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   Slain Cleveland police officer Shane Bartek  By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS, Ohio - Funeral services were held on Tuesday at the Grace Church of Middelburg Heights for slain Cleveland police officer Shane Bartek, 25, who was shot and killed in connection with a New Year's Eve carjacking by 18-year-old Tamara McLoyd, who is Black and has been indicted in his murder on several charges, including aggravated murder, aggravated robbery, felonious assault, grand theft, and having weapons under disability. Though Officer Bartek, 25, was off-duty when he was killed, Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb deemed his killing that of an on-duty cop in order that the fallen officer's family could qualify for benefits, including funeral and burial monies. Cleveland Police Patrolmen's President Jeff Follmer had argued that since Bartek struggled with McLoyd before she all

Flanked by his mother, Charlene Nichols (far right), Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb (center), 34, was sworn in on Sat, Jan 8 by Democratic Ohio Supreme Court Justice Melody Stewart (far left), a former 8th District court of Appeals judge and the first Black elected to Ohio's highest court. He becomes the 58th mayor of the largely Black major American city, and its fourth Black mayor ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) the most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog in Ohio and in the Midwest. 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 won the Cleveland nonpartisan runoff election for mayor in November over then Cleveland City Council President Kevin Kelley to become the city's fourth Black mayor and its second youngest behind former mayor Dennis Kucinich, took a ceremoni

   Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley (right), a Democratic candidate for Ohio governor, and her newly chosen lieutenant governor running-mate Cheryl Stephens (left), the former mayor of Cleveland Heights and a current member of Cuyahoga County Council ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) DAYTON, Ohio — Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley, a Democratic candidate for governor, announced on Wednesday that former Cleveland Heights Mayor Cheryl Stephens, who is Black and also a Cuyahoga County Council member, is her pick for her lieutenant governor running mate as the May 3 Democratic primary nears. "I’ve known Cheryl for years, since we both served as mayors of our cities, and she’s exactly the type of leader we don’t have enough of in this state," Whaley said.  Stephens said it is an honor to run on Whaley's ticket as a lieutenant governor candidate. "I’ve spent my career fighting so that everyone has the opportunity to own a home and so that familie

Warrensville Heights Mayor Brad Sellers and U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development  Marcia L. Fudge ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher , editor-in-chief  CLEVELAND, Ohio –  Warrensville Heights Mayor Brad Sellers, a former NBA player for the Chicago Bulls and the protégé of U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Secretary Marcia Fudge, and who succeeded her into office to lead the majority Black Cleveland suburb when she became a congresswoman, announced on Wednesday that he is running for  Cuyahoga County executive, the most influential political office in the county.  And he will be able to mount a competitive campaign, partly because he is a Democrat in a Democratic leaning county that is 29 percent Black. He will also have Fudge's political machine, what's left of it since she became HUD secretary with President Biden's administration in March of 2020 and is limited in w

             U.S. Senator Rob Portman of Ohio, a Cincinnati Republican ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) CLEVELAND, Ohio - U.S. Sen. Rob Portman, a retiring  Republican member of the U.S. senate and one of two U.S. senators from Ohio, has tested positive for COVID-19. “In preparation for returning to Washington, DC, I took an at-home COVID test last night and it was positive,” Sen Portman said in a statement. “I am asymptomatic and feel fine. I have been in contact with the Attending Physician and my personal doctor. I am following their medical advice and following CDC guidelines and isolating for the recommended five days. A Cincinnati Republican, Portman, 66 and a junior U.S. senator, said that he will not be in Washington this week and will instead work from home A former congressman and  U.S. trade representative under then president George W. Bush, Portman headily defeated Democrat Lee Fisher to win a seat on the U.S. senate in 2010 an

  Eighteen-year-old Tamara McLoyd (left), who has been charged with aggravated murder relative to the New Year's Eve carjacking and shooting death of 25-year-old Cleveland police officer Shane Bartek (right)  By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) CLEVELAND, Ohio - An 18-year-old Black woman has been charged with the carjacking and shooting death of a 25-year-old off-duty Cleveland police officer on New Year's Eve in the Kamm's neighborhood on the city’s largely White West Side. It is the first time in history that a Black woman has been charged as the lead shooter in the shooting death of a Cleveland cop and could potentially face the death penalty if convicted, sources said, if prosecutors seek the death penalty   The incident occurred in the 4300 block of Rocky River Drive at roughly 6 p.m., police said. Tamara McLoyd, 18 and of Garfield Heights, has been charged with aggra