Residents are being urged to speak out if they have information about a mass shooting that occurred in East Akron overnight on Sunday.

One 27-year-old male was killed in the shooting. Police are investigating and encourage the community to reach out with tips.

The officer, Ryan Westlake, was nearly fired in 2021 after three incidents.

The lawsuit filed by the family of Desmond Franklin alleges Cleveland Police officer Jose Garcia killed Franklin despite facing no real threat of injury.

Tirrell Edwards was sentenced to life behind bars for the shooting death of his fiancée, Amanda Williams. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court is reviewing gun rights for domestic abusers.

Hundreds of people in Cleveland each year are gunshot survivors. Those crimes impact families for years to come after, from medical expenses to physical disabilities and mental health challenges.

Even though the cut positions are currently unfilled, the decision worries some Cleveland City Council members.

Henderson arrested community activist Antoine Tolbert for openly carrying firearms, which is legal in Ohio, and added a charge to ensure he was booked into county jail.

According to a University Hospitals trauma medicine expert, the holiday season is not only a time of joy, but also one of increased gun-related injuries and deaths, making safety and security measures all the more important.

Recently released 911 calls following St. Vincent Charity Hospital's closure of its emergency room reveal that Cleveland EMS dispatchers and residents did not know the ER closed.

A significant number of new HIV infections happen among Black women, and a health education effort in Atlanta wants to make sure Black women can access the HIV-prevention medicines known as PrEP.

Cuyahoga County Executive Chris Ronayne says the Women's Health Advisory Council will consist of 13 people from varied backgrounds.

Minority participation is low among registered organ transplant donors, despite record numbers of transplants last year.

Journalist Betty J. Halliburton explores the experiences of Black women in Cleveland as they navigate systems affecting their health and well-being.

Members of the Black and Jewish communities are working to build relationships between the two groups while collaborating on various projects to fight inequity in healthcare and other areas.

The Racism as a Public Health Crisis Coalition (RAPHC-C), which formed in 2020 when the city declared racism a public health crisis, held a town hall meeting on Friday. The group’s co-chair Marsha Mockabee said the event was an “appetizer” for more community engagement coming in the future.

A Boston hospital gets daily, home blood pressure checks for moms at risk for the pregnancy complication, pre-eclampsia. The effort is a response to alarming rates of Black maternal mortality.

Police departments across the country offer ride-alongs to members of the community to help the public understand the issues that officers face at work. One nonprofit in Cleveland offers the same service — but community members take police officers and others on tours of the community.

The COVID-19 pandemic hit Northeast Ohio’s Black communities hard, recent research shows. Now researchers from the National Institute of Health (NIH) are trying to determine whether long COVID-19 will also disproportionately affect Black people.

Reach Out and Read, a nonprofit founded by a MetroHealth pediatrician, promotes literacy to improve health outcomes.