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Updated, 7:30 p.m., 12/10/19 Cuyahoga County voters will decide in March whether to increase property taxes for addiction and mental health treatment, senior services, childcare and other county programs. County council voted 9-2 Tuesday night to send the levy replacement and increase to the March 17 primary ballot.

Updated: 12:39 p.m., Friday Dec. 20, 2019. A tax reassessment requested by a gas transmission company has Lorain County officials frustrated by the possibility of losing nearly 40 percent of the expected taxes before the county has collected any money at all. The NEXUS pipeline was initially estimated to bring $9 million to Lorain County, but the company is appealing to the Ohio Department of Taxation for a reassessment of its value.

People looking for something to do while they stay home and practice social distancing can turn to a new viral trend — cooking lessons on social media. Natalie Blake, executive chef at the Metropolitan at the 9 in Downtown Cleveland, started a Facebook Live show she calls 'Cook-A-Long with Chef Natalie,' teaching followers on her Facebook page to cook a gourmet meal.

When schools in Northeast Ohio closed their doors and sent their students home to help combat the spread of COVID-19, Akron-based photographer Andrew Dolph found himself furloughed from his job with Lifetouch, the professional photography company that documents everything from sporting events to graduations at schools across the country.

In an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19, Cleveland State University has been teaching its classes remotely and now, its residence halls sit largely empty. But there is a group of students who’ve been allowed to remain in the dorms. Those are the Sullivan-Deckard scholars — students who aged out of the foster care system and are getting scholarships to pursue their undergraduate degree at CSU. Among them is Nariah Swails, a freshman who’s riding out this strange time on campus and is grateful for the assistance she’s getting from CSU’s Pratt Center.

Ashtabula County residents tentatively approved a levy that would aid in fighting erosion along the Lake Erie shoreline in Geneva-on-the-Lake. Unofficial Primary Day results show the levy ahead by fewer than 100 votes late Tuesday night, with a tally of 793 voters in favor and 729 against. Any mail-in ballots postmarked by April 27 will be counted, even if they have not yet been received by county boards of elections. The results may change the slim margin.

Trials for an antiviral that could help treat COVID-19 patients are underway at University Hospitals, and promising preliminary data could be released soon. The studies are testing the effectiveness of remdesivir for patients with pneumonia as a result of the coronavirus. Patients enrolled in the trials seem to tolerate the antiviral and recover, said UH principal investigator Leila Hojat, but researchers can’t draw any conclusions at this point.

Medical personal protective equipment (PPE) is in short supply nationwide due to a surge of COVID-19 patients. Companies have shifted production to make equipment for the crisis, and individuals are stepping up to sew homemade masks. One community highly equipped to help meet this need is the Amish.

The Geauga County Health District has received numerous complaints that some Amish residents in the area are not practicing social distancing, which is needed to slow the spread of COVID-19. Health Commissioner Tom Quade said some residents have expressed concerns that those in the Amish community are still holding church services, going to school and riding in packed vans, known informally as 'Amish taxis' that transport them to grocery stores or their place of work.

Earlier this year, as health officials began tallying coronavirus cases across the United States, Janitorial Services Inc. in Cleveland was stocking up on hospital-grade disinfectant. “I bought about a year’s worth in a month and a half,” owner Ronald Martinez told ideastream. “And believe it or not, we’re probably down to 20 percent of what I bought, because we’ve been putting it out in the buildings, even though it’s not part of their normal daily disinfecting.”