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Ex-Browns QB Baker Mayfield Drawing Attention for New Look
Former Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield is heading into next season slimmed down and ready to roll. When he was in Cleveland, Mayfield’s physique and offseason preparation were called into question a few times. But fresh off signing a three-year, $100 million deal with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Mayfield feels better than he has in a while.
'Fairy tale relationship': After decades together, husband and wife died hours apart
DUNDEE ‒ Stephen and Sandra Cunningham did everything together. They rode a Harley-Davidson motorcycle to every state in the union except Alaska and Hawaii. They loved to fish and spent many hours on their pontoon boat at Leesville Lake. They enjoyed going to the Yankee Peddler Festival in Canal Fulton. They danced with...
Nationwide Children’s plans to open Close to Home Center on Adair Avenue by late August
COLUMBUS − Nationwide Children’s Hospital is expanding once again, this time into Zanesville with a Close to Home Center at 740 Adair Ave., according to Shaun Coffman, the site director who’s been with Children’s Hospital for 12 years. The remodel of the building on Adair is in progress with the center’s opening expected by the end of August for care to ages birth through 21. ...
Girl Scouts of North East Ohio camps, including Camp Timberlane in Wakeman, get $900,000 in state funding
The Girl Scouts of North East Ohio announced Monday that it has received state funding to upgrade two regional Girl Scout camps in Erie and Trumbull counties. The $900,000 in total funding for Camp Timberlane in Wakeman and Camp Sugarbush in Kinsman was included in House Bill 2, the Ohio General Assembly's capital budget. Camp Timberlane will receive $600,000 and Camp Sugarbush, $300,000, for infrastructure and camping improvements.
THEATER REVIEW: “MJ the Musical” @ Playhouse Square by Roy Berko
Confession: I am not a big fan of jukebox musicals, the now popular Broadway vehicle which is a genre of musical theater in which pre-written songs are woven, mostly with no real reason, into an often soap opera-like story. Reality: MJ, now on stage at the Key Bank State Theatre...
Cleveland residents working in social work can get free courses at Case Western Reserve
Case Western Reserve University is offering Cleveland residents working in social work fields a free chance to boost their education. It’s through a program called “Classroom Without Walls.” The initiative is part of the university’s Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences. Here’s...
Akron traffic stop turns into attempted flee, firearms found on passengers
AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - Akron police took four suspects into custody Monday after a traffic stop turned into an attempt to flee. Police say they saw a vehicle almost cause a crash at 13th Street and Silvercrest Avenue around 12:20 a.m. Officers initiated a traffic stop, police day, during which...
Our clearest indicator yet that Ohio recreational marijuana sales won’t start ‘til after Labor Day: Today in Ohio
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Ten Ohio marijuana growers and processers are the first to receive certificates of operation which permits them to begin working in the recreational market. We’re talking about the two in Akron and one each in Lorain and Portage counties on Today in Ohio. Listen online here.
Schmidt's unveils new cream puff for the Ohio State Fair
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — The Ohio State Fair begins Wednesday, and Schmidt's Sausage Haus is celebrating 110 years at the Fair with the exclusive debut of the Cotton Candy Cream Puff. This delectable new treat will be available only at the Ohio State Fair, which runs from July 24...
Northeast Ohio gets federal funding to go big on solar power expansion
New solar power projects are soon to come to Northeast Ohio following the awarding of a more than $129 million federal grant for renewable energy. The funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection agency is the largest grant awarded to Cuyahoga County since it adopted the charter form of government in 2011, Cuyghoga Green Energy Administrator Mike Foley said. The funds will be used to remediate brownfields and transform them into solar energy hubs.
Video: Rare white deer spotted loving on her fawn in Ohio
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WJW) – A sweet video captured in Northeast Ohio shows a tender moment between a rare white deer and her fawn. Former Mill Creek MetroParks Naturalist Robert Coggeshall lives near the park in Youngstown and has photographed and documented the journey of several white deer in the area for years.
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