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Updated 7:15 p.m., 6/25/2020 Cleveland city prosecutors are dropping charges against a Bail Project staffer arrested for breaking Downtown curfew despite living and working there.

Ashtabula County residents tentatively approved a levy that would aid in fighting erosion along the Lake Erie shoreline in Geneva-on-the-Lake. Unofficial Primary Day results show the levy ahead by fewer than 100 votes late Tuesday night, with a tally of 793 voters in favor and 729 against. Any mail-in ballots postmarked by April 27 will be counted, even if they have not yet been received by county boards of elections. The results may change the slim margin.

To decrease the spread of COVID-19, doctors’ offices are opting for telemedicine appointments instead of in-person visits. That’s leading to financial struggles for federally qualified health centers. “The decrease in face-to-face visits is going to have a detrimental impact on community health centers across the state,” said Jean Polster, CEO of Neighborhood Family Practice, a community health center in Cleveland.

Federal forecasters expect 3 to 6 major hurricanes during the 2020 hurricane season, which runs from June 1 to November 1. Rising seas and a warmer climate make storms of all sizes more damaging.

Some colleges say they’ll match tuition at rival schools. We’ll add up the dollars and costs.

Cleveland City Council’s Development, Planning and Sustainability Committee has signed off on plans to renovate two historic buildings downtown. One is the oldest office building in the city. The other is where Superman used to work. When the Rose building opened in 1902 at the corner of East 9th and Prospect it was reportedly the largest office building in Ohio.

If you like the idea of a little poetry with your news Pulitzer Prize winner Rita Dove has you covered. The Akron-born poet is currently the poetry editor for the New York Times Magazine. Back in the 90s Dove was the first African-American to be named United State Poet Laureate. Next weekend she is honored with the lifetime achievement award for the Cleveland Arts Prize. On her job as poetry editor for New York Times Magazine

When three inmates escaped Alcatraz in 1962 they used fake heads to fool the prison guards. Now, the FBI has re-created the heads in order to preserve the history of an escape that is still unsolved.

Greater Cleveland RTA presented its 2019 budget for the first time Tuesday, and thanks to a limited infusion of state aid, the agency will likely get through 2019 with a positive balance. The 2019 budget projects small increases in fares as well as sales and tax revenue for RTA. “With an estimated beginning balance of $35.1 million, 2019 is starting strong,” said RTA’s Kay Satula, who presented the budget at its first hearing. But ridership continues to decrease. Satula says that it could have been worse.

It's that time of year again when you start to see signs of spring begin to bloom. But it may surprise you that many common plants in Northeast Ohio are not native to the region. For instance, forsythia bush with its bright yellow blooms is prevalent in yards and an early spring bloomer— but not native. English ivy and Japanese barberry are also non-natives [Peggy Spaeth]