Cleveland OH

CLEVELAND — Cleveland police issued less than half as many traffic tickets last year as they did a decade ago, a decline some city leaders say may be contributing to crime and disorder on neighborhood streets. Data presented to city officials shows citations fell from nearly 9,000 in 2016...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Lake Erie spring walleye fishing has blossomed all along the Ohio shoreline in recent days, with limit catches and trophy fish reported caught from Cleveland to Toledo. A cold front and northeast winds will trigger large waves and a Lake Erie small craft advisory for...

As we approach Good Friday, I would like to address the disrespect shown to local Christians as Cleveland casinos continue to remain open on this sacred day. I have written to the casino managers the last several years in hopes that they would take it on their own to close part of the day.

Federal marshals swept through northeast Ohio this week, grabbing three men wanted in separate violent cases and hauling them in from Cleveland and Akron in less than 24 hours. The arrests, tied to a fatal stabbing, a 2023 shooting case and an alleged run-over killing, pulled together federal and local officers and...

A domestic dispute in Cleveland Heights ended with a 31-year-old man in handcuffs on March 19 after his live-in girlfriend told police he urged her to kill herself and then assaulted her. Officers documented scratches on the woman's chest, right thigh and left forearm. The incident is listed in this week's Cleveland...

Note:This story originally was published Sept. 8, 1996, and is being republished to accompany a 2026 column by Chris Quinn about Khalid Samad. Khalid Samad has walked the city’s streets under the dim glare of street lamps, confronting gun-toting drug dealers and asking why they spread poison through their community.

Tree damage left more than 1,000 FirstEnergy customers in Stark County without power, according to the electric company.

MEDINA COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) - The jury started deliberating Friday in the trial for one of two Northeast Ohio law enforcement officers indicted for unlawfully detaining a man they thought was in the country illegally. The trial for Cleveland Police Detective Donald Kopcha began in Medina County Court of Common...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Cuyahoga County Executive Chris Ronayne has spent much of his first term casting himself as a doer — the leader who jump-started a long-stalled jail project. But the county prosecutor now says the work and the millions of taxpayer dollars poured into it so far are illegal.

LAKEWOOD, Ohio (WOIO) - Fire broke out at a house in the 2000 block of Bunts Road in Lakewood Thursday evening. The house is located near the corner of Bunts Road and Athens Avenue. Fire and EMS crews were called about 5:50pm. The fire was located in the upstairs of...