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A longtime educator in Ohio is moving to expand educational options for girls in Cleveland at a time when the city’s public school system is facing shrinking enrolment, budget pressures and campus closures. Dr. Luciana Gilmore, a former administrator with the Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD), is set to...

CLEVELAND — In December, Ohio’s Department of Development announced it would distribute over $18 million through its homeless crisis response program. In a press release, the Department of Development said, “Funds will assist 52 nonprofits and local governmental agencies across the state with homeless prevention,...

A former Cleveland officer who fatally shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice has been fired from his new post as a ranger in West Virginia.

(Disclaimer: This article is an opinion piece of Kimberly F. Brown, known as Brown on Cleveland. The views are the sole opinions of Brown and not Newbreak or any of its affiliates. I have purposely omitted the names of each applicant.)

FAIRVIEW PARK, Ohio – What began in 1985 as a young man’s way to carry on his grandfather’s tradition of making one new Christmas decoration every year has turned a Fairview Park neighborhood into an annual holiday destination. Bill McVicker and his wife, Diane, transformed the half-mile...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Traffic cameras have earned a bad reputation, at least among the drivers who are caught by them. But communities across Ohio are still using them and raking in fines. Even under statewide laws meant to strip the profit out of automated ticketing, 15 communities still use...

CLEVELAND — After a recent assault on a Cleveland paramedic made local and national headlines, a University Circle police officer is offering free self defense sessions for EMS workers and nurses. “The main objective here is to arm these EMT workers, EMS workers, paramedics with the ability to defend...

Former Bedford Mayor Dan Pocek has died, according to the city manager.

BROOK PARK, Ohio – A Cleveland man, 55, a Valley City man, 32, and a Brunswick man, 46 – all wanted by police – were arrested at about 11:30 p.m. Dec. 10. Police pulled over the men’s Nissan Pathfinder on Brookpark Road near Holy Cross Cemetery after checking the license plate and discovering that the vehicle’s...

Two individuals have been indicted by a Summit County Grand Jury in connection with a deadly shooting that disrupted a birthday celebration at a Bath Township Airbnb rental. According to FOX 8, 18-year-old Derquan Edwards and 19-year-old Jashawn Stewart face 17 charges each, including murder and felonious assault....