East Cleveland Council President Lateek Shabazz aims to become the city's leader after Mayor Brandon King's suspension by ...

EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Several East Cleveland city council members are holding news conferences Wednesday after East ...

Mayor Brandon King has been suspended while he faces criminal corruption charges, but city leaders can't agree on who the ...

Citing what he calls a “power vacuum in the City of East Cleveland,” Council President Lateek Shabazz wants the Ohio Supreme Court to decide who should be acting mayor.

Council President Lateek Shabazz says the city has been unable to pass a 2025 budget, 'severely impacting our ability to ...

EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio — A panel of three retired judges decided Tuesday to suspend from office East Cleveland Mayor Brandon ...

EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - East Cleveland Mayor Brandon King was suspended Tuesday after an indictment for theft in office ...

It will be up to a Cuyahoga County Probate Court judge to decide who takes over running the day-to-day operations of East Cleveland while Mayor Brandon King is suspended.

East Cleveland Council President Lateek Shabazz, however, says Hemmons is a contract employee, not the law director, does not live in East Cleveland and cannot serve as acting mayor.

Problem is, city leaders can't agree on who is next in line to be acting mayor — City Council President Lateek Shabazz says it's him, while Law Director Willa Hemmons claims it's her.