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 […]

  *Unfortunately closure on the death of “The Fast and the Furious” star Paul Walker is going to take a little longer. That’s because Walker and his business partner Roger Rodas, who were killed in a fiery car wreck at a charity event in Santa Clarita on Saturday, can’t be officially identified by the Los […]

  Legendary singer/songwriter Babyface almost lost one of his homes over the weekend. Babyface’s Los Angeles mansion caught fire while people were inside. As the story goes, the fire started in one of the mansion’s bathrooms. While the fire had the potential to do serious damage to the property, nothing major was destroyed. The home […]

  CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner has identified the off-duty Cleveland Fire Lieutenant killed at his east side home. William Walker, 45, was shot and stabbed in the chest multiple times while in his Lampson Road driveway around 8:30 p.m. Sunday. Lt. Walker, a 15-year veteran, was rushed to Metro, where he later died. […]

CLEVELAND – The future home of Mitchell’s Homemade Ice Cream on West 25th in Cleveland was struck by fire around 2 a.m. Tuesday. On-lookers said heavy smoke was pouring from the building as firefighters worked on the roof and second floor of the Moda Building at 1867 West 25th Street. Cleveland fire officials said the […]

CLEVELAND – A Cleveland man convicted of being a felon in possession of a gun and ammo following the shooting of a dog at a Cleveland Heights park has been sentenced. A judge gave 42-year-old Raymone “Ramone” Clements a sentence of 275 months, nearly 23 years, in prison. Clements was found guilty following a jury […]

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Six Cleveland EMS Paramedics have joined the current Cleveland Fire Academy class.  The five men and one woman, join the class as part of the city’s ongoing plan to merge the Fire Department and EMS. After completing training they will be qualified for the dual role, firefighter-paramedic. “They were chosen out of 30, and […]

Santa Monica College was placed on lockdown Friday after reports that a suspect fired a gun inside a campus building just before noon. There are several victims, including the shooter, confirmed Santa Monica police Sgt. Rudy Flores to the Associated Press. Flores also said that the police fielded several reports of a man on a […]

CLEVELAND – Firefighters are at the scene of a church fire on Kinsman Road in Cleveland.   The fire was reported just before 4 p.m. Wednesday. Fire officials at the scene said it spread to the connecting Chinese restaurant and a thrift store.   “Anytime you have three buildings go up really quickly, you know, […]

A massive explosion Wednesday at a fertilizer plant rocked the town of West, north of Waco, causing multiple injuries and leaving people trapped and buildings…

CHARDON, Ohio – The families of Chardon High School shooting victims have filed a lawsuit against student gunman T.J. Lane. The lawsuit was filed in Lake County Court of Common Pleas on Feb. 27, 2013, exactly one year after the tragedy. On Tuesday, Lane pleaded guilty to three aggravated murder charges in Geauga County and […]

CLEVELAND – The West Side Market is scheduled to reopen on Monday, Feb. 18, after a recent fire shut it down for days. Cleanup has been completed on the Market, but the cause of the blaze remains undetermined. Officials deemed the building “structurally safe” on Tuesday during a news conference. Officials said to successfully reopen […]