Cleveland man arrested after causing crash & threatening to spit on police in Berea
BEREA, Ohio – A Cleveland man, 25, and his sister, 36, were arrested after he caused a vehicle crash at about 7:30 p.m. April 24 on North Rocky River Drive at West Bagley Road. The man was driving a Jeep Grand Cherokee, which collided with a Toyota Camry. No...
Smokey Bones closes all restaurant locations, including in Mentor
Smokey Bones, a national franchise restaurant which includes a location at 7725 Reynolds Road in Mentor, has permanently shut down operations, according to a post on the company’s website. A letter on the door at the Mentor location confirms the permanent closure of the restaurant. The post at smokeybones.com...
Cleveland Clinic Lutheran Hospital workers upset over staffing levels, wages
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Workers at Cleveland Clinic’s Lutheran Hospital protested outside the facility, saying short staffing puts both caregivers and patients in danger. Union workers chanted outside the Ohio City hospital, demanding more employees and higher wages. “We deserve the staffing that we need. We don’t deserve skeleton...
Woman recovering after deadly Cleveland crash, family by her side
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - A young woman is recovering after a crash on Cleveland’s west side that killed one man and injured multiple others. Payton Toombs was in Cleveland from Tennessee with her fiancé for a cornhole tournament when the crash happened last week at Lorain Avenue and West 150th Street. Five people were taken to the hospital. James Cook, 54, did not survive.
‘We’re family’ | InMotion: The Parkinson’s caregivers who found each other — and never...
BEACHWOOD, Ohio — They didn't plan to find each other. They didn't know they needed to. But somewhere between a Parkinson's diagnosis and the fear that follows, a group of women in Greater Cleveland found their way to InMotion in Beachwood — and into each other's lives. Tammy...
Cleveland family seeks justice after hit-and-run kills father
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - A Cleveland family is demanding answers after police say a hit-and-run driver killed a father and boyfriend last month. The driver remains at large. Marvis Alexander and her daughter Myliah are coping with the loss of Myron Lashley, who was killed in a hit-and-run crash on March 9. The 47-year-old was riding an e-scooter...
East Cleveland police cruiser collides with car driven by man wanted for deportation
EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - An East Cleveland police cruiser hit a car belonging to a man with a deportation warrant Wednesday while responding to a crash call. At 1 p.m., East Cleveland police were rushing to a crash scene when their cruiser struck the right side of a car at the intersection of Euclid and Superior avenues.
Fairview Park Community Council names 2026 Citizen of the Year
FAIRVIEW PARK, Ohio -- The Fairview Park Community Council recently selected Don Catalano as 2026 Citizen of the Year. “When the selection committee came to my front door, I was thinking something is up,” said Catalano, 64, a 1980 Fairview High School graduate. “I’m very surprised, it’s not something...
Watch: Dirt bikes on local roadways zoom past police on patrol
Video released to the FOX 8 I-Team shows dirt bike riders taking over the streets wildly even with police right behind them.
CMSD board questions whether cash-strapped district should share levy dollars with charters
After posing pointed questions about cost and oversight, the Cleveland school board postponed a decision on whether to share local levy dollars with new partner charter schools — or at all. The discussion and decision drew enthusiastic approval from a crowd that had attended to protest the recent layoff,...

















