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Newly elected minority leader of the U.S. House of Representative Hakeem Jeffries, a New York Democrat and the first Black to hold the post and to lead a political party in Congress,  and newly elected house speaker Kevin McCarthy, a California Republican   Former U.S. House of Representatives speaker Rep Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief WASHINGTON, D.C. -House Republicans elected Congressman Kevin McCarthy speaker Friday night on the 15th vote, an unprecedented win and the longest speaker's race since Nathaniel Banks was elected speaker in 1896. In Congress since 2007 and currently representing California's  23rd congressional  district, McCarthy won with 216 votes out of 222.  After the vote he  accepted the gavel from new House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of Brooklyn, New York, the first Black elected to lead a political party in Congress and of whom fellow Dem

  Newly elected minority leader of the U.S. House of Representative Hakeem Jeffries , a New York Democrat, the first Black to hold the post and to lead a political party in Congress   Ohio's four Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives are Reps Emilia Sykes of Akron (top left), Shontel Brown of Warrensville Hts. (top right), Joyce Beatty of Columbus (bottom left), and Marcy Kaptur of Toledo (bottom right) Former U.S. House of Representative speaker Rep Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com Staff article WASHINGTON, D.C. -The 118th Congress convened this week in Washington D.C. and as anticipated House Democrats unanimously elected New York Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, 52, House Minority Leader, making him the first Black American to lead a political party in Congress. All 212 House Democrats, including all four  from Ohio  of Rep   Shontel Brown, Mary Kaptur Joyce  Beatty and new Congresswoman Emilia Sykes, supported th

Above picture at left:Coach Ted Ginn Sr. and the Glenville High School Tarblooders, who  won the OHSAA Division IV championship title this year in Canton  over Cincinnati Wyoming Above picture at right- Women's March Cleveland leads a protest in downtown Cleveland from the Cuyahoga County Administration Blvd. after the U.S. Supreme Court, on June 24, 2022, overturned Roe. v Wade Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com   CLEVELAND, Ohio- Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com offer a look at our top stories of 2022 as the 2023 new year approaches. They are as follows: (Click on the following articles to read the article) Led by coach Ted Ginn Sr., Glenville, a Cleveland public high school, wins a state football championship title in Ohio....A celebratory parade and motorcade are set for December 8, 2022 Women's March Cleveland's Roe v Wade decision day march draws hundreds, Cleveland 19 News reporter Michelle Nics reports  

Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com CLEVELAND, Ohio-   The Cleveland Department of Public Health (CDPH) for the city of Cleveland has confirmed its first  influenza - associated pediatric death for the 2022-23 flu season. The 19-month-old child was hospitalized at the time of her death.    This is Cuyahoga County's second pediatric flu-associated death of the season following the death of a 13-year-old boy in November.    "The news of any death in our community is devastating," said CDPH Assistant Director Brian Kimball. "We recognize the poignancy of the loss of a child, especially from flu, and we urge everyone six months and older to get vaccinated against the flu now, if you have yet to do so this season."    For those concerned with how well this year's flu vaccine matches up against the strains of flu virus currently circulating, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports that the available vaccines appear to be a good m

Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas General Division Judges Joan Synenberg and Wanda Jones, both Republicans and both of whom lost their seats in the general election in November to Democratic opponents in a county that is a Democratic stronghold. Synenberg, however, will get to stay on the common pleas bench for now after Gov Mike DeWine appointed her to a vacant seat  Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor  CLEVELAND , Ohio -Republican Judges Wanda Jones and Joan Synenberg (both pictured) lost their seats on the 34-member Cuyahoga County Common Pleas general division court via this year's November general election, Jones, who is Black, losing to former Cleveland Council President Kevin Kelley, who lost a nonpartisan mayoral runoff to current Mayor Justin Bibb by a landslide last year, and Synenberg losing to west side Cleveland Ward 11 Councilman Brian Mooney. But one of two ousted common pleas judges