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Updated: 9:36 a.m., Sept. 13, 2019 Sherwin-Williams Company, the paint giant that has called Cleveland home for more than 150 years, is searching for a new headquarters. The company announced in a news release Thursday morning that it would consider sites “in Cleveland, Northeast Ohio and several other states” for a global headquarters and research and development facility.

The running legal battle between South Euclid officials and its municipal court judge escalated with a second suit filed against the city last month. Judge Gayle Williams-Byers claims city officials improperly used the court’s discretionary funds to pay court employees’ benefits and salaries last year. She’s suing in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court to get the money back.

Developers working Downtown Akron’s Bowery Project expect residents will be able to move into apartments in the renovated bank building starting Oct. 1. It’s the first phase of a mixed-use project expected to add jobs in construction, legal services and retail. But where people will shop remains a problem. There are still not enough residents in the area to attract a major grocer, so developers are looking for another solution.

In his annual State of the Schools address Thursday, Cleveland public schools CEO Eric Gordon turned to Sir Isaac Newton to describe the district’s progress: the schools finally have momentum. Propelled by the 7-year-old Cleveland Plan for Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD), Gordon said that momentum shows in increased graduation rates and the 2.6 percent growth in K-3 literacy rates.

Kroger is closing two stores in Long Beach, Calif., after that city passed an ordinance requiring grocery stores with more than 300 employees to pay an additional $4 an hour due to the pandemic.

Patients and families at a children's hospital are being asked to not take showers, KUT reports. They were also told the toilets can't flush, and staff are changing linens only as needed.

A Cuyahoga County grand jury has declined to indict an off-duty Cleveland police officer in the fatal shooting of 22-year-old Desmond Franklin. The shooting took place the afternoon of April 9, 2020, on Cleveland’s West Side, as Officer Jose Garcia was in plain clothes in his car on his way to work. In a Friday evening press conference, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said his office acted as special prosecutor and treated Garcia as a citizen in a self-defense case, rather than a police officer acting in an official capacity.

Local municipalities are debating whether to open public pools this summer as the coronavirus pandemic continues in Northeast Ohio. The City of Beachwood is in a “holding pattern,” awaiting guidance from the state, said Community Services Director Derek Schroeder. Current recommendations haven’t been updated since last summer, he said, though more guidance is expected in March.

The blocked shipment of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines was the first intervention by the EU since the bloc approved rules that could restrict vaccine exports to non-member nations.

The author of the beloved children's book reunited with its illustrator for the more recent The Odious Ogre. Juster was also an architect and he died due to complications from a recent stroke.