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• Man found dead, hanging from vacant home

  28-06-2017 23:44
  
  Akron police are investigating the bizarre death of a man, identified by his family as a squatter.
  
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• University of Akron, Kent State to go smoke- and tobacco-free July 1

  28-06-2017 23:31
  
  On July 1, both the University of Akron and Kent State University will become smoke- and tobacco-free.
  
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• Ohio House approves budget bill, sending it to Gov. John Kasich

  28-06-2017 23:29
  
  The Ohio House voted 59-38 to approve the Ohio two-year budget, sending it to Gov. John Kasich to approve before June 30.
  
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• Man shot during robbery at Cleveland gas station

  28-06-2017 23:26
  
  A 42-year-old man was shot in the leg during a robbery at a gas station in Cleveland's Mt. Pleasant neighborhood.
  
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• Trash truck fire likely caused by pool chemicals

  28-06-2017 23:19
  
  Trash collectors are telling residents to be careful what they put in the trash after two garbage trucks caught fire Wednesday morning — one in Westlake and the other in Parma.
  
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• LCCC could soon offer a bachelor's degree

  28-06-2017 23:15
  
  Student Jared Dumont studies microelectronic engineering at Lorain County Community College. He earned his two year degree, but soon he could one of many students to get a four year degree at LCCC.
  
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• MetroHealth trustees choose Milwaukee office of HGA to design new hospital (photos)

  28-06-2017 23:05
  
  Trustees of the Metrohealth system voted Wednesday to choose the Milwaukee office of Minneapolis-based HGA as the lead architecture firm designing its new main campus transformation.
  
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• Ken Silliman, chief of staff for Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, retires, ending 29-year public service career

  28-06-2017 23:05
  
  Silliman's career involves service in the administration of three Cleveland mayors. He has been Jackson's chief of staff for 11-plus years.
  
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• Husband charged with murder in Garfield Heights woman's death

  28-06-2017 22:50
  
  Garfield Heights detectives have charged a man with murder in connection with the death of his wife.
  
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• Wine Enthusiast includes Trentina in wine-restaurants list

  28-06-2017 22:44
  
  Wine Enthusiast again has tabbed the Jonathon Sawyer-owned Trentina as one of the best wine restaurants in the nation.
  
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• Elyria native charged in Tierra Bryant's death spent 11 years in prison for 1999 shooting

  28-06-2017 22:41
  
  Court records show Rashad Hunt pleaded guilty in Feb. 2000 to burglary, attempted murder, felonious assault and aggravated burglary. He was sentenced to 11 years in prison in June 2000, Lorain County Common Pleas Court Judge Mark Betleski said.
  
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• Steamy temperatures reaching nearly 90 degrees, strong thunderstorms possible in the evening Thursday in Akron: Weather forecast

  28-06-2017 22:38
  
  Check out Thursday's weather outlook for Akron.
  
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• Experimental vaccine patch could replace shots

  28-06-2017 22:38
  
  A new vaccine patch could replace the shots you have to get from the doctor. The new type of medicine is still in its experimental stage, but so far shows promising signs.
  
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• Ohio Senate bans 2nd trimester abortion procedure

  28-06-2017 22:36
  
  The Ohio Senate on Wednesday voted along party lines to effectively end second trimester abortions.The bill now heads to the House.
  
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• Akron's Bowery project moves forward with $5 million in historic tax credits

  28-06-2017 22:35
  
  Akron's $38 million project Bowery project led by the Bowery Development Group has been awarded more than $5 million in Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credits to redevelop the historic 12-story Landmark building and five smaller retail buildings on Main Street next to the Akron Civic Theatre.
  
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• Suspect in Ashtabula teen's death indicted

  28-06-2017 22:04
  
  Court records show that the charges include a “death penalty specification.”
  
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• Cleveland, Cuyahoga County receive federal money for lead clean up

  28-06-2017 22:01
  
  Cleveland and Cuyahoga County use the $6.3 million in total federal grant money to remove or remediate lead hazards from homes where children live or spend a significant amount of time.
  
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• In quest for new development on Lakewood Hospital site, Ed FitzGerald consultant for finalist

  28-06-2017 21:56
  
  Casto, working with North Pointe Realty Inc., and Carnegie Management and Development Corp., are the two finalists in the Lakewood Hospital site redevelopment project. Submissions are due this Friday. And Ed FitzGerald, former Cuyahoga County executive and Lakewood councilman and mayor, is a consultant for Carnegie.
  
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• George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic coming to the House of Blues in Cleveland

  28-06-2017 21:55
  
  George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic have a Sept. 1 concert scheduled at the House of Blues in Cleveland.
  
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• Legal battle erupts over 2016 RNC charity concerts

  28-06-2017 21:37
  
  An organizer of charity concerts during last year's Republican National Convention claims in a lawsuit that a co-organizer and venue officials issued more than 1,000 entry wristbands behind the company's back and charged them bogus costs.
  
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• Akron Coca-Cola plant's union workers strike after failed contract negotiations

  28-06-2017 21:33
  
  Members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 24, who work at the Coca-Cola distribution plant in Akron, are on strike after contract negotiations failed.
  
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• Ohio Senate passes $132.8 billion budget bill

  28-06-2017 21:25
  
  The Ohio Senate on Wednesday passed the state budget bill. The House planned to pass the bill later in the day.
  
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• Summit County medical examiner requests mobile morgue for spike in heroin overdose deaths

  28-06-2017 21:21
  
  The Summit County Medical Examiner's Office brought in a mobile morgue unit in response to a recent surge of drug overdose deaths in the county.
  
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• Stormy weekend weather may dampen July 4 fireworks: Northeast Ohio weather forecast

  28-06-2017 21:15
  
  Check out the long holiday weekend weather forecast for Northeast Ohio.
  
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• Alonzo Bodden will tell you what he thinks at Hilarities, and you don't have to wait

  28-06-2017 21:01
  
  Alonzo Bodden headlines Hilarities this weekend.
  
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• Soldiers' and Sailors' Monuments expands hours for visitors

  28-06-2017 20:57
  
  The Cuyahoga County Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument has set expanded hours to coincide with summer events on Public Square and nearby.
  
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• Cleveland Metroparks Mill Creek connector trail (photos)

  28-06-2017 20:49
  
  Officials dedicate new Mill Creek connector trail
  
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• Vice retracts story about Trump and Disney World's Hall of Presidents

  28-06-2017 20:21
  
  "We are conducting a full editorial review to pinpoint how this source was vetted, and how these stories were approved and published in violation of our usual editorial workflow. We fell short of our standards, and regret the error," an Editor's Note said.
  
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• Ohio councilman suggests letting repeat overdose victims die

  28-06-2017 20:13
  
  In response to the opioid epidemic that swept the nation, Middletown council member Dan Picard has floated a proposedthree-strikes-style policy for people who repeatedly overdose: Too many overdoses and authorities wouldn't send an ambulance to resuscitate them.
  
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• Cuyahoga County inmate dies at hospital

  28-06-2017 20:11
  
  A fifty-one year old inmate was found unresponsive in her cell and later died at St. Vincent Charity Medical Center. 
  
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• Who is A.D.? 'Pretty Little Liars' reveals villain's identity in series finale

  28-06-2017 20:04
  
  "Pretty Little Liars" revealed the identity of its uber villain, known as A.D., in its series finale Tuesday night, and the internet has had a lot to say about it. Let's add "PLL" to the long list of controversial series finales, and send a nostalgic XOXO to Dan Humphrey while we're at it.
  
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• No silica in Medina concrete plant dust, test results show

  28-06-2017 20:03
  
  The city of Medina has released the results of tests on air quality near the Osborne Concrete plant which indicate there is no harmful silica in the dust found in nearby homes.
  
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• Mike Pence visits Cleveland the day after health care vote stalls (live coverage)

  28-06-2017 20:00
  
  Vice President Mike Pence is scheduled to arrive around 3 p.m. before heading to Tendon Manufacturing in Warrensville Heights. There, he will hold a health care listening session with small business owners before touring the factory.
  
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• RTA expanding hours for Cleveland Orchestra, U2 shows

  28-06-2017 19:57
  
  Greater Cleveland RTA will expand some Rapid Transit hours this weekend for the Cleveland Orchestra and U2 concerts downtown.
  
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• Elyria woman arrested at Cleveland Hopkins after TSA finds loaded gun in luggage

  28-06-2017 19:57
  
  An Elyria woman is charged with a weapons offense after a TSA officer found a loaded semi-automatic gun in her carry-on luggage, police say.
  
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• If GOP can't pass health care bill, surrender of Senate and Supreme Court will follow: Hugh Hewitt (Opinion)

  28-06-2017 19:53
  
  If the GOP does not disengage the country's health-care system from the disaster of Obamacare, we are headed for the misery of single-payer. This is the last chance to divert that outcome, writes Washington Post columnist Hugh Hewitt.
  
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• Vice President Pence speaks at Bedford manufacturing plant

  28-06-2017 19:41
  
  ​​​ CLEVELAND– Vice President Mike Pence arrived in town Wednesday afternoon to tour a local manufacturing plant and meet with business leaders. Air Force Two arrived at Burke Lakefront Airport at around 3:30 p.m. From there, the Vice President and his motorcade traveled to Tendon Manufacturing in Bedford. While at the plant, Pence checked out the facility, and held a round table discussion before delivering remarks. Pence  vowed “help is on the way” as t
  
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• Marchers in Cleveland, across country will protest Sunday to call for Trump impeachment

  28-06-2017 19:41
  
  Demonstrations aimed to press Congress to impeach Trump will be held around the country Sunday. In Cleveland the event kicks off at 12:30 p.m. with speakers from the local activist community and will conclude at approximately 2:30 p.m.. Activists will gather at the "Free Stamp" statue in Willard Park, at the northwest corner of East 9th Street and Lakeside Avenue, adjacent toCleveland City Hall.
  
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• LIVE VIDEO: Vice President Pence meeting with business leaders, touring Bedford manufacturing plant

  28-06-2017 19:41
  
  ​​ CLEVELAND– Vice President Mike Pence arrived in town Wednesday afternoon to tour a local manufacturing plant and meet with business leaders. Air Force Two arrived at Burke Lakefront Airport at around 3:30 p.m. From there, the Vice President and his motorcade will travel to Tendon Manufacturing in Bedford. (Watch his visit in the video, above) While at the plant, Pence will check out the facility, hold a round table discussion and deliver remarks. He’s expected to addre
  
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• Ohio can use three-drug cocktail to resume executing those on death row, appeals court says

  28-06-2017 19:39
  
  The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday said it would allow the state of Ohio to use a certain three-drug mixture to carry out lethal injections, thus paving the way for the state to resume executing those on death row.
  
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• Coquette Patisserie teams with local chefs for summer culinary series (photos)

  28-06-2017 19:30
  
  This summer, Coquette Patisserie will welcome guest chefs to prepare savory dishes to pair with dessert and cocktails created by Coquette's chef, Britt Culey.
  
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• Cleveland Hopkins renames security checkpoints in response to passenger confusion

  28-06-2017 19:14
  
  New labels on the checkpoints were installed this week: Checkpoint A is now the North checkpoint, checkpoint B is Central and checkpoint C is South.
  
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• Make sure your voice is heard in a new statewide polling tool

  28-06-2017 19:11
  
  We've teamed up with the Community Research Institute at Baldwin Wallace University to create the Ohio Matters Panel, to measure the sentiment of voters across Ohio. Sign up to make sure your perspective is included.
  
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• Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson files nominating petitions for Sept. 12 primary

  28-06-2017 18:57
  
  Jackson dropped off nominating petitions containing 9,000 signatures with the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. Mayoral candidates need valid signatures from 3,000 city voters to make the Sept. 12 primary ballot.
  
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• How you dress your hot dog is likely determined by where you grew up: Best Grocery Store Hot Dog contest

  28-06-2017 18:47
  
  The National Hot Dog and Sausage Council says Americans love their hometown hot dogs just as much as they love their hometown ball club. Here's a guide for what to expect on your dog when traveling.
  
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• Harry Buffalo Highland Heights to host grand opening party

  28-06-2017 18:39
  
  New Harry Buffalo location will feature duckpin bowling.
  
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• Wind industry sees Ohio's rejection as opportunity to try again

  28-06-2017 18:33
  
  Big Wind isn't taking NO from a split Ohio legislature as a sign it has no chance in the state. The Ohio Wind Energy Association today praise the Ohio Senate leadership under Medina Republican Larry Obhof for supporting a change in state law to enable construction of new wind farms and wondered aloud what Speaker of the House Cliff Rosenberger, a Clinton County Republican, was thinking when he rejected its offer to pump $4.2 billion into wind-rich rural Ohio counties.
  
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• Lauren Mitchell to perform at Shaw JCC of Akron for Blues Summer Concert

  28-06-2017 18:29
  
  Shaw JCC of Akron presents a homecoming concert performed by blues-soul singer Lauren Mitchell as part of its Blues Summer Concert series.
  
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• Back-to-back storm systems headed for Great Lakes through next week

  28-06-2017 18:20
  
  A very active weather week is ahead for Ohio and the Great Lakes, with multiple storms and several inches of rain.
  
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• Man sentenced for taking upskirt photo at Progressive Field

  28-06-2017 18:09
  
  CLEVELAND– A man accused of taking a photo up a woman’s skirt at Progressive Field was sentenced last week. Richard L. Abraham, 63, was charged with voyeurism and tampering with evidence for the June 19, 2016 incident during a Tribe game. Police reports said a woman was waiting in line for ice cream when a man witnessed Abraham take a photo or video up her skirt. The witness chased after the suspect and held him until police arrived. Abraham pleaded […]
  
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