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Northeast Ohio was promised extreme arctic temperatures, and that's what it got. A wind chill warning bridged Tuesday and Thursday, with wind chill values around -30 degrees at times. The forecast shows Northeast Ohio could be in for temperatures in the 50s in a matter of days, and the freeze and thaw could bring potholes and other strains on infrastructure, especially water pipes.

Former Akron Mayor Don Plusquellic may run for the city’s executive office again. The Democrat would have to go up against incumbent Daniel Horrigan, a fellow Democrat, in the May primary. In an email to ideastream, Plusquellic writes he hasn’t even made up his own mind yet, but he is considering a bid for the office that he held for 28 years. He says a number of people have been urging him to consider a run.

Even though Cleveland was colder than the North Pole (Alaska, at least) on account of the Polar Vortex, the weather is going to shift dramatically warmer in a matter of days.

When Phyllis Gorfain retired from teaching English at Oberlin College she didn’t really retire at all. Her next act was creating and running a theater program for men in prison.

In light of a cyberattack nearly three weeks ago that continues to disrupt services, the city of Akron is spending $100,000 for protection against malware. And the expense of the attack and recovery is expected to grow exponentially. The city believes the attack was launched at least in part by a phishing email, and the goal was to transfer city money into fraudulent credit cards. Chief of Staff James Hardy says none of the money left city coffers, but that’s about the only piece of good news.

The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that the GOP-drawn state House and Senate maps are unconstitutionally gerrymandered in a 4-3 decision Wednesday.

House Speaker Bob Cupp, a Republican, has announced the next Ohio Redistricting Commission will take place just two days before a court-ordered deadline for new state legislative district maps.

Susan Jones has no shame in admitting that she's not the world's best cook. At her local historical society fundraisers, her treats would always be the ones left over. Then one windy day, everything changed.

Roughly 1 in 3 people who dealt with the court system paid a bribe, and 1 in 4 who dealt with police did so, according to a new corruption report.

There are estimates that say one out of 3 adjunct teachers across the country are living in poverty, and the summer months, when most students are on...