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Cleveland schools graduate and Olympic track star Jesse Owens to be honored July 30 with a wall painting by Cleveland School of the Arts students at the Lonnie Burten Recreation Center in Cleveland, the ribbon cutting ceremony with city officials and school staff is at 11:30 am.... By Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's leader in Black digital news

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From the Metro Desk of Cleveland Urban News. Com and the Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, Ohio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog. Tel: 216-659-0473. Email:  editor@clevelandurbannews.com .   ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ).  The late Jesse Owens CLEVELAND, Ohio– The legacy of Jesse Owens, the local Cleveland track star who won four gold metals at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games and was a graduate of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District, is being honored and memorialized by Cleveland School of the Arts (CSA) students with a mural and an 11:30 am ribbon cutting ceremony on Thursday, July 30 at the Lonnie Burten Recreation Center on the city' east side. City officials and CSA administrators and staff will also be in attendance, organizers said. For more information contact Kim Moss of the Owens Group by email at  kim@theowensgroup.net,  and by phone at 216-291-0500 / or 216-272-3818. During the mon

Bobbi Kristina Brown dead at 22, the funeral for the daughter of the late Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown to be held Saturday in Atlanta with burial next to her mother in Newark, New Jersey.....By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor of Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's leader in Black digital news

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Bobbi Kristina By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, Cleveland Urban News. Com and the Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, Ohio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog. Tel: 216-659-0473. Email:  editor@clevelandurbannews.com . Coleman is a 22-year political, legal and investigative journalist who trained for 17 years, and under five different editors,  at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio.    ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ).  ATLANTA, Georgia-Bobbi Kristina Brown, the daughter of the late pop singer Whitney Houston, and R&B singer Bobby Brown, died July 26 at a hospice facility in Atlanta, Georgia surrounded by family, including Houston's mother, Cissy Houston, and the younger Brown's father. The 22-year-old aspiring singer, who friends say was still grieving the loss of her mother,  who died three years ago, was reportedly found face down in the bathtub by her boyfriend Nick Gordo

Unity Day draws thousands to Luke Easter Park in Cleveland, an annual event sponsored by Councilman Zack Reed....Black community supports Police Chief Calvin Williams at the gathering....By Kathy Wray Coleman of Cleveland Urban News.Com

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Cleveland Ward 2 Councilman Zack Reed By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, Cleveland Urban News. Com and the Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, Ohio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog. Tel: 216-659-0473. Email:  editor@clevelandurbannews.com . Coleman is a 22-year political, legal and investigative journalist who trained for 17 years, and under five different editors,  at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio.    ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ).  CLEVELAND, Ohio- The annual Unity Day Festival at Luke East Park, sponsored each year by Cleveland Ward 2 Councilman Zack Reed, drew thousands of people on Saturday, an indication of the growing influence of the Black east side councilman who has represented the Kinsman and Mount Pleasant neighborhoods since 2000. Headliners Stephanie Mills, Evelyn "Champagne" King and the S.O.S. Band were the featured groups this year, and performed free  to the co

Brelo Judge John O'Donnell dismisses misdemeanor charges in common pleas court against 5 White Cleveland supervisors involved in the 137 shots deadly shooting so that the case can proceed in East Cleveland....Judge O'Donnell is also under investigation for the theft of homes of Cuyahoga County residents for mortgage companies and banks such as JPMorgan Chase Bank....Cities targeted across Cuyahoga County include University Hts, where its corrupt, White Democratic mayor, Susan Infeld, is a ring leader of the documented mortage theft and public corruption, data show....By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor of Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's leader in Black digital news

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Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge John O'Donnell Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty University Heights Mayor Susan Infeld, who is also the safety director of the largely White Cleveland suburb. Infeld and Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge O'Donnell are  key ring leaders of a mortgage theft operation of homes in the county along with JPMorgan Chase Bank,  and the law firm of Lerner, Sampson and Rothfuss,   among others .  By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, Cleveland Urban News. Com and the Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, Ohio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog. Tel: 216-659-0473. Email:  editor@clevelandurbannews.com . Coleman is a 22-year political, legal and investigative journalist who trained for 17 years, and under five different editors,  at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio.    ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ).  CLEVELAND, Ohio- Cuyahoga County

Tamir Rice Update: 60,000-signature petition for County Prosecutor Tim McGinty for criminal charges and arrests warrants against Cleveland police that killed Tamir Rice to be delivered at 2 pm at Justice Center on July 23 with 1 pm City Hall rally....The petition is signed by Congresswoman Fudge, state legislators, city and county council members, union leaders, residents, community activists, and others ....Only a county grand jury can formally bring felony criminal charges in Ohio and Rice supporters want McGinty to present the Rice case to the grand jury....By Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's leader in Black digital news

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Tamir Rice Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, Cleveland Urban News.Com, and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and newspaper blog. Tel: (216) 659-0473.  Coleman is Black, and a 22-year investigative journalist and political and legal reporter who trained for 17 years, and under five different editors, at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio.   ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) CLEVELAND, Ohio –  Greater Cleveland community members, led by community activists, will  rally at the Free Stamp outside of Cleveland City Hall in downtown Cleveland at 1:00 pm on Thursday, July 23, and then march to the Cuyahoga County Justice Center to deliver a petition to County Prosecutor Tim McGinty at 2 pm with over 60,000 signatures that calls for state criminal charges against the two Cleveland police officers involved in the

Black community prays for retired Ohio congressman Louis Stokes, who is seriously ill with lung and brain cancer, Stokes is Ohio's first Black congressperson and the brother of the late Carl B. Stokes, the first Black mayor of Cleveland and of a major American city....State Representative Bill Patmon comments, says Louis Stokes is a legend and is irreplaceable....By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor of Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's leader in Black digital news

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Retired 11th congressional district congressman Louis Stokes, and his wife, Jay Stokes. By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, Cleveland Urban News. Com and the Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, Ohio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog. Tel: 216-659-0473. Email:  editor@clevelandurbannews.com . Coleman is a 22-year political, legal and investigative journalist who trained for 17 years, and under five different editors,  at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio.    ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ).  SHAKER  HEIGHTS, Ohio-  Retired U.S. Rep. Louis Stokes of Shaker Heights, Ohio, the state's first Black congressperson and the only sibling of the late Carl B. Stokes, the first Black mayor of Cleveland and of a major American city, is battling lung and brain cancer, and is reportedly seriously ill. "I've made it my career in fighting for the people of Ohio, but now I must devote my time and

Maurice "Mo" Williams rejoins the Cleveland Cavaliers after LeBron James re-signs with the team, Williams is a good fit as the Cavaliers hope to reach the NBA Finals again next year....By Cleveland Urban News.Com Sportswriter Karl Kimbrough

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Maurice "Mo" Williams LeBron James Cleveland Urban News.Com Sportswriter Karl Kimbrough By Karl Kimbrough, Cleveland Urban News.Com sportswriter (kimbrough@clevelandurbannews.com).   Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog,  O hio's Leaders In Black Digital News . Tel: 216-659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com    ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) CLEVELAND, Ohio -Maurice “Mo” Williams is coming home to Cleveland. Those are the words in similarity that Williams used via Twitter after agreeing to return to play NBA basketball for the Cavaliers for the upcoming two seasons, at least. He joins, among other new or renewed teammates, megastar LeBron James, who re-signed with the Cavaliers earlier this month with a a two-year contract and $47 million deal, and after leading the team to the NBA Finals last season. It has often been said that home is where the heart is, an

The Rev Jimmy Gates resigns from panel that will choose Cleveland Police Commission for police reforms relative to consent decree after the Plain Dealer Newspaper exposes his criminal past....The Imperial Women Coalition support the resignation and say Gates harassed them and dared them to rally last year as to the annual anniversary of the Imperial Avenue Murders.....Mayor Jackson and District Attorney Steve Dettelbach say Gates has changed his wicked ways....By Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's leader in Black digital news

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The Rev Jimmy Gates From the Metro Desk of Cleveland Urban News. Com and the Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, Ohio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog. Tel: 216-659-0473. Email:  editor@clevelandurbannews.com . ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ).  District Attorney Steve Dettelbach Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ).  CLEVELAND, Ohio- The Rev Jimmy Gates, a Black Cleveland preacher who went to prison in 2003 for taking bribes  as a top official under former Cleveland mayor Jane Campbell   that Mayor Frank Jackson and U.S. District Attorney Steve Dettelbach  recently  announced as one of 11 panelists chosen to select people for the city's court-ordered 10-member community Cleveland Police Commission , has resigned. Gates also pleaded guilty in 2012 for a mortgagee crime. In the matter of United States v. City of Cleveland

East Cleveland Mayor Gary Norton collects enough signatures for merger talks with Cleveland, the initiative could hit the ballot soon for voter approval first in East Cleveland.....By Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's leader in Black digital news

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East Cleveland Mayor Gary Norton By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, Cleveland Urban News.Com, and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and newspaper blog.  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) , Tel: (216) 659-0473, Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com  CLEVELAND, Ohio -- East Cleveland Mayor Gary Norton has submitted enough voter signatures for  merger  talks for a potential  annexation of the largely Black impoverished Cleveland suburb with the city of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County Board of Elections officials said Friday.  Plagued with poverty and a debilitating tax base, East Cleveland is on the verge of  bankruptcy, Norton told Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's leader in Black digital news. And he said that financial problems have been brewing since he was a kid.  The mayor's foes say that he is the problem. Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson and east side Cleveland c