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COLLINS, OH (WOIO) – – School and student leaders at a rural 9-12 building are dealing with K2, an illegal substance that’s threatening student safety and the fall season. Rumors always fly at a high school but when students at Western Reserve High in Collins came to administrators about others experimenting with K2, a potent […]

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – – Matthew Fox is not charged with any criminal offense in connection to an incident on a Party Bus in the Flats. The City of Cleveland Officials just told our Investigative Reporter Scott Taylor “After a thorough review of the facts”, the Prosecutor’s Office has decided not to charge. Heather Bormann, the driver […]

(WOIO) – The unemployment rate in Ohio continued to climb for the third straight month.  It rose to 9.1 percent in August, up from 9 percent in July.  When will things get better?  The news does not look good for nearly 600 postal employees in Akron and Canton.  They are now among the thousands who […]

OHIO TALKING POINTS Since the 2004 election, Ohio has made exercising the right to vote for its citizens easier, more accessible and convenient.  Now, a new law, pushed by Republican Governor Kasich and his allies, threatens to roll back that progress and make it more difficult and confusing for Ohioans to make their voice heard […]

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Charges have been filed against the 19-year-old arrested in connection with a teen’s murder and little girl’s shooting on Cleveland’s west side Wednesday night. Shondre A. Badley has been charged with aggravated murder. A 17-year-old boy was also arrested, but faces no charges at this time. Police responded to the 3100 block of West […]

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – It is a program designed to make sure everyone has a way to make an emergency call for help. But a 19 Action News investigation shows it is being abused in the worst way. A free cellphone program designed to help the elderly and most needy. What Reporter Paul Orlousky found is […]

KENT, OH (WOIO) – A woman killed in an apartment fire in Kent early Friday morning. Flames sparked just before 1:30AM on West Main Street. Investigators tell 19 Action News the fire started in the living room of the apartment, and completely destroyed the living room. One woman was killed. She has yet to be identified pending family notification. […]

AKRON, OH (WOIO) – Thanks for the assistance from the Summit County Sheriff’s Office, the U.S. Marshals Office Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force and the Macedonia Police Department, Kennard Gay was taken into custody without incident around 11:30AM Friday morning at a hotel in Macedonia. 26-year-old Gay, of East Avenue in Akron, was wanted […]

[ooyala EwZjF0MjoPVNor5JHKbmKTagnYrCsrgn 425 239 0 nolink] The stage play “Why Do Good Girls Like Bad Boyz?” has been resurrected and debuting in Cleveland this week at the Cleveland Palace theatre. Check out the cast in the studio with WZAK’s Karen Vaughn above. “Why Do Good Girls Like Bad Boyz?” is an appeal to those women […]

AVON, OH (WOIO) – Groundbreaking Thursday morning for the Nagel Road interchange at I-90 in Avon. Officials hope the interchange will attract other businesses and traffic at State Route 83 and Crocker Bassett will be reduced.  Land has already been cleared just north of I-90 in Avon, to make room for the commercial and industrial business […]

(WOIO) – Ohio’s unemployment rate was 9.1% in August, up slightly from 9.0% in July, according to data released Friday morning by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. The number of workers unemployed in Ohio in August was 536,000, up from 529,000 in July. The number of unemployed has decreased by 47,000 in the […]

(WOIO) – A local high school football game has been canceled. The Elyria High School vs Strongsville High football game is canceled for tonight, Friday, September 16th. The EHS JV game for Saturday, September 17th has also been canceled. Elyria’s Communications Director tells 19 Action News about 30 football players were sent home from school Friday […]