Health care ruling wide impact in Ohio
The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul looms with broad impacts for Ohio. Ohio has some 1.5 million uninsured people, or about 14 percent of the population. Ohio's Republican attorney general, Mike DeWine, is part of state legal challenges to the legislation. House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio has pledged to try to repeal changes if the court doesn't. Ohioans last year heavily approved a ballot issue against mandated coverage. 

Five pastors named for reopening parishes
Cleveland's bishop has appointed pastors for five closed parishes spared by the Vatican. Roman Catholic Bishop Richard Lennon announced the appointments Wednesday for St. Adalbert, St. Casimir and St. Barbara churches in Cleveland, St. John the Baptist in Akron and St. James in Lakewood. Six more pastors will be appointed later to other spared churches. Affected parishioners had challenged the closings and the Vatican ordered them reopened. In all, 50 churches of the Cleveland diocese either merged or were closed amid declining numbers of parishioners and priests and financial issues.

Lake Erie beaches second worst in nation
Beaches along Lake Erie remain the second most polluted in the country, according to an environmental advocacy group. The Natural Resources Defense Council report analyzed more than 3,000 beaches last year from the 30 states with coastlines. Cuyahoga County overtook Lorain County for the most polluted beach water among Ohio counties alongside Lake Erie. Cleveland’s Euclid Beach and Villa Angela were among 19 beaches across the nation on the list of top "repeat offenders," exceeding the EPA's maximum bacteria standards every year since 2007. Louisiana remains the only state with worse beach water than Ohio. 

Heat advisories
Temperatures are expected to soar to triple digits today in some parts of Ohio. Highs in Cleveland and Akron high are expected to be near 95 degrees, but thermometers could approach 100 in Columbus and Toledo. The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory today for more than a dozen Ohio counties, including Lorain and Cuyahoga.

Roadside memorials to come down in Akron
Akron has begun enforcing a new rule that prohibits roadside memorials from remaining in place for more than 45 days. Akron adopted the policy at the urging of neighborhood block watch leaders upset about memorials being left up for months or years. Friday is the deadline for the first group of memorials to come down, with the city giving family members the option of taking down the memorials themselves. If city workers dismantle the sites, the memorabilia is stored for two weeks in case someone wants it.

Cleveland school headquarters up for sale
The Cleveland Board of Education will put the district’s downtown headquarters for sale. The East Sixth Street building and land will be on the market for nearly $19 million, which the board says is its fair market price. However, the Plain Dealer reports that a recent appraisal puts the value at about half that price. Under Ohio law, charter schools get exclusive bidding rights for the first 60 days. The school board is still looking for a new headquarters.  

Cleveland, Detroit lead nation in popultion drop
New U.S. Census Bureau figures out today show Cleveland ranks second in the country for population loss. During a 15-month period from April 2010 to July 2011, Cleveland lost about 3,000 residents, dropping to a population of 393-thousand. Only Detroit lost more – about 7,000 people. Most of Ohio’s largest cities lost population - but just slightly - including Akron, Youngstown and Canton. 

Lawsuit over timeout rooms dismissed
A judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought over the Columbus city school district's use of timeout rooms for children with severe emotional and behavioral problems. The March lawsuit filed by the Ohio Legal Rights Service was sparked by a parent's complaint to the agency that her autistic son had been placed in such a room where he allegedly contracted a staph infection.