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  • 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., ...

  • Brunswick Norovirus outbreak shuts down local schools

    BRUNSWICK -- All Brunswick City School District elementary and middle schools remain closed until after Memorial Day. This is due to an outbreak of the norovirus. The district's website had this message: "In order to stay cautious and put the health of our students first, and after consultation with the Medina Co. Board of Health, we have decided to close all Elementary and Middle ...

  • 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 ...


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Movie Review

Stray Dog (Nora inu) [DVD]

Stray Dog (Nora inu) [DVD]

Stray Dog (Nora inu) was Akira Kurosawas ninth film as a director, and it marked the first time in which he truly branched out beyond simple genre material. In a sense, Stray Dog is very much a genre filma straightforward police procedural with hints of American-influenced ... ...

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  • 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 ...

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