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CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - This week, just before the holiday, the gas station chain Sheetz announced that for a limited time leading up to the Fourth of July holiday weekend, they would be capping certain fuel prices to help travelers. The chain has capped Unleaded 85 at $3.99 a gallon...

CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio (WOIO) - Brick roads are beautiful, when maintained. “It is really weird looking,” said Anne Billington, a 50-year resident of Exeter Road in Cleveland Heights. Billington and some of her neighbors have been complaining to the city about uneven bricks, drips, cars bottoming out, and unsightly...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - At one point there were at least 300 hundred occupied units in the Euclid Beach Mobile Home Community but now a quick drive through shows many have fallen into disrepair. However, many of the homes that remain occupied, about 130, are well kept and the people...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - It has been two weeks since Ohio dropped the concealed carry permit requirement. While this may not seem like a significant amount of time, multiple gun shop owners in Northeast Ohio said that they have not seen what they expected: a surge in gun sales. This...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Neighbors on West 95th Street in the city’s Cudell neighborhood take pride in their yards, but back in February they said the property values began to come down. According to the residents, it’s because a home was torn down and no one came to clean...

LORAIN COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) - Twenty-seven beef cattle weighing 950 pounds to more than 1250 pounds are on the run. The herd escaped on Monday from Woodrum Farms near State Route 511, in Oberlin. The owners of Woodrum Farms tell 19 News they believe their livestock were spooked when a...

STREETSBORO, Ohio (WOIO) - Streetsboro listed the dates and times fireworks are permitted within city limits. Ohioans can legally discharge 1.4G consumer fireworks on certain days on July 1, if their city allows. SPD asked the community to “please be considerate of your neighbors.”. Here are the dates and...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Akron Public Schools and Beachwood City Schools are the latest districts in Northeast Ohio to announce that teachers will not be permitted to carry firearms in the classroom. The decision came just weeks after Ohio House Bill 99 was signed into law. The newly-signed law makes...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - The Ohio Department of Transportation hopes a recent distracted driving incident will serve as another reminder to pay attention on the roads, especially in work zones. According to a safety reminder from an Ohio Department of Transportation spokesperson, the driver struck a sign on U.S. Route...

EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - It’s been three days, and neighbors on Penrose Avenue in East Cleveland didn’t have running water, including senior citizen, Rose McDonald. “We had a drip for a little while and then the drip went away,” she said. Lakesha Turner filled a cooler...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - The City of Cleveland councilwomen announced on June 28 that they “stand united on the disastrous effects overturning Roe v. Wade will have on the women of Cleveland, and their families, by stripping away fundamental health care services.”. These are the following councilwomen and their...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - The Cleveland Heights Fire Department is using a recent incident as a reminder to dispose of used charcoal briquettes properly. The improper disposal of smoldering charcoal briquettes is being blamed for a fire that resulted in damage to multiple Cleveland Heights homes, according to the city’s agency.

LORAIN COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) - Three fire departments battled a house fire in Elyria Wednesday morning. Crews were called out to the home in the 400 block of Cleveland Street around 10:!5 a.m. When firefighters arrived, Elyria Fire Chief Joseph Pronesti said they faced a serious working fire in the...

SOUTH EUCLID, Ohio (WOIO) - South Euclid Police remind the community ahead of Fourth of July celebrations that the city has banned fireworks. Fire Prevention Code 1540.06 states “no person shall discharge, ignite, or explode any fireworks within the Municipality.”. “We want you to have a safe holiday weekend,...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - 2022 has continued a dangerous trend for swimmers on the Great Lakes with 46 drowning deaths already reported. The Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project is warning the public to play it safe especially as the 4th of July looms. According to the GLSRP, of the 46...

NORTON, Ohio (WOIO) - Norton Police said there was a report of a black bear spotted in a backyard off of Wadsworth Road in the Loyal Oak area. Police warned the community to not feed the bear or approach it as it moves through the area. “PLEASE DO NOT COME...

AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) -Jeanette West says one of the tallest trees in her neighborhood is losing massive branches almost every day and they’re all falling on her property. “My insurance had to put on another roof and new siding because it hit the side and tore the roof up,” said West.

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Five residents are now without a home following a fire in Madison on Monday night. According to the Madison Fire District, crews were dispatched to a fire at West Main Street just after 5 p.m. Police helped evacuate residents from the burning two-story structure, which has...

AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - Akron Mayor and Police Chief Steve Mylett released the following statement Wednesday regarding the officer-involved shooting of Jayland Walker that happened in the early hours of June 27. “We know that no police officer ever wants to discharge their service weapon in the line of duty....

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - As the Fourth of July nears, Cleveland Police, Fire, and EMS remind the city that fireworks are illegal to possess and discharge without a permit. When fireworks are ignited too close to a structure, they can be hazardous and cause a fire that could get out of control quickly.