Vic Gideon

Cleveland

Award-winning reporter for CBS affiliate in Cleveland @cleveland19 Fan of independent film, alternative music, and adroit with a fungo bag

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With vacant storefronts and Dick’s moving, Crocker Park transitions

2 weeks ago | cleveland19.com | Vic Gideon

WESTLAKE, Ohio (WOIO) - Bar Louie at Crocker Park abruptly shut down two weeks ago. “We were surprised on that one,” said Stacie Schmidt, Vice President of Marketing and Communications at Stark Enterprises, owner of Crocker Park. “We’ll take it in stride,” she said. “We’re excited to actually find some good new suiters for that location that people will be really excited about.”Hot Chicken Takeover also recently closed its Crocker Park location.
Shaker Heights library reopens following deadly shooting

2 weeks ago | cleveland19.com | Vic Gideon

SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio (WOIO) - Shaker Heights Public Library reopened Saturday morning just days after a deadly shooting that left a teenager dead. According to a post on Facebook, community members came together for the reopening with kindness and even flowers or hot chocolate. On Thursday, Shaker Heights High School reopened with grief counsellors on hand, after closing for a day in the wake of the tragedy. Students knew the deadly shooting would be on the minds of everyone.
‘Kid unfriendly’: Brewery bans those under 16 after complaints

Sep 22, 2024 | fox5vegas.com | Vic Gideon

CLEVELAND (WOIO/Gray News) - A Cleveland brewery says it is banning kids under 16 due to safety concerns and customer complaints. Forest City Brewery welcomes beer drinkers, music lovers, sports fans – almost everyone – but owner Jay Demagall says now, one sort of person won’t be welcomed: kids. “This place is equipped to be a beer garden, not necessarily a playground,” Demagall told WOIO. The bar will be open to those 16 and over only due to safety concerns and customer complaints.
Nearly 100-year-old theater planned as centerpiece of neighborhood rebirth

Sep 3, 2024 | msn.com | Vic Gideon

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High school sports come at a price in some Northeast Ohio districts

Aug 28, 2024 | ourcommunitynow.com | Vic Gideon

ShareCLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Pay to Play, or Pay to Participate, varies from district to district, from hundreds of dollars a sport to nothing at all. Mentor High School Athletic Director Jeff Cassella said it’s “$200 for the first sport and it’s $50 for each sport after that at the high school level” for his district. Mentor enacted its Pay for Play policy about 20 years ago. In Twinsburg, which has had Pay to Participate since a budget tightening in 2012, the district calculates it differently.
Mayor pledges more aggressive inspections after façade crumbles

Aug 20, 2024 | cleveland19.com | Vic Gideon

CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio (WOIO) - Thousands of pounds of heavy sandstone fell from the roof of the Heights Medical Center Building, falling onto the sidewalk of the Fairmount, just after it closed early Sunday morning. “The Heights Medical Building experienced a failure of the façade that resulted in damage to the storefront along Fairmount at the intersection of Cedar,” said Cleveland Heights Mayor Kahlil Seren at a council meeting a day after the collapse. “Luckily, no one was hurt,” he added.
A potential new purpose for Notre Dame College after it closed its doors this spring

Aug 14, 2024 | cleveland19.com | Vic Gideon

SOUTH EUCLID, Ohio (WOIO) - The closing of Notre Dame College left students scrambling this spring and also left a huge hole in South Euclid. Michael Murphy of the Cleveland Soccer Group has a plan for the 50-acre former Notre Dame College. “This could be our professional training facility,” Murphy said. “This is the library, and this is the rec center, and the fields are that way,” Murphy said.
Cleveland couple wakes up to a car crashing into their home, damaging a wheelchair lift

Aug 3, 2024 | cleveland19.com | Madeline Harden |Vic Gideon

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - A resident on Harvard Avenue called 911 multiple times early Saturday morning after a car struck her home. Dana Solomon said it took Cleveland Police more than 8 hours to get to her house. Cleveland Police arrived shortly before 19 News crews arrived on scene around 10:30 this morningSolomon said that Cleveland Fire and EMS came to her home briefly, but the car remained stuck in her front porch.
Northeast Ohio’s first ‘classical’ charter school readies for students

Jul 29, 2024 | cleveland19.com | Vic Gideon

COPLEY, Ohio (WOIO) - Northeast Ohio Classical Academy gets ready to begin teaching K through 5th grade students, promising not just a new school but a different school. “No cellphones, no laptops for elementary school kids in the classroom except by teacher request,” said Head of School David Baum, PhD.
Vacant former Ohio Bell headquarters becomes The Bell

Jul 25, 2024 | cleveland19.com | Vic Gideon

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - It’s a strategic corner for Cleveland, a building at East 9th Street and Lakeside Avenue, vacant for five years, now reopening Aug. 1. “Another building in downtown Cleveland that quite frankly was underutilized that’s seeing exciting new life breathed into it,” said Councilman Kerry McCormack, who represents downtown in Ward 3.