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.
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For more than four decades, Crime Stoppers has played an key role in solving crimes throughout Cleveland and beyond.
This happened in the city’s Collinwood Nottingham neighborhood.
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More than a year after two shootings at Madison Park in Lakewood sparked a series of changes, the young athletes who use the basketball court believe the area is much safer now than it was last spring.
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Cleveland detective among 3 passengers removed from plane at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport
Two witnesses told 19 News that the detective was not directly involved in the original incident, but was forced off the plane at the order of the flight crew after he wouldn’t stop recording the unruly passenger on his cell phone.
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The retreat was held on April 7-8 at a the Skylight Penthouse, a facility operated by Penthouse Events in Ohio City.
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The crooks managed to break into Mentor Electronics in Willoughby around 10:30 p.m. on April 16. They stole between $100,000 and $200,000 worth of materials there, Det. Lt. Begovic told 19 News.
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ess than one week after a 28-year-old man was murdered at a Euclid gas station, there are still no arrests and the victim’s family is growing increasingly vocal about the investigation.
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Valeria Kyryienko was a yoga instructor in Kyiv who, despite hearing about the threats that Russia would invade her home country, stayed home. Her mother, who has lived in Northeast Ohio for eight years, convinced her to leave two weeks before the shelling began.
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The family of a man murdered 15 years ago showed up at the Euclid Municipal Center on Monday to demand civic leaders take a closer look at the unsolved shooting.
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Louis Singer of Euclid applied for the federal Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) back in October, but he has yet to receive his credit after going back and forth with the state agency that runs the program in Ohio.
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A portion of the fencing along the I-90 bridge over Rocky River Reservation has been missing since early April after a crash; ODOT says it won’t be fixed for 1-2 months.
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At least three teenagers were questioned and detained by Akron police earlier this month as part of an investigation into an armed carjacking.
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Police and security personnel searched all buildings.
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A Cleveland firefighter was arrested and charged with a first-degree felony after an accidental shooting.
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Gigi Traore will soon become the first African-American mayor of Newburgh Heights, despite rumors swirling on social media that her own colleagues were actively working to prevent the historic move.
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An Ohio native and U.S. Marine who was killed during a training exercise in Europe last month was laid to rest on Saturday.
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Cleveland man is facing several charges after leading Rocky River police on a chase through residential neighborhoods around rush hour Monday morning.
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Akron police are also looking for several other teens involved in the incident.
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Venturing into unknown food territory can be intimidating for anyone, which is exactly why Andy Ng and his wife started an Asian grocery tour and tasting business about seven years ago in Cleveland.
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Cleveland City Council moved one step closer this week to granting two private police departments jurisdiction inside the iconic Little Italy neighborhood.
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Dave’s Market to close Euclid Beach store in Cleveland’s Collinwood neighborhood
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The investigation, dubbed ‘Operation Fouled Out,’ was conducted the week of the NBA All-Star Game in Cleveland. It was led by the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Human Trafficking Task Force, which includes officers from several agencies.
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In February, 19 News was granted exclusive access to an undercover human trafficking sting throughout Northeast Ohio; the operation led to the arrests of eight men and the discovery of 15 potential victims.
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Passengers who ride the RTA Healthline through the heart of Cleveland have expressed concern after a man was murdered on a bus Monday night.
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“We understand the story surrounding DeShaun Watson joining the Cleveland Browns team is triggering for far too many of our friends and neighbors."
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One of the suspects is a 12-year-old boy, said U.S. Marshals.
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Regardless of what happens with the Major League Baseball season and the ongoing lockout, minor league cities like Eastlake and Akron will still have baseball this season.
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After chasing a suspect for more than 15 minutes, Willowick police discovered two young children were inside the vehicle during the entire pursuit.
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Andrew Walls, 26, is accused by authorities of punching the woman in the face and yelling racial slurs on Feb. 27.
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A hit-and-run was captured on a home surveillance system during the Wednesday morning commute in Cleveland’s Tremont neighborhood.
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Junior Thorpe was taken into custody at the scene.
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Most, if not all, members of the Cleveland Police Department’s bomb squad have asked to be moved to new units after live explosives were allegedly used in a training exercise.
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With ice and snow melting, re-freezing and melting again, it’s safe to say pothole season has officially returned to Cleveland and surrounding suburbs.
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A suspected arson at Saint Anthony of Padua in Parma has forced the school to move students to another building for the remainder of the year.
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With flood concerns mounting, crews worked throughout the day Wednesday to clear remaining snow from the streets of Cleveland before warmer temperatures and rain moved in.
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Cleveland police said it appears one tattoo indicates he had a sister named Bridget.
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Who killed 25-year-old Osceana Piece? One year later, family demands justice at East Cleveland vigil
One year after a young mother was gunned down in East Cleveland, her family is renewing their call for justice.
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eveland police say a woman was killed Friday after colliding with a city snowplow on the East Side.
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Road conditions throughout Northeast Ohio were slowly getting worse as a long-anticipated winter storm moved in.
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Representatives from Cleveland’s 21 community development groups met with the Bibb administration on Tuesday to discuss ways to improve the city’s often criticized snow removal plan.
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Less than two weeks after his administration was criticized for its handling of a major snowstorm, Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb promised more communication and coordination as the entire region braces for another round of snow.
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Some areas will be flirting with sub-zero temperatures in Northeast Ohio this week, meaning frostbite can set in just minutes after exposure.
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Newly-released dash camera video shows a state highway trooper respond to the Ohio Turnpike on Sunday after dozens of vehicles were struck by debris from a plow truck in Erie County.
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“This can’t go on,” he said before referring to a recent tragedy in the Bronx, N.Y., where 17 people were killed in an apartment fire that was blamed on a space heater. “What do we have to do? Wait until a disaster happens like in New York City?”
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Security camera footage appears to confirm a Lorain elementary student’s claims that a school employee made her eat unwanted food after she threw it in a garbage can.
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The answer to how the new Justin Bibb administration handled their first big snowfall could be different from neighborhood to neighborhood or even street to street in those neighborhoods.
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The city of Cleveland insists plows are making their way to residential streets after more than a foot of snow fell in parts of the city.
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After spotting a suspicious vehicle, University Heights got involved in a short pursuit that led to the discovery of commercial-grade fireworks marked “extremely dangerous.”
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Homeless shelters throughout greater Cleveland are preparing for a balancing act between keeping people warm and trying to avoid adding to the COVID-19 crisis.