CLEVELAND – Two state senators and the Ohio Association of Foodbanks hosted a discussion on the future of health care Monday. “A lot of folks want to know what it means for them and their families,” said Jason Elchert, deputy director of the Ohio Association of Foodbanks. “It is a very individualized need and […]
This comes on the heels of racially motivated crimes occurring in the state Leaders from branches of the Ku Klux Klan and the NAACP had a historic meeting in Casper, Wyoming on Saturday to discuss recent acts of violence against black men and the distribution of KKK pamphlets in the area. Jimmy Simmons, […]
In an interview with MSNBC, Mr. Belafonte was asked if Jay Z should continue to play a concert with Justin Timberlake in Florida in August…
CLEVELAND – At a news conference, Cleveland Police Chief Mike McGrath called their safety plan “a community effort” to make where we live safer. More importantly, the strategies being implemented change by the month. While noting the summer strategies to address safety are “not a whole lot different than what we’ve been doing all along,” […]
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, […]
STRONGSVILLE, Ohio – The mayor of Strongsville called on the district’s teachers’ union and school board members to meet Friday, and negotiate a deal to end the teachers’ strike that’s now in its third week. “It’s time for the posturing to stop, the rhetoric to stop, that’s enough,” said Mayor Thomas Perciak, who addressed hundreds […]
GARFIELD HEIGHTS, Ohio – The Strongsville teacher strike is now making news in another Cleveland suburb. According to the North Eastern Ohio Education Association, someone threw a chunk of asphalt through its front main entrance doors in Garfield Heights between 5:30 p.m. and 7:15 p.m. Saturday, when the Strongsville BOE and SEA were supposed to […]
What some described to be a stressful community meeting wrapped up at an East Cleveland community center Wednesday night. The city’s mayor, Gary Norton, hosted a town hall meeting at the Helen S. Brown Community Center. It was the first time Norton addressed the recent police department cuts since 20 members were handed layoff notices […]
EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio — Mayor Gary Norton on Wednesday night will hold a town meeting for residents concerned over the city’s recent police layoffs. There, Norton says he’ll address the impact of city council’s decision to cut 25% in the police department budget. Norton says he’ll field questions from the community, as well as discuss […]
CLEVELAND — Nearly one in six Americans is living in poverty. A report from the Census Bureau on Wednesday says poverty levels have not changed since 2010. Radio host Tavis Smiley and Cornell West began a four-state tour in Cleveland called “Poverty 2.0.” The tour will address poverty in four battle ground states. The duo will host six town hall meetings […]
The parents of Trayvon Martin, Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, will not grant George Zimmerman’s request to meet with him in private, attorney Benjamin Crumpsaid Thursday. SEE ALSO: Will Trayvon Swing Florida’s Vote? At a press conference in Tampa, Florida, Crump said that now, the night before he could be possibly be granted bond, was […]
GARFIELD HEIGHTS, Ohio - Already facing shortened school days and cuts in programs, parents and students of the Garfield Heights City School District will have to brace themselves for more potential bad news on Thursday. In December, the district announced a realignment plan that resulted in the elimination of music, arts, physical education and library programs for grades K-5 and a reduction of these programs at the middle school level.