
AKRON -- Former Petland employee Liz Carlisle was sentenced to probation, given a $250 fiine and is required to complete 120 hours of community service. She was charged with animal cruelty in the drownings of two rabbits at the now-closed Akron Petland store.

COLUMBUS -- Federal investigators say an Illinois insurance executive accused of secretly making nude videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews shot film at an unspecified hotel in Columbus as well as at the Nashville Marriott.

CLEVELAND -- A proposed new Nike mural of LeBron James is sparking controversy.

Just days after a government task force changed what we'd always been told about mammograms, today there's new advice on PAP smears.

BEDFORD -- Two groups of car dealers here are a mile apart in a marketing dispute that may have to be resolved in court.

CLEVELAND -- The eastbound lanes of I-90 over the Innerbelt Bridge will be closed at 10 p.m. tonight as crews continue their work.

CLEVELAND -- Federal prosecutors today accused two men who operated granite supply and installation companies of conspiring to bribe public officials in connection with the ongoing Cuyahoga County corruption probe.

AKRON -- A Hudson man has been sentenced to 22 years to life for killing his mother and brother found buried behind their burned-out Hudson home.

CLEVELAND -- A retired mechanical engineer has generously remembered those who were important to him during his lifetime by leaving them nearly $2 million in his will.

CANTON -- Canton police are on the lookout for vandals who damaged fire hydrants, in turn, jeopardizing the lives of Woodland Avenue residents and firefighters.

VERMILION -- Lorain County Coroner Dr. Paul Matus tells Channel 3 News that Jeremy Simko, owner of a local tree service who was found dead in his North Rideg Road home early Wednesday, was a homicide victim, as he died from multiple gunshots.

CUYAHOGA HEIGHTS -- In Ohio high school wrestling circles, the name "Milkovich" is a household name. A school in Maple Heights has even been named after the family. Coach Dan Milkovich, who turned around a struggling program in Cuyahoga Heights, has been under fire for an incident that happened on his watch.

ROCKY RIVER -- Can you be fit and fat? That's the question circulating in the fitness community over the past few months. Does exercise really lead to weight loss?

CLEVELAND -- The death toll has risen to three in a Wednesday night fire at a home on Clark Avenue on Cleveland's near west side.

The Twilight Saga: New Moon opened at midnight Thursday (Nov. 19) at theaters across the U.S. and here in Northeast Ohio.

VALLEY VIEW -- Johanna Barnowski was just 11 years old when she became the All American National Champion in the Soap Box Derby stock division in 2008. Thursday night, with her entire family watching, her winning car was moved into the racing Hall of Fame at Quaker Steak and Lube.

ELYRIA, Ohio -- A former Lorain County commissioner has been convicted on charges alleging he took bribes to steer county contracts to certain companies.

CLEVELAND -- Mayor Frank Jackson asked MMPI, the firm that's building the Medical Mart, an angry question Wednesday -- "Do you really want to be in Cleveland?" MMPI has responded.

CLEVELAND --- Anthony Sowell, 50, of Cleveland, was arraigned Thursday morning on attempted murder, rape, felonious assault, and kidnapping charges. Sowell did not appear but attorney Brian R. McGraw, who was assigned to defend him, appeared on his behalf. His case will be heard by Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge John Sutula.

TWINSBURG -- Police here quickly caught the man that Streetsboro police say entered the First Merit Bank branch at 9717 State Route 14 in Streetsboro about 10 a.m. Thursday and passed a note to a teller, demanding money or he would shoot her.