Rebecca Maurer

The site that has long plagued the Slavic Village neighborhood on Cleveland's East Side as a hotbed for crime and drug use. Residents decided to take matters into their own hands after the owner's inaction.

City council approved $4 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding for the 311 call center.

311 is a non-emergency hotline for items such as animal services, reporting potholes or tree trimming requests.

The suspects, who were playing basketball when the teen and his friends fired toy water beads at them, were initially charged with murder and felonious assault; Gov. Mike DeWine has suggested he would not support a ban on contraceptives or same-sex marriage if proposed by state lawmakers; and more stories.

New data released by a freshman Cleveland City Council member confirms an unwritten, unglamorous rule of city politics: Whether they like it or not, council members have become Cleveland’s de facto customer service department.