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CMSD CEO Eric Gordon says the school district is working to make several improvements to school safety after an 18-year-old student was shot and killed at the bus stop outside of John Adams College and Career Academy high school earlier this week.

Mayor Aftab Pureval says the events that took place early Sunday morning shows just how bad gun violence has become. "It's so commonplace that two officers are standing right there, and shots are still fired nevertheless," he said.

A new set of state legislative district maps could be proposed as early as Thursday; the Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board of Cuyahoga County has reinstated their original declaration stating "racism is a public health crisis”; a dozen U.S. Air Force officers sue the federal government over COVID-19 vaccine exemptions; and more stories.

The proposed merger between law schools at the University of Akron and Cleveland State University has been called off; The Ohio Department of Health is recommending local health departments shift their practice of COVID-19 contact tracing to a model that follows clusters of cases and not individual diagnoses; officials say a Cleveland Housing Court bailiff shot a man during an attempted eviction; and more stories.

State health officials say two cases of the omicron variant of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the state; COVID-19 hospitalizations are approaching levels not seen since last December before vaccines were widely available; the deadly storms that swept through Kentucky produced some damaging weather in Ohio; and more stories.

Akron arts and culture magazine The Devil Strip is hosting a meeting this week for co-op members to ask questions related to how it folded abruptly last week; All six GOP U.S. Senate candidates gathered at forum near Columbus Sunday; Ohio’s employment picture continues to improve; and more stories.

New coronavirus cases in Ohio shot up Monday to 660, twice the three-week average and the highest single-day total in two months; Cleveland public schools will require everyone to wear masks inside buildings for at least first five weeks of the year; some state lawmakers introduce new legislation about mask mandates; and more stories.

The number of Ohioans age 16 and older getting their initial coronavirus vaccinations jumped 33% week over week after the state announced its Vax-a-Million lottery; the Reverend Ernest Angley was remembered in an hour-long service yesterday at Grace Cathedral; Akron’s housing market continues to be a hot one; and more stories.

Progressive Field, Canal Park and Akron and Cleveland zoos are dropping masks; the state on Tuesday reported another 100 Ohio residents died with COVID-19 since Friday; a coalition of Black ministers, lawmakers, and national activists have announced a new effort to end the death penalty in Ohio; and more stories.

Here are your morning headlines for Monday, March 16:Kent State employee testing for COVID-19, students ordered to leave;Cleveland State basketball coach…