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The city of Cleveland says it’s working toward complying with the police reform agreement signed with the Justice Department two years ago. The city filed its latest six-month status update in federal court on Wednesday. Cleveland’s chief counsel says the city is focused on “substantially reducing” the backlog in complaint cases against officers.

Cleveland’s police chief says a change of mindset is needed for the department to fulfill its reform agreement with the Justice Department. Chief Calvin Williams spoke at a meeting of the National Black Prosecutors Association on Monday. Williams said that for two decades, police have faced pressure to respond quickly to calls, resolve the issue as fast as they can, and then move on to the next call.

The Ohio Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday on whether a judge can appoint a guardian to control the affairs of an adult without giving that person notice. For Ohio Public Radio, WKSU’s M.L. Schultze previews the case. The arguments center on a Cuyahoga County woman who – after 30-plus years of marriage -- was going through a divorce. Though she had an attorney, a few days before the divorce proceedings began, the family-court judge appointed what’s called a guardian ad litem to represent her.

U-S Sen. and former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) made two stops in Ohio over the weekend to speak against the Republican tax cut package that is swiftly gaining ground on Capital Hill. The Senate passed the measure along party lines early Saturday.

In a world where superheroes are sometimes faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive and can leap tall buildings with a single bound, they’re predominately-white males with chiseled jaws blue eyes. One veteran comic book writer out to make the collective of superheroes more inclusive is Clevelander Tony Isabella. The story comes to us from ideastream’s Dan Polletta and Producer Dennis Knowles.

Cuyahoga County brought in more than $2 million in last week’s auction of foreclosed properties. Up for bid at the forfeited property sale were houses, buildings and vacant land that the county took through foreclosure for unpaid property taxes. All parcels on the list failed to find buyers at two previous sheriff’s sales. Bids for houses could go as low as $500.

Canton City Council is expected to decide Monday night whether to go to voters in May to hike the city’s income tax by half a percent. Sixty percent of the $11.5 million the tax is expected to raise would be devoted to economic development in the five core areas identified in the city’s comprehensive plan two years ago. Mayor Tom Bernabei said that includes near northwest neighborhoods leading from downtown to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

by Julie Grant, Allegheny Front A natural gas well operated by a subsidiary of ExxonMobil exploded last week in eastern Ohio. Some people near the area are still evacuated from their homes, as natural gas and salty brine pour from the site.

There are so many plans and programs in place to clean up the Great Lakes, it’s hard to keep track. In mid-October, environmentalists from across the region will meet to discuss their biggest challenges. Restoring wetlands, fish success stories, and the relationship between wildlife and microplastics will all be discussed at the conference hosted by the National Wildlife Federation’s Healing our Waters Coalition.

An associate of white nationalist Richard Spencer is suing the University of Cincinnati. From member station WVXU, Tana Weingartner reports. Spencer's attorney is asking for $2 million and a jury trial alleging UC is charging too much for Spencer's planned visit in March. According to the federal court filing, UC wants more than $10,000 for security fees and costs. The lawsuit says that infringes on Spencer's free speech rights and calls the criteria used to set the price unconstitutional.