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Updated: 4:49 p.m., Tuesday, July 28, 2020 Akron public school children will learn virtually from home for the first nine weeks of school, the district board of education voted Monday night. Akron Superintendent David James told ideastream Tuesday that the board’s decision to go fully remote for the first grading period was made in part because the general public appears to be shirking social distancing guidelines.

Updated: 4:20 p.m., Friday, Nov. 13, 2020 As COVID-19 cases are soaring across Ohio and here in Cuyahoga County, Cleveland Clinic is postponing non-essential surgical procedures that require a hospital stay until Friday, Nov. 20 to free up beds and staffing for potential COVID-19 patients. The health system initially paused surgeries for two days, but extended the postponement to a week on Friday, officials said. They will reevaluate surgical cases on an ongoing basis, a Clinic spokesperson said.

Maya: The Exhibition is extending its run at the Cincinnati Museum Center through April 4, 2021. The coronavirus pandemic not only closed the exhibit...

Another election is in the books, and while counties around Ohio are still finishing off their official canvass, the results really aren’t in doubt: It…

Updated: 4:01 p.m., Monday, Nov. 9, 2020 A lack of available staff could greatly impact the care hospitals are able to provide for both coronavirus patients and anyone else in need of hospital services, said Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff, incoming chief medical director of the Ohio Department of Health Monday. Hospital challenges have changed throughout the course of the pandemic.

NASA is continuing efforts to get a man — and the first woman — on the moon by 2024. The overall budget “is ever increasing,” agency officials said Monday, though funding for Glenn Research Center in Brook Park is actually expected to drop significantly next fiscal year. The 2021 budget request includes a requested $802.4 million for NASA Glenn. The unofficial 2020 budget is around $945 million, said Chief Fiscal Officer Vicki Hagerman. Contracts accounted for in that budget won’t carry into the next fiscal year, she said.

Ann B. Walker worked as a radio host, journalist, editor and columnist in Columbus for decades. She is a woman of many firsts: the first woman in…

The multi-talented Bob Nave, who died Tuesday at home, is hard to describe in one sentence. I first heard him playing jazz on old WNOP-AM (740), "Radio...

Updated: 4:29 p.m., Friday, May 8, 2020 The Cuyahoga County Board of Health is asking residents to familiarize themselves with new rules and guidelines before going out as Ohio’s restaurants, salons and retailers prepare to reopen next Friday.

Updated: 4:19 p.m., Wednesday, April 29, 2020 Ohio officials said on Wednesday that they reversed course on a requirement for all customers to wear masks before entering stores when they begin to reopen in May based on feedback from businesses. According to Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, employers had many questions about how to enforce the new rule.