Cleveland, OH
Browns owners commit only to Northeast Ohio, leaving questions about future stadium site
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CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – The Cleveland Browns have called the city and the downtown lakefront home for decades but in a news conference on Monday, co-owner Jimmy Haslam would only commit to keeping the team in Northeast Ohio.
“These things take time. The only thing Dee [Haslam] and I will say for sure is we’re not leaving northeastern Ohio. That’s for sure. Our preference is to be on the lakefront but we have to see how things play out. It will be fluid and there will be bumps on the road. It may be different in three months,” Mr. Haslam said.
Mrs. Haslam reiterated that the team hopes to continue playing at the current stadium, but with major renovations to the facility and surrounding area.
“Number one, we want to continue having conversations about how we remodel the stadium and stay vibrant on the lakefront. We thing it’s really critical for the community. The lakefront is a just an important process. Outside of us, the lakefront in Cleveland has to be developed,” she said.
But it was the comments made by Mr. Haslam that sparked new questions about exactly what the ownership group is hoping for.
“I think plan B is going to the suburbs and I think they’re going to threaten the city with it eventually,” said ESPN Cleveland radio host Tony Rizzo. “What I’m saying is, if the Browns were smart, and they are. They’ll have a plan B if the city doesn’t want to play ball with them.”
A spokesperson for Mayor Justin Bibb’s confirmed to 19 News the city is still engaged in active stadium talks with the Browns, but the said the city did not have any updates on the progress.
The Haslams said representatives from the organization continue to speak with representatives from city, county and state offices on a regular basis.
Earlier this year, real estate writer Ken Prendergast wrote on his NEOtrans blog that the Haslams actually favored new construction away from the lakefront.
“My understanding is they would still like to consider options and this is still a fluid situation,” he told 19 News on Tuesday.
Citing his sources, Prendergast said the Haslams have looked into a site just east of downtown, potentially on the site of the current post office at 2400 Orange Ave. near Progressive Field.
It’s unclear if the Browns have identified any possible sites outside of the city, but Prendergast isn’t optimistic a logical site exists.
“It’s possible but where do you build in the suburbs that’s close to an interstate county that has that kind of land? Unless you’re going to convince the county to give up the jail site, I don’t see it anywhere near close to highways and where population is,” he said.
“It’s not a done deal. Until they have signed contracts, anything and everything is possible,” Prendergast added.
The Browns lease with the city expires in 2028.
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Cleveland, OH
2 people, 78 and 81, dead in suspected murder-suicide at Cleveland Metroparks, police say
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – Cleveland Metroparks police launched a suspected murder-suicide investigation Sunday involving a 78-year-old woman and 81-year-old man.
Police say the pair were found dead in a vehicle parked near the Mastick Woods Golf Course around 11 p.m. Sunday.
The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner has identified the deceased as Barbara A. Conroy and Dennis Raymond Conroy from Brooklyn.
The medical examiner said Barbara’s death is a suspected homicide.
A Cleveland Metroparks police report states an officer spotted a parked car while making an after-hours patrol in the parking lot.
According to the report, two officers approached the vehicle and found the pair dead inside from gunshot wounds.
Metroparks police said investigators learned from Cleveland police that Barbara had been reported missing earlier in the day.
The investigation determined Dennis picked up Barbara from a Cleveland nursing home prior to the incident, according to the report.
Cleveland Metroparks police said their investigation is ongoing.
This is a developing story. Return to 19 News for updates.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – Workers are put up against the clock as their jobs hang in the balance.
Daundre Frazier told 19 News his work family was torn apart when the Arby’s on Chester Avenue and East 22nd Street in Cleveland was shut down without warning.
“It was Monday morning when we all found out, “ said Frazier. “It’s like we’re scheduled to work we got bills and stuff to pay and it was just a whole bunch of commotion.”
Frazier says when he came into work last Monday his other coworkers were cleaning out the store–saying they didn’t find out about the move until they came in for their shift.
Cashayliana Jones says she was supposed to be starting this week.
“I was really confused like did anyone know about this or did it come out of the blue,” said Jones.
Frazier says even though they didn’t hear about the closure until the 10th they received this letter that was written on the 6th about the closure.
Stating if they stayed and helped clean up the store they could transfer to other Arby’s locations.
But Frazier says that wont work for a lot of his team.
“Everybody who works here lives within 10 minutes, “ said Frazier. “Ubering, Lyfting, and catching the bus are gonna cost more money than they bring in for working.”
Putting people in a bind right before the holidays.
“They didn’t let us know because they didn’t think we would come in and do the cleaning duties they needed us to do, but they never gave us that option,” said Frazier.
“We could have been looking for another job,” said Frazier. That would have been the courtesy for them.”
Our team reached out to Arby’s with these concerns twice, but hasn’t heard back.
“Everybody who works here is like a family, we all treat each other like brothers and sisters,“ said Frazier. “When that happened we were all just like shocked.”
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