Cuyahoga County

Cuyahoga County leads the state with the most COVID-19 cases per capita; COVID rates in nursing homes and assisted living facilities in Ohio are on the rise; Democrats running for Ohio governor have picked their running mates; and more stories.

Cuyahoga County is asking members of the community to consider being an adoptive or foster parent to youth looking for a permanent home. More than 800 kids currently in the county’s foster care system are seeking adoptive parents, meaning their birth parents’ legal rights have been terminated.

The former mayoral candidate and council president says he will decide for sure whether he will run for the post in the near future.

For years, the tiny suburb of Linndale on Cleveland’s southwest side was known to most people for one thing: speeding tickets on the short stretch of I-71 that passes through it. Nowadays, Linndale has a different claim to fame. It's home Cuyahoga County's largest concentration, by percentage, of Hispanic and Latinx people.

The latest figures from the Ohio Department of Health show Cuyahoga County now has the highest coronavirus transmission rate in the state; the remaining members of a Holmes County-based missionary group who were kidnapped two months ago in Haiti have been freed; a Democrat who helped lead the effort to expel former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder after his federal indictment in a bribery scheme is running for attorney general next year; and more stories.

The former employee alleged county officials retaliated against her for complaining about a shortage of nurses at the jail and other issues.

The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner issued a public health alert Friday morning after at least eight suspected overdose deaths took place in Cuyahoga County.

The county is launching its own utility department with clean energy on a smaller scale.

The county is launching its own utility department with clean energy on a smaller scale.

Mandel, Myers foundations’ $20 million grant will be used to help bridge the gap.