North Royalton

Elections in North Royalton, Mentor and elsewhere in Northeast Ohio this year have been fraught with controversial political and cultural issues, wherein conservative and politicians have endorsed candidates.

Marilyn Shaker, 83, was estranged from her daughter Pamela for two decades. Now Pamela and her sister, Kimberly, help to exhibit their mother's paintings around Ohio.

High school athletes in Ohio might soon be allowed to sign deals to capitalize on their name, image or likeness, but there's still a catch; COVID case numbers are rising again with a new Omicron subvariant; activists and family members of a North Royalton man killed by police are demanding justice again; and more stories.

Here are your morning headlines for Thursday, Oct. 3:Strikers reject General Motors' offer;Ohio treasurer suspends bitcoin program;Man who killed Kent…