Cocktales

So how crazy is this update! The friend that Nipsey was helping out the day he lost his life. . .Remember. . .the one who he was meeting up at the store to bless him with some gear? Well if you didn’t not already know. . .that friend was one of the victims in the […]

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CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – A major eruption in a Cuyahoga County courtroom Thursday afternoon. After a judge sentence serial killer Michael Madison to die, family members were allowed to address the court and killer. The father of victim Shirellda Terry said, “I know I’m supposed to forgive you.” He suddenly turned and jumped over the defense table and tried […]

“Being Mary Jane” star, Gabrielle Union, visited The View recently and in her interview discussed being raped at 19 years old while working at a Payless shoe store. Gabrielle Union was closing the store when she was raped by the former employee. The former employee had robbed other stores and raped another employee but Payless […]

Singer Miguel has been praying to the R&B gods that he doesn’t get hit with a lawsuit following his leg drop heard around the world…

A man claiming to be Stevie Wonder‘s nephew has been charged with attempting to extort the singer by threatening to go to the tabloids and say he’s the product of an incestuous relationship between Stevie and Stevie’s sister — UNLESS the singer coughed up big bucks. Alpha Lorenzo Walker was arrested May 2 after being […]

News

Last year, Russell Dickerson, III, 20, filed a lawsuit against the Aberdeen School District, charging they did little to stop the racial and anti-gay bullying he endured from 2003-2009, and now the Seattle man has been awarded $100,000 in a settlement with school officials. Russell said throughout junior high and high school he was taunted […]

Hip Hop News

Police Name Suspect In Slim Dunkin Murder Thursday (December 22) marked the first breakthrough in the Murder of Brick Squad Rapper, Slim Dunkin, as police have identified a suspect.  Rapper Young Vito (28), has been identified in the murder of Dunkin, and has been advised to turn himself into custody.  Vito, whose real name is Vinson […]

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CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The home of serial killer Anthony Sowell has been demolished. The house was officially torn down by 9AM. A truck is now being brought to the site to haul away the debris. 51-year-old Sowell was sentenced to death for the murder of eleven women between June 2007 and September 2009.The victims’ […]

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CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – A 16-year-old Cleveland teen is in critical condition after being shot in the head on city’s west side. Four people have been arrested in connection to the Denison Avenue shooting. Witnesses tell police Jaquan Sims was inside the home when his girlfriend noticed a crowd of people gathering at Andy’s Hot Spot Bar. Sims […]

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KENT, OH (WOIO) – A woman killed in an apartment fire in Kent early Friday morning. Flames sparked just before 1:30AM on West Main Street. Investigators tell 19 Action News the fire started in the living room of the apartment, and completely destroyed the living room. One woman was killed. She has yet to be identified pending family notification. […]

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MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS, OH (WOIO) – 19 Action News has learned that a Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s investigation has ruled the death of Howard Hammon III a homicide. Hammon’s family confirms the finding. “That was my brother, I love him and I miss him and I can’t sleep. I have nightmares this is ridiculous,” said Neva […]

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COPLEY TOWNSHIP, OH (WOIO) – Copley Police were called out to a neighborhood massacre Sunday around 11 a.m. in the area of Schocalog Road and Goodenough Avenue. According to Copley Police, 8 people were fatally shot, as well as the gunman. A ninth victim was transported to a local hospital for treatment. No word on a condition at […]