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MEDINA, Ohio — Jeff Makkos of Middleburg Heights was working nearby when a meteor exploded over Medina County on St. Patrick's Day. "I heard it and felt it," Makkos recalled. This self-employed construction guy searched each day Wednesday through Sunday, finding only a small meteorite. But then, everything changed.

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Cleveland Police are asking for the public’s assistance finding a missing woman. Police said 37-year-old Eva Gardner frequents the area of West 73rd Street and Clark Avenue on Cleveland’s West Side. Gardner is described as five-feet-four, 150 pounds, with blonde hair and green eyes....

Officers responded to a home in the 1800-block March 21 for a report of a man trying to break into the house. They found no evidence of any break-in and the resident said that she had not called police. She said that her ex-girlfriend had been at the home and they argued before she left.

MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS, Ohio – A Cleveland man, 18, was arrested at about 3:30 p.m. March 15 after police caught him in possession of a car that had been involved in a fleeing and eluding incident. Police noticed the car, a Ford Fusion, parked outside Wah Fu Chinese Restaurant, 15210...

CLEVELAND — An occupied house fire broke out late Wednesday morning on E. 89 St. south of Superior, according to the Cleveland Division of Fire. Officials shared details on X, saying the flames spread from the first to the second floor. No injuries were reported, but damages are estimated...

A tense police standoff in Cleveland's Jefferson neighborhood ended Wednesday with a 40-year-old man in custody after officers were called to a home over reports he had threatened family members with a weapon, police said. Authorities say charges are pending as detectives secure the scene and collect evidence....

CLEVELAND — Cleveland police issued less than half as many traffic tickets last year as they did a decade ago, a decline some city leaders say may be contributing to crime and disorder on neighborhood streets. Data presented to city officials shows citations fell from nearly 9,000 in 2016...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Lake Erie spring walleye fishing has blossomed all along the Ohio shoreline in recent days, with limit catches and trophy fish reported caught from Cleveland to Toledo. A cold front and northeast winds will trigger large waves and a Lake Erie small craft advisory for...

As we approach Good Friday, I would like to address the disrespect shown to local Christians as Cleveland casinos continue to remain open on this sacred day. I have written to the casino managers the last several years in hopes that they would take it on their own to close part of the day.

Federal marshals swept through northeast Ohio this week, grabbing three men wanted in separate violent cases and hauling them in from Cleveland and Akron in less than 24 hours. The arrests, tied to a fatal stabbing, a 2023 shooting case and an alleged run-over killing, pulled together federal and local officers and...