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From burlesque dancers to drag queens, Hells Angels to alcoholics, the people of Shirley Aley Campbell's portraits are the often forgotten faces of our society. Shirley Aley Campbell "Hells Angels, Los Angeles" [courtesy: ARTneo] Last week, the Cleveland-Arts-Prize-winning artist passed away at the age of 93.

With the first legal sale of medical marijuana in Ohio expected to occur as early as next week, the Cleveland Clinic wants its patients to know that its doctors will not be prescribing it. Dr. Paul Terpeluk, Medical Director of Employee Health Services at the Cleveland Clinic, said many of the Clinic's patients have asked whether they can get a script for medical marijuana. For now, he said, the official answer is: "Not yet."

The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) will refocus on serving lower-income riders first, while better integrating with other forms of transportation such as electric scooters and car-sharing services, according to India Birdsong, the agency's new CEO. Birdsong outlined a rough agenda for the agency during a speech Oct. 17 at the city's annual sustainability summit. It was her first public address to Northeast Ohioans since taking office in September.

The U.S. Women's National Team has advanced at the Women's World Cup after defeating Chile 3-0 Sunday. There's still one more game in group play and it's an important one to the U.S.

Cleveland's healthcare providers need to better address trauma and social determinants of health as a way to improve the health of communities, said MetroHealth CEO Dr. Akram Boutros at The City Club of Cleveland Friday. Boutros pushed for the city's major hospital systems to change their focus from curing diseases to preventing poor health outcomes in the first place.

Millions of Americans are hitting the road, rails or jetting off for the weekend. Gas prices are about 60 cents a gallon higher than this time last year. Roads and planes are expected to be packed.

A new study showed that laughter is a better indicator in determining friendships than even speech. Volunteers were able to pinpoint groups of friends versus strangers by listening to their laughter.

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit last year, Cleveland ice cream shop Sweet Moses added three picnic tables in the street outside, protected from Detroit Avenue traffic by a wall of Jersey barriers. “Which may not sound like a lot, but that pretty much triples what our seating was, versus the sidewalk,” owner Jeff Moreau said. “It was really well received.” The additional tables were possible under a special city permit allowing restaurants to claim stretches of street for outdoor, socially distant seating.

Updated: 11:15 a.m., Monday, Dec. 14, 2020 The first shipments of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine have arrived in Ohio, and Ohioans will begin getting vaccinated as soon as Monday morning. Trucks carrying the vaccines rolled into an area outside of The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus around 9:30 a.m. Monday. “This really is the day we've been waiting for,” Gov. Mike DeWine said. “It starts the process of the end. We know the end is a long way off, but the end now is in sight.”

The Cuyahoga County Board of Elections has enough poll workers to open all 295 local polling places on Nov. 3, officials said at Monday’s board meeting. But there are more jobs to fill at the board’s warehouse, where help is needed unloading vans and carrying ballots and other supplies from local voting locations, Deputy Director Shantiel Soeder said. About 2,000 election worker applications are still pending with the board, she said.