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The 25-year-old Bartek was fatally shot on New Year's Eve while off-duty in the parking lot of an apartment complex.

The mother of Gloria Pointer, Yvonne Pointer, said wasn't able to find love until her daughter's murderer was found.

After losing her daughter, the anti-violence activist found the path to forgiveness.

Instead of chocolate and flowers for Mom, how about books and soup? Thats what was served up this weekend at a reading event at I PROMISE Villages Little Free Library, spearheaded by WKYC Studios. Author: Margaret Bernstein Updated: 2:25 PM EDT May 10, 2021 AKRON, Ohio — *Editors Note: The video in the player above is from a previous report.  Moms were the focus of a special event held this weekend at the Little Free Library inside the I PROMISE Village in Ak...

It took 29 years to catch her daughters killer. By then, Pointer had already forgiven him. Author: Susan Moses, January Keaton Published: 11:17 PM EDT April 27, 2021 Updated: 1:17 AM EDT April 28, 2021 CLEVELAND — Few people embody the definition of strength like Yvonne Pointer. She never planned to live life so openly, not until Dec. 6, 1984, happened. Fourteen-year-old Gloria Pointer left for school a little early that day. Harry E. Davis Juni...

More and more Blacks are getting the COVID-19 vaccine, but not enough; community leaders still pushing to get the shot More Blacks getting the COVID-19 vaccine, but not enough; community leaders still push to get shot By Harry Boomer | February 25, 2021 at 10:25 PM EST - Updated February 25 at 10:25 PM CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Former President Franklin Roosevelt said, “all we have to fear is fear itself.” That seems especially true for many in the Black community as it faces the spect...