AKRON, Ohio – An FBI agent Tuesday described $40,000 in home improvements performed at the home of former Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora by a company owned by corruption defendant Michael Forlani. The testimony came during a sentencing hearing for Forlani that could result in eight years in federal prison after Forlani pled gullty to […]

A $9.7 billion bill to pay flood insurance claims from Hurricane Sandy sailed through the House on Friday with an overwhelming bipartisan majority, just two days after Republican officials in New York and New Jersey exploded in outrage after a much larger relief bill failed to come up for a vote before the end of […]

Washington (CNN) – Rep. John Boehner was voted by his colleagues into another term as House speaker Thursday despite receiving harsh criticism from some conservatives over his handling of the deal to avoid the fiscal cliff. There were a few scattered votes for other names – defeated Rep. Allen West, the tea party favorite from […]

WASHINGTON — Three hours of shy of the midnight deadline, the White House and Congressional leaders reached a deal to avert the so-called fiscal cliff, several sources confirmed to The Huffington Post. Under the deal brokered by Vice President Joe Biden and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), the package would extend the Bush tax […]

BAY VILLAGE, OH (WOIO) – A Bay Village family can deal with their house being crushed by a huge oak tree, they are just thankful their young son is alive. Tuesday morning, at the height of Super Storm Sandy, the huge tree crashed into the front of the East Oakland Street home of Kyle and Meg Frantz.  […]

Melissa Harris-Perry tweeted a photo of what used to be her New Orleans home. Harris-Perry purchased the fixer-upper earlier this year. The property was severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina, and became a site of crime in the neighborhood. Harris-Perry and her husband, who have flipped homes in the past, purchased the property to fix it […]

Usher wants to make it clear to his ex-wife … the days of freeloading are OVER — because TMZ has learned, he plans to sell the mansion she currently calls home.Sources close to the couple tell TMZ, Usher’s lawyer sent Tameka Raymonda letter informing her the 12,000 sq. ft. Georgia home — which Usher owns — […]

CLEVELAND – Darrell Wagoner, a volunteer with People’s Memorial Christian Church, said he believes it wasn’t chance that led him and his team to Cleveland, in order to save a family home. Wagoner is sure it was divine intervention that caused him to find Cleveland’s Habitat for Humanity, on his home computer in North Carolina. […]

MAPLE HEIGHTS, Ohio – Maple Heights police and fire crews are at the scene of a house explosion on Dunham Road. It’s not known if there are any injuries at this time. Crews said it happened in the 6100 block of Dunham Road. As of 1 p.m., Dunham Road was shut down between Rockside Road […]

SUMMIT COUNTY, OH (WOIO) – Aging homes – abandoned and falling apart – are crippling neighborhoods. It is a big problem in Northeast Ohio. Summit County just received a $7M state grant to tear down some of the crumbling homes. Some of that money will be put to good use in Barberton. The city’s housing stock has […]

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – A flurry of ads on local radio in Cleveland promises to teach the public how to quickly flip homes for profit from experts of HGTV’s “Flip this House”, but Cleveland City Council and other community leaders caution the public if it sounds too good to be true, it is. House flipping […]

The TLC singer almost lost her home in 2008 when she failed to make the mortgage payments on time … but was able to keep it from going on the auction block. She eventually filed for bankruptcy in 2011, with the mortgage on her home being her main debt. Now the house is no longer […]