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Cleveland International Film Festival calling for entries
The Cleveland International Film Festival is accepting submissions for CIFF49. Films at any runtime, genre or country that completed production after June 1, 2023, are eligible for submission. CIFF49 will be from March 26 to April 5, 2025, at Playhouse Square. In addition to screenings of the films, there will be talkbacks, community events, and patron and filmmaker gatherings. There will also be the distribution of awards, with more than $135,000 in cash prizes.
Jhonkensy Noel gets hits and his playing time increases — go figure: Guardians takeaways
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Playing time comes down to one basic theme: who’s hot and who’s not. Rookie Jhonkensy Noel, until the Tigers came to town, hadn’t started a game for the Guardians since July 12 against the Rays at Tropicana Field before the All-Star break. If...
Brecksville-Broadview Heights gymnastics keeps legacies of family and victory alive
BROADVIEW HEIGHTS, Ohio — It's quite an accomplishment for a high school to take home a state championship in athletics, a testament to hard work, training, and perseverance. But what about 24 state championships?. That's the case for the Brecksville-Broadview Heights varsity gymnastics team, which is keeping its winning...
'Disrespectful, crude.' Junk dumped at West Lawn Cemetery. Headstones toppled at Rowland
CANTON – Authorities are looking for whoever illegally dumped auto parts and license plates in the historic West Lawn Cemetery and vandalized headstones in Rowland Cemetery last week. The Canton Cemetery Association posted a photo about the items dumped at West Lawn, located at 1919 7th St. NW, on its Facebook page. "Sad...
Cleveland U.S. Marshals Service arrest man wanted in 2022 homicide
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - The suspect in a 2022 homicide was arrested in Cleveland Wednesday afternoon, according to the U.S. Marshals. Trevonne Clemons was wanted in connection to the July 2022 murder of Terry Ferguson in the Broadway-Slavic Village neighborhood. Marshals officials say the 31-year-old was located after task force...
Cleveland man missing 13 days, considered endangered
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Cleveland police are asking for help locating a man they say is endangered. Danny Ray Coleman Jr. was last seen July 11 in the 4400 block of Broadview Road in Old Brooklyn, police say. Officers confirmed the 34-year-old has brown hair and blue eyes and was...
Animal welfare advocates offering $10,000 reward for info about person who wounded cat with a shotgun
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Animal welfare advocates are seeking information on a neighborhood cat who lost his leg after being wounded with a shotgun earlier this year. On April 13, George, a 3-year-old neighborhood cat living in Henrietta Township in Lorain County, was found with a badly wounded back leg that was later amputated. The township is in western Lorain County, near South Amherst and Oberlin, and it borders Huron County.
‘The building was completed demolished’: Willoughby apartment complex being rebuilt
WILLOUGHBY, Ohio (WOIO) - A new beginning at Chagrin River Walk apartments, 18 months after a massive fire in February 2023 destroyed the Mentor Avenue complex. Close to 20 fire departments responded to the scene to put out the three alarm blaze. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Fire officials: Willoughby apartment complex collapsed...
Summa Health acquisition: Experts debate potential sale to private equity firm
Two economic and healthcare industry experts — J.B. Silvers, a professor at Case Western Reserve University, and Paul Lee, a senior partner and founder of Strategic Healthcare — gently sparred Monday afternoon about the proposed sale of Summa Health and its impact on the city of Akron and patients the hospital serves.
Streetsboro’s solar moratorium still on hold
Streetsboro’s proposed one-year moratorium on residential, business and large-scale solar electric generation facilities has hit a snag, with city council sending the legislation back to the committee level. Ward 4 Council Member Lisa McDaniel urged council to exclude homeowners from the moratorium, submitting a proposal to exempt roof-mounted solar...
Ohio will require AEDs in schools and public athletic facilities in effort to save lives
The state of Ohio will require automated external defibrillators be available in schools and sports facilities around the state. On Tuesday, Gov. Mike DeWine signed House Bill 47, which mandates that AEDs be placed in every public and chartered nonpublic school in Ohio, as well as all municipally owned or operated sports and...
Ohio law limiting disabled voter assistance overturned
(The Center Square) – Ohio disabled voters can ask friends, neighbors and grandchildren to help them cast absentee ballots after a federal court struck down part of a 2023 state law. House Bill 456 created sweeping voting changes, including the provision that limited who could possess a disabled voter’s absentee ballot. A federal court, however, said the voter can choose who helps them. The ACLU and ACLU-Ohio sued to stop...
OABA accepting nominations for Industry Excellence Awards
COLUMBUS — The Ohio AgriBusiness Association is accepting nominations for its Industry Excellence Awards from now until Aug. 9 to honor outstanding leaders in the agribusiness industry. The OABA’s Industry Excellence Awards seek to highlight stories of professionalism, stewardship and excellence within the agribusiness sector. OABA member company employees...
Ohio teacher receives Presidential Award for environmental teaching
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in partnership with the White House Council on Environmental Quality, announced the 2024 recipients of the Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators and the President’s Environmental Youth Award. In Ohio, Shari Insley from Pine Intermediate School in North Olmstead was awarded...
How a region responded to Ohio U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance’s ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ with their own book
This story originally appeared on Ohio Capital Journal. As a tenth generation Appalachian, Ivy Brashear sees J.D. Vance’s 2016 memoir “Hillbilly Elegy” as a “really one-sided and simple view of the region.” In an effort to help broaden people’s view of Appalachia, she decided to share her own narrative as part of a collection of writings […] The post How a region responded to Ohio U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance’s ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ with their own book appeared first on Alabama Reflector.
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