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Officers responded after ShotSpotter detected gunfire near the 7400 block of Elton Ave., police said.

Cleveland’s drinking water system has an early-warning network sitting miles offshore in Lake Erie — four buoys that can buy treatment crews up to eight hours to prepare for trouble.

Riley Green and Queen Latifah join "The Voice" season 30 premiere as new judges along with Adam Levine and Kelly Clarkson. Find out how to watch tonight's Blind Auditions for free.

Republicans can’t address the rotting MAGA elephant in the room. U.S. Rep. Dave Joyce’s Democratic opponent in Ohio, Maria Jukic, would address the issues that affect the Massive Middle: affordability, healthcare, justice for all, AI and data centers, writes Marilyn Holtz of Fairport Harbor in a letter to the editor.

The League of Women Voters is encouraging young voters to participate in the 2026 midterms, which will decide Ohio's governor, attorney general, and other key races.

The race for the new U.S. Space Academy is on, and Ohio is making a concerted push to land it near Dayton's Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.

Democrat Marilyn Zayas, an appellate judge seeking an Ohio Supreme Court seat, argues partisan politics erodes judicial trust and vows to avoid candidate endorsements.

Fox News reports that, when Amazon built a data center in central Ohio in 2015, Sherrod Brown referred to it as, “great news for New Albany and central Ohio.” So why is he hypocritically attacking data centers now, asks Jack Kananian of Brecksville in a letter to the editor.

Two candidates for Cuyahoga County Domestic Relations Court debated experience, self-represented litigants, and AI filing safeguards.

Early polls among likely Democratic voters find her winning out over a possible field.

A Ravenna man's family will receive $612,500 after he died when his vehicle struck a slow-moving KMS Freight semitrailer that experienced engine failure on the Ohio Turnpike in 2022.

A new bipartisan bill in the General Assembly would force Ohio utilities to issue automatic credits to customers after long or repeated outages.

Michael Leppelmeier was sentenced after pleading guilty to attacking two elderly bicyclists and engaging in a seven-hour SWAT standoff.

Avon Lake’s revised income-tax proposal would last longer, send a larger share of revenue to roads and change property-tax timing. A separate tax-credit reduction also changes the stakes for some residents who work outside the city.

"Oh, the networks might've found the most effective leverage any human has weaponized against Trump to date," one observer said.

Ohio has published a list of nearly 209,000 inactive voter registrations set for removal in 2027, urging residents to confirm their status before the Oct. 5 deadline for voter registration.

The 9/11 tragedy underscores the dangers of foreign intervention, often resulting in civilian casualties -- echoing Washington's call for peace, good faith and non-interference.

Beachwood will unveil conceptual plans for a new Cuyahoga County Public Library branch featuring an innovation center and 300-seat auditorium, with completion expected by early 2028.

Stow voters will decide Nov. 3 whether to raise salaries for the mayor, law director and finance director to $100,000. Each currently is paid about $80,000 a year and salaries have not been increased in more than a decade.

Bengals coach Zac Taylor praised Ja'Marr Chase's acrobatic TD catch, crediting Joe Burrow's trust in the one-on-one matchup and calling it one of the most impressive plays in recent memory.

Warrensville Heights approved $2,865 in city funds to bus residents to the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections on the first day of early voting, Oct. 6.

Cleveland ranks fifth in AAFA’s 2026 Asthma Capitals report, but the score is based on prevalence, emergency department use and deaths — not directly on pollution, poverty or access to care.

Also in this week’s Avon Police blotter, a man is charged with damaging a vehicle with a hammer.

Akron on Monday announced the launch of a Small Business Enterprise pilot program. The initiative aims to break larger jobs into smaller contracts and mandate specific percentages of work for certified SBEs.

The 8th District Court of Appeals has upheld the guilty plea for a man who admitted to a string of pharmacy robberies.

The president confused critics and MAGA alike by putting a new term for "artificial intelligence" to an online vote.

The president has invoked the words three times daily, on average.

Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams is considered week-to-week after suffering a right hamstring injury against the Minnesota Vikings.

Check out today's show, brought to you by Tri-C, live at 4 p.m., or watch later on as host Dave Bacon leads discussions on the big issues in Cleveland sports.

A kickoff time has been announced for Ohio State football's trip to Iowa.

The Akron Zoo welcomed a new infant white-faced saki monkey on Sept. 18. The infant is doing well and the gender is unknown at this time.