Jim Nelson
Anchor / Reporter
Cleveland, Ohio
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Jim Nelson joined the 19 News team in January of 2020.
He anchors weekend evening newscasts and reports during the week.
This is Jim’s second stint in Ohio after working at a TV station in Toledo from 2015 until 2017. Before that, he spent time as both a news and sports anchor/reporter covering stories in Minnesota, South Dakota and North Dakota.
Jim moved back to Ohio after spending two years in New York City as a writer and producer at a cable news network.
He was an All-Conference football player at Southwest Minnesota State University, where he graduated with a degree in Speech Communication.
In his spare time, Jim enjoys cooking, dining out, watching sports, photography and keeping up with family and friends back home in Minnesota.
Updated: Feb. 1, 2023 at 8:30 PM EST
|By Rachel Vadaj and Jim Nelson
Police are investigating a suspicious death as a homicide after a body was found inside an apartment on Shaker Heights.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 at 11:17 PM EST
|By Jim Nelson
Independence is one of 33 area agencies that fall under the umbrella of Chagrin Valley Dispatch, a centralized hub broken into three subsections of 11 police departments each.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 at 10:59 PM EST
|By Jim Nelson
The legislation calls for each individual rental car company at the airport to collect a “customer facility charge,” a daily fee on each rental.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2023 at 11:28 PM EST
|By Jim Nelson
For people who walk, or use public transportation, that can be a safety hazard.
Updated: Jan. 23, 2023 at 10:16 PM EST
|By Jim Nelson
Cleveland City Councilman Mike Polensek has introduced legislation urging Mayor Justin Bibb and his administration to ban TikTok on city-issued devices, which would fall into line with Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s statewide ban.
Updated: Jan. 18, 2023 at 10:22 PM EST
|By Jim Nelson
Lakewood has launched a public survey seeking input on the e-scooter and bike program, which the city deployed as a pilot last summer.
Updated: Jan. 17, 2023 at 10:34 PM EST
|By Jim Nelson
According to the bar’s Facebook post, the business is the latest casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing impacts on the service industry.
Updated: Jan. 16, 2023 at 10:18 PM EST
|By Jim Nelson
Knapp estimated that he takes two or three calls each week from customers needing repairs to their cars after they’ve been stolen.
Updated: Jan. 4, 2023 at 11:27 PM EST
|By Jim Nelson
The City of Cleveland had two pothole repair crews working throughout the city on Wednesday, thanks to the recent deep freeze following by a major warming trend.
Updated: Jan. 3, 2023 at 11:10 PM EST
|By Jim Nelson
This expands the state’s distracted driving laws to give officers more freedom to pull drivers over for violations.
Updated: Jan. 3, 2023 at 12:09 AM EST
|By Jim Nelson
“The problem with this issue is that it is so underrecognized and so underreported.”
Updated: Dec. 28, 2022 at 10:57 PM EST
|By Jim Nelson
Sports betting becomes legal in Ohio on Jan. 1, meaning hundreds of bars, restaurants, and even grocery stores can soon launch their self-serve kiosks.
Updated: Dec. 27, 2022 at 10:59 PM EST
|By Jim Nelson
A pair of teenage brothers were arrested by police after leading officers on a short chase before crashing the stolen Kia.
Updated: Dec. 27, 2022 at 1:19 AM EST
|By Jim Nelson
Their mother told officers that at the time of the arrest, one of the boys was required to wear a GPS monitor, “but he cut it off or it fell off.”
Updated: Dec. 20, 2022 at 10:57 PM EST
|By Jim Nelson
The Federal Bureau of Investigation issued a public safety alert this week, citing a rise in sextortion targeting teenagers through coercion and blackmail.
Updated: Dec. 19, 2022 at 10:27 PM EST
|By Jim Nelson
Multiple police departments have confirmed reports of checks being altered and cashed. There have also been reports of the thieves either breaking into the boxes or somehow obtaining keys to get into them with ease.
Updated: Dec. 14, 2022 at 10:23 PM EST
|By Jim Nelson
Volunteers with the American Red Cross of Northern Ohio have been busy the last few weeks, which is exactly what the staff expected.
Updated: Dec. 13, 2022 at 6:04 PM EST
|By Brian Koster and Jim Nelson
The Cleveland Civilian Police Review Board recommended Tuesday that Cleveland Police Officer Jose Garcia be suspended for his actions when he shot and killed Desmond Franklin in April 2020.
Updated: Dec. 12, 2022 at 1:37 PM EST
|By Julia Bingel and Jim Nelson
Police said the mom and dad suffered serious injuries.
Updated: Dec. 7, 2022 at 10:14 PM EST
|By Jim Nelson
Three separate lawsuits have been filed against the Ashtabula County Educational Service Center, claiming school workers mistreated students with special needs
Updated: Dec. 6, 2022 at 11:40 PM EST
|By Jim Nelson
A Willoughby driver is facing charges after crashing into a local business around 1:40 a.m. Sunday, damaging a fence and other property before taking off.
Updated: Dec. 5, 2022 at 11:19 PM EST
|By Jim Nelson
Cleveland City Council has approved all 13 nominees to the Community Police Commission, established with the passage of Issue 24.
Updated: Nov. 29, 2022 at 10:16 PM EST
|By Jim Nelson
Nearly $60 million has been awarded to more than 700 schools across Ohio to boost school safety and security.
Updated: Nov. 28, 2022 at 12:10 PM EST
|By Sia Nyorkor and Jim Nelson
Investigators say Adrianna Taylor was killed from a gunshot wound to the head
Updated: Nov. 22, 2022 at 11:52 PM EST
|By Jim Nelson
“It’s gonna look a lot more like 2019 than 2020 or 2021 on the roads and at the airports" with nearly 55 million people on the move this week alone.
Updated: Nov. 21, 2022 at 10:46 PM EST
|By Jim Nelson
“It’s shocking in this day and age that we’d be going through another version of Pulse,” Russ Ricci told 19 News, referring to the deadly shooting at a Florida club in 2016.
Updated: Nov. 16, 2022 at 11:31 PM EST
|By Jim Nelson
The Cleveland office of the FBI is investigating another round of swatting, or false reports of active shooters at Northeast Ohio schools.
Updated: Nov. 15, 2022 at 10:49 PM EST
|By Jim Nelson
The Cleveland Department of Public Health is looking into a growing rat problem on Public Square
Updated: Nov. 9, 2022 at 2:34 PM EST
|By Chris Anderson and Jim Nelson
The Summit County Sheriff’s Office said the driver of a dump truck who was involved in a May 12 crash and explosion on I-77 will face criminal charges.
Updated: Nov. 7, 2022 at 11:18 PM EST
|By Jim Nelson
One week into a construction project on State Road in Parma, some residents say their neighborhood is seeing a big increase in traffic due to drivers creating their own detour.
Updated: Nov. 2, 2022 at 10:45 PM EDT
|By Jim Nelson
“I had to sound off because this was long overdue,” he said. “I was treated unfairly. And it’s like the system failed me.”
Updated: Nov. 1, 2022 at 2:42 PM EDT
|By Chris Anderson and Jim Nelson
The Cleveland Division of Police and Hyundai Motor America are partnering to provide safety devices to drivers who own vehicles that have been the targets of recent theft attempts.
Updated: Oct. 31, 2022 at 10:33 PM EDT
|By Jim Nelson
The suggested detour will take about ten times as long.
Updated: Oct. 24, 2022 at 10:29 PM EDT
|By Jim Nelson
An Ohio City bike shop owner is still feeling the effects of a hit-and-run crash that has the Cleveland cycling community pushing yet again for a safer environment on city streets.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2022 at 10:46 PM EDT
|By Jim Nelson
A 28-year-old Akron man said an armed carjacker put a gun to his head, before hitting his neck and face and stealing his car.
Updated: Oct. 18, 2022 at 10:39 PM EDT
|By Jim Nelson
A 20-year-old Princeton University student with ties to Cleveland has been missing since early Friday morning.
Updated: Oct. 17, 2022 at 10:17 PM EDT
|By Jim Nelson
area businesses are ahead of the curve when it comes to stocking up on winter supplies and snow-removal equipment.
Updated: Oct. 12, 2022 at 11:00 PM EDT
|By Jim Nelson
A pit bull mix was turned over to Cleveland Animal Control after attacking a man last week beside an I-90 exit ramp on the Cleveland side of the border with Lakewood.
Updated: Oct. 12, 2022 at 10:20 PM EDT
|By Alec Sapolin, Jim Nelson and Maddi Hebebrand
“Wasn’t a rash decision, but one that was painstaking in fact. When we looked at the staffing shortages that we have, nearly 50. If you add the officers that are out on injuries to that number, that number grows. It was a difficult decision,” Akron Police Lt. Michael Miller stated.
Updated: Oct. 11, 2022 at 5:42 PM EDT
|By Alec Sapolin, Jim Nelson and Maddi Hebebrand
The eight police officers who were involved in the shooting death of Jayland Walker have been brought back to work on Tuesday
Updated: Oct. 10, 2022 at 5:48 PM EDT
|By Sia Nyorkor, Jim Nelson and Alec Sapolin
Avon Lake residents talking trash
Updated: Oct. 5, 2022 at 1:49 PM EDT
|By Maddi Hebebrand and Jim Nelson
Police said that in September, a woman came to the Sheffield Village Police Department to report an unknown person texting her randomly.
Updated: Oct. 4, 2022 at 10:19 PM EDT
|By Jim Nelson
Nearly one year after the Richmond Heights City Council passed legislation requiring the city’s apartment complexes to install surveillance cameras
Updated: Oct. 3, 2022 at 10:26 PM EDT
|By Jim Nelson
Members of Akron City Council and the city’s police department gathered outside city hall on Monday as representatives from Axon showed off their dash camera technology, which could eventually be placed into Akron police cars.
Updated: Oct. 2, 2022 at 11:28 PM EDT
|By Jim Nelson
Dozens of people joined a march and rally in Akron Sunday, demanding an end to the so-called code of silence on the streets that often leaves violent crimes unsolved.
Updated: Sep. 28, 2022 at 10:35 PM EDT
|By Jim Nelson
The Akron Police Department released bodycam footage on Wednesday, showing officers rushing into Garfield Community Learning Center with their guns drawn last Friday, after they received a call reporting an active shooter in the building.
Updated: Sep. 27, 2022 at 10:34 PM EDT
|By Jim Nelson
Cleveland City Councilman Kevin Conwell introduced a resolution on Monday, encouraging Mayor Justin Bibb to explore an expanded 911 system.
Updated: Sep. 26, 2022 at 5:18 PM EDT
|By Alec Sapolin and Jim Nelson
Cleveland Browns DE Myles Garrett was injured in a car crash Monday afternoon, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2022 at 11:30 PM EDT
|By Jim Nelson
On Monday, Brittany Barksdale was indicted by a Cuyahoga County Grand Jury on reckless homicide charges.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2022 at 10:20 PM EDT
|By Jim Nelson
St. Vincent Charity Medical Center will be shifting its focus from inpatient to outpatient care in November.
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