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Bitter cold, snow hits NE Ohio: Warming centers, parking bans, and your safety

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January 21, 2025

Bitter cold, snow hits NE Ohio: Warming centers, parking bans, and your safety

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – Cities across Northeast Ohio have opened warming centers and overnight shelters for those in need of escaping the cold snap.

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Cleveland city officials will have warming centers open through Tuesday for residents needing shelter.

Michael Zone Recreation Center, 6301 Lorain Ave.
Lonnie Burten Recreation Center, 2511 E. 46th St.
Collinwood Recreation Center, 16300 Lakeshore Blvd.
Zelma George Recreation Center, 3155 MLK Blvd.

All four shelters will be open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Monday and from 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Anyone who needs overnight shelter should call 211.

Akron

Mayor Shammas Malik extended the hours at Summit Lake Community Center, located at 380 W Crosier St.

The community center will be open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. through Wednesday.

The Emergency Overnight Shelter located at 111 East Voris St. will also be open through Wednesday.

Alliance

The Rodman Library at 215 E. Broadway St. in Alliance is open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday and Friday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.

The Salvation Army at 57 W. Main St. in Alliance is open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on weekdays.

The Commons at 405 S. Linden Ave in Alliance is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays.

The Clothed in Righteousness at 55 E. Main St. in Alliance is open from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday. It is also open from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Monday and Thursday.

Avon Lake

The Anchor Recreation Facility, at 33483 Lake Road, will be open Monday and Tuesday from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. as a temporary warming center.

Canton

The Crossroads United Methodist at 120 Cleveland Ave. in Canton is open form 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. as needed.

Edward “Peel” Coleman Community Center is open at 1400 Sherrick Road SE from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. Monday through Wednesday.

The Refuge of Hope at 715 Second St. is open from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Saturday.

Creston

The Creston Branch of the Wayne County Public Library at 116 S. Main St. will serve as a warming center through Jan. 23.

The library is open from 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday; and from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. on Wednesday.

Cuyahoga Falls

Mayor Don Waters activated the Natatorium as a warming center on Monday through the extreme temperatures.

Check-in for the warming center is at the Cuyahoga Falls Police Department at 2310 2nd Street and use the entrance near the Oakwood Drive intersection.

The Amenities available will be restrooms, water and a warm, safe area. There will not be food, cots or showers.

Dalton

The Dalton Branch of the Wayne County Public Library at 127 S. Church St. will serve as a warming center through Jan. 23.

The library is open from 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday; and from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. on Wednesday.

Doylestown

The Doylestown Branch of the Wayne County Public Library at 169 N. Portage St. will serve as a warming center through Jan. 23.

The library is open from 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday; and from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. on Wednesday.

Elyria

The city will open an emergency warming center at 101 South Park Dr. from Monday to Wednesday.

The warming center will be open at 7 a.m. on Monday.

Call 211 for warming shelter locations and information.

Jefferson

The Jefferson Rec Center will be open from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

Kent

The Shepherd’s House of Portage County, 2645 State Route 58, in Ravenna, is open for a day and night shelter through Wed., Jan. 22.

Lakewood

Lakewood’s Department of Human Service activated Cove Community Center as a warming center.

The center will be open Jan. 21 and 22. from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Lorain

The warming centers will open at 6 p.m. on Sunday through 11 a.m. on Monday at Lorain High School.

If school is closed on Tuesday, the warming center will remain open until 11 a.m.

A warming center at Faith Ministries Church will be open from Monday at 11 a.m. through Thursday at 11 a.m.

A release from Lorain County said anyone is welcome at the shelters.

Orville

The Orville Public Library at 230 N. Main St. will serve as a warming center through Jan. 23.

The library is open from 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday; and from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. on Wednesday.

Ravenna

Ravenna Police posted to Facebook that Shepard’s House of Portage County will be a night and daytime shelter from Sunday to Wednesday.

People can get a hot meal, shower and a load of laundry.

“When the temperature falls below 20 degrees, we open our warming center at which time individuals who are not registered with back ground checks, may come in. In the event the temperatures during the day fall below 20 degrees, then the warming center is open during the day,” the post read.

You can ride for free to the shelter with PARTA.

Richmond Heights

The Richmond Heights Community Center at 27285 Highland Rd. is serving as a warming center for anyone in need of somewhere warm, especially those affected by the Chardon/Washington power outage.

Rittman

The Rittman Branch of the Wayne County Public Library at 75 N. Main St. will serve as a warming center through Jan. 23.

The library is open from 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday; and from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. on Wednesday.

The Rittman Rec Center at 200 Saurer St. is also open as a warming center through Jan. 23.

The rec center is open from 5:30 a.m. – 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday.

Shreve

The Shreve Branch of the Wayne County Public Library at 189 W. McConkey St. will serve as a warming center through Jan. 23.

The library is open from 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday; and from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. on Wednesday.

West Salem

The West Salem Branch of the Wayne County Public Library at 99 East Buckeye St. will serve as a warming center through Jan. 23.

The library is open 1-7 p.m. on Monday and Thursday; 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. on Tuesday; and 1-5 p.m. on Wednesday.

St. Stephen’s Hackman Hall at 44 Britton St. is also open through Jan. 23.

The hall is open from 1-4 p.m. on Monday; and 1-5 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday.

Wooster

The Main Branch of the Wayne County Public Library at 220 West Liberty St. is open will serve as a warming center through Jan. 23.

The library is open from 9 a.m. – 8:30 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday; and 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. on Wednesday.

OneEighty Oasis Recovery Club at 104 Spink St. will serve as a warming center through Jan. 23 for adults only, and additional restrictions may apply.

The club is open from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, and 3-9 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday.

Salvation Army at 437 S. Market St. will serve as a warming center this week.

Salvation Army is open 10 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, and hot meals are provided at noon and 5:30 p.m.

PARKING BANS

Drivers may face dangerous conditions during their travels in Northeast Ohio.

Several local officials have issued snow parking bans. Here’s a list of active parking bans and closures in our area. The list will be updated.

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Rabbi Leibel Alevsky, Chabad of Northeast Ohio founder and director, dies at 86

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April 21, 2026

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Rabbi Leibel Alevsky, 86, AH | Anash.org

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April 20, 2026

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Rabbi Leibel Alevsky, 86, AH | Anash.org

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Rabbi Yehuda Leib (Leibel) Alevsky, longtime shliach to Cleveland, Ohio, who directed the local Chabad institutions for decades, passed away on Monday, 3 Iyar.

He was 86 years old.

Born on 1 Sivan 5699 in Chernigov, Ukraine, to Reb Chaim Boruch and Mrs. Sima Chaya Alevsky, his father was drafted into the Russian army to fight the Nazis when he was two years old, never to return. He was raised by his mother and his maternal grandfather, Reb Gavriel Kagan, a tomim from Lubavitch.

After the war, the family joined the mass escape from Russia under false Polish passports. After time in a displaced persons camp in Germany and then in France, the Frierdiker Rebbe directed his family to move to Eretz Yisrael. He enrolled in Tomchei Tmimim in Lod, where he studied in the zal under the mashpia, Rabbi Shlomo Chaim Kesselman.

In 5718, after receiving the Rebbe’s permission to travel to New York, he arrived on his nineteenth birthday, Rosh Chodesh Sivan, and enrolled in Tomchei Tmimim at 770. He quickly distinguished himself and was among the first bochurim chosen for the Shivas Knei Hamenorah (“Kanim”) – a group of fourteen select students, seven in Chassidus and seven in nigleh, designated to deliver shiurim and pilpulim before the entire yeshiva.

Beginning in 5722 and until her passing in 5725, he merited to serve Rebbetzin Chana, the Rebbe’s mother, assisting her in numerous ways and spending many hours in her presence.

That same year, he became the first official employee of Tzach, the Lubavitch Youth Organization, under Rabbi Dovid Raskin. He ran the organization for a decade, taking responsibility for hakhalas kehillos, tahalucha, Shabbosim in outlying communities, shiurim, and the printing of the first four volumes of Likkutei Sichos. He also spearheaded the global Keren Hashishim campaign in honor of the Rebbe’s 60th birthday.

During those same years, he developed a close working relationship with Rabbi Chaim Mordechai Eizik Chodakov, the Rebbe’s secretary and chief of staff, whose yahrzeit also falls on 3 Iyar. In an interview with Anash.org, Rabbi Alevsky recalled how Rabbi Chodakov would summon him late at night during yechidus evenings and offer suggestions for Tzach’s activities. He initially did not always act on them – until he once found that the Rebbe himself referenced those same suggestions during a yechidus, making clear to him their true source.

As the neighborhood of Crown Heights began to change, he also acted as a liaison for Tzach to city officials, securing grants and property to stabilize the community.

He merited rare closeness with the Rebbe, and on several occasions, he was called upon to drive the Rebbe to the Ohel. Recognizing the need for the Rebbe to have communication from the Ohel to 770, he arranged for a car phone to be installed in the Rebbe’s vehicle—a luxury that cost $900 at the time—which the Rebbe utilized to send out hora’os. He also arranged for the permanent “No Parking” zone in front of 770 so the Rebbe’s car would always have clear access.

He married his wife, Devorah, daughter of Rabbi Shlomo Schneur Zalman Kazen, one of the Rebbe’s pioneering shluchim, in Cleveland on Chai Elul 5722. At the yechidus before the wedding, the Rebbe told the young couple: “Az ir vet machen lichtig arum eich, vet der Aibershter machen lichtig bai eich” – when you spread light around you, the Aibershter will illuminate your own space as well.

At the same time of their Chasuna, the Rebbe held a surprise farbrengen in 770, announcing the upcoming “Shnas Hakan” (150 years since the Alter Rebbe’s passing). The Rebbe had Rabbi Hodakov phone the wedding hall so the Chosson could repeat the Rebbe’s words to the assembled guests.

In 5727 (1967), during a yechidus for his 28th birthday, he asked the Rebbe if his mother and sister should leave Eretz Yisroel due to the looming threat of the Six-Day War. The Rebbe responded prophetically that there was no need to worry, as the war would be over in ten days.

In 5732 (1972), he began his shlichus in Cleveland, joining his father-in-law in expanding Chabad activities in the city.

Over the following decades, he led the community and oversaw immense growth. He built a replica of 770 in Cleveland to serve as the headquarters for the Chabad activities there.

He organized groups of mekuravim who would travel together by bus to receive the Rebbe’s brochos by Sunday dollars.

During the events of Shemini Atzeres 5738 (1977), Rabbi Alevsky was instrumental in the efforts for the Rebbe’s health, helping to urgently bring a doctor to 770.

When the bank threatened to foreclose on the Chabad building in 5744, he flew to the Rebbe and submitted a detailed report on the situation. The Rebbe responded, “Azkir al hatziyun,” and within days the full amount was raised in what he described as an open miracle.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Devorah Alevsky, and their children: Sarah Freedman – Bahia Blanca, Argentina; Chani Glitzenstein – Maaleh Efraim, Eretz Yisroel; Kaila Sasonkin – Akron, Ohio; Rabbi Chaim Boruch Alevsky – Cleveland, Ohio; Miriam Greenberg – Solon, Ohio; Dinie Greenberg – Shanghai, China; Estie Marozov – Pepper Pike, Ohio; Rochie Sudak – London, UK; Rivky Friedman – Brooklyn, New York; and Rabbi Mendy Alevsky – Cleveland, Ohio.

The levaya will take place today in Ohio at 4:30 p.m. at the Waxman Chabad Center, followed by kevura at Anshe Sfard Cemetery.

Boruch dayan hoemes.

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3 seriously injured after crash on I-90 in Cleveland: EMS

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April 20, 2026

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3 seriously injured after crash on I-90 in Cleveland: EMS

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – Three people were seriously injured after a car crash on I-90 at Eddy Road early Sunday morning, according to Cleveland EMS.

EMS told 19 News that paramedics responded to the I-90 West and Eddy Road for a car crash.

Paramedics took a man in his 60s in serious condition to Metro Health, a man in his 30s and a woman in her 20s, both in serious condition, to University Hospital.

19 News has reached out to Cleveland Police for more details about the crash.

This is a developing story. Return to 19 News for more details.

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