CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - A vigil will be held tonight for a young mother and her baby killed after being kidnapped at gunpoint over the weekend. A vigil for 19-year-old Latasha R. Jackson and her 1-year-old daughter, Chaniya Wynn, will be held at 5:30PM on East 71st and Union. The bodies of Jackson and her baby girl were found in a garage on the city's east side on Sunday. The body of suspect 35-year-old Thomas Lorde was also in the garage. It appears as though Lorde, Jackson's estranged boyfriend, shot himself in the head.
LAKEWOOD, Ohio – Jill and Leon Gefert love their Lakewood neighborhood, for quite some time they were renting a unit, waiting for the right home to come along. Two years ago a home right next-door became available when its owner suddenly passed away. The Geferts watched the house change hands three times in less than […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Cleveland State breaking ground on a new residential development. The $50M neighborhood will bring 600 new residents to the CSU campus. Campus Village will be the single largest residential development in Cleveland in more than three decades, and will be located at East 23rd and Chester Avenue. Campus Village will […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Cleveland police are investigating after a 14-year-old girl was raped while walking to school. The attack happened Thursday morning in the area of East 82nd and Linwood. The girl tells police she was walking on Linwood and as she passed East 82nd, she saw a man talking to a woman. The […]
EAST CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The city of East Cleveland cleared the way for some new development by bulldozing some old eyesores. The city will demo 24 apartment buildings and 31 single family homes, which are vacant and abandoned in order to create three redevelopment sites within the city for either new housing or small commercialmixed use development. A […]
SHEFFIELD TOWNSHIP, OH (WOIO) – Division of State Fire Marshal investigators have ruled the August 31st fatal fire in Sheffield Township as undetermined. Investigators found no evidence of criminal intent during their examination of the scene or during interviews with family members, witnesses and first responders. The fire, at 4545 South Broadway, originated on the first […]