City of Cleveland looking for answers to cemetery homeless encampment
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Questions remain about a homeless encampment at Scranton Cemetery, as the city works to find housing solutions. 19 News first reported on the number of homeless people living in the cemetery back at the beginning of October. Since then, there have been some changes. The city...
One person arrested after attacking child at Ohio grocery store
OHIO — A 37-year-old man was arrested after police say he assaulted a child sitting in a shopping cart at a Meijer store on Wednesday morning. The incident occurred around 10:30 a.m. at the Meijer in the 7700 block of Broadview Road, according to the Seven Hills Police Department. Family members intervened and were...
The Edmund Fitzgerald: Remembering tragedy on the Great Lakes 50 years later
Monday, Nov. 10 will mark half a century since the S. S. Edmund Fitzgerald steamed into eternity in 1975, taking with it its entire crew of 29 men. The story began 18 years earlier, on February 1, 1957. On that date, Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance placed an order with Great Lakes Engineering Works for a new cargo...
Play about Tamir Rice returns to Cleveland stage to further dialogue
When 12-year-old Tamir Rice was shot and killed by Cleveland police in 2014, it touched off a national conversation about race, violence and accountability. It also led to the 2016 play “Objectively/Reasonable: A Community Response to the Shooting of Tamir Rice.” A reimagined production aims to continue the...
Parma Police, Fire crews save students from burning school vehicle
First responders acted quickly when a school transport vehicle caught fire Tuesday afternoon in Parma. Police removed the occupants before fire crews arrived to extinguish the blaze.
‘Fastest in the nation’ go-karts coming to Cleveland
Indoor go-kart operator K1 Speed has the need for speed in Cleveland.
Mayor Bibb pauses utility shutoffs as shutdown pressures Cleveland families
Cleveland officials are taking action to protect residents from losing essential services as the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history continues.
Police report: Man ‘smashed’ 3-year-old’s face at store in Seven Hills
Police charged a 37-year-old man with assault after a 3-year-old boy was injured inside a Meijer in Seven Hills. Investigators said an off-duty officer intervened before the man was arrested.
Bedford police search for 13-year-old missing since Nov. 1
BEDFORD, Ohio (WOIO) - Bedford police are turning to the public for help in locating a 13-year-old boy who is missing. Officers say Zytaveon Roberson-Meadows ran away from home Nov. 1. He was last seen in the Rockside Towers in the area of Rockside and I-271. According to police, the...
2 escape Maple Heights house fire
MAPLE HEIGHTS, Ohio (WOIO) - A man and a young girl escaped a kitchen fire at a Maple Heights home on Wednesday afternoon. Firefighters were called to the house located in the 5000 block of Tatra Street around 130 p.m. The Bedford, Garfield Heights, Warrensville Heights, Bedford Heights, and Valley...
