Celeste Houmard

It was another tough year for restaurants and traditional brick-and-mortar retailers. Several national chains announced closures and bankruptcies in 2024 – not to mention the local small businesses…

The Arizona grandmother who sent a text message to what she believed was her grandson’s phone number, inviting him over for Thanksgiving dinner nearly nine years ago, has announced her diagnosis of…

A Toledo man was injured Sunday after he allegedly took his 9-year-old son on a driving lesson while drunk. 

An Ohio woman has welcomed a healthy baby boy nine months after her husband’s tragic death.

Bill and Hillary Clinton are praising Biden’s “extraordinary” career of service and have joined him in endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris for president.

*Attached video: Gypsy Rose Blanchard out of prison years after persuading boyfriend to kill abusive mother (WJW) – Gypsy Rose Blanchard, who was released from a Missouri prison in December of 2023 after serving eight years, announced her pregnancy on YouTube Tuesday. Blanchard spent the better part of the last decade in prison after admitting in court to asking her ex-boyfriend Nicholas Godejohn to kill her mother, Clauddine “Dee Dee” Blanchard, who experts say likely suffered from Munchausen…

*Attached video: 3-month-old conjoined twins separated in historic surgery at Texas hospital (WJW) – The world’s oldest living conjoined twins have passed away at the age of 62. Lori and George Schappell passed away on Sunday at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, according to their obituaries published by Leibensperger Funeral Homes. According to Guinness World Records, Lori and George (formerly named Dori) became the world’s first same-sex conjoined twins to identify as different g…

CLEVELAND (WJW) – The woman who is accused of leaving her 16-month-old daughter alone for more than a week while she vacationed, leading to the girl’s death from starvation and dehydration, was sentenced to life in prison without parole in a Cleveland courtroom Monday morning. Kristel Candelario, 32, left her 16-month-old daughter Jailyn Candalario, alone and unattended at her home near Lorain Avenue and West 97th Street in Cleveland on June 6. She did not return until June 16, 2023. Authorities…

(WJW) – Paul Alexander, known as “The Man in the Iron Lung,” has passed away at the age of 78. According to Alexander’s GoFundMe page, which was created by Christopher Ulmer, who met and interviewed Alexander in 2022 to help cover Alexander’s living and medical expenses, he passed away on Monday, March 11. According to the GoFundMe page, Alexander’s brother Philip confirmed his death to Ulmer saying, “I am so grateful to everybody who donated to my brother’s fundraiser. It allowed him to live hi…

CLEVELAND (WJW) – Frontier Airlines has announced a new seating option that will provide customers with extra space and comfort during flights. UpFront Plus seats are available only in the first two rows of the aircraft. Customers in those seats will get a guaranteed window or aisle seat with extra legroom and an empty middle seat as well. “Many consumers strongly prefer a seating option that offers extra space when flying,” Frontier Airlines CEO Barry Biffle said. “Frontier is all about choice…