via getupmornings: A legendary gospel singer receives a big honor in New York City. Reverend Timothy Wright, also known as the Godfather of Gospel Music, was honored Monday with his own intersection in Brooklyn. Reverend Timothy Wright Way now lies along Pacific Street and Utica Avenue in Crown Heights, just feet from the Grace Tabernacle […]
via Joy105: An Atlanta City Council member is pushing to rename a section of a street after Tyler Perry. Council member Joyce M. Sheperd wants to rename Desheler Street SW and Hardee Avenue SW between Lee Street and Womack Avenue, to Tyler Perry Studio Way. The council planned a hearing about the idea for Tuesday, […]
via News5: The City of Cleveland will honor the life and memory of Robert Godwin Sr. today by renaming the street he lived on with his name. The street will be named “Robert Godwin, Sr. Way,” and friends and family will gather to recognize his lifetime of service he brought to his community. “We want […]
The Queen of Soul is now king of the road. Surrounded by fans, the legendary singer had a city street named after her Thursday evening. A section of Madison, between Brush and Witherell, is now known as Aretha Franklin Way. Franklin, 75, admitted to being a bit emotional about the honor. “I knew I would […]
The street in front of the black Charleston church where nine people were shot and killed in June is being dedicated in honor of the shooting victims. City and church leaders are scheduled to gather Wednesday to dedicate a sign over Calhoun Street designating the street as the “Mother Emanuel Way Memorial District.” The sign […]
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 […]
STREETSBORO, OH (WOIO) – In Streetsboro, a road closed for a hazmat incident. Frost Road is closed between Page and Elliman Roads. Just before Noon, firefighters were called to a home in the 1900 block of Frost Road for a person having trouble breathing from an unknown chemical. The Portage County Hazmat team is now […]
STREETSBORO, OH (WOIO) – In Streetsboro, a road closed for a hazmat incident. Frost Road is closed between Page and Elliman Roads. Just before Noon, firefighters were called to a home in the 1900 block of Frost Road for a person having trouble breathing from an unknown chemical. The Portage County Hazmat team is now […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Now that filming for the movie “I Alex Cross” is completed at the intersection of Lakeside and Ontario, the Cleveland Division of Water (CWD) is resuming work to complete repairs on the break that occurred on Labor Day. CWD crews will repair the 3″ connection to the courthouse as well as […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Now that filming for the movie “I Alex Cross” is completed at the intersection of Lakeside and Ontario, the Cleveland Division of Water (CWD) is resuming work to complete repairs on the break that occurred on Labor Day. CWD crews will repair the 3″ connection to the courthouse as well as […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Clevelanders have learned to live with them…the potholes around town are certainly hard to miss but one neighborhood is now taking matters into its own hands! 19 Action News took action but only after residents armed with bricks, pieces wood and a bucket of dirt repaired holes they say the city wouldn’t. […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Clevelanders have learned to live with them…the potholes around town are certainly hard to miss but one neighborhood is now taking matters into its own hands! 19 Action News took action but only after residents armed with bricks, pieces wood and a bucket of dirt repaired holes they say the city wouldn’t. […]
