Bernie Moreno

The Cleveland businessman is running for US Senate for a second time, having dropped out before last year’s seven-way primary, but says this race won’t look like that one.

The snow is tapering off, but it’s going to take crews and plows some time to clear roads and parking lots; Bernie Moreno has dropped out of the Ohio U.S. Senate race; the Summit Metro Parks is permanently closing the swim areas at Munroe Falls and Silver Creek Metro Parks; and more stories.

State health officials are urging people to take COVID-19 precautions at residential summer camps after two outbreaks; Cult leader Wilbert Thomas, Sr. has died in Akron at age 91; Canton’s Republic Steel has been ordered to make changes after its mill exceeded the federal limit for lead emissions for the second time in three years; and more stories.

Author J.D. Vance spent nearly as many months exploring a run for Ohio's open U.S. Senate seat as Lewis and Clark spent exploring the wilderness of the American West.

He is the first Democratic to announce his candidacy for Sen. Rob Portman's seat in 2022. Four Republicans are already in the running.

Another Republican, Cleveland businessman Mike Gibbons, has thrown his hat in the ring for the already crowded U.S. Senate primary.

Cleveland auto dealer and blockchain evangelist Bernie Moreno has officially announced he’s running for U.S. Senate; the Ohio Supreme Court says Secretary of State Frank LaRose was within his rights to block a Democratic appointee to the Lorain County Board of Elections; more than 700 pages of testimony and evidence were filed Monday in a dispute involving the Summit County Board of Elections; and more stories.

The businessman joins two other Republican candidates in the 2022 race for Sen. Rob Portman's seat.

Armed with new funders, Cleveland entrepreneur Bernie Moreno says Bedrock Detroit LLC, the real estate firm owned by Dan Gilbert, is now fully onboard with turning The Avenue Shops at Tower City into a hub for tech businesses and blockchain, an easily shared digital ledger system.

A major effort is underway to brand Cleveland as a national tech hub.Blockland is the brainchild of a Cleveland luxury car dealer who’s put together an…