'Please do not go to the airport': Silver Airways, Florida-based airline, shuts down all operations

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 6/12 12:32A Scripps News Group

Florida-based airline Silver Airways is shutting down, the company announced on social media earlier this week. According to the announcement, the airline is ceasing all operations as of June 11. The statement said in an attempt to restructure in...

2 found guilty in shooting death of 10-year-old girl on 4th of July 2024

News 5 Cleveland (Metro News) 6/11 10:43A Maya Morita

Two men have been found guilty of a shooting that left a 10-year-old girl dead on the Fourth of July in 2024, according to the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office. On Wednesday, Juwone Deaver, 29, and Jemerious Davis, 24, were found guilty of...

Ohio BMV warns of text message scam

News 5 Cleveland (Money) 6/11 4:18A Sara Roth

First, it was unpaid turnpike tolls. Now, Northeast Ohioans are receiving text messages pressuring them to pay phony traffic tickets. The fraudulent messages claim to be from the Ohio Department of Motor Vehicles and say your driver's license will...

US inflation steady at 2.4% amid tariff concerns, BLS reports

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 6/11 3:12A Justin Boggs

Despite fears that tariffs would cause consumer goods prices to rise, the U.S. inflation rate remained relatively steady in May, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. According to new data released on Wednesday, the Consumer...

Trump plans to phase out FEMA, shift disaster management to states

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 6/11 2:15A Scripps News Group

President Donald Trump is planning to phase out the Federal Emergency Management Agency after this year's hurricane season. On Tuesday, he said he wants to bring FEMA down to the state level and let governors handle it. Trump added that the...

Nationwide protests erupt over immigration raids; Texas deploys National Guard

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 6/11 1:42A Scripps News Group

Protests that sprang up in Los Angeles over immigration enforcement raids are continuing to spread across the country. From Seattle to Austin to Washington, D.C., marchers have chanted, carried signs, and snarled traffic through downtown avenues...

President Trump announces he's restoring Confederate names to military bases

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 6/11 12:52A Scripps News Group

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that his administration plans to restore the names of seven military bases that were once named after Confederate leaders. Fort Gregg-Adams, which was previously Fort Robert E. Lee after the Confederate...

Woman shot and killed in Cleveland Metroparks

News 5 Cleveland (Metro News) 6/10 11:17P News 5 Staff

Cleveland EMS confirms a woman has been found shot to death in the Cleveland Metroparks. The incident occurred early Wednesday morning at Mill Creek Falls. Our overnight news tracker followed Cleveland Police as they swarmed the entrance to...

She was just looking for recipes, but crooks cooked up something else for Wadsworth woman

News 5 Cleveland (Investigations) 6/10 11:03A Jonathan Walsh

Criminals are focusing on Northeast Ohio and trying to take your hard-earned money. A senior citizen from Wadsworth just found that out the hard way, to the tune of thousands of dollars, but she isnt the only one in the crosshairs. The...

Civilian Police Review Board makes discipline recommendations for police officer a year after...

News 5 Cleveland (Investigations) 6/10 10:30A Mark Ackerman

Cleveland's Civilian Police Review Board has made its recommendations nearly a year after a police officer crashed while rushing Mayor Justin Bibb to a meeting. The board sustained four of five counts made against the officer. On June 13, 2024,...

Marines, National Guard deployment to LA will cost $134 million, official says

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 6/10 7:00A Scripps News Group

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth says the California National Guard and Marines will remain deployed in Los Angeles for about two months to help "maintain the peace" following days of sometimes violent protests against federal immigration...

Where Americans tip most: New survey highlights generosity by state

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 6/10 6:54A Justin Boggs

As Americans spend more on dining out than ever before, a new survey finds that over 15% of spending at full-service restaurants goes toward tips. According to a survey by LendingTree, about $78 billion was spent on tips at restaurants, bars, and...

Emperor penguins show dramatic decline in one region of Antarctica, satellite photos show

News 5 Cleveland (World News) 6/10 6:10A AP via Scripps News Group

The population of emperor penguins in one part of Antarctica appears to be declining faster than previously thought, according to a new analysis of satellite imagery released Tuesday. The estimated population of 16 penguin colonies visible in...

Invasive Asian needle ants with potentially deadly sting spreading across multiple states

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 6/10 5:38A Scripps News Group

Asian needle ants that carry a potentially fatal sting have spread across multiple states, with experts warning people to be cautious when spending time outdoors. The invasive species has been found in more than a dozen states from Washington to...

Newsom says Trump ‘wanted chaos,’ sends 800 more officers amid ICE protests

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 6/10 4:47A Scripps News Group

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is deploying more than 800 state and local law enforcement officers to assist during ongoing protests sparked by President Donald Trumps immigration raids. Over the past four days, thousands have gathered in and...