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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.

Actor Vanessa Bell Calloway is back at Karamu House, the place where her career in performing arts began. “I had it in my head what I wanted to do, what I wished I could do, but Karamu actually made that a dream come true,” Calloway said. At age 12 her mother brought her to Karamu, the oldest African-American performing arts theater in the country in Cleveland’s Fairfax neighborhood. She first took dance lessons and later became involved in plays and the dance company.

A new report from the federal department that oversees Medicaid finds that prescribers in Ohio may still be overprescribing opioids in some cases. The Department of Health and Human Services’ inspector general looked at opioid prescriptions for Medicaid participants in Ohio between June of 2016 and May of 2017.