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Shirellda Terry  From left: Angela Deskins,  Shirellda Terry and  Shetisha Sheeley  From the Metro Desk of Cleveland Urban News.Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com, Ohio's No 1 and No 2 online Black news venues  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com )  Reach Cleveland Urban News.Com by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com and by phone at 216-659-0473 EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio-A wing of the East Cleveland Public Library dubbed "The Teen Room" will be named in honor of Shirellda Terry, 18 , one of three Black women whose remains were found earlier this year wrapped in plastic bags in East Cleveland, a neighboring Black suburb of Cleveland. The dedication program, which will include the Shirellda Terry family, representatives from area women's advocacy organizations, and community activists fighting for justice for the women, begins at 2:30 pm on Saturday, November 16, 2013  at the East Cleveland Public Library, 14101 Euclid Avenue. (For more informati

CLEVELAND, Ohio-Funeral services for  Sarah Elizabeth Massengill -Tarver (pictured) , a Civil  Rights advocate, lifetime member of the NAACP and mother of  Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Pauline Tarver (pictured in judicial robe), are Saturday November 16, 2013 at 1 pm at Antioch Baptist Church in Cleveland, 8869 Cedar Road. Viewing  is Friday, November 15 from 5 to 8 pm at Lucas Memorial Chapel, 9010 Garfield Blvd in Garfield Heights. A retired 25-year employee of World Publishing Company and 20-year employee with Bird Electronics who instilled higher education, c ommunity involvement and Civil Rights values in her children, including Judge Tarver, a former executive director of the Cleveland NAACP turned judge,  Massengill -Tarver died earlier this week. She was a member of Affinity Missionary Baptist Church in Cleveland. She is preceded in death by a husband of 35 years, Henry Tarver, and two children. In addition to Judge Tarver, she is survived by a son, Rob

Pictured are Dr. Charles Modlin, Cleveland NAACP President The Reverend Hilton Smith (in red tie),  Cleveland NAACP Executive Director Sheila Wright, 100 Black Men of Greater Cleveland President Terry Maynard (in gray tie), and United States President Barack Obama (in blue tie). Obama will speak in Cleveland on Thursday at Arcelor Mittal, one of the world's leading manufacturing and steel companies. By Johnette Jernigan and Kathy Wray Coleman CLEVELAND, Ohio- The Cleveland Chapter NAACP, in partnership with Black Clergy, the Greater Cleveland Chapter of  100 Black Men of America Inc. , and the Cleveland Department of Health, will host a health care enrollment forum under the Affordable Care Act at 6 pm on Thursday, November 14, 2013 at the University Circle United Methodist Church, 1919 East 107th Street and Chester Avenue in Cleveland. (For more information on the community forum that organizers say is to help people without health  care sign up  contact the Cleveland

Cleveland Councilman Jeff Johnson By Johnette Jernigan and Kathy Wray Coleman, The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com, Ohio's No 1 and Cleveland Councilman Eugene Miller No 2 online Black newspapers  ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ). Reach us by phone at 216-659-0473 and by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com CLEVELAND, Ohio-All of the incumbent Cleveland city councilpersons won reelection Tuesday night, including west side Councilman Brian Cummins, who edged opponent Brian Kazy in Ward 14, and east side Black councilpersons Terrell Pruitt in Ward 1, Zack Reed in Ward 2, Ward 4 Councilman Kenneth Johnson, and Phyllis Cleveland, Mamie Mitchell, T.J. Dow and Kevin Conwell in wards 5, 6, 7 and 9, respectively. And Councilman Jeff Johnson beat Councilman Eugene Miller to win in the new ward 10, a ward as a result of a redistricting map that takes city council from 19 to 17 seats beginning next year, a controversial cou

Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson (left) with his wife Edwina,  campaign manager Blaine Griffin, and a host of supporters  during his victory speech Tuesday night. Jackson, 67, won a third four-year term with 66 percent  of the vote over millionaire businessman Ken Lanci. A two term mayor and former Cleveland City Council president, he has led the predominantly Black major American city since 2006. (The Cleveland Urban News.Com article on Cleveland City Council races  Tuesday  night is coming. Stay tuned and please read the below article on Tuesday's mayoral election in Cleveland) By Johnette Jernigan and Kathy Wray Coleman, The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com, Ohio's No 1 and No 2 online Black newspapers  ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ). Reach us by phone at 216-659-0473 and by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com CLEVELAND, Ohio-Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson will keep his $137,000 a-year job as mayor of the larg

    

Pictured are Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson (left), who won a third term as mayor Tuesday night, and opponent Ken Lanci, a Cleveland businessman and multimillionaire who garnered 34 percent of the vote to Jackson's 66 percent. By J ohnette Je rnigan and Kathy Wray Coleman, ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ), Ohio's Black digital news leaders. Reach us by phone at 216-659-0473 and by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com CLEVELAND, Ohio-Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson will keep his $137,000 a-year job as mayor of the largely Black major American city of some 400,000 people, easily winning a third term Tuesday night over millionaire businessman Ken Lanci. Jackson won with 66 percent of the vote in the nonpartisan general election for Cleveland mayor and got 37, 488 votes to Lanci's 19, 336 votes,  unofficial results from the Cuyahoga County Board  of Elections reveal. Voter turnout was low at 21 percent, the worst tur