Lisa Rab, Author at Cleveland Scene

Contract Killing

For a few thousand dollars, he’ll be your living-room decoration.

A Case professor is caught in the feds’ weird web of paranoia and incompetence.

Finally: A school that doesn’t settle for failing black kids.

As Cleveland’s murder rate rises, the families of victims wait for justice that never comes.

Utilities Director Julius Ciaccia has been at the center of corruption scandals for 15 years.

Troubled teens force a suburb to confront its worst fears.

If the cops and firemen flee, the neighborhood’s obituary will follow.

Unlike the government, Cleveland State is behaving as if it actually cares.

Juanita Myrick was a model bureaucrat — even as she stole a small fortune.

Cleveland kids still cursed by Byrd-Bennett’s incompetence.

A professor’s failed climb up the ivory tower ends in accusations of a hoax.

At a Warrensville mega-church, the Lord preaches prosperity.