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Ohio’s prison authority is vaccinating inmates and staff against the coronavirus at three detention facilities starting this week, but vaccines are limited to inmates under medical care. According to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, vaccinations will be available to 593 inmates and 456 staff members. The shipments began arriving Monday.

Nursing homes often struggle to retain staff, so they should consider partnering with local colleges to train workers, according to recommendations released Thursday by the Summit County Nursing Homes and Facilities Task Force. The task force has been meeting for a year and released a report to the community with suggestions on how to improve Summit County's long-term care facilities.

Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) has joined the list of Democratic lawmakers calling on the Cabinet and Vice President Mike Pence to attempt to remove President Donald Trump from office after Wednesday’s storming of the U.S. Capitol. Brown blamed the president for the vandalism undertaken by pro-Trump extremists, which he termed “domestic terrorism.”

Cuyahoga County Council will soon consider a proposed ordinance to create a special fund for maintenance and construction costs at major league sports facilities, after the county finance committee’s favorable recommendation of the proposal Monday.

Updated on October 1, 2020 at 9:30 a.m. Leaves are falling from trees, Halloween is right around the corner and many Northeast Ohio communities are thinking about how to safely trick-or-treat, and so is the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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.

Every year, Ohio’s Department of Education releases a list of underperforming schools. Parents at those schools can request vouchers to send their kids elsewhere. This year’s list had a few surprises.

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.