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The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) reports statewide COVID-19 hospitalizations have reached their highest number since the pandemic began. The previous high was in late April. Locally, COVID-19 hospitalizations over the past few weeks were at their highest since May at both Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals. Officials said the biggest increases have been in younger patients.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said he is fine after receiving two conflicting COVID-19 tests results Thursday -- one positive followed by two negative results.

Updated Dec. 2, 3 p.m. The Cincinnati Zoo's baby giraffe has a name.

U.S. District Judge Dan Polster has added a new opioid trial to the calendar, this one litigating Cuyahoga and Summit counties’ claims against pharmacy chains. Polster, who is overseeing the thousands of opioid-related lawsuits, set a trial date of Oct. 13, 2020 in an order issued Tuesday. The two counties are amending their lawsuits to accuse pharmacies of failing to look out for suspicious prescriptions for opioid painkillers, with the judge’s approval.

Ask kids what makes a superhero and you’ll get many beautiful ideas, said Lisa Kollins, founder of the Superhero Project. She would know as she’s asked nearly 300 kids for their thoughts. Volunteer artists then take those ideas and create superhero characters for youth with serious illnesses or disabilities. The superhero designs are then printed on posters and mailed to the youth.

Cleveland Heights officials are seeking ways to improve the city’s roads, but that could lead to paving over historic brick streets. The proposal is facing pushback from residents, who will meet Wednesday night to discuss the issue. The city floated the idea of paving over the brick before, but residents rejected it in favor of keeping the streets as they are. Now the city is seeking ways to fix parts of the roads that have fallen into disrepair.

Since the mass shooting in Dayton earlier this year, the city’s mayor, Nan Whaley, has been an outspoken campaigner for new gun control measures. During an appearance Friday at the City Club of Cleveland, Whaley said she’s throwing her support behind several proposed new laws.

His spending on television and radio ads alone surpasses the $338.3 million that President Barack Obama's campaign spent on those ads during his entire 2012 campaign.

Leap day only comes along every four years — and its rarity, advocates say, makes it the perfect day to focus on rare diseases. Tracy Greenberg has had mucopolysaccharidosis — Morquio syndrome or MPS4A for short — her whole life. But she was only properly diagnosed when she was 42 years old. She said she cried tears of happiness when she found out. "Some of my family members said, 'Why are you so happy? Are you happy that you have this disease?' And I said, 'No, I'm happy that I'm going to be treated for this disease because I have it no matter what.'"

Mentor-on-the-Lake officials are considering moving an observation deck further inland to protect it from erosion. The area was closed off for safety concerns early this week. Overlook Beach Park has lost most of its beachfront over the years, said Mentor-on-the-Lake Mayor David Eva. This year’s high water levels and lack of ice cover on Lake Erie are taking the situation to extreme levels as the area around an overlook deck erodes. Service employees will assess the area when the weather improves, Eva said. That could be as early as this weekend or next week.