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Bedford Heights Councilman Thaddeus Jackson 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 Email:editor@clevelandurbannews.com, Tel: (216) 659-0473).   Ka thy Wray Coleman is  a community activist and 20 year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper.  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) BEDFORD HEIGHTS, Ohio- Bedford Heights Councilman Thaddeus Jackson, also a former chairperson of the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, died Sunday of an apparent heart attack. He was 73. Bedford Heights is a Cleveland suburb and is roughly 78 percent Black. Jackson, who was Black,  is well known in greater Cleveland political circles and was a close friend of retired 11th congressional district Congressman Louis Stokes. He ran unsuccessfully this year in the Democratic primary for senator o

Cleveland Mayoral Candidate Ken Lanci From The Metro Desk Of Cleveland Urban News.Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com, Ohio's No 1 and No 2 online Black newspapers  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com )  Reach Cleveland Urban News.Com by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com and by phone at 216-659-0473 CLEVELAND, Ohio- Democratic Cleveland Mayoral Candidate Ken Lanci will host an appreciation dinner at 5 pm this evening at Embassy Suites in Independence on Rockside Woods Blvd. for those community activists and others that support his candidacy and that helped him collect petition signatures to get on the ballot. For more information contact the Lanci for Cleveland Mayor Campaign   east side coordinator at 216-501-7368. "We filed petitions last week, the campaign is gaining momentum, and the event this evening is to show appreciation for campaign supporters, including people that helped collect petition signatures" said Vernon Bryant, Lanci's east si

Ohio State Senator Nina Turner (D-25) 2012 GET OUT THE VOTE SLEEP OVER RALLY Start:  10/01/2012 7:00 pm End:  10/02/2012 8:00 am   Make your vote Ohio's first! Ohioans  and other community members are invited to join State Sen Nina Turner (D-25), community leaders, activists,  and your  fellow Ohioans to camp out on the night  of Oct. 1 to mark the start of early voting. Everyone will wake up early on Oct. 2 to cast his or her ballot on the first day of early voting in Ohio. What: Sleep Out The Vote When: Monday, Oct. 1 at 7pm to Tuesday Oct. 2 Where: Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, 2925 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH 44115 Reach Cleveland Urban News.Com by telephone at 216-659-0473 and by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com.

Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge (D-OH) By Kathy Wray Coleman, Executive Publisher, Editor, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com  ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) CLEVELAND, Ohio- National Voter Registration Day residents, elected officials, union leaders, faith and civic leaders, and grassroots organizations will join Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge (D-11) for a rally from 11 am to 1 pm on Tues, September 25 in front of the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, 2925 Euclid Ave. in Cleveland, to encourage all eligible voters in Cuyahoga County to vote on November 6.  Speakers for the two hour voters day  rally include Fudge, State Senator Nina Turner (D-25),  Ohio House Minority Leader Armond Budish, Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, Warrensville Heights Mayor Brad Sellers, South Euclid Mayor Georgine Welo Rev. Larry Harris Sr., Rev Timothy Eppinger, Rev. Rodney S. Thomas, Community Activist K