5-year-old girl ‘unrecognizable’ after alleged beating by group of kids, mother says
CLEVELAND (WOIO/Gray News) - An investigation is ongoing after an Ohio mother reported her 5-year-old daughter was beaten, assaulted and scalped. Police say the suspects are under the age of 10. GRAPHIC WARNING: This story contains details some may find disturbing. Antavia Kennibrew says she found her 5-year-old...
Ohio police sergeant hurt after crash during traffic stop
The crash happened on Interstate 77 between Fleet Avenue and Pershing Avenue in Cuyahoga County around 8:30 p.m.
The Great Pumpkin is real and on the run in Ohio
Yes, that is a giant inflatable pumpkin in the back of that police cruiser. It has temporarily escaped before the police wrangled it and returned it to its owner. (Parma Heights Police Department) In what may be the most seasonal police chase in recent memory, this week, Ohio officers found...
Westlake police arrest woman accused of stealing from retirement community residents
WESTLAKE, Ohio – Officers at 2:15 p.m. Sept. 24 responded to a retirement community in the 2000 block of Dover Center Road for a reported suspicious person. Staff reported that a woman was prowling around the independent living building at the facility, wearing medical scrubs, apparently to mix in with the staff. She...
Women fight at apartment after one removes other’s laundry from washing machine: Richmond Heights...
Two women, 25 and 64, were cited for disorderly conduct after they fought in a laundry room at the Dorchester apartments Sept. 28. The incident occurred after the older woman removed the younger woman’s clothing from a washer because it was done, and no other machines were available. In retaliation, the younger woman...
2 seriously injured in shooting on Cleveland’s east side: EMS
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - A man and a woman were seriously injured after a shooting on Cleveland’s east side Saturday evening. According to Cleveland EMS, a 33-year-old man and a 28-year-old woman were seriously injured after a shooting in the 4300 block of Warner Road. Both were taken to...
Ohio’s shameful record on educating its youngest children. DeWine can help fix that: Brent...
In the avalanche of numbers that come with Ohio’s annual school report cards, one stands above all others in importance. The number speaks volumes about a community’s well-being, its desirability as a place to live, and its prospects for the future. That number measures third-grade proficiency in reading...
Critically endangered baby black rhino makes its debut at Cleveland zoo
CLEVELAND (AP) — A critically endangered rhino made its public debut Friday at a Cleveland zoo, dashing about its enclosure and giving a boost to the endangered species. The 120-pound (55-kilogram) eastern black rhino was born earlier this month to 22-year-old mother Kibibbi and 25-year-old father Forrest at the...
Alicia Keys launches national tour for Hell’s Kitchen at Playhouse Square
After taking Broadway by storm, Hell’s Kitchen begins its North American tour Friday night in Cleveland at Playhouse Square.
Cleveland workers rally as shutdown reaches day 10
As the federal government shutdown entered its tenth day Friday, federal workers, union leaders, and local lawmakers gathered in front of the Federal Building in downtown Cleveland, calling on Congress to end the stalemate.
