STEUBENVILLE — Attorney Dennis McNamara, who represents Michael Nodiano, the teen seen in the 12-minute video, says his client was not involved in the incident and regrets saying what he said on the video. McNamara called a press conference Monday afternoon. McNamara said “..there’s a reason the words ‘young’ and ‘stupid’ often appear in the […]
CLEVELAND – A Cleveland company has been cited for 21 health violations and faces a $98,000 fine, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration said. Cleveland Granite and Marble, located on Carnegie Avenue, was inspected after a complaint in August. OSHA said the company failed to train workers who use industrial trucks […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – ESPN is reporting that the Cleveland Browns have decided to reboot their coach search after leaving Arizona late Sunday morning without landing Oregon’s Chip Kelly, citing league sources. The team apparently was unsure about whether or not Kelly was 100% committed to a run in the NFL. WIP radio in Philadelphia reported […]
MANSFIELD, OH (WOIO) – An Ohio man is facing felony drug charges after Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers seized approximately 40 grams of heroin, worth nearly $6,000 following a traffic stop in Richland County. Troopers stopped a 1986 GMC Sierra pick-up truck, with Ohio registration, to investigate a warrant violation on State Route 13 northbound, […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The price at the pump is expected to soon go up. One of the guys we spoke with while filling their tank says, “Of course unfortunately, the consumer is the one who gets stuck with it.” The current prices were good while they lasted. Another patron at the gas station said, […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Tempers flared at a Cleveland City Council caucus meeting on Monday afternoon. Members were considering a request by a retired councilman to return, and angry words were exchanged over his “double dipping.” Councilman Kenneth Johnson retired at the end of the year, and now wants to come back. It allows him to […]
CLEVELAND – Holidays at the Higbee turned into a money maker for the Horseshoe Casino Cleveland. The casino posted an adjusted gross revenue figure of $24.5 million in December. That’s a 19.7-percent increase over November’s number and the second highest total since the casino opened in May — behind June’s $26.1 million. Horseshoe posted its […]
NEW YORK –- Time Warner Cable pulled the plug on Current TV just hours after news of the cable channel’s sale to Al Jazeera became official. “This channel is no longer available on Time Warner Cable,” read an on-screen message where Current TV used to be found. Al Jazeera took a major step into the […]
BENTLEYVILLE, Ohio – Dozens of dead birds were found dead with broken necks in the Cleveland Metroparks Wednesday. The Ohio Division of Wildlife called rangers to the South Chagrin Reservation in Bentleyville at about 3:15 p.m. for an animal dumping investigation. The scene was located about a quarter mile north of the Bentleyville Police Department. […]
CLEVELAND – A video released this week is drawing widespread attention for its connection to a controversial rape trial in the city of Steubenville. The vigilante hacktivist group known as Anonymous posted the 12-minute video of Steubenville High School students joking and laughing about the alleged rape of a girl. One of the teen boys […]
AKRON, Ohio – The superintendent of Akron’s Jennings Community Learning Center said Friday that he asked the Akron Police Department to temporarily remove an officer from the school after a mother accused the officer of breaking her 14-year-old daughter’s arm. Superintendent David W. James said the decision is effective on Monday when students return to […]
A $9.7 billion bill to pay flood insurance claims from Hurricane Sandy sailed through the House on Friday with an overwhelming bipartisan majority, just two days after Republican officials in New York and New Jersey exploded in outrage after a much larger relief bill failed to come up for a vote before the end of […]