UPDATES IN BOLD ITALICS BELOW: CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The jury reached a verdict around 3:30 Friday afternoon in the re-trial for Antun Lewis. 19 Action News is now waiting for it to be read in open court. Lewis was found guilty. Lewis was previously convicted of setting Cleveland’s deadliest fire. A federal […]
CLEVELAND – A Mt. Pleasant church is asking the public for help after it was struck by thieves over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Pastor Mark Smith, of the Sanctuary Baptist Church on E. 131 st St. in Cleveland, said Saturday afternoon they discovered someone had gutted a brand new HVAC American Standard professional unit, one […]
CLEVELAND – Ground was broke Tuesday for a new RTA rapid station, called the Little Italy-University Circle neighborhood of Cleveland at the corner of Mayfield and Random Roads. This new rapid station will replace the East 120th Street and Euclid Avenue station on the Red Line. It will provide a direct link to University […]
SOUTH EUCLID, Ohio – A new Walmart Supercenter will open at Oakwood Commons in South Euclid at 1868 Warrensville Center Rd. on Oct. 16. Robert Kadlubowski, who started his career with Walmart gathering carts while in college, is the store’s new manager. “I really look forward to the opportunity to lead the team in […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Get ready to find an alternate route! The I-490 West ramp to I-77 North in Cleveland closed on Friday morning and it will be shut down until for two years. A detour route will be posted until the fall of 2016 when the Eastbound Innerbelt bridge is complete. The Westbound bridge is set […]
BEDFORD, OHIO – The sky won’t be lit up in Bedford over the Fourth of July. After 40 years, leaders in the city of Bedford decided to cancel the fireworks show. The city manager says it is a safety issue. Last year alone there 10 arrests. Another factor is how much money the fireworks show costs. “The cost […]
SHAKER HEIGHTS, OH (WOIO) – There won’t be any fireworks on July 4th here in Shaker Heights Thursday. Some bad behavior last year forced officials to call them off this year. The 2012 fireworks show in Shaker Heights ended with fights, arrests and unruly teenagers running through residential neighborhoods. “It’s reached a point where some […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The success of a 2012 Cleveland Foundation grant to the City of Cleveland that allowed four of the city’s recreation centers to have evening hours last summer has led the foundation to extend that grant through this summer. Remaining funds from the $200,000 grant awarded to the city in May 2012 […]
CLEVELAND – Clevelanders will be parading and partying this Saturday. Two yearly, ever-growing events are will bring thousands to city streets rain or shine. The 24th annual Parade the Circle will kickoff at noon at Wade Oval in University Circle on Cleveland’s east side. At the same time, festivities will be revving up in the […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Tuesday evening east side Cleveland council members held a very well attended community meeting on what to do to make the community safer. This comes on the heels of two women found within about a mile of each other, both had been murdered. “Everybody needs to be involved,” encouraged Councilman Zack Reed. “You […]
CLEVELAND – Cleveland City Council members Zack Reed, along with workers at the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center and others will meet with east side residents Tuesday night to address safety concerns after a number of homicides and rapes in and around E. 93rd Street. The meeting is being held at East Prep Woodland Hills Campus, […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) -A new study shows tourism in Cleveland has increase 12 percent since 2009. Positively Cleveland, the region’s convention and visitors bureau, released new data detailing the economic impact of the growing tourism industry in Cuyahoga County. According to The Economic Impact of Tourism Study, organized by the research firm Tourism Economics and […]