After a lopsided defeat last November, Lorain County commissioners are again considering a 0.25% sales-tax increase to shore up roughly $7 million for sheriff operations.

Unbudgeted invoices, a pulled Moody's rating and falling ARPA reserves have Cleveland Heights scrambling to shore up city finances.

A pursuit that began at an IHOP ended when Akron officers shot a semi-truck driver who struck multiple cruisers. State investigators are reviewing bodycam footage.

A jury trial starts Monday for Delcresha Box, charged with murder in the Aug. 8 Collinwood stabbing that left a 25‑year‑old dead.

An Akron woman was arrested after investigators say she took roughly $38,000 from an elderly, vulnerable bank customer in Springfield Township.

A driver died after his car struck a tree near East 123rd Street and Kinsman Road on Saturday, Cleveland police say. The crash is under investigation.

Witnesses reported a heavy police response and a bomb-squad truck on Cleveland’s west side, according to a March 1 Facebook post.

A late-night blaze tore through Woodbury Commons on Stumph Road in Parma, displacing residents and sending at least one person to MetroHealth.

A shot was struck at a kitchen on the 900 block of Dresden Road on Thursday, and a nearby vehicle was also hit. Police say no one was injured and are asking for tips.

A 34-year-old worker was critically injured after a crane struck him at a Hubbard Avenue plating shop Thursday afternoon.

A Portage County corrections officer was arrested on felony extortion and image‑dissemination charges. The sheriff's office placed the officer on unpaid administrative leave and plans an internal probe.

Vinnie Cimino and Andrew Watts open ROSY, a 50‑seat wood‑fired bistro in Ohio City that serves ancestral European plates with heavy regional sourcing.

Fraud losses in Ohio are rising as scammers use AI, crypto and imposter tactics to extract millions. Local and federal officials lay out rules and hotlines for victims.