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From left: Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-Chief,  Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com,  O hio's Most Read Online Digital Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog. Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com  K athy Wray Coleman is a community activist, legal and political reporter, and a 22- year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio.  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com The late Joan Rivers CLEVELAND, Ohio- Famed Hollywood actor, and comedian the late Joan Rivers last year refused to apologize for a joke she made about the Cleveland House of Horrors on Twitter and the Today Show. The then 80-year-old comic compared living in the small size guestroom of her daughter Melissa as part of their reality show    WEtv series “Joan and Melissa: Joan Knows Best?’’   to the room

Suspected serial killer Michael Madison  From left: Angela Deskins,  Shirellda Terry and  Shetisha Sheeley, the alleged victims of suspected serial killer Michael Madison  By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief,  Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog,  O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog, Tel: (216) 659-0473  K athy Wray Coleman is  a community activist and 21- year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio.    ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty CLEVELAND, Ohio-Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Nancy McDonnell last week set the trial date of accused serial killer Michael Madison for January 12, 2015, and over the objection of County Prosecutor Tim McGinty, who angrily told the judge that prosecutors were ready to go forward this month. The lawyers for Ma

From left, Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight CLEVELAND, Ohio-Community activists will hold a Stop Violence Against Women Rally and Vigil at 5 pm on Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at 2207 Seymour Avenue on Cleveland's west side to mark the first year anniversary of the day a year ago that Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight were rescued from the home of serial rapist and  kidnapper  Ariel Castro following a decade of captivity. The rally and vigil will be held in front of where Castro's since demolished Seymour Avenue home once stood. For more information contact the Imperial Women Coalition at 216-659-0473. "This is a celebrated case of unprecedented cruelty and  violence   and we intend to address this issue and other issues on violence  against   women and girls  in greater Cleveland, statewide and nationally in a  wholehearted  fashion," said Imperial Women Coalition Leader Kathy Wray Coleman. "And we again  praise  the Ariel Castro vi

Famed Comedian Joan Rivers From left, Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight By Kathy Wray Coleman, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief,  Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog  K athy 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 CLEVELAND, Ohio-Famed Hollywood comedian Joan Rivers has refused to apologize for a joke she made on Twitter and the Today Show on Tuesday where the 80-year-old compared living in the guestroom of her  daughter Melissa as part of their reality show  WEtv series “Joan and Melissa: Joan Knows Best?’’     to the captivity and small rooms that serial rapist and kidnapper Ariel Castro held victims Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight in for a decade.  "Those women in the basemen

Governor John Kasich applauds the courage of Ariel Castro victims Amanda Berry (2nd from lt), Gina DeJesus (3rd from lt) and Michele Knight (4th from lt) before honoring them with Ohio courage medals during his fourth State of the State address at the Medina Performing Arts Center in Medina, Ohio Monday evening. The young women were held captive for a decade at Castro's home on Cleveland's west side. The case caught international attention and heightened awareness around the issues of  rape and abduction of women and children nationwide. Berry was nearly 17 when Castro kidnapped her, DeJesus was 14, and Knight was 21. By  Kathy Wray Coleman,  Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog,  O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog. Tel: 216-659-0473. (Kathy Wray Coleman is a 20-year investigative and political journalist and legal reporter who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper, Ohio's Black press)   ( www.clev