Cleveland's elite Technical Rescue 1 squad rigged ropes to pull a rider out of a shaftway with no doors for five straight floors.

Daisy Torres allegedly siphoned $2,500 from a blind resident's account before her sister spotted the ATM withdrawals.

A 63-year-old man was found with gunshot wounds to the face at the South Arlington Street Circle K early Sunday. Police have not named a suspect.

Officers applied a tourniquet after finding a bleeding man near a Pearl Road pizza shop, and dispatch says shots may have come from a passing vehicle.

Angelo Merendino won a spot in Cleveland's home repair lottery two years ago. His house still hasn't been touched.

The 42nd Cleveland Challenge Cup runs through Sunday at the Wickliffe Italian-American Club, with 120 teams chasing the title.

Randall Mackendrick, longtime CEO of a Belmont County youth psychiatric facility, was booked on four charges in Lorain County.

A motorcyclist died early Sunday near MLK Jr. Drive, the fourth fatal Cleveland-area motorcycle crash in just over a week.

James Goodmote Jr. died at the scene near Atwood Lake; the surviving driver, unbelted, is suspected of impairment.

A Gallagher Elementary first-grader who had never ridden a school bus was mistakenly put on one anyway, sparking a frantic search and a police call.

Cleveland's heat ramps up through Wednesday, with temperatures reaching 91°F before thunderstorms become more likely. A cooler, sunnier weekend follows.

The shooting on the 8400 block of Tioga Avenue followed a verbal dispute with an unknown person, police say.

Officers cut the animal loose after it got caught in mesh netting, the latest in a string of local wildlife rescues.