Medina County

State Reps. Gail Pavliga and Sharon Ray are two of nearly two dozen incumbent Republicans the state GOP declined to endorse this year.

The Greater Akron Business Navigator launched earlier this month with the goal of better matching entrepreneurs to the resources they need.

Schools were projected to receive millions of dollars in tax revenue from the controversial NEXUS natural gas pipeline. But after years of appeals and negotiations between NEXUS and the state's tax officials about how much the pipeline is actually worth, that windfall isn’t panning out exactly the way it was supposed to.

The nature preserve will be set on the largest land donation the park district has ever received.

The Ohio National Guard and Ohio Department of Health will staff a free, drive-thru COVID-19 testing site starting this morning in Cleveland; Summa Health System is joining other hospitals in postponing nonessential surgeries; all of the Holmes County-based missionaries who spent two-months in captivity by a gang in Haiti are back home; and more stories.

The movement to offer millions of dollars in incentives to boost Ohio vaccination rates has been unable to crack the 50% vaccination threshold; nearly two dozen people have applied to fill the seat vacated following the historic Ohio House vote last week that ousted Republican Larry Householder; the Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that school districts must provide police-level training to employees carrying concealed weapons; and more stories.

Cleveland tourism leaders say the draft helped bring us one step closer to getting back to normal after the pandemic; six seniors at Walsh Jesuit High School won’t graduate this spring after an alleged assault during a party at a Silver Lake home in late March; Wisconsin-based home improvement chain Menards has won approval to build another new store in the area, this one off of state route 18 at the Medina/Summit County line; and more stories.

The nonprofit recently received a grant to provide dozens of teens with gender-affirming undergarments

The public health directors of three Ohio cities and the surrounding counties have issued stay-at-home advisories to slow the spread of the coronavirus; Daily COVID-19 numbers were delayed on Wednesday, as the state said “thousands of reports are pending review” due to technical glitches; Aultman Hospital in Canton will be the first site in the 12-county region to distribute any upcoming coronavirus vaccines; and more stories.

Cleveland, Cuyahoga County and three other counties have issued stay at home advisories in an effort to curb rapidly growing COVID-19 cases.