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A 17-year-old was fatally shot and four others were injured near Euclid High School in August, an hour after one of the first football games of the season.
A 15-year-old was charged. But the shooting heightened concerns about violence – especially after issues crippled Euclid’s football season last year. Games were canceled or moved to other sites because of a fear of juvenile crime.
Now Euclid City Council is considering holding parents responsible if their kids commit crimes.
Is such a law constitutional? Would it work? Experts worry that it could unfairly punish parents who are trying to raise kids in difficult situations, further erode already strained relationships between parents and their children or the police, and even lead to more delinquent behavior.
Instead, they point to increases in access to mental health resources and stricter gun safety laws to help deter youth violence.
— Laura
Browns at Las Vegas Raiders: Defense sputters as Browns lose, 20-16, to Raiders
Guardians vs. Houston Astros: Guardians find their offense a little too late in 5-2 loss to Astros
Northeast Ohio weather forecast: Break from the rain
Euclid delinquency: The so-called parental responsibility law would make it a crime for a parent to “knowingly fail to supervise” a child in their care who commits a crime of violence or vandalism, Cory Shaffer reports.
VP debate: When Ohio Republican U.S. Sen. JD Vance and Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz face off Tuesday in the only scheduled 2024 debate between vice presidential candidates, millions of voters will be watching, but few of them are likely to be swayed by what they hear. Sabrina Eaton reports the experts say vice presidential candidates just don’t matter all that much to the electoral fortunes of a presidential ticket.
Huntington Bank inked a 20-year deal for the naming rights at the Browns homefield, which continues whether they play in Cleveland or build a new domed stadium in Brook Park.Joshua Gunter, cleveland.com
Huntington field: Five days after the Browns announced their stadium would be called Huntington Bank Field, Huntington Bank announced it would expand into North Carolina and South Carolina. Sean McDonnell reports that plenty of banks have taken the same strategy, with five NFL stadiums now named for banking companies and several others named for financial companies.
Today in Ohio: Gov. Mike DeWine showed up in Springfield last week to open a mobile health clinic for both refugees and longtime residents. We’re talking about the helpful response — so different from Donald Trump, JD Vance and most Ohio Republicans — on Today in Ohio, cleveland.com’s daily half-hour news podcast.
Ballot box lawsuit: The Ohio Democratic Party and others have filed a lawsuit with the Ohio Supreme Court seeking to invalidate Secretary of State Frank LaRose’s directive that only voters submitting their own ballots can use county Board of Elections drop boxes, Peter Krouse reports.
Jill Stein: The decision this month by the Ohio Secretary of State’s Office to invalidate presidential votes for Jill Stein after receiving withdrawal paperwork from her running mate has set off a flurry of finger-pointing. Jeremy Pelzer reports Stein’s campaign now claims that Anita Rios, listed as Stein’s vice presidential running mate, never tried to leave the race and that an unauthorized withdrawal letter used Rios’ “copied-and-pasted” signature.
Republicans on Springfield: Gov. Mike DeWine’s dismissal of the unsubstantiated rumors spread by the GOP presidential ticket about Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, left him as an outlier among his fellow Republicans. Other Ohio Republicans have largely fallen in line with former President Donald Trump. Laura Hancock and Rick Rouan compile their statements.
Issue 1: A Republican state Supreme Court justice running for his first full term said he views a proposed constitutional amendment as Democrats’ play to change the rules because they can’t win under the current system. Jake Zuckerman reports Justice Joe Deters compared the redistricting reform effort in Ohio to other concepts occasionally floated by Democrats like adding new justices to the U.S. Supreme Court or letting the popular vote decide presidential elections instead of the electoral college.
Voters’ citizenship: U.S. House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan on Friday took the Department of Homeland Security to task for failing to to provide Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose with data he requested to verify the citizenship of Ohio voters. Sabrina Eaton reports that in a letter to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Jordan says LaRose sought access to federal citizenship verification records on July 19 and hasn’t received a response from the agency after sending four appeals seeking access to three databases and systems.
CSU support: Cleveland State University has unveiled a significant expansion of its Academic Support Hub, using funding from a Cleveland Innovation District grant. The Cleveland Innovation District is a state-funded JobsOhio partnership with Case Western Reserve University, the Cleveland Clinic, MetroHealth, University Hospitals and Cleveland State University designed to advance technology and healthcare.
CIM: Faculty members at the Cleveland Institute of Music have voted to unionize. Full- and part-time faculty voted 56-25 in favor of unionizing in balloting tabulated on Thursday.
Our Best Life: Middle school is not Laura Johnston’s best life because everything is changing: kids’ bodies, their friend groups, their feelings. The good news is that parents can coach kids and provide much-needed perspective.
ATL flights: Southwest Airlines plans to eliminate service between Cleveland and Atlanta, part of a wider reduction at the world’s busiest airport, reports Susan Glaser. The airline announced this week that it would scale back its flying in Atlanta, eliminating service to 15 cities, including Cleveland. The cuts take effect in April.
Medicare seminar: Medicare’s annual enrollment period opens Oct. 15, ushering in the season when older adults are flooded with ads and flyers about various Medicare plans. Julie Washington reports two upcoming virtual sessions — sponsored by The Plain Dealer and by the state of Ohio — aim to give seniors answers they can trust.
Street takeovers: Cars took over streets throughout Cleveland late Saturday as drivers shot pellet guns and tried to set fireworks off on I-90, police said. Megan Sims reports that Cleveland Police Chief Dorothy Todd said that after 11 p.m. on Saturday, police received calls about cars gathering on West 25th and Lorain Avenue, West 65th Street, Steelyard Commons, East 185th and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, East 93rd and Opportunity Corridor, and East 55th Street and Woodland Avenue.
Cruiser hits teen: A 15-year-old boy is hospitalized after an Elyria police cruiser struck him while responding to an unrelated crash Friday afternoon, the department said. The officer who was operating the cruiser has been placed on administrative leave per department protocol, Kaylee Remington reports.
School threats: Four students, including an 11-year-old, were disciplined Thursday involving school threats at three schools in Northeast Ohio. Kent police arrested the 11-year-old and accused him of making terrorist threats. Two students in Avon Lake also were accused of making threats, and a student from Buckeye Middle School in Medina was disciplined, reports Olivia Mitchell.
Celebrezze case: A Cuyahoga County Domestic Relations judge failed to disclose a romantic relationship with a mediator who in one case earned more than $400,000 in payments from her court, according to the Ohio Disciplinary Counsel. The state counsel, an arm of the Ohio Supreme Court that investigates allegations of misconduct involving attorneys, charged Leslie Ann Celebrezze on Thursday involving her handling of cases and her relationship with Mark Dottore, a receiver and mediator in divorce cases.
Classic CLE: Stouffer’s, subsidiary of Nestlé with a longtime presence in the Greater Cleveland area, announced last week that it will add to its macaroni and cheese product offerings. Peter Chakerian writes that Stouffer’s new “Supreme Shells & Cheese” comes in two flavors: cheddar cheese and three cheese.
DineDrinkCLE: On the latest episode of “DineDrinkCLE: The Podcast,” hosts Josh Duke and Alex Darus talk about the new food offerings at Halloweekends this season. Cedar Point unveiled an entire new menu of sweet and savory items worth enjoying in between attractions.
House of the Week: Built in 1870, the farmhouse at 1572 Bell Road in Chagrin Falls has been completely reimagined, striking a balance between classic charm with contemporary comfort and design, reports Joey Morona. Situated on two-and-a-half picturesque acres, the home offers four bedrooms, six bathrooms (four full), a finished lower level and a three-car attached garage, with a price of $1,295,000.
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— Curated by content director Laura Johnston with contributions by by Cliff Pinckard.
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