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The day after a 15-year-old was shot in Marie Dendy Recreation Center, the park was empty and the playground, deserted. “You got a big playground,” said Richard Ferrell. "No one's here."

July 19, 1949 — Feb. 6, 2022 After a characteristically brave and tenacious fight, Richard Ferrell died peacefully at home with family beside him. The Grim Reaper, having had his ass handed to him for decades, finally had his due. Richard was born in Denver in the summer of 1949, the second of six c

CLEVELAND, Ohio – I was shocked when I went to my first full-time newspaper job. It was in the South, and the negative attitudes of some people on the staff infected me in ways I never imagined. I previously had worked summers at the old Fisher-Fazio’s warehouse. I worked part-time at the old Cleveland Press. I had worked with some old (and young) guys who were cynical and crusty. So I wasn’t ...