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Keeping the history of Rock ‘n’ Roll alive means getting help from Clevelanders

By Thomas J. Walsh ● Arts & Culture ● May 8, 2026

From old vinyl records and reel-to-reel tapes to yellowing newspaper clippings and long-forgotten concert posters, experts stressed that Cleveland’s musical past lives in countless personal collections — many of them at risk of being lost.

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Cleveland’s friendly, neighborhood Spider-Man awards decency with artsy spiders

By Mike Zawacki ● Arts & Culture ● May 4, 2026

Paul Johanni’s handmade glass spiders recognize random acts of kindness and heal a post-pandemic world.

The long shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic creeps into the race for Ohio governor

By The Associated Press ● Civic Engagement ● May 2, 2026

Democrat Amy Acton is running unopposed in her party’s primary for Ohio governor, but she’ll face some steep challenges in the November general election. The physician’s most formidable obstacle may be the COVID-19 pandemic.

Grandparents for Vaccines don’t want Clevelanders reliving the brutality of polio, meningitis

By Grant Segall ● Health ● May 1, 2026

Grandparents for Vaccines was founded by Dr. Arthur Lavin of Shaker Heights, a retired pediatrician and a grandfather of four. The group recently won $250,000 from the Mt. Sinai Health Foundation to promote vaccines around the country.

Powerful Long Ladder Theatre Company brings Italian version of “Jitney” to Waterloo Arts District

By Christopher Johnston ● Arts & Culture ● April 30, 2026

“I thought it was important to bring their version of the play here.”

Adoptee to run ultramarathon to raise funds for adoption community

By Lauren Cohen ● Communities ● April 29, 2026

Northeast Ohioan Dan Smith is raising money for Adoption Network Cleveland.

Former horse blanket factory transformed into affordable housing in Clark-Fulton neighborhood

By Lee Chilcote ● Development ● April 28, 2026

What was once the nation’s largest maker of woolen horse blankets is now 60 affordable housing units and a hub for social services on Cleveland’s West Side.

‘I know what I saw’: Making sense of Bigfoot sightings and our place in nature

By AJ DiCosimo ● Arts & Culture ● April 27, 2026

Does Bigfoot exist? What does the Bigfoot myth mean for all of us?

Ohio GOP primary for governor shows potential headwinds for Ramaswamy as he looks to fall campaign

By The Associated Press ● Government ● April 26, 2026

Ohio’s Republican primary for governor is a few weeks away, but there are few signs that the top candidate sees it as a competitive race.

Trump reclassifies state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug in a historic shift

By The Associated Press ● Government ● April 23, 2026

President Donald Trump’s acting attorney general has signed an order reclassifying state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug. It’s a major policy shift long sought by advocates who say cannabis should never have been treated like heroin by the federal government.