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Ohio House District 18 candidates brave stormy weather to debate at LWV forum

By Douglas J. Guth ● Government ● April 10, 2026

Gabe Crenshaw, Sam Grube, Peter Hoffman and Davida Russell fielded questions and explained their positions on issues.

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CSU graduate leads civic growth for Cleveland’s Latine community

By Aria Ruiz & The Cleveland Stater ● Civic Engagement ● April 8, 2026

Selina Pagan has transformed the volunteer-led Young Latino Network into a growing nonprofit while advancing civic engagement, cultural education and leadership opportunities for Latine residents.

Sisters hope to return Old Brooklyn’s Brookmere Cemetery to former glory

By Rodney Bengston ● Arts & Culture ● April 1, 2026

Tucked away at the end of Broadview Road in the Old Brooklyn neighborhood, many never realize how close they are to a cemetery that contains the graves of people important to Cleveland’s history.

‘Like the Walking Dead’: Smuggled drugs fuel chaos inside Ohio prisons

By Doug Livingston, The Marshall Project, Laura A. Bischoff & USA Today Network ● Public Safety ● March 31, 2026

Prison officials are struggling to keep out drug-soaked paper, fueling a multimillion-dollar black market economy that stokes chaos, violence and death

No Kings protest brings thousands to downtown Cleveland [Photos]

By Madalyn Norman ● Civic Engagement ● March 28, 2026

Madalyn Norman was downtown today. See her photos from the protests.

Stream work continues at Shaker Lakes amid dam controversies

By Grant Segall ● Sustainability ● March 25, 2026

Sixty years ago, residents created the pioneering Nature Center at Shaker Lakes in response to a threat to the lakes. Now the lakes’ fate is being hotly debated again, and the center is quietly restoring its section of streams connecting them.

Cuyahoga County Board of Developmental Disabilties confirms 2 new governing board members

By Joy Whitlow ● Government ● March 24, 2026

Cuyahoga DD becomes the largest county board in Ohio with two members who receive services through the developmental disability system, marking an important milestone in elevating the voices of those directly impacted by the services the board oversees.