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Longtime Cleveland activist Alma Cooper, the sister of activist Ada Averyhart, dies....Visitation is Friday, May 27 and the wake and funeral are Saturday, May 28.....Cooper was a former Cleveland Ward 6 precinct committeewoman and was in the trenches with activists on issues impacting Cleveland's Black community, including the Art Feckner drug sting case, the Cleveland police killing of 23-year-old Michael Pipkens, and voting and other Civil Rights issues.....Retired judge Sara J. Harper called Cooper a dedicated servant and a "calm activist"....Cooper was one of 16 full siblings.....By www.clevelandurbannews.com editor-in-chief Kathy Wray Coleman

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Alma Cooper ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ). Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com By Editor-in-Chief  Kathy Wray Coleman, a-23-year journalist who trained at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio for 17 years, and who interviewed now President Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview,   CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS Kathy Wray Coleman is a legal, educational, political and investigative journalist and is the most read reporter in Ohio on Google Plus.  CLICK HERE TO GO TO GOOGLE PLUS WHERE KATHY WRAY COLEMAN HAS 2.7 MILLION READERS OR VIEWERS UNDER HER NAME AND IS OHIO'S MOST READ REPORTER ON GOOGLE PLUS   alone  CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM-CLEVELAND-Ohio -Longtime Cleveland community activist Alma Cooper died Sunday, May, 22 after a long illness.
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Bernie Sanders officially demands recount of Kentucky Democratic presidential primary votes that brought Hillary Clinton a razor thin win with help from Black voters in Louisville and Lexington......By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of www.clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader

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Democratic presidential candidates Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ). Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com By Editor-in-Chief  Kathy Wray Coleman, a-23-year journalist who trained at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio for 17 years, and who interviewed now President Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview,   CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS Kathy Wray Coleman is a legal, educational, political and investigative journalist and is the most read reporter in Ohio on Google Plus.  CLICK HERE TO GO TO GOOGLE PLUS WHERE KATHY WRAY COLEMAN HAS 2.7 MILLION READERS OR VIEWERS UNDER HER NAME AND IS OHIO'S MOST READ REPORTER ON GOOGLE PLUS   alone  CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, LOUISVILLE, Kentucky- Bern
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Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Ed Wade reportedly seriously ill with cancer and no longer on the bench.....Media and other requests should be directed to Wade's attorney, James Hardiman....Wade ousted fellow Black judge Pauline Tarver from her seat last year in a divisive election, allegedly in part over controversy over the court's specialized mental health docket that he pushed and some like, though some others, including some community activists, call it sometimes retaliatory by the judges. a money getter, and potentially unconstitutional....Former Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Kathleen Ann Keough, who is White and is now a state appellate judge, would illegally use the Cleveland court's mental health clinic to harass her enemies and Black people, data show......By www.clevelandurbannews.com editor-in-chief Kathy Wray Coleman

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Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Ed Wade ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ). Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com By Editor-in-Chief  Kathy Wray Coleman, a-23-year journalist who trained at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio for 17 years, and who interviewed now President Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview,   CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS Kathy Wray Coleman is a legal, educational, political and investigative journalist and is the most read reporter in Ohio on Google Plus.  CLICK HERE TO GO TO GOOGLE PLUS WHERE KATHY WRAY COLEMAN HAS 2.7 MILLION READERS OR VIEWERS UNDER HER NAME AND IS OHIO'S MOST READ REPORTER ON GOOGLE PLUS  a CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM-CLEVELAND, Ohio- Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Ed Wade, a Black Republican and former assist
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Led by LeBron James and Kyrie Irving, the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Toronto Raptors 115-84 to win Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals Tuesday night, a playoffs win by the widest margin in franchise history for the Cavs and head coach Tyronn Lue, who is Black....Game 2 is Thursday, May 19 at 8:30 pm EST....By www.clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader

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Kyrie Irving (left) and megastar LeBron James led the Cleveland Cavaliers to an Eastern Conference Finals Game 1 win Tuesday night against the Toronto Raptors at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, Irving leading the Cavs in scoring with 27 points,  and James finishing with 24 points, six rebounds and four assists. Photo compliments of Getty Images. Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Tyronn Lue ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ). Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com By Editor-in-Chief  Kathy Wray Coleman, a-23-year journalist who trained at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio for 17 years, and who interviewed now President Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview,   CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS Kathy Wray Coleman is the most read reporter in
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Black voters in Louisville and Lexington bring Clinton a razor thin primary victory in Kentucky over Sanders, who won the Oregon Democratic primary over Clinton....Forty-four percent of Kentucky's Black population is in Jefferson County, which includes Louisville, and 52 percent are in the Louisville Metro area....In spite of mathematical odds against him, Sanders says he is "in till the last ballot" By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of www.clevelandurbannews.com

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Presidential candidates Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ). Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com By Editor-in-Chief  Kathy Wray Coleman, a-23-year journalist who trained at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio for 17 years, and who interviewed now President Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview,   CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS Kathy Wray Coleman is a legal, educational, political and investigative journalist and is the most read reporter in Ohio on Google Plus.  CLICK HERE TO GO TO GOOGLE PLUS WHERE KATHY WRAY COLEMAN HAS 2.7 MILLION READERS OR VIEWERS UNDER HER NAME AND IS OHIO'S MOST READ REPORTER ON GOOGLE PLUS   alone  CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, LOUISVILLE, Kentucky- Hill
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