Walsh Jesuit High School

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.

An ally of former President Donald Trump who recently stepped down as chair of the Ohio Republican Party is joining the race for the U.S. Senate seat that the GOP’s Rob Portman is vacating; Ohio death penalty opponents are announcing a new effort to end capital punishment that includes several GOP supporters of a ban; Ohio’s current COVID-19 hospitalizations and average new case numbers continued a downward slide on Thursday as more people receive vaccinations; and more stories.