Cleveland, OH
Northeast Ohio school closings and delays for Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024; Cleveland city schools close
CLEVELAND, Ohio — School districts throughout Northeast Ohio, including Cleveland Metropolitan School District, are canceling classes for Wednesday, with forecasts calling for dangerously cold temperatures early in the morning.
The National Weather Service has issued a wind chill advisory for much of Northeast Ohio, including Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Medina, Portage, Stark, Summit and Trumbull counties. Forecasts say it will be about 5 to 6 degrees during the time children usually wait for bus pickup or walk to school, but wind chills will make it feel like minus-16.
The advisory is in effect until noon Wednesday. Temperatures eventually will climb into the low 20s, but it will remain windy throughout the day, with gusts up to 31 mph.
Here is a list of school closings and delays from WKYC Channel 3. All schools listed are closed Wednesday unless otherwise noted.
Academy of St. Bartholomew
Agape Christian Academy
Akros Middle School
Akron City Schools
Albert Einstein Academy, all campuses
Alliance City Schools
All Saints of St. John Vianney
Alpha Care (Cuyahoga, Lorain)
Amherst Exempted Village Schools
Andrews Osborne Academy
Apex Academy
Archbishop Hoban High School
Assumption Academy Broadview Heights
Aurora City Schools
Avon Lake City Schools
Avon Local Schools
Barberton City Schools
Bay Village City Schools
Beachwood City Schools
Beaumont School
Bedford City Schools
Benedictine High
Berea City Schools
Berkshire Local Schools
Bethel Baptist Christian Academy
Bethel Christian Academy (Parma)
Brecksville-Broadview Heights Schools
Broadmoor School
Broadway Academy
Brooklyn City Schools
Brownstone Day School
Brunswick City Schools
Buckeye Joint Vocational School District
Buckeye Local (Ashtabula County)
Buckeye Local (Medina)
Bucyrus City Schools
C.A.S.T.L.E High School Parma
Canton City Schools
Canton Country Day School
Canton Harbor High School
Canton Local Schools
Cardinal Local Schools
Central Christian School
Chagrin Falls Exempted Village Schools
Chapel Hill Christian North
Chapel Hill Christian School South
Chardon Local Schools
Chippewa Local Schools
Christian Community School
Christian Faith Academy
Citizens Academy Southeast
Citizens Leadership & Academy Glenville
Clearview Local Schools
Cleveland Central Catholic High School
Cleveland Heights-University Heights Schools
Cleveland Metropolitan School District
Cloverleaf Local Schools
Columbia Local Schools
Constellation School Westpark Community Elementary
Constellation Schools Eastside Arts Academy
Constellation Schools Stockyard Community Middle School
Constellation Schools Elyria Community Elementary
Constellation Schools Elyria Community Middle School
Constellation Schools Lorain Community Elementary
Constellation Schools Lorain Community Middle School
Constellation Schools Madison Community Elementary
Constellation Schools Old Brooklyn Community Middle School
Constellation Schools Old Brooklyn Community Elementary
Constellation Schools Parma Community Elementary
Constellation Schools Parma Community Middle
Constellation Schools Parma Community High School
Constellation Schools Parma Community Intermediate School
Constellation Schools Puritas Community Elementary
Constellation Schools Puritas Community Middle School
Constellation Schools Stockyard Community Elementary
Constellation Schools Westpark Community Middle School
Constellation Schools Westside Community School of Arts
Constellation Schools-Pearl Road Elementary
Copley Fairlawn City Schools
Cornerstone Christian Academy
Corpus Christi Academy
Coventry Local Schools
Crestwood Local Schools
Cuyahoga Falls City Schools
Cuyahoga Heights Local Schools
Cuyahoga Valley Career Center
Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy
E Prep & Village Prep Cliffs
E Prep & Village Prep Willard
E Prep & Village Prep Woodland
ECEC-Shaker Heights
Edge Academy
Education Alternatives-Bedford
Education Alternatives – Painesville
Education Alternatives-Cuyahoga Falls
Education Alternatives-Elyria
Education Alternatives-Ravenna
Education Alternatives-Willoughby
EHOVE Career Center
Elyria Catholic High School
Elyria City Schools
Emmanuel Christian Academy
Euclid City Schools
Fairlawn Lutheran School
Fairport Harbor Exempted Village Schools
Fairview Park City Schools
Field Local Schools
Garfield Heights City Schools
Geauga Head Start
Geneva Area City Schools
Gilmour Academy
Global Ambassadors Language Academy
Gospel Haven Academy
Grand Valley Local Schools
Green Local Schools (Summit County)
Green Local Schools (Wayne County)
Hartville Christian School
Hathaway Brown School
Hawken Schools
Heritage Christian Schools, Canton
Heritage Classical Academy – Northfield
Heritage Classical- Bainbridge
Heritage Classical- Peninsula
Hershey Montessori, Concord Township
Hershey Montessori, Huntsburg Township
Highland Local Schools
Hillsdale Local Schools
Holy Cross Lutheran School
Holy Family-Parma
Holy Family-Stow
Holy Name Elementary
Holy Name High School
Horizon Science Academy Cleveland High School
Hudson City Schools
IDEA House Educational Services
Imagine Bella Academy
Immaculate Heart-Cuyahoga Falls
Incarnate Word Academy Elementary
Independence Local Schools
Innovation Academy West
Insigtful Minds
Intergenerational School
Invictus High School
iSTEM Geauga Early College High School
Jackson Local Schools
James A Garfield Local Schools
Julie Billiart School- Akron
Julie Billiart School- Lyndhurst
Julie Billiart School- Westlake
Kenston Local Schools
Kent City Schools
Keystone Local Schools
Kingsway Christian School
Kirtland Local Schools
Lake Catholic High School
Lake Center Christian Schools
Lake Local Schools (Stark County)
Lake Ridge Academy
Lakeland Community College, all campuses
Lakeshore Intergenerational School
Lakewood Catholic Academy
Lakewood City Schools
Lakewood Lutheran Elementary
Laurel School Butler Campus
Laurel School Lyman Campus
LEAP Program – Crestview
LEAP Program – Garfield Heights
LEAP Program – Green
LEAP Program – Kent
LEAP Program – Rittman
Lerner School
Lorain County Early Learning Center
Lorain Preparatory School
Louisville City Schools
Lutheran East High School
Lutheran West High School
Madison Local Schools (Lake County)
Madison Local Schools (Richland County)
Maple Heights City Schools
Maplewood Career Center
Mater Dei Academy
Mayfair Christian School
Mayfield City Schools
Medina Christian Academy
Medina City Schools
Medina County Career Center
Mentor Christian
Mentor Exempted Village Schools
Messiah Lutheran School
Metro Catholic Parish Elementary
Middleburg Early Education Center
Middlebury Academy
Midview Local Schools
Minerva Area Christian School
Minerva Local Schools
Mogadore Local Schools
Monarch School
Montessori School of University Heights
New Life Christian Academy
Noble Academy-Cleveland
Nordonia Hills City Schools
North Canton City Schools
North Olmsted City Schools
North Ridgeville City Schools
North Royalton City Schools
Northside Christian Academy
Northwest Local Schools
Norton City Schools
Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin Schools
Oberlin City Schools
Old Trail School
Olmsted Falls City Schools
Orange City Schools
Orchard Park Academy
Orrville City Schools
Our Lady Mt. Carmel – Cleveland
Our Lady of Angels Elementary
Our Lady of Elms-All
Our Lady of Peace-Canton
Our Lady of the Lake School
Padua Franciscan High
Painesville City Schools
Parma City Schools
Perry Local Schools (Lake County)
Perry Local Schools (Stark County)
Pinnacle Academy
Plain Local Schools
Portage Lakes Career Center
Portage Learning Center Atwater
Portage Learning Center Ravenna (No transportation)
Portage Learning Center Kent
Pymatuning Valley Local Schools
Ravenna School District
Redeemer Christian Elementary
Revere Local Schools
Richmond Heights Local Schools
Rittman Exempted Village Schools
Painesville Riverside Local Schools
Rocky River City Schools
Ruffing Montessori-Cleveland Heights
Ruffing Montessori-Rocky River
South Euclid-Lyndhurst City Schools
Shaker Heights City Schools
Solon City Schools
South Suburban Montessori
Southeast Local Schools (Portage County)
Spring Garden Waldorf School
Springfield Local Schools (Summit County)
St. Adalbert-Cleveland
St. Agatha-St. Aloysius
St. Albert the Great Elementary
St. Ambrose-Brunswick
St. Angela Merici
St. Anselm School
St. Anthony of Padua-Akron
St. Anthony of Padua-Lorain
St. Augustine-Barberton
St. Barnabas Elementary
St. Benedict Catholic School
St. Brendan School
St. Charles Borromeo School
St. Christopher Elementary
St. Columbkille Elementary
St. Dominic School
St. Francis-Gates Mills
St. Gabriel-Mentor
St. Helen School-Newbury
St. Hilary Elem-Fairlawn
St. Ignatius High School
St. Ignatius of Antioch
St. Jerome Elementary
St. Joan of Arc-Chagrin Falls
St. John Lutheran-Cleveland
St. John School-Ashtabula
St. Joseph Academy
St. Joseph-Randolph
St. Jude Elementary-Elyria
St. Ladislas Good Shepherd
St. Leo The Great-Cleveland
St. Mark Catholic School
St. Martin de Porres High School
St. Mary Byzantine Elementary
St. Mary Elementary-Berea
St. Mary Elementary-Chardon
St. Mary Elementary-Elyria
St. Mary Elementary-Mansfield
St. Mary Immaculate-Avon
St. Mary of the Assumption
St. Mary-Akron
St. Michael-Canton
St. Michael-Independence
St. Paschal Baylon Elementary
St. Patrick Elementary-Kent
St. Paul Lutheran-Westlake
St. Peter Elementary-Canton
St. Peter Elementarhy-Lorain
St. Peter-North Ridgeville
St. Raphael Elementary
St. Rita Elementary
St. Rocco Elementary
St. Sebastian Elementary
St. Stanislaus Elementary
St. Thomas Aquinas
St. Thomas More Elementary
St. Vincent-St. Mary High School
STEPS Academy
Stepstone Academy
Stow-Munroe Falls City Schools
Streetsboro City Schools
Strongsville City Schools
Sts. Joseph and John-Strongsville
Sts. Robert and William Elementary
Summit Academy Elementary-Akron
Summit Academy Elementary-Lorain
Summit Academy-Akron Secondary
Summit Academy-Canton
Summit Christian School
Tallmadge City Schools
The Methodist Preschool of Chagrin Falls
Thurgood Marshall High School
Towpath Trail High School
Trinity High School
Triway Local Schools
Twinsburg City Schools
UCP of Greater Cleveland
University School
Urban Vision-Akron
Valley Christian Academy-Aurora
Vermilion Local Schools
Villa Angela-St. Joseph High School
Wadsworth City Schools
Walsh Jesuit High School
Warrensville Heights City Schools
Washington Park Community School
West Branch Local Schools
West Geauga Local Schools
Western Reserve Local Schools
Westlake City Schools
Westshore Montessori
Westside Christian Academy
Wickliffe City Schools
Wings Academy
Woodridge Local Schools
Wright Preparatory Academy
Cleveland, OH
Woman, 28, arrested for murder after 2 young girls found in suitcases on Cleveland’s east side
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – Cleveland police have charged a 28-year-old woman with aggravated murder and child endangering for the deaths of two young girls found buried in suitcases on the city’s east side.
Aliyah Henderson was arrested Wednesday evening at a home on E. 162nd after officers executed a search warrant. She was then booked into the Cuyahoga County Jail.
Cleveland police said a third child was found inside the home and appeared to be in good health. That child is now in the custody of the Department of Children and Family Services.
The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner identified the two girls as 10-year-old Amor Wilson and 8-year-old Mila Chatman. The girls are also half-sisters.
The bodies of the two half-sisters were found in partially buried suitcases around 6 p.m. Monday near E. 162nd Street and Midland Avenue.
This is in the city’s South Collinwood neighborhood.
A man was walking his dog in the area, for the first time in a while, due to the snow, and the dog hit on the scent.
The man immediately called 911.
When officers and homicide detectives got to the field, they found the second body nearby.
Cleveland Police Chief Dorothy Todd said the victims had been there for some time.
“These were two young lives with their entire futures ahead of them,” said Cleveland Police Chief Dorothy Todd. “Our detectives worked tirelessly and with great care to identify those responsible. Investigations of this nature require patience, precision, and discretion. Unlike what is often portrayed on television, every detail cannot be shared publicly. Certain information must remain confidential to protect the integrity of the investigation and ensure justice for these victims. That careful and methodical work allowed our detectives to develop the evidence needed to make quick identification of a person of interest, ultimately resulting in an arrest.”
Henderson will be in the Cleveland Municipal Court on Friday at 8:30 a.m.
If anyone has any information, they are asked to call the Cleveland Police Homicide Unit at 216-623-5464.
Tips can remain anonymous.
A memorial where the two girls were found has continued to grow with teddy bears, flowers, balloons and more throughout the day.
Cleveland Missing’s resources can be found here.
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Cleveland, OH
Man who claims girl found in suitcase is his daughter says he begged courts and CPS for help
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – 19 News spoke with a man who claims he is the father of one of the two little girls found dead and buried in suitcases in Cleveland.
Deshaun Chatman shared that he was overcome with grief and anger as he came to terms with the terrible truth that his 8-year-old girl, Mila Chatman, is dead.
“I’ve been looking for my daughter for five years. I’ve been calling CPS, going to the courts, trying to get emergency custody, calling the police for welfare checks. But they denied all access,” Chatman alleged.
On Monday, she and her half-sister, Amor Wilson, 10, were found dead and partially buried, after a neighbor walking his dog near a field in the area of East 163rd and Midland Avenue called 911 after his dog picked up a scent.
Cleveland police on Wednesday detained a person of interest, whom officers later identified as Aliyah Henderson, 28, near the crime scene.
Records show Henderson was booked into the Cuyahoga County Jail on Wednesday evening.
According to Chatman, the little girl’s mother had been avoiding him and moving around a lot. The last time he said he saw her was when he helped buy clothes for kindergarten.
Chatman told 19 News that he is now working with detectives to prove he was Mila’s father.
“I’m still in contact with the detectives. We’re doing the DNA samples. So I’ll get more details within the next couple of days.”
Chatman visited the site where his little girl’s body was found with 19 News.
“What I’m feeling is hate. I’m not going to lie, I feel hate. I asked you on numerous occasions for my daughter. If it’s too much for you. I just want my daughter,” Chatman said when asked how he felt.
Chatman, so overwhelmed by the sight, needed to be comforted by a friend.
“I don’t get how you can hate your kids enough to kill them. To bury them. To do all this and go right there to that home, right there, and live there when your kids are right here. Go be a mother to another child, while you just killed your other two.”
Now, he tells 19 News that he wants changes to the system, which he said denied him a chance to be a father.
“Change these laws. Make it better. A man do have a say so in their child’s life, married or unmarried,” Chatman said.
19 News has reached out to Cuyahoga County Children and Family Services to learn if it was involved in any way and if Chatman had any contact with the office.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – Several schools throughout Ohio were placed on lockdown on Wednesday due to threats.
ROCKY RIVER CITY SCHOOLS
Rocky River High School got a phone call at approximately 10:53 a.m. threatening the safety of the school.
The Rocky River Police Department said the caller said they were heading to the school with weapons, RRPD later shared in a press conference.
Police officers teamed up by mutual aid swiftly arrived to ensure no unauthorized persons were on campus, RRPD stated.
“Rooms were cleared and no dangers were located,” RRPD said. “There are no indications that there was ever any danger to any of the students, staff or buildings of the district.”
Parents told 19 News their kids sent them pictures of officers walking through the halls with rifles.
Rocky River High School will have early dismissal as there will be a heavy police presence in and around the Rocky River Schools for the rest of Wednesday and throughout the week, according to RRPD.
Students who drive were expected to be released by 12:30 p.m., while students who walk or are picked up by parents were released at 1 p.m., RRPD shared.
RRPD called the phone call a swatting incident, and said “any person or people behind hoax threat calls will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”
Chief George Lichman says they are working with other agencies to find out who made the call. They said the number that popped up was not local. They do not know at this time if it was an incorrect number or a computerized message.
Chief Lichman says he doesn’t believe the school system has experienced a swatting call before.
There will be additional officers on campus throughout the week.
AUBURN CAREER CENTER
Auburn Career Center in Lake County’s Concord Township received a threat over the phone at approximately 10:16 a.m., Lake County Sheriff Frank Leonbruno stated.
Deputies were immediately sent to the school to assist the School Resource Officer in the investigation as a lockdown was implemented as a precaution.
Auburn Career Center shared at 12:55 p.m. that a thorough investigation determined the threat to be not credible, and all students were safely dismissed and left the building, which remained guarded by deputies.
All afternoon and evening classes for both high school and adult education scheduled for Wednesday have been canceled in light of the morning’s event.
“We want to thank the Lake County Sheriff’s Office for their immediate response and partnership during this situation,” said Superintendent Joe Glavan. “I also want to thank our staff and students for following procedures and doing exactly what was necessary to ensure everyone’s safety. While this threat was ultimately deemed not credible, we will always prioritize the safety of our students and staff.”
Leonbruno confirmed there is no active threat at Auburn Career Center, but the incident remains under investigation.
SHAKER HEIGHTS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
Shaker Heights High School briefly went under lockdown as a precaution during Pre-ACT and ACT testing after getting a call of a possible bomb threat outside of the building, Shaker Schools stated.
Shaker Schools also said Fernway and Onaway elementary schools briefly went into a lockdown.
Shaker Heights Police Department officers are at the high school and “have not found any evidence of a credible threat,” Shaker Schools stated.
FBI CLEVELAND
FBI Cleveland shared the following statement in regards to their response to the Northeast Ohio school swatting incidents:
OTTAWA HILLS LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
In the Toledo area, Ottawa Hills Superintendent Adam Fineske said a call for a bomb threat came in at 10:45 a.m., targeting the Junior/Senior High School, stating “Bombs all over the school and coming with guns.”
Toledo Police K-9 units swept the school and nothing was found.
BOWLING GREEN CITY SCHOOLS
Bowling Green High School was also affected by the treats and placed on lockdown as a precautionary measure just before noon.
INDIAN HILL EXEMPTED VILLAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT
Indian Hill High School in Cincinnati evacuated students and staff around 11 a.m. on Wednesday with the help of Indian Hill Rangers after getting a potential bomb threat.
Indian Hill Middle School was evacuated as a precaution.
MASON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
Mason High School received a threatening phone call on Wednesday morning, Mason City Schools confirmed.
The Mason Police Department and Campus Safety team determined it was safe to resume normal school operations at 11:44 a.m. when law enforcement confirmed there was no credible threat to the schools, Mason City Schools stated.
CINCINNATI PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Cincinnati Public Schools’ Walnut Hills High School was under lock-in after receiving a bomb threat.
The lock-in was lifted after Cincinnati police cleared the area, and school resumed normal operations.
This is a developing story. Return to 19 News for updates.
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