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A consumer protection group is calling on Cleveland City Council to do more to protect residents from rising utility costs. The Citizens Utility Board of Ohio (CUB) told council members on Tuesday that Clevelanders are the ones who end up paying, literally, for Cleveland Public Power’s (CPP) bad contracts.

Updated: 5:45 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020 Two out-of-state far-right activists have been charged with intimidating voters in Cuyahoga County. According to the Cuyahoga County prosecutor’s office, the scheme was allegedly hatched by Jacob Wohl, 22, and Jack Burkman, 54, to deter people from voting by mail. The pair is accused of sending more than 8,100 robocalls on Aug. 26 to phone numbers in Cleveland and East Cleveland.

Ohioans can now get nasal and oral piercings again, but Cleveland-area body piercer Tony Rikard said he hasn't seen much demand yet. "It's kind of picking up again," he said. "I don't know if people just haven't heard yet, but I expect it to get a little bit busier once the word kind of spreads a little bit more."

Updated: 5:25 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020 The Shaker Heights police officer who made an obscene gesture at demonstrators outside the presidential debate in Cleveland last month has been fired. In a letter sent Thursday, Shaker Heights Police Chief Jeff DeMuth informed Cpl. Michael Spuzzillo of the decision to terminate. According to DeMuth’s letter, Spuzzillo broke 11 of the department’s rules and standards when he flashed a middle finger at demonstrators while driving an unmarked police van outside the Sept. 29 debate site.

Coronavirus cases are surging in Cuyahoga, Summit, and Stark counties, and state officials have moved the risk level from 2, or orange, to risk level 3, or red. That means these counties are experiencing very high exposure and spread. State officials change the risk level based on, the number of new cases per capita, the increase in community spread, and the increase in outpatient visits. This upward trend will likely continue, according to University Hospitals Infectious Disease Specialist Dr. Amy Edwards.

In preparation for next month’s election, ideastream is answering your questions about voting. A listener in Yellow Springs asked how election officials can spot double voting and what the penalties are for trying to vote twice. Poll workers have electronic poll books that list who’s voted and who’s applied for an absentee ballot.

Nearly a century old, Mahall’s has operated as a bowling alley in Lakewood since 1924. In 1926, you might have found these guys hanging out at the bowling alley [Mahall family]

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose is offering some clarity to voters who requested mail-in ballots but now want to vote in person instead. LaRose’s office issued a directive to local election officials this week with guidance for handling in-person votes from Ohioans who already requested absentee ballots. The full directive is available on the secretary of state’s website, but here are the basics of what you need to know:

Carrying Black Lives Matter banners and calling for President Donald Trump’s defeat in November, more than 1,000 demonstrators gathered at Wade Lagoon and marched through Cleveland’s University Circle neighborhood ahead of the first presidential debate of the 2020 general election.

A high-risk domestic violence court starts taking cases Monday in the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas. The U.S. Department of Justice is funding the specialized court for three years with $1 million and it will take 50 cases each year. The court categorizes felony domestic violence cases that involve either strangulation or a firearm as high risk.