*What a sad mess. Whitney Houston’s sister-in-law Pat Houston just got a restraining order against against Nick Gordon, the husband of Whitney’s daughter Bobbi Kristina, over claims she feared for her safety, reports TMZ. This all started when Gordon used his social media pages to post guns and making threats against Pat and her son, […]

A Kenyan woman (pictured) who claims a man raped and infected her with HIV at a party recently admitted to sleeping with more than 300 men in revenge, the Kenyan Daily Post reports. SEE ALSO: Can Breast Cancer Cause Uterine Cancer? The woman, who remains anonymous, shared her story through her Facebook page “Kenyan Scandals.” […]

  The death toll has risen to seven in Wednesday’s gas explosion that rocked a New York City neighborhood. One of the victims – who lived above the church where the explosion originated – was tragically on a rare day off from work. Three of the seven victims killed in the explosion have been identified: Rosaura Hernandez-Barrios, […]

  Wednesday mid-afternoon, FirstEnergy is reporting on its website that more than 29,854 people are without power as a winter storm begins to move across Northeast Ohio. Parma Municipal Court has had its power restored and so the court remains in session. Parma police say there is no power on State Road from Brookpark to […]

  CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Two violent incidents near Cleveland high schools. Both happened just before 3 p.m. Monday. The first happened near Collinwood High School on St. Clair Avenue near East 153rd Street. This is a report of a student assaulted. The second happened near JFK High School at Lee and Harvard. This is […]

  NORTH OLMSTED, Ohio – North Olmsted Police said a shooting has occurred at the Home Depot at 26241 Brookpark Road. Police said that a 34-year-old white male shot a 34-year-old white male in the parking lot. North Olmsted Fire tells newsnet5.com that crews have transported a man to Fairview Hospital with a gunshot wound to […]

  Folks in northeast Ohio can take heart because the news could be worse. Yes, the Cleveland-Akron-Canton metro area jumped up in Orkin’s latest list of the “top 50 bed bug cities” again, and yes, that means we’re sitting at #6 now. But it could be worse. We could be Cincinnati, a former #1 that […]

  CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The nasty winter weather has created massive potholes which are popping up everywhere. In fact, the Lake Erie monster could live in one pothole on Lorain avenue. Missy Peters lives on West 130 Street and she can’t pull out of her driveway without rattling the frame of her car. “There’s two of them — two huge ones […]

  LAKEWOOD, Ohio – A tree cutting service crane taking down a large tree this morning collapsed and crushed two garages. Lakewood Fire and police were called out to 1506 Lakeland Avenue around 12 p.m. and found the garages crushed and cable and telephone lines collapsed. There were no injuries reported.   READ MORE: NewsNet5.com […]

  PALM BAY, FL (RNN) – One person was shot in the parking lot of Eastern Florida State College in  Palm Bay, FL, Thursday afternoon. Officials told WTFV in Orlando the shooting victim was taken to the hospital in critical condition. Police have detained two individuals, one of which is the suspected shooter, according to […]

  CLEVELAND – A smartphone app to make it easier to find parking in downtown Cleveland has come under fire in Cleveland for safety reasons. Parker by Streetline identifies open meter parking spaces and parking lot spaces so drivers can easily get to them. It’s part of a pilot program with the city of Cleveland launched […]

  CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Another bed bug has found at the Cuyahoga County Justice Center and that has led to alarm among court employees. The county held special meetings for court employees Monday, telling them what to watch for, and what to do when they spot a bed bug. And now the court is ending […]