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3 days ago | fox8.com | Talia Naquin |Stacey Frey

Garden Valley apartment explosionCLEVELAND (WJW) – Firefighters sprayed water and doused hotspots through the night at the scene of a massive apartment fire. An explosion Monday afternoon at the Garden Valley apartment complex sent tenants running for their lives. Joniqua Bridget told us she had just left her sister’s apartment when she heard the boom.

1 week ago | fox8.com | Danielle Langenfeld |Stacey Frey |Justin Dennis

by: Danielle Langenfeld, Stacey Frey, Justin Dennis Posted: Jun 20, 2025 / 08:28 AM EDT Updated: Jun 20, 2025 / 08:28 AM EDT [Editor’s note: This article has been updated to reflect that the ship was carrying 35 tons of cement dust, based upon updated information from Coast Guard officials.] CLEVELAND (WJW) — Overnight, a freighter crashed into the East Bank of the Flats and became stuck, temporarily blocking part of the Cuyahoga River. Officials said at about 12:30 a.m. on Friday, the...

2 weeks ago | fox8.com | Danielle Langenfeld |Stacey Frey

CLEVELAND (WJW) — A 23-year-old woman is now in custody, accused of shooting and killing a young mother at Mill Creek Falls in the early hours of Wednesday morning. According to officials, Lavia M. Paul, 23, of Cleveland, was taken into custody Wednesday evening and faces murder charges. Officials said she turned herself in to the 4th District Cleveland Police. Paul will face a judge for arraignment Thursday morning at 8:30 a.m. The victim has been identified as 25-year-old Kiara Jackson.

3 weeks ago | fox8.com | Stacey Frey

AKRON, Ohio (WJW) — One of Northeast Ohio’s most notorious killers is making a bid to get out of prison, again. Doug Prade, a former Akron police captain convicted of killing his ex-wife, Dr. Margo Prade, will have his first parole hearing Wednesday, June 4. Prade is serving 20 years to life at the Marion Correctional Institution. He was convicted of his-ex-wife’s murder in 1998. Last week, Fox 8’s Dave Nethers, spoke with one of the Prades’ dearest friends.

1 month ago | newsnationnow.com | Talia Naquin |Stacey Frey

CLEVELAND (WJW) - The medical examiner has identified one of the men who died in a suspected murder-suicide in Cleveland Wednesday afternoon. 66-year-old Bryan Hunt was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in a vehicle in the parking lot of Groth Memorial & Scenic Overlook. Cleveland police believe Hunt shot his 68-year-old neighbor on Munn Road around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, drove about a mile and a half and then took his own life.