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Three of Akron-based FirstEnergy’s electric companies will refund customers amounts collected from a fee included in a tainted energy bill; the new superintendent of Akron Public Schools received unanimous support from the school board for her first proposal; the Ohio Attorney General’s Office says a grand jury has cleared a police officer who shot a Black man outside a public housing complex in Cleveland; and more stories.

With nearly all precincts reporting, Charmaine McGuffey has overcome Republican challenger Bruce Hoffbauer to become Hamilton County's first woman and openly LGBTQ sheriff, making her the highest-ranking woman in the history of the office.

Here are your morning headlines for Wednesday, July 8:Governor requires masks for residents of 7 hard-hit countiesStow-Monroe Falls school district tells…

Updated: Friday, 4:28 p.m. An Ohio man is in federal custody after falsely claiming he was a boy missing since 2011. 23-year-old Brian Rini is charged...

Updated: 2:28 p.m. The judge in the case against five Cincinnati City Council members who broke Ohio law by secretly texting each other said they ...

Here are your morning headlines for Friday, March 1:$10,000 grants will help human trafficking victims;Portman breaks with Trump on North KoreaHouse…

Here are your morning headlines for Wednesday, October 17:Ohio absentee ballot requests soar;Testa gives $15M gift to Akron Children's;WOW Air ends…

Here are your morning headlines for Friday, October 12:Trump returning to Ohio to rally Republican voters;Monument to become first Ohio World Heritage…

Here are your morning headlines for Monday, June 18:Kent State to commemorate 50th anniversary of May 4;Two officers, one man shot in East Cleveland…

A juror who recommended death for a Cincinnati killer who’s set for execution next week now says he’d like the governor to spare that condemned man’s…