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CLEVELAND, Ohio — Copper thieves plunged part of Slavic Village into darkness by ripping the wires out of streetlights. But it turns out the problem is more widespread. Cleveland Metroparks confirmed that thieves have pulled the wire from streetlights along the Red Line Greenway on multiple occasions. And officials...

CLEVELAND — Two members of Cleveland City Council are calling for a closer look at the judicial process that allowed Donnie Allen, the 25-year-old man accused of killing Benjamin McComas of Avon Lake in a shooting at an RTA station, to be out on bail for an unrelated alleged crime just days before McComas' death.

MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS, Ohio – A wanted Bedford man, 51, was arrested at about 4:30 p.m. Dec. 1 on Engle Road. At about 4 p.m., police saw a Honda Odyssey turn onto Engle from Sonesta Simply Suites, 17525 Rosbough Drive. They checked the license plate and learned that the van owner, the Bedford man, was wanted in...

A clinical trial of a vaccine to prevent breast cancer is showing early promise, prompting Cleveland Clinic researchers to move ahead with a second stage of testing. Most participants tolerated the vaccine well, and the majority showed a strong immune reaction, a key early sign that the vaccine is working as...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A Cleveland man robbed a U.S. Postal Service letter carrier at gunpoint and stole a blue-box key that he used to steal checks across East Side suburbs, according to federal investigators. Je’Vion Tolliver-Maddox, 21, cashed at least five forged checks after stealing checks from blue boxes,...

SOUTH EUCLID, Ohio -- Officers checked on a plow truck clearing snow in the former CVS parking lot Dec. 10 without a valid permit displayed and found the driver to have no license or any identification. The Painesville man, 19, gave different names during the investigation. He later admitted that...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Road safety across Ohio begins 1,800 feet below Lake Erie at Cleveland’s Cargill salt mine near Whiskey Island. 19 News made the journey under ground to Cleveland’s Cargill salt time. Superintendent of production Andrew Staker describes the operation as a “mini-city” where about 250...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A Mayfield Heights man once considered a drug kingpin and leader of a motorcycle gang in Cleveland was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison for laundering drug money. Michael Frost, 54, delivered hundreds of thousands of dollars to an undercover DEA agent posing as a...

A Cleveland court has scheduled a June trial date for state charges against former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder alleging misuse of campaign funds and ethics violations. The trial in the House Bill 6-related case, in which Householder faces 10 felony charges, is set for June 8, according to Cuyahoga County...

Cleveland's local fire department is currently engaged in a meticulous investigation following a recent blast and resulting blaze that ravaged the area known as Garden Valley. A social media statement from the Cleveland Fire Department revealed that while the incident is suspected to have been triggered by a natural...