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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]

Thursday night in Las Vegas, the Washington Capitals beat the Golden Knights 4-3, to win the Stanley Cup trophy. It's the first major championship for a Washington, D.C., sports team in a long time.

You studied the Industrial Revolution in school, but what do you know about the "de-industrial revolution?" As big industry disentegrates in the American rust belt, a very different uprising is taking place in cities like Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Reading, Pennsylvania. Lynn Nottage interviewed the residents of Reading for her 2015 Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Sweat," onstage now at Cleveland Play House.

Black women have often had to fight battles on two fronts dealing both with racism and sexism. In her new play, “At Last: Celebrating the Lives of Black Women,” Cleveland Arts Prize-winning writer Dr.

For people with obesity and diabetes, there’s growing evidence of the benefits of weight-loss surgery. Cleveland Clinic researchers found that in patients with both obesity and uncontrolled diabetes, weight loss surgery is associated with a 40% reduction in heart issues and death. This is in comparison to the usual recommendation of lifestyle changes and medications. In absolute terms, weight-loss surgery is associated with an 8% reduction in risk of death over eight years.

Hyland Software employees are still reeling a day after the Westlake-based company laid off an estimated 140 employees. Hyland termed the layoffs a "difficult decision" and said in a statement that it still plans to hire more than 300 people this year and will actually increase its overall global employee count by 15 percent. But the sudden layoffs, and the way in which they were done, has unsettled employees who had been part of a company that lists "Family" as one of its core values and says on its website: "Our employees are our family."