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Cleveland Ward 6 Councilman Blaine Griffin, city council's new president, who will succeed outgoing president Kevin Kelley, who lost a nonpartisan runoff election on Tuesday to Justin Bibb, the city's mayor-elect and the fourth Black mayor of Cleveland, a largely black major American city  Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief CLEVELAND, Ohio -  Cleveland City Council broke the tradition of selecting a White as council president when voters choose a Black as mayor and voted Friday for east side Ward 6 councilman Blaine Griffin, who is Black, to succeed outgoing Council President Kevin Kelley, a White west side councilman who lost the mayor's race on Tuesday to newcomer Justin Bibb, who is Black. It is the first time in Cleveland's history that the city has had a Black as mayor and a Black as city council president at the same tim

    A baby gorilla has been born at the Cleveland Metro Parks Zoo in Cleveland, Ohio for the first time in the zoo's 139-year history Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com Cleveland, Ohio  — A baby gorilla has been born at the Cleveland Metro Parks Zoo in Cleveland, Ohio for the first time in the zoo's history. A western lowland gorilla gave birth on Oct 26 , a first in the zoo’s 139-year history. The mothers is Neka, 23, and the father to the new baby gorilla is Mololo, 34. “We’re thrilled to announce the birth of this gorilla, the first in our history, as we also look ahead toward the future at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo,” Metroparks CEO Brian Zimmerman said in a statement. Visitors can visit the infant gorilla from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily at the Primate, Cat & Aquatics building at the zoo. Thanks to a partnership with CrossCountry Mortgage, there will be an exclusive video series featuring updates on the growth and development of the gorilla baby,

Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com COLUMBUS, Ohio  — As of Wed., Nov. 3 the Ohio Department of Health reports a total of 1,556,208 (+4,503) new cases since its last report, leading to 80,450 (+190) hospitalizations and 10,196 (+18) ICU admissions. A total of 6,491,459 people — or 55.53% of the state’s population — has at least started the vacci nation process, an increase of 5,854 from the previous day. The 28-day case average is at 3,700. Since the coronavirus pandemic hit the U.S. with a vengeance  in March of 2020, ODH has reported some 1.5 million cases and 24, 763 deaths, including the 4,503 new cases reported on Wed. Nationwide, some 46 million cases have been reported along with more than 750,000 deaths, compared to 2.1 million cases worldwide and some 4.5 million deaths.  Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , the most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog in Ohio and in the Midwest. Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: edito

   Cleveland Mayor-Elect Justin Bibb Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief CLEVELAND, Ohio -  Newcomer Justin Bibb, a former Barack Obama intern and progressive who ran on the political platform of decreasing crime and reforming the city's troubled police department, won the Cleveland nonpartisan runoff election for mayor Tuesday night over veteran Cleveland City Council President Kevin Kelley to become the city's fourth Black mayor and its youngest behind former mayor Dennis Kucinich.  In spite of never holding public office before, Bibb, 34, won with a whopping 63 percent of the vote compared to Kelley's 37 percent, unofficial results of the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections reveal. Both of them are Democrats.  "The work is just beginning," the mayor-elect said Tuesday night during an election night watch party at Olivet

Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief CLEVELAND, Ohio - Cleveland voters approved Issue 24 on election night on Tuesday, a charter amendment put on the ballot by the progressive activist group dubbed Citizens For A Safer Cleveland that establishes an independent citizens review board to review and act upon excessive force and police misconduct cases independent of the collective bargaining agreement. Issue 24 also makes changes to the Office of Community Standards and creates the Community Police Commission, which has the final say on police policies from recruitment to exams, officer training, and outreach efforts. At press time  and with 94 percent of the vote counted, the measure was winning 60 percent to 40 percent, unofficial results of the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections reveal.  Newly elected Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb and outgoing Council President Kevin Kelley  The two candidates for ma

   Congresswoman-Elect Shontel Brown, a Democrat and the winner of  the general election on Tues, Nov. 2 as to the open seat in Ohio's 11th congressional district, which includes most of Cleveland and its eastern suburbs of Cuyahoga County, a largely Black pocket of Akron, and staggering sections of Akron's Summit County suburbs Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com   Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief CLEVELAND, OHIO –  Cuyahoga County Councilwoman   Shontel Brown, the Democratic nominee to replace Marcia Fudge in Congress representing Ohio's largely Black 11th congressional district, cruised to victory Tuesday night against Republican nominee Lavern Gore. A Warrensville Heights Democrat, Brown won with 80 percent of the vote compared to Jones'  20 percent, unofficial results of the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections reveal.  "I ran this race like I had not