MORNING DIGEST: Ohio races to feed families as shutdown cuts off SNAP benefits
Good Morning Cleveland, it's Friday, October 31 and here is the latest on your news, weather and traffic.
The haunting of Cleveland’s Fire Engine House No. 6 and other forgotten cemeteries
Nestled in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood, right across from the West Side Market, is the West 25th train station on the corner of Lorain and Abbey Avenues. It’s one of the city’s busiest rapid transit stops. But before this site was a public transportation hub, it was...
Cleveland United: Cuyahoga County Rallies $600,000 to Tackle Looming SNAP Benefit Cut-Off
In a mobilization of funds that appears to defy the imminent cut-off of SNAP benefits, civic leaders in Cuyahoga County have urgently gathered a $600,000 safety net. This emergency pool of money, put together by an alliance of government, sports teams, and philanthropic organizations, is set to bridge the anticipated...
With SNAP benefits set to disappear, a Cuyahoga County coalition wants to bridge the...
Local leaders and representatives of local foundations and corporations plan to announce a "coordinated response" to the impending loss of SNAP benefits.
Cleveland Food Bank braces for surge, calls for volunteers as SNAP funds stall
CLEVELAND, Ohio – With 190,000 Cuyahoga County SNAP recipients at risk of losing benefits starting this weekend, the Greater Cleveland Food Bank is asking volunteers to step up and help meet what it expects will be a surge in demand for groceries and meals. The food bank said it’s...
With SNAP Benefit Freeze, Clevelanders Face Question of How to Feed Themselves, and Their...
After a little more than two decades working as a software engineer, making well into the six figures and even owning his own company, Jay found himself unemployed and out of a job in January, a byproduct of AI. That began an era of loss. Job applications went unanswered. His...
49-year-old woman killed in Strongsville, 1 faces felony charges
One person is facing felony charges after a 49-year-old woman was shot and killed in Strongsville Friday night, according to the Strongsville Police Department.
‘I hate you with every fiber of my being’: Parents face woman convicted of...
CLEVELAND (WOIO/Gray News) - Parents of a young boy who was stabbed to death in a parking lot last year faced the convicted killer in court. Bionca Ellis was sentenced to life in prison without parole on Monday morning, after a jury found her guilty of all nine charges in the murder of 3-year-old Julian Wood.
As SNAP delays hit, Cuyahoga County residents brace for hunger – ‘people don’t know...
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Nearly half of Cuyahoga County’s food assistance recipients will miss their monthly benefits by the end of next week if the federal government shutdown continues and funds remain stalled — a delay that county officials warn will deepen food insecurity for tens of thousands of families.
Orange Village deputy chief charged with drunken driving was previously accused of misconduct in...
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- An Orange Village deputy police chief facing drunken driving charges was also sued after he shot someone in 2021. Patrick O’Callahan, then a lieutenant with Orange Village police, shot Theoplic Williams III, a Black man who was legally carrying a firearm outside a popular shopping center in Woodmere.

















