Fundraiser held for father, son who drowned in Cuyahoga River
There was a powerful show of love and support on Sunday in Akron for a father and son who died in a tubing accident on the Cuyahoga River.
Josh Naylor knew he’d get traded because that’s what the Guardians do
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Josh Naylor, speaking to Cleveland reporters for the first time since the Guardians traded him in December, said he expected to be dealt. “I knew I was going to get traded eventually. A lot of us over there know we are (going to be traded),” said Naylor. “We’re not we anymore, but they know they are.
Cleveland Heights mayoral candidates talk Severance, property issues during LWV forum
CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio -- Housing stock, vacant buildings and their landlords -- including the one at Severance Town Center -- dominated a long list of questions for the city’s five mayoral hopefuls earlier this month. Those candidates offered their respective strategies on restoring neighborhoods and business...
East Cleveland focusing on safety for Shaw High School Reunion after violence in past...
EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - The All Shaw High School Reunion is an annual tradition, always held on Labor Day Weekend. However, in the last four years, the event has been marred by gun violence. East Cleveland’s Mayor Lateek Shabazz told 19 News that 11 people were shot last year...
Ohio has more than two dozen microschools, but the state’s dept. of education does...
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ben Colas recently founded Forest City Academy in Cleveland Heights, a microschool serving 15 students in kindergarten and first grade. He wanted to open a school that gave families an alternative model to the traditional school system that was more affordable than a typical private school.
Surviving Construction: Checking in with Cleveland Metroparks Zoo animals still living in the...
CLEVELAND (WJW) — September marks one full year since the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo shut down the rainforest to break ground on its multi-phase Primate Forest. That also meant moving most of the 600 animals that always called the old rainforest home. But not every species left. The zoo’s five orangutans and some of...
Midway Mall in Elyria OH Faces Next Chapter After Retail Decline
In June 1964, Visconsi-Mead-Jacobs unveiled its plan for a 600,000-square-foot enclosed shopping center in Elyria, selecting a site near the Ohio Turnpike for development. The new center was designed to feature two large anchors: Sears, occupying 180,000 square feet, and Higbee's, with 140,000 square feet, each set...
Brother’s fight ends with a bite: Highland Heights Police Blotter
A man, 32, was arrested for domestic violence Aug. 24 after he bit his brother, 27, on his chest and a finger during a fight in their kitchen. The two had been arguing over money before it turned violent. Theft by deception: Bishop Road. A resident said Aug. 19 that...
2025 Cleveland National Air Show: Everything you need to know
CLEVELAND — Cleveland's Labor Day weekend tradition is returning Saturday. The three-day event will be filled with aerial thrills, the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, military jet demonstrations, gravity-defying aerobatics, parachuting and more. Ground attractions also include interactive displays, kid-friendly...
Fox 8’s Wayne Dawson is cancer-free. He has ideas for us – Terry Pluto’s...
CLEVELAND, Ohio – It was nearly 18 months ago that Wayne Dawson discovered he had jaw cancer. The good news for the Fox 8 morning anchor is that his most recent scan showed he’s cancer-free. This came after Dawson was first diagnosed with cancer of the jaw in...