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Cuyahoga County will be handing out three $15,000 grants to community-based organizations working to reduce violence. The grants represent the first from the county’s new Office of Violence Prevention since it was established last May. A primary goal of that office is to help better fund and support organizations...

CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio (WOIO) - Cleveland Heights police are searching for someone who shot a victim at a convenience store. This happened around 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Noble Food Deli on Noble Road. According to police, officers arrived to find a man shot in the head. Officers added the...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Air Quality Advisory continues today and this evening for wildfire smoke from Canada still in place. This is worse than 2023. A cold front crosses the air later tomorrow. Partly cloudy sky today. Afternoon temperatures in the middle to upper 80s. Thunderstorms in the area tonight....

The U.S. Coast Guard's Great Lakes District is sounding the alarm on bogus distress calls and sketchy social media posts that look like emergencies but are not, saying the hoaxes are yanking crews away from real crises and putting responders in danger just as summer boating on Lake Erie and the other Great Lakes hits p

Cleveland police earlier this week arrested three Ohio residents -- self-styled "urban explorers" -- for allegedly breaking into two former Cleveland school buildings.

Public indecency, Pearl Road: On June 17, a woman called police regarding a suspicious situation. An arriving officer talked to the victim, who said a known male exposed himself to her in public. The Parma Heights resident, 70, was located and cited for indecent exposure and public indecency. Theft, Cheyenne...

EUCLID, Ohio (WOIO) - A wheelchair bound woman is accused of shoplifting from a Dollar General store multiple times over the last several weeks. According to police, the woman rolls into the store on Lakeshore Boulevard, grabs “essentials” and then activates her “turbo powered escape vehicle.”. “According...

Canadian wildfire smoke is continuing to blanket northeast Ohio today (July 17), creating air quality conditions considered hazardous for everyone and forcing the cancellation of several major outdoor events. A “Code Maroon” air quality advisory is in effect through midnight for Summit, Medina, Portage, Cuyahoga, Lorai

Canadian wildfire smoke prompted an air quality advisory across Ohio yesterday, with Northeast Ohio reaching hazardous air quality levels. The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency urged everyone, but especially those with heart or lung conditions, children, older adults and pregnant women, to stay indoors. The health e

A sudden county infrastructure project on Warrensville Center Road has ignited a heated battle in University Heights. Local merchants allege a communication blackout under Mayor Michele Weiss, doubled licensing fees, and intrusive data demands, while first responders warn that concrete barriers threaten emergency respo