CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – “More month than money.  So, I guess I’ll be hitting the food banks,” said Mr. James Brewer. That’s the new reality for tens of thousands in the Buckeye State and more than 47-million around the country. Mr. James Brewer is getting hit with a reduction of his already meager monthly food stamp […]

  CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Clinic announced Wednesday morning that they will be cutting $330 million from their 2014 budget. “This is a process and the Cleveland Clinic is focused on driving a more efficient healthcare system. The goal is to make healthcare more affordable [and] efficient to patients,” Cleveland Clinic spokeswoman Eileen Sheil said. […]

  Jaylen Bledsoe created Bledsoe Technologies LLC and credits his faith behind the success.   A 15-year-old high school student who started a tech company when he was 12, took it global and now employs more than 100 people three years later and is giving God the all the glory for his success. Jaylen Bledsoe, […]

Starbucks has big plans for you to enjoy a big spoonful of designer yogurt with its designer coffee drinks. The coffee kingpin Tuesday will announce plans to strategically align with French yogurt maker Danone and create yogurt products labeled with the Starbucks-owned Evolution Fresh brand. The yogurt, dubbed “Evolution Fresh, inspired by Dannon,” will be […]

CLEVELAND – The heat is on in Cleveland in more ways than one during the National Senior Games. If the city and the new Cleveland Convention Center handle all of the visitors with success, more major event organizers will be inclined to choose Cleveland. It’s estimated the games, which will draw 11,000 athletes to Cleveland […]

Detroit’s historic bankruptcy filing is “unconstitutional” and must be withdrawn, according to rulings filed Friday afternoon. Ingham County Circuit Judge Rosemarie Aquilina said that Detroit’s bankruptcy filing violates the Michigan Constitution, which bans any action that threatens to cut the pension benefits of public employees, according to the Detroit Free Press. Lawyers representing the city’s […]

“Despicable Me 2” and “The Lone Ranger” have received the lion’s share of press over the last week, but it’s “Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain” that has become a surprise box office hit. According to numbers released by Deadline.com, Hart’s stand-up comedy film has already earned $7.4 million in ticket sales during its first two days of […]

CLEVELAND – The world of gambling changed dramatically in fiscal year 2013, ending with four casinos and two racinos in operation. The expansion may have cut into the Ohio Lottery’s traditional games, but it also helped lead the lottery to its biggest year ever. Lottery sales for the just-ended fiscal year hit $2.8 billion, surpassing […]

CLEVELAND – Cleveland Hopkins International Airport is catching on with a trend that is in several airports already. The airport introduced a new program that takes some of the hassle out of finding parking. The new system uses sensors to guide drivers to open spaces in the hourly/daily garage. As air travelers enter the garage, signs indicate the […]

CLEVELAND – Cleveland’s new Convention Center and Med Mart was six years in the making and often was met with doubts and criticism. The $465 million project was approved in 2007 by a two to one vote by former Cuyahoga County Commissioners. Instantly, opposition arose. Taxpayers were furious that a .25 percent increase in the […]

CLEVELAND – The new $465 million Cleveland Convention Center and Global Center of Health Innovation does something the old convention center couldn’t: Put Cleveland back in the convention business. “Our convention center was built in different pieces, mostly in the 20s and 30s,” said Positively Cleveland President and CEO Dave Gilbert of the old facility […]

CLEVELAND – The large explosions that have rocked downtown during the filming of the latest Captain America movies have been dramatic but not so much as the plot twist that Cleveland drivers had to deal with for the past two weeks. There has been the shutting down of a major highway, thousands of drivers exiting, […]