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Cincinnati provided $3.25 million for 36 human services programs, which leveraged another nearly $21 million from other sources during the last fiscal...

Well before many Americans had the opportunity to explore Cuba as of late, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra visited in 2010. In 2015, the band released a recording of performances from the Cuba tour, and ideastream spoke with artistic director Wynton Marsalis about the experience. Marsalis says the group made it clear that they were there as cultural ambassadors.

The developers behind the Nexus natural gas pipeline want to begin construction by next Tuesday. In August, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved the $2 billion pipeline that will run through 12 Ohio counties from Northeast Ohio to Michigan and Canada. The federal agency is in the process of reviewing the request.

The bureau said the 11th annual Operation Cross Country recovered one 3-month-old girl and that the average age of the victims was 15.

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.