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Cleveland City Council holds its last regular meeting tonight before the start of summer recess, and elements of Mayor Jackson’s development plans will get a hearing during a long committee session beforehand. Among the bills on deck for city council are Jackson’s plans for infrastructure improvements along routes to school, a contract with the Peacemaker’s Alliance to reduce violence and $1 million for home renovations.

The most recent stats on drug overdoses in Ohio are from 2015, when more than 3,000 Ohioans died – and the 2016 numbers are expected to be worse. The...

Cuyahoga County’s “Know the Risks” campaign, which launched last week, is trying to educate people about opioids like prescription pills and heroin. William Denihan, Chief Executive Officer of ADAHMS Board of Cuyahoga County hopes that by better informing people about risks before they end up with an addiction, fewer people will need help in the form of treatment.

What a wonderful world this would be if you knew a lot about geography.

Wednesday was the filing deadline for candidates in many of this year’s suburban primary elections in Cuyahoga County. East Cleveland may be the site of one of the more contested races this year. Five Democrats have filed petitions to challenge Mayor Brandon King in the September partisan primary. Another filed with the Green Party. Three people filed to run for mayor in Solon, and two in Bay Village. Both cities have open mayoral seats this time around.

Nearly 3 inches fell Sunday night in Boston — making this winter the city's snowiest ever.

Drummer Bob McKee, who was a key player in the Cleveland jazz scene for more than half of a century, passed away Wednesday at 90. McKee played in both the house band at the Theatrical Restaurant as well for the Mike Douglas Show, when the television program was produced in Cleveland in the early 1960s. McKee also taught his instrument to several generations of drummers. The McKee family will receive friends Sunday from 1:00-4:30 pm at Busch Funeral Home in Parma.

Cleveland and Cincinnati are out, butColumbus is still in, after Amazon announced the 20 finalists in its search for a home for its second headquarters. Columbus offered property-tax abatements, income-tax refunds and a transportation plan in its application. Mayor Andrew Ginther says the city will continue to "compete hard" for the business, Governor John Kasich said the state will see what it can do to help Columbus land the final bid.

Some Cincinnati council members have questions about a proposal to increase storm water rates. The storm water utility wants a $5.3 million increase in...

A Brooklyn man was sentenced to life in prison for his 2016 suicide attempt that resulted instead in him killing a 20-year-old college student. Mark Rafter, 50, had been driving at high speeds the wrong way down Interstate 480 when he struck and killed another driver, Kayla FCoates. Cleveland.com reports Coates' mother, Julie, told the court that Rafter should be made to view Kayla's photograph every anniversary of her daughter's death. An earlier report had misidentified Kayla Coates as Julie.