Brick & Vine Is Our Reader-Voted Best New Restaurant of 2026
Editor's Note: Restaurants must have opened before Dec. 31, 2025, to be included in our 2026 Best Restaurants issue. Find the full list of 10 Best New Restaurants here. It’s easy to overlook suburban dining when you’re chasing Cleveland’s buzziest tables. But Brick & Vine makes a strong case for heading south.
Drive-thru driver threatens to shoot customer in the face: Strongsville Police Blotter
Threats, Royalton Road: On April 4, driver called police after a suspicious incident in a restaurant drive-thru. The woman driving a black Chevy Malibu said she was in line at a Royalton Road fast-food joint when another customer pulled up next to her, threatening to “shoot her in her face.”
Parents on trial for death of their 11-year-old sick son at Independence hotel
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - A Warren mother and father are on trial in Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, in connection with the death of their 11-year-old son. Hunter Towne died in a room at the Extended Stay America Premier Suites on Jefferson Drive in Independence on Jan. 10, 2024.
Missing elderly man found sitting along the roadway: Gates Mills Police Blotter
Around 8 p.m. April 26, officers stopped to check on a man sitting along the roadway near West Hill Drive. He appeared to be confused, stating that he was walking to Wilson Mills Road. Officers were able to identify the man, 78, as a resident of Cleveland Heights who had...
Café Nocturno opens near Public Square with late-night hours
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Pasteleria y Café, which opened in mid-March just east of Public Square, is pivoting concepts. On Friday, May 1, new signage will be installed, and it will become Café Nocturno. “All the feedback from our customers was that there was a need for a...
Berea cracks down on short-term rentals with new permit requirements
BEREA, Ohio (WOIO) -The city of Berea is cracking down on short-term rentals with new regulations that include mandatory permits and location restrictions. City council members said they are implementing the new rules to get ahead of a potential influx of rental properties as the Browns expand their facilities. Anyone...
80-year-old man charged in local park shooting that left man in hospital
A man was arrested and charged after police said he shot another man in a Bainbridge Township park.
Woman spits in the face of authority: Mayfield Heights Police Blotter
Raising Cane’s management reported at 8:30 p.m. April 22 that a woman who had been in the business since 6 p.m. was refusing to leave when they told her that the dining room closed at 8 p.m. Responding officers spoke to the woman, but she refused to get up...
Afraid of flying? Cleveland Hopkins has a program that lets you practice without leaving...
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Cleveland Hopkins International Airport will host its second “Flight School” event next month, designed to ease anxiety for nervous flyers. The event will run 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday, May 16. Registration opens at noon on Monday, April 27, and spots are expected to fill quickly.
‘He had thought that she had passed away.’
A young woman set to graduate from college and get married in just weeks is now fighting to recover in a hospital bed after a crash that also killed a man.

















