Unofficial Lake County returns show just 5.05% turnout on May 5, tilting local primaries and sinking school income-tax measures by narrow margins. Democratic voters outpaced Republicans by a wide margin.

Abdullah Mason will defend his WBO lightweight title at Cleveland State’s Wolstein Center on July 4 against Joe Cordina, a DAZN/TNT 'The Fight' headliner with a stacked undercard.

Timken is selling its belts business to Gates and will shutter the Springfield, MO plant later this year, affecting about 283 jobs.

A Kassouf-affiliated investor bought 800 Superior, raising fresh questions about tenants, the attached garage and whether the tower will be reworked or re-leased.

Showers and thunderstorms move in Tuesday with gusty winds. Localized nuisance flooding is possible in low-lying areas.

Mentor leaders say they will remove a volunteer zoning board member after a widely shared video showed her using a racial slur and pulling driveway markers. The city condemned the conduct and named the member.

A Cleveland firefighter who was briefly trapped inside a burning building on Carnegie Avenue was rescued after crews called a second alarm. Officials have released limited details.

The Mandel Foundation has given to The Music Settlement’s roughly $12.2M University Circle expansion, a project that rehabs Gries House and adds studios, a tech lab and more teaching space.

A 16-year-old is in critical condition after being found shot in the 4400 block of Lee Road, Cleveland EMS says.

A 35-year-old man was shot near E. 105th and Grantwood on Cleveland’s East Side and taken to University Hospitals in critical condition.

Family members found a woman dead on East 116th Street, police say the death is under homicide investigation.

RJ Barrett’s bouncing 3 in overtime gave the Raptors a 112-110 win and forced a decisive Game 7 in Cleveland. The series now heads back to Cleveland on Sunday.

Weathersfield Township voted a 180‑day moratorium on data‑center approvals as trustees study power, water and noise impacts. Bitdeer owns the former Ohio Edison site and has discussed a large AI campus.