Man robs gas station with box cutter: On May 22, around 12:15 a.m., a man walked into the Thornton’s Gas Station on W. Broad Street brandishing a box cutter. The bandit demand cash from the clerk, in which the employee complied. The robber left the store running and ducked into an apartment building behind the gas station.

Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11) yesterday announced the appointment of John M. Hairston as district director for the 11th District Congressional office in Warrensville Heights

The current Cleveland Police Academy class will get to graduate after all. Amidst state-imposed layoffs an agreement was made and signed by the City ofCleveland and the Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association (CPPA) that will enable the 128th Cleveland Police Academy Class to graduate and to be sworn in on Friday, June 24, 2011.

COLUMBUS – When it comes to repealing Senate Bill 5, State Representative Tracy Maxwell Heard doesn’t need anyone to tell her that what’s at stake in this is monumental, 

On May 15, at 2:39 a.m., it was reported that a man on a bike had been hit by a car at the corner of N. High and Frambes Avenue.

“He was a giant among men, a voice in times of challenge,” said the Rev. C. Jay Matthews, pastor of Mount Sinai Baptist Church, where Jones’ funeral was held. His coffin was draped in a red, black and green flag, which also was proudly worn by many who attended the service in remembrance of the struggle in the 1960s when he was best known as a local activist.