Cleveland

Production of a film sharing the story of LeBron James’ early years in basketball is underway around the region until the beginning of June.

Partisan Ohio mapmakers make an emotional plea to the Ohio Supreme Court as justices again decide whether to hold the state’s redistricting commission in contempt. Meanwhile, a federal hearing to determine how much Walmart, Walgreens and CVS should pay two northeast Ohio counties.

Cleveland resident Maurice Edwards was told he may lose his leg. The circulation to his right leg was so bad that he was in pain, but he dealt with it. But one day in 2019, while riding the bus after work he couldn’t ignore the pain anymore. “I couldn’t really sit down,” Edwards said. “I kept moving around on the bus like I’m on dope or something, you know? Because it was painful.” He got back to his home in the Glenville neighborhood on Cleveland’s East Side and realized how bad the situation truly was.

Ideastream Public Media’s health team is connecting the dots on how racism contributes to poor health outcomes in the Cleveland area.Politicians in nearly 30 communities across Ohio and in Cuyahoga County are taking a stand against a public health threat that many believe put Black and brown residents at risk for serious health problems: Racism.

Organizers say the event will, once again, focus the world's attention on the city.

Erosion at eight points along the river could impact the Towpath Trail and Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad.

A listener asks whether coastal delays related to the pandemic are impacting Cleveland.

A day after placing eight players on the COVID list, Cleveland Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski and quarterback Baker Mayfield have also tested positive, along with five other players and a coach. The NFL has not discussed moving Saturday's game, but significant changes to protocols are reportedly being discussed with the players union

The Columbus-Cincinnati Board of Directors for CAIR-Ohio says it fired its executive and legal director for allegedly passing confidential information about the organization's national work to an anti-Muslim hate group.

Mariah Crenshaw has spent years building a case that officers around Ohio are violating state law simply by continuing to serve as officers. It started in 2014. Crenshaw runs the advocacy group Chasing Justice, and she wanted to know how the Cleveland Division of Police collects training documentation for officers who are hired from other cities. In 2017, she started following one East Cleveland officer, Larry McDonald, who went from that small suburban police department to Cleveland then, after a short time, back to East Cleveland.

The Cleveland Orchestra canceled two concerts over the weekend after a performer tested positive for COVID-19. The concert Saturday night was canceled hours before the "Pictures at an Exhibition" performance due to a "possible COVID case in the Orchestra," according to a message the orchestra posted on its web site and on Twitter. At the time, the orchestra intended to go on with its Sunday afternoon performance.

Before the Sept. 14 primary, when Marquez Brown was knocking on doors for the incumbent city councilman in Ward 17, he noticed blue “Bibb!” signs in yards across the far West Side neighborhood. Brown, the Cleveland regional director for the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees Council 8, called Justin Bibb to ask about it. The two had known each other since Bibb was a high school volunteer for John Kerry’s 2004 presidential campaign.