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Bank of America is delivering the U.S. its biggest job-cut blow of the year as the nation is battling unemployment woes. The bank will eliminate about 30,000 jobs in an effort to restore investor confidence and turn a negative tide that has swelled after the recession and amid the slow-growth economy. The jobs cut is […]

EAST CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The city of East Cleveland cleared the way for some new development by bulldozing some old eyesores. The city will demo 24 apartment buildings and 31 single family homes, which are vacant and abandoned in order to create three redevelopment sites within the city for either new housing or small commercialmixed use development. A […]

OMG! An Ohio woman is accused of raping her 10-month-old son, videotaping it and sending it to her Michigan boyfriend. 24 year old Ashley Jessup was indicted in Columbus on two counts of rape, one count of child endangerment and one count of pandering sexually-oriented material involving a minor. Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien says […]

http://www.newsnet5.com CLEVELAND – A 17-year-old was killed and an 11-year-old was severely injured during a shooting on Cleveland’s west side Wednesday evening. The incident happened in the 3100 block of West 73rd Street just after 6 p.m. Cleveland police Sgt. Sammy Morris said officers were first called to the scene for a large fight and […]

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – A Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Deputy is now charged after two criminal incidents in the Metroparks. Paul Lawrence was arrested at his Middleburg Heights home Tuesday morning. Rangers say the first incident was on June 12th, near the Mastick picnic area. Lawrence is charged with two counts of public indecency for allegedly exposing himself […]

(WOIO) – For the first time in nearly two years, serial killer Anthony Sowell is out of the county jail. 19 Action News has learned the mass murderer was shipped to the Supermax Prison in Youngstown, which is where prisoners sentenced to death are housed. Sowell will be in complete isolation for 30 days. 51-year-old Sowell was sentenced to […]

Troopers from the Medina Post seized half-a-pound of cocaine following a traffic stop on Interstate 71 in Medina County. During the traffic stop, troopers observed criminal indicators and a Patrol drug-sniffing canine alerted to the vehicle. A probable cause search revealed the cocaine. The driver was incarcerated in the Medina County Jail. http://www.19actionnews.com/story/15458938/troopers-seize-cocaine-during-routine-traffic-stop Article Courtesy […]

PARMA, OH (WOIO) – The Parma Police Department is currently seeking information on the whereabouts of Luis R. Santana. Santana is wanted by the Parma Police Department and multiple other agencies for theft. He committed these crimes at area Wal-Mart’s, in which he would steal a piece of luggage, then steal Similac baby formula and conceal […]

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – 19 Action News has learned 363 teachers who were laid off and then recalled may not be laid off again as originally planned. The Cleveland School Board announced Tuesday night they will possibly keep all 363 of them for the entire school year. But while these teachers will keep their jobs, […]

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s Interscholastic Athletics Office is announcing, the James F. Rhodes football team will forfeit their game against Glenville this weekend. The game was scheduled for 7:00 p.m. on Friday, September 17, 2011 at John Marshall Field. The forfeit comes on the heals of a one game suspension […]

SUMMIT COUNTY (WOIO) – Summit County Health Commissioner Gene Nixon announced that two confirmed human cases of West Nile Virus Encephalitis have recently been reported to Summit County Public Health. These are the first confirmed human cases of WNV in Summit County since 2002. Unfortunately, a 78-year old resident of New Franklin expired on September 13, […]

The Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office and the Canton Police Department are investigating the death of 16-year-old Joseph Hartley. On September 4th, the Canton teen was involved in a physical altercation with another person.  Hartley sustained head injuries during the altercation and was transported to Children’s Hospital Medical Center of Akron where he later died […]