Category: Local

According to The Cleveland Plain Dealer, a Richmond Heights man was ordered to spend the next three years in prison for driving into a teen he believed stole his son’s bicycle. The man, Julius Lyles III, pleaded guilty last month to felonious assault.† The day of the incident, Lyles saw a 14-year-old boy riding, what…

A fire destroyed a playground for special needs children at Bexley park in South Euclid, Ohio on Monday night.† According to the Plain Dealer, nearby residents reported seeing flames around 7 p.m.†† Flames that burned all of the playground equipment and rubberized playing area reached up to 30 feet in the air.† The playground was…

Obama and Common stop in Cleveland Common, the Grammy-winning hip-hop artist, will join President Barack Obama and Ohio Democrats at a get-out-and-vote rally on Sunday at Cleveland State University, according to the Democratic National Committee. The Plain Dealer reported that the appearance in Cleveland is the second stop on the rally’s trail following an appearance…

Community residents congregated at Local Roots Market & CafÈ to start Ohio’s Eat Local Week last week, according to the Daily Record. Wooster participants met with Ohio Agriculture Director Robert Boggs in order to kick off the event. Boggs, along with the organizers, are encouraging Ohioans to eat local foods every day throughout the week.…

A man in Arlington, Ohio shot his two sons, Solomon, 8, and Samson, 6, multiple times in the head and chest. Troy Geller, 35, then shot himself in the head. According to the Columbus Dispatch, Geller wrote a note before the murder/suicide saying that he planned to kill his sons in order to “shield them…

According to the Daily Record, last Sunday, as Workers performed routine plant maintenance at Smith Dairy Products Co., roughly 200 pounds of ammonia spilled on to the roof of the facility. From there the spill ran into storm sewers which discharged into and contaminated the nearby unnamed creek.†† Over 23 firefighters worked to contain the…