Cuyahoga County DCFS says it has 19 vacancies — 15 frontline social‑worker posts — while a county hiring freeze limits new hires; crisis teams are stepping in.

A Cleveland man was sentenced after prosecutors say he siphoned about $20 million in VA benefits from elderly veterans.

An 18-year-old New Philadelphia driver was killed when her car crossed the center line and overturned on Azalea Road in Carroll County. A teen passenger suffered minor injuries.

Cleveland EMS says a man was found fatally shot on the East Side Saturday; Cleveland police are investigating the 3400 block of East 98th Street.

A 29-year-old has been charged after a 24-year-old Erie woman was found dead in a Copley hotel, police say a second woman was held and later rescued in Akron.

A 78-year-old woman was killed and a 20-year-old man was hospitalized after a head-on crash Friday on SR 170 north of Calla Road in Springfield Township.

Ohio enacts a statewide quarantine to curb the spread of the invasive spotted lanternfly, aiming to protect its wine industry and agricultural sectors.

Shane Newman arraigned for attempted murder of a Canton officer; charges stem from a December Walmart incident. He pleaded not guilty; his accomplice faced misdemeanor theft.

A new Marcus & Millichap analysis shows Cleveland led U.S. metros in apartment rent growth last year as limited new supply pushed effective rents higher. The gains were concentrated in inner suburbs with little room to build.

North Olmsted advanced a development agreement that could put a grocery on the former Sears site at Great Northern Mall, city officials say a tenant name could come in weeks.

A local Facebook post says a man was shot twice near St. Clair and Glenside, ran onto an RTA bus and was taken to a trauma center.

The FBI released surveillance images after a Feb. 17 robbery at a Euclid Fifth Third branch. Investigators say the man left in a blue Chevy Impala and are asking for tips.

Parma mayors offered mixed reactions after the school board moved to place a 1.75% earned-income tax on the May ballot, a swap the district says will replace levies and shore up its budget.