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AVON, OH (WOIO) – Groundbreaking Thursday morning for the Nagel Road interchange at I-90 in Avon. Officials hope the interchange will attract other businesses and traffic at State Route 83 and Crocker Bassett will be reduced.  Land has already been cleared just north of I-90 in Avon, to make room for the commercial and industrial business […]

(WOIO) – Ohio’s unemployment rate was 9.1% in August, up slightly from 9.0% in July, according to data released Friday morning by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. The number of workers unemployed in Ohio in August was 536,000, up from 529,000 in July. The number of unemployed has decreased by 47,000 in the […]

(WOIO) – A local high school football game has been canceled. The Elyria High School vs Strongsville High football game is canceled for tonight, Friday, September 16th. The EHS JV game for Saturday, September 17th has also been canceled. Elyria’s Communications Director tells 19 Action News about 30 football players were sent home from school Friday […]

GARFIELD HEIGHTS, OH (WOIO) – On Sunday, September 18, crews will close I-480 east and westbound at Tiedeman Road from 4 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. in order to reinstall a power line that came down during a recent wind storm.  This complete closure is necessary in order to allow crews to cross the interstate with […]

Miami Heat forward Chris Bosh endured a lot of criticism in his first year with the Miami Heat. He has been called soft, too emotional, and is often the butt of jokes.

When Tyler Perry was just 22 years old, he used his life savings of $12,000 to finance his first stage production at a community theatre in Atlanta. Now, almost 20 years later, that investment has certainly paid off, as Tyler has just been named the highest paid man in entertainment by Forbes. According to the […]

Before he was sentenced to 15 to 30 years in prison for raping his teenage babysitter, Ernest Willis said he was sorry for inflicting “heartache and misery” on the girl, who was made to apologize to members of their Concord, New Hampshire church after she became pregnant, according to the Concord Monitor. But as he […]

He is a good Christian, Michael is telling his two therapists. He goes to church most Sundays. He’s a devoted husband and father of two daughters, he explains to CNN. “But when I would leave on business trips,” he says, “I knew I was going to get to be someone else.” “Prostitutes, porn – I […]

Snoop Dogg is headed to the big screen to star as – what else – a pimp. The rapper has scored the lead role in the biopic “The Legend of Fillmore Slim,”

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Cops are investigating a serious accident at the intersection of St. Clair & Glenside. When cops arrived they found a heavily damaged red Ford Mustang Convertible. Police say the Mustang was speeding east bound on St. Clair Avenue when the driver lost control at and struck a utility pole. The force of the impact ripped the vehicle […]

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Now that filming for the movie “I Alex Cross” is completed at the intersection of Lakeside and Ontario, the Cleveland Division of Water (CWD) is resuming work to complete repairs on the break that occurred on Labor Day. CWD crews will repair the 3″ connection to the courthouse as well as […]

EAST CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Charges have been filed against a mom and dad who did not seek help for their injured son. Derrell Wilson and Dianna Smith are charged with child endangering and felonious assault. Smith is already behind bars. 19 Action News has learned the couple’s 4-year-old was playing with a mattress that was […]