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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.

Work is underway for the first big growing facility for medical marijuana. The Cresco facility in Yellow Springs is one of a dozen that were awarded licenses two weeks ago. Illinois-based Cresco Labs’ new 50,000-square-foot, $7 million greenhouse will produce cannabis-based pharmaceutical products. Cresco’s high-tech facility will be built on nearly 10 acres of village-owned land near Antioch University. The company expects to create at least two dozen new jobs next year, and add more employees as the facility expands.

On December 11, 1918, 54 musicians tuned-up their instruments in a downtown Cleveland concert hall and launched into history. The Cleveland Orchestra has ambitious plans for it its 100th birthday celebration this year. Chief Artistic Officer Mark Williams says it’s been a five-year process, developing special concerts and booking guest performers.

The president of Cleveland’s rank-and-file police union says members voted down a proposed contract over the weekend. Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association president Steve Loomis said he isn’t sure why members rejected the agreement. “To be honest with you, I have no idea,” Loomis said. “I thought that this was the end result of a lot of good, hard frustrating work on the part of the city and the members of the negotiating committee.”

Imagine stepping into a small room filled from floor to ceiling with mirrors and bright polka dots. These spaces, called “Infinity Mirror Rooms,” also generally fit only three people at a time.

Ohio’s two U.S. senators agree premiums will go up if a bipartisan compromise on the Affordable Care Act doesn’t get through Congress. Other than that, though, they don’t agree on much, including whether the compromise should get through Congress. From Ohio Public Radio station, WKSU’s M.L. Schultze reports.

Cleveland saw a sharp increase in rental prices in recent months. That's according to a recent survey by the apartment listing site Abodo.com, which looked at one-bedroom rentals in about 80 cities. The site found that Cleveland topped the list with the highest percentage increase in median rent last month at 6.5 percent. That marks the third consecutive month in which Cleveland led the pack.

The Maumee River runs more than 100 miles before emptying into Lake Erie in Ohio. And it carries a lot of the farm runoff that triggers algae blooms. But a new book shows that there’s a lot more to the river. Ryan Schnurr spent a week walking and canoeing the length of the river last summer. He has turned that experience into a book called In the Watershed. It’s part memoir and part lesson on the Maumee’s place in history.

By Phil de Olivera, WKSU The mother of Tanisha Anderson is accusing Cuyahoga County officials of trying to cover up police officers' role in her death in 2014 by blaming it on a heart condition. An autopsy of the county coronor originally ruled Tanisha Anderson's death a homicide. But the attorney general's office ordered another autopsy last year after it was discovered the case file was tainted with statements by the two officers involved in the incident.