Lake County

The residents are alleging the owners refused to provide leases, charged unlawful amounts for utilities and harassed Mexican American residents, among other complaints.

The new bivalent vaccines protect against the two omicron subvariants which are causing most of the current infections.

A federal judge has ruled that CVS, Walgreens and Walmart owe $650 million in damages to the two counties due to the way the pharmacies distributed opioids; Ohio Senate President Matt Huffman wants to take the congressional map to the U.S. Supreme Court because he believes the Ohio Supreme Court overstepped by meddling in redistricting ... and more stories.

Akron will distribute around 3,200 free, at-home COVID tests this Saturday at four locations; three parents in Hudson have filed a lawsuit challenging the school district's quarantine and mask-wearing rules; University Hospitals has closed its freestanding Madison Health Center emergency room in Lake County; and more stories.

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.

COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to climb in Ohio; a lawsuit argues that Ohio's school voucher system is unconstitutional because it's creating a separate system of funding private schools with public dollars; Ohio Sen. Rob Portman has tested positive for COVID-19; and more stories.

Ohioans east of Cleveland may have felt the ground move a bit Tuesday morning. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) determined the quake took place about 3 kilometers Northwest of Timberlake, a village in Lake County at 8:20 a.m.

There’s been a change of locations for tonight’s state of the city in Akron. Mayor Dan Horrigan had intended to deliver the annual address at 6 p.m. at Lock 3; authorities say a man will face a charge of causing a panic after his actions prompted a panicked rush out of an Ohio mall movie theater over the weekend; authorities in Lake County say they’ve pulled divers off the search for a missing 15-year-old boy who vanished while swimming in Lake Erie; and more stories.

Lake Health officially joined University Hospitals, officials announced Friday. Lake Health operates 11 medical centers in Lake County as well as Beachwood and Chardon, which will now become part of UH.

Instead officials are encouraging residents to continue practicing the established safety measures to reduce the spread of the coronavirus.