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CLEVELAND — Cleveland chef Vinnie Cimino is once again earning national recognition. The James Beard Foundation announced its list of 2026 Restaurant and Chef Award Nominees on Tuesday, highlighting chefs and restaurants across the country for excellence in hospitality, innovation and culinary talent. Among the...

Tucked away on a quiet street in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood lies a piece of Underground Railroad history. There’s evidence that St. John’s Episcopal Church – specifically, its bell tower – was a stop on the Underground Railroad, said the Rev. Kelly Aughenbaugh. “We have...

Michelle Hundley Smith disappeared in 2001 and was only recently found after a tip to police. Her daughter saw her for the first time outside a NC courthouse.

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Thousands of people are without power Tuesday night in Northeast Ohio due to severe thunderstorms that set off tornado warnings in several Northeast Ohio counties. FORECAST. The storms came through in two rounds. The first cluster of storms moved through late afternoon, triggering tornado...

Neighbors should use the non-police emergency number or 311 and write down the reference number for their personal records, officials said. This is how the city can put the updated nuisance abatement law to work. Safety concerns brought up by neighbors were often non-emergency issues that could be addressed through...

On Aug. 5, 2025, this smoky fire broke out in a second-floor apartment above the Red Chimney Restaurant in Cleveland’s Slavic Village neighborhood. The building is structurally but not economically salvageable, so it will be demolished before summer (Tony Brancatelli). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. Building is sound,...

The all-seeing eyes of his many billboards stare into our souls. We’ve seen him in costumes and photoshopped onto Mount Rushmore. His head is emblazoned onto T-shirts, baby bibs and holiday merch. “It’s a serious business,” Tim Misny says. “But nowhere does it say you can’t have fun with...

The Cleveland Metropolitan School District confirmed to News 5 that a principal at Harvey Rice Wraparound school in Cleveland suffered a "minor injury" on Monday after stepping in to break up a fight.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A tornado warning remains in effect until 6:15 p.m. for parts of Lake and Geauga counties as a dangerous storm capable of producing a tornado moves east across Northeast Ohio at about 65 mph. The National Weather Service in Cleveland said at 5:54 p.m. that the...

ATLANTA — A new COVID variant has spread through at least half the nation, causing warnings from public health officials. The BA.3.2 variant, nicknamed "cicada," was first discovered in June 2025 and has since been confirmed in 25 states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Experts...