In the conversation about black families, the subject of fatherhood strikes a particularly sensitive nerve. The conversations are often underscored by an adoration for those who choose to be present or disdain for those who leave. Producer Kobie Brown highlights both sentiments in “From Fatherless To Fatherhood,” a documentary that “explores the causes, effects and […]

Let the countdown to Monyetta’s book or reality show begin. Ne-Yo’s non-romantic partner and baby mama gave birth to their second child on Monday. While has yet to release a statement about the sex and name of the baby, Ne-Yo has revealed in two past interviews that they were expecting a boy. During an Atlanta […]

In Canada we celebrated Thanksgiving this past weekend. Yes it’s significantly early and it does bother me that there is a month with no holidays but I’ve learned to accept it. After satisfying my unusually larger than life appetite I stayed chopping it up with one of my favorite aunts into the wee hours of […]

It’s now a done deal – the family comedy project starring Snoop Dogg as a father has landed at NBC with a script commitment, reports Deadline.com. As previously reported, veteran comedy writer Don Reo (“Blossom,” “Everybody Hates Chris,” “My Wife and Kids”) is penning the project, which was originally set up at Warner Bros TV […]

RICHMOND HEIGHTS, OH (WOIO) – Dozens of people concerned for the welfare of a missing businessman gathered to form a search party Thursday morning. 41-year-old Patrick Borally was last seen Monday afternoon around 2PM, when he left the family business to buy fall mums. Richmond Heights Police learned he was missing Tuesday when his wife notified officials that her […]

DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The parents of a foster child are sitting in jail. Cops say they were busted for what they did with their young boy at Sunday’s Browns game. The story of the game day goofs starts at the Muni Lot, the place where lots of Browns fans drink and get crazy. […]

AKRON, OH (WOIO) – A 41-year-old Akron man hospitalized after being stabbed several times by his son. It happened Thursday afternoon in the 200 block of Eastland Avenue. Police say Otho E. Mills was stabbed multiple times by his son, 21-year-old Aaron, after telling the man he needed to find his own place to live. […]

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EAST CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Charges have been filed against a mom and dad who did not seek help for their injured son. Derrell Wilson and Dianna Smith are charged with child endangering and felonious assault. Smith is already behind bars. 19 Action News has learned the couple’s 4-year-old was playing with a mattress that was […]

The nationally-syndicated “Dr. Oz Show” on Tuesday revealed what it called the results of a comprehensive investigative report on arsenic levels in store-bought apple juice. Their findings? That the arsenic levels in some brands made them unsafe for consumption. But the U.S. Food and Drug Administration refutes the show’s report and says drinking all brands […]

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – – In Cleveland, two daycare employees are charged with child endangering, after leaving a nine-month-old baby girl locked inside a closed daycare. It happened Wednesday evening at Nana Ella’s Daycare Center on St. Clair Avenue. 28-year-old Shana Manuel and 21-year-old Ebony Rush were the last employees to leave the daycare. Police […]