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Duke Energy Ohio says residential power bills will go down about 3.6% starting June 1.

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

It’s been an eventful summer for Cleveland’s 25-year, $3 billion sewer project, as the city opened its first overflow tunnel and begins work on a new...

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.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz play the puzzle with WCVE listener Gene Wolski of Henrico, Va.

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.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Weekend Edition puzzlemaster Will Shortz play a word game with KQED listener Nabil Tamer of Cupertino, Calif.

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.