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Jury trials are scheduled to resume in Cuyahoga County on Sept. 21. In addition to requiring social distancing and masks, Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court has installed Plexiglas partitions in the three courtrooms holding criminal trials.

Last week, the U.S.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released data that shows 6 percent of coronavirus deaths had COVID-19 listed as the only cause of death. Over the weekend, misinformation spread on social media, retweeted by President Donald Trump, misinterpreting the data to mean that only 6 percent of coronavirus deaths were caused by the virus.

NPR's Leila Fadel and Weekend Edition puzzlemaster Will Shortz play a word game with special guest, Ted Allen, host of Chopped and member of the original Queer Eye cast.

If you want to compare the price of a pregnancy test at the Cleveland Clinic versus University Hospitals, the information is now on their websites. Starting January 1, the Affordable Care Act mandated that hospitals provide a list of prices for all medical costs from a nursery bed to a transcatheter biopsy. The intent of the requirement from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is to bring transparency and help consumers shop around.

Updated: 3:18 p.m. Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted today announced that more than 275,000 notices of so-called "last-chance" mailings are being sent...

NPR's Leila Fadel and Weekend Edition puzzlemaster Will Shortz play a word game with KERA listener Adam Boyette of Fort Worth, Texas.

Cuyahoga County may make it easier for employees to report whistleblower complaints within county government. County council gave a first reading to revised reporting safeguards Monday evening. Councilman Dale Miller, a Democrat who introduced the measure, said it grew out of talks with county Inspector General Mark Griffin. The changes are intended to give potential whistleblowers more comfort in coming forward with complaints, Miller said.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and puzzlemaster Will Shortz play the puzzle this week with David Herbst of Inverness, Calif.

The Lorain City School Board voted unanimously Aug. 1 to place a $3.1 million renewal levy on the November ballot. But they plan to remove it if CEO David Hardy remains in charge of the struggling school district. During the meeting, one board member and the city’s interim mayor said they would not support the levy if Hardy stays.

The Geauga County Board of Health will start distributing naloxone to the community starting this fall. County health officials will distribute 250 kits of the opioid overdose reversal medication known as Narcan thanks to a $75,000 state grant. Anyone can obtain a life-saving kit for free, said Geauga’s Director of Nursing, Christine Wyers.