Television personality and author Tavis Smiley recently sat down with TheGrio to talk about his upcoming PBS special “Too Important to Fail,” which examines the Black student education gap, and to address his criticsim of President Barack Obama. During the interview, Smiley is unapologetic about his criticism of Obama saying, “My job has always been […]
The man who was killed in a violent hate crime in Jackson, Mississippi last month by an alleged group of white teens, is not the only person involved in the case facing discrimination. James C. Anderson, the man killed in the hate crime in which a group of white teens allegedly yelled “Kill that Ni**er,” […]
SHEFFIELD TOWNSHIP, OH (WOIO) – Division of State Fire Marshal investigators have ruled the August 31st fatal fire in Sheffield Township as undetermined. Investigators found no evidence of criminal intent during their examination of the scene or during interviews with family members, witnesses and first responders. The fire, at 4545 South Broadway, originated on the first […]
Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer will be released from Tehran’s Evin prison after a $500,000 bail is paid for each of them, their attorney, Masoud Shafiee, said Tuesday. Bauer and Fattal could be released “in a couple of days,” Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told NBC in an interview that aired Tuesday.Full Story Story & Pic […]
According to Dianna Kall, spokesperson for the Cleveland Metroparks, Paul Lawrence, 32, was taken into custody on Tuesday morning and charged with two counts each of public indecency and menacing. Kall tells Fox 8 News the public indecency charges stem from a June 12, 2011 incident in the Rocky River Reservation, while the menacing charges […]
The Obama administration has deported close to one million undocumented immigrants since January 2009, according to Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. The current numbers only go up to the end of July, so the administration may have already passed the one million mark. By comparison, in his last 28 months in office, Bush deported about 785,148 undocumented […]
Since the early 1960s, federally-funded food stamps have subsidized America’s food insecurity problem, providing support for some 17 million people in the last year alone. As the program has grown in recent years, everyone from farmer’s markets to fast food chains are vying for a slice of the $65 billion, as more people are demanding […]
STOW, OH (WOIO) – Police in Stow bust up a meth lab late Monday night. It happened just before midnight on Uniondale Drive. After receiving an anonymous tip, cops found two men producing meth in the garage as well as throughout the home. One of the men had a weapon in his hand and fled […]
By Kenneth Mallory District of Columbia officials joined the Washington D.C. Chamber of Commerce and metro area business leaders to announce the creation of a voluntary hiring initiative to facilitate the employment of city residents by area employers. The “One City-One Hire,” initiative is designed to provide wage subsidies, tax-incentives, and job training by the […]
COLUMBUS, OH (WOIO) – COLUMBUS – President Obama spent time in Columbus Tuesday talking about the bipartisan proposals to grow the economy and create jobs. As part of his trip, Mr. President visited the Fort Hayes Arts and Academic High School in Columbus to highlight his American Jobs Act proposal to put workers back on the job by rebuilding and […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – 19 Action News gets action in downtown Cleveland. The illegal public banners have finally taken down. They popped up all over downtown, dozens of huge banners hanging from the sides of buildings. One problem, only six of them were authorized. The massive banners are big money, thousands of dollars a month, so sign companies […]
ELYRIA, OH (WOIO) – A prayer and vigil held Monday night for a North Ridgeville teen hit and killed while riding his bike this weekend. Cops say the driver of a van struck 14 year old Alexander Sismour’s back tire of his dirt bike on Route 57. Sismour and a few friends were riding bikes to McDonalds, crossing at […]
