CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner is investigating the cause of death for Socrates S. Kokkalis. According to police, the 34-year-old man was found dead on the 24th floor, inside the Marriott Hotel at 1360 West Mall Drive, on July 14. Socrates is the son of Greek billionaire businessman, Petro Kokkalis; a communist politician […]

  CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Firefighters in Cleveland were called out to Playhouse Square early Thursday morning. It happened around 8 a.m. at Connor Palace. Crews tell us is started in the basement and firefighters contained it to one room. Damage is estimated to be less than $10,000.   READ MORE: 19ActionNews.com Article and Picture […]

A 2-year-old cancer patient in California, who wrote a funny message with the help of her family on her hospital room window, got quite the surprise this weekend. A picture of her message, “SEND PIZZA RM 4112”, was posted to Reddit  and went viral. After the post, 2-year-old Hazel had more than 20 pizzas sent to […]

CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio – A 32-year-old man is faces charges after Cuyahoga Falls police say they found him in a hotel room with teens and drugs. Police were called to the Economy Inn on Graham Road in Cuyahoga Falls just after 9 p.m. on Wednesday. According to a news release from the police department, Glenn […]

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Optima Ventures and Sage Hospitality are pleased to announce that they have partnered to purchase the Crowne Plaza Cleveland City Centre hotel in downtown Cleveland and plan to convert the property into a luxurious 481-room Westin. The Cleveland International Fund has committed $36 million to help fund renovations at the property. […]

As we previously reported, Lyfe Jennings was sentenced in a Cobb County courtroom to 3 1/2 years in jail stemming from a 2008 arrest in Georgia when he was charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, attempting to elude authorities, criminal trespass, discharging a firearm near a public highway and refusal to […]