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CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - A Northeast Ohio firefighter is recovering at Metro Health Rehabilitation Institute after police say he was hit by drunk driver on May 12 in Oakwood Village. Everyday, Ghadi Cole, 44, has speech, physical and occupational therapy. “Therapy is grueling, it’s hard, it’s hard to watch,” said...

‘He wants to go home’: Northeast Ohio firefighter badly hurt in crash works to recover

BRATENAHL, Ohio (WOIO) - A Bratenahl police chase of a stolen vehicle ended in Cleveland early Tuesday morning. Police say a stolen 2021 Ram truck passed a police car on I-90 around 3:30 a.m.. The truck was traveling well over 100 miles per hour at the time, officials say. Officers...

Bratenahl police chase ends in Cleveland after truck crashes into porch

Akron, OH

AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - Surveillance cameras caught a man dumping dozens of scrap tires on private property, Akron Police confirmed, and detectives need help finding the suspect. Police said the incident happened at 7:55 p.m. on May 23. Depending on the size of the tires, the property owner will now...

CAUGHT ON CAMERA: Man dumps dozens of scrap tires on private property in Akron, police say

AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - Three people were arrested after a shooting Monday night. Police say they found a 16-year-old boy with an apparent gunshot wound when they responded to a call in the 800 block of Brown Street around 7:15 p.m.. Officers responded to the Royal Queens Party Center where...

Teen boy shot in Akron at reported gambling house

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Cleveland police said a 30-year-old man was killed in a shooting Monday and a 33-year-old man is in custody. Officers said the victim was found in the 3800 block of W. 38th St. just before 8 p.m. This is in the city’s Brooklyn Centre neighborhood.

30-year-old man dies in shooting on Cleveland’s West Side

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - The driver wanted for causing a fatal hit and run accident on Sunday evening is now in custody. The accident happened around 9:30 p.m. in the 2100 block of St. Clair Ave. Police said the 64-year-old victim was walking south across the street, not in a...

Driver arrested for deadly hit and run accident in Cleveland

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - A Cleveland teenager who confessed to carjacking several young women in Little Italy at gunpoint and even shooting one woman was sentenced by Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Cassandra Collier-Williams Wednesday to 21 years in prison. Derrelle Travis, 15, was tried as an adult...

Sentencing for Cleveland 15-year-old who pleaded guilty to a string of violent crimes

SUMMIT COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) - A 17-tear-old boy and an 18-year-old boy were injured after shots were fired during a large party in Akron Sunday evening. Akron police said the 17-year-old was shot and the 18-year-old was run over by a car. According to officers, the party was being held...

2 teens hurt when shots were fired at an Akron party

Willoughby, OH

WILLOUGHBY, Ohio (WOIO) - Police say they are looking for information related to a vandalism incident at Madison Cemetery in Willoughby. Police say veteran flags were ripped and removed off of multiple grave sites June 1 late in the day. It is unknown the identity or number of suspects, according...

Willoughby police search for veteran grave vandal

Rocky River, OH

ROCKY RIVER, Ohio (WOIO) - A Rocky River principal was placed on administrative leave after the school system says it was approached by Rocky River police. An email sent to district parents from Superintendent Michael Shoaf Tuesday explained the school’s understanding of the situation. The email says Kensington Intermediate...

Rocky River principal placed on leave, involved in police investigation

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Two tricycles and bikes were stolen out of a shed in the city’s Tremont neighborhood. Cleveland police said around 6:30 a.m. on May 22, a suspect forced open a shed in the 2300 block of W. 14th Street and stole two tricycles. He then came...

Bike, tricycles stolen from Cleveland shed

Medina, OH

MEDINA, Ohio (WOIO) - First responders saved a family’s dog who stuck in the house as flames destroyed a garage and the two cars that were inside, Medina Fire confirmed. MFD said it got the call for the house fire on Ledgewood Drive at 9:52 p.m. on July 2.

Dog saved while fire engulfs Medina garage

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Two men are wanted for vandalizing a Dollar General store last month. Cleveland police said the crime happened at the store located in the 9200 block of Madison Ave. on May 23 around 11:30 a.m. This is in the city’s Cudell neighborhood. Police said the...

2 men vandalize Dollar General on Cleveland’s West Side

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Police officials confirmed a driver fled the scene after slamming into an RTA bus on Cleveland’s East Side early Monday morning. Cleveland police confirmed the 1:45 a.m. crash happened at the intersection of E. 93rd Street and Union Avenue, bordering the Kinsman and Union Miles neighborhoods.

Cleveland Police: Driver flees after crashing into RTA bus

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - A 37-year-old man pleaded guilty to stabbing a Bedford father and son to death in August 2022. Roger Herring pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated murder. He will be sentenced by Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Timothy McCormick on June 26. Bedford police...

Man pleads guilty to killing a Bedford dad, son

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Cleveland fire officials confirmed they are investigating a potential arson attack at an old Cleveland high school. The fire occurred at around 5 p.m. at the old John F. Kennedy High School, located at 17100 Harvard Ave. Officials confirmed nobody was injured in the fire. Lt....

Cleveland Fire: Arson investigation underway at old CMSD high school

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Support has begun to pour in from the community for gun violence victim, Alaya Brown. Brown was 2-years-old when someone shot her in the head during a drive-by shooting outside her grandma’s house in Cleveland’s Union-Miles neighborhood. The shooting left Brown paralyzed. The now...

Community rallies behind 9-year-old Cleveland gun violence victim after theft of $5K wheelchair

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Champion Township, OH

CHAMPION TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WOIO) - The driver walked away unscathed after crashing their car into a neighborhood pond, the Champion Township Fire Department confirmed. The accident happened in the 6300 block of Oakhill Drive around 3 p.m. on June 4, CTFD stated. CTFD confirmed paramedics assessed the driver on scene,...

Car dives into Trumbull County neighborhood pond

CANTON, Ohio (WOIO) - Canton firefighters say the Cleveland Clinic and the Humane Society are providing care Monday to both human and animal victims of a fire that consumed a Cherry Avenue home. When the Canton Fire Department arrived on scene at 8:17 a.m., the two occupants of the home...

Canton residents jump from burning home; firefighters rescue 4 pets

AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - Akron police are looking for the individual responsible for robbing a 19-year-old attempting to buy a PS5 at gunpoint. Lt. Michael Miller said the robbery happened around 8:23 p.m. Saturday in the 1500 block of Kenmore Boulevard. Miller said the victim arranged to meet the suspect...

Akron Police: 19-year-old robbed at gunpoint while trying to buy PS5 from Facebook Marketplace

Shaker Heights, OH

SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio (WOIO) - Shaker Heights City Council has recently agreed to add another flock safety camera in the city. These cameras read license plates and send data to a national crime information center. Shaker Heights police call them “invaluable” since they went up last year. “We...

Shaker Heights expand safety cameras to spot and stop crime

Elyria, OH

LORAIN COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) - A grand jury in the Lorain County Court of Common Pleas voted to indict the parent who maced the principal and assistant principal at an Elyria elementary school in April. Court records say the grand jury on June 1 charged Jessica Houze with two counts...

Elyria parent who maced 2 principals indicted in Lorain County

Richmond Heights, OH

RICHMOND HEIGHTS, Ohio (WOIO) - An elderly man has been forced to walk up and down flights of stairs just to get to his doctors appointments. The elevators at his luxury apartment building haven’t worked since Friday. “I don’t want to see nothing happen to them,” said Daughter Nakia...

Broken elevators force Richmond Heights handicapped man up 5 flights of stairs to get to doctor

SUMMIT COUNT, Ohio (WOIO) - The city of Akron is currently accepting applications for new police officers. According to city officials, their next exam is scheduled for this fall and applications will be accepted through Sept. 8, 2023. “Serving the residents of this city as a police officer is among...

Akron offering $2K sign on bonuses for new police officers

Parma, OH

PARMA, Ohio (WOIO) - The FBI Violent Crime Task Force is requesting the public’s assistance in identifying a man who allegedly robbed a Parma credit union Tuesday. According to the FBI Violent Crime Task Force, at approximately 12:45 p.m., a man robbed the Credit Union of Ohio located at 5341 Pearl Road and then fled the area on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash.

Credit union in Parma robbed

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Police: Man dies 2 days after being shot in Canton

STARK COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) - The 36-year-old victim of an attempted homicide this week died on Friday. Chief John Gabbard previously said the March 22 shooting...

Police: Man dies 2 days after being shot in Canton

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