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Cleveland woman receives state benefits months after father’s death
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - A Cleveland woman has been receiving hundreds of taxpayer dollars that don’t belong to her, but no matter how hard she tried giving the money back ― she couldn’t reach any state or county official who would help her. The woman wants to...
Cleveland’s ‘Best’ Suburbs Ranked: Did Your Hometown Make The Cut?
Cleveland’s ‘Best’ Suburbs Ranked: Did Your Hometown Make The Cut?. Cleveland’s 20 best suburbs “to live in” have been ranked. Where do you think your city ended up?. The city of Cleveland is often dismissed as a woeful place to live, but real Clevelanders...
Best Places to Live: Cleveland's Top 20 Suburbs of 2024
Each year, we pull out our surveys and spreadsheets and get to work combing over safety, school, housing and other info that gives us a little bit of insight into Northeast Ohio's best places to live. By Cleveland Magazine Staff. Rocky River. This suburb is the perfect package, housing a...
Former mayor of North Royalton sentenced to probation, mental health counseling
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - The former mayor of North Royalton pleaded guilty last week to one count of failure to comply with the order or signal of a police officer. In April, Cathy Luks, 66, pleaded guilty to driving while under the influence. Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge...
Lee Road in Cleveland Heights the latest to look at outdoor drinking in restaurant district
CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio (WOIO) - Lee Road is thriving, with restaurants, wine shops, candy stores, and people. But Cleveland Heights City Council is looking to create more collaboration between the businesses by looking at a DORA, a Designated Outdoor Refreshment Area. “A DORA is really going to bring this entertainment,...
Judge orders Cleveland officials to turn over info on withheld documents of police misconduct
CLEVELAND, Ohio – A federal judge late Friday chastised Cleveland officials for failing to meet a deadline for producing information on sought-after documents involving police misconduct. U.S. District Judge Solomon Oliver wrote in an order that he was “disappointed” that city officials blew past a May 13 deadline that...
Five high schools in Cuyahoga County will soon be powered, in part, by solar energy
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Five Cuyahoga County school districts will soon get a share of their energy needs from the sun. The county’s Solar for Schools program will provide $100,000 each to school systems in East Cleveland, Maple Heights, Euclid, Cuyahoga Heights and one other district yet to be named.
Veterans continue Memorial Day tradition
CLEVELAND — Ceremonies across the state took place Monday to honor and mourn the military personnel who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. Every Memorial Day, veterans gather at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2850 in Cleveland. “It’s not a day to be outside cooking,"...
Euclid man asking for relief from overgrown lot
EUCLID, Ohio (WOIO) - An overgrown thicket of thorny branches is swallowing up a fence off East 236th Street, and the man on the other side of the fence has had enough of the pestering plants. “If we can’t keep up our yard, we get fined right away. I feel...
Greater Cleveland residents share what ‘affordable housing’ means to them
The term “affordable housing” gets thrown around a lot – even more as housing costs rise in Cleveland. It bubbles up in discussions about programs meant to help residents keep a roof over their head and about how the government might help pay for building homes people can afford.
Battle of Cleveland narratives: Six years after Jon Pinney’s ‘Dead Last’ diatribe, GCP’s Baiju Shah offers upbeat view - Commentary
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Urban narratives are the stories we tell ourselves about the place in which we live. Six years ago, Cleveland lawyer Jon Pinney shocked Northeast Ohioans with a City Club speech that outlined an exceedingly dark narrative about the city and its surrounding region. If you purchase...
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