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  Pictured are 2022 Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike, who was ridden by jockey Sunny Leon, and the late Breonna Taylor, whom Louisville Metro police gunned down in March of 2020.  Clevelandurbannews .com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM, LOUISVILLE, Kentucky- Ridden by veteran jockey Sunny Leon and with odds of 80-1, Rich Strike edged Epicenter and Zandon to win the 148th running of the Kentucky Derby on Saturday at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. Unlike last year's Kentucky Derby, there were no major protests, or any at all for that matter, on behalf of Breonna Taylor, the 26-year-old Black woman who was arbitrarily gunned down by Metro-Louisville police in her apartment in 2020, a police shooting death that drew nationwide protests and a $12 million negligenc

From left: Ohio Senator Nickie Antonio of Lakewood (D-OH), state Representative Bride Rose Sweeney (D-OH) of Cleveland, and Cleveland activist Genevieve Mitchell  From left: Seymour Avenue in Cleveland escape victims  Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight, the trio abducted at separate times and different places in the city, raped repeatedly, and held captive for a decade by the late serial rapist Ariel Castro Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com CLEVELAND, Ohio -State Sen Nickie Antonio, state Rep Bride Rose Sweeney and longtime Cleveland activist Genevieve Mitchell are the keynote speakers for Women's March Cleveland's "Bans Off Our Bodies Seymour Avenue Anniversary Rally & March" at 5:30 pm at 2207 Seymour Avenue in Cleveland in front of the late serial rapist Ariel Castro's since demolished home  on Fri, May 6. It is the ninth year anniversary since Amanda  Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight got away from Castro af

From left: Ohio 11th Congressional District Congresswoman Shontel Brown (D-OH), Journalist  and former East Cleveland mayor Eric Brewer, Ohio GOP Governor Mike DeWine, former Dayton mayor Nan Whaley, Author and venture captalist J.D. Vance, and  Democratic U.S. Rep Tim Ryan. A Democrat, Brown will face Brewer, a Republican, in November for the race for the congressional seat in Ohio's largely Black 11th congressional district, DeWine will face Democrat Nan Whaley for the gubernatorial election, and Vance, who is endorsed by former president Donald Trump, will face Democrat Tim Ryan in the battle for the U.S. seat up for grabs due to the upcoming retirment of GOP Sen. Rob Portman   By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, political reporter Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com CLEVELAND, Ohio- There were no major surprises as to the outcome of Ohio's primary election on Tues., May 3 with voters in Cuyahoga County, the state's second largest county

Pictured are U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and U.S. Congressional Candidate Nina Turner, a Cleveland Democrat Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ,  the most read Black digital newspaper in Ohio and in the Midwest.   Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor CLEVELAND, Ohio-  U.S. Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOG), a progressive New York Democrat and Sen. Bernie Sanders ally, and a member of the "Squad," a nickname given to AOC and a group of three other progressive congresswomen of color who are not afraid to challenge the status quo in Washington, has endorsed Nina Turner for the congressional seat up for grabs seat in Ohio's 11th congressional district, and on the eve of the May 3, 2022 primary election. A former Ohio senator and Bernie Sanders surrogate who co-chaired his 2016  and 2020 campaigns for president, Turner has been endorsed by AOG, 32, among a host of others, i

U.S. Congressional Candidate Nina Turner will spend Election Day greeting Ohio-11 voters at the ballot box. The Campaign will later host an election night watch party at the Front Stage in Cleveland Hts, Ohio  where doors will open at 6:30pm. Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com   CLEVELAND, OHIO – U.S. Congressional Candidate Nina Turner, a Cleveland Democrat, and former Ohio senator, has announced the time and place for her election night watch party as well as an election day tour of Ohio's largely Black 11th congressional district, which includes Cleveland and several of its eastern suburbs of Cuyahoga County. Early voting concluded on Sunday at the county board of elections and the primary election for Ohio's statewide and congressional and other races, including a gubernatorial race, and a nationally watched high profile U.S. Senate race, is  Tues, May 3, 2022. (Editor's Note: Ohio remains a pivotal state  for presidential elections. Read o

Pictured are outgoing Cuyahoga County Sheriff Paul Viland and Shondo Moffitt, who collapsed and died on Mon, April 11, 2022 as an inmate in the Cuyahoga County jail in Cleveland, Ohio where some 12 inmates have died since 2018 when U.S. Marshals issued a stinging report that deemed the jail inhumane and unconstitutional Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief, investigative reporter CLEVELAND, Ohio- Following the death three weeks ago of another Black inmate in the troubled Cuyahoga County Jail in Cleveland where more than 12 inmates have died since 2018, coupled with a 2018 U.S. Marshals report that deemed the gross mistreatment of the majority Black inmates inhumane and unconstitutional, the county sheriff has resigned. Sheriff Christopher Paul Viland, who was confirmed as sheriff in March of 2021 by County Council following a recommendation from County Executive Armond Budish, was relieved of his du