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Weather
The heat is on as highs will approach 90 degrees today with partly sunny skies. It won’t be quite as warm Saturday as highs stay in the low 80s. It again will be partly sunny. There are chances of showers and thunderstorms sunny and highs will be in the mid-80s. Read more.
The headlines
State of the County: Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish said Thursday in his sixth state-of-the-county address that the county is poised to emerge from the pandemic with “strength and vitality.” Courtney Astolfi reports the county is building on assets such as Lake Erie and boosting the prospects of its residents. “In a word, we’re hot. We’re a little like Eeyore in ‘Winnie the Pooh’ — we get so down on ourselves we forget to be happy. But we do have a lot to be happy about.”
Herd immunity: If Ohio continues its current rate of COVID-19 vaccination, it could reach herd immunity in November. Julie Washington reports the nation’s political divide is reflected in its vaccination progress, with rates higher in states that voted for President Joe Biden.
Maple Heights killing: Zachery Cutner had one goal when he attended the George Floyd protest in downtown Cleveland on May 30, 2020: to speak with passion about what needs to change in how police treat young Black men. Kaylee Remington spoke with Cutner in front of the Free Stamp that day about the death of Floyd. Nearly a year later, Cutner was shot and killed May 8 in Maple Heights, a month shy of his 30th birthday.
Questionable meeting: The Cleveland City Planning Commission held a last-minute meeting on Monday and did not make the same notifications they customarily do to let the public know it would take place, Eric Heisig reports. The commission did not put an agenda on the section of its website where it customarily posts them in advance of meetings, nor did it send a meeting notice to reporters. Instead, it placed a public notice on an area of its homepage where it does not regularly post such items.
Powerball: See the winning numbers in Saturday’s $149 million drawing
It’s time to grab your tickets and check to see if you’re a big winner! The Powerball lottery jackpot continues to rise after one lucky winner in Kansas won $93 million in the November 19 drawing. Is this your lucky night? Here are Saturday’s winning lottery numbers:...
US charges Sam Bankman-Fried with defrauding investors
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Sam Bankman-Fried with "orchestrating a scheme to defraud investors" in the failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX. The former FTX boss was arrested on Monday. Mr Bankman-Fried built a "house of cards on a...
Medina County Scam Squad coming to residents’ rescue
Both local and widespread scams have been claiming victims for years, continuing to increase and change as technology and other factors evolve. To combat this, the Medina County Office of Older Adults and the Medina County Prosecutor’s Office have worked together to...
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