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Shortly after the attack last August, Patrick Wood Crusius allegedly told police he had driven to the store intending to kill "Mexicans."

The Cleveland Public Library's Board of Trustees on Thursday approved a new three-year contract with pay increases for their union employees, but negotiations are ongoing with the libraries’ security staff.

The City of Cleveland is suspending rent payments for West Side Market vendors through June and implementing new social distancing guidelines. The rent suspension, announced Tuesday, aims to alleviate the financial burden for vendors during the coronavirus pandemic. DW Whitaker Meats announced last week it would close its stall through the month of April out of safety concerns. Even though the stall isn’t operating, owner Don Whitaker said the butcher shop will continue to make rent payments.

Cleveland is still waiting on more information to determine the full impact of the coronavirus on the city budget, Mayor Frank Jackson said Friday, though current estimates place the losses at several million dollars. The city has multiple sources of revenue impacted by the coronavirus, Jackson said, including parking, event and venue admissions taxes and income taxes.

For Father's Day, DACA recipient fathers share their feelings in light of the Supreme Court's ruling, which allows more than 600,000 immigrants to stay in the U.S.

Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish addressed calls to defund the police Friday by elaborating on the proposal to create a diversion center, where people who might otherwise be sent to jail would instead receive help for mental health or addiction problems. Earlier this week, the county sent out a request for proposals from potential operators to run the center.

Cleveland State University (CSU) will offer approximately 1,300 classes to students this fall, with more than 50 percent of them being taught in-person at the Downtown campus. Classes taught on campus will be limited to 30 students and some will be moved to bigger areas to accommodate social distancing. Remaining classes will be taught online. CSU President Harlan Sands called it an “aggressive” re-opening plan.

Cleveland city officials issued warnings against four restaurants and bars over the weekend for not complying with the state’s coronavirus safety guidelines. The City of Cleveland said it responded to 28 calls regarding “mass gatherings” at both businesses and private residences. Police officers stopped by the businesses with the most complaints: Mulberry’s in the West Bank of the Flats, Harry Buffalo on East 4th Street, Lago East Bank and TownHall in Ohio City. Warning letters were issued and the city closed Mulberry’s sand volleyball pit.

Akron Public Schools is facing a $3.5 million deficit at the end of this academic year, with even more financial problems to come. The school district’s five year forecast, presented to the school board Monday night by Chief Financial Officer Ryan Pendleton, predicts the deficit will jump to roughly $15 million by June 2021.

Gianmarco Bertolotti was a hospital mason in New York City who died in April after contracting coronavirus while continuing to work. His sister reflects on how his energy made every room brighter.