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Common sense and slowing down are the keys to avoiding icy weather accidents

By The Associated Press ● Public Safety ● January 29, 2026

From slowing down while driving on slick roads to imitating the slow, shuffling walk of penguins to never assuming lake ice is thick enough, changing behavior can keep people out of hospital emergency rooms.

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Cleveland activist organizations call for general strike at anti-ICE protest [photos]

By Madalyn Norman ● Public Safety ● January 28, 2026

Despite sub-zero wind chills, hundreds of protesters gathered downtown to protest ICE.

Seasonal shelter offers refuge for Cleveland’s unhoused during winter storm

By Gregory Burnett ● Social Equity ● January 28, 2026

During this stretch of subzero wind chills, the shelter has expanded to accept more people and is still at capacity.

Another winter storm set to hammer Northeast Ohio. Here’s where to find warming centers, tips on digging out

By The Land ● Public Safety ● January 24, 2026

Are you ready for the winter storm?

To clear ice and snow, there are rock salt alternatives that are safer for your pets and yard

By The Associated Press ● Sustainability ● January 24, 2026

Winter has its fans, but even those who enjoy playing in the snow probably dislike the chore of clearing up after a big storm that dumps several inches or even feet of snow and ice. Many people run straight to the closest hardware store for a bag of salt to clear driveways, sidewalks and stoops.

Frigid temperatures, dangerous winds Tuesday in Northeast Ohio

By Chris Mosby ● Public Safety ● January 20, 2026

Cleveland is opening temporary warming shelters across the city as dangerous cold hits the region.

Behind the Celebrezze indictment

By Mark Puente & The Marshall Project ● Government ● January 15, 2026

A reporter recounts how an FBI subpoena changed attitudes and fueled Celebrezze indictment

Snowstorm hammers Northeast Ohio, warming centers open in Cleveland

By Chris Mosby ● Public Safety ● January 15, 2026

There are multiple options for people seeking warming centers.

Northeast Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force takes aggressive approach to rescuing victims, arresting offenders

By Christopher Johnston ● Public Safety ● January 14, 2026

“Victim care is number one for us, whereas in law enforcement, of course, we always want to go after the bad people and make arrests, because we want to hold people accountable. However, it doesn’t work like that for us. If we can get that, great, but getting a victim out of this life is paramount.”

Protests against ICE planned across Ohio, US after shootings in Minneapolis and Portland, Oregon

By The Associated Press ● Public Safety ● January 10, 2026

President Donald Trump’s administration has said both shootings were acts of self-defense against drivers who “weaponized” their vehicles to attack officers. Indivisible, a social movement group, has organized protests in several states, including Ohio, Texas and Florida. In Minneapolis, a rally is set to honor Renee Good, who was shot on Wednesday.