Thomas Francis, Author at Cleveland Scene

Bad Case of Burnout

U.S. nurses are dropping like flies. Is a Filipino influx the solution?

Legislators launch a full-frontal assault on strip joints. And the point is…?

Cleveland cable killed the local TV star.

Searching for the real Jim Capwill — and the $50 million he seems to have lost.

At the Mental Health Board, it’s ‘Give us Denihan or give us death.’

The county’s Mental Health Board is so sick, a lobotomy might be its only hope.

Judge Daniel O. Corrigan may be old, tired, and pummeled by critics, but he’s not leaving.

One snowy night, Wyatt Morrow’s secret got away.

In the catfight over deregulation, consumers — surprise! — haven’t been on the winning end.

An Eastlake school official learns that honesty isn’t always the best policy.

The Making of a 17-Year-Old Celebrity

The Periandris were vilified in the media, cast as rapists and murderers. Then, with little fanfare, the charges were dropped.