Clevelanders love a good photo backdrop. When Destination Cleveland built the first three script Cleveland signs in 2016, we so embraced them that the tourism agency built three more. Now, Destination Cleveland is looking for artists and business owners to paint Cleveland-branded murals, perfect for selfies across the city. At its annual meeting, the agency also announced a plan to add lighting to encourage visitors to walk and shop around downtown. And if you’re really attached to the script signs, you can buy branded merch at an airport vending machine. -- Laura |
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Destination Cleveland CEO David Gilbert discusses a major new downtown lighting project Wednesday at the organization's annual meeting in Midtown. (Susan Glaser, cleveland.com) |
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Light touch: Destination Cleveland plans to light up downtown – literally, via a major new lighting installation stretching from Public Square east to Playhouse Square and north to the Mall. The lighting plan was one of several new initiatives announced during Destination Cleveland’s meeting on Wednesday, Susan Glaser reports. Rock Hall: Hip-hop pioneer Missy Elliott, pop-R&B superstar George Michael and American music legend Willie Nelson are among the artists who will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this November in Brooklyn, N.Y. Malcolm X Abram details all the inductees in the Rock Hall’s class of 2023, including innovative British singer-songwriter Kate Bush, '90s pop-rock hitmaker Sheryl Crow, the hard-edged political rap-rock band Rage Against the Machine, and the vocal group The Spinners. Today in Ohio: County elections officials from both parties are urging lawmakers to quash their proposal to schedule an Aug. 8 special election to ask voters to make the Ohio Constitution more difficult to change. We’re talking about how the folks who run our elections called the idea of an August election a “slap in the face” on Today in Ohio, cleveland.com’s daily half-hour news podcast.
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Statehouse rally: Hundreds of groups, including the League of Women Voters, Common Cause Ohio and the ACLU, oppose a Republican plan to make the Ohio Constitution more difficult to change – and to put the idea on an August ballot. Democratic lawmakers, abortion-rights activists and organized labor representatives joined with them on Wednesday to march to Capitol Square, where they circled the Statehouse before entering the building carrying signs and singing out chants. House Republicans later Wednesday delayed taking action on the bill, Andrew Tobias reports. Debt limit: Democrats and Republicans are blaming each other for failing to address the impending debt crisis. House Republicans last week passed a bill along party lines that Republicans say “raises the debt ceiling, avoids default, and tackles reckless spending,” but won’t go anywhere in the Democratic Senate. Sabrina Eaton reports the White House released an Ohio fact sheet on the House GOP legislation that predicted its enactment would cut rail safety inspections in the state, result in closure of at least five air-traffic control towers, cut transit and highway funding by nearly $43 million, eliminate 15,300 preschool and childcare slots, eliminate rental assistance for 23,300 Ohioans, and threaten medical care for 249,600 Ohio veterans. Norfolk Southern lawsuit: Attorney General Dave Yost said Wednesday that his lawsuit against Norfolk Southern over the East Palestine train derailment won’t be settled quickly, but instead will likely be resolved in phases over the next few years. Jeremy Pelzer reports Yost said that was because he and his office want to take the time to collect all the facts about how spilled and burned chemicals from the Feb. 3 derailment affected nearby residents and the local environment. Fake charity: A Columbiana County Common Pleas Court is requiring the founder of a charity, accused of pocketing donations that were supposed to benefit East Palestine residents, to set aside $45,000 and not spend it at least until the case is resolved. Laura Hancock reports that Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is celebrating the Tuesday preliminary injunction against Michael Peppel and his Ohio Clean Water Fund, which Peppel promoted as an organization to provide emergency aid and bottled water for East Palestine residents. Supreme Court: The Ohio Supreme Court was asked Wednesday morning to throw out police questioning of a teenager convicted of a 2019 shooting death of a 14-year-old, including portions of the interview after police read him Miranda Rights. Laura Hancock reports the Ohio Supreme Court heard the case of a 15-year-old convicted in the September 2019 shooting death of the 14-year-old boy in an abandoned Cleveland apartment building. Day without childcare: Childcare organizations across the country are closing their doors on Monday to spotlight the importance of childcare to the economy, reports Laura Johnston. A Day Without Childcare aims to galvanize Americans to improve the patchwork structure of nonprofits and businesses parents rely on. |
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RTA: The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority received approval last month to start buying new rail cars to overhaul its fleet. But Kaitlin Durbin reports that represents only about a sixth of the total $686.6 million officials say is needed over the next five years to bring the system into a “state of good repair,” including rebuilding the light rail tracks. Jockey injured: A jockey was seriously injured Monday when he fell off his horse during a race at JACK Thistledown Racino, reports Molly Walsh. Mauro Cedillo was in first place on his horse, Spectacular Road, when he fell. He was thrown forward, and he appeared to be trampled by several horses behind him. Cleveland’s Promise: On a day in December, Almira Elementary School’s media center was transformed into Santa Shop, with festive décor adorning the walls, hot chocolate warming in carafes, holiday music playing on the speakers, and rows of tables filled with gifts students can purchase for their families and friends. Hannah Drown reports a kindergarten teacher wanted to give students the chance to shop for gifts at reduced prices without having to leave the school. Utility poles: Ever see two utility poles fastened or tied together? Sean McDonnell reports that’s because one company generally can’t move another company’s wires. Until the old pole is cleared of wires, it can’t come down. |
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San Juan: Frontier Airlines is launching the first nonstop flight between Cleveland and San Juan, Puerto Rico since 2017, reports Susan Glaser. San Juan is one of Cleveland’s top markets unserved by nonstop service, with 90 to 100 people traveling daily between Northeast Ohio and Puerto Rico’s capital city via connecting flights. Frontier base: Frontier Airlines is considering Cleveland Hopkins Airport as a base for pilots and flight attendants, a result of the carrier’s growing presence at the airport. Susan Glaser reports Cleveland is on a short list for the carrier’s next base, which could include nearly 400 pilots and flight attendants. Hospital safety: The Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals led Northeast Ohio hospital systems for patient safety and were the only area hospitals receiving the top A grades, according to the Leapfrog Group’s spring 2023 Safety Grades Rankings. But the COVID-19 pandemic worsened patient safety at hospital systems across the nation, reports Julie Washington. Google centers: Google is building two new data centers in Central Ohio to boost the tech giant’s artificial intelligence efforts and tools like Google search, maps, and Gmail. Jeremy Pelzer reports the data centers, already starting to be built in south Columbus and Lancaster, will create about 1,000 temporary construction jobs, as well as an unknown number of positions when the centers open. |
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Mistrial: Attorneys for three people whose trial in the slaying of an 18-year-old woman in East Cleveland ended in a mistrial earlier this year now want a judge to throw out the charges. Cory Shaffer reports the attorneys argue that a text message that Cuyahoga Judge John Russo’s bailiff sent to the four assistant prosecutors was a deliberate act of judicial misconduct meant to force the defense attorneys to ask for a mistrial. Department raided: Investigators for the Geauga County prosecutor’s office and federal agents on Wednesday raided the county’s Department of Water Resources, taking hard drives from department computers, Adam Ferrise reports. Geauga County Prosecutor James Flaiz said the FBI, U.S. Secret Service, sheriff’s deputies and Russell Township police conducted several raids in the area, including at the water resources department on Ravenwood Drive. Jail lawsuit: A former Cuyahoga County Jail inmate accused officers of failing to prevent two vicious beatings he took from the same inmate months apart, according to a federal lawsuit. The lawsuit alleges the county violated Corey Sanders’ civil rights by creating an unsafe environment, Adam Ferrise reports. Fast Corvette: A state trooper stopped a man driving a new Corvette 149 mph, or more than 80 mph over the speed limit, in Warren County, reports Molly Walsh. Nicolai Crumpler, 48, was cited and accused of speeding in a 65 mph zone on northbound Interstate 75, near Ohio 122, just before 9:30 p.m. April 26. |
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Beer guy: If you have been to any game in Cleveland in the last half-century, you have heard a now familiar cry. “Not the mailman, not the gas man, not the tax man!” has bellowed across downtown Cleveland stadiums and the arena. “The beer guy’s here!” Unfortunately, reports Marc Bona, you won’t be hearing that voice for a while: Beer vendor Leslie Flakes is on the injured list. Ice or Rice: When Ice or Rice Café opens in Cleveland’s Asiatown on Sunday, it will add a Japanese culinary influence to the near East Side neighborhood, reports Paris Wolfe. Best of barbecue: May is National Barbecue Month, paying homage to that culinary art that has its roots in family and friends, and a great piece of meat cooked over an open flame. Cleveland.com’s Best Of team is looking for the BBQ restaurant that serves the best ribs. |
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