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The ACLU of Ohio is collecting complaints from inmates in Ohio through a new hotline and the organization is already pressing the state to play more of a role overseeing county and municipal jails through the coronavirus outbreak.

Cleveland officials continue to argue that people from outside the region were responsible for the destruction Downtown during what started as a peaceful protest on Saturday. The city has evidence to prove that while everyone arrested during Saturday's protest in Downtown Cleveland was local, that doesn’t mean they started the violence, said Chief of Police Calvin Williams. During a Thursday evening virtual town hall, Williams described the instigators outside the Justice Center as professional rioters from outside Ohio.

Longtime columnist Connie Schultz grew up in Ashtabula, the daughter of a nurse’s aide and utility worker. The characters of her debut novel hold those professions, too. “For most of my life as a reader of fiction, I couldn't help but notice that the working class, which is what I come from, was seldom represented in modern literature, certainly not in positive ways,” Schultz said. With the prompting of her editor at Random House, Schultz, now a Cleveland resident with her husband, Sen. Sherrod Brown, set out to do something about that.

The hunt for a COVID-19 vaccine is in full force, with hundreds of vaccines in development and a handful already in clinical trials. But a local immunologist, Dr. David Canaday with the Cleveland VA, published a paper calling for researchers to set more realistic expectations for a vaccine’s potential effectiveness. Canaday said we shouldn’t expect perfection from any of the COVID vaccine candidates, and that their effectiveness will not be 100 percent.

The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati has blocked a lower court’s order to remove hundreds of inmates vulnerable to COVID-19 from Elkton federal prison. The ACLU of Ohio is considering appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court, which had previously blocked the transfer of inmates until the circuit court made its ruling.

Cuyahoga County is searching for an operator for a new diversion center meant to redirect people from jail to mental health and addiction treatment. The long-discussed diversion center could relieve pressure on the typically crowded Cuyahoga County Jail. Potential operators have until June 24 to submit plans in response to a county request for proposals (RFP). The center would offer space for up to 150 beds, provide crisis intervention training and operate a 24-hour help line for law enforcement, according to the RFP.

A new report places Cleveland 29th in the nation for its park system, up six spots from its ranking in a similar study last year. The ParkScore index from the Trust for Public Land (TPL) looks at various factors to determine the quality of a city’s park system, including accessibility, size, amenities and financial investment.

Northeast Ohio’s community health centers are preparing to ramp up coronavirus testing efforts, with a focus on minority and high-risk populations.

More than five-hundred young poets from around the country head to Houston next week for the national slam poetry championship, which is part of the Brave New Voices festival. Cleveland sends a team of 4 young poets who've grown under the tutelage of former national poetry slam champion - Daniel Gray-Kontar.

Since making its debut in 2015, "Hamilton" has become a touchstone of musical theater for its songs, politics and social commentary. "Hamilton" arrives on tour in Northeast Ohio this week.