The Lorain County Urban League provides a new violence interruption program with a public health approach to solving gun violence.

The Eddie Eagle cartoon, produced by the National Rifle Association in the late 1980s, is being used in Cleveland, Akron and cities across the country to try to teach children gun safety. But research shows it's ineffective.

Law enforcement touted dozens of gun arrests in 2023, many for selling machine gun conversion devices.

In the program, "credible messengers" - past gun crime offenders - work with individuals in the community to find peaceful alternatives to conflict.

Since the Neighborhood Safety Fund's rollout in fall 2023, the city has granted two million dollars to 43 community groups.

4-H offers a shooting sports program to Ohio kids, according to officials. Kids can also partake in the sport at 4-H camps across the state, according to officials.

University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital's Antifragility Initiative treats young gun violence victims' trauma to reduce retaliation and re-injury.

National gun violence numbers have fallen since the pandemic, but cities like Cleveland are bucking the trend with increased firearm deaths in 2023.

A Tuesday afternoon march protesting police violence in Cleveland Heights and the killing of Christian Thomas ended up at city hall, where Mayor Kahlil came out to answer protesters' questions.

Domestic violence awareness advocates are calling for more attention to the dangers of firearms and intimate partner violence after a Cleveland reporter was shot in Lakewood.

Reach Out and Read, a nonprofit founded by a MetroHealth pediatrician, promotes literacy to improve health outcomes.

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have analyzed archival maps and documents to determine what motived government agencies and private financial firms to redline certain Ohio neighborhoods in the 1930s and 40s.

People who lived in the Hough neighborhood, on Cleveland’s East Side, were harder hit by the COVID-19 pandemic than people living in other parts of the state – even other vulnerable parts, according to new research by The Ohio State University.

Some experts say it’s especially hard for people in Northeast Ohio to find Black therapists as more people seek out therapists from similar backgrounds as their own.

As a child growing up in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Juvens Niyonzima dreamed of either working in science at a laboratory or owning his own media company. Yet his dreams were often interrupted by the country’s ongoing civil war. Today, he works as a phlebotomist in a lab at University Hospitals.

Ikenna Ogwuegbu, a Nigerian-born pharmacist, was completing his pharmacy sciences studies at Cleveland State University in 2019 and wanted to provide quality healthcare for underserved Cleveland communities. He founded IKON Health Foundation, which provides preventative health services, benefits enrollment, dental care and education about the healthcare system through its clinics.

Jonas Mbonga, originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo, fled to escape an increasingly violent political situation. His travels brought him to the United States where he was detained while applying for asylum. The experience affected his health, he said.

This is a four-part series of stories on the barriers to health access in Northeast Ohio refugee communities produced as part of a Connecting the Dots between Race and Health project.

On Saturday, Northeast Ohioans are invited to gather at the Morning Star Baptist Church on Cleveland's East Side for an event designed to inspire physical, spiritual and emotional renewal.

Although many American companies are embracing racial inclusion as a business imperative, convincing employers to invest in cultivating a diverse workforce has sometimes been a tough sell.