Wake up, Cleveland. Total Solar Eclipse Day is here after months – and for some people, years – of waiting for it to arrive. We get to bask inside the envied path of totality and enjoy roughly four minutes of enchantment (which in downtown Cleveland will be 3:13-3:17 p.m.). As one eclipse chaser told cleveand.com this week, “It felt like I had been transported outside the solar system and I was now looking back at creation. I sensed that I could see the planets as they circled the sun.” Who else can’t wait for the 2 o’clock hour to hurry up and get here? For any information you might still be seeking, check out Susan Glaser’s eclipse guide below – as well as the latest forecast. Enjoy this day. Pause and allow all your senses to take in the moment. With luck, you’ll be back home in time to watch the Cleveland Guardians’ home opener at 5:10 p.m. Laura is back today. Thank you for reading. — Kristen Davis |
Overnight Scores and Weather |
Cavs at Los Angeles Clippers: Cavs’ final road trip ends with crushing collapse, 120-118 loss to Clippers Guardians at Minnesota Twins: Postponed because of weather Northeast Ohio weather forecast: Weather might cooperate for eclipse, Guardians home opener |
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For nearly four minutes this afternoon, the skies over Greater Cleveland will go dark as the moon passes between the sun and Earth, resulting in a total solar eclipse. (Ted S. Warren, Associated Press file photo) |
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Eclipse guide: Overwhelmed with eclipse updates? Susan Glaser has distilled everything you need to know for today’s total solar eclipse in one story. Eclipse traffic: With hundreds of thousands of tourists expected to head to Ohio for today’s solar eclipse, the biggest concern for Gov. Mike DeWine and his cabinet members is traffic. Laura Hancock reports DeWine is activating the Ohio Emergency Operations Center in Columbus to support local communities before, during and after the eclipse. Eclipse length: If you’re wondering how long it will be dark where you are, Peter Krouse reports Cleveland will see close to four minutes of totality, while folks just west of Cuyahoga County will get a few seconds more time. Medicaid coverage: Nearly 400,000 Ohioans have lost their health insurance through Medicaid – a state and federally funded program that covers children, low-income earners and pregnant women – as part of an “unwinding” of more relaxed pandemic-era enrollment policies, Jake Zuckerman reports. Pilot program: A pilot program will be tested this summer in two Cleveland neighborhoods that will send teams of licensed social workers and peer counselors — without police — to handle select nonviolent behavioral health-crisis situations, Julie Washington reports. Today in Ohio: As Clevelanders fumed over Art Modell’s decision to uproot the Browns and move the team to Baltimore in the 1990s, then-Ohio Sen. Dennis Kucinich became the architect of a law designed to keep future sports franchises from betraying taxpayers by relocating. On Today in Ohio, we’re talking about the aptly nicknamed Art Modell law and how delighted Kucinich is to see the city invoke it again. |
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Joe Biden: President Joe Biden might not get on Ohio’s general-election ballot this November because of a scheduling conflict, a top staffer for Secretary of State Frank LaRose has warned Democrats. Jeremy Pelzer reports that in a Friday letter to Ohio Democratic Party Chair Liz Walters, LaRose’s legal counsel Paul Disantis wrote that while state law sets a deadline of Aug. 7 to certify presidential candidates for the Nov. 5 general election, Biden won’t be formally nominated until the Democratic National Convention, which is set for Aug. 19-22 in Chicago. Child care: The DeWine administration is proposing major changes to how the state rates and subsidizes child care, including jettisoning its five-star Step Up To Quality rating system and revamping how much facilities will get in state money. Jeremy Pelzer reports the proposed changes have won praise from some child-care advocates, while critics say the proposed rules, as written, would actually reduce state funding to some child-care facilities and impose new administrative burdens on them. State investigation: Ohio legislative leaders were justified in disciplining state Rep. Elliot Forhan following reports of repeated hostile interactions between him and others, an independent state-ordered investigation has concluded. Numerous witnesses corroborated accusations of Forhan’s "erratic, aggressive, violent behavior” during the past year, including confrontations with other lawmakers, constituents and lobbyists, reports Jeremy Pelzer. Fracking: After a federal judge scuttled efforts back in 2020, the federal government is plodding forward with a new attempt to open Wayne National Forest in Southeast Ohio to fracking for natural gas. Jake Zuckerman reports Wayne is the only national forest in Ohio and the area at issue is a 40,000-acre swath reaching into Monroe, Noble and Washington counties on the state’s eastern flank. |
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Plane crash: A small plane crashed at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport on Saturday, closing runways on one of the city’s busiest travel days. The State Highway Patrol reported that a 1981 Beech A36 fixed-wing single-engine plane touched down, bounced back up and then nose-dived. The pilot's injuries were not life-threatening, but the crash ceased air traffic for about 75 minutes. Greyhound station: The Playhouse Square Foundation has expanded its footprint on the eastern side of downtown Cleveland by buying the Greyhound station on Chester Avenue just behind the theaters. Playhouse Square purchased the 1948 building with 27,650 square feet of ground-level space for $3.35 million from GH Cleveland OH LLC. |
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Local car sales: Greater Cleveland's car dealerships are seeing their best sales numbers since 2021. Sean McDonnell reports dealerships in and around Cleveland sold 52,252 new cars, SUVs and trucks in the first three months of 2024, according to the Greater Cleveland Automobile Dealers’ Association’s monthly report covering 21 counties. That’s up 5.4% compared to last year and up 4.3% compared to 2022. Flu numbers: Flu activity appears to be dropping across Ohio and the country according to the latest data from the CDC, Gretchen Cuda Kroen reports. Ohio has been downgraded by the CDC to a flu designation of “moderate” after several weeks of receiving a designation of “high” or “very high.” Walmart: Walmart announced Friday that it will remove self-checkout lanes at its Steelyard Commons store in Cleveland but keep them at its suburban stores. Sean McDonnell reports the change will be permanent and will take about two weeks to complete, but there are no plans to remove self-checkout lanes at any other Ohio Walmart stores. Union vote: Staff at the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center voted overwhelmingly in support of forming a union on Thursday, setting the stage for workers to begin bargaining for their first union contract. Sean McDonnell reports the vote tally was 32-6 in favor of forming a union. |
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Discrimination lawsuit: Two professors were not discriminated against during widespread layoffs at the school amid the coronavirus pandemic, a judge ruled. U.S. District Judge Benita Pearson last week dismissed the lawsuit filed against the university by former business school professors, Adam Ferrise reports. Charges dismissed: Animal cruelty charges were dropped against a woman who neglected at least 158 dogs in Portage and Cuyahoga counties. Before Barbara Wible died in January, she faced more than 50 counts of animal cruelty in Portage and Cuyahoga counties and more than 150 dogs died in her care, reports Olivia Mitchell. Wible owned a nonprofit dog rescue organization and housed dogs at her homes. |
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More concerts? If Jimmy and Dee Haslam actually decide to build a domed stadium for the Browns in Brook Park, could it provide a boost to Cleveland’s status as a year-round concert destination? Peter Chakerian explores the issue. Swag bags: Curious what sorts of goodies out-of-town media received while they covered the NCAA Women's Final Four in Cleveland? Susan Glaser gives you a peek inside the welcome boxes provided by Destination Cleveland, which included lots of items from local businesses, as well as Cleveland-themed items and a leg lamp ornament. House of the Week: Enjoy a taste of the Rocky Mountains here in Northeast Ohio. Joey Morona writes that 18 Brandywood Drive in Pepper Pike was built in 1975, has four bedrooms and five bathrooms, and is listed for $1,895,000. The highlight is the great room, which gives ski-lodge vibes with its soaring, wood-beamed vaulted ceiling, a stone fireplace, white paneled walls, white oak floors and huge windows. |
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Women’s College Basketball Final leads to French Creek YMCA refurbishment Read more With Finance Director Ron Wynne retiring, Mayfield Mayor Bodnar chooses Angie Rich as his replacement Read more Akron-Summit County Public Library plans events to highlight housing inequities Read more |
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