Spanish-language radio stations aren’t new on the coasts, and they’ve gradually been cropping up in the American heartland, too. La Mega, in Cleveland, is the latest offering; one station playing the pop hits from all over Central America and the Caribbean.
Tonight, Cleveland's prodigal son Lebron James returns to play in his former home town...but he'll be playing as a member of the Miami Heat. We talk with Ibrahim Abdul-Matin about how fans react when former heroes return in another team's colors.
Has the Living Cities philanthropic collaborative found a way to get the most ameliorative bang for their philanthropic buck? We talk about the changing philosophies of urban renewal, and we speak to two people who will see this money in their cities.
Is Big Brother about to delve into your trash bin? The City of Cleveland is rolling out an ID system for its trash containers. Those who don't recycle will be fined.
This week we found that it was good to be a typo, but a very bad week to be Cleveland, Ohio.
Yesterday, 50-year-old registered sex offender Anthony Sowell was formally charged with murder and rape in Ohio's Cuyahoga County Court. The story of Sowell's arrest and arraignment on charges has stunned Cleveland residents.
In Ohio, Cleveland's Cuyahoga County expects at least 13,000 new foreclosures this year, but state Treasurer Jim Rokakis has a plan ? he wants to buy up bad mortgages and sell them back to homeowners in order to keep people in their homes.
President Obama is heading to Ohio today on a campaign swing for his health care plan. Dan Bobkoff, reporter for WCPN in Cleveland, is getting ready to join the crowds at Shaker Heights High School and he joins The Takeaway with his take.
Forty years ago, the Cuyahoga River, riddled with pollution, burned for 30 minutes. How far has the river's environment come since then? Dan Moulthrop, host of the Sound of Ideas on WCPN in Cleveland, joins The Takeaway from the Cuyahoga to consider this.
Forty years ago the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, Ohio was so polluted with industrial waste it regularly caught fire. The national outrage that a 1969 fire sparked helped put in place environmental regulations that would turn the Cuyahoga into a waterway