CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The man charged with operating an illegal parking lot in downtown Cleveland was in court Thursday, and apparently, he wasn’t very happy to see Cleveland 19. In fact, Damon Frangos tried to get Car Monday kicked out. Frangos was arraigned in Cleveland Municipal Court on one count of operating a parking lot without a license, a minor […]
CLEVELAND – Broken windows, missing siding, collapsing roofs, trash, warning and condemned signs- many call the abandoned homes scattered throughout Cleveland eyesores. But to so many people living in the neighborhoods filled with them, vacant homes are about more than what meets the eye. “It ain’t the ugliness that bothers me. We live in the […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The City of Cleveland posted on Twitter they are adding 33 employees to better inspect residential and vacant properties. This will also help to remove condemned properties. The process of tearing down these houses is taking place almost daily. Jim Rokakis with the County Land Conservancy said a lot of workers help […]
AURORA – Wildwater Kingdom water park in Aurora is closing after this season. The park’s final day of operation is Monday September 5. To have some understanding of where the area might go, you have to look back. Aurora’s Mayor Ann Womer Benjamin said the Geauga Lake property is about 540 acres of land. Seventeen […]
AURORA – Geauga Lake has sat vacant for years, but steps have been taken to transform the old amusement park into a potential sound stage setting for movie production. At Cleveland Comic Con, Ivan Schwarz, director of the Greater Cleveland Film Commission, said they are working on legislation to raise the motion picture tax incentive […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Broncos offensive coordinator Adam Gase has decided to stay in Denver and not interview for the Cleveland Browns head coach position. Gase was considered one of the top HC candidates. READ MORE: 19ActionNews.com Article and Courtesy of WOIO 19 Action News
CLEVELAND – Cleveland city council members Zack Reed and Jeff Johnson held a news conference in front of a home that is now on its way to being restored and will soon be rented to a new family. It’s a home Reed and Johnson report was obtained from the Cuyahoga Land Bank and was set […]
CLEVELAND – A vacant plot of land is well on its way to becoming something useful and productive in Cleveland’s Old Brooklyn neighborhood. The Cuyahoga Land Bank, Koinonia Homes, Inc., Cleveland City Council and the City of Cleveland came together to break ground on an urban farm at W 41st Street and Memphis Avenue on […]
NORTH RANDALL, OH – North Randall Police tell 19 Action News they are having a major problem with illegal dumping at Randall Park Mall. The mall has been closed for several years, and recently, people have been using it as an illegal dumping site. Police say junk including mattresses, kitchen appliances, car parts and more […]
ALLIANCE, Ohio – Another person has been arrested following a burglary at an Alliance church earlier this month. Police said 19-year-old Delbert Watson, who was has already been charged with breaking and entering, and receiving stolen property, now faces charges for arson. According to Alliance police, Watson, Mary Watkins, 18, and Zachary Hawkins, 18, broke […]
CLEVELAND - Several organizations are coming together to combat a major and costly problem in northeast Ohio. The problem is the growing number of vacant homes in the area. Some estimates show more than 30,000 abandoned and condemned homes are depleting neighborhoods in our area. According to the Cuyahoga County Land Bank, these homes have cost northeast Ohio $1 billion in lost property value and tens of millions of dollars in lost property taxes, in the past five years alone.
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 […]