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Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald, the front-runner for the Democratic nomination this year for Ohio governor 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.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) CLEVELAND, Ohio- Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald will give his state of the county address at 12:30 pm on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014 at the convention center in downtown Cleveland, an event sponsored by the City Club of Cleveland. The front runner for the Democratic nomination for governor this year who will not seek re-election as county executive, FitzGerald, 45,  is a former Lakewood, Ohio mayor and prior FBI agent who took the helm as

From left: Cleveland Cavaliers Basketball Team Owner Dan Gilbert, Cavaliers Head Coach Mike Brown, Former Cavaliers General Manager Chris Grant, and Acting Cavaliers General Manager David Griffin 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 Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog. Tel: 216-659-0473    ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) Cleveland Urban News.Com Sportswriter Karl Kimbrough CLEVELAND, Ohio-Recently terminated Cavaliers General Manager Chris Grant, whom team owner Dan Gilbert fired last week, attended the University of San Diego some two and a half decades ago as did a 6” 10” center named Mike Brown, who is now head coach for the Cavaliers, a major sports attraction for the major American city. With their friendship and so much history between the two, one would think

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 journalist and legal reporter who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper, Ohio's Black press)   ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson CLEVELAND, Ohio-Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson has reinstated the city's red light traffic cameras after suspending them last month after a  three-judge panel of the Ohio Eighth District Court of Appeals unanimously ruled that the cameras that take snapshots of speeding motorists for subsequent fines are unconstitutional and illegal because Ohio's municipal courts have sole authority or jurisdiction over violations of codified city ordinances under the the Ohio Constitution and state law. At issue, the appeals court said, is how

From the Metro Desk of  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   ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) CLEVELAND, Ohio-Greater Cleveland community activists groups  that fought for diversity in the leadership ranks of the Cleveland Police Department and have protested around the epidemic of rape and murder against women and other crimes as well as the gunning done in November 2012 of unarmed Blacks Malissa Williams and Timothy Russell by 13 White police officers, will have a dialogue on race and an open-to-the-public press conference and discussion on the appointment on Monday by Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson  of new Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams, who is Black. The press conference is at 4:45 pm on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 at the Chateau Mansion  at 13124 Euclid Avenue. Contact persons are Khalid Samad of Peace in the

Newly Appointed Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams From the Metro Desk of  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.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) Community Activist Kathy Wray Coleman, who leads the Imperial Women Activists Group, raises her hand and chants along with some 45 other activists during a 2009 rally she led outside the home of Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson. The protest was in response to what activists said was police negligence and apathy relative to the murders of 11 Black women on Imperial Avenue on the city's east side. The remains of the women were uncovered beginning in October 2009 and since convicted serial killer Anthony S

U.S. Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge (D-OH), a Warrensville Heights Democrat who also chairs the Congressional Black Caucus of Blacks in  Congress,  and U.S. President Barack Obama 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.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) President Barack Obama signs the  farm bill into law during a ceremony  Friday afternoon at Michigan State University in Lansing, Michigan. To the far right of the  president is Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge (D-OH),  a Warrensville Heights Democrat and chair of the  Congressional Black Caucus of Blacks in Congress LANSING, Michigan – Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11),