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Dec 13, 2023
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Joan Elloway is a Community and Cultural Correspondent for Cleveland 13 News, specializing in stories that celebrate local history and neighborhood revitalization. With a focus on the people and projects transforming Northeast Ohio, she brings a thoughtful and detailed perspective to her reporting on urban development and community milestones. Through her work, Joan helps viewers connect with the rich heritage and evolving landscape of the city, ensuring that the legacy and future of Cleveland are documented with integrity and care.
Recent Stories (26)
Mar 21, 2026 ∙ 2 min
Parma Heights Firefighters Quickly Contain Residential Structure Fire on Parkhill Drive
Firefighters from Parma Heights and neighboring departments responded to a house fire on Parkhill Drive, working quickly to keep flames from spreading to nearby homes. Officials said the fire was brought under control rapidly, with no injuries reported. The cause has not been released as investigators work to determine the origin.
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Mar 18, 2026 ∙ 4 min
The Cleveland Accent, Once the National Standard, Is Now in Retreat
Many Clevelanders think they speak without an accent, but linguists say the city sits at the center of the Inland North dialect and the Northern Cities Vowel Shift — a sweeping change in vowels that reaches across the Great Lakes. From “cat” sounding like “kee-yat” to a sharp “cot-caught” split, researchers trace how history, class and generation shape the region’s speech.
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Mar 16, 2026 ∙ 3 min
How Cleveland’s Italian and Jewish Mobs Built a Unified Criminal Empire
Cleveland’s underworld was shaped less by gang wars than by a rare alliance between the Mayfield Road Mob and the Cleveland Syndicate. Together, they built a durable “open city” model that fueled bootlegging, gambling and money laundering, and helped bankroll the rise of Las Vegas. Records and surveillance logs from the era remain preserved for researchers today.
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Mar 16, 2026 ∙ 3 min
New Theory Proposes Giza Pyramids Were Unbuilt from Massive Temporary Structures
A new theory about how the Great Pyramid of Giza was built is surging online with more than 10 million views. Architectural researcher Dami Lee highlights Huni Choi’s idea that the pyramid was “unbuilt” from a larger temporary stone mass with integrated ramps, later carved down and recycled across the Giza complex. The hypothesis remains unconfirmed.
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