John Deike
Digital Content Producer
Cleveland, Ohio
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I lean on more than 10 years of journalism experience to deliver on-point reporting, seo-friendly copy and concepts that break new digital ground. I’ve worked at papers, media companies and ad agencies big and small, which has afforded me the knowledge and know-how to produce work that engages and informs. I graduated from Ohio University and St. Ignatius, and I’m a lifelong Clevelander committed to telling stories that matter. The way I see it: it’s never too late for good news.
Updated: Feb. 17, 2021 at 5:21 PM EST
|By John Deike and Stephanie Czekalinski
A judge has sentenced an Akron woman to life in prison after a 2018 shooting left one man dead and another wounded.
Updated: Oct. 27, 2020 at 8:20 PM EDT
|By Rachel Vadaj and John Deike
The bank robber who got an “A” for effort, but not much else on the morning of Jan. 7 was finally arrested over 10 months later, Medina Police confirmed.
Updated: Sep. 29, 2020 at 10:06 PM EDT
|By John Deike and Rachel Vadaj
Gunshots were reported in the Morse Avenue area at approximately 4:35 p.m., according to police.
Updated: Sep. 28, 2020 at 8:50 PM EDT
|By John Deike
A 14-year-old girl ran away from home four days ago, and she hasn’t been seen since.
Updated: Sep. 25, 2020 at 5:55 PM EDT
|By John Deike
Agents from the Ohio Investigative Unit (OIU) cited six establishments on Thursday after receiving complaints of violations of orders in place to reduce the spread of the coronavirus.
Updated: Sep. 24, 2020 at 7:54 PM EDT
|By John Deike
On Wednesday afternoon, detectives, officers and ATF agents made a number of arrests in a sweeping effort to curb gun violence.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2020 at 7:34 PM EDT
|By John Deike
Former Louisville Metro Police Department Det. Brett Hankison was indicted on three counts of first-degree wanton endangerment in connection to the deadly raid on Breonna Taylor’s apartment six months ago, a Kentucky grand jury announced on Wednesday.
Updated: Sep. 18, 2020 at 8:07 PM EDT
|By John Deike
Since mid-March, thousands of families across Northeast Ohio have been begging to see their loved ones living inside nursing homes.
Updated: Sep. 16, 2020 at 9:09 PM EDT
|By John Deike
Avon Lake police have two requests for residents: stop leaving cars unlocked, and stop leaving keys and fobs in unlocked cars.
Updated: Sep. 16, 2020 at 5:53 AM EDT
|By John Deike and Kelly Kennedy
A 10-year-old boy was shot in the back Tuesday afternoon on Cleveland’s East Side.
Updated: Sep. 11, 2020 at 4:25 PM EDT
|By John Deike
A boy walking on the Innerbelt Bridge in downtown Cleveland was struck by a vehicle, and is in critical condition, according to Cleveland Fire.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2020 at 10:07 PM EDT
|By John Deike
One of nature’s great phenomenas, back on Lake Erie’s southern shores.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2020 at 9:53 PM EDT
|By John Deike
Summit County Common Pleas Court Judge Susan Baker Ross sentenced Jaysaun Holley to 25 years in prison in connection with the deadly shooting of two people in May 2016, according to Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh.
Updated: Sep. 7, 2020 at 9:46 PM EDT
|By John Deike and Sia Nyorkor
Many know of “the Rock,” a fixture on the lawn along East Main Street that has been a part of the Kent State campus for nearly a century.
Updated: Sep. 5, 2020 at 11:30 PM EDT
|By John Deike
Friends will be received, with masks and social distancing measures in place, this Thursday from 2 to 8 p.m. at the A. Ripepi and Sons Funeral Home, located at 18149 Bagley Road in Middleburg Heights.
Updated: Sep. 5, 2020 at 9:13 PM EDT
|By John Deike
A young woman died and two others were seriously injured following a head-on collision in Charlestown Township on Saturday afternoon.
Updated: Sep. 5, 2020 at 6:07 PM EDT
|By John Deike
The Cuyahoga County Department of Consumer Affairs is warning residents to hang up on utility scam calls that threaten disconnection.
Updated: Sep. 4, 2020 at 5:01 AM EDT
|By John Deike and Avery Williams
West 65th Street, south of Clark Avenue, is shut down after a Cleveland police officer was killed in the line of duty Thursday night, CPPA President Jeff Follmer confirmed to 19 News.
Updated: Sep. 3, 2020 at 8:01 PM EDT
|By John Deike
U.S. Marshals and Cleveland police officers found two more missing children, this time on the city’s West Side on Thursday afternoon.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2020 at 6:13 PM EDT
|By John Deike
The band last performed on Friday night at Serpentini Stadium, when the North Royalton football team faced off against Wadsworth High School.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2020 at 8:02 PM EDT
|By John Deike and Kendall Forward
A racist overture, or a genuine show of support to local police and first responders?
Updated: Aug. 31, 2020 at 4:18 PM EDT
|By John Deike and Kelly Kennedy
Yamil Encarnacion, a Twinsburg policeman, earned praise from his superiors after he crawled into an overturned car to rescue a small child that was pinned inside and strapped to a child safety seat.
Updated: Aug. 28, 2020 at 2:24 PM EDT
|By John Deike
Ohio Department of Health officials announced Friday a total of 4,105 people have died from COVID-19 in the state since the pandemic began.
Updated: Aug. 27, 2020 at 7:07 PM EDT
|By John Deike
On Thursday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she told White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows the Democrats would be willing to meet halfway — at $2.2 trillion — a slight reduction from her last proposal before stimulus talks collapsed earlier this month.
Updated: Aug. 27, 2020 at 5:52 PM EDT
|By John Deike
Jones left her home in South Lorain on Aug. 24, and her family believes she may be somewhere in the area of East 33rd Street, between Broadway and Elyria avenues.
Updated: Aug. 26, 2020 at 10:29 PM EDT
|By John Deike
A fire tore through the Grafton Bowling Center Wednesday evening, causing the temporary closure of Route 57.
Updated: Aug. 26, 2020 at 8:41 PM EDT
|By John Deike
Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael O’Malley announced that Clifford Gillespie, 44, was sentenced to 15 to 16 ½ years in prison for a violent crime spree that occurred within a three-hour timespan in April 2019.
Updated: Aug. 26, 2020 at 4:36 PM EDT
|By John Deike
The Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers have reportedly voted to boycott the remainder of the 2020 NBA season, following the Milwaukee Bucks boycott of Game 5 against the Orlando Magic.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2020 at 10:07 PM EDT
|By John Deike
Animal control staff in Brooklyn Heights are aggressively working to trap a coyote in the area.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2020 at 5:20 PM EDT
|By John Deike
The Ohio State University today published aggregate test results from its comprehensive COVID-19 testing program and unveiled a data dashboard that will be updated weekly to inform the public about test results and other information about the university’s COVID-19 status.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2020 at 11:39 PM EDT
|By John Deike
In a rare development, a brown pelican has found the Cleveland shore and can be viewed from the Cleveland Metroparks Lakefront Reservation.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2020 at 7:30 PM EDT
|By John Deike
Dwayne Walker, 34, Timothy Evans, 19, and Arnell Johnson, 21, were driving in a car when they reportedly fired at least 21 rounds into another vehicle, striking a 19-year-old woman who was six months pregnant.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2020 at 7:03 PM EDT
|By John Deike
A 29-year-old mother was critically injured, her unborn baby was killed and her two sons were taken to the hospital following a brutal hit-and-run crash on Aug. 21.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2020 at 3:35 PM EDT
|By John Deike
Giant Eagle is looking to fill 1,350 full- and part-time positions across the company’s supermarket, GetGo, warehouse and pharmacy locations in Northeast Ohio.
Updated: Aug. 14, 2020 at 10:58 PM EDT
|By John Deike
The Bedford Board of Education voted 5-0 Thursday night on a resolution that will slash staff due to students starting the year remotely because of the coronavirus.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2020 at 10:38 PM EDT
|By John Deike
Former Cleveland Indians Rookie of the Year Joe Charboneau broke the news to fans over the weekend that he was hospitalized after suffering a stroke on Aug. 5.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2020 at 10:34 PM EDT
|By John Deike
A man riding an electric scooter was shot just steps away from the Justice Center downtown, and it happened in broad daylight.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2020 at 12:30 AM EDT
|By John Deike
Three people are fighting for their lives following a triple shooting Tuesday night in East Cleveland.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2020 at 6:38 PM EDT
|By John Deike and Harry Boomer
Two women were mugged by a group of people on the city’s West Side, and now Cleveland Police are asking for the public’s help in solving the aggravated robbery.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2020 at 9:39 PM EDT
|By John Deike
The Akron Public Schools Board of Education suspended all sports, practice and extracurriculars for the next nine weeks in a 5-2 vote on Monday night.
UPDATE: Cleveland Indians pitcher Mike Clevinger apologizes after violating team’s covid-19 policies
Updated: Aug. 10, 2020 at 8:06 PM EDT
|By John Deike
Cleveland Indians pitcher Mike Clevinger released a statement Tuesday after he was placed in quarantine for violating the club’s COVID-19 policies while on a team road trip in Chicago.
Updated: Aug. 7, 2020 at 7:32 PM EDT
|By John Deike
Robert Dick is accused of killing his wife and mother-in-law.
Updated: Aug. 7, 2020 at 5:07 PM EDT
|By John Deike and Michelle Nicks (WOIO)
The Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) on Friday announced a shortened six-game football season, which, pending Gov. Mike DeWine’s approval, will kick off on Aug. 24.
Updated: Aug. 7, 2020 at 4:24 PM EDT
|By John Deike
Six Shoreby Club employees tested positive in the lead-up to President Donald Trump’s visit to the lakeshore neighborhood and resort on Thursday evening.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2020 at 9:58 PM EDT
|By John Deike
Now it appears Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine does not have Covid-19, after a follow-up test came back negative on Thursday night.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2020 at 8:16 PM EDT
|By John Deike
Sixty-six players have opted out of the 2020 NFL season due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and nearly half of them are linemen.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2020 at 10:57 PM EDT
|By John Deike and Rachel Vadaj
Four boaters jumped into Lake Erie after their boat caught fire Wednesday evening near Mentor.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2020 at 4:16 PM EDT
|By John Deike
On Wednesday afternoon, Kanye West filed initial paperwork to get on the presidential ballot in two swing states, Colorado and Ohio, after filing to get on the ballot in Wisconsin yesterday.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2020 at 10:52 PM EDT
|By John Deike
A waterspout came ashore at Painesville Township Park Tuesday at 7:45 p.m., and some passers-by couldn’t help but greet Mother Nature.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2020 at 5:42 PM EDT
|By John Deike
Curious about those earth-shaking aircraft that have been zipping past Cleveland’s inner and outer ring suburbs the past two days?
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