Snowplows working around the clock to clear city streets and interstates

News 5 Cleveland (Metro News) 1/25 7:37A Caitlin Hunt

Snow plows across Northeast Ohio are hard at work clearing city streets and highways. At 8 a.m. Sunday, the Ohio Department of Transportation's District 12, which serves Cuyahoga, Lake and Geauga counties, reported that over 70 drivers had been...

More than 10,000 flights canceled as massive winter storm sweeps across US

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 1/25 3:07A AP via Scripps News Group

A massive winter storm set the stage for a brutal travel day Sunday, with airlines warning of widespread cancellations and delays at some of the nation's busiest airports. RELATED STORY | Winter weather travel guide: Refunds, rebooking, and...

Protesters demand immigration agents leave Minneapolis after man is shot and killed during...

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 1/25 1:45A AP via Scripps News Group

Democrats demanded that federal immigration officers leave Minnesota after a U.S. Border Patrol agent fatally shot a man in Minneapolis, drawing hundreds of protesters onto the frigid streets and increasing tensions in a city already shaken by...

Witness recounts Minnesota shooting; doctor says man was shot in back and chest

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 1/24 8:45P Scripps News Group

A witness and a pediatrician are contradicting claims made by federal officials following the fatal shooting of a man by a U.S. Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis on Saturday. In a sworn declaration filed in federal court, a civilian witness...

Winter weather travel guide: Refunds, rebooking, and survival tips

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 1/24 12:43A AP via Scripps News Group

Winter weather can upend even the best-laid travel plans, but one less thing to worry about is losing money if your flight is canceled: U.S. airlines are required to provide refunds. A major, dayslong winter storm is threatening to bring snow,...

Inside daily life in Ukraine as war and brutal winter collide

News 5 Cleveland (World News) 1/23 4:26A Scripps News Group

Repeated Russian attacks on Kyivs energy infrastructure have left large parts of the city without heat, water or electricity during one of Ukraines coldest winters in years. The situation has been really bad in Ukraine in general, but also...

$1.8B Powerball winner comes forward, chooses lump-sum payment

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 1/22 6:23A Scripps News Group

The winner of Powerballs $1.8 billion jackpot on Christmas Eve has opted to take the lump-sum payment. The Arkansas Scholarship Lottery said the winner has claimed a one-time cash prize of $834.9 million before taxes. After federal and state tax...

Beloved Cleveland flower shop closing after 150 years

News 5 Cleveland (Metro News) 1/22 6:17A News 5 Staff

A flower shop that has been open for generations here in Cleveland is now having to shut its doors. After 150 years in business, Al Wilhelmy Flowers is closing this week. The store is closing due to an illness with the owners. The flower shop,...

Federal officers detain a 5-year-old boy who school official says was used as 'bait'

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 1/22 4:55A AP via Scripps News Group

A 5-year-old boy arriving home from preschool in Minnesota was taken by federal agents along with his father to a detention facility in Texas, school officials and the family's lawyer said, making him the fourth student from his Minneapolis suburb...

Private autopsy details gunshot wound to side of Renee Good's head

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 1/22 4:49A Scripps News Group

Preliminary results from a private autopsy commissioned by the family of Renee Good show she suffered gunshot wounds to the side of her head, her right breast and her left forearm, according to lawyers for the family. The results, reported by The...

Ex-special counsel Jack Smith defends Trump prosecutions in congressional hearing

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 1/22 3:30A Justin Boggs

Former special counsel Jack Smith testified Thursday on Capitol Hill in the first of two congressional hearings ordered by Republicans to question him about his investigations into former President Donald Trump prior to Trumps reelection. Smith...

Army orders military police to get ready for a possible Minneapolis deployment, AP source says

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 1/22 3:23A AP via Scripps News Group

The U.S. Army has ordered several dozen additional active-duty soldiers to prepare for a possible deployment to Minneapolis if needed, a defense official said Wednesday, amid protests over the Trump administration's immigration enforcement...

Woman who led ICE protest at Minnesota church service has been arrested, Bondi says

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 1/22 2:55A AP via Scripps News Group

A woman who led an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church has been arrested, Attorney General Pam Bondi said Thursday. Bondi announced the arrest of Nekima Levy Armstrong in a post on X days after...

'Sinners' shatters Oscar record with 16 nominations, making history

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 1/22 2:17A AP via Scripps News Group

Ryan Cooglers blues-steeped vampire epic Sinners led all films with 16 nominations to the 98th Academy Awards on Thursday, setting a record for the most in Oscar history. Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences voters showered Sinnners with...

Small businesses eye steadier hiring in 2026 following year of uncertainty

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 1/22 1:48A Stephanie Liebergen

Small business owners across the country are entering 2026 with cautious optimism after a difficult year marked by slow job growth, economic uncertainty and delayed hiring decisions. Employment at businesses with fewer than 50 employees declined...