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  • This was the first full week of the year that Cleveland’s Highland Park Golf Course has been open to the public. The city had been scrambling to get it up and running. The Cleveland-owned property in Highland Hills is a mainstay of Northeast Ohio golf, but it’s been a financial drain, too. At the end of June, the golf carts at Highland Park were roped off together near the entrance. A sign in red letters warned visitors that the course was closed.
  • Japanese boy band SMAP and its powerful agency, Johnny's Entertainment, are largely responsible for creating the K-pop model. Even though SMAP broke up, its influence is still being felt.
  • The U.S. trade war with China has cost farmers billions. Government bailouts have helped keep many farms solvent, but thoughts are turning to this year's planting season.
  • Pittsburgh International Airport has opened a 1,500-square-foot "sensory space" to help people on the autism spectrum decompress during travel. Soothing colors and private, soundproof rooms are a hit.
  • In July, the baseball world will focus on Cleveland for the Major League Baseball All-Star Game. That global spotlight won’t show a trace of Chief Wahoo on the field as the controversial Indians logo was dropped from team uniforms last fall. But the familiar character with the red face and big-toothed grin is still for sale at the ballpark. There are legal reasons to keep Wahoo in play. Before a recent game, Chantice Thomas sat under a sun umbrella, across the road from Progressive Field in downtown Cleveland,
  • Actress Annabella Sciorra took the stand today in the criminal sex crimes trial of Harvey Weinstein. She testified that the movie mogul raped her in the winter of 1993-94.
  • Joyería Viejo San Juan (the Old San Juan Jewelry Store) has been Selina Pagán’s second home ever since she can remember. Her dad started the store — in the Clark Fulton neighborhood on Clevleand's West Side — in 2000, a few years after he moved here from Puerto Rico.
  • Houston, the only woman included in the 2020 class of a male-dominated institution, will be joined by Biggie Smalls, Nine Inch Nails, The Doobie Brothers, T. Rex and Depeche Mode.
  • Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley headlined a pediatric mental health summit called “Building Resiliency,” in Dayton on Sept. 26 that drew more than 800 attendees from across the state. Dayton was chosen as the site for the meeting because of recent trauma inflicted on that community from mass shooting and a deadly tornado, DeWine said.
  • By Dan Polletta There was a long period of time when pop music fans didn’t stream and download their favorite hits to their phones. Instead, they listened to it on the radio and went to record stores to buy vinyl albums. “Everyone listened to Top 40 radio, but it was very diverse. There was a variety of music. You didn’t just listen to one station to hear one kind of music. As a result, I think we had a much more widespread taste-base,” composer Jay Turvey said.
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