NORTHEAST OHIO (WOIO) – The State Auditor is back taking a whack at School Districts and how they keep track of their kids. This comes on the heels of Ohio Auditor Dave Yost’s scathing report earlier this month attacking the way the Cleveland Metropolitan School District keeps it’s attendance records. In the first half of his […]
BEACHWOOD, OH (WOIO) – The RTA bus driver at the center of a beating caught on tape speaks out. Artis Hughes walked out of Beachwood City Hall Monday after turning himself in. He’s charged with assault on a female passenger. Hughes says, “I’m hoping to get my job back. I’m praying to get my job back. That’s […]
It was an emotional morning at Fox 8 on Tuesday as one of our own made an important announcement. Fox 8 News in the Morning reporter Stacey Frey has been diagnosed with Stage 1 breast cancer. Stacey said she discovered a lump a few months ago and will undergo surgery on Wednesday at University Hospitals […]
BOCA RATON, Fla. — Rahm Emanuel has often told the story, when early in his days as White House chief of staff, he mused aloud to President Barack Obama about the tough hand they’d been dealt. “Sir, this would be a lot easier if you didn’t have a giant recession and two wars to deal […]
CLEVELAND – New attorneys for convicted killer Anthony Sowell filed a 242-page appeal , blaming his previous counsel for the death sentence. Sowell, who in 2011 was convicted of killing 11 women and leaving their bodies around his Imperial Avenue home on Cleveland’s east side, was sentenced to death. During the mitigation phase of the […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – An Election Day billboard battle rages on in Cleveland. A number of “Voting Fraud is a Felony” billboards were placed in inner city neighborhoods several weeks ago. The billboards, which many saw as an act of voter intimidation, were paid for by an anonymous, out-of-state client. Amid a growing number of complaints […]
Boca Raton, Florida (CNN) — President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney meet Monday night in the last of their three debates, this one focused on foreign policy. Unlike last week’s contentious town hall-style debate in which the candidates ambled around the stage and parried with each other, Obama and Romney will be seated […]
CLEVELAND – It might be a greeting card holiday and one that’s only recognized in the Midwest, but the third Saturday of October is Sweetest Day. While often considered a romantic holiday, like a second Valentine’s Day, Sweetest Day was started as a way to remember those who feel forgotten. In 1922, an employee at […]
Still haven’t decided on a costume for Halloween this year? Two Miami residents are encouraging people to wear hooded sweatshirts in their “Halloween Hoodie Campaign” to protest stereotyping after the controversial shooting death of fellow Floridian, Ttayvon Martin earlier this year. The 17-year-old was wearing a hoodie when he was shot and killed by George […]
Ann Romney sat down with the ladies of “The View” on Thursday and answered some uncomfortable questions about her husband, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Originally, the Romneys were going to appear on “The View” together, after the Republican presidential candidate made less-than-flattering remarks about the show’s hosts. Gov. Romney canceled earlier this week, so […]
(WOIO) – On Monday, October 22, Vice President Biden will deliver remarks at grassroots events in Canton and Lorain. Tickets are available for the Vice President’s events in Canton and Lorain. Each event is free and open to the public, but tickets are required for entrance. No more than two tickets per person will be […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – “Give that man his job back!!!” That’s what one woman yelled at an RTA stop near Tower City in Downtown Cleveland. RTA police say that the video that’s now become a youtube sensation shows Artis Hughes, 59, being harassed, spit on and then hit. In the video Hughes loses it. He stops the bus and […]