• Brunswick District closes high school due to norovirus outbreak

  BRUNSWICK -- The Brunswick City School District says it has now decided to close Brunswick High School for the remainder of the week due to an outbreak of the norovirus. The district had previously closed all the elementary and middle schools due to the virus and those schools still remain closed. The district says on its web site it anticipates the schools all reopening on May 28 (the day ...

• Are Ohio schools prepared for a tornado

  FAIRVIEW PARK -- This is tornado season in Ohio and schools are practicing mandated tornado drills. At Fairview Park Schools, the district, like so many today, are reevaluating their plans for tornadoes to see if they need to make any updates. "It just hits you in the stomach when something like this happens," says Superintendent Brion Deitsch, "we are all taking a closer look ...

• New Lectern Dedicated at Temple Israel Ner Tamid

  PHOTO / DICK SCHAMBERGER Temple Israel Ner Tamid's new lectern This new lectern, created for Temple Israel Ner Tamid by former member Dick Schamberger, features a harp ...

• Todays MLB starting lineups May 21

  Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Atlanta Braves: 1. ...

• Akron man sent to prison for mortgage fraud must repay $15 million

  AKRON -- An Akron man was sentenced to more than three years in prison and ordered to pay more than $15 million in restitution for his role in a mortgage fraud scheme in Florida and a separate scheme to defraud two elderly investors. Andrew D. Norman, 36, previously pleaded to three charges. He admitted to participating in the two schemes and failure to report his income derived from the scheme ...

• Akron Attorneys assist concerned residents after cyber attack

  AKRON -- A slew of attorneys are available to answer questions from residents who may be concerned about their information being compromised during last week's cyber attack on the city's ...

• Basketball fundraiser supports cancer research

  Zach approached classmates Daniel Axner and Peter Zeid, along with Adam, about conducting a basketball fundraiser. Held at Solon Community Center, the event raised $1,500 for the Hospice of the Western Reserve, where Adam's father was a patient. He died April 21, ...

• Montefiore to honor Sayre May 22

  Montefiore will celebrate "131 Years of Reaching New Heights" during its annual meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 22 in the Maltz Auditorium at Montefiore, 1 David N. Myers Parkway in ...

• Beachwood offers wealth of services to seniors

  For those who can no longer drive, the Beachwood senior van transportation service provides free door-to-door service with a wheelchair-equipped van. The service is offered to residents living in Beachwood who are 60 years or older, or are disabled and 18 years or older. The van service is used for a variety of transportation ...

• Kohls give $1 million to establish cancer-research cycling event

  An annual cycling event to benefit cancer research at Cleveland Clinic will be established thanks to a $1 million gift from Cleveland Clinic Trustee Stewart A. Kohl and his wife, ...

• Akron toddler drowns in Muskingum River

  The autistic boy and his family are from Akron and were staying in a cabin near the Muskingum River when Andrew "Drew" Howell went missing Saturday. The family later found him in the ...

• Cleveland Clinic launching Pelotonia-like cycling event in 2014

  Cleveland's VeloSano cycling fundraiser to benefit Cleveland Clinic cancer research is modeled off Columbus' Pelotonia. Cleveland is going to have its own version of Columbus' popular Pelotonia bike ride for cancer fundraising, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. Through a $1 million donation to Cleveland Clinic from Stewart Kohl and his wife Donna, VeloSano, as it's called, will ...

• Cleveland 2 hospitalized after car hits house

  CLEVELAND -- Two people were taken to the hospital after their car crashed into a house on Cleveland's east side early Tuesday morning. The crash was at East 116th Steet and Honeydale Avenue. One person was in critical condition, the other in stable condition. Details of the crash were not released. Police are investigating. ...

• Cleveland Police investigate shooting on E. 89th Street

  CLEVELAND -- One man was shot in the area of E. 89th Street and Buckeye Road early Tuesday morning. He was taken to MetroHealth Medical Center. His condition is not available. The shooting was reported close to 1 a.m. Police did not comment on whether they had any suspects. ...

• Cleveland Police search for man missing from VA hospital

  CLEVELAND -- Cleveland Police are searching for a 61-year-old man who went missing from the Cleveland Veteran's Administration Hospital Monday afternoon. Martin Dearing walked away from the hospital on East Boulevard wearing green hospital clothing around noon. He is described as a black male, 5-foot-10, 215 pounds, with gray hair and brown eyes. Dearing suffers from extremely poor ...

• Brunswick Norovirus outbreak closes citys elementary and middle schools all week

  BRUNSWICK -- 12-year old Mark Anthony Smilor has to wear a medical mask, anytime he's around his 5-month old niece. Mom's orders. His mother, Carolyn Smilor, isn't taking any chances, after an outbreak of the highly-contagious norovirus, closed all Brunswick city elementary and middle schools for the rest of this week. "He's not to go in a room with her, for ...

• Cleveland kidnap suspect Ariel Castro to plead not guilty Craig Weintraub

  The man accused of keeping three women in captivity in his Ohio home for about a decade will plead not guilty, a member of his defence team said on Wednesday. Craig Weintraub, a former prosecutor representing Ariel Castro, 52, on rape and kidnapping charges, said in an interview he was concerned his client would not be able to receive a fair trial anywhere, given the publicity surrounding the ...

• Marshall Crenshaw returns to Cleveland May 31st

  Marshall Crenshaw is nothing less than a pop-rock icon. The Detroit-bred singer / songwriter penned some of the most memorable hooks of the early '80s on his self-titled debut and acclaimed follow-up, Field Day ("Someday, Someway," "Cynical Girl," "There She Goes ...

• Kluber Indians host Tigers in division showdown

  Max Scherzer is learning what it means to be a veteran horse of a top-notch Major League pitching staff. Corey Kluber would love to someday wear that mantle. On Tuesday night, a key American League Central series kicks off between Scherzer's Tigers, led by Miguel Cabrera, who hit three homers in Sunday night's loss in Texas and leads the Majors with 47 RBIs, and Kluber's Indians ...

• Mariners catcher Kelly Shoppach recalls his days in Cleveland

  CLEVELAND — A homecoming for Mariners catcher Kelly Shoppach wasn't the kind associated with media scrums and cheering fans. But Shoppach did have a handful of employees at Progressive Field come over to say hello to him during the Mariners' series. Shoppach arrived in Cleveland his second year in the majors in 2006 and remained there through 2009, joining a young core of ...

• Mariners drop fourth straight in Cleveland

  CLEVELAND — Mariners closer Tom Wilhelmsen summed up the feelings of his team when asked about this latest gut-wrenching defeat and series sweep. "We're glad to leave Cleveland," Wilhelmsen said. It isn't simply that the Mariners' suffered third walkoff loss in four games Monday, this one 10-8 in the 10th inning to the Indians. It was the bizarre way this entire ...

• Holocaust museum luncheon draws record crowd of 500

  About 500 people learned about how a French Catholic priest - with the involvement and support of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum - has been "Rescuing the Evidence of the Holocaust" at the museum's third annual Cleveland luncheon May 20 at Executive Caterers at Landerhaven in Mayfield ...

• Cleveland group shows support for Women of the Wall

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• Cleveland Play House to present reading of Dustin Lance Black’s new play ‘8’

  8 unconstitutional. The Ninth Circuit concluded: "Proposition 8 serves no purpose, and has no effect, other than to lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians in California, and to officially reclassify their relationships and families as inferior to those of opposite-sex couples. The Constitution simply does not allow for laws of this sort."The case is now before the ...

• Cleveland Amanda Berrys 9-1-1 call checked for obscenity

  CLEVELAND -- Amanda Berry's 9-1-1 call is getting more attention after the suggestion it might contain a possible obscene name spoken by the dispatcher. A social media comment triggered media interest and got the city to have the police audio technician dissect it sound by sound. Forensic Specialist Tom Ciula listened to the controversial 1.1 seconds that conclude the call. And he ...

• WKYC Heroin documentary leads to action

  CLEVELAND -- Tackling a serious social issue, Senior Health Correspondent Monica Robins was honored Monday at the Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board of Cuyahoga County. She was honored for her work on the special "Heroin: Old Drug, Killer New Epidemic" that aired on Channel 3 last month. A shortened version will air starting at 10:30 a.m. Saturday (May 25). The ...

• Sass Shafron honored at HaZamir concert

  Michele Sass WHAT: @Akiva scholarship concert featuring HaZamir Cleveland WHEN: 3 p.m. Sunday, May 19 WHERE: Siegal building, 26500 Shaker Blvd. in Beachwood TICKETS: $8 each or $36 for immediate family; sponsorships available INFO: 216-367-1388 or ...

• Bay Village Police make back-to-back alcohol-related arrests

  BAY VILLAGE -- Police made two traffic stops early Sunday morning for alcohol-related incidents. At 12:36 a.m., police stopped a vehicle on Lake Road near Bryson Lane. While speaking with the driver, 19, the officers noticed a case of beer, as well as numerous other unopened bottles of alcohol, in the back seat. The man was arrested for underage possession of alcohol. Just before 3 a.m., ...

• Cuyahoga County declared a Storm Ready county

  CUYAHOGA COUNTY -- Cuyahoga County is now one of 21 counties within Ohio to be "storm ready." The National Weather Service awarded the county the honor after it met specific requirements. Some of those requirements included a 24-hour warning point, a new Emergency Operations Center that will be located in Broadview Heights, plus multiple communications systems if one fails. The ...

• Ensley is Irving I. Stone Editorial Intern

  Jessica Ensley, a junior at the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University in Athens, is the Irving I. Stone Editorial Intern for the summer at the Cleveland Jewish News. She will write stories, take photographs and be involved in digital ...

• NEOMED Miami University form partnership

  Northeast Ohio Medical University and Miami University of Ohio have created a new program called the Miami-NEOMED Baccalaureate to M.D. Pathway Program. The program will provide students with the ability to pursue a career as a physician specializing in primary care or to work for medically under-served ...

• OSBA recognizes Deborah A. Coleman

  Deborah A. Coleman, a Cleveland attorney, received the 2013 John C. and Ginny Pro Bono Award from Supreme Court of Ohio Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor at the Ohio State Bar Association Annual Convention in Cleveland on Friday, May 10. Coleman is a partner at Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP and was nominated for the award by Ann McGowen Porath, Esq., of the Legal Aid Society of ...

• Gomes three-run homer completes four-game sweep

  SEA@CLE: Gomes' three-run shot wins it for the Tribe CLEVELAND -- The Indians talk about battling a lot. Boy, did they have to fight for their win on Monday at Progressive Field. In the bottom of the 10th -- after Seattle scored runs in the eighth, ninth, and 10th -- backup catcher Yan Gomes homered on a full-count pitch with men on first and second to send Cleveland to its fifth ...

• Akron trial postponed for husband in ICU shooting

  AKRON -- A schedule conflict has delayed the trial of an Ohio man charged with shooting his wife of 45 years in a hospital intensive care unit in what may have been a mercy killing. The prosecutor's office says the judge is involved in another trial, so Monday's start of the aggravated murder trial of John Wise in Akron was postponed until Aug. 26. He has pleaded not guilty. The ...

• Task force captures Columbus fugitive in Cleveland hotel

  CLEVELAND -- It was a 50-day manhunt but the Columbus fugitive was caught in a hotel near East 112th Street and Buckeye Road. Sunday evening about 7:45 p.m., the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force arrested Galen Thompson, 38, wanted by the Columbus Police Department for two counts of felonious assault. It is alleged that, on April 1, Thompson broke into his ex-girlfriend's home ...

• Medina schools superintendent sues school board

  CLEVELAND -- Medina City Schools Superintendent Randy Stepp filed a federal lawsuit Friday against the school board members and district officials, claiming breach of contract, defamation and invasion of privacy. U.S. District Judge Lesley Wells in Cleveland was assigned to the case. Named as defendants were: School Board President Karla Robinson Board members Susan Vlcek, Doug Adamczyk and ...

• Shaker Heights launches preservation-oriented photo contest

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• Chelm new Jewish Federation of Cleveland board chair

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• Making a Difference Ongoing Volunteer Opportunities

  . You can search volunteer opportunities by keyword, interest, zip code, and more. You can also directly speak with a Referral Specialist at BVU at 216-736-7711. It's easy to find a volunteer opportunity that is just right for ...

• Sandusky Man held on more than $1M in infants death

  SANDUSKY -- A judge has set bond at $1.025 million for a man charged in the stabbing death of his infant cousin. Denzel Castile, 19, appeared in court in Sandusky today via video. He's charged with aggravated murder in the death of 11-week old Athena Castile. Castile pleaded not guilty in court to charges. Police responded to a home on Dewey Street last week for reports of a fight. ...

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