Cleveland news

• Logistical issues move Ohio trooper's visiting hours, funeral to new location

  17-09-2016 23:42
  
  State Trooper Kenneth Velez's visiting hours and funeral service will now take place at the Ewing Center Field House at Lorain County Community College, the funeral home said Saturday.
  
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• Two boat events highlight the Cuyahoga's value (photos, video)

  17-09-2016 23:32
  
  Head of the Cuyahoga Regatta, Dragon Boat Festival emphasize the Cuyahoga River's role as a recreational asset.
  
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• Ohio State football vs. Oklahoma: Follow along on Snapchat

  17-09-2016 23:30
  
  Get behind-the-scenes coverage, analysis and highlights of the Ohio State-Oklahoma game on Snapchat.
  
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• Mechanical problem has RTA replacing Rapid trains with buses

  17-09-2016 23:28
  
  CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A reported mechanical issue on the East Side has RTA replacing all Rapid Transit trains with 66R and 67R buses on the Red, Green and Blue lines between Windermere station and Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. A...
  
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• RTA trains shut down, replaced with buses

  17-09-2016 23:17
  
  Anyone expecting to ride RTA trains will be in for a surprise Saturday, as a mechanical issue has forced the Rapid Transit Authority to replace all trains along the Rapid lines with shuttle buses. 
  
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• Venue changed for services of fallen Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper Kenneth Velez

  17-09-2016 23:03
  
  ELYRIA, Ohio– The location of services for Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper Kenneth Velez has been changed. Velez will lay in state at the field house at Lorain County Community College in Elyria from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Wednesday. Funeral services will be at the same venue at 10 a.m. Thursday. Velez will be laid to rest at Calvary Cemetery in Lorain. The 48-year-old trooper was conducting traffic enforcement outside of his on Interstate 90 west near Warren Road […]
  
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• Live video: Accidents on Interstate 90 east in Cleveland, Euclid

  17-09-2016 21:59
  
  CLEVELAND- A portion of Interstate 90 east in Cleveland is closed following a crash. The Ohio Department of Transportation said I-90 is shut down at East 9th Street. I-90 east between Babbit Road and East 260th Street in Euclid is also restricted because of an accident, ODOT said. With the Cleveland Indians playing the Detroit Tigers at Progressive Field at 4:10 and Oktoberfest at Public Square running until 11 p.m., drivers should expect delays. Check back with FOX 8 News […]
  
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• Interstate 90 east closed in downtown Cleveland

  17-09-2016 21:59
  
  CLEVELAND- A portion of Interstate 90 east in Cleveland is closed following a crash. The Ohio Department of Transportation said I-90 is shut down at East 9th Street. With the Cleveland Indians playing the Detroit Tigers at Progressive Field at 4:10 and Oktoberfest at Public Square running until 11 p.m., drivers should expect delays. Check back with FOX 8 News and FOX8.com for updates.
  
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• Downtown traffic problems: Crashes on I-90, rapid lines out of service

  17-09-2016 21:59
  
  CLEVELAND- If you’re heading into downtown Cleveland on Saturday, be ready for traffic problems. RTA Rapid lines are out of service because of a mechanical issue. According to RTA, power crews are investigating and service should be restored as soon as possible. The trains are being replaced by buses, so customers should wait at rail stations for the shuttles. The 66R buses will serve the red line, and the 67R buses will serve the green, blue and waterfront lines. The […]
  
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• Interstate 90 closed at Babbit Road due to crash

  17-09-2016 21:48
  
  Traffic is closed in Euclid on Interstate 90 in the eastbound direction between Babbit Road and East 222th Street due to a rollover crash. 
  
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• Two Cleveland officers, woman injured in downtown crash

  17-09-2016 21:08
  
  Two Cleveland police officers and a woman suffered minor injuries in a Saturday afternoon crash about a block from Public Square.
  
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• Two officers injuried in downtown accident

  17-09-2016 20:51
  
  Two Cleveland police officer were injured in a vehicle collision at the intersection of West 3rd Street and Frankfort Avenue, one block west of Public Square. 
  
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• Amherst students wore blue, released balloons Friday to support football player whose father was the trooper killed on duty

  17-09-2016 19:02
  
  Amherst students honored fallen trooper Kenneth Velez's family at the football game Friday night by wearing blue and releasing nearly 1,000 blue balloons.
  
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• Time, location of slain Ohio trooper's funeral announced

  17-09-2016 18:45
  
  State Highway Patrol Trooper Kenneth Velez will be buried Thursday at Calvary Cemetery following a mass service at Sacred Heart Chapel in Lorain.
  
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• Police arrest suspect in deadly Cleveland housing complex shooting

  17-09-2016 17:07
  
  Kyle Woods, 36, was booked into the Cleveland City Jail on Friday on a murder charge in the death of Kevin McQueen.
  
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• 'America's Theater' is an engaging history of the Cleveland Play House

  17-09-2016 15:30
  
  The documentary 'America's Theater' is a briskly paced history of the Cleveland Play House.
  
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• Bond set for driver accused of killing trooper

  17-09-2016 14:59
  
  Bond was set for the driver accused of killing and hitting Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper Kenneth Velez on Interstate 90. 
  
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• Man charged in crash that killed Ohio trooper appears in court

  17-09-2016 14:51
  
  Joshua Gaspar appeared in court Saturday to face an aggravated vehicular homicide charge in the death of State Highway Patrol Trooper Kenneth Velez Thursday.
  
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• NASA Glenn inducts second hall of fame class (photos)

  17-09-2016 14:06
  
  NASA Glenn Research Center has inducted the second class of its hall of fame to honor the center's 75th anniversary.
  
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• Fall theater preview 2016: Playhouse Square's Broadway Series launching national tour of Tony champ 'Fun Home'

  17-09-2016 14:00
  
  Tony Award-winning composer Jeanine Tesori on Judy Blume, 'The Partridge Family' and other inspirations that helped her translate Alison Bechdel's stirring 'tragicomic''Fun Home' to the stage.
  
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• State will hear your views on ESSA, testing and struggling schools at Cuyahoga Community College Monday night

  17-09-2016 13:28
  
  The Ohio Department of Education will hear your views on changes the state should make under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) at its Cleveland regional hearing Monday.
  
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• Stricter emissions standards threaten financially-strapped public transit agencies

  17-09-2016 13:00
  
  New standards passed in August will require new transit buses sold between 2021 and 2027 to have an improved fuel efficiency of 14 to 20 percent from current levels.
  
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• Today's celebrity birthdays: Nona Gaye, Phil Jackson (September 17, 2016)

  17-09-2016 12:15
  
  Singer Nona Gaye celebrates her 42nd birthday today.
  
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• Welcoming Week highlights life and contributions of refugees

  17-09-2016 11:36
  
  Documentaries featuring the life and contributions of refugees coming to the U.S. and an art show by refugee and immigrant students will be featured September 20-22 during Welcoming Week events sponsored by the Refugee Services Collaborative of Greater Cleveland.
  
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• Brad Paisley puts his guitar and wit on display for fellow Browns fans at Blossom (concert review, photos)

  17-09-2016 07:24
  
  Brad Paisley's guitar, wit and love of the Browns were on full display at Blossom Music Center on Friday night.
  
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• Mean Streak celebrates last ride as Cedar Point's HalloWeekends open (video)

  17-09-2016 05:18
  
  Mean Streak, Cedar Point's massive wooden rollercoaster, had its last ride Friday during HalloWeekends' opening night of 2016.
  
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• Napoli drives in 4 runs as Indians beat Tigers, 11-4

  17-09-2016 04:49
  
  CLEVELAND, Ohio— Mike Napoli drove in four runs and the Cleveland Indians stretched their lead over Detroit in the AL Central to seven games by beating the second-place Tigers 11-4 on Friday night. Napoli hit a gift two-run double in the first inning off rookie Michael Fulmer (10-7) and added a towering two-run homer in the fifth that bounced out of Progressive Field as the Indians lowered the magic number for clinching their first division title since 2007 to nine. […]
  
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• Company responds to wrong chemicals report

  17-09-2016 02:51
  
  An extermination company accused of spraying the wrong chemicals to rid a Cleveland office of bed bugs, issued a statement Friday regarding the report.
  
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• Acclaimed playwright Edward Albee dies at 88

  17-09-2016 02:35
  
  Three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Edward Albee has died in suburban New York City at age 88.
  
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• Child custody awarded to convicted sex offender

  17-09-2016 02:30
  
  Exclusive 5 On Your Side Investigation finds the man behind Monday's Amber Alert was awarded custody of his young daughters despite being convicted of sexually molesting a young girl.
  
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• Browns unveil renovated high school stadium

  17-09-2016 01:20
  
  Cleveland Browns' Sashi Brown and Cleveland Metropolitan Schools officials gathered at John F. Kennedy High School's Roye Kidd Stadium to celebrate the renovations to the field courtesy of the team. 
  
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• Second body identified in Ashland abduction case

  17-09-2016 01:12
  
  The second body found in an Ashland home earlier this week has been identified. 
  
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• Affects crime, violence on social media have

  17-09-2016 00:20
  
  Accidents, crime, fights as all things we're exposed to in an instant through social media.
  
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• Funeral date, visiting hours announced for State Highway Patrol trooper killed in crash

  17-09-2016 00:15
  
  Funeral services will be held Thursday for the State Highway Patrol trooper killed in a crash on Interstate 90.
  
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• Abortion rate in Ohio dips 1 percent in 2015, continuing long-term trend

  17-09-2016 00:08
  
  Data from the Ohio Department of Health shows that many of the state's abortion statistics from 2015 were a continuation of previous year's trends. The abortion rate in Ohio continued a downward trend that begin in the early 1980s, dipping 1 percent from the previous year.
  
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• Westlake man nabs thief at gunpoint: police blotter

  17-09-2016 00:04
  
  A resident told police he caught a 29-year-old Westlake man at his home Sept. 9 rummaging through parked cars. The 23-year-old resident held the suspect at gunpoint until officers arrived.
  
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• What is negligent homicide?

  17-09-2016 00:02
  
  Cleveland police officer Alan Buford is charged with negligent homicide, the least serious homicide charge in Ohio law.
  
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