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Updated: 5:43 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020 Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson is shaking up the city’s health department after an internal probe found supervisors made “detrimental mistakes” and treated staff unfairly, the mayor’s office announced Tuesday. As part of the overhaul, Health Director Merle Gordon has been reassigned to a new job overseeing population health initiatives. Brian Kimball, the city’s environment commissioner, will run the daily operations of the department, which is at the forefront of Cleveland’s coronavirus response.

Updated: 12:41 p.m., Friday, Aug. 7, 2020 President Trump paid an election-season visit to Ohio Thursday to tout his manufacturing policies, launching attacks on Democratic rival Joe Biden during two appearances in the swing state. Wearing a cloth mask, the president toured the Whirlpool washing machine factory in Clyde on Thursday afternoon. He spoke to an audience on the factory floor for a little less than an hour.

Comedian-director Andre Hyland is on a roll. He directed the TruTV series returning Wednesday Jan. 9, appears in two films premiering at the Sundance...

Updated 5:12 p.m., July 25, 2019 The first day as superintendent of the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Detention Center ended quickly for Donald Shewalter, who resigned Monday after five hours. Shewalter informed Administrative Judge Kristin Sweeney that he "realized his heart wasn't in it," according to a July 24 memo from Sweeney to staff about the resignation.

Updated: 3:29 p.m. A Hamilton County judge has ordered a former juvenile court judge to jail, ending years of legal challenges that allowed her to...

An excessive heat warning continues for a second day in Northeast Ohio. According to the National Weather Service, temperatures in the mid-90s and dew points in the mid-70s will turn the region into a massive sauna through the weekend.

Updated 7:19 p.m., July 15, 2019 The federal judge presiding over nationwide opioid litigation has partially lifted an order that shielded years of drug sales data from public view. U.S. District Judge Dan Polster on Monday ordered the release of data on opioid sales from the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Automation of Reports and Consolidated Orders System dated on or before Dec. 31, 2012.

Updated: 4:25 p.m. 6/6/19 Most of the Democrats seeking to succeed Lorain Mayor Chase Ritenauer in November have been bumped from contention after a legal opinion from the county prosecutor’s office. Ritenauer announced his resignation in early May, days after he won the Democratic primary unopposed.

Attorneys for suspended Cincinnati City Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld on Wednesday filed a motion in U.S. District Court to unseal the entirety of taped...

Updated: 5:50 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020 Cleveland-area Democrats are leaping to fill the void in Congress that will be left by Rep. Marcia Fudge’s nomination to the Biden cabinet. Cuyahoga County Democratic Party Chair Shontel Brown and Nina Turner, a top supporter of Bernie Sanders’ presidential run, filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission to create campaign committees on Wednesday. Jeff Johnson, a former state lawmaker and city councilman, told ideastream he also is running for the seat.