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Just as the wildfire smoke finally departs, another hazard moves in. Severe storms look likely for much of Northeast Ohio Saturday afternoon and evening.

FAIRVIEW PARK, Ohio -- The 34th annual Summerfest returns to Fairview Park. The festivities takes place from 6 to 11 p.m. July 23 and 24, as well as from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. July 25 and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. July 26 at Bohlken Park. “We have a...

LAKEWOOD, Ohio (WOIO) - Several Municipal Courts in Northeast Ohio announced they will be closed Friday due to current air quality conditions caused by Canadian wildfires. Lakewood and Garfield Heights announced their courts will be closed. Garfield Heights Municipal Court houses several suburban courts that include Br

Cuyahoga County will be handing out three $15,000 grants to community-based organizations working to reduce violence. The grants represent the first from the county’s new Office of Violence Prevention since it was established last May. A primary goal of that office is to help better fund and support organizations...

CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio (WOIO) - Cleveland Heights police are searching for someone who shot a victim at a convenience store. This happened around 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Noble Food Deli on Noble Road. According to police, officers arrived to find a man shot in the head. Officers added the...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Air Quality Advisory continues today and this evening for wildfire smoke from Canada still in place. This is worse than 2023. A cold front crosses the air later tomorrow. Partly cloudy sky today. Afternoon temperatures in the middle to upper 80s. Thunderstorms in the area tonight....

The U.S. Coast Guard's Great Lakes District is sounding the alarm on bogus distress calls and sketchy social media posts that look like emergencies but are not, saying the hoaxes are yanking crews away from real crises and putting responders in danger just as summer boating on Lake Erie and the other Great Lakes hits p

Cleveland police earlier this week arrested three Ohio residents -- self-styled "urban explorers" -- for allegedly breaking into two former Cleveland school buildings.

Public indecency, Pearl Road: On June 17, a woman called police regarding a suspicious situation. An arriving officer talked to the victim, who said a known male exposed himself to her in public. The Parma Heights resident, 70, was located and cited for indecent exposure and public indecency. Theft, Cheyenne...

EUCLID, Ohio (WOIO) - A wheelchair bound woman is accused of shoplifting from a Dollar General store multiple times over the last several weeks. According to police, the woman rolls into the store on Lakeshore Boulevard, grabs “essentials” and then activates her “turbo powered escape vehicle.”. “According...