News 5 Cleveland took home 16 Emmy awards on Saturday night at the 55th Annual Lower Great Lakes Emmy Awards in Cleveland , including the category of Overall Excellence.
- Overall Excellence — Steve Weinstein
- Evening Newscast Market 1-50 — Tara Gardner, Kelly Hainer, Katie Ussin, John Kosich, Mark E. Johnson, Trevor Taylor, Tara Morgan, Tessa DiTirro, Bryn Caswell and Janelle Bass Hawthorne
- Serious Feature (Multiple Reports) — Jonathan Walsh
- Continuing Coverage — Tara Morgan
- Live Sports Producer — Randy Ziemnik
- Hard News Report (No limit) — Clay LePard, Gary Abrahamsen, Bridgette Pacholka, Drew Scofield, Michael Harris and Michael Vielhaber
- Human Interest – News (No Time Limit) — Katie Ussin
- Investigative Single Report — Scott Noll and Rob Klein
- News Special — Scott Noll, Tara Morgan, Bridgette Pacholka and Rob Powers
- Sports Story – News — Jon Doss and Randy Ziemnik
- Team Coverage — Bryn Caswell, Karl Capen, L. David Colabine, Mark E. Johnson and Cody Murphy
- Writer – News — Katie Ussin
- Serious Feature (Single Report) — Clay Lepard and Bridgette Pacholka
- Crime/Justice News — Tara Morgan, Rob Klein, Mark Puente and Andrew Oliver
- Military – News — Rob Powers, Bridgette Pacholka, Rob Klein
- Politics – Government/News — Jonathan Walsh