Laura Putre, Author at Cleveland Scene

Hoop Jumping

When it comes to politics, basketball-playing kids finish last.

Clear Channel pulls the plug on an AIDS-prevention campaign.

Macho car guys just want to do a good thing. Got a problem with that?

Need a shrub? Rockefeller Park is the ideal place to steal it.

A soap star finds herself slumming in Cleveland.

Council boss Frank Jackson is a saint to the people in his neighborhood. But in city politics, he speaks softly and shows no mercy.

Looking for arch-villains? Check out who’s driving the golf carts.

Rent-a-Center sics the cops on its customers.

The Couch Potato Running Team leads from the rear.

Twenty-five years of doing God’s work can really wear out a guy.

The College Club gets sassy in its old age.

It’s a hard-knock life for Cleveland B-Boys.