Cleveland, OH
New intel on Ohio State defense’s last big NFL Draft decision for 2024
Note: This article preceded J.T. Tuimoloau’s announcement that he will return for a fourth season and put off the 2024 NFL Draft.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — When Buckeye Talk needed inside info on Ohio State football’s protracted recruitment of J.T. Tuimoloau in the summer of 2021, we turned to 247Sports’ Brandon Huffman.
The Seattle-based Huffman had consistently turned out the best info on what was a pretty buttoned-up recruiting process for the highly coveted five-star defensive end. He discussed how commitments from Gee Scott Jr. and Emeka Egbuka helped make OSU a “Holy Grail” school for Pacific Northwest prospects.
Tuimoloau now is the one holding the grail, as OSU awaits his decision on whether to enter the 2024 NFL Draft or return to Ohio State. Friday morning, Huffman posted an update on a 247Sports message board:
“From what I’m hearing out this way, hearing JTT is coming back for the 2024 season,” Huffman wrote. “My sources on hum through his recruitment have been golf so I’m trusting them on this one.”
Additionally, OSU assistant defensive line coach LaAllan Clark made a simple post on X (formerly Twitter) Friday afternoon. It included a Buckeye emoji and the phrase “#ReloadTheClip.” That’s the slogan other defensive starters have used when announcing they are coming back for another season.
If there is fire beneath this smoke, Tuimoloau would complete a movement that saw nearly every draft-eligible defensive starter with remaining eligibility return for 2024. Mike Hall Jr. opted to enter the NFL Draft. Defensive end Jack Sawyer, tackles Tyleik Williams and Ty Hamilton, cornerback Denzel Burke and safeties Lathan Ransom and Jordan Hancock have all announced they will return.
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Various mock drafts keep mentioning Tuimoloau as a borderline first-round prospect. His athleticism very likely would show up in impressive ways at the NFL Scouting Combine and other pre-draft workouts.
However, the chance to return and contribute to another stellar defense would be enticing as well. Tuimoloau collected five sacks, six quarterback hurries and two pass breakups. He continued to show up in some of the biggest moments of the season, most notably the critical fourth quarter of the win at Notre Dame.
As Tuimoloau and his family showed in that summer of 2021, they will take a deliberate approach to these decisions. If Huffman’s sources are again correct, a truly special OSU defense this fall becomes even more possible.
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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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