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  Nineteen-year-old Tamara McLoyd (left) and 25-year-old Cleveland police officer Shane Bartek (right), whom she is accused of shooting to death on New Year's Eve in 2021. Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief  CLEVELAND, Ohio - The fate of a 19-year old Black Cleveland area woman charged in connection with the 2021 New Year's Eve carjacking and shooting death of off-duty Cleveland police officer Shane Bartek in the Kamms Corner neighborhood on the city's largely White west side is in the hands of jurors, who will begin deliberating on Wednesday. Tamara McLoyd, of Garfield Heights, faced several charges relative to the officer's shooting death, including aggravated murder, aggravated robbery, felonious assault, grand theft, and having weapons under disability. She did not take the stand and testify at her own trial. Her attorneys told the jury that she was drunk and high when the inci

Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com WOMEN'S MARCH CLEVELAND TO RALLY AND MARCH ON TUES, AUG 2, 2022 OUTSIDE OF THE CUYAHOGA COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING IN DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND AGAINST REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS AND AGAINST HOUSE BILL 704 CLEVELAND, Ohio- This event has been rescheduled to Aug 2 because Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish advised that he would be submitting his women's rights proposal to county council on Aug 2 rather than the previous date that we were given. Women's March Cleveland (216-659-0473) will rally beginning at 5:00pm and later speak at the Cuyahoga County Council meeting in downtown Cleveland at 2079 E 9th St on Tue, Aug 2, 2022 to support County Executive Armond Budish' proposal to county council for abortion access and resources and public policy changes for women in Cuyahoga County. A march will follow. We urge county council to approve the proposal This will be a mass event with a march at 5:45pm Led by Women's Marc

Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb   Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com Saturday, July 30, 2022  —  CLEVELAND, Ohio  —   The City of Cleveland is extending the open enrollment period to sign up for the curbside recycling program.  Residents can  register for the program by visiting  CLErecycles.com  or by calling (216) 664-3030.     Recyclables must be placed in blue bins that are properly labeled with recycling stickers. Enrolled households will receive stickers and instructions in the mail along with a recycling program welcome packet.    Properly labeled blue bins with enrollment stickers on the top and sides will be picked up as recycling by City of Cleveland crews on residents' regular trash collection day.  Unlabeled blue bins will continue to be collected as trash.     "We have extended the sign-up deadline to get as many households enrolled as possible," said Mayor Justin M. Bibb, a change agent mayor who took office in January. "I hope

Ex Minneapolis police officers Tho Thao and J. Alexander Kueng Ex Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane Ex Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin The late George Floyd   Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com   By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief ST. Paul, Minnesota- The final two of four former Minneapolis police officers convicted earlier this year on federal criminal charges regarding the 2020 fatal arrest of unarmed Black man George Floyd are headed to prison. J. Alexander Kueng, 28, the lone Black among the four ex police officers accused of violating Floyd's civil rights, and Tou Thao, 36, both convicted in February, were sentenced to three years and three and a half years in prison, respectively, on Wednesday by federal court Judge Paul A. Magnuson. This means that all four of the officers who helped restrain Floyd the day of his untimely death on May 25, 2020 have been sentenced to prison time. Kueng held down Floyd'

  Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com CLEVELAND, Ohio — The City of Cleveland, which is led by new Mayor Justin Bibb, the city's fourth Black mayor who took office in January, is looking for qualified applicants to fill three seats on the nine-member Civilian Police Review Board with the application deadline set for Aug 26 . Candidates for these positions must be residents of the City of Cleveland at the time of the appointment. Selected applicants will be appointed to one of the following four-year terms:  One position's term lasts from Dec. 21, 2021, to Dec 20, 2025. The individual appointed to this term would also be eligible to apply for the new full four-year term that would begin Dec. 21, 2025.  Two positions' terms last from Aug. 9, 2022, to Aug. 8, 2026.  The compensation for CPRB members is $8,963 annually. To apply, submit a resume with work history and a cover letter to Ryan Puente, chief government affairs officer for the city, at rp