Posted inNews & Views Trump Cuts Will Affect Tree Canopy Restoration Work in Cuyahoga County Millions of dollars meant for tree-planting across Ohio are up in the air by Mark Oprea March 7, 2025May 28, 2025
Posted inNews & Views New Emergency Mental Health and Substance Use Center to Open at Former St. Vincent Site Downtown “Having these capabilities again downtown, and on one site, with these other services? That’s a really big deal,” a county rep said by Mark Oprea February 13, 2025July 15, 2025
Posted inNews & Views Hollie Strano Sues WKYC, Says Company Fired Her for Sharing Sobriety Journey Strano was fired in September, she said, for ‘sharing [her] recovery journey publicly’ following last year’s DUI and car crash by Mark Oprea December 11, 2024July 14, 2025
Posted inNews & Views Here are the Best and Worst Northeast Ohio Neighborhoods and Suburbs for Life Expectancy Overall, Ohio isn’t doing so great by Mark Oprea September 10, 2024July 18, 2025
Posted inNews & Views In Second State of the County, Chris Ronayne Plays it Cool for Packed Atrium Despite interruptions from pro-Palestine protestors, the county executive kept his fatherly boosterism intact by Mark Oprea September 6, 2024June 21, 2025
Posted inNews & Views Roldo: Why Does Cuyahoga County Always Eye Sales Taxes to Fund Projects? Funds are disproportionately raised off the poor by Roldo Bartimole August 27, 2024June 7, 2025
Posted inNews & Views Former Cuyahoga County Employee to Plead Guilty to Wire Fraud Charges The Feds accused Curtis McEwen of defrauding a Beachwood company out of $7.5 million by Mark Oprea August 9, 2024June 2, 2025
Posted inNews & Views Cuyahoga County to Plant 1,500 Trees in Canopy Restoration Effort, But Residents’ Role in Solution Looms “Residents have a wide variety of attitudes towards trees that shed leaves on their property” by Mark Oprea July 29, 2024August 12, 2025
Posted inNews & Views Former Cuyahoga County Employee Federally Charged on Seven-Figure Wire Fraud Charges The Feds have accused Curtis McEwen of defrauding a company out of $7.5 million by Mark Oprea July 12, 2024July 25, 2025
Posted inNews & Views Lakeside Men’s Homeless Shelter Extension Opens, Putting Dent in County’s Demand for Beds The shelter, built in a collaboration between Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry and Cuyahoga County, adds 113 more beds to tackle Cleveland’s homelessness spike by Mark Oprea March 6, 2024July 20, 2025
Posted inNews & Views ‘A Stark Contrast in Approach’: Michael O’Malley and Matthew Ahn Go Toe-to-Toe in Prosecutor Race Forum The two debated, and disagreed heavily on, the death penalty, on state law, on office transparency, and so on by Mark Oprea February 16, 2024June 17, 2025
Posted inNews & Views Chris Ronayne on Funding for the Homeless, Re-entry Services, a Stadium (Not That One) and the City’s Plan to TIF Downtown After a year of big lifts for Cuyahoga County, the executive takes stock at the quarter pole by Vince Grzegorek January 31, 2024March 17, 2025