Man in custody after 5-hour standoff in East Cleveland
A man is in custody after a five-hour standoff with East Cleveland Police on Tuesday afternoon.
Crash shuts down I-90 westbound in Cleveland
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - I-90 westbound was blocked off after I-71 in Cleveland due to a crash on Tuesday afternoon. The crash happened around 2 p.m. on Oct. 7, and cleared before 3 p.m. Here was your First Alert Traffic Detour:. continue southbound on I-71 exit I-71 southbound at West...
Suspect accused of Cleveland double murder dies from suspected overdose, authorities say
CLEVELAND, Ohio - A murder suspect accused of killing two people in Cleveland died days after the slayings when he ingested narcotics, authorities said. Richard Koballa, 45, died Sept. 26, three days after Shaker Heights police arrested him outside an apartment building in the 2000 block of Kemper Road, authorities...
Scammers come to home of elderly Mayfield Heights man to collect nearly $10,000
MAYFIELD HEIGHTS, Ohio -- A Suffield Road resident reported Sept. 29 that he was a victim of a scam in which he received a phone call from a supposed attorney claiming that his granddaughter was in jail because she was at fault in a car crash involving a pregnant woman.
World’s largest cat show coming to Cleveland
The world’s largest and reportedly most prestigious cat show is returning to Cleveland this month.
Standoff ends after suspect fires shots in East Cleveland apartment hallway
EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - An hours-long standoff has ended at the Terrace Towers Apartments on Terrace Road in East Cleveland. East Cleveland police and SWAT have announced a man is in custody. City spokesperson Justyn Anderson said the suspect starting shooting in the hallway around 11 a.m. Tuesday. He...
Ohio bill would let expecting mothers use handicap-accessible parking spaces
Ohio lawmakers are considering new legislation that would allow expectant mothers to use handicap-accessible parking spots.
Fired jail lieutenant allowed to resign in $45K settlement with Cuyahoga County
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Former corrections lieutenant George Hughes, who was fired earlier this year when he was accused of sexual misconduct, will receive $45,000 and have his record changed to show he resigned as part of a settlement agreement with Cuyahoga County. The agreement allows both sides to deny...
Dr. Kriwinsky sentenced to 30 days in jail, fined $1,200
Dr. Jan Kriwinsky of Moreland Hills was sentenced to 30 days in the Cuyahoga County Jail and fined $1,200 during his Sept. 25 appearance in Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas in downtown Cleveland. Kriwinsky, 69, had previously pleaded guilty to sexual imposition – a third degree misdemeanor – and...
Jury finds former Head Start teacher not guilty of assault
A jury has found a woman not guilty of assaulting a 4-year-old boy last year at his East Cleveland early learning center.
