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U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown today applauded the expected news that Ohio’s nearly two million Social Security recipients will see a 3.5 percent increase in their Social Security benefits beginning in 2012. “The economic downturn has been particularly hard for seniors, who often struggle to balance the high cost of their prescriptions against grocery and utility […]

EAST CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – East Cleveland Mayor Gary Norton is expected to announce a massive layoff of city workers, including police and fire/EMS, at Tuesday night’s East Cleveland City Council meeting. 44% of police, 31% of firefighters and 44% of city service workers received layoff notices Tuesday. Mayor Norton will provide additional details during his public […]

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum said on a radio show last week that the GOP’s strategy for reducing “the Democratic advantage” should be to marry off all the single mothers who “look to the government for help.” “Look at the political base of the Democratic Party: It is single mothers who run a household,” he […]

Browns defensive lineman Marcus Benard entered a plea of not guilty to charges stemming from his motorcycle crash last week. He entered the plea through a fax from his attorney Tuesday morning. Benard was cited for reckless operation and driving with a suspended license after the crash on Interstate 71 on Oct. 10. Benard suffered […]

Browns defensive lineman Marcus Benard entered a plea of not guilty to charges stemming from his motorcycle crash last week. He entered the plea through a fax from his attorney Tuesday morning. Benard was cited for reckless operation and driving with a suspended license after the crash on Interstate 71 on Oct. 10. Benard suffered […]

Drivers in downtown Cleveland had to deal with a different kind of commuting problem Tuesday morning. Elephants. The animals are in town for the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus that opens at Quicken Loans Arena on Wednesday, and the elephants walked through the downtown streets starting at 6:30 a.m. to get to their […]

Drivers in downtown Cleveland had to deal with a different kind of commuting problem Tuesday morning. Elephants. The animals are in town for the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus that opens at Quicken Loans Arena on Wednesday, and the elephants walked through the downtown streets starting at 6:30 a.m. to get to their […]

The temperatures have started falling and furnaces are beginning to click on, but you may not be singing the heating bill blues this winter… Even though the time to think about saving money and winterize your house is now, there is some good news when it comes to prices this year. According to First Energy electric […]

The temperatures have started falling and furnaces are beginning to click on, but you may not be singing the heating bill blues this winter… Even though the time to think about saving money and winterize your house is now, there is some good news when it comes to prices this year. According to First Energy electric […]

A boy found wandering in the Kinsman area on Friday has been identified. According to the Cuyahoga County Department of Children and Family Services, the boy told social workers his name is Michel Williams. Michel said his birthday is May 27, 1998. Cleveland officers found him near East 143rd Street on Friday afternoon after an […]

A boy found wandering in the Kinsman area on Friday has been identified. According to the Cuyahoga County Department of Children and Family Services, the boy told social workers his name is Michel Williams. Michel said his birthday is May 27, 1998. Cleveland officers found him near East 143rd Street on Friday afternoon after an […]

Cleveland Browns head coach Pat Shurmur said on Monday that running back Peyton Hillis will not be traded prior to Tuesday’s 4 p.m. NFL trading deadline. Shurmur also reiterated Hillis suffered a hamstring injury in first quarter of Sunday’s 24-17 loss to the Raiders in Oakland.  Hillis did have an MRI on Monday, but Shurmur wasn’t […]