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Cleveland's quadruple murders upset the Black community, and the largely Black city's violent crime rate is 43% higher than the Ohio average....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog

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Three victims of Cleveland's quadruple murders and suspect Armond Johnson Sr. at far right. Also pictured are Johnson's  25-year-old ex-girlfriend, Takeya Collins (2nd from right), whom he is accused of shooting and killing July 9 at her home in Slavic Village on Cleveland's east side,  his son with Collins, Armond Johnson Jr. (far left), six, and the boy's sister, two -year-old Aubree Stone ( 2nd from left) ) , both of them dying of smoke inhalation inside the home after the older Johnson allegedly set it on fire after killing Collins. Not pictured is a fourth  victim, neighbor  David Cousin, 35, who was fatally shot in the head and chest by Johnson, authorities have said. Live video by video journalist Fred Barkley of the July 11, 2019 press conference by Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson and Police Chief Calvin Williams on the quadruple Cleveland murders Live video by video journalist Fred Barkley of the July 11, 2019 vigil on the quadruple Cleveland murders

Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson's grandson pleads guilty to misdemeanor charges and will be sentenced July 22, 2019 before Cleveland Judge Suzan Marie Sweeney, Jackson the city's third Black mayor who is serving his fourth term.....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog

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Frank Q. Jackson By Kathy W ray Coleman, editor-in-chief. Coleman is an experienced Black legal and political reporter who covered the 2008 presidential election for the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio and the presidential elections in 2012 and 2016 at   Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com .   As to the Obama interview  CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS . Clevelandurbannews .com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ,  CLEVELAND, Ohio- The grandson of Cleveland Mayor Frank G. Jackson, the city's third Black mayor, will be sentenced before Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Suzan Marie Sweeney after pleading guilty to misdemeanor charges involving an incident in which he is accused of threatening two people, and carrying a gun while in the possession of pain killers, specifically two oxycodone pills, which police allegedly found wrapped in a dollar bill.

Race issue remains center-stage as Joe Biden apologizes to Black America for pro-segregationist remarks that have dogged his campaign, particularly since Kamala Harris called him out on it at the first Democratic debate in Florida, Biden initially refusing to apologize as his poll numbers dropped and Harris surged in the polls....Millions of Obama voters stayed home in 2016 when Hillary Clinton lost to President Trump, and the Black vote fell 7% from 2012 when Obama won reelection to 2016....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog

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Democratic presidential candidates former vice president Joe Biden and Senator Kamala Harris spar during the first Democratic debate June 27, in Miami, Florida, Harris asking Biden to apologize for opposing busing and for his remarks  on his relationship with segregationist  senators while he was U.S. senator  By Kathy W ray Coleman, editor-in-chief. Coleman is an experienced Black political reporter who covered the 2008 presidential election for the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio and the presidential elections in 2012 and 2016 at   Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com .   As to the Obama interview  CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS . Clevelandurbannews .com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ,  CLEVELAND, Ohio- Former vice president Joe Biden, the front runner for the Democratic nomination for president in a crowded field of Democratic hopefuls, ap

After conflict with Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, Black elected officials columnist Mark Naymik departs from the Plain Dealer's Cleveland.com to join WKYC Channel 3 News in Cleveland.....While Black elected officials say he targeted them and some are glad he is gone, supporters, including Cleveland Scene Magazine, say Naymik is a cutting edge journalist....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog

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Mark Naymik By Kathy W ray Coleman, editor-in-chief. Coleman is an experienced Black legal and political reporter who covered the 2008 presidential election for the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio and the presidential elections in 2012 and 2016 at   Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com .   As to the Obama interview   CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS . Clevelandurbannews .com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ,  CLEVELAND, Ohio- Veteran Cleveland.com columnist Mark Naymik's departure from the online affiliate of Cleveland Plain Dealer Newspaper is being celebrated by Black elected officials of greater Cleveland, including Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson and Ward 4 Councilman Ken Johnson, sources say. A former Plain Dealer reporter, the veteran Naymik, who spent nearly two decades with the newspaper and its digital venue, announced in a departure