Lake Erie is generally coldest in February and warmest in August, peaking this year at more than 78 degrees. I swam open-water in the lake all summer, starting in a wetsuit from Columbia Road Beach in Bay Village before Memorial Day and finishing with a chilly Oct. 11 swim at Bradstreet’s Landing in Rocky River. The lake didn’t drop below 60 degrees until Nov. 1. And on Sunday, it was still 57.1 — beating the previous record set in 2016. What does this mean for Cleveland? For one thing, it’ll be a long while before ice covers the lake. Which means if cold air swoops down from Canada any time soon, we may be looking at a very heavy lake-effect snow. — Laura |
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A dog enjoys the unusually warm water of Lake Erie. (Staff, cleveland.com) |
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Record temp: Lake Erie is over 7 degrees warmer than the long-term average of 49.7 degrees, reports Mark Torregrossa. The water temperature graphs of Lake Michigan and Lake Huron show the waters on those lakes are just marginally warmer than record levels. Carjacking video: A video captured more than two terrifying minutes of a 14-year-old boy preying on a 61-year-old woman who was walking her dogs at the Thurgood Marshall Recreation Center on Hough Avenue. The attack on Oct. 31 was part of a daylong crime wave engineered by a boy in middle school. WNBA: More than 20 years after losing the Rockers, the city of Cleveland is trying to get back into the WNBA, reports Tim Bielik. The league is currently at 12 teams, with expansion franchises in San Francisco (Golden State), Toronto and Portland, Oregon, coming within the next few years. Golden State will begin play in 2025, followed by Toronto and Portland in 2026. Today in Ohio: A transgender Ohio woman wanted to change the sex marker on a birth certificate, but the Ohio Supreme Court on Tuesday effectively upheld a probate court’s decision to deny the request. We’re talking about whether formal documents should be allowed to be altered on Today in Ohio, cleveland.com’s daily half-hour news podcast. |
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Marcy Kaptur: Democratic U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur won another term in the U.S. House on Wednesday after defeating a Republican state lawmaker endorsed by president-elect Donald Trump. Her victory in Northwest Ohio over fourth-term state Rep. Derek Merrin allows Kaptur to continue her streak as the longest-serving woman in House history. Matt Huffman: Outgoing Ohio Senate President Matt Huffman is poised to become the next Ohio House speaker, as his fellow Republicans picked him for the job unopposed during a closed-door vote on Wednesday, according to several lawmakers in attendance. Jeremy Pelzer reports Huffman, an attorney from Lima, still needs to win the official vote for speaker by the full Ohio House in January. Suicide bill: An Ohio House committee moved Wednesday to increase suicide awareness and prevention, approving legislation requiring high schools and colleges to provide students with the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, reports Robert Higgs. House Bill 571 was sponsored by state Rep. Andrea White, a Republican from Kettering. It would require that all high schools and colleges, public and private, include the telephone number for the hotline on each student ID card issued. FirstEnergy: An ex-FirstEnergy lobbyist on Wednesday refused to answer hundreds of questions under oath in a regulatory investigation into the company’s scandal-plagued lobbying campaign for a 2019 nuclear bailout, making him the third of the company’s government affairs staff to invoke his rights against self-incrimination. Kaitlin Durbin reports Ty Pine, who worked for the company from 2010 to 2021, including as director of state affairs in Ohio, stonewalled a state attorney in a deposition about a long-running bribery scandal that has roiled state government. |
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Recount: The Cuyahoga County Council District 6 race is heading for an automatic recount, Kaitlin Durbin reports. When all votes were counted from the Nov. 5 election, Democrat Robert Schleper Jr. was ahead with 31,136 votes to incumbent Republican Jack Schron’s 30,891votes, according to official results certified by the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections Board on Wednesday. Euclid council: Euclid City Council on Monday elected Kristian Jarosz to be its next president, reports Cory Shaffer. Jarosz, currently in his third term as the councilman for Ward 4, accepted the post after his colleagues voted, 5-0, to hand him the president’s gavel beginning Jan. 1. Composting: The city of Cleveland is teaming up with Rust Belt Riders to make it easier for residents to reduce the amount of waste that ends up in the city landfill. Alex Darus reports the two announced the Food Scrap Drop-Off Compost Program, thanks to funding from a federal U.S. Department of Agriculture grant. Aside from reducing food waste in landfills, the initiative also aims to support the city’s broader climate and sustainability goals. Late holiday: The fourth Thursday of November can range from as early as Nov. 22 to as late as Nov. 28, as it does this year. Zachary Smith reports how rare it is for the holiday to be so late. |
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Gun trafficking: A Cleveland gun trafficker was sentenced Wednesday to four years and six months in prison, Adam Ferrise reports. Rodrigus Caldwell, 26, sold seven guns to undercover federal agents, including three that had been used in shootings. One of the shootings happened two days before Caldwell sold the gun. Casino theft: A former poker dealer at the JACK Cleveland Casino is accused of stealing from the pot while he was working, reports Sean McDonnell. Jason Saliba, 51, of North Olmsted, has been indicted on 14 counts of violation of casino gaming laws, a fifth-degree felony. Lorain County deaths: Authorities say a mother and daughter were found dead Wednesday morning in an Amherst Township home that had been set on fire. Olivia Mitchell reports that Lorain County investigators suspect the woman killed the child and then started the blaze at the home in the 300 block of Broadway Avenue. She then took her own life, authorities said. Fentanyl: An 11-year-old boy died of an overdose after a LaGrange couple left fentanyl out following a night of drug use, reports Lucas Daprile. Authorities say that Christopher Reed, 36, and Erin Gallagher, 34, were using fentanyl and had left the drugs on a coffee table before going to sleep. Jail lawsuit: The family of a 25-year-old man who died last year in the Cuyahoga County Jail has sued county officials, accusing them of negligence. Adam Ferrise reports that the lawsuit argues jail staff ignored clear warning signs that Rogelio Latorre needed medical and mental health care in the hours leading up to his death in November 2023. |
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WEWS: WEWS Channel 5 has launched a new 7 p.m. newscast, reports Joey Morona. The 30-minute broadcast, anchored by Rob Powers and featuring weather reports by meteorologist Mark Johnson, premiered on the local ABC affiliate on Monday. Millennium tour: Lovers of turn-of-the-century R&B will have a chance to immerse themselves in nostalgia when “The Millennium Tour 2025″ comes to Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Malcolm X Abram reports the show on March 8 will feature Trey Songz, Omarion, Bow Wow, Plies, Boosie, Ying Yang Twins, Ray J, Sammie, Bobby V, Pleasure P, Nivea, and a special appearance by Rick Ross. Holiday cookies: Your third place winner (bronze medalists!) in the 2024 edition of the “Best Holiday Cookies” readers poll exemplifies that introduction. Once named “The Best Bakery in America” (Baking Buyer Magazine and Dawn Foods, 2011), all of Lorain County and beyond would be lost without them. Loiter lawsuits: Loiter Café and Marketplace and the Cuyahoga Land Bank have settled their dueling lawsuits over the former Mickey’s Building in East Cleveland, reports Paris Wolfe. Loiter has been open since August. Giving Tree: Malley’s Chocolates is bringing back its festive charitable initiative to give back to local families this holiday season, reports Alex Darus. The local chocolate brand, with 18 different locations in Northeast Ohio, kicks off its Giving Tree initiative at the end of the year. Seattle flights: Alaska Airlines is bringing back an unusual schedule change this winter, adding a quick stop in Pittsburgh to its Cleveland-to-Seattle route, reports Susan Glaser. The carrier debuted the schedule adjustment last year, a response to decreasing demand on the route during the off-season. Ballard Locks: Seattle’s Ballard Locks were created in 1917, part of the Lake Washington Ship Canal that connects inland lakes Washington and Union with the Puget Sound and Pacific Ocean. We have locks in Ohio, too. But Susan Glaser reports there’s nothing to this scale. |
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More than $10 million in grants awarded to Cuyahoga County nonprofits Read more Cleveland Foundation hires city planning official as chief impact officer Read more Pepper Pike committee seeks long-range plans for city park Read more Medina school board officially rescinds reduction plan Read more Richmond Heights Fire Department sponsors toy donation drives Read more North Olmsted City Schools superintendent creates student advisory committee Read more Lakewood offers financial support for adaptive reuse of former board of education buildings Read more Seven Hills using $500,000 grant for fire station remodel Read more |
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