Cleveland, OH

‘A devastating loss’: Tornadoes rip through Cleveland area, thousands impacted in Northeast Ohio

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11 months ago

August 25, 2023

‘A devastating loss’: Tornadoes rip through Cleveland area, thousands impacted in Northeast Ohio

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Tornadoes slammed through Northeast Ohio late Thursday night, ripping trees from the ground and causing severe damage to buildings and homes.

On Cleveland’s East Side, a tornado, about 150 yards wide, created a path that was nearly a mile long. It began near East 71st Street and Chester Avenue and ended near East 89th Street and Euclid Avenue. The storm hit shortly before midnight.

In Mentor, another tornado passed through and created a path that was nearly 4 miles long.

No one was hurt, officials said.

“It was a pretty significant weather event,” said Brian Mitchell, an official with the National Weather Service in Cleveland. “We didn’t get as much rain as the night before, but the storms were stronger in some areas.”

He said the storms developed in Southeast Michigan on Thursday night and pushed across Lake Erie to Northeast Ohio. At about 11 p.m., a tornado hit Ottawa County and moved into Sandusky County, officials said.

Near midnight, rain and strong winds pounded Cleveland and continued east.

The storms caused widespread power outages, according to FirstEnergy Corp. It said 160,000 customers in Northeast Ohio lost their power overnight, with outages expected to last into next week. More than 50,000 customers in Cuyahoga County lacked electricity Friday afternoon.

The powerful winds jumped off the lake and tore into Cleveland. Winds blew off six windows at the Justice Center downtown. At New Life at Calvary Church on Euclid Avenue, the estimated 110 mph winds peeled off the 143-year-old church’s roof.

Rick Gillespie-Mobley retired as pastor of the church in 2021 but remains active as a pastor emeritus. He went inside the church within an hour of the roof being torn off to survey the damage after receiving a call from the church’s pastor, Kellie Sullivan.

“We’ve never had this kind of destruction,” he said. “We did have some wind damage with the roof a couple of years ago. That’s a new roof. It has only been there about four years, and it was only part of it that we replaced for like $30,000.”

Multiple trees that were planted in honor of war veterans also fell on top of the church, which was set to celebrate its 10th anniversary of merging congregations with another church in the area.

Sullivan met with church leaders at a nearby McDonald’s to discuss the congregation’s plans moving forward. The church is known throughout the community for providing food, clothing and more for those in need.

“Our church has faced major loss, and we praise God that no one was hurt. Please pray for our church as we start to rebuild,” she said.

Cleveland Fire Lt. Michael Norman said he was unaware of any injuries or fatalities from the storms last night that caused damage citywide.

“We’re picking up the pieces,” he said. “We had so many runs coming in between motor vehicle accidents, trees down and wires down. We’re still uncovering a lot of that this morning, but hopefully we’ll get a little break in the action today.”

The tornado, according to the National Weather Service, was approximately 150 yards in width and touched down to create a path that was nearly a mile long beginning near East 71st Street and Chester Avenue, ending near East 89th Street and Euclid Avenue.Molly Walsh, cleveland.com

Gillespie-Mobley said the inside of the church has water inside from the heavy rain that hit the area, too.

The church isn’t alone. The rain Thursday night that hit Cleveland’s East Side followed storms that ripped into the West Side on Wednesday. The storms are the latest in a string of powerful rains that hit the region.

The 3.23 inches of rain Cleveland Hopkins International Airport received Wednesday and Thursday pushed the total for August to 6.29 inches, more than double the normal amount of 2.74 inches through Aug. 24. This comes on the heels of a wet July, when the 6.75 inches for the month far outpaced the normal amount of 3.67 inches.

Greater Cleveland storm damage from Aug. 24, 2023

At New Life, church meetings are canceled, Gillespie-Mobley said. Church members will be notified about Sunday Service and other plans via email and social media.

“We know that God is still in control,” he said. “It’s a devastating loss. But we know we’re gonna go forward from here.”

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Fatal shooting on east side after reports of large fight: Cleveland Police

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20 mins ago

August 4, 2024

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Fatal shooting on east side after reports of large fight: Cleveland Police

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – One man is dead after a shooting following reports of a large fight on the east side, according to Cleveland Police.

Police got reports of a large fight around 2:50 a.m. on Saturday in the 1000 block of East 71st Street.

While officers were en route, they learned that two people were shot.

Police located a 22-year-old man and a 24-year-old man who were both shot, according to a release.

Both of the men were taken to the hospital by EMS.

The 22-year-old man later died at the hospital.

The condition of the 24-year-old is unknown.

Cleveland Police homicide unit is investigating, according to police.

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WWE SummerSlam 2024 Results: Winners And Grades On August 3, 2024

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8 hours ago

August 4, 2024

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WWE SummerSlam 2024 results

Credit: WWE.com

WWE SummerSlam 2024 from Cleveland, Ohio advertised six championship matches. Among them was Solo Sikoa challenging Cody Rhodes for the WWE Undisputed Championship, LA Knight challenging Logan Paul for the WWE United States Championship, Sami Zayn defending the WWE Intercontinental Championship against Bron Breakker and GUNTHER challenging Damian Priest for the WWE World Championship.

This week’s broadcast of WWE Raw garnered 1.412 million viewers on SyFy after being preempted by the Olympics.

WWE SummerSlam Results | August 3, 2024

Liv Morgan def. Rhea Ripley | WWE Women’s World Championship
Bron Breakker def. Sami Zayn | WWE Intercontinental Championship
LA Knight def. Logan Paul | WWE United States Championship
Nia Jax def. Bayley | WWE Women’s Championship
Drew McIntyre def. CM Punk
GUNTHER def. Damian Priest | WWE World Heavyweight Championship
Cody Rhodes def. Solo Sikoa | WWE Undisputed Championship

WWE SummerSlam 2024 Ticket Sales

WWE SummerSlam 2024 Venue: Cleveland Browns Stadium (Cleveland, OH)
WWE SummerSlam 2024 Tickets Distributed: 55,858
WWE SummerSlam 2024 Tickets Available: 807

WWE Money In The Bank 2024 Winners And Grades

Liv Morgan Def. Rhea Ripley

Despite all the talk of The Judgment Day competing by themselves, Dominik Mysterio accompanied Rhea Ripley to the ring.

Michael Cole noted the last time Rhea Ripley lost a singles match was 26 months ago. To Liv Morgan.

This match started as a cat-and-mouse as Liv ran away from Ripley. Fans became frustrated and booed Liv loudly.

Rhea dominated this match until Liv Morgan dodged a charging Ripley and followed up by throwing her, shoulder-first, into the turnbuckle. Ripley could be heard (kayfabe) saying “it’s out, it’s out!”

Fans were split as they made dueling chants of “let’s go Rhea/let’s go Liv!”

Liv Morgan (kayfabe) popped her shoulder back into place by running herself into the announce table and fans went crazy.

Ripley hit the riptide, but did not pin Morgan. Instead, she grabbed a steel chair that Morgan brought into the ring. Mysterio grabbed the chair from her, which was the wise decision because she would have gotten herself disqualified. This led to an Oblivion for a nearfall and “holy s—t” chants.

Dom distracted the ref, leading to an Oblivion on the steel chair for the win. After the match, Dominik Mysterio kissed Liv Morgan and they left together.

Backstage, Damian Priest was furious with Dominik Mysterio for his actions. Finn and the rest of the Judgment Day vowed to go find him. I don’t trust them.

Rhea Ripley vs. Liv Morgan Grade: A-

Bron Breakker Def. Sami Zayn

Bron Breakker hit his always impressive Breakkensteiner early on, then he proceeded to scream “quit!” at Sami Zayn.

Bron Breakker cut Sami Zayn off with a Spear, then he hit ayn with another Spear for the win. This wasn’t necessarily a squash match, but it was definitely a dominant win for Breakker.

Bron Breakker vs. Sami Zayn Grade: B

LA Knight Def. Logan Paul

Logan Paul wore a Cleveland-inspired American Flag vest and greeted two security guards on his way to the ring. One of hte security guards turned out to be Cleveland’s own MGK.

LA Knight shattered the glass on Logan Paul’s Prime vehicle before making his way to the ring.

Paul cleared the table, but LA Knight got the better of him with a modified TKO, though the table didn’t break.

Paul won these people over with a springboard moonsault on LA Knight. Though they cheered the spot, they eventually came to their senses and chanted “you still suck!”

After jumping up on the top rope, LA Knight hit a scary looking superplex. Fans chanted “this is awesome” after a nearfall.

Logan Paul borrowed brass knuckles from MGK. After a shot to LA Knight, Knight countered with a BFT.

Logan Paul vs. LA Knight Grade: A-

Nia Jax Def. Bayley

Bayley relentlessly knocked Nia Jax off her feet early in the match.

Nia Jax took control of the match, to the point where she hit the Annihilator, but Bayley kicked out.

Jax called herself “reckless” and “clumsy” while trash-talking Bayley on offense.

Bayley hit an awesome power bomb on Nia Jax from the top rope. The fans were fervently into a match that struggled to follow Logan Paul vs. LA Knight.

A Tiffany Stratton cash-in was thwarted by Bayley, but the distraction led to two power bombs and two Annihilators for the win.

Nia Jax vs. Bayley Grade: A-

Drew McIntyre Def. CM Punk

Seth Rollins walked out in a long cloak, and what was under the jacket was certain to be even wilder.

WWE used ref cameras on the referee’s ear, and there were never more ref cam shots than during Seth Rollins’ entrance.

Rollins’ referee outfit were baggy, bedazzled pants and a cutoff shirt similar to Shawn Michaels.

Fans chanted “CM Punk” to start the match as punk donned pink gear in homage to Bret Hart.

Rollins did a great job working the fans into a frenzy before ringing the bell. When the bell rang, Punk and McIntyre brawled like crazy.

Instead of counting to 10 while Punk and McIntyre were outside of the ring, Rollins instead chose to tie his shoes. Rollins also took immense pleasure in seeing Punk and Rollins beat the hell out of one another.

During an Anaconda Vice on McIntyre, Punk secured his friendship bracelet and the entire stadium celebrated.

Punk stopped his GTS on McIntyre dead in its tracks and confronted Rollins about wearing his bracelet, which Rollins picked up off the ground did wear, but out of no malice.

After a ref bump and a nearfall (followed by a second visual pinfall), Punk and Rollins got into a heated argument. Punk hit a Go To Sleep on Rollins and took his bracelet back, but it cost him the match.

Drew McIntyre vs. CM Punk Grade: B+

GUNTHER Def. Damian Priest

Finn Balor wished Damian Priest luck before the match. Famous last words.

GUNTHER already had chop marks on his chest before the match even started.

GUNTHER and Priest chopped the hell out of one another to the point where GUNTHER was bleeding from the chest.

Finn Balor hit the ring, presumably to save Priest, but he ended up costing Priest the WWE World Heavyweight Championship by putting GUNTHER’s leg on the bottom rope.

After this match, Jelly Roll, The Miz and R-Truth took out A-Town Down Under.

GUNTHER vs. Damian Priest Grade: B+

Cody Rhodes Def. Solo Sikoa

Cody Rhodes ran into Arn Anderson backstage, and Anderson said he called in a few favors to a few allies of Cody Rhodes. Some of whom he knows, some he doesn’t.

For a full recap of Cody vs. Solo Sikoa in Bloodline Rules, click here.

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Ohio State loses out to Oregon for in-state five-star safety

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15 hours ago

August 3, 2024

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Ohio State loses out to Oregon for in-state five-star safety

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