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  East Cleveland Mayor Brandon King Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio- The Ohio Supreme Court  on Tuesday rejected East Cleveland Mayor Brandon King’s attempt to stop a recall effort on the ballot for Nov. 8 and dismissed the case as lacking merit. King and the city’s law director, Willa Hemmons, filed the pleading in Ohio's highest court and argued that a filing with the petitions to the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections exceeded the limit of 200 words. They had asked the court to de-certified the recall petition, but to no avail. Community activists seeking to recall the mayor submitted certified 322 valid petition signatures earlier this year to the board of elections for the recall effort,11 more than the 311 needed to put the issue before voters. Per the city charter, the Black mayor had until Aug. 18 to resign after the board of elections certified the recall petition for the November ballot. If the recall is successful Cou

  Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor   CLEVELAND, Ohio- The Rev Al Sharpton , an MSNBC talk show host who leads the National Action Network and is one of the more prominent Civil Rights leader's in the country and national SCLC President Dr Charles Steele Jr. will join local activists and Black contractors  on Tues, Oct 11, 2022 for an 11 am rally on the steps of Cleveland City Hall in downtown Cleveland, Ohio against Mayor Justin Bibb, City Council President Blaine Griffin, the 17-member city council and Sherwin Williams paint company. Sharpton, Steele, Bibb and Griffin, a Ward 6 councilman and former ally to former mayor Frank Jackson, Bibb's predecessor,  are all Black Democrats and Cleveland is a largely Black major American city of some 383,000 people It is roughly 58 percent Black. Sharpton will co-lead the rally, organizers said. The event comes as the November midterm elections near Organize

  Above video-Cleveland News 5 coverage of Women's March Cleveland's Oct. 8, 2022 rally and march at Market Square Park, one of several sister marches held nationwide this day for women's rights. Women's March Cleveland organizer Kathy Wray Coleman and activist Delores Gray comment relative to the new coverage. Cleveland was the only march of 16 in Ohio to get pre and post mainstream and other media coverage The national march in Washington D.C., sponsored by Women's March National, drew hundreds to Folger Park, also on Oct 8 Keynote speakers for Women's March Cleveland's Oct 8, 2022 1:30 pm Market Square Park rally and march from left were Ohio Senator Nickie Antonio, lt governor Democratic nominee Cuyahoga County Councilwoman Cheryl Stephens, Cleveland activist Genevieve Mitchell, Ohio attorney general Democratic nominee state Representative Jeff Crossman, and Cleveland anti-violence activist Sandra Hardwick,  whose daughter, Britney Hardwick, was murder

  Women's March Cleveland head organizer Kathy WrayColeman leads women in a march after the U.S. Supreme Court , on June 24, 2022, overturned Roe v Wade and relegated authority to restrict or outrlaw abortion to respective state legistaures throughout the country By  Taylor Wizner, I deastream CLEVELAND, Ohio- Women's March Cleveland is  planning a Women’s March on Sat, Oct 8 to join in with a national action. Marches are planned across the country aned  Women’s March Cleveland's march is  is Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at Market Square Park across from the West Side MarketatWest 25th St and Lorain Ave. Women's March Cleveland  organizer Kathy Wray Coleman said the event will host politicians, community activists and doctors, who will share personal stories about  violence against women and abortion, among other women'srights issues. Here is the Facebook link for Womne's March Cleveland's event where hundreds have already responded:  https://www.facebook.com/event

  Keynote speakers for Women's March Cleveland's Oct 8, 2022 1:30 pm Market Square Park rally and march from left are Ohio Senator Nickie Antonio, lt governor Democratic nominee Cuyahoga County Councilwoman Cheryl Stephens, Cleveland activist Genevieve Mitchell, Ohio attorney general Democratic nominee state Representative Jeff Crossman, and Cleveland anti-violence activist Sandra Hardwick,  whose daughter, Britney Hardwick, was murdered in the family's home driveway two years ago in Cleveland's Collinwood neighborhood with the assailant still at large Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com Here is the Facebook link for this event where hundreds have already responded:  https://www.facebook.com/event... CLEVELAND, Ohio- Women's March Cleveland has announced its keynote speakers for a local march to the national women's march that will be held on Oct 8, 2022 at 1:30pm at Market Square Park at West 25th Street and Lorain Ave near downtown

Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com   Abu Dhabi, UAE  CNN —  Masha Amini A weeping Iranian woman is seen kneeling by her dead brother’s coffin as she slashes through her hair with a pair of scissors. Her relatives wail for justice as she tosses strands onto the coffin. They were grieving for 36-year-old Javad Heydari, who was fatally shot last week at one of the anti-government protests that have gripped Iran. Images like these have galvanized women across the world to join Iranian women protesting the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini . She died in hospital on September 16, three days after being pulled off the streets of Tehran by morality police and taken to a “re-education center” for lessons in modesty. CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT CNN.COM Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com   the most read Black digital newspaper and blog in Ohio and in the Midwest T el: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com.  We

Nineteen-year-old Tamara McLoyd (left) and 25-year-old Cleveland police officer Shane Bartek (right), whom McLoyd shot 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 - A 19-year old Black Cleveland area woman convicted earlier this year 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 and four other robberies was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday with parole eligibility after 26 years in the murder case . With all of the combined sentences, including the multiple robberies and the killing of Bartek, the woman will be eligible for parole after serving 54 years in prison. Tamara McLoyd, of Garfield Heights, who was 18 when she shot and killed Bartek, was convicted by a Cuyahoga County common pleas