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Ohio State University Quarterback Cardale Jones 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, educator, 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 ) Arlington, Texas -Former Cleveland Glenville High School student and the Ohio State University Quarterback Cardale Jones led his team to a 42-20 victory over Oregon State Monday night at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas to win the national college football championship. (Editor's note: Jones passed on an opportunity to enter the NFL draft this year and said that his priority is to graduate from college. The 6'5 250 pound Jones is in his sophomore year at OSU). The  Buckeyes defe

Retired Cleveland Municipal Court judge and community activist Jean Murrell Capers  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, educator, 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 ) CLEVELAND, Ohio - The community will celebrate retired Cleveland Municipal Court judge Jean Murrell Capers turning 102-years-old during a birthday celebration at 5 pm on Saturday, January 17 in the party room at the Judson Manor in Cleveland, 1922 East 107th Street. Capers is the longest living former or current Black elected official in Ohio and is the first Black woman elected to Cleveland City Council, an office she won in 1949. After losing her seat some

Sheila Wright 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. (Kathy Wray Coleman is a 21-year investigative and political journalist and legal reporter who trained for 17 years under five different editors at the Call and Post Newspaper, Ohio's most prominent Black press)   ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) CLEVELAND, Ohio — Sheila Wright has stepped down as executive director of the  NAACP's Cleveland branch  as her two-year-contract is up and the organization has essentially been shut down by the national headquarters for impropriety in what would have been an election of branch officers last year, and for other reasons. And the local chapter of the nation's most renowned Civil Rights organization that once wielded substantial influence in the greater Cleveland community i

  Cleveland Ward 5 Councilwoman Phyllis Cleveland 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. Kathy Wray Coleman is a community activist, educator and 21-year investigative journalist who trained at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio for 17 years.   ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com )  Cleveland, Ohio - The third of four scheduled open-to-the public community meetings sponsored by Cleveland City Council's safety committee in response to a U.S. Department of Justice report that found systemic problems in the Cleveland Police Department will be held on Wednesday, January 14, at 6 pm at Elizabeth Baptist Church, 6114 Francis Avenue, in Cleveland Ward 5.  W ard 5 is one of the city's poorest communities , and is represented by Councilwoman Phyllis Cleveland,

Suspected serial killer Michael Madison  From left: Angela Deskins,  Shirellda Terry and  Shetisha Sheeley, the alleged victims of suspected serial killer Michael Madison  Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Nancy McDonnell 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 ) EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio -Community activists and Black elected officials rallied yesterday in East Cleveland as the trial of suspected serial killer Michael Madison was to get underway today, January 12 at the Cuyahoga County Justice Center in downtown Cleveland in  the courtroom of Common Pleas Judge Nancy McDonnell. Cleveland news channels 5, 8 and 19 Action News covered the rally.  The trial did not go forward as scheduled. A convicted dr

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, educator, 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 ) EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio -Suspected East Cleveland serial killer Michael Madison will go on trial on Monday, Jan. 12, at the Cuyahoga County Justice Center in downtown Cleveland, and community activists will rally against violence against women on Sunday, Jan. 11 at 3:30 pm at the intersection of Shaw and Hayden Avenues in East Cleveland, which is adjacent to whe