Five years have gone by, some 1,825 days, since the people of Flint, Mich., were doomed to a life with no clean water, with no clear end in sight. (Nestle just pledged to continue providing bottled water for the town at least through August of this year.) And it’s been more than 18 months since Hurricane […]

CLEVELAND — The National Weather Service has expired a Tornado Warning for Geauga and Trumbull Counties after it had been in effect for roughly an hour. It had also been in effect for a small portion of Ashtabula County, but that was expired much earlier. A Severe Thunderstorm Warning is still active for Trumbull, while […]

CLEVELAND, Ohio — It looked like a war zone. That’s the way Sgt. Major Herbert Stokes of the Black Man Army described what he saw when he drove past Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen on Euclid Avenue at Cliffview Road. Large double-paned glass windows were shattered, burned spots were in the grass and broken glass was everywhere. The nearby RTA shelter was demolished, including the plexiglass […]

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – For three weeks University Hospitals (UH) has been trying to determine what caused a storage tank holding eggs and embryos to malfunction, and why no one caught the mistake. Originally it was believed 2,000 eggs and embryos were impacted but it now appears the number is closer to 4,000. When the incident first […]

CLEVELAND– University Hospitals released an update on its investigation into the freezer malfunction at a fertility clinic. The temperature of the tissue storage bank at the UH Ahuja Medical Center fertility clinic unexpectedly fluctuated on March 4, jeopardizing the viability of more than 2,000 eggs and embryos. Since then, nurses have responded to more than 900 […]

GEAUGA COUNTY, Ohio — The Geauga County Sheriff’s Office says the county will have “utter devastation” after Sunday’s storms. Right now, county officials say the area was affected by “micro storms” or micro bursts,” but the National Weather Service is coming in later Monday to determine if there were any tornado touchdowns. There are multiple […]

CLEVELAND – Water damage caused floors of the Cuyahoga County Justice Center to close on Thursday morning. Flooding caused by a broken water heater closed floors 21 through 23 of the building. Crews are actively working to repair the issue, which is expected to be resolved in the next 24 hours. Scheduled trials have been […]

Halle Berry and Oliver Martinez were the subjects of a divorce rumor earlier this week. However, according to reports, they are not getting a divorce. Halle Berry simply lost her ring. Via TMZ: Halle lost her engagement ring in Mexico a year-and-a-half ago. She was at the Acapulco International Film Festival in January 2014 where […]

Other victims found in the rubble include a mother of four.   KATHMANDU, Nepal (CNN) — Rescuers in Nepal have pulled a man from the wreckage of a building where he was stuck for a staggering 80 hours after the devastating earthquake that hit the country Saturday. His survival is unusual, as experts say it’s […]

  DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – An early morning fire at a downtown hotel is under investigation. Flames broke out at the Wyndham Hotel on Euclid Avenue around 2:00 a.m. Monday. Officials say the fire started in the first floor kitchen.   READ MORE: 19ActionNews.com Article and Picture Courtesy of WOIO 19 Action News

  STOW — The National Weather Service confirmed an EF0 tornado touched down in Stow on Wednesday afternoon. Winds reached up to 85 mph, according to Gary Garnet, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. Trained spotters reported at least four tornado touchdowns in the viewing area, including one in Stow that damaged a home […]

  AKRON, Ohio– About a dozen people have been arrested following a party that police say attracted as many as 4,000 people over the weekend. The party, known as ‘Shermanfest,’ was held late Saturday on Irisdale Place, off campus near the University of Akron. Students said it started off as a good time with a […]