Preview of upcoming EYEONCLEVELAND feature stories

By JOHN KEREZY, eyeoncleveland.com founder

CUYAHOGA FALLS, OCTOBER 13 – When I began this website a little more than 10 years ago, it wasn’t with the expectation that there would be thousands of people reading its contents. So, it came as a pleasant surprise when the WordPress dashboard “analytics” (data record of views in this case) reported to me that nearly 11,400 people have viewed eyeoncleveland.com so far this year. 

That’s a record, and it’s a record with fewer postings so far in 2025 than we posted at this time in 2024 as well. Over the past three years, there have been nearly 30,000 views of stories on this page.

Glad to know that you’re interested in the features that I and other (mainly former and present Tri-C students) are writing.

The past three months have seen more than half, or about 6,100 views, of the year’s reads. We had features about the Astronomer CEO/Coldplay scandal, the murder of Charlie Kirk, and the evermore urgent need for Constitutional reforms among the stories we covered, along with the first installment of “Their Sacrifice” a series of stories we’re planning to highlight as the 25^th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks approaches.

Over and above the eyeoncleveland.com stories, I (John Kerezy) have been blessed to have opinion columns appearing both locally, in cleveland.com/The Plain Dealer, and nationally, in the publication www.thehill.com Both of these are about the sad state of our federal government, and (as we’re in day 13 of a partial government shutdown) what I’ve come to believe is the only way to save our nation as we know it, through amendments to the Constitution coming from the 50 states themselves. Please take a few minutes to read one or both of these columns.  Thank you!

A convention of states is the only way to fix a profoundly broken Washington

https://www.cleveland.com/opinion/2025/10/shutdown-or-broken-down-only-one-alternative-is-left-john-kerezy.html

UP AHEAD

We plan to have Part III of our series (the last one) about a terrific non-profit, BUILDING HOPE IN THE CITY, and how it is using social enterprises to help lift people out of poverty and fund its own operations as well.

Look for Part IV, again a final part, on the 100^th anniversary of the Goodyear Blimp as well. It’s an amazing story that goes far beyond a typical centennial celebration.

There is a national organization moving its headquarters to Cleveland soon, and eyeoncleveland is planning to break the news about the group and its important purpose. We’ve also begun work on Part II of the “Their Sacrifice” series about how America’s response to 9/11 has changed us.

We will focus on two important Summit County non-profit groups as well between now and year’s end. They are the Emergency Assistance Center, which helps economically-challenged people in the northernmost portion of Summit County, and the Safety Forces Support Center which serves all the Police, Fire, and EMS services of Summit County.

In between, we might slip in a feature or two on other interesting stories that crop up. For example, one of the many lessons we learned in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s murder is that there is an appalling lack of civility in our land right now. We might address that as well.

AND A REMINDER

Back in early September, eyeoncleveland.com highlighted 20-year-old Mallory Crabtree, a Gold Star daughter whose father, Sgt. Daniel Crabtree, laid the ultimate sacrifice upon the altar of freedom when he died in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Mallory, her mother Kathy (Daniel’s widow), and others in their family were invited to a White House reception in honor of all Gold Star family members back on September 29. (See photo below)

Mallory has chosen to ‘go public’ with the story of her life and her father’s sacrifice. Here is a link to the original story, along with this reminder: Service organizations, veterans’ groups, and schools can contact Mallory and request her as a speaker for their program or event. She can be reached at mallory.crabtree2005@gmail.com. 

FINALLY

I am retiring from Cuyahoga Community College in 2026. I’ve been asked, “Will you continue with eyeoncleveland.com once you retire John?”

Yes.

I can’t say just in what manner yet, but the site will continue to tell great stories. Expect a focus more on what’s happening in Summit County (as my wife Kathy and I live there now), but as long as there’s a need to get the word out, we hope to continue doing just that.

God’s blessed me so much. Praising Him as I try to tell great stories that can help others.