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CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - A 90s-style block party was held at Playhouse Square Plaza on Tuesday to help celebrate Alicia Keys’ Broadway hit musical Hell’s Kitchen. There was a DJ, local food vendors, giveaways, and a Flyest ’90s Outfit Contest. Hell’s Kitchen, the award-winning Broadway musical created...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Firefighters responded to a house fire on the city’s East side early Monday morning. Around 5:40 a.m., crews arrived in the 4400 block of E. 154th St. in the city’s Lee Seville neighborhood. Several people inside the home escaped safely. This is the second...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - A Cleveland firefighter and a man in his 60s were injured and taken to the hospital after a house fire Tuesday night. Cleveland Fire responded to the 13600 block of Benheim Road around 9:45 p.m. Fire crews rescued a man in full arrest from a second-floor...

Statistically, too many Black teenagers are incarcerated, and quite often due to guns. I am heartened to learn of Cuyahoga County Juvenile judges finding a way to improve the judicial process (“Gun monitoring program shows early success,“ Oct. 12). Taking baby steps is fine; allowing for program-wide review as well...

In Cleveland, the community and police found common ground in the spirit of neighborhood celebration this past weekend. The Old Brooklyn Street Fest drew a large crowd, with residents and local law enforcement officers mingling amid the booths and festivities. According to a social media post from the Cleveland...

MENTOR, Ohio — A Cleveland man will spend up to 10 and a half years in prison for his role in a Lake County overdose death last year, officials said. Layshawn M. McKinney, 35, was sentenced Oct. 6 in Lake County Common Pleas Court after pleading guilty to corrupting another with drugs and trafficking in drugs, court...

Police in Ohio on Monday found five puppies abandoned in a dumpster, and they’re looking for information about who left them there. The Willoughby Police Department on Monday morning shared photos of the abandoned puppies on Facebook, saying they “would like to hold whoever did this responsible.” The puppies were...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – A Cuyahoga County jury began deliberating Tuesday on whether Bionca Ellis killed 3-year-old Julian Wood out of rage or insanity. The aggravated murder trial against Ellis, 34, wound down as the final witness testified and attorneys traded closing arguments. Ellis is accused of randomly attacking...

CLEVELAND (WJW) – The Cleveland Division of Police is investigation the shooting of two people in an apartment. According to police, officers responded to a report of shots fired into an apartment Friday around 7:15 p.m. in the 4300 block of Warner Road. Police said officers found two people who had been shot. EMS...

A bipartisan group of lawmakers has introduced a resolution to encourage Ohioans to safely store their guns so children stop dying.