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Officials say the June 2 incident in Akron that resulted in the death of 17-year-old Ethan Liming may have been started by a toy water gun.

Officials hope to educate participants on recycling do's and don't's during the sign up period; A Parma teen has been arrested for sending a school shooting threat via Instagram; Gov. Mike DeWine will sign House Bill 99 lowering training requirements for arming school staff.

Sports commentator Terry Pluto says it's only a matter of time that Ohio high schools will be required to allow athletes to sign name, image and likeness deals, despite recently being voted down by the OHSAA.

Commentator Terry Pluto traces the 25-year relationship between former Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary’s boys high school basketball coach Keith Dambrot and former player, Dru Joyce III, who are reuniting as coaches at Duquesne University.

Production of a film sharing the story of LeBron James’ early years in basketball is underway around the region until the beginning of June.

New COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in Ohio are at their lowest levels since July but the Ohio Department of Health is keeping an eye on a new omicron variant; the Ohio Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments over whether Gov. Mike DeWine had the legal ability to end the state's participation in a federal pandemic unemployment aid program ahead of a government deadline stopping the payments; the Ohio primary is just six weeks away but candidates still don't know whether the contest will happen on that date; and more stories.

With plenty of out-of-towners and high-profile visitors — from athletes to actors to music stars — NBA All-Star Weekend in Cleveland sure seemed like the place to be. And the most exciting place to be in Cleveland was Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse for the All-Star Game Sunday night.

The proposed merger between law schools at the University of Akron and Cleveland State University has been called off; The Ohio Department of Health is recommending local health departments shift their practice of COVID-19 contact tracing to a model that follows clusters of cases and not individual diagnoses; officials say a Cleveland Housing Court bailiff shot a man during an attempted eviction; and more stories.

Cleveland was seeking its first five-game winning streak since 2018, which was the final season of LeBron James’ second stint with the franchise.

Ohio health officials say they don’t plan to mandate masks in schools this fall but strongly recommend students and staff wear face coverings if they aren't vaccinated against COVID-19; a hedge fund has thrown a $400 million lifeline to troubled electric vehicle startup Lordstown Motors; the Cleveland Clinic is the second best hospital in the country in this year’s U.S. News & World Report Best Hospital rankings; and more stories.