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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. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com.  K athy Wray Coleman is  a community activist and 22- year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper.     ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ).  CLEVELAND, Ohio-  Bishop Floyd E. Perry of the Cathedral Church of God and Christ in Cleveland, and the second vice president of the Cleveland Chapter NAACP, died Thursday, April 30 after falling ill in Columbus, Ohio and being transported to a local hospital there. He was 84-years-old. Arrangements are by E.F. Boyd and Son Funeral Home ( www.efboyd.com ) in Cleveland, with all activities at the church. Visitation is on Monday, May 11 from 6-8 pm. The wake is Tuesday, May 12 at 11 am , followed by a state funeral at noon. “Bisho

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 CLEVELAND, Ohio- Led by the Imperial Women Coalition, greater Cleveland community activists, elected officials (Cleveland councilpersons Mamie Mitchell and Brian Cummins), victims of rape and other violence, and others will rally at 4:30 pm Wednesday, May 6 at 2207 Seymour Avenue on Cleveland's west side where the home of convicted kidnapper and child rapist Ariel Castro once stood. For more information

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 CLEVELAND, Ohio- Former Ohio governor Ted Strickland, who lost reelection to current Gov John Kasich in 2010, and who announced in February that he will seek the Democratic nomination to seek to unseat Republican U.S . Sen. Rob Portman in 2016 will speak at 2:30 pm on Wednesday, May 6, 2015 before the Carnegie Roundtable at Angie's Soul Food Restaurant in Cleveland (Editor's note: Angie's Soul Food Restaurant is at 3400 Saint Clair Avenue in downtown Clevel

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. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com.  K athy Wray Coleman is  a community activist and 22- year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper.     ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ).  Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge John O'Donnell CLEVELAND, Ohio- Greater Cleveland community activists groups will protest at the Cuyahoga County Justice Center on Lakeside Avenue in downtown Cleveland on two occasions, on Monday, May 4 at 10 am, and two hours after any manslaughter verdict of Cleveland police officer Michael Brelo. On Thursday, the defense rested, and closing arguments are set for Tuesday, May 5.  The verdict rally will go on, organizers said, regardless of the verdict by Common Pleas Judge J

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. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com.  K athy Wray Coleman is  a community activist and 22- year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper.     ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ).  LOUISVILLE ,  Kentucky - American  Pharoah , ridden by jockey  Victor  Espinoza,   won the 141st  run of the Kentucky Derby on  Saturday, May 2 at  Churchill Downs in Louisville before a crowd of some 170,00 people. "I feel like the  luckiest  Mexican on earth," said  Espinoza, a   native  of Mexico and a Mexican-American. "It's unbelievable." The total purse for this year's annual Derby event was $2 million, with  the first place winner  getting  $1.24 million, and the second place finisher takin

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Andrew Gribble Senior Staff Writer @Andrew_Gribble CLEVELAND, Ohio- After one of the busiest drafts in recent franchise history, Browns general manager Ray Farmer carried a look of satisfaction Saturday evening as he assessed the 12 players added to the roster over the past three days. "I think we did a good job of sticking to the plan," Farmer said. "We know who we want to be. We know where we want to go. We knew before you build the roof and put the walls up, you’ve got to build the foundation. And for us, that starts up front. We want to dominate the line of scrimmage. And we want to play Cleveland Brown football. CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND.COM ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ).