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Latest on the impacts of Hurricane Matthew, from Tybee Island off the coast of Georgia, where some residents decided to ride out the storm.

Cleveland-area arts leader Tom Schorgl announced today he will retire from Community Partnership for Arts and Culture (CPAC) at the end of the year. Schorgl served as CPAC’s CEO and president for 20 years. “Cleveland/Cuyahoga County has become more and more aware of the value- the multiple values- of arts and culture,” Schorgl said. “That’s not always the case in other communities.” CPAC was established by the George Gund Foundation and Cleveland Foundation in 1997 to support greater Cleveland’s arts and culture sector. Schorgl was hired to lead the organization.

When you’ve been recording as long and often as Pat Metheny, it would be easy to divide your music into various periods. But the multi-Grammy Award winning guitarist, who made this first of nearly 40 recordings as a band leader in 1976, doesn’t see his work that way.

Cities across Ohio are suing the state over new rules for installing wireless transmitters in public places, such as on top of streetlights. They argue the rules infringe on their local power to regulate the devices. Cleveland, Columbus and Independence are among the dozens of municipalities filing lawsuits. Cleveland has approved about 131 micro wireless facilities in public spaces in the past few years, a city lawyer said at a news conference Monday. They’re meant to improve wireless connections for mobile devices.

Some 100 people gathered at Tri-C last night to discuss their vision for community policing in Cleveland. Their input will help shape policy as part of the city’s police reform efforts with the US Justice Department. Attendees were asked to come up with innovative solutions to community problems. One group suggested police drop-in spaces in schools and churches. They also suggested reviving midnight basketball to give kids something to do.

Cleveland city hall says it will work to reduce the speed limit on a west side residential street after someone dressed like a city worker changed the signs without permission. Last weekend, someone wearing a hard hat and reflective lime green vest took down the 35 mph signs from utility poles on Franklin Boulevard. The person put up 25 mph signs in their place. Casandra Vasu snapped a photo of the person and posted it on Facebook. She said she was ecstatic.

Ohio’s Sherrod Brown is among a group of Senate Democrats urging President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for education secretary to pay the $5.3 million...

The Ohio EPA says it will spend $6 million to clean up a huge pile of debris site in East Cleveland that was branded as a recycling center for construction material. But some questions are yet unresolved: What will happen to the property after cleanup, and will the state recoup its expenses from local agencies and contractors?

Both of Ohio’s Senators want to meet a Friday deadline to avoid a partial government shutdown. Members of Congress are working on a short-term funding bill to keep the federal government open, but are still debating the inclusion of some controversial measures that likely won’t make the final resolution-- like fixes for insolvent workers’ pensions and the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program, or DACA. GOP leaders have, however, added 6 years of funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program to the continuing resolution.

Columbus may have a growing economy and a relatively low unemployment rate, but that prosperity doesn’t necessarily translate into a high economic quality…