COVID-19 reporting

The council failed to introduce legislation during its last session before summer recess and faces a deadline of Sept. 9; A second case of monkeypox has been confirmed in Cleveland while COVID-19 infections across Northeast Ohio are rising again due to the new BA.5 variant ... and more stories.

Cleveland City Council will replace the barriers with removable bollards and repair the streetscape. Public health officials in two Northeast Ohio counties are seeing a case rise again. A tornado hit Lorain County during a storm Monday afternoon. Read on for more.

Ohio’s COVID-19 data continues to improve with 70% of Ohioans 12 and older receiving at least one dose; the state may soon send surplus personal protective gear to the Ukrainian military; Sen. Rob Portman is among a group of senators that traveled to Poland over the weekend; and more stories.

Gov. Mike DeWine plans to skip the only debate between the GOP candidates this year; Eliza Bryant Village nursing home will close June 8; a judge abruptly ended a hearing when a FirstEnergy attorney refused to name company executives responsible for paying bribes; and more stories.

The Ohio Supreme Court has given the Ohio Redistricting Commission until Wednesday to show why it shouldn’t be held in contempt for ignoring a deadline; Ohio reported fewer than 1,000 COVID-19 cases two days a row for the first time since last August; The Cleveland Clinic is relaxing its visitation policy; and more stories.

The Ohio Redistricting Commission has failed to meet a court-set deadline for fixing state legislative maps; President Joe Biden says the bipartisan infrastructure law will pump $1 billion into a Great Lakes restoration program; Ohio’s COVID-19 transmission rate keeps falling; and more stories.

Longtime state legislator and influential Medina conservative William Batchelder has died at age 79; President Joe Biden will visit Cleveland, Lorain on Thursday; COVID-19 metrics continue to drop in Ohio; and more stories.

Officials say it's important for people continue to use caution as the omicron wave subsides; FirstEnergy shareholders have agreed to a $180 million settlement with top officials tied to Ohio’s nuclear bailout scandal; A Senate panel has approved the nomination of Cleveland attorney Marisa Darden to become the U.S. Attorney in the Northern District of Ohio; and more stories.

COVID-19 hospitalizations have fallen by 20% in the past week in Northeast Ohio; Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb is sticking with his controversial decision to limit the number of businesses that can serve alcohol until 4 a.m. during the NBA All-Star Weekend; a top Ohio lawmaker suggests the state may have to hold two separate primaries; and more stories.

Cuyahoga County has gone from the most COVID-19 cases per capita in the state to the fewest; Latest campaign finance reports show Gov. Mike has raised $3.3 million; Cleveland partners with NBA to raise its coronavirus vaccination rate to 60% by the end of the year; and more stories.