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  As of Friday, November 2nd, more than 1.6 million Ohioans had already cast their ballots.  Of the more than 1.3 million absentee ballots that have been mailed to voters during the absentee voting period, more than 1.1 million have already been returned or 85.5 percent.  In addition, more than 495,000 voters had voted in […]

Sunday night, school officials said all power has been restored to Cleveland Metropolitan School District buildings. District Communications Officer Roseann Canfora says that as many as 24 schools were closed last week due to outages caused by the remnants of Hurricane Sandy. All will be open on Monday. According to a Sunday evening press release from […]

Day two in the last three days of early voting before the 2012 General Election was nothing less than expected, as more big names rallied for President Barack Obama outside of the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. This time, John Legend and former NBA All-Star now Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson came out to entertain voters. Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson even […]

5 things to know for Friday, November 2 1. Power outage estimates FirstEnergy and Cleveland Public Power are still working to restore power to several northeast Ohio communities. For a list of The Illuminating Company bulk restoration dates, click here: http:// 5.wews.com/eXwZ5 2. Campaigns in Ohio Mitt Romney, Ann Romney, Paul Ryan and Janna Ryan will attend […]

FirstEnergy estimates that many customers will still be in the dark until Monday after superstorm Sandy’s high winds knocked down trees and power lines. In the city of Cleveland, 1,000 Cleveland Public Power customers are without power. The city said 58 crews are working to get full restoration by Friday evening. Workers were also busy […]

A spokesperson for the FirstEnergy said even though some costumers are complaining, the company won’t compromise the safety of its workers as they restore people’s power. Spokesperson Mark Durbin explained linemen have been working in the rain and high winds all week. “In 50 mile per hour winds, they can’t operate a bucket,” Durbin said. […]

Cleveland Clinic and GE Healthcare will be the first two tenants in the first-of-its-kind Cleveland Medical Mart. Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald made the announcement Wednesday at the 2012 Cleveland Clinic Innovation Summit held at the Hotel Intercontinental in Cleveland. GE Healthcare President & CEO Tom Gentile and Dr. Martin Harris from Cleveland Clinic were […]

Five things to know for Thursday, November 1 1. Thousands still without power More than 115,000 Cuyahoga County FirstEnergy residents were still in the dark Wednesday after superstorm Sandy’s high winds, with more than 9,000 without electricity in Lake County and 4,000 in Lorain County. 2. Red Cross opens warming centers With so many waiting for […]

Due to high winds and wicked weather from superstorm Sandy, Verizon is offering charging stations for northeast Ohioans without power. And it doesn’t appear you have to be a Verizon customer to take advantage of the space to get your cellphone and tablet all charged up. Not only will the Verizon locations listed below have […]

Cleveland safety officials say crews are continuing to clean up debris, downed trees, power lines, secure flooded areas and restore power as quickly as possible, while still taking care of emergencies throughout the city. Below is an update on their efforts. The Department of Public Safety reports its operations are at near-normal levels after responding […]

More than 1.4 million FirstEnergy customers in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and Maryland remain without power following Hurricane Sandy. Periods of high winds, intense rains and heavy snowfall have impaired crew accessibility and hampered the damage assessment and restoration process. As of 9 p.m. Tuesday, the current FirstEnergy outage totals by utility include: […]

FirstEnergy has been using Twitter to keep customers informed on the process of restoring power to more than 250,000 people in northeast Ohio. “We’re responding as best we can given the high volumes we’re experiencing,” said Tricia Ingraham, a spokesperson for FirstEnergy. Ingraham said more than 300 tweets were posted leading up to and during the […]