Summit County Jail

The curfew covering the downtown Akron area was lifted at 6 a.m. today because protests over Jayland Walker's fatal police shooting have remained peaceful; Summit County used SWAT vehicles and tear gas to disperse nonviolent protesters banging on pots and pans outside the county jail; Local and national NAACP call for federal investigation in Walker's shooting; 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.

Wednesday saw more than 10,000 new cases under the state’s new measuring system. It includes both confirmed and probable positive tests; the mother of a Black man fatally shot by an Ohio sheriff's deputy is demanding answers about her son's death; 78 inmates were infected with the coronavirus at the Cuyahoga County Jail as of Wednesday and nearly 400 more inmates are quarantining in specialized areas of the jail.

The new program created by Akron Municipal Court looks to provide an alternative to jail.

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The Summit County Jail is making preparations in the event of a coronavirus outbreak – but does not currently have anywhere to safely house infected or potentially infected inmates. One inmate was suspected of having the coronavirus and was sent to a local hospital, where a doctor declined a test after and examination, according to Bill Holland at the Summit County Sheriff’s Department, which is responsible for the jail. The inmate was sent back to the jail.

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The ‘HOPE Court’ is up and running in Summit County. That’s the new specialty-docket Common Pleas Court for cases involving mental health issues. And as…