CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – Cleveland is gearing up to host the Cleveland Marathon Sunday.

Over 13,000 runners are expected to participate in the half marathon and full marathon.

The marathon and half marathon will begin at 7 a.m., and the 26.3 After Mile Party will be from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Here are the road closures starting Sunday at midnight:

• St. Clair Avenue – from East 6th Street to Ontario Street – until 3:00 p.m.

Here are the road closures starting Saturday at 6 a.m.:

• St. Clair Avenue – from East 6th Street to West 9th Street – until 3:00 p.m.
• West 9th Street – from St. Clair Avenue to Superior Avenue – until 3:00 p.m.
• Superior Avenue – from West 9th Street to East 18th Street – until 7:30 a.m.
• East 9th Street – from Superior Avenue to Euclid Avenue – until 7:30 a.m.
• Euclid Avenue – from East 9th Street to East 22nd Street – until 7:30 a.m.
• East 22nd Street – from Euclid Avenue to Payne Avenue – until 8:00 a.m.
• Payne Avenue – from East 22nd Street to East 18th Street – until 8:00 a.m.
• East 13th Street – from Payne Avenue to Chester Avenue – until 8:00 a.m.
• Chester Avenue – from East 13th Street to East 12th Street – until 8:00 a.m.
• East 12th Street – from Chester Avenue to Superior Avenue – until 8:00 a.m.
• East 18th Street – from Superior Avenue to Lakeside Avenue – until 8:00 a.m.
• Lakeside Avenue – from East 18th Street to West 3rd Street – until 8:30 a.m.
• East 9th Street – from Lakeside Avenue to Erieside Avenue – until 8:30 a.m.
• Erieside Avenue – from East 9th Street to West 3rd Street – until 8:30 a.m.
• West 3rd Street – from Erieside Avenue to Lakeside Avenue – until 9:00 a.m.
• West 9th Street – from Lakeside Avenue to Front Avenue – until 9:00 a.m.
• Old River Road – from Front Avenue to Carter Road – until 9:00 a.m.
• Scranton Road – from Carter Road to Starkweather Avenue – until 9:30 a.m.
• West 14th Street – from Kenilworth Avenue to Buhrer Avenue – until 9:30 a.m.
• Buhrer Avenue – from West 14th Street to West 11th Street – until 9:30 a.m.
• West 11th Street – from Buhrer Avenue to Clark Avenue – until 9:30 a.m.
• Clark Avenue – from West 11th Street to West 14th Street – until 9:30 a.m.
• Kenilworth Avenue – from West 14th Street to West 11th Street – until 9:30 a.m.
• West 11th Street – from Kenilworth Avenue to Starkweather Avenue – until 9:45 a.m.
• Starkweather Avenue – from Scranton Road to Jefferson Avenue – until 9:45 a.m.
• Jefferson Avenue – from Starkweather Avenue to Professor Avenue – until 9:45 a.m.
• Professor Avenue – from Jefferson Avenue to Fairfield Avenue – until 9:45 a.m.
• Fairfield Avenue – from Professor Avenue to West 11th Street – until 9:45 a.m.
• Abby Avenue – from West 11th Street to West 19th Street – until 10:00 a.m.
• Lorain Avenue/Carnegie Bridge – from West 20th Street to Ontario Avenue – until 10:30 a.m., RTA traffic only
• Ontario Avenue – from Carnegie Avenue to Huron Road – until 10:30 a.m. with northbound traffic maintained, one lane southbound maintained
• West Huron Road – from Ontario Avenue to Superior Avenue – until 10:30 a.m.
• Detroit Avenue – from Superior Avenue to Lake Road Street – until 2:00 p.m., hard closure until noon then partial as necessary for runner right of way
• Shoreway – from East 55th Street to West Boulevard – from 2 a.m. until 3 p.m.
• Edgewater – from West Boulevard to West 115th Street – until 2 p.m.
• West 115th Street – from Edgewater to Lake – until 2 p.m.
• Lake – from West 117th Street to Shoreway Entrance until 2:30 p.m.
• Lake – from Detroit Avenue to West Boulevard – until 11:15 a.m.
• Clifton Blvd. – from Lake to West Boulevard – until 11:15 a.m.
• West Boulevard – from Clifton Blvd. to Edgewater – until 2 p.m.

Rolling closures are approximate and based on the time the last runner passes through an intersection. Closures may be adjusted as necessary.

Below is the information for parking.

• Public lots will be available throughout downtown, see clevelandmarathon.com for the full list
  • Notes:
    • Lot access may be restricted during the races
    • Check Rates and hours in advance
• The only parking available at the Huntington Garage will be surface parking on Level 3
• Ride RTA to skip the traffic

Here is where you can cheer on the runners:

CLEVELAND, OH — A Delta Air Lines flight bound for Atlanta was forced to make an emergency return to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE) on Friday evening shortly after takeoff.

Delta flight DL2750, a regularly scheduled 90-minute flight to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), departed Cleveland on Friday, May 15, 2026, at 7:50 PM EDT.

The aircraft, a Boeing 737-900 with registration N962DZ, took off from runway 24R and began a standard climb out. However, upon reaching an altitude of approximately 22,000 feet, the flight crew abruptly halted the climb and declared an emergency, transmitting a “squawk 7700” transponder code to air traffic control.

Swift Return to Cleveland

Following the emergency declaration, air traffic controllers immediately vectored the aircraft back toward Cleveland. The plane conducted a rapid turnaround and safely touched down back at CLE at 8:47 PM EDT, exactly 57 minutes after its initial departure.

Emergency response vehicles met the aircraft on the tarmac as a standard precautionary measure, though no injuries have been reported among the passengers or crew.

Flight Canceled for Inspection

Delta Air Lines subsequently canceled the flight, leaving passengers to be rebooked on alternative routes. The specific nature of the emergency has not yet been disclosed by the airline or the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

As of Saturday morning, the Boeing 737-900 remains on the ground in Cleveland, where maintenance teams are conducting a thorough inspection to determine the cause of the mid-air incident.

“I thought it was one of the more likable teams…such a fun team.”

Those were the words of former Jason Kipnis before he and the rest of Cleveland’s 2016 World Series team were honored at Progressive Field on Friday night, nearly a decade removed from one of the most heartbreaking finishes in baseball history.

But for Jason Kipnis, the heartbreak everyone remembers, losing Game 7 in extra innings, feels different. Nearly every time Cleveland’s 2016 season is brought up, the conversation is somber, and rightfully so. To Kipnis, it’s far more personal.

“God, it would mean more to me [to win a World Series],” Kipnis said, following a moment to pause, breathe and think everything through.

He wishes the series had ended differently. Instead of sitting through a rain delay before returning to the field and falling in the final embers of Game 7, he could have been celebrating as a World Series champion.

His Game 7 Moment

It was the kind of game where everything that happened before it, every slump, every hot streak, every triumph and failure, suddenly no longer mattered.

For Kipnis, it birthed one of his favorite memories. One that still brings him goose bumps to speak about.

Late in the game, after reaching base on a bunt single, Kipnis understood the moment immediately. Opportunities like that did not come often, especially against a bullpen as talented as Chicago’s that had been surging the past two games.

When a wild pitch from reliever Jon Lester skipped away from David Ross, who was stationed behind home plate, Kipnis never hesitated. Racing home from second base, he slid across the plate to score alongside Carlos Santana, who was on the base paths ahead of him.

It was just the third time in World Series history that two base runners had scored on the same wild pitch.

For a brief moment, it felt like the championship drought was truly about to end.

“I see it hits the side of his [Ross’s] face and knocks him one way, ball goes back the other,” he said, reminiscing on that specific moment. “Within 0.1 seconds, I was like… ‘it’s happening,’ like I’m screaming, like it’s happening, and I just absolutely rounded it [the bases]. The adrenaline rush, I was like, this is what we needed to get back into this game. It covered the deficit a little bit, and it did. It gave us a momentum boost.

“It kind of brought us back into two-run territory and restarted the game a little bit.”

The Crushing Yet Unforgettable Finish

At the time of Kipnis’ sprint from second, Cleveland was down four runs and seemed to be out of the contest, but from that moment forward, the Indians were able to bring back balance to the contest. They went on to allow just one run, scoring five in the process, down the stretch of regulation.

Kipnis started the comeback, Rajai Davis continued it.

In the eighth inning, with the scoreline sitting 6-4, Davis stepped up to the plate with two outs and a runner on first. Kipnis, who was in the dugout at the time, still watches this moment back to this day.

“‘Ive gone back and watched that one highlight more than anything else,” he said.

Cubs reliever Aroldis Chapman rifled a 98 mph fastball at Davis, who stood in confidently, bashing the ball over the left-field wall at 101.5 mph at a 22-degree launch angle. It barely cleared the towering left field wall, sending Cleveland into screams.

“The noise, the looking around… I have chills right now,” he said, looking down at his right arm. “It was the first time I felt like, oh, that’s what pandemonium is. That’s like this is what the word is.

“Just the noise and everybody going crazy and the momentum shift and just what it meant to us right there. God, you’d run through a wall right then and there.”

Although Cleveland ultimately fell short in extra innings, the emotion from that night has never disappeared. For everyone involved, fans, front office members, players and others, it remains one of the most gut-wrenching losses in the organization’s history.

For players like Kipnis, it also stands as one of the most meaningful experiences of their lives.

Nearly a decade later, moments from that series still live on throughout the city.

Davis’ home run, a moment that likely awoke the entire city, is still recognized to this day. On Saturday, May 16, the first 15,000 fans who enter Progressive Stadium will be given a bobblehead to commemorate such a moment.

But first, a day earlier, the entire squad will be given its flowers before the Guardians’ series-opener against the Cincinnati Reds. And there, on the field, Kipnis can look around at the Cleveland faithful, many of whom had packed Progressive Field nearly 10 years ago, and think back to moments that won’t ever be forgotten.