Featured stories
House explodes in Akron (cleveland.com)
Sudanese Cleveland Clinic resident removed from U.S. returns (cleveland.com)
Ohio lawmakers introduce bill to start school year after Labor Day (10tv.com)
Crime
New York man used taxi, Greyhound bus for getaway after robbing Cleveland bank, police say (cleveland.com)
15-year-old goes missing in Cleveland (WOIO Channel 19)
Duo wanted in Strongsville fatal stabbing arrested in Ashland (cleveland.com)
Drug dealer gets 8 years in prison for providing carfentanil that killed pregnant woman (Akron Beacon Journal)
Woman shot and killed in Lakewood identified (cleveland.com)
Pants-less Strongsville ice rink abductor convicted (cleveland.com)
Boys robbed at Rocky River Mitchell’s arranged clothing deal through OfferUp app (cleveland.com)
Armed men barge into home on Cleveland’s West Side (cleveland.com)
Elderly woman carjacked at Cleveland gas station (WJW Channel 8)
Cleveland / Cuyahoga County
Mayor questions RTA traffic and safety studies that support reopening Public Square to buses (cleveland.com)
DeFreeze family loses location for murdered teen’s funeral (WKYC Channel 3)
Cleveland Clinic’s controversial fundraiser at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort will go forward (cleveland.com)
Brookside flooding closes Cleveland Metroparks Zoo (cleveland.com)
Jack Cleveland Casino January revenue falls below Cincinnati, Columbus (cleveland.com)
Cleveland ranks 84th in U.S. News & World Report’s annual Top 100 Best Places to Live (cleveland.com)
Local news East
Women rescued from embankment in Painesville (WKYC Channel 3)
Flood warning issued for Grand River at Painesville (cleveland.com)
Flood warning issued for Chagrin River at Willoughby (cleveland.com)
Democracy Day in Mentor and elsewhere probes corporate political gifts (cleveland.com)
Local news West
North Royalton schools face significant operating cuts if voters reject May tax increase, school officials say (cleveland.com)
Bomb squad resolves dynamite situation (Elyria Chronicle-Telegram)
Court dismisses appeal filed by State Sen. Michael Skindell in Lakewood Hospital closure lawsuit (cleveland.com)
10-year-old cancer patient befriended, honored by Lorain Police (WJW Channel 8)
Lorain middle school students honored for buying shoes for classmate (Lorain Morning Journal)
Akron / Canton area
Statue of Liberty mannequin with bag over head leads to threats against Akron store owner (WEWS Channel 5)
Summit County students fight heroin with PSAs (cleveland.com)
State
Betsy DeVos confirmed as U.S. education secretary with historic tie-break vote (cleveland.com)
Reaction to Betsy DeVos’s confirmation is swift and heated (cleveland.com)
Rep. Marcia Fudge introduces legislation to ease food donations (cleveland.com)
Ohio Dems respond to proposed sanctuary city ban with own plan (cleveland.com)
Energy prices expected to creep higher, says U.S. Energy Information Administration (cleveland.com)
Find out if you would save under Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s tax plan (calculator) (cleveland.com)
Off-duty Mansfield police officer helps save drowning boy (Mansfield News Journal)
Toledo City Council approves conversion therapy ban (Toledo Blade)
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