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Nearly every Clevelander knows where West Side Market is, but do you know where Central Market was located? Or why Tom Johnson is the only Cleveland mayor honored with a statute in Public Square? Since it was first published in 1987, people looking for the answers to those kinds of questions have turned to the “Encyclopedia of Cleveland History.” Now it’s housed online and looking to the community for help.

Monday marks one year since a gunman went to a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, and killed 23 people. A year later, some of the victims are meeting to discuss what happened, and how they've coped.

Updated: 2:10 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020 The Ashtabula River is on its way to being removed from a list of areas of concern for environmental degradation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler said Wednesday during a visit to Cleveland for an update on Lake Erie and the surrounding watershed.

The pandemic has altered many arts activities, but painting plein air is one pastime largely unchanged. “It sort of helps to feed your soul,” said Betty Siska, who organizes a group of local artists. “Especially because everyone’s lives have changed and there's so many restrictions on what we used to do before COVID hit.”

President Trump was back on the trail Monday night, a week after leaving the hospital for COVID-19. Former Vice President Joe Biden stumped in Ohio, as the two campaigns go flat out before Nov. 3.

The 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote, was ratified 100 years ago — Aug. 18, 1920. ideastream’s Ida Lieszkovszky spoke with past and present leaders of the League of Women Voters of Greater Cleveland — including Susan Murnane, a historian and past chapter co-president, and Catherine LaCroix, the Greater Cleveland League’s current co-president—to reflect on 100 years of voting rights and fights.

Bob and Sheri’s 49er Restaurant in Slavic Village has been closed since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. A few weeks ago, it was just about to reopen, complete with plexiglass dividers between tables. Then a speeding car slammed into the building. The driver and a passenger are fine, but the crash destroyed the booths, front windows and a vintage Pac-Man machine.

In Georgia, many Republicans are promising to end no-excuse absentee voting, enact photo ID laws for those who qualify for mail-in ballots and potentially strip power from the secretary of state.

An Ohio State University researcher is looking into ways news media can address the spread of misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine, with a boost from a $450,000 grant as part of Google’s work to create resources for covering the pandemic. The general public has better access to health information and is more informed overall than during previous pandemics and major disease outbreaks, OSU Political Science Assistant Professor Thomas Wood said. But that hasn’t stopped the spread of misinformation.

Ohio Republican Rep. Anthony Gonzalez’s vote in favor of impeaching President Donald Trump Wednesday went against the majority of his party, and could ultimately cost him the support of some constituents. Unlike typical legislative actions, an impeachment vote garners more attention from constituents, said Case Western Reserve University Associate Professor of Political Science Justin Buchler.