Megan McSweeney
Assignment Desk Editor / Digital Content Producer
Cleveland, Ohio
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Megan McSweeney joined Cleveland 19 News in January 2023 as an Assignment Desk Editor and Digital Content Producer.
She graduated from Kent State in 2022 and is excited to start her career in the city she grew up in.
When Megan isn't writing, she spends her time on the lake racing sail boats and trying new coffee shops. She's passionate about audio storytelling and looks forward to every Sunday when the new This American Life episode is released.
Before joining 19 News, she spent her summers teaching campers how to sail dinghys and school years writing for student media outlets. Recently, her senior reporting project was nominated for the Student Award for Diversity through Kent State's School of Media and Journalism.
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The trio each faces three charges of felonious assault.
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A football play with an anti-semitic play became cause for concern at the Beachwood v. Brooklyn High School football game Friday night.
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The third week of September is known as Asthma Peak Week, when visits to doctors for asthma-related symptoms are at their highest.
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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing Cedar Point for age discrimination after learning that seasonal workers age 40 and up were denied employee housing based on age, according to a press release.
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A 12-year-old girl from Ashtabula County was found in Texas after disappearing Thursday morning, deputies say.
The 6-month-old girl who was shot in Garfield Heights on Thursday is still in the hospital, according to police.
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Governor Mike DeWine announced Thursday that the RecoveryOhio initiative, the Ohio Department of Transportation and the Ohio Department of Health’s Project DAWN (Deaths Avoided With Naloxone) are partnering to install Naloxone kits at rest areas across Ohio.
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Rich Paul is returning to Cleveland to meet with Mayor Justin Bibb at Tri-C to discuss his upcoming memoir “LUCKY ME”.
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In a move to continue to hold Norfolk Southern accountable, President Biden signed an executive order ensuring the people of East Palestine are protected moving forward.
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Rocky River police released a 66-page report including explicit text conversations between Rocky River School District principal Dr. Heath Horton and previous students.
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Shaker Heights residents are being warned by the Ohio Department of Agriculture against a potentially fraudulent auction flyer being mailed out.
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Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers are searching for a reported downed planed Friday evening.
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A domestic argument escalated into a shooting in Westlake early Friday.
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A Millersburg contractor is facing over $584,000 in fines for failing to protect roofing employees from potential deadly fall hazards, Department of Labor officials say.
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The Shaker Heights football game Thursday night will be played without fans or marching bands present due to a potential threat made against the game, according to Shaker Heights High School officials.
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The Ohio turnpike now features a total of 80 electrical vehicle chargers at eight service plazas throughout the 231-mile toll road, representatives for the Ohio Turnpike and Infrastructure Commission.
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Cleveland police are investigating two robberies that involved holding the victim at gunpoint with an AK-47 style gun, police say.
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The Akron Public School system will be spending more than they bring in if they don’t make budget cuts before July 2024, according to its Chief Financial Officer.
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Cleveland firefighters found a grisly scene when responding to a fire in the 3200 block of West 84th Street Saturday.
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Ohio State Highway Patrol saved a pig that ran free across U.S. Route 35 Tuesday.
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The Ohio Supreme Court denied Gail Ritchey’s appeal to her 2022 guilty verdict in the case of Geauga’s Child.
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The Cleveland Orchestra Music Director will be stepping away from his engagements at the end of October, Orchestra officials say.
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The left shoulder of the I-71 on ramp at Denison Road is blocked due to a crash, according to Ohio Department of Transportation officials.
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Trick-or-Treat Fest at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo for another season!
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Tickets to witness Rock and Roll history went on sale at 10 a.m. Friday.
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One man was killed after being struck by a car in the Hough neighborhood late Thursday night.
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The U.S. Marshals made two arrests in the Akron area Thursday.
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North Olmsted police are looking for a man they say was last seen Saturday.
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Akron police are investigating a Thursday morning robbery at a Dollar General store in the 900 block of Copley Road.
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Euclid police are looking for a man they say caused serious physical injury to an 11-month-old child.
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A Cleveland Fire Department truck was involved in an accident on Cleveland’s West Side Wednesday night.
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Olmsted Township police used their drone team to locate an elderly man who had fallen while taking a walk over the holiday weekend.
Akron police arrested a 29-year-old man Tuesday night after he held two men in their apartment.
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Cleveland police are investigating a carjacking in the Corlett neighborhood early Wednesday morning.
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Richfield police are searching for a suspect they say fled a traffic stop Thursday night.
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The City of Cleveland has issued an AMBER ALERT for 2-year-old female Royalty Royalle Smith. Royalty is a black female, 2′00″, 19 pounds, with brown hair, and brown eyes.
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Cleveland police say a person is dead and three others are injured after a crash in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood.
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An AMBER Alert for two missing girls issued just before midnight Wednesday night was deactivated an hour later, according to the Cuyahoga County Communications System.
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Gilmour Academy Middle and Upper Schools were put under a shelter in place order on campus while police investigate a potential threat, according to the Head of School Kathleen Kenny.
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A 30 year-old man was arrested at Cedar Point after he punched one guest and assaulted a 16-year-old girl, police say.
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As Hurricane Idalia advances through Florida, red Cross volunteers from Ohio are traveling south to provide assistance once the weather passes.
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Cleveland police are asking for help in locating a Cleveland teenager they say has been missing since Friday.
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The Summit County Fiscal Officer released a statement Tuesday saying real estate tax relief will be available to Summit County residents who sustained damage to their property during the recent storm.
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The Summit County Medical Examiner has ruled on the death of a 13-year-old Akron girl found dead in an alley.
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According to a release from the city, the water main break happened near the intersection of Weymouth and Granger Roads.
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Thousands of FirstEnergy customers are without power in Northeast Ohio due to severe storms that hit the area starting Wednesday and continuing in to the early morning hours on Friday.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol Fremont Post is investigating a two-vehicle fatal crash that happened in Sandusky Township late Monday night.
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Schools across Ohio are canceling Friday after Thursday night brought intense storms with heavy wind and rain.
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As Thursday night’s storm ripped through Northeast Ohio, emergency response teams shared areas to avoid when leaving the house.
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Uniontown police say officers found five people dead Thursday evening in an apparent murder-suicide.
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