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CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Families across Greater Cleveland can breathe a bit easier knowing that The Salvation Army is gearing up to help this Holiday! Christmas is fast approaching and registration for Christmas Assistance is set to get underway. Eligible families can receive toys for children 12 years of age and younger, a grocery store […]
Families across Greater Cleveland can breathe a bit easier knowing that The Salvation Army is gearing up to help this Holiday! Christmas is fast approaching and registration for Christmas Assistance is set to get underway. Eligible families can receive toys for children 12 years of age and younger, a grocery store gift card for holiday […]
Anti-Wall Street protesters in two West Coast cities were subdued with tear gas and pepper spray after they shut down a California port and disrupted rush-hour traffic in Seattle, authorities said. Oakland police fired tear gas on “several hundred people” throwing rocks and shooting fireworks at officers after demonstrators were asked to disperse early Thursday, […]
Imagine having to go to a playground and just watch other kids play. It was a reality for some children at a school in Tremont until now. It was a dream two years ago to build an adaptive playground for the 40 children who attend the ESC Rose-Mary Center School in Tremont and it is […]
*Vivica A. Fox just finished up an indie baseball drama, “Home Run,” in which she plays the role of a sports agent whose client has a drug problem. But he somehow finds redemption in coaching a little league team. “I’ve had major epiphanies in the last couple of years, to be very honest with you,” […]
As we enter the final months of 2011, the thoughts of tech watchers like me are turning to what we can expect in 2012. Voice recognition in all our devices? Touch control replacing the mouse and keyboard? The death of the wallet as mobile payments become mainstream? Maybe. But what I’m most excited about is […]
CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OH (WOIO) – About 33 employees are to be laid off in a restructuring of the operations of the Cuyahoga County Fiscal Office. The reductions are part of an ongoing, systematic examination of all offices in Cuyahoga County’s new charter form of government. Before Wednesday’s announcement, county government had already reduced its payroll […]
The Cuyahoga County executive office said it is in the process of notifying 33 employees in the fiscal office that they will be laid off. The latest restructuring reduces the county government’s annual payroll expense by $1.7 million. Before Wednesday’s announcement, county government had already reduced its payroll by 310 employees, saving the county about […]
Cleveland firefighters knocked down two burning buildings while trying to contain a massive multiple-building fire on the city’s west side. The blaze broke out at West 98th Street and Madison Avenue Tuesday at about 8 p.m. Firefighters said this was considered a “triple two-alarm fire” and multiple fire stations were called to the scene. There’s […]
BEREA, OH (WOIO) – The public memorial service for 13-year-old Charlie Kho is now rescheduled for Friday, November 4th at 10 a-m. The service was postponed last weekend, after an illness in the Kho family. Friday’s mass will take place at St. Adalbert Church in Berea. Charlie was a 7th grader at The Academy of St. […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Water main breaks are pretty routine during winter months in Cleveland, but the season may be starting early this year. A break on Superior is slowing traffic and stopping water flow. The street torn up for two days now as crews search for a break in a 10-inch main. This is […]
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District announced Monday that two employees were placed on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation of allegations of improper conduct. “The District is committed to acting quickly and responsibly to allegations of wrong-doing at any level of service in the District. It was therefore deemed in the best […]