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  http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_news/veterans-day-deals-include-olive-garden-golden-corral-outback-steakhouse-applebees-and-more CLEVELAND – To honor our veterans, area restaurants and businesses are offering those who serve or have served in the military free meals and other deals Veterans Day and beyond. The first deal is for everyone — free admission to National Parks on Veterans Day weekend — Nov. 10 through Nov. 12. Applebees: […]

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – 19 Action News has learned RTA is testing shields or enclosures that surround drivers. This comes after an attack on an RTA driver as he was in his seat Thursday afternoon, and the viral video where an RTA driver punched a female passenger after she spit on him and assaulted him. […]

AKRON, OH (WOIO) – Friday, November 9, Brogan Rafferty’s was sentenced to life without parole. The Stow teen convicted in a Craigslist murder plot will be sentenced to prison today. Last week, jurors found 17-year-old Brogan Rafferty guilty of murder and attempted murder. According to prosecutors, Rafferty and 52-year-old Beasley lured men to a remote farm […]

*There’s no point in being rich or being the mother of someone rich and famous … if you can’t use it as leverage to get…

  http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_news/cleveland_metro/passenger-punches-bus-driver-over-fare-cleveland-rta-says CLEVELAND – Another incident on an RTA bus resulted in punches being thrown, but this time, a driver was injured. RTA spokesperson Mary Shaffer said this incident happened Thursday when a man got on to an RTA bus at East 114th Street and Union Avenue and did not pay. Shaffer said when the […]

  http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_news/akron_canton_news/firstenergy-will-cut-400-jobs-by-2016 AKRON, Ohio – The utility FirstEnergy says it expects to cut up to 400 jobs by 2016 as it struggles against a lackluster economy that’s led to lower demand and power prices. The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer reports that the company’s CEO talked about the coming job cuts during a public teleconference with analysts […]

CLEVELAND – Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District customers should expect an additional few dollars on their bill starting at the beginning of the year. On Thursday, sewer officials said they started out sending out more than a quarter of a million letters alerting people of the new charge that will go towards an $35 million […]

CLEVELAND – A Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District crew rescued an alligator from the shallow waters of the Big Creek on Thursday. “We have a lot of interesting things that come through the sewer system and we see a lot of things out and about. An alligator though is certainly a surprise,” said NEORSD spokeswoman […]

CLEVELAND – A local organization is saying no to the proposed Horseshoe Casino skywalk. OurCLE, a Cleveland grassroots campaign, has launched a Civic Commons petition initiative to educate the public and advocate against the skywalk. They have over 80 signatures for the petition now. After receiving 100 signatures, the group will send the online petition […]

Ice Cube has spoken out about the next and final installment in the “Friday” series saying it will get made whether Chris Tucker is involved or not. Rapper Ice Cube chatted with the HuffPost recently where he opened up about his latest cd, Everythang’s Corrupt, and discussed upcoming movie projects involving NWA and the Friday series. […]

Ice Cube has spoken out about the next and final installment in the “Friday” series saying it will get made whether Chris Tucker is involved or…

  http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/education/cmsd/Cleveland-school-board-restores-full-day-at-K-8-schools CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Metropolitan School District Board voted Wednesday night to restore 50 minutes to the school day at kindergarten through eighth grade schools. The days were shortened earlier this year to help the district erase a $66 million budget deficit. However, voters approved a 15 mill tax levy on Tuesday to […]