday morning introducing Chudzinski as the Browns’ new head coach. Haslam on interview process: “It took 11 days. We talked to 9 or 10 of I believe the best coaches in the country, current pro coaches, former pro head coaches, current […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Plenty of yelling and crying inside a Cleveland courtroom for the sentencing of three convicted murderers. March 14, 2012, 29-year-old Christopher Johnson was shot in the head while driving and then crashed into a home in the 2100 block of West 98th Street in Cleveland. Three men have been convicted of […]
CLEVELAND – Former Cleveland Browns quarterback Bernie Kosar talked to the media about having more than a dozen concussions, always keeping smelling salts with him, and how his “head trauma” has impacted his life. During a Thursday afternoon news conference, Kosar, alongside his doctor, Rick Sponaugle, said his short-term and long-term memory has stayed in […]
Quvenzhané Wallis just made history. With the announcement of the nominees for the 85th annual Academy Awards this morning, the Louisiana-born Wallis, just 9 years old, is now the youngest ever nominee for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Wallis, who was just 5 when she auditioned for the role in “Beasts of the Southern […]
The 2013 Oscars were not without some major surprises. From Leonardo DiCaprio and Nicole Kidman to Ben Affleck and Kathryn Bigelow, some of awards season’s best and brightest were left by the wayside, doomed to join Michael Fassbender, Albert Brooks and Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight” in the annals of Oscar snub history. What were […]
CLEVELAND – Cleveland’s police chief spoke to council members on their public safety committee on a range of issues. He began by letting them know what the BCI, East Cleveland and Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Office is looking at while investigating the use of deadly force. Chief Mike McGrath said components of the investigation include measuring […]
NORTH RANDALL, Ohio – The opening of the new racino slated for Thistledown race track in North Randall may still be a few months away, but Rock Ohio Caesars is beginning the process of filling the positions of those needed to run a slots-only casino. Caesars website lists the openings for the jobs, which fall […]
EAST CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – We’ve learned East Cleveland Police today laid off 20 people. 10 are officers. 10 are other staff members. That is approximately 1/4 of the department. Chief Ralph Spotts told 19 Action News, “This will be a tremendous loss.” We’ve reported, East Cleveland has been going through budget problems. http://www.19actionnews.com/story/20546505/layoffs-east-cleveland-cuts-20-officers-from-the-force Article […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The RTA bus driver who lost an appeal to get his job back earlier this month will have the support of the union as they file for arbitration on his behalf to get his job back. Cell phone video surfaced last year that showed RTA driver Art Hughes belting a female passenger with an […]
CLEVELAND – With the flu spreading quickly across Ohio and the rest of the country, the CDC has listed six things you should not touch to avoid getting sick. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has identified six everyday items that you may want to consider trying to avoid. It’s mainly because flu […]