The outgoing president and dean of the Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine says she's optimistic about the future of the region's only public medical school. And Dr. Lois Nora says the school can better serve the health needs of Northeast Ohio in many ways. (more )

On the 40th anniversary of the Glenville riots a black man running for president speaks of hope. But despair grips much of Cleveland's inner city where random shootings ended three lives in the last month. Those deaths as well as recent controversy over police shootings and this month's killing of a police officer evoke a part of our region's most troubling history.

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The Akron Beacon Journal's year-long exploration of pressure on the middle class turned this week to healthcare, in part through the story of the Gurbis family. Christine and her mother Mary Kay Gurbis joined WKSU's M.L. Schultze to talk further of the emotional and financial pressures that come with serious illness in America ... (more )

Ohio's first natural burial cemetery will be opening next month in a nature preserve in Stark County. Officials say Foxfield Preserve will preserve land, while offering families a different kind of final resting ground. (more )

The man accused of fatally shooting Twinsburg police officer Josh Miktarian during a traffic stop has been indicted. (more )

With mortgage problems, inflation, a recession and unemployment ascending on the list of American's concerns, health care has lost some of its standing. But in its latest examination of the squeeze on the middle class, the Akron Beacon Journal found health care remains an issue that weaves through many of the others. (more )

The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority is formalizing plans to cut services and increase rates. (more )

Sharp words were flying today between Akron's law director and petitioners seeking to let voters decide on a plan to privatize the city's sewers. (more )

Tomorrow (Friday) night is the start of this year's Heinz Poll Summer Dance Festival in Akron. For thirty-three years, Akronites have enjoyed free outdoor ballet performances from Heinz Poll and his Ohio Ballet. Two years ago Poll died and the company he started went out of business. But dancing under the stars has continued in Akron. (more )

Continental Airlines has posted a loss in the second quarter, but the company is hoping it won't have to make further cuts in flights from hubs like Cleveland. (more )