via Cleveland19: A Malian migrant will be granted French citizenship after he climbed up the front of a building to save a 4-year-old dangling from a Parisian balcony. Mamoudou Gassama, 22, met with French President Emmanuel Macron Monday, so the president could thank him personally. He has also been offered a job with the Paris […]
via BlackAmericaWeb: Serena Williams is a forced to be reckoned with, but that’s no secret. The Compton native has 23 Grand Slam titles, 319 weeks at the top, and an endless list of other accolades to her name. Even with all of those achievements, come 2019, the tennis superstar will have another honor to add, and […]
The Children’s Museum of Cleveland is moving. The museum will close on January 3, 2016, to move into the Stager Beckwith Mansion on Euclid Avenue by 2017. Nestled near downtown on what was known as Millionaire’s Row, the mansion was built by businessman and Civil War General Anson Stager in 1866. The new museum will feature six exhibit spaces which are designed to […]
AKRON, OH (WOIO) – Two people are confirmed dead, possibly as many as nine, after a plane crash in Akron. Officials from ExecuFlight, the company that leased…
The Cleveland Browns teamed up withUnited Way to tackle a playground project for “Hometown Huddle,” which is a nationwide day of service for NFL teams and local United Way chapters. More than 15 players showed up to build a playground at Dike School of the Arts in Cleveland. Before today, the school did not have a […]
The first Catholic church construction on Cleveland’s east side in decades has a new way to ring in the development. Bells have been installed at the new sanctuary of St. Agnes-Our Lady of Fatima parish on Lexington Avenue in the Hough neighborhood. The $2.5 million construction project introduces a new church building to the redeveloping area. […]
Cleveland officials were on hand as the Cleveland Police Department unveiled its new, nearly $20 million station.Mayor Frank Jackson, along with Chief of Police Calvin Williams and Director of Public Safety Michael McGrath were present at the grand opening ceremony for the police department’s new Third District police station. The new station, located at 4501 […]
Pharmacy giant CVS Health announced Wednesday it will rebuild two store locations badly burned during protests in Baltimore last week in response to the death of Freddie Gray. “We have a long history of serving inner city communities and we are 100 percent committed to serving our patients and customers in Baltimore,” CEO Larry Merlo […]
photo courtesy of Huffington Post A building has collapsed in Manhattan and four people are injured after a report of an explosion that knocked people to the ground, rattled nearby buildings and shattered windows in the area, authorities say. First responders rushed to the building on the northwest corner of 116th Street and Park Avenue […]
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s headquarters building will go up for auction next year, as the district realigns its real estate assets. CMSD officials announced Tuesday that the auction for the property at 1380 East 6th Street will take place March 7, 2013, at the Sheraton Cleveland Airport Hotel. The building sits on 1.75 acres […]
After months of camping on the rooftop of a motel adjacent to his church, Rev. Corey Brooks has accomplished his mission, the building demolished Tuesday morning. “I’m grateful to the community and to all the citizens of Chicago and the suburbs who have helped us tremendously to make this effort possible,” Brooks told Fox Chicago while […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Structural steel erection continued at the east and west sides of the Ballroom, and the first of 30 main trusses was hung earlier this week. Each main truss measures 120 feet in length, spanning east to west across steel columns and will form the roof of the future Ballroom. Work continues […]
