OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
The state s COVID-19 case ratio has dropped for the third consecutive week, down to the lowest rate in six months. The average is now at just more than 140 cases per 100,000 people. That s a drop from 155 cases per 100,000 a week ago.
Here are your morning headlines for Friday, May 7:
Ohio’s COVID case ratio drops again
Ohio making another play at legalizing sports betting
Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson to retire
Wolstein Center to resume J&J vaccine
Ohio GOP lawmakers propose universal K-12 voucher program
Ohio is latest state to see GOP-backed voting law rewrite
Hall of Fame creating behavioral health program for players
Cleveland mayor opts not to seek record fifth term Follow Us
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By - Associated Press - Friday, May 7, 2021
CLEVELAND (AP) - The longest-serving mayor in Cleveland history as expected has announced he will not seek a fifth-term, creating a wide-open race among those who wish to succeed him in this heavily Democratic city.
“For 16 years I have worked to stabilize this city, position this city for the future and to ensure all can participate in the prosperity and the quality of life we’ve created,” Frank Jackson said during an address Thursday evening.
Jackson, 74, was elected to City Council in 1989 and was elected mayor in 2005. While downtown Cleveland has enjoyed a renaissance during his tenure, city neighborhoods, especially on the east side, remained mired in poverty.
Has the NFL shown Cleveland what s possible on the Lake Erie shoreline?
Now that the draft is over, many are wondering why there aren t more options and events along the city s lakefront. Author: Will Ujek Updated: 5:45 PM EDT May 3, 2021
CLEVELAND The 2021 NFL Draft is in the books, and after thousands of people flocked to Cleveland s shoreline for the three-day event, many are wondering why there isn t more to do along the edge of Lake Erie on a regular basis. Everything is primed for a downtown Cleveland lakefront development, Dick Pace, president of Cumberland Development, told 3News. People love being by the water.
Ohio Sen. Sandra Williams announces run for Cleveland mayor Senator Sandra Williams/State District 21 (Source: WOIO) By Steph Krane | May 3, 2021 at 10:27 AM EDT - Updated May 4 at 10:05 AM
CLEVELAND (WOIO) - Ohio State Senator Sandra Williams announced Monday morning she’s running for Cleveland mayor.
Williams, a Democrat, is currently in her second term representing Cleveland and other parts of Cuyahoga County in the Ohio Senate. If elected, she would be the first Black female mayor of Cleveland.
She also sponsored legislation named after Alianna DeFreeze, a 14-year-old from Cleveland who was kidnapped and murdered on her way to school in January 2017. The bill would require schools to notify parents within two hours of their child failing to show up to school.
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