Joe P. Tone, Author at Cleveland Scene

A Curious Candidate

He carries a gun, scares his neighbors, and really wants to be a city councilman.

Game time at the scalpers’ bazaar on Ontario Street.

The making of an improbable powerhouse.

In Cleveland’s crumbling hip-hop scene, MCs have little to gain and everything to lose.

It’s raked in millions of tax dollars. But is the watchdog actually watching?

How Trevor Crowe became the Indians’ next great hope.

Thinking about driving drunk near Oberlin? Bad idea.

(An adventure of idiots)

What’s attacking the people of Avon Lake?

Grab your yellow bat — Wiffle ball has gone pro.

Lawmakers want to kill gentlemen’s clubs — and the livelihoods of the women who run them.

More misadventures starring the mayor of Seven Hills.