Cleveland, OH
Black Men's Wellness Day focuses on serving Ohio communities
OHIO — Cities across the Buckeye State are gearing up to give back by recognizing Black Men’s Wellness Day.
While some cities like Columbus, Mahoning Valley and Toledo have already celebrated their days, Cleveland and Cincinnati are preparing for their own.
This free event is hosted by the National African American Male Wellness Agency and offers free health screenings, vendors, live entertainment, a 5K run/walk and family activities.
Since 2004, AAMWA has provided more than 10,000 yearly screenings and helped with health education across the country. Over the past five years, the organization has expanded its focus of health and wellness to include, “fatherhood, financial wellness, mental health, mentorship and research initiatives.”
At Columbus’ 20th Walk to Save Black Men’s Lives in 2023, 1,124 men and 702 women were screened of the over 30,000 attendees. In Youngstown, there were 2,500 attendees with more than 220 attendees screened, with 117 of those screened being men. In Toledo, 140 men and women were screened.
Numbers have not yet been released from the 2024 events for these cities. To look into the 2023 data, click here.
University Hospitals in Cleveland is lending clinical skills to the event including blood glucose screenings, cholesterol and prostate cancer screenings.
“Cleveland Black Men’s Wellness Day is an excellent opportunity to help remedy healthcare disparities faced by African American men,” said Dr. David Headen in a news release. “Participants will see familiar faces eager to solve their health challenges and serve as a guide to the great care University Hospitals has to offer.”
Headen, a Cleveland native and an internal medicine physician at University Hospitals, is the event’s honorary chair.
Cleveland is recognizing the wellness day on Saturday, Aug. 24 beginning at 7 a.m. until 12 p.m. at Wade Oval, 10820 East Boulevard Cleveland, OH 44106. Cincinnati’s day comes at the end of the month, Saturday, Aug. 31 beginning from 7 a.m. to 12 p.m. at 1201 West Kemper Road Cincinnati, OH 45240.
Cleveland, OH
Woman killed, several children injured in Ohio Turnpike crash in Lorain County
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – A 28-year-old woman is dead, and three children are hospitalized following a one-car rollover accident in Elyria Township in the eastbound lanes of the Ohio Turnpike.
The crash happened around 11:54 a.m. at milepost 146.3.
During the investigation of the crash OSHP learned that the crash happened when the Toyota RAV4, driven by Najalee N. Rivera, drove off the right side of the road, struck a guardrail, and overturned.
The vehicle was also occupied by three children. A 7-year-old boy, a 8-year-old girl, and 4-year-old girl all from Lorain, they all suffered non-life-threatening injuries and were transported by LifeCare Ambulance to University Elyria Hospital.
Rivera was not wearing a safety belt at the time of the crash, according to OSHP.
Two of the lanes were reopened about 4:15 p.m., according to a social media post from the Ohio Turnpike.
Check back with 19 News for the latest on this story.
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Cleveland, OH
LOOK: Remembering the Cavs championship win, victory parade 10 years later
CLEVELAND (WJW) — Ten years ago, Cleveland experienced one of the most unforgettable moments in the city’s history.
The Cavaliers became the first-ever team to overcome a 3-1 deficit to win a championship. By winning the 2016 NBA Finals, they also ended a 52-year championship drought for Cleveland.
Mr. Cavalier, Austin Carr, said he still relishes that moment 10 years later.
“The odds we overcame to win that championship,” he said. “Not only did we have to win three straight games, but we also had to have the right things happen at the right moment in order to win it. And that just tells me how difficult it is … with ‘The Shot’, ‘The Block’, and the defensive move. All those. It was just meant to be.”
The victory over the Golden State Warriors catapulted LeBron James, Kyrie Irving, J.R. Smith and the rest of the crew into essential Northeast Ohio sainthood.
When Akron’s own James screamed the now-famous phrase, “Cleveland, this is for you!” following the game, a whole legion of Cleveland fans around the country wept and cheered along with him.

When Smith refused to put a shirt on for what seemed like a whole summer in honor of the win, it felt right and proper.
Whenever the long-since traded Irving comes back to town, he’s remembered for his important 3-pointer at the end of Game 7 and not the way he left the team.
And the city made history again just a few days later, when more than 1.3 million people flooded downtown Cleveland for the championship parade. According to the Cavs, it remains the largest NBA championship parade ever.
The current Cavaliers (now in their Donovan Mitchell era) haven’t been back to the NBA Finals. They reached the conference finals this past spring for the first time since 2018. But a finals appearance has still eluded the wine and gold.
Cleveland, OH
Violent crime crackdown leads to 11 felony arrests and gets eight guns off Cleveland’s streets
CLEVELAND, OH — Cleveland police and Gov. Mike DeWine’s office touted the results of a violent crime reduction operation that led to 11 arrests and took eight illegally possessed guns off the city’s streets Wednesday.
“We got bad people off the street, and we’ll continue to get bad people off the street,” said Cleveland Police Sgt. Wilfredo Diaz.
The operation was a collaboration between police, Ohio State Highway Patrol, Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s deputies, U.S. Marshals Service and the Ohio Investigative Unit.
Diaz said it focused on both traffic enforcement and executing search warrants and arrest warrants targeting suspected criminals identified through ongoing investigations.
“[We] use intelligence-led policing to really saturate specific areas where we believe there’s an influx of crime, violent crime in particular,” said Diaz.
The numbers were music to the ears of Councilman Mike Polensek.
“We want this presence,” said Polensek, who chairs the council’s Safety Committee. “We want this presence in our neighborhoods. You’ve got to lay the law down. Our residents want this to take place.”
Polensek previously called on Mayor Justin Bibb to ask for help from the state and county to address what he called ridiculous levels of violence in the city.
Polensek cited numbers showing Cleveland police have lost hundreds of officers over the last two decades.
‘If we’re going to reclaim our streets, that’s what it’s going to be, all hands on deck,” said Polensek.
Diaz said more of the special details are already planned, but he would not reveal specific details.
He did offer this warning to the criminals terrorizing the city.
“If there are any bad actors that watch Channel 5, we want this message to get out,” said Diaz, “that we didn’t get you this time, we’re going to get you next time.”
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