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A home in Cleveland’s Mt. Pleasant neighborhood — where four badly decomposed bodies were discovered on Saturday — has been a nuisance property for several years, said Cleveland City Council member Kevin Bishop. The boarded up property on E. 144th Street is in Ward 2, which Bishop represents. Police are still investigating how the four people died and officials are still trying to identify the bodies, Bishop said.

Cleveland-area schools will see mixed results to school tax levy proposals after Tuesday night’s elections. Cuyahoga County voters approved two of the three school tax levies on the ballot. Cuyahoga Community College’s proposal passed, with roughly 64 percent approval. It will increase Tri-C’s current levy to 23 cents per $100 valuation, lasting for the next 10 years. And with support from about 65 percent of those voting, Brooklyn city schools will continue with the current tax levy for five more years.

The group Ohioans for Gun Safety is making a push to get a popular gun control measure in front of voters. According to the group’s spokesman Dennis Willard, they’re focused on one issue: getting mandatory universal background checks passed in Ohio. Volunteers for the group spent Election Day at polling sites statewide, asking for signatures to put a new gun control law on the 2020 ballot.

Cleveland officials say they don’t know how much it will cost to build a new police headquarters along the Opportunity Corridor, but it may exceed the $60 million originally slated for the project. At a Monday morning committee meeting, city council members pressed administration officials to provide cost estimates and explain why police now plan to move their center of operations outside Downtown. “Is it prudent for us to lock into a location if we don’t know the cost?” Councilman Tony Brancatelli asked at the meeting.

Updated: Tuesday, 5:31 a.m. Four people were injured and one person unaccounted for after a partial building collapse at the corner of Fourth and Race...

Mexico is helping victims of the August mass shooting at an El Paso Walmart sue the corporation for security lapses. Mexico's foreign ministry says the suit is seeking greater security measures.

A new report examining water accessibility in “water-rich” Ohio shows affordability is an issue for residents in both urban and rural areas. The study from the Alliance for the Great Lakes and Ohio Environmental Council shows that while water costs are essentially the same across the state, households in lower income brackets have more difficulty paying for service. In nearly 80 percent of Ohio communities, a month of basic water and sewer service costs more than eight hours of minimum-wage labor, according to the report.

Abby L. Vandiver has self-published stories about amateur sleuths solving crimes since 2013. A bit of a sleuth herself, she followed the example of other writers to learn the ropes of how to self-publish and market the books. “I’d find people that were selling their books and I'd stalk them online,” she said. “I'd buy their book, I'd sign up for their newsletter, and I do things just to find out: How are they doing this?” Writers may study her now instead, since she landed a book deal with a large publisher.

The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority is considering a plan that would prioritize bus frequency in the downtown area at the cost of low-population zones. A consultant gave the final presentation on the system redesign study to the RTA board Tuesday.

Legal battles over the opioid crisis will carry on into 2020, as several more cases begin to move toward trial in federal courts around the country. After overseeing thousands of opioid lawsuits from his Cleveland courtroom for the past two years, U.S. District Judge Dan Polster has begun sending cases to other federal judges. Polster has recommended that suits brought by the Cherokee Nation, city of Chicago and San Francisco be moved to federal courts in Oklahoma, Illinois and California.