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A panel of three federal judges is ordering the Ohio Redistricting Commission to implement state legislative maps by May 28th; Former Mt. Carmel Dr. William Husel found not guilty on 14 murder charges; Jose Ramirez hits second grand slam of the season; and more stories.

Ohio election officials say the state needs to pick a date this week so local boards of elections have time to prepare; Cleveland Clinic is lifting some COVID restrictions on its visitation policy; Denzel Ward set to sign a contract extension making him the NFL's highest paid cornerback; and more stories.

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.

The deal commits money from the city, Cuyahoga County and state of Ohio toward repairs and improvements at the home of the newly renamed Cleveland Guardians. The team will shoulder about a third of the deal’s overall cost, which is estimated at approximately $435 million.

Summit County hospitals are seeing the most COVID-19 patients since January; a national Democratic organization has filed a lawsuit in the Ohio Supreme Court to challenge the newly signed Congressional district map; the Cleveland and Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority police departments are getting more than $4 million in federal grant money to hire more officers; and more stories.

Cleveland’s Major League Baseball team announced a name change over the summer. Friday morning, the name change became official.

Terry Pluto says it's been a tough balancing act for Cleveland’s baseball team to do these two things at the same time.

Terry Pluto says it's been a tough balancing act for Cleveland’s baseball team to do these two things at the same time.

Fueled by the delta variant, cases of COVID-19 in Ohio have soared to a statewide average of 125 per 100,000 people according to the Ohio Department of Health; Summa Health is the first hospital in Akron to announce it is requiring that its employees receive the COVID-19 vaccine; the state health department continues to report strong numbers of vaccination this week; and more stories.

Cleveland’s Major League Baseball club has reached a deal with Cleveland and Cuyahoga County to extend the team’s lease for another 15 years, with the possibility of a 10-year renewal after that. The agreement will cost the city and county $17 million annually, according to a news release from the team and local governments. The state will chip in $2 million a year, and the team will pay $10 million annually.