AKRON, OH (WOIO) – Akron police arrested a Kent State Universityprofessor Wednesday night after he was caught in an SUV with a teen he met online. Someone called 911 and reported a suspicious vehicle in the parking lot of Smith Elementary School on Chester. According to police when they arrived the 44-year old professor and the 15-year-old boy was inside […]
Newly released video shows the encounter that Hillary Clinton had earlier this month in New Hampshire with Black Lives Matter activists, who demanded the Democratic presidential hopeful address issues of systemic racism. During the August 11 exchange, Black Lives Matter Worcester organizer Julius Jones began byquestioning Clinton’s current stance on mass incarceration, considering she has once been […]
It’s WTH?! Thursday on “NewsOne Now” and we’ve lined up all of the funniest stories trending in the news this week. Our insane list of stories includes a woman stealing $9K in undies from a Wyoming JC Penney, Kristina Marie Balen was accused of practicing medicine without a license. She had everyone fooled at Sarasota Arthritis Center for […]
EUCLID, Ohio reports – Police in Euclid say a man with a unique street name wanted for attempted murder has been caught. Tyrice Bowens, who also goes by the name “Poop-Gangsta,”has been arrested by the U.S. Marshals Task Force. Euclid Police report deputies took a “wipe out of crime” when they took the 26-year-old […]
ASHLAND COUNTY, OH (WOIO) – Update: 19 Action News Reporter Scott Taylor reports that Jeremy Williamson was just captured in Lexington, Kentucky. Williamson’s mom told sheriff that her son had called her from a Speedway in Lexington. Sheriff notified Lexington Police who captured him. Original Story: An inmate has escaped from the Ashland County […]
There were no passengers in the bus during the crash. (CNN) – On drugs and in control of a 35-ton vehicle. Video shows Shaun Murphy, a bus driver in Australia, smoking synthetic cannabis behind the wheel. For a moment, he steers with his elbow, having no control at all at times. Finally, the […]
Was Jesean Morris being a benevolent fugitive or just not using his brain? It seems the 20-year-old Omaha man — who was wanted for violating terms of…
The wife of Ramsey Orta, the man who filmed Eric Garner’s fatal encounter with NYPD has been arrested. This comes just a few days after her husband was arrested in an unrelated incident for which she insists he was “set up.” The Staten Island Advance reports: Chrissie Ortiz, 30, the wife of the man who videotaped police […]
SANDUSKY, Ohio – LeBron James’s return to Cleveland is a hot topic just about everywhere. Authorities say a northern man convicted of killing a 3-year-old boy ended up with a broken nose in a jailhouse fight that started with an argument over the NBA star’s return to Cleveland. The Sandusky Register reports that 25-year-old […]
CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio – An 82-year-old man was cited by police for being naked while flying a kite at the Summit County Fairgrounds Wednesday. According to police, the man was cited for disorderly conduct after he was found flying the kite in the nude while a youth group was involved in a horse camp. […]
Usually on The Lookout I share my views on at least five stories concerning Black folks in the media but this week, all anybody is talking about is Donald Sterling — the hopefully soon-to-be former owner of the L.A. Clippers. So, I figured, my column this week had to focus on what we should really […]
CLEVELAND – The city of Cleveland’s portable camera units used to catch traffic violations are on the move again. The 12 cameras will move to new locations April 9. Here’s a partical list of the new locations: West 104th Street & Madison Avenue 1500 Block of West 25th Street 7000 Block of Bessermer […]