The team would be made up of "credible messengers" - previous gun violence offenders who now focus on prevention.

The officer, Ryan Westlake, was nearly fired in 2021 after three incidents.

The lawsuit filed by the family of Desmond Franklin alleges Cleveland Police officer Jose Garcia killed Franklin despite facing no real threat of injury.

Tirrell Edwards was sentenced to life behind bars for the shooting death of his fiancée, Amanda Williams. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court is reviewing gun rights for domestic abusers.

Hundreds of people in Cleveland each year are gunshot survivors. Those crimes impact families for years to come after, from medical expenses to physical disabilities and mental health challenges.

Even though the cut positions are currently unfilled, the decision worries some Cleveland City Council members.

Henderson arrested community activist Antoine Tolbert for openly carrying firearms, which is legal in Ohio, and added a charge to ensure he was booked into county jail.

According to a University Hospitals trauma medicine expert, the holiday season is not only a time of joy, but also one of increased gun-related injuries and deaths, making safety and security measures all the more important.

Recently released 911 calls following St. Vincent Charity Hospital's closure of its emergency room reveal that Cleveland EMS dispatchers and residents did not know the ER closed.

In Northeast Ohio, many people suffering from injuries from gun violence end up at MetroHealth Medical Center's level 1 trauma ER. Hospital employees every day are tasked with saving lives and helping the community heal from gun injuries, but it doesn't come without a cost.

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.