Browse past news stories for Shaw High School in East Cleveland, OH.

• Shaw High School graduate celebrates anniversary of winning shot (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)
  posted on November 27, 2009 at 02:51:43 pm
    Cleveland native Michael Perry blogs in GoBearCats.com about the 20th anniversary of the first game college basketball game at the Shoemaker Center on the University of Cincinnati campus. East Cleveland native Steve Sanders, a walk-on, nailed the winning shot...
• Schools to face tough decisions (The Bolivar Commercial)
  posted on November 25, 2009 at 11:39:20 pm
  Delta school administrators have very important decisions to make in the coming months about how they will increase proficient and advance performance on state tests and in the classrooms.
• DNA Officialz hip-hop group at Peabody's: Local Beat (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)
  posted on November 11, 2009 at 09:12:51 pm
  After two decades of being a local MC, Shawn "Holomann Tha Govanah" Pickens is looking forward to joining other Cleveland-based rappers for the new project DNA Officialz. The large outfit has booked a show at Peabody's. Also, legendary Akron-based punk act Tin Huey is releasing a new compilation, "Before Obscurity: The Bushflow Tapes."
• Coach Arrested at Area High School (FOX 8 Cleveland)
  posted on November 11, 2009 at 11:32:20 am
  Fox 8 News has learned that a drug sweep at Shaw High School has lead to the arrest of Leon Hines, the school's popular basketball coach.
• Shaw basketball coach cited for marijuana possession (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)
  posted on November 10, 2009 at 10:14:16 pm
  Leon Hines, the longtime boys basketball coach at Shaw High School, was given a misdemeanor citation Tuesday for possessing marijuana.
• Foul: Boys Basketball Coach Arrested In Shaw High School Drug Sweep (19 Action News Cleveland)
  posted on November 10, 2009 at 09:03:26 pm
  EAST CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) -  An East Cleveland basketball coach arrested after a Tuesday morning drug sweep of the school parking lot.
• Coach Arrested During Drug Sweep At Area High School (News Channel 5 Cleveland)
  posted on November 10, 2009 at 05:39:08 pm
  Four people were arrested after a drug sweep of the Shaw High School parking lot Tuesday morning.
• Chamber offers aid to students (The Bolivar Commercial)
  posted on November 1, 2009 at 05:24:19 pm
  The Cleveland-Bolivar County Chamber of Commerce Education Committee’s ACT workshop made a huge impact on those students that were able to attend. The chamber invited all six school districts in Bolivar County and Bayou Academy to send students to the ACT Workshop presented by The Princeton Review.
• Tom Jacobs, producer of 'LifeStyles with Rebecca' on PBS, knows his subject well (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)
  posted on September 27, 2009 at 04:23:06 am
  Tom Jacobs majored in history and political science at Denison University. Jacobs was certain of his career path. He would be a teacher. "I never gave journalism a thought," Jacobs said. "I envisioned myself in a classroom. But then a buddy's girlfriend told me they were hiring at the television station where she worked in Columbus." Today, the Shaker Heights resident is an internationally known ...
• Death row inmate Romell Broom cooperative before his execution (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)
  posted on September 15, 2009 at 11:24:21 am
  Death Row inmate Romell Broom made no requests for his special meal and no family members were expected to visit him Monday — the day before his scheduled execution. Broom, 53, arrived at the Lucasville prison at 9:43 a.m. and spent the day reading, watching a little television, talking to his lawyers and sleeping.
• Strickland denies clemency to Romell Broom; execution scheduled Tuesday for East Cleveland girl's killer (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)
  posted on September 14, 2009 at 05:24:31 pm
  ODRC Web siteRomell BroomCOLUMBUS, Ohio — Gov. Ted Strickland declined to grant clemency to a death row inmate scheduled to be executed Tuesday for abducting, raping and fatally stabbing a 14-year-old East Cleveland girl. Romell Broom, 53, is scheduled to...
• Ohio Supreme Court denies appeal of death-row inmate Romell Broom (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)
  posted on September 14, 2009 at 08:09:21 am
  Broom The Ohio Supreme Court ruled Friday against a death row inmate hoping to escape his execution scheduled for Tuesday. Romell Broom, who was sentenced to death for abducting, raping and fatally stabbing a 14-year-old East Cleveland girl in 1984,...
• Dream Killer (Cleveland Scene)
  posted on September 3, 2009 at 01:46:16 pm
  Shantell Stevenson thinks she would have learned more by skipping 10th grade. She started the year at Shaw High in East Cleveland. "Which was terrible," she says. "I wasn't learning anything." Friends told her about The International Preparatory School (TIPS), a privately run charter school.
• A tall order: Shaw wide receiver Tyrone Williams commits to Ohio State (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)
  posted on August 29, 2009 at 06:05:42 pm
  Imagine 6-6 quarterback Terrelle Pryor throwing lob passes to 6-7 wideout Tyrone Williams in the back of the Ohio State end zone. Buckeyes fans can begin the fantasy now. "He's the best quarterback I've ever seen in college and he's...
• Death row inmate gets chance to argue innocence in 1985 case (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)
  posted on July 30, 2009 at 10:33:22 pm
  Romell Broom, a death row inmate scheduled for execution in September, will get a chance to convince a judge that information discovered after his conviction could have exonerated him. An appeals court ruled Thursday that Broom can use public records from the East Cleveland Police Department as possible grounds for a new trial in his 1985 aggravated murder case.
• Collins-Somerville wedding (The Canton Repository)
  posted on July 19, 2009 at 04:14:17 am
  Loading multimedia... Antionette R. Collins of Mesa, Ariz., and Nigel L. Somerville of East Cleveland, were married June 6 at St. Paul AME Church in Canton by the Rev. Keaf Holliday.
• PBS show on starting over has local stars Rebecca Y. Smith, Michelle Luciano led by Tom Jacobs of Solon (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)
  posted on July 11, 2009 at 01:07:08 pm
  Scott Shaw / The Plain DealerMichelle Luciano, left, and Rebecca Y. Smith will be stars of "Lifestyles with Rebecca" on PBS. Plato was the wise guy who came up with that line about necessity being the mother of invention. He...
• BOE: Norton to challenge East Cleveland Mayor Brewer in primary (WKYC Cleveland)
  posted on July 2, 2009 at 09:49:06 pm
  CLEVELAND -- The Cuyahoga County Board of Elections announced that, pending the board's certification of filing petitions, East Cleveland City Council President Gary Norton Jr. will face incumbent East Cleveland Mayor Eric J. Brewer in a Democratic primary Sept. 29.
• City Beat (Cleveland Jewish News)
  posted on June 24, 2009 at 04:11:01 am
  Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple celebrates Shabbat at the former Euclid Avenue Temple at 8. The temple site is now Liberty Hill Baptist Church, 8206 Euclid Ave. Followed by oneg and short tours. Open to the public. 216-464-1330.
• Crusade to save state program that helps inner city students (WKYC Cleveland)
  posted on June 9, 2009 at 10:49:06 pm
  CLEVELAND -- A program that has improved test scores and kept many inner city male students in school faces the state budget chopping block.
• Regional News Stories: June 2008 (WCPN Cleveland)
  posted on May 14, 2009 at 07:36:27 pm
  Some Concerned About Emphasis On STEM (1st of 2 stories) Posted Monday, June 30, 2008 First of two stories - There's been a big move toward boosting the amount of classroom time kids get in science, engineering, technology and math, also known as STEM. But advocates say they're worried other courses and disciplines are being pushed aside to allow STEM to grow.
• Scooter McDougle, 5 other ex-Toledo athletes indicted (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)
  posted on May 6, 2009 at 08:51:14 pm
  Plain DealerHarvey "Scooter" McDougle Jr. Read the indictments: Part 1 Part 2 Previous coverage: • Former prep star charged in point-shaving scandal • Feds: Former Toledo player organized point shaving • More coverage from The Toledo Blade DETROIT —: Two...
• East Cleveland student wins Gates Scholarship (WKYC Cleveland)
  posted on May 5, 2009 at 10:34:06 pm
  EAST CLEVELAND -- East Cleveland is in need of some positive news -- enter Arthur Hill.
• JazzFest has historic tone (Akron Beacon Journal)
  posted on April 22, 2009 at 06:19:58 pm
  Cuyahoga Community College festival celebrating 30th anniversary
• Cost-conscious kicks: 25 things to do for under $25 in Cleveland (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)
  posted on April 17, 2009 at 04:20:37 am
  Despite what some people think, frugality isn't a punishment. It isn't the door closing on happiness and blocking your way to good times. It is an opportunity, a challenge. Accept it and embrace it. Finding inexpensive-yet-exciting things to do...
• Break-ins chase her to Jersey (Akron Beacon Journal)
  posted on March 26, 2009 at 05:49:29 am
  Mayor contradicts policeman's suggestion
• DYER: Break-ins chase woman to Jersey (Akron Beacon Journal)
  posted on March 25, 2009 at 11:18:52 pm
  DYER: Break-ins chase woman to Jersey
• Clownish comedian will be juggling roles at LEC (The News-Herald)
  posted on March 5, 2009 at 05:12:42 am
  East Cleveland native Ed Holmes is a clown, Dick Cheney and whatever else he wants to be.
• Capsule look at WVU football recruits (Charleston Daily Mail)
  posted on February 17, 2009 at 04:52:03 pm
  Shawne Alston RB, 6-0, 222Hampton, Va., Phoebus HSOrlando Sentinel All-Southern Team ... The Roanoke Times No. 21-rated player in Virginia ... AP Group AAA first-team all-state ... Daily Press Offensive Player of the Year ... Daily Press f...