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BROOKLYN, Ohio (WOIO) — A Maple Heights man has filed a civil rights lawsuit against the Brooklyn Police Department, the police chief and five officers, claiming the department ignored early warning signs about a sergeant who was later fired for punching a handcuffed woman. It’s a story 19 Investigates...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – K&K Portage Market is changing ownership, but the staple on the city’s west side is staying in the family. Jerry Kolar told cleveland.com he and his brother Rick sold the business to Jerry’s sons, Jason and Erik. The transaction, which makes the sons fourth-generation owners, took place officially in February, said Jerry, adding the transition has been seamless.

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - A man approximately 30-years-old is dead after a shooting and a car crash into a tree in Cleveland’s University neighborhood Monday night. EMS got the call for the incident around 9:10 P.M. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. EMS couldn’t say if he...

SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio (WOIO) - An unlicensed Shaker Heights dentist was indicted on Monday for practicing without a license and generating over $400,000 in proceeds. According to a release from the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office, from 2022 to 2025, Jazemen Lyons, 37, owned and operated Smile Lounge in Shaker Heights.

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - The man found guilty of fatal shooting a young Garfield Heights father, will be sentenced Tuesday in Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas. In March, Wuanyae Arrington, 30, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, two counts of felonious assault, and having weapons while under disability for the death of Jose Ervin Jr.

OHIO — A 30-year-old man was killed after being shot while driving Monday night, causing a crash on Euclid Avenue, according to Cleveland police. Officers responded around 8:48 p.m. May 4 to reports of shots fired in the 12100 block of Euclid Avenue. When they arrived, they found University Circle police officers administering first aid […] The post One person dead after being...

SOLON, Ohio -- A woman who did not take kindly to being taken into custody for OVI, struck a corrections officer and firefighter, and broke official equipment. At 2:10 a.m. April 30, a Chagrin Falls police officer arrested and brought to Solon jail a woman suspected of driving while impaired.

Olmsted Falls, Ohio (WOIO) - Three family-owned businesses were destroyed in a fire Friday night at a business plaza in on Columbia Road in Olmsted Falls. Falls Family Restaurant, The Eye Place and Keith Jewelers were all lost in the blaze. Fire crews from four departments battled the flames. “What’s...

MENTOR, Ohio -- A member of Mentor’s Board of Building and Zoning Appeals is expected to be removed from her position after a video circulating on social media showed her using a racial slur during a confrontation with a resident. A city spokesperson confirmed the person in the video...

Just days before the deadline, petitioners have suspended their campaign to recall Mayor Justin Bibb, citing what they call targeted intimidation from the mayor's staff and supporters. Juan Collado Diaz of Accountable Cleveland Era, a coalition of about 25 local residents and business owners, said the group's efforts were thwarted...