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cleveland.com
March 31, 2018
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- We've got some good news, and some bad news. The bad news is that Cleveland is in the path of Tiangong-1, the Chinese space station hurtling toward Earth as we speak. The good (sort of) news is that everyone else is as well. Tiangong-1 could land anywhere in a band betweenÃâà...
cleveland.com
March 31, 2018
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The city of Cleveland will pay $65,000 to an unarmed robber paralyzed in 2014 when a Cleveland police officer shot him in the back. The settlement, reached Wednesday after a settlement conference held by U.S. District Judge Dan Polster, resolves a 2015 lawsuit filed by AlexÃâà...
cleveland.com
March 31, 2018
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- LeBron James is building a new trophy room at his house in Los Angeles. He's got a new little something to throw in it -- the game ball from the Cavs' 107-102 win over the New Orleans Pelicans Friday night. The one with which he scored in double figures for the 867th consecutiveÃâà...
cleveland.com
March 31, 2018
Michael, alongside Amber Donovan, Cuyahoga county director of The Open Table model, shares his personal story and how Open Table helped him. Open Table is a national model that began in a faith community as a way to improve the lives of the less fortunate. ( Photo by Joshua Gunter, cleveland.com ).
cleveland.com
March 31, 2018
The Metanoia Project tries to connect with homeless people who don't take advantage of Cleveland's traditional shelters. Staff and volunteers do this by having regular contact with those living in tents on riverbanks, under bridges and near highways. This photo, taken in 2012 on the West Bank of theÃâà...
cleveland.com
March 31, 2018
Branch and Elby went to former East Cleveland Mayor and lawyer Darryl Pittman, who filed a strongly worded petition asking the Eighth District to overturn King's appointments and remove Pitts and Smith from office through what is known as a writ of quo warranto. The petition compared King andÃâà...
cleveland.com
March 31, 2018
CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio -- A Cleveland man wanted in the death of his ex-girlfriend, who went missing for a month before her body was found in a garbage can, was arrested Friday, federal authorities said. Yaphet Bradley, 35, was arrested about 6:30 p.m. inside of a vehicle in the 13200 block ofÃâà...
cleveland.com
March 31, 2018
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- About 250 people joined Bishop Nelson Perez of the Cleveland Catholic Diocese in the annual Good Friday procession on the West Side commemorating the crucifixion and death of Christ. The participation of Perez, who was installed as bishop last September, marked the first time inÃâà...
cleveland.com
March 31, 2018
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A Cleveland man is accused of shooting and killing a man outside a West Side bar following an argument over a pool game, police and family say. An aggravated murder warrant was issued Thursday for the arrest of 38-year-old William Hanlan. He has not in police custody, accordingÃâà...
cleveland.com
March 30, 2018
Jose A. Camacho was arrested by Cleveland police about 9:30 p.m., Brooklyn police said in a news release. Camacho, 33, was wanted for assault after he drove away from a traffic stop on Ridge Road near Hammond Avenue while the officer was trapped inside the driver's side of the vehicle, police said.
cleveland.com
March 30, 2018
Before Trump even arrived to the town halfway between Cleveland and Akron, the streets were lined with people standing in dreary weather holding signs of support (although a group of protesters also gathered nearby). Once he arrived, the crowd cheered enthusiastically. It was a speech that seemedÃâà...
cleveland.com
March 30, 2018
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A Cleveland Heights man has pleaded not guilty to running a prostitution ring and supplying a woman with a fatal dose of drugs last year. Linus Undiandeye, 32, made his first appearance in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Thursday after a grand jury indicted him onÃâà...
cleveland.com
March 30, 2018
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The city of Cleveland's projected 2018 budget includes millions of dollars in expenditures related to the ongoing police reform efforts it agreed to with the Justice Department. The money is going toward initiatives either created for or expressly required by the consent decree, includingÃâà...
cleveland.com
March 30, 2018
CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio -- The family of a Cleveland Heights mother who was fatally shot and stabbed said Thursday they hope her death could help others trapped in abusive relationships. Nathan Johnson, the oldest brother of Miriam Johnson, said in a brief statement that their family is heartbrokenÃâà...
cleveland.com
March 30, 2018
CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio -- A Cleveland man admitted to investigators that he helped dump the body of a slain Cleveland Heights mother in an abandoned building in Cleveland, according to court records. Calvin Young, 24, entered no plea Thursday during his first appearance in Cleveland HeightsÃâà...
cleveland.com
March 30, 2018
CLEVELAND, Ohio - A Catholic church and community advocates on Cleveland's near-west side are at odds over the potential sale of eight boarded-up houses and six nearby lots - properties that have experienced a downward spiral of blight the last two years. St. Rocco parish, in the city's Clark-FultonÃâà...
cleveland.com
March 30, 2018
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A Cleveland man is charged in the death of his ex-girlfriend, who was missing for a month before her body was found in a garbage can at an abandoned home. Yaphet Bradley, 35, is charged with aggravated murder, gross abuse of a corpse and tampering with evidence. He is not inÃâà...
cleveland.com
March 30, 2018
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- George Dixon III resigned today as RTA chairman and trustee at the board's request because of an investigation about his healthcare premiums, according to officials of the transit agency. Dixon stepped down after 26 years on the board, the past 24 as his colleagues' choice forÃâà...
News 5 Cleveland
March 23, 2018
CLEVELAND - Cleveland police say evidence surrounding the discovery of a woman's body in a vehicle Thursday afternoon suggest the victim suffered a fatal overdose. Police are still investigating after the woman's body was found on the city's east side. The vehicle was located on the 17630 block ofÃâà...
cleveland.com
March 23, 2018
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Variable weather will be the key to terrific success next week for steelhead trout fishermen on the Northeast Ohio rivers and streams, and for walleye anglers on Sandusky and Maumee rivers in western Ohio. This weekend will be fairly cool, but dry. A warming trend arrives on Monday,Ãâà...
cleveland.com
March 23, 2018
Cavs minute: Don't look now, but they've won three straight and four out of five, beginning with the victory last week in Phoenix. ... Cleveland has won five in a row over the Suns. In the last one, the Cavs went for 12 steals, nine blocks, scored 18 points off 12 turnovers and drained 17 3s. LeBron JamesÃâà...
cleveland.com (blog)
March 23, 2018
CLEVELAND, Ohio - The first day of the weekend will start off sunny and cool in Cleveland. If you're up early enough, you may run into temperatures in the upper 20s, but later in the morning will hit the low 30s. Light winds will make that feel closer to the low 20s. By the afternoon, regardless of the sun,Ãâà...
cleveland.com
March 23, 2018
Blended family's transition made smoother with family counseling: A Greater Cleveland. Updated March 23, 2018 at 6:47 AM ... 0 shares. By Brenda Cain, cleveland.com Ãâ÷ bcain@cleveland.com ... A Greater Cleveland is a project of cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer. Because of the sensitive familyÃâà...
cleveland.com
March 23, 2018
CLEVELAND, Ohio - More than two years ago, Jon Kozesky filed a public records request to learn the name of a Cleveland police officer who issued him a traffic ticket. As part of his request, Kozesky included the officer's badge number, the time of the traffic stop and the police district he was travelingÃâà...
cleveland.com
March 23, 2018
Investigators with the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner were at the scene, along with Cleveland police. Prior to that body being found, Cleveland police said they found a dead body in a garbage can in Cleveland's Fairfax neighborhood. Little information was given about both cases, including if theyÃâà...
cleveland.com
March 23, 2018
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Two juveniles were stabbed Thursday night in Cleveland's Central neighborhood, police said. The juveniles were stabbed about 8 p.m. in the 4700 block of Quincy Avenue, Cleveland police said in brief a news release. Emergency units where heading to the scene, police said.
cleveland.com
March 21, 2018
Lovely Tinsley, 4, second from right, watches Theresa Davis Bowling, a case manager for Cleveland Department of Public Health, lead test her sister, Kasmir, 2, at St. Martin de Porres Family Center. as part of Lead Poisoning Prevention Week in October 2017. (Gus Chan / The Plain Dealer)( Gus Chan, TheÃâà...
cleveland.com
March 18, 2018
CLEVELAND, Ohio - Ninety years after the first tenants moved in, the Terminal Tower clearly remains the city's most prominent architectural symbol. Sure, Cleveland has other points of pride and affection, including the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Severance Hall, and the 23 on LeBron James's jersey. The cityÃâà...
cleveland.com
March 18, 2018
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Bernadetta Zubel, of the Polish National Alliance, came to St. Casimir Catholic Church on Sunday to teach kids the ancient Polish tradition of decorating pisanki Easter eggs. Zubel, who has been teaching the art form since 1998, learned from her grandfather in her native Poland, sheÃâà...
cleveland.com
March 18, 2018
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Cavaliers will sign forward Okaro White to a 10-day contract, a team source confirmed to cleveland.com. White, 25, played six games for the Miami Heat this season. He was traded to the Hawks on Feb. 8 and waived. His signing will cost the Cavs roughly $400,000 in salary andÃâà...
cleveland.com
March 18, 2018
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Former federal prosecutor and outspoken White House critic Preet Bharara said he decided to raise money in Ohio on Sunday for Democrat Steven Dettelbach, a former U.S. attorney running for state attorney general, because both men understand the rule of law and how it applies toÃâà...
cleveland.com
March 18, 2018
Hope Smith, 15, and Yondez Webb, 18, lead a group of their peers at Cleveland School of Science and Medicine recently in a conversation about stress and what causes it, such as transitioning from middle school to high school as well as family and friend issues. The teens are part of the HealthÃâà...
cleveland.com (blog)
March 18, 2018
CLEVELAND, Ohio - No need to travel anytime soon. Not for dance, anyway. Through DanceCleveland, the world is coming to Northeast Ohio. In keeping with tradition, the region's premier dance presenter unveiled its next season Saturday night, during the finale of its current season. Patrons of theÃâà...
cleveland.com
March 18, 2018
A woman escaped from the trunk of a car after two men kidnapped her Saturday night, police say.( File photo ). Comment. 0 shares. By Kaylee Remington, cleveland.com Ãâ÷ kremington@cleveland.com. CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A woman escaped from the trunk of a car after two men kidnapped her SaturdayÃâà...
cleveland.com
March 18, 2018
CLEVELAND, Ohio - A 14-year-old was not shot Sunday evening on the city's East Side, as Cleveland police had initially reported. Cleveland police spokesman Det. Reginald Lanton released the update about one hour after reporting that a teen was struck by gunfire in the city's Hough neighborhood.
cleveland.com
March 18, 2018
CLEVELAND, Ohio - A man in a wheelchair was shot in the hand and robbed early Sunday on the city's West Side, police said. The incident happened about 1:30 a.m. near the intersection of West 65th Street and Colgate Avenue in the Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood, according to a Cleveland policeÃâà...
CityLab
March 17, 2018
Downtown Cleveland was in a state of upheaval in the 1970s. “It was a period of severe decline,” said Fred Bidwell, who was a college student in the city at time and now serves as the executive director of the Front Exhibition Company. Employers were deserting downtown. Retail was on the way out, too.
cleveland.com
March 17, 2018
Theft, Nela View Road: At 8:05 p.m. March 8, police were called to a home where a woman, 78, stated that her home health worker stole her purse from the dining room table. The worker, a woman, 19, left the house just before 7:30 p.m., minutes before the woman discovered the purse missing.
cleveland.com
March 17, 2018
CLEVELAND, Ohio - Cuyahoga County should adopt sweeping judicial reforms that would dramatically change the way bail is set and give poor defendants a better shot at justice, according to a much-awaited report by a task force of local judges, lawyers and legal experts. Today's release of the reportÃâà...
cleveland.com (blog)
March 17, 2018
CLEVELAND, Ohio - St. Patrick's Day will be chilly this year in Cleveland. But historically, the holiday has been heating up. The snow trend? Not as clear. Diving into weather data back to 1893 in Cleveland, the average temperature on St. Patrick's Day is warming at an average of 0.41 degrees per decade.
cleveland.com
March 17, 2018
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A Cleveland man is the first person to be convicted under Ohio's new anti-bestiality laws. Scott Turner, 48, was sentenced Wednesday to five years of probation. Cleveland Municipal Judge Michelle Earley also ordered him to have no contact with animals and granted the ClevelandÃâà...
cleveland.com
March 17, 2018
Benching Wahoo not enough: As they have for 25 years, Native Americans and others plan to demonstrate outside Progressive Field for the Cleveland Indians' April 6 home to protest the team's name and Chief Wahoo logo, which they say are racist and dishonor the heritage of indigenous people.
cleveland.com
March 17, 2018
CLEVELAND, Ohio - The Cleveland Clinic hopes to bring a biorepository - a building filled with freezers of biological samples used by scientists - to the southeastern edge of its campus. An early site plan presented to the Cleveland City Planning Commission on Friday shows the footprint of a two-story,Ãâà...
cleveland.com
March 17, 2018
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A man was shot Friday night at an intersection in downtown Cleveland, police said. The 23-year-old man was shot in the leg just before 10:45 p.m. in the intersection of Ontario Street and Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland police said. Authorities did not provide the name of the woundedÃâà...
cleveland.com
March 17, 2018
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Police are investigating after a Cleveland man said his girlfriend stabbed him in the back and attacked him with a hammer. No one has been charged in the incident that happened about 9 a.m. Thursday at a home on Colgate Avenue near West 73rd Street in the Detroit-ShorewayÃâà...
cleveland.com
March 16, 2018
Cleveland police say the 35-year-old woman was shot in the stomach and leg Thursday night on the West Side.( cleveland.com file photo ). Comment ... CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A woman was taken to the hospital after a shooting Thursday night on the city's West Side, police say. The shooting occurred on theÃâà...
cleveland.com
March 4, 2018
CLEVELAND, Ohio - The school shootings in Parkland, Fla., have put School Resource Officers in the center of controversy nationally. Should the "SRO" at that school have tried to stop that shooting? Can officers here prevent it from happening to Ohio kids? The Ohio legislature is also debating that job,Ãâà...
cleveland.com
March 4, 2018
CLEVELAND, Ohio - Ohio is one of 11 states to offer a nursery for incarcerated women who give birth while serving their prison sentences. The U.S. Bureau of Prisons has a similar program. Authorities said the nurseries seek to help mother and child bond. More importantly, advocates say, the programsÃâà...
cleveland.com
March 4, 2018
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The second day of Wizard World Cleveland at the Huntington Convention Center attracted thousands of television, movie and comic books fans, and hundreds of them in costume. As it has been in the past four years, Saturday was the biggest and longest day of the convention, whichÃâà...
cleveland.com
March 4, 2018
Gun violence is an epidemic in Cleveland, and time has come to put the blame on those with a large part of the responsibility: Ohio legislators. They took away Cleveland's right to adopt regulations to require responsible gun ownership and stem the flow of illegal guns into city streets. ( Marvin Fong, PlainÃâà...
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