Cleveland Indians

Like the name or not, here come the Cleveland Guardians. Cleveland fans were still taking stock of the new name before the game Friday, just hours after the ball club announced it would shed the name Indians for a new identity as the Guardians.

The name change follows a year of brainstorming by team management

The energy giant at the center of a $60 million bribery scheme in Ohio has admitted to using dark money groups to fund the effort; the city of Akron is attracting less interest in its police force; the Akron-Canton Airport is getting an $850,000 federal grant to bring back service to Houston; and more stories.

Mudcat Grant pitched for Cleveland when the league was still deeply segregated and went on to make history.

Mudcat Grant pitched for Cleveland when the league was still deeply segregated and went on to make history.

Terry Pluto says a sports management or communications degree are no longer the ticket to a job in sports industry.

Terry Pluto says a sports management or communications degree are no longer the ticket to a job in sports industry.

A visual centerpiece of the pandemic is going away; FirstEnergy has fired an executive for her “inaction” regarding an amendment to a company consulting contract with someone who was later appointed as the state's top utility regulator; President Joe Biden is warning opponents in Congress not to “get in the way” of his big infrastructure plans; and more stories.

The state of Ohio and the U.S. Census Bureau have asked a judge to place a hold on their court fight over when data used for redrawing congressional and legislative districts will be released; Republican lawmakers in Ohio have introduced bills that would ban the teaching of “critical race theory" in K-12 classrooms; a city in Southwest Ohio has become the first in the state to ban abortions; and more stories.

The Ohio Supreme Court has sided with a county elections board in a dispute over buying voting machines that stems from the 2020 presidential election; the U.S. Supreme Court is leaving in place an appeals court decision that the family of a Black driver who was fatally shot by a white police officer in Euclid cannot sue the city or the officer; Governor Mike DeWine says nearly 2.8 million residents have registered for Ohio’s Vax-a-Million vaccination incentive prize ahead of tomorrow's first drawing, and more stories.