Awning collapses at O’Reilly Auto Parts in Maple Heights
MAPLE HEIGHTS, Ohio (WOIO) - An awning collapsed Sunday afternoon outside the O’Reilly Auto Parts store in Maple Heights. Firefighters responded just before 5 p.m. to the partial collapse at Southgate Shopping Center. No one was hurt, and the store closed for the day. The building department is working...
Cleveland’s Vincent Fondale Competes On “American Idol”
Twenty-one years ago, a five-year-old Vincent Fondale stepped onstage and grabbed the microphone to sing with his father’s band Cleveland Nostalgia. “We’re gonna bring a guest singer up right now. All 5 years old, right?” an announcer said in a home video that Fondale shared to social media. “In about 2025, American...
Driver injured after salt truck overturns at Cargill in Cleveland
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - A driver was seriously injured after his truck overturned on the Cargill property early Monday morning, Cleveland police, fire, and EMS said. However, Cargill said the driver’s injuries were “not serious.”. Cleveland Fire said their crews were sent to the Cargill plant at 2400...
VIDEO: Cleveland Police Swiftly Rescue Woman from Lake Erie Ice, Highlighting Crisis Intervention Efforts
In a recent report shared by the Cleveland Division of Police's social media, officers showcased their ability to respond efficiently and empathetically to a dire situation. On February 3, Cleveland Police First District officers were dispatched following reports of a woman experiencing a crisis on the frozen...
Cleveland to hire new Community Development director within weeks after losing $3.3M in lead...
CLEVELAND, Ohio — A long-troubled department in Cleveland City Hall will get new leadership in the coming weeks, city officials say, after losing $3.3 million meant for cleaning lead out of homes and shedding much of its senior staff last year. Chief of Integrated Development Tom McNair said Cleveland...
2 teens arrested in Lyft driver’s shooting death
Two 17-year-old boys have been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a Lyft driver in Cleveland.
I-71 closed in Brook Park, Middleburg Heights due to pole fire
BROOK PARK, Ohio — Interstate 71 is currently closed at points in both directions from Brook Park through Middleburg Heights following a utility pole fire Monday evening. Ohio Department of Transportation maps show authorities have shut down I-71's southbound lanes beginning at the Snow Road entrance in Brook Park....
Cleveland-area company buys 92-year-old Green Bay-area paper merchant
An Ohio-based paper and packaging supplier will expand into Wisconsin with its purchase of a Green Bay-area paper merchant. Millcraft Paper Co. , a 106-year-old firm based in the Cleveland area, expects to complete its purchase of 92-year-old Steen Macek Paper Co. by Feb. 28. Terms of the pending deal were not...
Sweets & Geeks opens new Independence location
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio -- There’s no doubt we’re living in a trading card zeitgeist. That’s why Sweets & Geeks, to better serve the Pokémon and Magic: The Gathering card market, opened a new store in Independence. “The uniqueness of this store is it’s going to be trading...
Willoughby Hills officials monitoring Chagrin River for ice jams: ‘Very dangerous situation’
With warmer temperatures arriving in Northeast Ohio, officials in Willoughby Hills are closely monitoring the Chagrin River.

















