(RNN) – Attention all shoppers: don’t forget the most important rule to late night shopping on Black Friday – safety. Hidden in the crowds of people shopping for a great deal on the shopping holiday are thieves seeking to take advantage of others. Several violent acts have taken place on Black Friday like stampedes, […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Cleveland State University has beta tested and today launched a new cutting-edge smartphone app that can identify a user’s location and send police help with the single touch of a button. CSU is the first campus in the nation to implement the new system, developed by 911Cellular of Beachwood, Ohio. […]
OHIO CITY, Ohio – Ohio City residents aren’t alone; the Cleveland Planning Commission isn’t “lovin’ it” either. Friday, they voted down a proposal to build a McDonald’s on the corner of Lorain and Fulton in the tight-knit Cleveland neighborhood. The reason? There isn’t enough frontage for the double-lane fast food restaurant. They needed at […]
CLEVELAND – Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE) is responding to concerns after a gunman armed with a semi-automatic rifle opened fire at Los Angeles International Airport Friday, killing a Transportation Security Administration employee and wounding two other people. Hopkins International Airport Director Ricky Smith released the following statement to the public: “We’re deeply saddened […]
CLEVELAND – Cleveland’s Mount Pleasant neighborhood is getting a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to help combat crime. Cleveland is one of only five cities to receive the full $1 million as part of the Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation program and the funds will be disbursed over three years, the […]
*Dear Mr. Smiley, I have admired you immensely as a positive force in the Black community and a consummate professional among your peers. That subtle Gulfport, Mississippi accent blends well with your fine tuned delivery and your manicured decorum. Since President Obama convincingly earned his residency at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, there’s been a self-assigned […]
(CNN) — A Boeing 777 operated by Asiana Airlines crashed while landing Saturday at San Francisco International Airport. Flight 214 left Seoul’s Incheon International Airport earlier Saturday and flew 10 hours and 23 minutes to California, according to FlightAware, a website that offers tracking services for private and commercial air traffic. Anthony Castorani, who witnessed the flight land […]
BEREA, OH – Browns quarterback Brandon Weeden is fighting for the number one job in Berea. But his thoughts and prayers this week have been for his friends and family fighting through the wreckage left by the deadly tornadoes that hit Oklahoma this week. Weeden spoke for the first time about his in-laws who lived […]
Robin Roberts updated viewers on the status of her health on Thursday. Through a post on her Facebook timeline, Roberts wrote that she had been briefly hospitalized after she fell ill during a trip to Key West last week. She pointed out that it was “nothing serious,” but that her doctors wanted her admit her […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – With the Cleveland marathon about a month away organizers are now taking another look at security. The explosions in Boston are already affecting plans for the May marathon. The Cleveland Marathon draws tens of thousands of people from all over the world. So what if it draws people with bad intentions? Cleveland police are […]
CLEVELAND – RTA said a suspicious duffel bag found at the RTA Rapid station located at East 55th Street and Woodland Avenue in Cleveland Tuesday morning contained no device and posed no threat. The City of Cleveland said the bag contained personal items. A suspicious package was reported around 9:30 a.m. The Cleveland […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Cleveland Police say a student brought a gun to Cleveland Central Catholic High School. Police were called to the school on Baxter Avenue around 11 a.m. Friday. A 15-year-old boy was found with an unloaded handgun. He was placed under arrest for carrying a concealed weapon and criminal activity on school […]