Patchy fog could slow the morning commute; skies clear and warm into the mid‑80s with breezy lakeshore winds.

Cleveland Clinic is converting some Express Care clinics to urgent care, starting with Willoughby Hills, to expand same‑day services and add diagnostics closer to home.

Scattered storms are likely Friday with pockets of heavy rain. Warm, drier weather returns Sunday.

Flawed waterslide plans forced a work stoppage that pushed Mentor’s Civic Center Pool into 2027 and added six‑figure change orders to the renovation bill.

County Council unanimously approved an ordinance making it illegal to leave pets unattended in vehicles when temperatures exceed 70°F or fall below 30°F. The law sets fines and protects rescuers.

Muggy this morning; storms are likely Thursday night with heavy downpours and isolated damaging gusts. Expect lingering showers into Friday morning.

A Beachwood resident found a stranger inside her car at The Vantage Apartments. Police arrested a 19‑year‑old Cleveland man and charged him with menacing and theft.

A heavy police response blocked Darrow Road at Terex in Hudson Tuesday evening as officers investigated a crash scene. Details remain limited and authorities have not yet released information.

A Ring camera captured a black bear crossing a Garfield Heights front yard on Tuesday; officials advise securing trash and reporting sightings.

A homeowner’s Ring camera caught a black bear on a Pepper Pike driveway early Sunday. Police urged neighbors to secure trash and give the animal space.

A Brunswick woman has sued after her 75-year-old veteran husband fell when a hospital-bed rail allegedly broke; the federal complaint names the VA center, the maker and the installer.

Demolition crews have begun tearing down the Advanced Medical Systems plant on London Road, a long‑standing source of cobalt‑60 contamination. State funds will pay for soil testing and final remediation.

A 55-year-old man was killed on I-90 westbound near West 44th after being struck while outside his car; a woman was arrested and police are investigating.