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

The Whiskey Island salt mine in Cleveland is critically important to providing enough road salt to keep streets safe during the harsh winters of the Northeast and Great Lakes states.

The event will feature a variety of musicians as they come together to support family and friends of Michael LoConti and John Love while raising funds for two community foundations.

Across the region, from lakefront bars to old-school theaters, tribute bands are turning nostalgia into one of the most reliable tickets in live music.

Collaboration and partnerships became the theme of the day. Although at the federal level, climate change and sustainability are being brushed aside, they are not in Cleveland, according to nearly all of the speakers. 

A few years ago, a weekend in Northeast Ohio meant juggling drag shows across Lakewood, Cleveland and Akron. Now, many performers are crossing state lines and heading to places like Pittsburgh – not for adventure, but because they feel the local scene is no longer sustainable. 

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 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.

A team at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) School of Medicine has created a protein, called CS2 for short, that helps in mice, human cells and human tissues to undo a brain malfunction behind the progressively debilitating disease.

If Zainab Pixler has anything to do with it, Clevelanders who receive WIC and SNAP benefits will understand how the programs work and how to navigate the modifications introduced by the Trump administration.

March 26th marks “equal pay day” for women across the United States. This is the date that the average woman must work to earn the same amount a white, non-Hispanic man earned in 2025. 

Spirtualists often tried to conjure the spirit of Abraham Lincoln. Harry Houdini set out to expose them. And Brad Ricca wrote about it all.

Some residents feel the pathway could lead to more accidents. The city thinks it will reduce crashes.

Aja Joi Grant talks to Howse-Jones about her plans for the new Ward 8.

Congressional Republicans are pushing voting legislation that’s backed by President Donald Trump and would require voters to produce documentary proof of citizenship in order to register for federal elections.

Lakewood filed a formal complaint, while a Cleveland City Councilperson released a blistering statement.

The government has stalled on FOIAs for years in some cases. In others, agencies have said public records will cost thousands of dollars.

Sunshine Week highlights the power of public records and the growing barriers that limit transparency and weaken public oversight.

An impasse threatened to derail the project planned for Cleveland’s Central neighborhood.

Amid ongoing pharmacy chain closures, the opening of a new pharmacy is a major development for the neighborhood.