PAINESVILLE, OH (WOIO) – The man who struck and killed a Mentor police officer last June was sentenced to 11 and a half years Friday morning. On March 1, 2019, Brian Anthony pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide, OVI, failure to change lanes when approaching stationary public safety vehicles and failure to stop after an accident. Anthony, […]

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – A 37-year-old man was charged Friday in the death of State Highway patrol trooper Kenneth Velez. A driver crashed into the veteran trooper Thursday on Interstate 90 near the Cleveland-Lakewood border. Joshua Gaspar appeared in court Saturday morning on charges in Velez’s death. The judge placed the Columbia Station man on a $500,000 bond. Gaspar […]

CLEVELAND – An Ohio state trooper was struck and killed by a vehicle on Interstate 90 near McKinley Avenue in Cleveland. The trooper, identified as Kenneth Velez, 48, was struck outside his patrol car around 12:52 p.m. Traffic is backed up on I-90 as far as W. 98th Street. The westbound lanes are currently closed from […]

AVON, OH (WOIO) – More than five hours after a deadly accident, I-90 has re-opened. A construction worker was struck and killed by an SUV on I-90 on Wednesday morning around 9:15 a.m. All lanes lanes westbound between State Route 83 and Crocker Road were closed until 2:30 p.m. The accident happened on I-90 Westbound at the Lear Nagle Road overpass […]

CLEVELAND – The man charged in a deadly crash at a Cleveland street fair appeared in court for his arraignment Tuesday, as we learn one of the victims’ condition was upgraded. Timothy Spock, 35, was arraigned for the incident that killed one person and injured three others at Clifton Boulevard and West 117th Street during […]

LYNDHURST, OH (WOIO) - A massive fire in a Lyndhurst apartment complex Thursday afternoon. The blaze started around 1pm at the Acacia Park Apartment complex located off Cedar Road and I-271, just east of Beachwood Mall. Dominion Officials tell 19 Action News, a water-proofing contractor was working at the complex and struck a gas line. That then sparked the blaze.

PARMA, Ohio - Police in Parma cited a driver for not clearing the ice off his windshield after he allegedly struck a woman who was walking on the side of the road. The incident happened early Friday morning in the 6110 block of Pelham Drive.

RAVENNA TOWNSHIP, OH (WOIO) – Troopers say Joshua Frey, 35, turned himself in Monday to the Portage County Municipal Court. Frey was with his attorney and his bond was set at $50,000. According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol Ravenna Post, Frey was in a 2005 Chevrolet Venture van was driving northwest on SR 14 […]

BEREA, OH (WOIO) –   The public memorial service for 13-year-old Charlie Kho is now rescheduled for Friday, November 4th at 10 a-m. The service was postponed last weekend, after an illness in the Kho family. Friday’s mass will take place at St. Adalbert Church in Berea. Charlie was a 7th grader at The Academy of St. […]