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A series of corrections officers have been charged with various crimes. Cleveland officials were investigating after an inmate was recently found dead in the city’s county jail. It was the ninth inmate death in the past year, which has family members demanding answers. On Friday, a 36-year-old military veteran Nicholas Colbert was pronounced dead at the Cuyahoga […]

via EEWMagazine/Ann Landry: We live in a day and age where everyone wants to tell their truth–to be open and to be heard. But this is not always the wisest route. Take the case of Ayesha Curry, Christian chef, cookbook author, and wife of NBA player Stephen Curry, for example. Her recent revelations that she […]

via BlackAmericaWeb: Ciara and Russell Wilson are no doubt #couplegoals…and every other hashtag you can think of that symbolizes the epitome of Black love and fortune. After a failed relationship with rapper Future, Ciara found herself reevaluating herself and doing some much-needed self-reflection. She began to pray for “discernment” and “wisdom” and eventually prayed for a […]

CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Metropolitan School District plans to hold a series of meetings to discuss recommendations that would have the district undergo drastic changes to ensure students remain a top priority despite the district’s limited financial resources. “These recommendations, which are based on extensive data analysis and community feedback, are only for K-8 schools,” […]

Taco Bell has an almost cult-like following. Lovers of the fast-food chain swear by its particular Frankensteinian spin on Mexican food — devoting themselves fully to the brand and draping themselves in robes of hot sauce packets. I’ve even heard, and mind you this is merely a rumor, that Taco Bell fanatics — I’m told they prefer the term Bellists — […]

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – The jury in the high-profile murder case of a couple who owned a car dealership in Cleveland recommended the death sentence for Joseph McAlpin. The jury began deliberating in the death penalty phase of the Joseph McAlpin trial around 11 a.m. Thursday and reached a verdict approximately 30 minutes later. It […]

The question that is breaking the internet right now is “Do you wash your legs in the shower?” Writer and editor Conor Arpwel initially posed the question on Twitter. https://twitter.com/Arpwel/status/1126594900055793671?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1126594900055793671&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.news5cleveland.com%2Flifestyle%2Ftwitter-explodes-over-leg-washing-question So far, more than 820,000 have voted and thousands of people have left comments on the poll. About 80% have voted yes and 20% have […]

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – It’s “the end of an era,” as the Cleveland Browns posted on Twitter. 1. https://twitter.com/Browns/status/1129070995057324033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1129070995057324033&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cleveland19.com%2F2019%2F05%2F16%2Ftake-look-baker-mayfield-shows-off-clean-shaven-look-cleveland-browns-otas%2F Baker Mayfield showed up to practice on Thursday in Berea without his beard that many have grown familiar with. SOURCE: WOIO 19 News Cleveland 2. https://twitter.com/Almendinger3/status/1129089745282318336 3. https://twitter.com/lauramurrray/status/1129078241493475328 4. https://twitter.com/simplybethh/status/1129087498620145664 5. https://twitter.com/damnSUZ/status/1129092616518156288 6. https://twitter.com/ConnieScouts/status/1129097775776505857 7. https://twitter.com/RJEmann/status/1129086724557148161 […]

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – It’s “the end of an era,” as the Cleveland Browns posted on Twitter. Baker Mayfield showed up to practice on Thursday in Berea without his beard that many have grown familiar with. As of 2:20 p.m. on Thursday, “Beardless Baker” was shared on Twitter more than 460 times and liked more […]

“The Baytown Police Department are lying on #pamelaturner when they say she had outstanding warrants,” Benjamin Crump said about the killing of the 45-year-old unarmed grandmother.

via albumism: Born: May 16, 1966 Biography (via AllMusic): Janet Jackson didn’t merely emerge from the shadows of her famous brothers to become a superstar in her own right. Starting with her breakout 1986 album Control, she became one of the biggest pop stars of the ’80s. Through the early 2000s, she was able to […]

via FirstLadyB; Jordin Sparks and her family are mourning the loss of her stepfather, James Jackson. The 50-year-old retired army veteran died on May 7th after suffering a stroke. Sparks’s mom Jodi shared the news in an emotional post on FaceBook last Thursda “James and I had a big beautiful love. We loved out loud. He took nothing […]