Brian Duffy
Reporter/Anchor
Cleveland, Ohio
Brian Duffy feels fortunate to have had a career as a journalist in Cleveland for over 20 years, working to find compassion for those who have dealt with devastating loss and gratified in telling the success stories, many against great odds, that make this a truly remarkable community.
Brian, an Emmy Award winner, along with Tiffani Tucker anchors 19 News at 6 p.m. and is a member of the 19 News Investigative Reporting and Solutions Journalism teams.
He began his career in the sports department where he’s worked as a reporter and anchor and as the host of Cleveland 19’s Cleveland Browns coverage on Tailgate 19 and The 5th Quarter. Brian also hosted the Cleveland Cavaliers pre-game and post-games shows on CW43.
Brian began his career in Erie, PA where he was the Sports Director at WJET-TV before he made the move to Cleveland in 1999.
Born in Euclid and raised in Mayfield Heights, Brian graduated from St. Joseph High School, where he earned several letters in football and basketball. He carried his enthusiasm for sports with him to college at Edinboro University, where he received a B.A. in Communication. In college, he earned three letters in basketball, and ultimately became team captain for the Edinboro Fighting Scots.
ives are lost and at minimum, lives are changed and it does not have to be that way, there is a way to prevent life-altering falls as we age. And there is no question, that falls have become a critical indicator of life expectancy and quality of life for older adults.
Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb’s recent budget proposal includes 180 new officers in 2024, which would be a dramatic increase from the combined total of 144 new officers from the past 3 years.
Pammy Maye is expected in court Friday afternoon to be arraigned on the five felony charges connected to the February AMBER Alert that ended in the tragic death of five-year-old Darnell Taylor.
It was a night that Cavs fans will not forget anytime soon, if ever.
Alan Studt knew that he was facing some significant risk factors. But he was active, as a hiker and a musician, and he had for the most part, he said, kept himself in pretty good shape.
If only it had been just one night that was interrupted, an inconvenience maybe for a couple of days, as the wreckage was cleared up after a train derailed in the tiny town... But it was sadly way more than a run of the mill train derailment.
A Cleveland Public Power light pole crashed to the ground this week, onto the eastbound lanes of Chester Avenue, during the busy rush hour and pulled live electric wires with it into the street.
Will the North Coast Master Plan be what it finally takes to find the elusive connection between downtown Cleveland and our lakefront?
There is no way to stop every fall. But there is a way to significantly reduce those falls, and the Akron Fire Department is putting that solution into practice.
What is the future of Cleveland’s economy? What does it look like in just 10 years or even in 50?
In a wide ranging interview, Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb explained in detail why he believes the new deal between the Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association and the city will generate a greater police presence in the city.
Could a new proposed tobacco ordinance in Cleveland save lives?
The city's public health director says smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in Cleveland.
What is the clear career path for students in the Cleveland Municipal School District? That has become a very difficult question, in some respects, to answer.
Avvie Johnson has been waiting, waiting since October of 2022 when she said she first reported to Cleveland Public Power that someone had driven into the light pole on the tree lawn of her home on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Avvie Johnson does not believe that it is an outrageous request, one she has been making, she said, since October when someone drove down her stretch of Martin Luther King JR. Blvd
19 Investigates first alerted CPP to the dangerous light poles last week.
Five days after being told the broken light poles were a "priority for repair," we found many of the hazards had still not been fixed.
19 Investigates found a dangerous stretch of city sidewalks where ropes are being used to keep broken light poles from falling down.
Currently, over 90% of the Lake Erie shoreline within Cuyahoga County is not publicly accessible.
"The sooner you get law enforcement involved, the better the chances are that we can recover the child safely and quickly,” said FBI Special Agent Andy Burke.
In 2021 according to the C.D.C., 1,650 Ohioans died after falling.
As rumors have circulated about the future of FirstEnergy Stadium in Cleveland, Browns owners Jimmy and Dee Haslam said Monday its staying put, and will undergo a massive renovation.
It has never been an easy task delivering the mail, but even as some of us have become less reliant on that daily delivery, the task has become even more difficult, dangerous even.
The mobile home park was purchased in 2021 by the Western Reserve Land Conservancy.
The mobile home park was purchased in 2021 by the Western Reserve Land Conservancy.
The 62-year-old woman is forever grateful to everyone who was there on that December morning.
”It’s easy to spend other people’s money, especially when they think it’s a bottomless pit,” said Ronald Adrine, retired presiding judge of the Cleveland Municipal Court.
"Dr. King was the voice of the civil rights movement and was its moral compass... and as a result of the movement that he headed up, this country was changed forever."
The Cleveland Division of Police on Thursday issued arrest warrants for two officers.
The Cleveland Division of Police on Thursday issued arrest warrants for two officers.
Governor Mike DeWine speaks with 19 news.
The accident happened on Nov. 19 on I-90 east near Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
19 News first reported on Pink Energy in late September when the Attorney General’s office had received about 120 complaints from consumers across the state that included deceptive business practices.
Violent crime, specifically murders in the city of Cleveland remains at a staggering level, at least from a recent historical perspective.
Is it going to be a cold and snowy winter or maybe we will get lucky and have a mild winter without much snow. The 19 First Alert Meteorologists have put together their winter weather forecast.
A major grocery store chain is being called out by some social media users who claim shoppers are getting duped by fake discounts.
Cleveland police and the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office released new details regarding Tuesday morning’s deadly crash along I-71.
If passed, Issue 10 would establish a Citizens’ Police Oversight Board.
In his first winter as mayor, Justin Bibb heard loud and clear from unhappy people in the city who said their streets were not plowed and quickly replied that he had inherited a broken snow removal system.
PowerHome Solar, now known as Pink Energy, had working relationships with the Cleveland Guardians and Cleveland Browns.
Employees of Pink Energy, formerly PowerHome Solar, say the business suddenly shut down last week.
The victim has been identified as Ronnie Briggs, 27.
The Amber Alert that went out may have played a role in the arrest of the suspect, on Cleveland’s west side, but some people received the alert 2 or even 3 times, even after the alert had been cancelled, and that has led to questions regarding the operation of the amber alert system.
An Amber Alert for a 4-year-old Akron boy was canceled late Monday night after authorities safely located the child.
The school bus driver shortage continues in many districts across the state and it is leading to frustration for parents, students, and administrators as districts struggle to find drivers to get students back and forth to school and extracurricular activities.
Gordon chose, instead, to look at the positives of the state report care, significantly he said that the Cleveland District out performed the other seven large urban districts across the state.
As the nation’s rail workers and the rail companies they work for remain at an impasse in contract negotiations there is growing concern regarding the nation’s fragile, still recovering supply chain, as union workers claim they will be locked out of their jobs on Friday and the nations rail lines shut down.
It's certainly clear that workers in the city are nowhere near a pre-pandemic level.
It was in the 1970′s and the recently built Outer Belt Freeway, better known as 480, built on either side of the Cuyahoga Valley, was in need of a connection over the Valley.
