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Current Cleveland Ward 7 Councilman Basheer Jones (left), the first Muslim elected to Cleveland City Council, and former Ward 7 councilman TJ Dow, who lost a reelection bid to Jones in 2017 Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, and who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. We interviewed former president Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview, CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS . By editor Kathy Wray Coleman CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM-CLEVELAND, Ohio- The recall effort against Cleveland Ward 7 Councilman Basheer Jones, an east side councilman and the first Muslim elected to Cleveland Coty Council,

Newly elected Cleveland councilmen Basheer Jones (left0 and Joe Jones Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM-CLEVELAND, Ohio - New elected Cleveland councilmen Joe Jones and Basheer Jones survived recounts by the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, election officials announced this week. Joe Jones defeated Ward 1 Councilman Terrell Pruitt and Activist Basheer Jones won over Ward 7 Councilman TJ Dow via the November runoff election for their seats among all 17 Cleveland City Council seats up for grabs, and  three-term  Black Mayor Frank Jackson retained his seat, defeating outgoing councilman Zack Reed. All of the aforementioned are Black Democrats. A former assistant county prosecutor, Dow lost by 13 votes and Pruitt, by

Ohio 11th Congressional District Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge, a Warrensville Heights Democrat Cleveland Urban News. Com and the Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, Ohio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper.  Tel: 216-659-0473. Email:  editor@clevelandurbannews.com .      ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ).  CLICK HERE TO GO TO KATHY WRAY COLEMAN AT GOOGLE PLUS WHERE SHE HAS SOME 2.5 MILLION INTERNET VIEWS  alone. CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM-WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS, Ohio -  On Friday  Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge(OH-11), whose largely Black 11th congressional district includes the city of Cleveland and several of its eastern suburbs, received the Cleveland Clinic lifetime of service award, its highest community honor. (Click here to see the  video .). The event was held in cooperation with the Jan. 18 Martin Luther King Holiday. Previous awardees include the Rev Dr. Otis Moss Jr., Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, and the late r

By Kath y Wray Coleman, Editor, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio-Community activists groups including Black on Black Crime Inc, the Oppressed People's Nation, Survivors/Victims of Tragedy, the Cleveland Chapter of the New Black Panther Party and the Carl Stokes Brigade will picket at 1 pm tomorrow, May 19, in East Cleveland in front of the Cleveland Clinic's Stephanie Tubbs Jones Health Center,13944  Euclid Ave, over a 44 year-old innocent bystander killed by a bullet to the hip when she was looking out the window at a  gunfight on E. 95th St in Cleveland two months ago. The contacts for the rally are Community Activist Art McKoy at 216-253-4070 and  Community Activist Judy Martin at 216-990-0679. Elissa "Goldie" Hereford was taken to Metro-Health Hospital and later died, and activists say that the ambulance road right by Cl

Joaquin Hicks Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason Art McKoy By Kathy Wray Coleman, Editor, Cleveland Urban News.Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) (kathy@kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com) CLEVELAND, Ohio-Members of Black on Black Crime, The Oppressed People's Nation, The Imperial Women, The Cleveland Chapter of the New Black Panther Party, The Carl Stokes Brigade, The Lucasville Uprising Freedom Network, Revolution Books, Stop Targeting Ohio's Poor, The People's Forum and a host of other community activists will hold a homecoming celebration on Wed., March 14, at 7 pm at Black on Black Crime Headquarters , 14660 Euclid Ave in East Cleveland, for Joaquin Hicks and his family. (Black on Black Crime Headquarters is at Euclid Ave. and Lee Rd in McCall's Hotel meeting room) The event is closed to the media and the contact is Art McKoy at 216-253-4070. "We thank the comm

Joaquin Hicks Jeremy Pechanec Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Daniel Gaul Jory Aebly National political news and local news from the Cleveland metropolitan area brought to the community from By Kathy Wray Coleman, Editor ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) (kathy@kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com) The Ohio Supreme Court last week rejected a request by Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason to hear an appeal of a state appellate court's decision for a retrial of Joaquin Hicks, sending the case back to the courtroom of Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Daniel Gaul for another trial in the tragic case of a robbery of two young Cleveland Clinic employees that turned to murder. And the saga is laced with recantation letters from some alleged witnesses against Hicks that were prosecuted too and are also serving time in prison, coupled with claims by defense counsel and the Hicks family that the wrong man was targeted, and

National political news and local news from the Cleveland metropolitan area brought to the community from www.kathywraycolemanonlinenesblog.com and www.clevelandurbannews.com Grassroots groups including Black on Black Crime Inc., the Imperial Women, Cleveland Jobs With Justice, the Northeast Ohio's Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign, Stop Targeting Ohio's Poor, Occupy Cleveland and a host of others will rally over corporate greed and malfeasance with the sponsoring group Empowering And Strengthening Ohio's People (ESOP) on Tue., Dec 6, at 11:00 am at Chase Bank in Cleveland Hts., Oh at 12388 Cedar Rd. (Editor's Note: Cleveland Hts. is a suburb of Cleveland that is 43 percent Black. In addition to Cleveland, it borders Shaker Hts., E. Cleveland, University Hts. and other cities of Cuyahoga County. Like Cleveland, it too has been hit hard with illegal foreclosures furthered through corporate fraud that is tearing at the fabric of the middle class commu