CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – A new report out shows gambling on the rise in Ohio. It also shows that more Ohioans addicted to gambling are getting help. Louis Weigele is a clinical social worker who has worked with gambling addictions. “People lose their jobs, people lose their livelihoods, people lose their families,” says Weigele of the […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – We’ve learned of talks to see if the two Cleveland Police choppers can be used to patrol all of Cuyahoga County, or even the entire region. Fallout from a recent Cleveland Police chase and deadly shooting that left two dead. No chopper was flying that night to help monitor the speeding […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Embassy Suites in Downtown Cleveland closed hundreds of hotel rooms on Monday. The K&D Group plans to use the Reserve Square East 12th Street building as apartments. The move will turn Reserve Square into one of the largest apartment buildings in downtown Cleveland. 100 people lost their jobs due to the transformation. […]
ELYRIA, OH (WOIO) – Eighteen days until Christmas. Many of us are still shopping, looking for those gifts for loved ones. Tough economic times have people skipping the big retail shops for pawn shops. Park and Pawn in Elyria is reaping the benefits. “Most of the stuff we take in is jewelry,” said one store […]
CLEVELAND, OH – It was a dominating performance, the Browns overwhelmed the Kansas City Chiefs, and Browns fans watched as young players like Brandon Weeden and Josh Gordon took another step in the development process. It was a third straight win for the Browns and a fifth win in their last eight games. “I don’t […]
(CNN) – An Australian radio show has been shut down after a prank call to the hospital treating Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, and a woman’s apparent suicide. The two DJs responsible for a prank call to the nurse of the former Kate Middleton spoke out for the first time since Jacintha Saldanha, who transferred […]
AKRON, Ohio – Cynthia Ivery sometimes tries to block out the reality and pretend it never happened, but the pain of losing her son to murder doesn’t go away. Dec. 11 will mark the one-year anniversary since Henry Ivery, 25, was gunned down outside of a West Akron home. The case remains unsolved. “I couldn’t […]
CLEVELAND – The two brothers of murdered Cleveland 3-year-old Emilliano Terry have been placed in the custody of relatives. Emilliano Terry was reported missing by his mother, 20-year-old Camilia Terry, from Kossuth Park on Nov. 25. The next day, investigators tracked down the boy’s remains at a waste plant in Oakwood Village and his mother […]
AKRON, Ohio – An Akron barber was a hero Wednesday when he prevented an armed gunman from robbing the beauty shop next door to his barbershop. Terrance Duncan, 43, said he was talking on the phone with his grandmother around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday when he spotted a man glaring at the beauty shop on 920 […]
CLEVELAND – A body was found in Lake Erie at a marina near East 55th Street in Cleveland Thursday morning. The Cleveland Fire Department confirmed it responded to the lake off North Marginal Road just before noon. According to Cleveland EMS, there was a body discovered there. The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office said it […]
CLEVELAND – East Cleveland’s police chief says three to four Cleveland officers involved in the chase turned deadly double shooting are being questioned daily. East Cleveland, along with BCI officials, hope to have all questioning wrapped up by Friday. One of the main issues the departments have is why 137 rounds were fired, at what […]
INDIANA– A man who has a tattoo of Mitt Romney on his face is having a change of heart. At first, he told WBND that he would never have it removed. But, now, a month after the presidential election, he says he wants it gone. Eric Hartsburg says he feels Romney was a sore loser […]