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CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio (WOIO) - Two people were taken into custody by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Cleveland Heights on Thursday morning. According to a Facebook post, HSI conducted an operation in the 2600 block of Hampshire Road, and two people were taken into custody. The Cleveland Heights Police...

Every year, the invasive pest is found in more and more of Ohio — including five new counties just in 2025. By Annie Nickoloff. The big, fluttering, red-tinged wings of spotted lanternflies are already appearing in Cleveland — and soon the city will see much more of the invasive creature as nymphs transform into...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A Cleveland woman was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in prison for the Jan. 7 stabbing death of her boyfriend. Sandra Sistrunk, 55, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, felonious assault and tampering with evidence in the death of Charlie Willis, 58. If you purchase a product or...

At the top of Superior Road hill in East Cleveland, this large complex of apartments was acquired by a developer who plans to renovate them (Green Bridge Real Estate). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. Renovation could help stop area’s decline. The 174-unit, 188,000-square-foot Forest Hills Park Apartment Complex,...

The Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority has asked landlords renting to tenants using federal Section 8 vouchers not to raise the rents “due to potential federal underfunding.”. CMHA “is preparing to face a significant voucher budget shortfall by the end of the calendar year,” states the Aug. 6 letter from...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) -This week’s Cuyahoga’s Most Wanted, features a Bedford man on the run after an assault in 2024. According to Crime Stoppers of Cuyahoga County, Carlton Marbury pleaded guilty to assaulting a person with a toilet lid. The attack caused injuries and what the county Sheriff’s...

Cleveland and Cuyahoga County have reached an agreement on the cost of housing the city’s detainees at the Cuyahoga County Jail. After 18 months of contentious negotiations, the city agreed to amend its contract with the county and increase the daily rate it pays for each detainee from $99 to $143. Cuyahoga County...

MAYFIELD HEIGHTS, Ohio -- Officers responded Aug. 2 to a report of a woman stealing clothing from Carter’s Childrenswear and located her inside of the neighboring Bath and Body Works. They did not find the stolen clothing in her possession or in the car that was being driven by...

BEACHWOOD, Ohio -- Violation of protection order: Richmond Road. At 9:25 a.m. Aug. 6, police wrote a report about a prisoner in the Beachwood jail making a phone call to his mother at 8:30 a.m., and asking her to contact the person protected from him by a protection order. The...

EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - A candlelight vigil and balloon release is set for one of the victims of the mass shooting that killed two people and injured two East Cleveland Police officers. On Aug. 7, Erik Sharp, 22, and his grandfather, Charles Roscoe, 82, were fatally shot during a...