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Akron voters will decide next week on a charter amendment that would require police release video from body or dashboard cameras in cases of fatal or serious use of force. Issue 2, proposed by a citizen-led charter review commission, is among six proposed amendments to the Akron city charter on the ballot this year. State and federal regulations prohibit the release of some footage due to privacy concerns, said city spokesperson Ellen Lander-Nischt. But even the footage that is not covered by those protections often isn’t released, Lander-Nischt said.

Two ballot initiatives are asking Mentor residents to allow changes to the local marina and lagoons and to loosen restrictions for future changes. City officials currently need to seek approval from voters to make significant changes to the city-owned marina and lagoons, including the proposed construction of an Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant boardwalk an observation deck.

Court battles have marked this entire election season. We look at the latest litigation around the 2020 presidential election.

A charity fund established after the Oregon District mass shooting has so far collected nearly $3 million. Later in September, Miami Valley residents...

A real-estate tour isn’t supposed to include missing radiators, graffiti on the walls and blood stains on the floor. Author D.M. Pulley didn’t buy the foreclosed Shaker Heights mansion she toured in the wake of the nation’s 2008 housing crisis. Instead, she imagined a history for such a place and created her latest mystery, “No One’s Home” (Thomas & Mercer).

In 1989, Great Lakes Theatre began presenting Charles Dickens “A Christmas Carol,” which is now a Northeast Ohio holiday tradition. That same year, GLT started another holiday tradition with a challenge to middle school students of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District.

The federal government has been partially shut down for almost a week, but not all agencies and services in Ohio are equally affected. Eligible households will still receive cash and food benefits for January, a spokeswoman for the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services said. The department administers both federal programs, known as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

Gov. Mike DeWine’s 17-point plan to address gun violence includes expanding a statewide school tip line that’s been around for years. Approximately half the educational buildings across the state, or about 2,700 school buildings, are currently registered to use the SaferOhio tip line. The governor’s office plans to heavily promote the hotline to attract even more schools to join in the wake of the Aug. 4 mass shooting in Dayton.

The Cleveland Public Library (CPL) and union workers have yet to reach an agreement on a new contract and union members are moving forward to authorize a strike. The last contract expired Dec. 31.

By Sai Karnati At Mentor’s Headlands Beach State Park, the water hugs trees and parks in its lots. Flooding from Lake Erie's high water has prompted the city of Mentor to cancel the popular Headlands BeachFest, scheduled for July 20.