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One school in Sumter County, Ala., is so underfunded, the principal says there's no money for badly needed repairs. And something else is missing from the schools: the county's white residents.

Cleveland City Councilman Zack Reed says he’ll challenge Mayor Frank Jackson in this year’s election, campaigning on safety and jobs. Reed has served on city council since 2001. He represents the southeast side of the city, and that’s where he announced his bid for mayor. “We need someone in that office with fresh ideas, creative ideas, innovative ideas to transform these depressed wards into a platform and into a harbor which will launch new jobs and new economies for the people of the city of Cleveland,” he said.

New Orleans has “Mardi Gras,” a last hurrah before Lenten fasting begins. Cleveland has “Dyngus Day” -- the day after Easter, when celebrations recommence. Tonight, the man who brought Dyngus Day to Northeast Ohio premieres his new comedy show based on his alter ego.

An arbitrator upheld the firing of a Cleveland police officer who took part in a fatal shooting of two unarmed people after a chase in 2012. The terminations of five other officers were overturned. The mayor’s office released a copy of the arbitration decision on Tuesday.

Play Ball! On Saturday, 9am - 3pm at the U.S. Air Force museum you will have the chance to learn about the science behind baseball and other sports with...

Comic C.K. talks about the pain of his first-ever open mic experience; John Powers reviews Karl Ove Knausgaard's 'My Struggle'; LeFarge performs new songs and some favorites from the 1920s and '30s.

The two Australian leaders of the trafficking ring and several other smugglers have been informed that their execution by firing squad is imminent.

Despite intervention from Congress, Amer Adi Othman remains in a federal prison about three miles from his downtown grocery store and hookah bar in Youngstown. That’s where his wife, daughters, friends, customers and other supporters gathered to argue in the letters they wrote what hundreds of protesters had argued in the streets over the weekend: That the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement cannot justify holding him.

A Youngstown businessman who had planned to leave the country voluntarily two weeks ago was jailed at his meeting with immigration officials Tuesday. Amer Adi Othman, 57, had faced deportation earlier this month after 40 years in the U.S. because of allegations his first marriage was a sham. He denies that, and U.S Rep. Tim Ryan (D- Howland) had sponsored a bill to allow him to remain.

Akron’s effort to reduce the flow of sewage into streams and rivers was one of five projects that earned "exceptional" honors earlier this month by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Project engineers showcased its new storage basin Tuesday. The Howard Storage Basin got its first big workout last weekend when heavy rains that would have carried millions of gallons of sewage overflow into the Little Cuyahoga River stopped in this massive, 30-foot-deep concrete rectangle instead.