27 co-workers in Northeast Ohio to split $1 million Powerball prize: Here’s where they...
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — A group of 27 co-workers from a local business who regularly pool their money to play the lottery are getting some extra cash after hitting a Powerball prize worth $1 million. Although the business where the winners work was not revealed, the Ohio Lottery said the...
Broadway star Elizabeth Franz was a shy Copley girl | Local history
The vision came to her in black and white. As moving pictures danced across a silver screen in downtown Akron, the little girl realized what she wanted to do in life. “When I was 5 years old, I attended a movie with a neighbor,” budding thespian Elizabeth Franz, 21, told the Beacon Journal in 1963. “When it was over,...
Parma City Schools eyeing creative income tax increase swap for eliminating property tax levies
PARMA, Ohio -- After watching residents in Parma, Parma Heights and Seven Hills twice last year defeat new money operating levies, Parma City Schools are considering a different approach to increase revenue. “Our financial position hasn’t changed,” Parma City Schools Superintendent Scott Hunt said. “We know that once...
TRAFFIC UPDATES: Massive backup on I-77 cleared
The Ohio Department of Transportation reported several crashes along state highways before noon on Monday, Jan. 19, just after a snow squall warning in Northeast Ohio.
Local man matches all five numbers on ‘Pick 5’
A local man won more than $50,000 (before taxes) after he matched all five numbers in a recent 'Pick 5' drawing.
Woman shot in Shaker Heights early Monday
SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio — Shaker Heights police are investigating an early-morning shooting that hospitalized a 22-year-old Euclid woman. Officers were called to the 3000 block of Warrensville Center Road around 4:33 a.m. Monday after receiving reports of a gunshot wound. The woman was taken to a local hospital for...
Ohio snowmobiler dies in crash in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
Troopers responded to a snowmobile crash on Trail 8 near H-58 in Shingleton Township in Alger County around 10:30 p.m. Saturday.
Man arrested for recording juvenile employee in Walmart bathroom: police
MEDINA COUNTY, Ohio (WJW) – A 26-year-old Garfield Heights man is jailed and facing charges in connection with a reported sex offense at a local Walmart. According to the Medina Township Police Department, Tyler Jones is accused of using his phone to record images of a juvenile employee in the store bathroom. Police...
Driver in crash that killed Tusky Valley students finishes jail sentence
A Zanesville man found guilty of causing a fiery bus crash that killed six people, including three students from Tuscarawas Valley Local Schools , has been released after completing his sentence. Jacob McDonald, 62, left the Licking County Justice Center on Jan. 17 after completing an 18-month sentence for causing...
‘Unacceptable’: FirstEnergy’s latest requests have lawmakers pushing back
FirstEnergy is asking regulators for permission to allow longer and more frequent power outages. Lawmakers are pushing back.
