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Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Staff reports CLEVELAND, Ohio -St Vincent Charity Hospital, a hospital located in the city's Central Neighborhood near downtown Cleveland that serves poor people and Black people disproportionately, closed its inpatient and emergency room services on Nov 15, upsetting some Black residents of  Cleveland who say Black leaders said little to nothing about the closing "They closed St Vincent's on Black people and Black leaders, including the mayor and Cleveland City Council said nothing," said a Cleveland resident on condition of anonymity.  Hospital officials said in a statement that the hospital is now focusing on "ambulatory care as part of adaptive reuse of the campus.” The  Mission Kitchen, an affordable, healthy meal program, will remain open, hospital officials said. Cleveland's first and only downtown hospital, St Vincent and Charities Hospital, which eventually developed into a medical cen

United States Attorney General Merrick Garland (right) announces that he has named federal prosecutor Jack Smith as special counsel relative to two criminal investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice of former president Donald Trump (left), who this week announced that he will run for president in 2024 Special counsel Jack Smith Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor WASHINGTON D.C.- U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland has named war crimes prosecutor Jack Smith special counsel for two criminal investigations by the Department of Justice of former President Donald Trump, action taken just three days after Trump, a Republican, announced that he will run for president in 2024. A federal prosecutor, Smith served as chief prosecutor for the special court of The Hague investigating war crimes in Kosovo One investigation pertains to the Jan 6, 2021 insurrection regarding the certification of the Electoral Col

  Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com PALM, BEACH, Florida -As women's rights groups across the country prepare to defeat him, former president Donald Trump  announced Tuesday night from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida that he is running for president in 2024, marking his third bid for the White House. While speaking at a pre-mid-term election rally in Dayton, Ohio last week for J.D. Vance and some other other Republican candidates, the former president said that "I'm going to be making a very big announcement on Tuesday, November 15, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida." And on Tuesday night he did just that before hundreds of political supporters and an anxious mainstream media, but only after a speech in which he bragged on his time in office as president and dogged the policies of current President Joe Biden, the Democrat who ousted him from the White house in 2020 following a contentious election "I am announcing m

Robert Shepherd, 30, and Frank Q. Jackson, 24, the late grandson of former Cleveland mayor Frank Jackson whom Shepherd lured to his killing  on Sept 19, 2021. Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief Clevelandurbannews.com -CLEVELAND, Ohio- The Cleveland man found guilty last month of setting up the murder of former Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson's 24-year-old grandson by luring him to the murder scene was sentenced on Tuesday to life in prison with eligibility for parole in 33 years. Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Deanna Calabrese threw the book at Robert Shepherd, 30, whom jurors, on Oct 31, found guilty on all four counts, including murder aggravated murder and felonious assault, in the shooting death in September of 2021 of Frank Q. Jackson, though he was not charged with pulling the trigger. . “Our city is a disaster when it comes to gun violence,” Calabrese said in sentencing Sheph

Barbara Boyd Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com     By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio- Funeral services have been announced for longtime Ohio state representative Barbara Boyd of Cleveland Hts, a Democrat and former mayor of Cleveland Hts. who passed away on Sat, Nov 5, 2022. She is the mother of former state representative Janine Boyd, also of Cleveland Hts. Funeral arrangements are by E.F. Boyd and Son Funeral Home. Public viewing is Thursday, Nov 17 at the funeral home at noon followed by family visitation at 4pm and an Omega Omega Service at 5pm, also at the funeral home. Funeral services are Friday, Nov 18 at 11am at Forest Hill  Presbyterian Church Monticello Blvd. in  Cleveland Hts. Dignitaries are expected to attend the funeral in droves, sources said.  Barbara Boyd (born April 24, 1942) was an American politician. She served twice as a Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives , serving the