A developer group proposes a 600,000‑sq‑ft Cleveland Clinic operations center at the former Ford site in Walton Hills, centralizing sterile processing and pharmacy work. The plan hinges on a large CRA tax break and would relocate hundreds of Clinic jobs.

Ohio lawmakers lined up behind a federal plan to pump $350 million a year into restoring the Ohio River, creating an EPA office to coordinate grants for water quality, habitat and cleanup work.

A 32-year-old Akron man died after his motorcycle collided with a pickup at the US-6/SR-46 intersection in New Lyme Township; OSHP is investigating.

Police are investigating an antisemitic mailing delivered to a Hunting Valley home; civil‑rights groups say the incident fits a troubling national pattern.

Portage County deputies seized psilocybin, cocaine, a handgun and about $3,448 during a Ravenna search; a man was booked and charges are pending.

A rebuilt stretch of Woodlawn Road opened in East Cleveland’s Circle East district as county funding joins federal and land‑bank investments in a $122M revitalization.

Daishon Bryant pleaded not guilty this week after prosecutors say he shot and killed a 49-year-old man at a Sunoco on East 93rd during the Juneteenth weekend.

A Maple Heights man was sentenced to 108 months after investigators found more than 3,000 child sexual abuse files on his devices, officials say.

About $72.1 million will fund 33 roadway‑safety projects across 23 Ohio counties, focusing on roundabouts, sidewalks and intersection upgrades over the next several fiscal years.

State investigators processed the North Royalton Service Center after a city employee was found dead; officials say there is no threat to the public.

Clear and low‑80s Saturday, then multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms — some could be strong — arrive Sunday into Monday.

Three New Era Cleveland leaders filed a federal lawsuit saying police and prosecutors railroaded them after a 2024 gas‑station dispute that ended in acquittal. The complaint alleges malicious prosecution, fabricated evidence and constitutional violations.

A Cleveland mother says Ohio Medicaid and the county denied funding for an $8,000 stair lift for her 15‑year‑old son with severe cerebral palsy, and she’s appealed twice. The family says the decision forces a dangerous choice during storms and everyday life.