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EMS providers undergo training to save lives, but a recent study shows there’s room for improvement in how they deal with a critter they encounter on the job: bed bugs. The study surveyed EMS providers in Northeast Ohio, and 21 percent reported seeing bed bugs at least monthly. Among this group, only 30 percent said they took the affected stretcher out of service after an encounter. EMS providers as a whole scored low on their knowledge of bed bug biology and public health.

Shaker Square is no longer for sale following controversy over plans for redeveloping the area. The square was listed for sale in November.

“Adverse childhood experiences,” or ACEs, are linked to mental and physical health issues later in life. Now, new research from Case Western Reserve University and Virginia Commonwealth University suggests that community violence should also be considered an ACE. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have a list of 10 generally accepted ACEs, which include things like neglect, abuse, and parental addiction.

Amid a heat wave with temperatures nearing 90 degrees, officials were also struggling to restore electricity, especially in the hardest hit Hiroshima and Okayama prefectures.

The Cleveland Orchestra has hired a law firm to investigate allegations of sexual assault by its star violinist, and currently suspended concertmaster, William Preucil.

The Cleveland Community Police Commission is proposing some changes to a draft police search and seizure policy. The commission collects public input on the city’s police reform agreement with the Justice Department. The policy lays out how—and in what circumstances—police can search people and property for evidence of crimes.

Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish wants to hire a consultant to help improve conditions in the county jail, which the U.S. Marshals Service deemed “inhumane” in a November report. The Budish administration plans to ask the county’s board of control to approve a $38,500 contract with the American Correctional Association, a professional group for prisons and jails based in Alexandria, Virginia.

The executive director of the Cuyahoga County Public Library is planning to check out this summer. Sari Feldman will retire after leading the library the last 16 years, helping to make it one of the country’s best. Feldman started as a jail librarian while still a graduate student in Wisconsin. She came to Cleveland to join the library in 1997 and became its executive director in 2003. She guided the system with its 27 branches through a $110 million capital improvement plan and several successful levy campaigns.

MetroHealth announced a wage increase today, with all employees now making a minimum wage of $15 per hour. The average wage increase is 12.1 percent and will affect 928 employees, many of whom work in entry-level positions like patient transport, food services, and facilities maintenance. The wage increase reflects a commitment to provide support to employees says President and CEO Dr. Akram Boutros.

Cleveland’s coalition to thwart lead poisoning plans to give the city a series of recommendations this week. The Lead Safe Cleveland Coalition briefed City Council Monday on what's likely to be proposed.