Northside Marketplace in Akron will close next Friday, leaving about 100 vendors scrambling after months of missed payments and a failed rescue effort. Testa Companies says finances forced the decision.

Cleveland will pilot Rx Kids this fall, offering eligible moms $1,500 during pregnancy and $500/month for six months in targeted neighborhoods.

Two‑time Pulitzer winner Colson Whitehead will close Literary Cleveland’s free Inkubator conference on Sept. 12; registration opens Aug. 10.

Authorities and the McCormick family renewed a reward appeal in the unsolved 2020 killing of retired Cleveland firefighter Wilbert McCormick; up to $2,500 is being offered for tips.

A social video shows a powerful fountain of water bursting through Delmore Road in Cleveland Heights, leaving pooled water and buckled pavement.

A 29-year-old Pittsburgh man was arrested at Lake Medina after telling officers he drove to meet a teen he matched with on Tinder; he faces solicitation and drug charges.

A two-vehicle crash at East 105th and Cedar left one person dead and prompted an investigation. Dispatch audio from the scene was shared online.

A Cleveland man is set to go to trial after Juvar King Sr. was found dead in East Cleveland in March 2025. Prosecutors say phone records, video and DNA tie a suspect to the case.

Two people arrived at a hospital with gunshot wounds after an incident near West 25th and Clark; police say one victim was identified as 19 and detectives are investigating.

A Parma customer says he paid $5,000 to a local pool contractor and never got the work; Parma police have issued a felony theft warrant for the company's owner. Multiple former customers reported installation problems.

A local group wants to convert Akron’s vacant Central‑Hower into H+ART — dozens of studios, offices, gyms and a restored auditorium — pending state approval.

An Ohio appeals court has allowed involuntary medication for an Ashtabula woman accused of killing her mother, citing a 2026 law that lengthens competency-restoration timeframes.

A 19-year-old man was found shot at the Skyline Terrace apartments in Canton; police have a 16-year-old wanted on a murder warrant and a 25-year-old in custody.