CLEVELAND — The Ohio Department of Transportation is closing I-77 north and southbound between I-480 and I-490 beginning tonight for the demolition of the Harvard avenue bridge. The closure will begin tonight, Friday, March 29, at 8 p.m. and last until Monday, April 1 at 5 a.m. Drivers will be redirected to State Route 176 […]

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The family that owns Brookpark Skateland announced Friday they will not be reopening. The popular roller skating rink in the 13000 block of Brookpark Road was heaving damaged in a fire on Sept. 19, 2018. The Bradnan family, who has owned Brookpark Skateland for multiple generations, said in a Facebook post the fire […]

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Cleveland Metroparks Zoo and The RainForest has closed, due to nearby flooding. According to the zoo’s facebook page the facility is until further notice.   READ MORE: Cleveland19.com Article Courtesy of WOIO Cleveland 19 News Picture Courtesy of Jeff Stephens and Getty Images Post Courtesy of Facebook and WOIO Cleveland 19 News

CLEVELAND – When Public Square reopened in June after a 15-month, $50 million renovation, it included bus shelters and traffic signals along a newly-paved portion of Superior Avenue that was meant to serve as a bus lane through the heart of the square. The city of Cleveland announced Tuesday plans to keep the roadway closed […]

Walt Disney World announced it will close its gates 5:00 p.m. Thursday and remain closed through Friday, Oct. 7 thanks to Hurricane Matthew. The company’s official website posted the announcement, which marks only the fifth time the resort’s theme parks  will be closed since the resort opened on October 1, 1971. Three of the four […]

CLEVELAND – Ten Cleveland Metropolitan School District schools were dismissed early Wednesday due to heat conditions. According to CMSD spokesperson Roseanne Canfora, the schools that were let out early do not have air conditioning. The following schools were dismissed early: Benjamin Franklin Charles Eliot Collinwood Facing History New Tech at Charles Mooney Garrett Morgan Iowa-Maple […]

SANDUSKY, Ohio– Cedar Point will reopen on Tuesday after a storm knocked down power lines along the park’s causeway. Cedar Point announced on Monday there is no damage to the park itself. “Ohio Edison’s repairs to the power lines on the Cedar Point Causeway are ongoing. Because of their hard work and diligence, Cedar Point […]

LAKEWOOD, OH (WOIO) – The Lakewood City Council has voted unanimously to approve a new deal with the Cleveland Clinic to close Lakewood Hospital. The plan approved Monday night involves a multi-million dollar investment that transitions the facility from a “sick care hospital inpatient model to an innovative, contemporary and sustainable outpatient health and wellness approach. Along with a […]

ELYRIA, Ohio — A McDonald’s restaurant in Elyria has closed in connection with a bed bug problem. According to Elyria City Health District officials, a number of calls were received from customers requesting a sanitation inspection at the 547 Broad St. location. The store was voluntarily closed for cleaning Sunday and Monday, officials say, after […]

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) –The street around the old National City bank building remained closed Tuesday afternoon. Bricks fell from the building during rush hour Monday afternoon, smashing one vehicle on East 6th Street near Vincent Avenue and causing quite a scare. Officials say it was a masonry facade or parapet wall that actually fell. Witnesses […]

We may never know what sparked Solange to go at Jay Z the way she did in an elevator after the Met Gala, but speculation and assumptions are certainly in the air. With them being family, how did it get to this? In an interview with Hot 97 from last September, Solange gave her true […]

  CLEVELAND – Playhouse Square is celebrating and lighting up its brand new chandelier over downtown Cleveland on Friday, May 2. Their “Dazzle the District” event  takes place in the heart of Playhouse Square on Euclid Avenue between East 13th and East 17th Streets and on East 14th Street between Euclid and Prospect. That means […]