Cuyahoga County News

It's easier to find a seat on an RTA bus or rapid these days. Ridership dropped 14 percent in April and almost 21 percent in May because of rising unemployment and a continuous decline in Cuyahoga County's population.

A construction company executive was charged yesterday with bribing an elected county official with $33,000 in cash plus home improvements, expensive meals and sports tickets in return for public contracts steered his way.

One of the participants in February's Perk Park shooting has been sentenced. 18-year-old Bryan Elliot appeared in Judge Peter Sikora's courtroom in Cuyahoga County juvenile court.

CLEVELAND - Ridership on Cleveland's public buses and trains, heavily dependent on commuters heading to and from work, has fallen sharply as the city's jobless rate climbed amid the national recession and its population continued a decades-long decline.

DAS President Jeff Troxell talks with WTAM's Carmen Angelo - The latest charges in the Cuyahoga County political corruption probe are against the former employee of a local construction company.

More than 34,000 new Ohio jobs and $11 billion in economic impact would be generated during construction and the first five years of operations if the ballot issue authorizing casinos in Ohio's four largest cities is approved by voters in November, a new study from the University of Cincinnati shows.

Seven current or former U.S. Postal Service employees and one non-postal employee were indicted by a Cuyahoga County grand jury in documents unsealed Tuesday on multiple drug trafficking and drug possession charges after a one year investigation lead by Special Agents of the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General in Cleveland.

Joe Calabrese talks with WTAM's Darren Toms - With a national economy causing economic challenges, fewer people are taking public transportation in the Cleveland area.

The Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's office says a man, who was 17 at the time, has been charged as an adult with aggravated robbery, kidnapping, criminal gang activity and having weapons in a 2007 robbery.

CLEVELAND: A free health care event scrapped in early May because of swine flu concerns has been rescheduled for later this month in Cleveland.

Joe Lynch talks to WTAM's Colleen O'Neill - The recent damp weather is perfect for mosquitos to breed so Cuyahoga County Health officials are urging everyone to get rid of standing water to eliminate breeding sites.

With 4 figures pleading guilty last week in the Cuyahoga County corruption probe and facing possible prison terms...one local contractor knows what its like to spend time behind bars in a federal lock-up. Painter john Kafas says he served 10 months in federal prison with hardened criminals after pleading guilty to a corruption charge.

New Chevys lined the lot of Pat O'Brien Chevrolet earlier this year. The Westlake dealerships is among those keeping General Motors franchises as the automaker restructures.

Parents should be aware that there may be hidden dangers in your holiday picnics unless you take precautions.

The Cuyahoga County Board of Health confirms that three children have been exposed to the E. coli bacteria.

Posted By: Updated: 7/2/2009 6:02:40 PM Posted: 7/2/2009 5:44:53 PM PARMA -- With the threat of deep state budget cuts hovering, new library rankings today named Cuyahoga County Public Library as the number one library in the U.S. for libraries serving over 500,000 people.

Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court will not renew a contract with a tech company that federal investigators have tied to an ongoing county government corruption probe.

The first two defendants in the FBI/IRS federal corruption probe into Cuyahoga County government officials -- J. Kevin Kelley and Kevin F. Payne -- are pleading guilty today in U.S. District Court.

The two men who have overseen the local U.S. Attorney's office during the corruption probe of Cuyahoga County government officials both deny Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora's claims that he's being targeted for political reasons.

Governor Strickland proposed at 50 percent reduction in state funding for Ohio's public libraries, which would affect public library service in the state.