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  • Writer Vivien Chien’s latest book “Wonton Terror” (St. Martin’s Paperbacks) starts off with a bang. A food truck set up at Night Market in Cleveland’s Asiatown explodes, killing the owner of Wonton on Wheels. Was it just an accident or did someone have it in for Ronnie Chow, the proprietor of the vehicle?
  • Updated: 4:50 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021 Confirmation of the new Cuyahoga County sheriff, Christopher Viland, hit a snag Monday when details about who he’ll report to and his office’s independence raised concerns from several county council members at a committee hearing. By Tuesday’s full council meeting, Council President Pernel Jones decided to hold the vote on Viland’s nomination until March 9. Jones asked the county law director to write an ordinance spelling out the sheriff’s independence more clearly.
  • "Judas and The Black Messiah," shot in Northeast Ohio in 2019, hits theaters and HBO Max today. The city of Cleveland stands in for Chicago in this biopic about the late Black Panther Party leader Fred Hampton.
  • In its six months so far, Cleveland’s Right to Counsel initiative – which guarantees legal representation for eligible residents facing eviction – has been successful in 93 percent of cases hoping to halt an eviction and provided renters with assistance in even more cases.
  • Last year was the deadliest for domestic violence homicides in Cincinnati in 20 years. A local group who helps women says at least 16 women were killed,...
  • There's another COVID-19 vaccine. This one was developed by the U.S. biotech company Novavax. It's almost 90% effective against the disease, but isn't as effective against the South African variant
  • George Zeller, the meticulous Cleveland economist who tracked the fortunes of Northeast Ohio’s poorest residents through industrial upheaval and painstaking recovery, died over the weekend after a fire at his West Side home. He was 71. The blaze was an accidental electrical fire, Cleveland Division of Fire spokesman Lt. Michael Norman said.
  • The Ohio House and Ohio Senate have voted to override Gov. Mike DeWine's (R-Ohio) veto of Senate Bill 22. The move can enact a law that weakens the...
  • COVID-19 vaccines could soon be opening up in Ohio to a new group: kids 12 and up. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will decide in the coming weeks whether to authorize the Pfizer vaccine for children aged 12 to 15, said Dr. Purva Grover, director of pediatric emergency departments at Cleveland Clinic. The vaccine is currently authorized for anyone ages 16 and up.
  • Beach House and Mitski and Spoon, oh my! Here are the tracks public radio is spinning over and over this year.
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