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  WBC Crusierweight Champion , the reigning WBC cruiserweight champion, defends his title against  Thabiso Mchunu at the  championship boxing extravaganza in Warren, Ohio hosted by Don King Productions on Sat., Jan 29, 2022, one of two main events promoted by legendary boxing promoter Don King, a Cleveland native Activist Dorothy Walwyn, Brother Robert "Bob" Saffold, who is the stepfather of U.S. HUD Secretary Marcia L. Fudge, Activist Kathy Wray Coleman of Imperial Women Coalition, Maple Heights Mayor Annette Blackwell, and Activist  Alfred Porter Jr. of Black on B lack  Crime at the championship boxing extravaganza in Warren, Ohio hosted by Don King Productions on  Sat., Jan 29, 2022   (Photo by Louie Moore)   Clevelanders, dressed to the nines, attend the championship boxing extravaganza in Warren, Ohio hosted by Don King Productions on  Sat., Jan 29, 2022 (Photo and all photos herein after by Dorothy Walwyn of Cleveland) Legendary boxing promoter Don King and Cleveland Fo

  From left: Cuyahoga County executive candidate Chris Ronayne, activist Marcia McCoy, who is president of the Cleveland chapter of the Rev Al Sharpton's National Action Network, and union advocate and Cleveland Ward 7 executive precinct committeeman Mike Seals  clevelandurbannews.com  and  kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate  publisher , editor- in-chief  CLEVELAND, Ohio –  The executive committee of the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party, led by party chair and 11th Congressional District Congresswoman Shontel Brown, overwhelmingly endorsed former University Circle Inc president Chris Ronayne on Wednesday for Cuyahoga County executive over two Black candidates. The endorsement comes amid claims by some Black Cleveland activists and Black members of the executive committee that it is premature and unfair since the deadline for filing petitions with the county board of elections is not until Feb 2. Former Ohio Sen Shirley Smith, the other Democrat in t

  Legendary boxing promoter Don King, a Cleveland native   clevelandurbannews.com  and    www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief. Coleman is a former public school biology teacher and a seasoned Black political, legal and investigative reporter who trained as a reporter at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio for 17 years. WARREN, Ohio -  Legendary boxing promoter and Cleveland native Don King, who also publishes the Call and Post Newspaper, a Black Cleveland weekly distributed also in Columbus and Cincinnati, will host a championship night of boxing on Sat, Jan 29, 2022 at the W.D. Packard Music Hall in Warren, Ohio, a city some 60 miles southeast of Cleveland that is roughly 28 percent Black and has a population of some 42,000 people.  King returned to Cleveland from Florida, where he resides, to promote the event in his hometown at a recent press conference. Tickets are available at  Ticketmaster   or via W.D. Pac

Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor and Justice Melody Stewart clevelandurbannews.com  and    www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief. Coleman is a former public school biology teacher and a seasoned Black political, legal and investigative reporter who trained as a reporter at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio for 17 years. COLUMBUS, Ohio- Once again, the seven-member Republican-dominated Ohio Redistricting Commission, which includes Gov. Mike DeWine and Secretary of State Frank LaRose, has been accused of approving racist and unconstitutional four-year state legislative district maps, plaintiffs in lawsuits pending with the Ohio Supreme Court raising such concerns on Monday in filings that ask the court to reject the maps for a second time in under two weeks. Representatives for the redistricting commission (ORC), which voted 5-2  on Saturday to approve the new maps, and along party lines, have