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Hold workshops outside. Walk while you talk. Bring power tools. Those are all strategies Kent State’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative (CUDC) utilized to engage youth in design work around the city. For the past five years, CUDC has run a program for teens, Making Our Own Space, which taps youth to design and build structures in neighborhood parks and community spaces. To date, they’ve held workshops in Cleveland’s La Villa Hispana, Buckeye, Glenville and Detroit-Shoreway as well as the Moreland neighborhood in Shaker Heights.

Nicolette Polek grew up in Willoughby, Ohio, the daughter of immigrant parents. Her mother worked at the Mentor Public Library and Polek spent a lot of time there as a child. Years later, her new book of short fiction, "Imaginary Museums," is now on the library's shelves. Polek recently won the 2019 Rona Jaffe Award for promising women writers.

The University Square shopping center could see major changes this summer, pending an agreement between a developer and the City of University Heights. A proposal from developers Kowit & Co. calls for creating roughly 200 apartments and new retail space from the existing shopping center. A portion of the parking garage would come down and some parts of the building would be demolished to create courtyards facing Cedar Road.

Growing up in Tallinn, Estonia helped Elina Gertsman decide what to do with her life.

The ACLU of Ohio is challenging the federal government’s progress transferring inmates out of a federal prison south of Youngstown in response to a coronavirus outbreak there. U.S. District Judge James S. Gwin ordered the release or transfer of hundreds of inmates from Elkton Federal Correction Institution in April.

A week-long virtual job fair is underway with Ohio Means Jobs Cleveland-Cuyahoga County. The event shifted online due to the coronavirus pandemic and may stay that way even after public health concerns have passed. About 2,500 people have participated in the job fair as of Wednesday, said Anthony Fluellen, Director of Business Services with OMJ-CC and United Labor Agency. That’s above and beyond the turnout expected at in-person fairs, Fluellen said.

The Infectious Diseases Society of America, one of the leading organizations in the U.S. for infectious disease management, released new guidelines for COVID-19 treatment and drugs being tested to treat the coronavirus. Cleveland Clinic’s Dr. Adarsh Bhimraj, who led the panel that issued the revisions, said there is moderate evidence remdesivir, an antiviral medication, may be an effective treatment.

Warrants have been issued for three suspects and Akron police have located the vehicle used in the murder of Na’kia Crawford. The black Chevy Camaro was found in Cleveland, said Akron Deputy Police Chief Jesse Leeser at a Thursday press conference. The vehicle was located and transported to the Akron Police Department for processing. Warrants were issued against 18-year-old Jaion Bivins, 24-year-old Janisha George and a 17-year old male suspect, Leeser said. All three suspects are from Summit County.

The University of Akron is planning on resuming in-person classes in the fall. An announcement released Friday by the university’s president, Gary Miller, said the fall 2020 semester will be a mixture of in-person and online instruction. Residence halls will be reopened and operate with all rooms as single occupancy.

Eighteen Northeast Ohio church congregations are joining forces to offer free, on-site COVID-19 testing. In addition to getting more people tested, the effort also aims to address racial disparities in coronavirus response. Greater Cleveland Congregations is launching the Color of Health Initiative, with an emphasis on the African American community and other higher-risk groups. The initiative is a partnership with the Cuyahoga County Board of Health and MetroHealth.