DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – 19 Action News is breaking new information about crime in downtown Cleveland. We have staggering new stats that show major crime is up — and it couldn’t come at a worst time. The new convention center and Flats renovation are drawing more people downtown. According to police statistics rape and robbery in […]
AVON LAKE, OH (WOIO) – After four heroin deaths in the last nine months Avon Lakes’ mayor is making it his mission that this suburban community has no more under his watch. “Certainly our community cannot tolerate the loss of another young person,” Mayor Greg Zilka. The coroner is reporting heroin deaths in Lorain County […]
Detroit is in a state of financial emergency, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) said Friday. “There’s probably no city that’s more financially challenged in the entire United States,” said Snyder. “We need to start moving upward with the city of Detroit.” Mayor Dave Bing has a 10-day period in which he can request a hearing, […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Teen dating violence is an alarming trend throughout the country, kids involved in dangerous and sometimes deadly relationships. Now, a national effort is underway to expose warning signs and stop the violence.@ An abusive dating relationship nearly cost Johanna Orozco her life, “He got controlling, very jealous. I couldn’t wear certain […]
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Mike and Trina swear by their coffee. He enjoys a “saturated” blend, which is “on the cold side”; she prefers a fine espresso grind that is “warm and thicker.” The St. Petersburg, Fla., couple refuses to drink the caffeinated beverage, which they say is bad for their health. Instead, they use […]
CLEVELAND – The Cleveland City Councilman who was arrested for driving under the influence entered a “not guilty” plea in court Monday morning. Eugene Miller was pulled over by a Cleveland police officer near Route 2 and Marginal Road at 1 a.m. Sunday for speeding. Miller told the officer that he was on his way […]
KENT, Ohio – Police are searching for a man they say exposed himself on the campus of Kent State University. At about 1:15 a.m. Monday, Kent State police reported a man exposing himself outside the Centennial Court Residence Halls. They said he is white, 40-50 years old, with brown hair and wearing a blue button-down […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – A 12-year-old girl was badly injured Thursday when she touched a power line, according to authorities. She went into electrical cardiac arrest. East Cleveland Fire was the first on scene with advanced life saving equipment and were able to shock the girl and bring her pulse back. Police have identified the girl as Gasia Thomas. She was taken to Rainbow […]
CLEVELAND — Downed power lines scattered across Cleveland showed their potential to do harm when a 12-year-old was injured on Thursday. Now Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson has urged families in his city to refrain from trick-or-treating. “This decision comes out of an abundance of caution to help keep our residents and children safe from harm […]
GEAUGA COUNTY, OH (WOIO) – The Geauga County Sheriff issuing a warning about a scam circulating the county. A man claiming to be an investigator is calling residents telling them they could be in trouble with the county sheriff’s office. The scammer then requests Social Security number, name and other personal information. According to the Sheriff, this is a scam and says […]
Booze and binge drinking — it’s the stuff hip hop videos are made of, along with a disproportionate number of advertisements African-American youth are exposed to, a new study shows. Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health are shedding new light on a longstanding concern that alcohol marketers are honing in (and […]
We’ve long known that restaurant meals aren’t a paragon of healthy portion sizes — but a new study shows they may be even worse than we think. A whopping 96 percent of America’s chain restaurant entrees fell outside the range of the USDA’s recommendations for fat, saturated fat and sodium per meal, according to a […]