Hangry Joe's will open its first Northeast Ohio location at Crocker Park in Westlake this April, offering its Mega Chicken Sando, heat levels to Angry Hot and halal options.

Aldi has bought a University Heights property and filed plans for a roughly 19,400-square-foot store at Cedar Road, city filings show. The project ties into the long-planned University Square revamp.

Heritage at Great Trail in Minerva will close on March 31 as Chef Gina Vizzo‑Bratu steps back to recover. The golf course says events and gift cards will be honored.

A nearly seven-hour barricade on West 18th Street ended early Wednesday with a Lorain man in custody and a handgun seized.

Postal inspectors and METRICH detectives say they intercepted a parcel with roughly 2 kilograms of pills that tested positive for meth, and a Monroe Township man was arrested. Bond was set at $1 million.

A Warren woman told police a man followed her while bar-hopping and forced her cousin from their car at gunpoint before beating her. The suspect fled and the vehicle was towed.

Medina officials are weighing professional sharpshooters after two permit-only archery seasons removed just 18 deer while roadkill pickups climbed. Council wants faster, safer options.

Cleveland’s Masonic Auditorium is back on the market with a Newmark listing that pitches the landmark as a venue or redevelopment site.

Whitfield's Creole and Soul Food opened a storefront in Akron's Middlebury, serving gumbo, catfish and weekend brunch rooted in Gullah and Louisiana Creole flavors.

Strongsville approved a tighter set of rules Feb. 17, 2026 requiring city licenses, brighter rooms, customer logs and misdemeanor penalties after 2025 raids. The move follows multi‑agency enforcement that targeted suspected illicit parlors last August.

A national operator has bought the former UH Richmond campus and plans a secure geriatric and psychiatric unit on the third floor, with 48 beds and about 140 jobs.

An early‑morning fire at 15409 Euclid Ave in East Cleveland kept crews at the scene for about 90 minutes. Officials say no civilians or firefighters were hurt.

The VA activated External Provider Scheduling to let staff book community-care appointments directly, a move the agency says will shorten waits. Local impact will depend on how many providers opt in.