Denise Zarrella
Reporter
Cleveland, Ohio
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Denise Zarrella brings a wide range of news experience to our team. After her work as an associate producer for CNN and an Emmy Award-winning reporter for TBS's "Interact America," she turned her attention to local news.
Denise began her reporting career as the weekend anchor and weekday reporter for WBBJ-TV in Jackson, Tenn. From there, she went on to hold the same positions at WCIA-TV in Champaign, Ill.
Before coming to Cleveland, Denise worked as a reporter and weekend morning anchor for WBRE-TV in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
She is a graduate of Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pa., where she majored in Political Science and English.
She might have spent a lot of time in Pennsylvania in the past, but Denise says that she has quickly transformed herself into a Cleveland girl, proud to call Ohio home. She enjoys traveling, catching the latest movies and spending time with friends. She lives on the west side with her husband Tony, daughter Gianna, son Anthony, and two dogs.
Updated: Mar. 31, 2019 at 3:04 PM EDT
|By Denise Zarrella
A Newburgh Heights Police Officer is being treated for minor injuries after flipping his cruiser while pursuing a suspect.
Updated: Mar. 27, 2019 at 4:17 PM EDT
|By Denise Zarrella
The Cleveland Browns will roll out new uniforms in 2020. The uniforms will have to be league approved.
Updated: Mar. 26, 2019 at 4:20 PM EDT
|By Denise Zarrella
Oscar Deleon was killed by a suspected drunk driver Saturday night after he left work at the Rosewood Grill in Strongsville. He leaves behind a fiance and two young daughters.
Updated: Mar. 24, 2019 at 2:37 PM EDT
|By Denise Zarrella
“All I can say is my son is gone. No remorse. You can’t take it back."
Updated: Mar. 20, 2019 at 8:52 PM EDT
|By Denise Zarrella
Pepper Pike Police posted dash cam video of a close call for one of their officers on Facebook.
Updated: Mar. 17, 2019 at 2:28 PM EDT
|By Denise Zarrella
Bomb sniffing dog scouring Cleveland parade route near Superior and E. 12th.
Updated: Mar. 17, 2019 at 9:28 AM EDT
|By Denise Zarrella
Soon, the sound of bagpipes, dancing and cheering amongst a sea of green will fill downtown Cleveland.
Updated: Mar. 13, 2019 at 4:57 PM EDT
|By Denise Zarrella
The morning after the Browns added Odell Beckham Jr. to their roster, Browns fans we talked to seemed to be walking on air.
Updated: Mar. 6, 2019 at 7:06 PM EST
|By Denise Zarrella
Tears and uncertainty set in as plant ends 53-year run.
Updated: Mar. 5, 2019 at 6:50 PM EST
|By Denise Zarrella
Ruby Haun was brave enough to tell us back in December about the tragic day when her son Larry had a heart attack at her East River Road home in Olmsted Falls.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2019 at 11:45 PM EST
|By Denise Zarrella
This car sustained major damage when the roof blew off of a building at Beechmont Towers Apartments in Woodmere Village.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2019 at 6:09 PM EST
|By Denise Zarrella
A Warrensville Heights Police officer was fired after being accused of sexually assaulting a female in a police cruiser, the city confirms.
Updated: Feb. 27, 2019 at 4:52 PM EST
|By Denise Zarrella
Imagine not feeling safe enough to leave your home.
Updated: Feb. 26, 2019 at 4:54 PM EST
|By Denise Zarrella
If you were born between 1957 and the early 70s, you may not be protected from the measles.
Updated: Feb. 24, 2019 at 11:26 PM EST
|By Denise Zarrella
Over one hundred were ready to audition for CBS's, "Big Brother," by nine-thirty Sunday Morning at the Barley House.
Updated: Feb. 21, 2019 at 7:17 PM EST
|By Denise Zarrella
Cardell Boyd is accused of trying to kill his wife in multiple ways on New Year's Day.
Updated: Feb. 20, 2019 at 4:04 PM EST
|By Denise Zarrella
The American Society of Civil Engineers gave Northeast Ohio a D-plus for infrastructure, citing aging infrastructure that needs to be replaced.
Updated: Feb. 19, 2019 at 4:17 PM EST
|By Denise Zarrella
The new Eastside Market opens Wednesday morning at 8 a.m. It is located at East 105th Street and St. Clair Avenue in Cleveland.
Updated: Feb. 18, 2019 at 4:22 PM EST
|By Denise Zarrella
Carroll was homeless. Police say she was beaten to death only a few feet away from where the vigil was held in her memory at the corner of East 79th Street and Euclid Avenue.
Updated: Feb. 11, 2019 at 5:13 AM EST
|By Denise Zarrella
What's old is new once again at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport.
Updated: Feb. 7, 2019 at 2:37 PM EST
|By Chris Anderson and Denise Zarrella
The man who crashed his vehicle into a Vermilion Township home, rupturing a gas line and triggering a devastating explosion, was in court Thursday afternoon.
Updated: Feb. 4, 2019 at 5:22 PM EST
|By Denise Zarrella
53-year-old Robert Raff told Avon Police that he killed his parents in Virginia. He said he had been severely abused as a child.
Updated: Feb. 3, 2019 at 1:20 PM EST
|By Denise Zarrella
Gas bubbled up through a puddle on the outside of a warehouse fire in Cleveland on Industrial Parkway. A sources said that Sixth City Brewing Company and Coats for Kids had offices inside the warehouse that were completely destroyed.
Updated: Jan. 31, 2019 at 4:37 PM EST
|By Denise Zarrella
"We got downstairs to find a rushing noise which was out gas so we started throwing the doors open," says Jackson-Haslage.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2019 at 5:09 PM EST
|By Denise Zarrella
Need a place to take your kids tomorrow when they have yet another snow day? Sweet Kiddles accepts kids as quickly as 10 minutes.
Updated: Jan. 29, 2019 at 4:35 PM EST
|By Denise Zarrella
Nick Vitalone, of Vitalone’s Towing, has been towing cars about as long as he can remember.
Updated: Jan. 28, 2019 at 3:44 PM EST
|By Denise Zarrella
The law in Ohio does not require a property owner to shovel driveways and sidewalks.
Updated: Jan. 28, 2019 at 6:07 AM EST
|By Denise Zarrella
With the coldest temperatures in the forecast since 1994, there's a good chance that there will be school cancellations for more than one day this week.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2019 at 6:34 PM EST
|By Chris Anderson and Denise Zarrella
A new development related to the damage to thousands of embryos at University Hospitals Fertility Clinic was announced on Thursday.
Updated: Jan. 23, 2019 at 4:49 PM EST
|By Denise Zarrella
NE Ohio Regional Sewer District dealing with increased flow due to heavy rains, melting snow
Updated: Jan. 21, 2019 at 4:09 PM EST
|By Denise Zarrella
This man, like many Clevelanders spent their holiday shoveling out their cars after staying inside over the weekend, when the storm hit.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2019 at 1:56 PM EST
|By Denise Zarrella
The Northeastern Ohio Coalition for the Homeless estimate at any given time in the city of Cleveland there are about 200 people walking the streets who are not staying in a homeless shelter.
Updated: Jan. 17, 2019 at 4:21 PM EST
|By Denise Zarrella
Winter is finally here.
Updated: Jan. 16, 2019 at 4:09 PM EST
|By Denise Zarrella
"We need to get it out to the public that these things are dangerous."
Updated: Jan. 16, 2019 at 8:16 AM EST
|By Denise Zarrella
Heart disease is the number one killer of women in the United States.
Updated: Jan. 15, 2019 at 4:45 PM EST
|By Denise Zarrella
There was an emotional reunion at MetroHealth Medical Center’s Old Brooklyn campus on Tuesday.
Updated: Jan. 14, 2019 at 5:04 PM EST
|By Denise Zarrella
Angel Arroyo Jr. entered a not guilty plea to domestic violence and resisting arrest on Monday after a call for help came into Lorain police overnight.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2019 at 2:01 PM EST
|By Denise Zarrella
Vendors like Narrin Noud Carlberg of Narrin’s market said it has gotten a lot harder for small business owners at the West Side Market.
Updated: Jan. 10, 2019 at 8:18 PM EST
|By Denise Zarrella
Anyone affected by the halt in production scheduled for March at the Lordstown General Motors plant, was invited to an open house at Local 1112 headquarters in Warren.
Updated: Jan. 9, 2019 at 4:23 PM EST
|By Denise Zarrella
Stow council member at-large Mike Rasor says he’s been breaking the law - he and thousands of other residents who live in the city of Stow. Rasor has been riding his bicycle without a license.
Updated: Jan. 8, 2019 at 4:35 PM EST
|By Denise Zarrella
Most people do not ever receive a bill for services, according to Graves, because their insurance company picks up the tab.
Updated: Jan. 7, 2019 at 6:12 PM EST
|By Denise Zarrella
To say that Colleen Kerr, of Old Brooklyn, has had a difficult time finding quality, affordable child care for her daughter Aislynn would be an understatement.
Updated: Jan. 6, 2019 at 1:35 PM EST
|By Denise Zarrella
More than a dozen volunteers and dogs from the Big Creek K-9 Search and Rescue team spent the day searching the green areas near Old Brooklyn for any sign of 59-year-old Benton Zastawnik.
Updated: Dec. 31, 2018 at 4:38 PM EST
|By Denise Zarrella
"Criminals like to go where there are crowds," says Dimoff.
Updated: Dec. 24, 2018 at 5:27 PM EST
|By Denise Zarrella
The SouthPark Mall is open until 6 p.m. on Christmas Eve.
Updated: Dec. 23, 2018 at 2:09 PM EST
|By Denise Zarrella
It’s been a wild ride for Cleveland Browns fans this season.
Updated: Dec. 20, 2018 at 4:34 PM EST
|By Denise Zarrella
Lisa Stevens says she didn’t know the woman who perished on Gale Road when a fire broke out in her home around 1 a.m. Thursday, but it doesn’t matter. Stevens still knelt in front of the home to pray nearly 12 hours after the fire started.
Updated: Dec. 19, 2018 at 5:22 PM EST
|By Denise Zarrella
“I probably said thank you about, you know, five times—I was pretty impressed."
Updated: Dec. 18, 2018 at 3:42 PM EST
|By Denise Zarrella
Investigators: Suspect waited for Brink's employee at Citizens Bank ATM on Broadway in Cleveland
Updated: Dec. 16, 2018 at 1:01 PM EST
|By Denise Zarrella
Shortly after being assembled, the completed bikes are picked up by social workers and delivered to the families that are caring for the foster children who will receive them for Christmas.
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