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  Shammas Malik   Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com   By Kathy Wray Coleman, associated publisher, editor AKRON, Ohio - On the heels of a no indictment by a Summit County grand jury in a case where eight Akron cops who gunned down 25-year old Jayland Walker shooting 94 bullets as he ran away from police escaped criminal charges, Akron voters on Tuesday chose a new mayor to lead the city of some 190,000 people  A Harvard graduate and first term councilman, Shammas Malik, 32, was elected the presumptive mayor of Akron in a seven-way, all Democratic nonpartisan primary race, according to unofficial results from the Summit County Board of Elections. And if nobody files to run in the November election, he will run unopposed.  "Change is coming," Malik said during a campaign watch party before supporters and family members, and the media  He also said that safety and youth violence will be a priority during his tenure as mayor.  Malik won with 43.2% o

Newly appointed Cleveland Foundation President and CEO Lillian Kuri CLEVELAND, Ohio– The Cleveland Foundation Board of Directors today announced that distinguished architect Lillian Kuri has been unanimously named the organization’s 10th president and CEO, effective Aug. 1, 2023. She will succeed Ronn Richard, who in January announced that he will be retiring this summer after a 20-year tenure at the helm of the foundation. Kuri, 53, is the first woman to hold the president and CEO position full time in the 109-year history of the Cleveland Foundation, the world's first community foundation and one of the largest today with reported assets of $2.5 billion and annual grants of more than $100 million. The daughter of Lebanese immigrants and a Northeast Ohio native, she earned a master of architecture in urban design from Harvard University and a bachelor’s degree in architecture from Kent State University. She is also licensed as an architect in Ohio. Leading up to her new position,

  Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Cassandra Collier-Williams Omnisun Azali ,  36, the son of a Cuyahoga County Common Please Judge Cassandra Collier Williams . A common pleas  jury, in December of 2022, found him guilty of murdering his wife    Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief. Coleman is a Black political and investigative reporter out of Cleveland, Ohio who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post newspaper. Comprehensive/Investigative article CLEVELAND, Ohio - A Black Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas judge whose son was convicted of murdering his wife in December of 2022 in a case that has drawn national attention is now fighting the county department of children and family services and the two children's aunt from Africa for custody of her grandchildren via a custody trial that got underway this week in downtown Cleveland, Ohio at the county juvenile court. Like the

Democratic President Joe Biden (right) and Vice President-Kamala Harris after winning election in 2020. The president announced on Tuesday that both he and Vice President Harris will seek reelection in 2024. A former California attorney general and U.S. senator, Harris is the nation's first Black and first Black female vice president Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief WASHINGTON, D.C.- After much anticipation around his decision whether to seek a second term in office, Democratic U.S. President Joe Biden, who captured the White House by defeating former Republican president Donald Trump in 2020 in a heated election, officially announced on Tuesday that both he and Vice President Kamala Harris will run for reelection in 2024, a possible rematch of 2020 election since Trump is already the staunch front-runner for the Republican nomination. The president joins political neophyte Robert F. Kenned