CLEVELAND – RTA said a suspicious duffel bag found at the RTA Rapid station located at East 55th Street and Woodland Avenue in Cleveland Tuesday morning contained no device and posed no threat. The City of Cleveland said the bag contained personal items. A suspicious package was reported around 9:30 a.m. The Cleveland […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Cleveland Police say a student brought a gun to Cleveland Central Catholic High School. Police were called to the school on Baxter Avenue around 11 a.m. Friday. A 15-year-old boy was found with an unloaded handgun. He was placed under arrest for carrying a concealed weapon and criminal activity on school […]
AVON, Ohio – A first-grader at Avon East Elementary gets suspended for bringing an AirSoft model gun to school to shoot another student. On Friday, the 6-year-old boy told the principal he brought the pellet gun to school to “shoot another student” because that student had threatened him with a knife. Once school officials got […]
WASHINGTON — A high-stakes, multi-layered game of chicken is underway in the Capitol, as House Republicans grapple with how to handle a fiscal cliff bill sent their way by an overwhelming bipartisan vote, even while it’s wildly unpopular within their conference. A vote that had been scheduled on the bill immediately to follow a conference-wide […]
WASHINGTON — The United States government will miss the end of the year deadline to resolve the so-called fiscal cliff, House Republicans conceded on Monday afternoon. The House of Representatives will adjourn December 31 without voting on a bill to delay the impending tax hikes and spending cuts that will take start to take place […]
WASHINGTON — With hours remaining to avert the so-called fiscal cliff, President Barack Obama said a deal is “within sight” and urged lawmakers to come together to avert automatic tax hikes and spending cuts that kick in on Tuesday. But his midday press conference, with a group of middle-class Americans looking on, was not without […]
KENT, Ohio – Police are searching for a man they say exposed himself on the campus of Kent State University. At about 1:15 a.m. Monday, Kent State police reported a man exposing himself outside the Centennial Court Residence Halls. They said he is white, 40-50 years old, with brown hair and wearing a blue button-down […]
KENT, OH (WOIO) – A Kent State student is accused of making threats to the university campus. 19-year-old William Koberna is charged with inducing panic and aggravating menacing related to a Tweet in which he threatened violence. He allegedly said he planned to “shoot up” the campus. Koberna recently lived in Kent, but currently resides in Brunswick. […]
WZAK Stone Soul Picnic – Buy Your Tickets CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The Old Courthouse downtown was evacuated for a bomb threat around 11 a.m. Tuesday afternoon. Sheriff’s Deputies were called to the scene to check the building out. Just before 2 p.m., the building was given the all-clear that there was no longer a threat. No […]
Sherri Shepherd plans to pursue charges against a Twitter user who told her that she should be raped on Wednesday. Gossip Cop reported that the “View” co-host received a tweet from “DaCloneKiller,” who said, “somebody should drag u in a back alley and rape you.” Shepherd re-tweeted the message, adding, “THIS IS A THREAT & […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – For five years, a crossing guard stood on the corner of E. 59th and Mound. All the kids and parents knew her as their school crossing guard. Then, back in January she told a parent to watch her mouth, and what happened next left the 64-year-old mother and grandmother wounded on […]
NORTH ROYALTON, OHIO (WOIO) - North Royalton High School was under lockdown for about 30 minutes Wednesday morning after a student reported a classmate threatened her and made reference to guns. The student went to her counselor with what the 9th grade boy had threatened. The counselor alerted the school resource officer, who contacted police. Officers then searched the area and found no weapon.