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Students at Akron Public Schools will begin a return to in-person learning a week ahead of schedule, but still after the state’s March 1 deadline. The school board approved the decision Monday. The original reopening plan had students back in the classroom March 22.

Updated: 3:28 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021 A federal grand jury has indicted Cleveland City Councilman Ken Johnson on charges that he conspired to steal city money and federal community development dollars, according to U.S. District Court documents unsealed Tuesday. Johnson was arrested Tuesday morning and pleaded not guilty by videoconference in federal court in the afternoon.

Jessica Watkins, a central Ohioan who participated in the January 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol, will remain in jail until her trial. The Washington, D.C. federal district court judge’s decision to hold Watkins, despite the pretrial release of other alleged participants in the riot, focused on her leadership role in an antigovernment militia.

The combined efforts of the City of Cleveland, the Cuyahoga County Board of Health and MetroHealth System have already gotten the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine to 100 people at the largest homeless shelter in Ohio — and hundreds more are at the ready. MetroHealth received about 1,000 vaccine doses for the effort, which began Friday at the Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry Men’s Shelter and will completely vaccinate 500 people, said MetroHealth family physician Dr. Michael Seidman.

Updated 4:55 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021 Cleveland is considering a lawsuit against FirstEnergy, accusing the Akron-based utility of undermining city-owned Cleveland Public Power, Mayor Frank Jackson said during a Tuesday budget presentation to city council. Jackson alleged that FirstEnergy sought to create a monopoly at CPP’s expense. Both utilities provide service to customers in the city.

This week, Catholic leaders expressed moral concerns about the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine because it was produced in part using fetal cell lines from an abortion. They say Catholics should first opt for Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, which also used a fetal cell line in research, but not in production.

A third round of stimulus checks is on its way to aid those impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, but that money could be difficult for individuals fleeing domestic abuse to access.

Hyland Software employees are still reeling a day after the Westlake-based company laid off an estimated 140 employees. Hyland termed the layoffs a "difficult decision" and said in a statement that it still plans to hire more than 300 people this year and will actually increase its overall global employee count by 15 percent. But the sudden layoffs, and the way in which they were done, has unsettled employees who had been part of a company that lists "Family" as one of its core values and says on its website: "Our employees are our family."

Homeowners in Geneva-on-the-Lake could get funding to help repair and protect the shoreline from erosion. But in order to qualify, some of the land would need to allow public access to the lakefront.

When the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) fund was set up in 1984, it was meant to be a lasting resource for crime victims, with a dedicated funding stream outside of partisan budget fights – part of every fine collected in a federal criminal conviction went into it. Every year, those federal VOCA funds go to state attorneys general to disburse to support groups that assist victims with counseling, attending court, paying medical bills, providing child care and making up for lost wages.