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The agency that funds arts activities through a Cuyahoga County cigarette tax continues to search for a new leader more than a year after the departure of former executive director Karen Gahl-Mills. A Cuyahoga Arts and Culture (CAC) committee tasked with the hunt is still sifting through candidates. At CAC’s latest meeting Wednesday, board chair Charna Sherman predicted a decision in the coming months.

Providence House, the Ohio City care center for children whose families are in crisis, plans to double its staff and capacity with the opening of an East Side location. The organization serves children ranging in age from infancy to 12 years old. Providence House helps around 350 children a year and hopes to add space for another 325 with this expansion, CEO Natalie Leek-Nelson said. The center also plans to hire another 45 employees.

Hedge fund billionaire and environmental activist Tom Steyer is taking a campaign tour through Ohio, more than a week after launching a bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.

The fate of a golf course on the edge of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park looks a little more clear today. The Trust for Public Land’s Ohio office says it may partner with CVNP to purchase the Brandywine Country Club. The 200-plus-acre club in Peninsula has been a question mark ever since last August when the owner, 24-year-old Ryan Yesberger, killed himself after a scuffle with a police officer. The par 3 golf course straddles Akron-Peninsula Road in the heart of the national park with some greens and fairways on the banks of the Cuyahoga River.

Researchers at The Ohio State University have identified a new, potentially harmful algae bloom in the central basin of Lake Erie that could affect Cleveland's water. The cyanobacteria found in the middle of the central basin thrives in cooler waters, starting in July.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is ordering the state to conduct monthly inspections of the Cuyahoga County Jail, threatening "additional legal action" if conditions at the facility don't improve. The governor's office has also asked the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction to more than double the staff of the bureau that conducts jail inspections, according to a Thursday news release.

WMKV-FM (89.3) turns back the clock 75 years Thursday to broadcast radio bulletins and news reports about the World War II Normandy invasion on June 6,...

The New York Times Best Sellers list has been full of anti-racism and social justice books this summer, and the Cuyahoga County Public Library is seeing increased demand for these titles, too. “White Fragility” by Robin DiAngelo is the most popular, according to Hallie Rich, the library’s communications director.

The Cleveland Clinic is tweaking the way it tests patients for COVID-19. Patients tested at the Clinic's drive-through testing site, near the main campus in Cleveland, will now do a self-administered nasal swab. The test is different than the nasopharyngeal swab test used at some other Cleveland hospitals. University Hospitals and MetroHealth Systems, for example, will still use staff to take samples from patients in the drive-through testing centers.

About 50 Ohio National Guard troops arrived at the Cuyahoga County jail this week to help cover for dozens of staff who are out for coronavirus-related reasons. According to Warden Michelle Henry, Guard members are available to cover staff shortages throughout the jail, from intake through security.