CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – ‘Tis the season for giving, but in some inner city neighborhoods there’s not a lot of money to do a whole lot of shopping. We found two people at the heart of making children’s dreams come true at the Zelma George Recreation Center. Cleveland kids waited in line to receive a […]

Douglas Poynter (pictured) of Kentucky was reportedly so hellbent on getting neighbors Jesus Alamo (pictured below) and his family out of their home, that he allegedly terrorized them by writing, “KKK wants you to burn,” on their fence with green paint, among other offenses. Now Poynter is facing a slew of charges, including criminal trespassing, attempted arson, terroristic threatening, wanton endangerment, […]

  CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The demand for parking at the West Side Market and in Ohio City in general is at an all-time high and continuing to grow; and the City of Cleveland is taking steps to improve parking amenities and increase the number of parking spaces available by implementing a consolidation plan that […]

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What you see above is a map of Detroit. The small colorful dots represent people, plotted to show where they live and their race. Whites are…

  CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – In an effort to continue building the thriving Waterloo Arts & Entertainment District, the neighborhood of Collinwood has announced its newest development initiative, called ActiVacant. This new program is a business development project designed to incubate five new businesses into the East 185th Street Business District located in North Shore […]

  CLEVELAND – “We hear the outcry from the street. The blood. And it’s time for us as the body of Christ to answer the call.” Pastor Renae Moore and her husband Pastor Edwin Moore of Way of Escape Ministries in Cleveland, are uniting the faith based community to help stop the violence in the […]

  Haven’t heard much talk about Father’s Day this year. Debates about what Dad would like, what size he might wear, what he could use…

  CLEVELAND – Dan Green has lived on Cleveland’s west side for more than 14 years, but he claims one street in his neighborhood is so neglected it must not be on city maps or GPS. Green lives on W. 146th Street, right next to Justin Avenue, off of West 150 Street. Green and other residents […]

  CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation is holding another FREE Saturday event. The foundation’s May gift to the community is a FREE day at four Wade Oval institutions in University Circle: Cleveland Botanical Garden, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Museum of Natural History and Western Reserve Historical Society. Each institution is offering something unique to […]

  CLEVELAND – The Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency, NOACA, has given an $88,000 grant to Transportation for Livable Communities Initiative for the continuing development of East 185th Street in Cleveland’s Collinwood neighborhood. East 185th Street borders the cities of Cleveland and Euclid and has a long history of providing retail goods and services to the Collinwood-Euclid area. The grant will be […]

Two years ago today, the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin at the hands of volunteer night watchman George Zimmerman in a Florida suburb shocked the nation. Galvanized by the unfortunate event, supporters rallied in great numbers around the country calling for justice. As was realized at Zimmerman’s trial last July, Martin’s killer would walk […]

  CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Legendary tough guy, Danny Green ruled the streets of Collinwood back in the 1970s.  His home was bombed as the Mafia tried to kill him. Fast forward to 2014, there is a different kind of explosion going on in the Cleveland neighborhood. Art galleries, music venues and a hip scene […]