John Carroll University will move forward with a decision to allow the university to remove certain tenure protections from the faculty handbook after the board of directors voted this week to reject a counter-proposal offered by faculty.

Homeowners in Geneva-on-the-Lake could get funding to help repair and protect the shoreline from erosion. But in order to qualify, some of the land would need to allow public access to the lakefront.

All the votes are finally in and four Woodmere Village Council members are out. Woodmere Village Councilman Craig D. Wade was recalled on a 91-88 vote, after seven outstanding ballots were counted in the Feb. 23 Woodmere recall election. Before those mail-in ballots were added to the tally, it seemed Wade would hold on to his seat – with a slim, two-vote majority.

Recent arrests by Cleveland police following a string of violent crimes are prompting calls from city council members for loosening the rules for vehicle chases in the city. Three juveniles were arrested Tuesday on suspicion of 30 counts of car theft and robbery and seven others are also suspected in the crimes, according to a statement by city officials released Wednesday.

Public schools in Ohio have until April 1 to submit a plan to the state for dealing with “learning loss” caused by the pandemic. The pandemic’s influence on K-12 academic progress have been substantive, especially for districts in lower-income communities that have had to stay remote for nearly a year under the threat of the coronavirus.

During the month of March, the Kilroy family is busy performing their brand of traditional Irish music across Northeast Ohio. On St. Patrick's Day itself, the brothers usually play morning, noon and night with three different performances in and around Cleveland. This month however, just like March 2020, the Kilroys are not performing their usual sets due to the pandemic.

The city of Cleveland is planning to restart recreation programs, including reopening pools. Spring and summer sports leagues will also start again as vaccinations speed up and the rate of new infections has dropped. Public Works Director Michael Cox said during a Thursday press conference that city pools will reopen June 12, five days a week from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. “We’re going to open all 20 of our outdoor pools,” Cox said. “There will be limitations on how many people we can get into the pool.”

Clevelander Xinyuan Cui hasn’t been on a Regional Transit Authority bus since November when another passenger harassed Cui – saying Cui was responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. “I don’t know what I did wrong. I didn’t do anything. I wanted to say something for myself. I just couldn’t get the words out,” Cui said. “That moment was so horrible. I felt like my whole body couldn’t function.” It’s incidents like this that have many Asian American and Pacific Islanders, sometimes referred to as AAPIs, living in fear.

It appears unlikely Timothy Loehmann, the officer who shot and killed Tamir Rice in 2014, will ever get his job back with Cleveland Division of Police. The 8th District Court of Appeals in Cuyahoga County dismissed the Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association’s appeal of Loehmann’s firing Thursday.

Legendary Cavaliers broadcaster Joe Tait, whose wry wit and signature calls defined Cleveland basketball for a generation, died Wednesday at age 83. He fought a lengthy battle with kidney disease and liver cancer and had recently gone into hospice care. Information on memorial services is not yet available.