BEDFORD HEIGHTS, OH (WOIO) – The black bear that spent a majority of Tuesday up a tree in Bedford Heights is now on the run in Solon. Around 10 a.m., the black bear was spotted on Brainard and Cannon Roads in Solon. 19 Action News viewer Matt Jordan was driving on Brainard when he saw the […]
BEDFORD, OH (WOIO) – Around 2:30 p.m., the bear came down from his original tree, switched trees several times and then took off running in the parking lot and into a nearby wooded area. Officials hope the animal is heading south towards Tinkers Creek State Park. Officials in Bedford used a fire hose to try and spray a black bear […]
CHIPPEWA TOWNSHIP, OHIO – A cemetery was damaged by a runaway garbage truck Friday afternoon. Wayne County Sheriff Deputies were called out to the Easton Union Memorial Cemetery after a garbage truck parked nearby had a mechanical malfunction and rolled down sandstone steps into the cemetery. The unoccupied truck continued through the cemetery crushing several grave makers. Residents […]
Two Cleveland high schools, Glenville and Central Catholic, went through various scares earlier in the day in the wake of the Chardon High School shootings. Glenville went through a lock down, while Central Catholic had a bomb scare.
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - A bar fight in downtown Cleveland turned deadly Sunday morning. According to Cleveland Police, a fight broke out at Tavo Martini Loft located on Rockwell Avenue and E. 9th Street around 2:20 a.m. for a male shot. Officers arrived on scene and were directed to a man in a restroom with a gunshot wound to his stomach.
PARMA, Ohio— Macy’s Incorporated announced on Wednesday that they will be closing their Parmatown Mall store in the spring of 2012. According to a statement on Macy’s press website, the Parmatown Mall location is one of five store locations in the country that will close. The Macy’s store at Parmatown has been in operation at […]
AKRON, Ohio – Akron snow plow drivers spent Tuesday afternoon gearing up for the city’s first “snow event” of the winter. The forecast called for the possibility of 1 to 3 inches of snow by Wednesday morning. However, dumping salt into trucks in advance of snowfall has been the exception rather than the rule this […]
(WOIO) – Sears is shutting down between 100 and 200 Sears and Kmart stores. The company is blaming terrible holiday sales. Sears reported poor sales in both consumer electronics and home appliance sales. Kmart’s declining sales were blamed on a drop in clothing and consumer electronics sales. Sears says closing stores and selling the inventory […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Police in Cleveland are on the scene of a deadly one car accident on 90 eastbound at W. 84th. It happened just after 3 PM. Traffic is moving very slow as two lanes have been shut down. It is unknown at this time if any other vehicles were involved. Check back later for more details. http://www.19actionnews.com/story/15743001/fatal-accident-shuts-down-two-lanes-of-i-90-east-near-w-84th Article Courtesy […]
Average retail gasoline prices in Cleveland have fallen by 3.1 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.53/g Sunday. This compares with the national average that decreased by 1.4 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.58/g, according to gasoline price website ClevelandGasPrices.com. Including the change in gas prices in Cleveland during the […]
TSA is dealing with a rising number of complaints from Black women who say they’re being targeted even after going through security checks. It’s not the body pat downs that are drawing criticism…it’s the HAIR pat downs! WTH! 30 year old Timery Shante Nance says she was racially profiled when a TSA agent insisted on publicly […]
Egypt — Reports are emerging out of Egypt that President Mubarak has officially stepped down after an 18-day wave of protests.