Cleveland Clinic named No. 3 hospital in the world by Newsweek for 2026
CLEVELAND — Cleveland Clinic has been ranked as one of the top five hospitals in the world once again. The Cleveland-based medical center took the No. 3 spot in Newsweek's World's Best Hospitals rankings for 2026, which evaluated over 2,500 hospitals in 32 countries. “Our model has endured for...
Cleveland Scam Surge: Slick Hustlers Drain Millions From Ohio Wallets
Scammers across Ohio are getting sharper, and the bills are getting uglier. From frantic phone calls to polished online investment pitches, fraudsters are rolling out voice cloning, fake bank representatives and cryptocurrency schemes to push victims into moving money fast. The result, officials say, is millions in...
Berea resident beats scammer posing as Spectrum representative
BEREA, Ohio – A scammer, pretending to be a Spectrum representative, tried but failed to steal $640 from a Woodmere Drive resident. The scammer called the resident at about 4 p.m. Feb. 20. He said that a promotional cable-TV plan in which she was enrolled was expiring. The scammer...
Cleveland Heights Man Says Cops Left Him Bloodied, Bruised After Ticket Stop
A Cleveland Heights man says a recent encounter with police turned violent, leaving him bruised and missing a front tooth. In a short video shared to a local Facebook page, he points to dark bruises on his face and what appears to be a gap in his smile as he describes being punched, kicked and stomped by multiple...
Cleveland man busted after asking to see electricity bills of apartment building tenants in...
BEREA, Ohio – A Cleveland man, 25, was cited Feb. 19 after he knocked on several apartment doors inside Tower in the Park, 55 Barrett Road, and asked to see tenants’ electricity bills. At least one of the tenants called police about the man at about 7:30 p.m....
U.S. Secret Service seizes illegal card skimmers in Cleveland operation
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) — Federal officials recently confiscated six illegal card skimmers in Cleveland as part of a nationwide crackdown on the devices that steal bank and EBT card information. The U.S. Secret Service conducted the operation in January, seizing equipment capable of stealing millions of dollars from...
Suspects in Olive Garden shooting in Warrensville Heights appear in court
A Bedford Municipal Court judge set bond at $250,000 for each defendant facing charges in the Monday, Feb. 23, shooting outside the Olive Garden in Warrensville Heights.
Couple Looking to Buy Home Ends Up Owning Whole Town in Pennsylvania
Riverstone Estate, Foxburg, Pa., the initial purchase that ended up placing ownership of much of the town with a Cleveland couple. When Cleveland couple Saji Daniel and Shannon McGauley got an invitation in October 2020 from their neighbor, Dr. Lou Keppler, to visit Foxburg, they thought it would just be a nice daily...
Cleveland man survives 82-minute cardiac arrest after new hospital program gives him a second...
He doesn't remember texting his mom that morning about the new house he'd found. He doesn't remember heading to his job at AJ Rose Manufacturing in Avon—a job he'd started just three weeks earlier for better pay and better insurance to afford the heart medication he desperately needed. What...
Old Brooklyn’s Foundry Concert Club Ransacked Yet Again by Burglars
The Foundry Concert Club in Old Brooklyn was hit by burglars Sunday evening, the third time the venue has been targeted in roughly a year. Staff and owners reported a smashed front window, stolen register drawers and a safe taken from the building, and said alarms ultimately chased the suspects off. The club said no...

















