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The number of coronavirus cases spiked in Cuyahoga County this week, according to county health officials. County officials held a special Friday afternoon news conference to ring the alarm bell and to point out what they called a troubling trend. “After three consecutive weeks of decline we are definitely surging this week," said Romona Brazile, prevention and wellness director for the county health board.

Akron Municipal Court resumes hearing eviction cases Monday after a months-long moratorium under COVID-19 restrictions. The moratorium covered most eviction cases from March through June. Some cases not related to non-payment did go through, said Community Legal Aid Managing Attorney John Petit. Petit is expecting the number of eviction cases to rise dramatically in the coming weeks. “Because the court has put so many on hold, and as unemployment assistance runs out and the federal moratorium ends, that is going to increase the numbers,” he said.

Vice President Mike Pence visited Arizona Wednesday. He said 500 federal health care workers would be sent to the state, as the number of cases soars and the positivity rate hovers around 25%.

Just one day after Cuyahoga County Council passed a new two-year budget, County Executive Armond Budish’s administration fired budget director Maggie Keenan, offering little explanation for the move. “We have decided to go in a different direction,” Chief of Staff Bill Mason said in a short emailed statement. “We thank Ms. Keenan for her service.”

More than a dozen members of the Coalition to Stop Inhumanity at the Cuyahoga County Jail burst into song in the Justice Center lobby Monday afternoon. The song choices were Christmas carol classics with lyrics remixed to protest conditions at the Cuyahoga County Jail. "We wish for humane conditions. We wish for no more corruption. We wish for just justice, in the county jail here," the protestors sang to the tune of 'We Wish You a Merry Christmas.'

Cleveland Public Library workers hope to address concerns over low staffing and safety concerns in the current round of union negotiations. Library officials will meet with Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1199 representatives for the final negotiation Dec. 27, just four days before the deadline for a new contract. Negotiations have been already been going on for a few months.

It will now be easier for the government to inspect shops where workers might get exposed to lung-damaging silica dust. But it's unclear how much it will affect countertop workers.

Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam says the team will hire a new head coach first, then allow the coach to have a say in who is hired as general manager after the firings of coach Freddie Kitchens and GM John Dorsey earlier this week.

The United Methodist Church General Conference in May will vote on a plan to split into more than one denomination after years of debate over whether to allow same sex marriage in the church. Reverend Andy Call, lead pastor at Church of the Saviour in Cleveland Heights, had high praise for mediator Kenneth Feinberg and the negotiating team that led to the proposed split.

The state accuses the ride-hailing apps of flouting a labor law by classifying drivers as independent contractors instead of employees.