Condado Tacos opens in former Melt space
Condado Tacos opened at 6700 Rockside Rd., branding the former Melt restaurant space as its own with a personalized theme to Northeast Ohio. The painted interior wall murals depict Condado Tacos’ brand characters and a map of the Emerald Necklace, a Cleveland Metroparks trail network. Taking the name literally, the...
North Olmsted Plots Big Grocery Comeback At Great Northern’s Empty Sears
North Olmsted is edging closer to landing a new grocery store on the east end of Great Northern Mall, as city leaders move toward a development agreement for the long-vacant Sears site. City council is preparing to sign off on terms that would open the door for the property to be redeveloped and marketed to potential...
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signs SB 295 into law
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOIO) - Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed Ohio Senate Bill 295 into law Friday. Senate Bill 295 will increase the competency restoration time from one-year to five-years in cases of aggravated murder, murder, or where the possible sentence is life in prison. SB 295 was sponsored by State...
5 cities whose populations have cut in half after mass exodus
Some cities in the US have been greatly scarred by factory closures and a staggering decrease in population-but they continue to reinvent themselves
‘They’ve captured our hearts’: Construction workers outside Cleveland hospital wave every day to girl...
CLEVELAND — Every afternoon around 3 o'clock, a group of construction workers makes one final stop before heading home: They climb to a floor of the building next door to Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital, and wave. On the other side of the glass, 4-year-old Brinley Wyczalek is waiting for...
Two high school students found smoking and drinking in parking lot: Mayfield Police Blotter
The high school administration reported Feb. 17 that they believed two students had an odor of alcohol on their breath. They had made the observation when they found the boy and girl in a car in the parking lot, smoking a vape and sipping from a bottle. They were with a third student who did not appear to have been...
Cleveland Police Seek Public’s Aid in Locating Missing Endangered Teen DeAndre Bridges Jr.
The Cleveland Division of Police is actively seeking assistance from the community in locating DeAndre Bridges Jr., a 17-year-old teen reported missing since early Tuesday morning. According to the details released by officials, DeAndre abruptly left his residence in the 1900 block of Hurston Court around 4 a.m. and...
As officers respond to disturbance, man admits, ‘I roughed her up and strangled her’:...
CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio -- Domestic violence: Mayfield Road. At 4:55 a.m. Feb. 12, police were dispatched to am apartment building at 2878 Mayfield Road on a report of a disturbance. Upon their arrival, officers heard inside the unit a banging sound and a female yelling, “Get off of me” and...
Richmond Heights Guardian Tells Cops: ‘Jail Me Before She Comes Home’
A 70-year-old Richmond Heights guardian ended up in handcuffs after telling officers she would rather sit in a jail cell than take back a 17-year-old girl in her care, according to police and local reports. The teen had been taken to a nearby hospital on Sunday, and what started as a medical visit quickly turned into...
SNAP work requirements to threaten fewer Cuyahoga County residents’ food benefits than expected
The number of Cuyahoga County residents at risk of losing SNAP benefits due to new federal work requirements is thousands less than initially feared – but still significant, leaders say. Cuyahoga County initially estimated that 21,000 residents would be newly subject to work requirements. That number is still...
