North Olmsted Police Officer dies from medical emergency
Tony Smerk, a beloved father, youth pastor, Army veteran and police officer, died Wednesday from a medical emergency, according to the North Olmsted Police Department.
Woman makes spectacle of herself during visit to Beachwood Place mall to seek refunds
BEACHWOOD, Ohio -- A customer created a scene while leaving one mall store after being turned down for a refund and then, instead of leaving as police instructed, she marched over to a second mall store where she again caused a loud commotion when not allowed to make a return.
Semi-truck rips down power lines in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood for 4th time since...
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - The city of Cleveland is looking into why wires are dangling from West 25th Street in Ohio City. Sam McNulty, owner of Nano Brew, says trucks are ripping through wires at the intersection of 25th Street and Bridge Avenue. “4 times that cable has gone down,”...
Report says CLE officer who shot, killed Tamir Rice hired by WV departments
The former Cleveland police officer who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice in 2014 has been hired by two different West Virginia police departments, according to a nonprofit news organization.
A dozen people remain at Cleveland cemetery encampment after surviving several brutal weeks
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - About a dozen people remain living at Scranton Cemetery after surviving the coldest weeks of winter so far, with questions about what’s next. “What we do have is people seeing this and the community coming together, the churches coming together, we have great people out there,” said Mikey....
Billionaire team owners want $150M in taxpayer money while refusing to pay their fair...
Cleveland’s sports teams face a financial reckoning, but it’s the taxpayers who might end up footing the bill—again, and Today in Ohio hosts blasted team owners Thursday for refusing to pay their share. News came this week that the Cavs and Guardians need at least $150 million...
Cleveland mother warns of drug more potent than fentanyl after son’s overdose
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) — A Cleveland mother is sharing her heartbreak one year after her son died from an overdose involving a synthetic opioid — more potent than fentanyl — that flew under law enforcement’s radar for years. Jerad Berry, 34, of West Park died Dec....
Watch: Kids laugh while busted for crime spree
Video released to the FOX 8 I-Team shows juveniles rounded up to face charges for car break-ins and what you hear may leave you furious.
Ohio National Guard members from Cleveland save woman while stationed in D.C.
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) -A group of Ohio National Guard members, some from Cleveland, saved a woman’s life last week while on the Joint Task Force D.C. mission in the nation’s capital. According to officials with the Army, a group of four soldiers from the 323rd Military Police Company,...
Parma woman repurposing holiday cards for veterans
Denise Novakovic has distributed 27,000 repurposed Christmas cards over more than a decade, with her latest donation of 12,000 cards going to the American Red Cross in Downtown Cleveland.
