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The Ohio State Board of Education is expanding its social-emotional learning standards to include all students. Department of Education implemented standards for children in kindergarten through third grade starting in 2012, to build skills in five areas, including self-awareness and decision making. The new standards now include all students, through 12th grade.

The alligator was spotted in a city park on Tuesday but has so far managed to evade capture, despite the efforts of a local wrangler known as Alligator Bob.

The former board president of the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority is expected to plead guilty to theft in office charges, stemming from unpaid healthcare premiums over his 24-year tenure. George Dixon III was charged with one count of theft in office Tuesday and has already agreed to pay $132,000 in restitution. Dixon entered a plea by information, which generally indicates a guilty plea is coming, most likely after an arraignment, as judges often will not accept a guilty pleat at an arraignment.

MetroHealth is pushing back against claims made against the Cleveland healthcare giant in a whistleblower lawsuit filed earlier this week, calling the allegations “unfounded and defamatory” and “patently false.” In a Thursday statement, MetroHealth slammed lead attorney Subodh Chandra, calling the nearly 50-page legal filing an attempt to “smear and grossly mislead” people about the healthcare provider’s role in the problems at the Cuyahoga County Jail and in the dismissal of Chandra’s client, Gary Brack. The press release indicates MetroHealth plans to fight back.

Local faith leaders joined Ohio Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown in speaking out against the Trump Administration’s family separation policy at a news conference in Cleveland Wednesday. "We’re hopeful that the president acknowledges his role in this and stops this policy," Brown said. "The first thing is to keep families together, certainly to secure our borders, but it means you focus on criminals and terrorists, not on splitting up families."

Updated 4:39 p.m., 7/9/2019 Summa Health officials announced Tuesday the Akron-based hospital system will become part of Beaumont Health, a much larger health system based in Detroit. Summa officials signed a letter of intent on Monday to become a wholly owned subsidiary of Beaumont, pending approval of several state agencies in both Michigan and Ohio, said Summa President and CEO Dr. Cliff Deveny.

A woman who was pepper sprayed while being held in the Cuyahoga County Corrections Center last year is suing the county and two of its deputies for violating her civil rights.

Updated 3:02, July 12, 2019 Five years after Cuyahoga County took over the Euclid jail, county officials are in talks with the city about closing it. The move would allow the county to transfer guards to the overcrowded downtown facility, which was the subject of a scathing U.S. Marshals’ Service report last year.

The Trump administration is delaying efforts to boost offshore oil and gas drilling in the wake of a recent court setback. The plans have been controversial, even in Republican-held states.

Cincinnati City Council Wednesday approved a financing plan that will allow construction of a music venue at The Banks to move forward.