From the election of Carl Stokes as mayor of Cleveland to the creation of the Ludlow Community Association in Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga County played a major role in the movement for racial justice. The African American Civil Rights Trail visits both, as well as Cory United Methodist Church and Glenville High School. The trail is the work of the Cleveland Restoration Society, which won a $50,000 grant from the National Park Service to place Ohio Historical Markers at each site, plus create a website with historic photos, original videos, oral histories, maps, resources for additional research and more. During Black History Month, which pays tribute to the generations of Black Americans who struggled with adversity to achieve full citizenship in American society, we’re highlighting the seven sites on the trail. - Laura |
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An Ohio Historical Marker outside Cory United Methodist Church in Cleveland, one of seven sites on the new Cleveland Civil Rights Trail. (David Petkiewicz, cleveland.com) |
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Civil Rights: Cleveland historians and preservationists think Cleveland’s civil rights history deserves recognition and are seeking to elevate numerous sites throughout the city on a new African American Civil Rights Trail. Susan Glaser reports the trail could be the first created in the northern United States and details seven stops, including Cory United Methodist Church and Glenville High School. Kias and Hyundais: Cleveland’s vehicle impound lot sees a daily pattern: Kia, Hyundai, Kia, Hyundai. The cars inside the lot on Quigley Road reflect a crime trend impacting Northeast Ohio and the nation, reports Molly Walsh. Criminal charges against two 14-year-old Cleveland boys underscore the scourge of thefts, reports Cory Shaffer. The number of insured Kias and Hyundais stolen in Cuyahoga County jumped more than 233% from October to December, when 656 cars were stolen in the county. Last month, a man confronted teenagers driving his stolen Hyundai through the drive-thru line at a Cleveland Burger King, Cory Shaffer reports. Chris Ronayne: Within his first 100 days in office, Cuyahoga County Executive Chris Ronayne pledges to lay out a path for a “New Cuyahoga” that achieves key campaign promises and fulfills two core responsibilities that the county has long failed to meet: providing humane detention in the jail and safe housing for children in county custody. Kaitlin Durbin reports Ronayne provided a sweeping analysis of his aspirational – if not overambitious – plans to not just realign county priorities to better meet the area’s basic needs, but to set a foundation for a thriving future. Today in Ohio: The Cardinal School District in Geauga County banned its high school drama department from staging “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” as its spring musical after the superintendent and board members say they received complaints about vulgarity. We’re talking about the message the board is sending to students and the rest of the country on Today in Ohio, cleveland.com’s daily half-hour news podcast. |
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Ballot issues: When Republican lawmakers failed to approve a proposal to make it harder to amend the state constitution before a key deadline, that created an opening for potential ballot issue campaigns, including one from abortion-rights activists, to ask voters to approve amendments under the current rules. Andrew Tobias and Laura Hancock report abortion-rights activists remain split over whether they should pursue the November 2023 ballot under the current rules or wait for 2024 because of a combination of political, financial and logistical reasons. Other groups are faced with similar choices. Householder trial: During testimony in a federal courthouse in Cincinnati on Friday, an FBI agent described Matt Borges’ efforts to help foil an expected campaign to repeal House Bill 6 by trying to convince his friend, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, to interpret the bill’s nuclear bailout provision as a tax. Jake Zuckerman and Andrew Tobias report that Yost described HB6 as “bad policy” and said: “I would be out front opposing this if it wasn’t for FirstEnergy’s support and your involvement.” Trial testimony also says Householder and his allies used the FirstEnergy's money to anonymously support the bill’s backers and punish its dissenters at the same time. Former state Rep. Dave Greenspan, of Westlake, broke open the case when he reached out to the FBI about House Bill 6 on May 28, 2019, Zuckerman reports. Jordan subpoenas: U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan issued subpoenas this week to obtain FBI, U.S. Attorney General and Education Department documents to probe whether federal agents inappropriately targeted parents who protested at school board meetings, Sabrina Eaton reports. Many of the documents he’s seeking pertain to a 2021 Attorney General’s memorandum that ordered the FBI to meet with local officials around the country to discuss how to handle threats against school administrators, board members, teachers and staff. PUCO: Gov. Mike DeWine selected a former employee of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to fill the panel’s open seat. Laura Hancock reports that if confirmed by the Ohio Senate, John Williams will replace Beth Trombold, who recently stepped down. |
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John Adams: Before John Adams’ casket was wheeled into the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist on Saturday morning, the organ briefly played “Take Me Out to the Ball Game,” causing more than a few smiles in the large crowd on a cold February morning. Services were held Saturday for Adams, who died Monday at 71. Adams banged his drum for nearly 50 years at Municipal Stadium and Progressive field, making him a Cleveland hero, Paul Hoynes writes. Gun crimes: The head of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said on Friday that his agency is looking to launch a new gun crime intelligence center in Cleveland. Adam Ferrise reports ATF Director Steve Dettelbach said in an interview that ATF officials already had preliminary conversations with Cleveland police administrators to set up a center. Double duty: Cuyahoga County Executive Chris Ronayne has repeatedly called planning for a more humane jail one of his top priorities. Yet the point person overseeing that work has a second job. Nailah Byrd, who was recently named deputy chief of staff responsible for developing and implementing the county’s long-term strategy for public safety and justice services, also remains the county’s clerk of courts, Kaitlin Durbin reports. Flavored tobacco: Mayor Justin Bibb is has proposed banning the sale in Cleveland of flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes and flavored vape products. Courtney Astolfi reports the measure, which is slated for introduction to City Council today, is meant to address Cleveland’s high smoking rate, which, at 30% to 35%, puts the city ahead of all other large U.S. cities and the national average of 12.5%. Dog Airbnb: Sniffspot is an online platform for individuals to offer up their backyards or other outdoor spaces to humans who rent them on an hourly basis for the benefit of their canine companions, reports Gretchen Cuda Kroen. Launched in Seattle in 2018, the number of locations has slowly expanded across the country and it has recently begun gaining traction in neighborhoods around Cleveland. Cuyahoga kayaking: The Cuyahoga River has become a hotspot for urban kayakers. A USA Today’s 10 Best Readers’ Choice poll is asking the public to select the top urban kayaking spots in the country, and the lower Cuyahoga is one of 20 river sections vying for the distinction, reports Peter Krouse. Property taxes: Five Ohio counties are home to the 20 districts in the state with the lowest property tax rates - all under $970 per $100,000 of home value. None of them, reports Zachary Smith, are in Greater Cleveland. Road project: The public is encouraged to share their thoughts on an upcoming project to repair and resurface Sheldon Road, between Middleburg Heights and Brook Park. Questions and comments must be submitted by March 17, Kaitlin Durbin reports. |
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Tripledemic: A feared “tripledemic” with high levels of coronavirus, RSV and influenza hasn’t yet happened this winter, but Ohio Department of Health Director Bruce Vanderhoff warned Friday that influenza and COVID-19 still infect many Ohioans and are “driving hospitalizations and deaths, particularly among our most vulnerable.” Sabrina Eaton reports flu hospitalizations have declined to 98 in the past week, compared with more than 1,400 during a single week in November. COVID-19 map: The four Northeast Ohio counties that were classified green last week worsened to yellow, for moderate COVID-19 spread, on the latest CDC map. Lorain, Portage, Medina and Summit counties changed from green, for low COVID-19 spread, to yellow, reports Julie Washington. Cuyahoga, Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake counties remained yellow. REI strike: Workers at the REI Co-op in Orange went on strike Friday morning, leaving their shift in the middle of a hearing between the retail workers union and the company, reports Sean McDonnell. Workers announced on Jan. 11 that they had filed for a union election and are looking to be represented by the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union. |
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Carjackings: Three men admitted Friday to carrying out two carjackings -- including one of a rabbi -- and an attempted carjacking in Northeast Ohio in a two-hour span, reports Adam Ferrise. Donteze Congress and Thomas D. Williams, both 18 of Maple Heights, and Kenneth Franklin, 19, of Akron, all pleaded guilty to multiple counts of carjacking, aiding and abetting a violence crime and possessing a gun during a violent crime. Doctor sentenced: A federal judge on Friday sentenced a Hudson neurologist to two-and-half years in prison for a kickback scheme in which he prescribed neurological medicine to patients who didn’t need it in exchange for cash and lavish dinners provided by the drugmaker. U.S. District Judge Sara Lioi handed down the expected sentence to Deepak Raheja, 66, after prosecutors and defense attorneys agreed to the punishment as part of the plea agreement struck in October, reports Adam Ferrise. |
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Film Fest: Heading into its 47th year, the Cleveland International Film Festival is inviting festivalgoers to “seek out connections to diverse cultures and perspectives.” That’s why organizers have chosen “Look Closer” as the theme for the 2023 festival, scheduled for March 22-April 1, reports Joey Morona. John Moore: John Moore, a New York-based artist with deep Cleveland roots, is revered in the art world for his work as a teacher, curator, and maker of abstract paintings collected by museums across the country. Less widely known is that Moore’s abstractions are grounded in many ways on his experiences growing up in Cleveland, serving in the U.S. Army as a paratrooper, working on a GM assembly line, and ruminations on being Black in America, Steven Litt reports. Rock Hall: Fourteen artists are up for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s class of 2023. Malcolm X Abram has a primer on the artists who might be giving acceptance speeches at the 2023 Induction Ceremony, wherever it takes place. Cleveland Crunch: The Cleveland Crunch are without a home for their final two games of the 2022-23 season after the team says the International Exposition Center decided not to host two games in March, Marc Bona reports. House of the Week: The neoclassical-style, stately columned mansion at 19000 S. Park Blvd. in Shaker Heights is listed at $2.85 million, reports Joey Morona. Built in 1925 and measuring more than 8,000 square feet, the home is ideal for entertaining. |
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