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Balmy winters no bust for fly fishermen around Northern Ohio

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Ohio can be a February winter wonderland, a great place to enjoy skiing, snowshoeing, sledding and...

Northfield Park outrider is happy and healthy as survivor of a knife attack (photos)

BOB ROBERTS Special to The Plain Dealer CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Some days she rides. Some days she drives. It's...

Cleveland Trotting Classic 2016: Shake It Cerry picked to win Saturday at Northfield Park

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Shake It Cerry is the 2-1 morning-line favorite for the $180,000 Cleveland Trotting Classic at Northfield...

L A Delight favored for Northfield’s Courageous Lady

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- L A Delight, a millionaire pacing filly, has a Hall of Fame trainer (Bob McIntosh) who...

PGA Tour 2017: Honda Classic tee times, TV for 1st round

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Adam Scott, Danny Willett, Sergio Garcia and Justin Thomas are among the notables competing at Honda...

LPGA Tour 2017: Honda LPGA Thailand tee times, TV, live leaderboard for 1st round

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Eighteen of the top 20 in the Rolex Rankings are scheduled to compete at the Honda...

PGA Tour 2017: Honda Classic live leaderboard, tee times, TV for 1st round

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Adam Scott, Danny Willett, Sergio Garcia and Justin Thomas are among the notables competing at the...

Cleveland Monsters defeat Iowa Wild, 2-0

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Winger Kyle Thomas scored his first career AHL goal to propel the Cleveland Monsters past the...

Cleveland Monsters lose to Iowa Wild, 4-2

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Grayson Downing, Zac Dalpe, Kurtis Gabriel and Teemu Pulkkinen scored goals as the Iowa Wild defeated...

Cleveland Monsters fall to Chicago Wolves, 4-2

CLEVELAND, Ohio - The Cleveland Monsters road trip woes continued in a 4-2 loss on Wednesday afternoon to the...

Lorain County man loses $1,500 in check scam

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- An old scam has caused new pain for a Lorain County man, who lost $1,500 after...

FirstEnergy to seek "zero emission credits" for its 2 Ohio nukes

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- FirstEnergy needs more money to keep its two Ohio nuclear power plants operating and, according to...

Stocks rally on rise in oil; Toyota discontinuing Scion brand; GoPro suffers quarterly loss:...

Stock market news: Stocks staged a late-day rally today as an 8-percent jump in oil prices lifted beaten-down energy...

$58 pizza, $20 coffee set tone of "crazy" FirstEnergy, AEP Ohio rate hikes (video)

Making FirstEnergy customers pay more to keep Davis-Besse competitive with cheaper gas-fired power plants would be like charging a...

Ohio renewable energy and efficiency standards could be frozen indefinitely

COLUMBUS -- The Ohio House of Representatives will consider eliminating Ohio's energy efficiency and renewable energy standards. Introduced today...

Beacon apartment tower in downtown Cleveland aims for spring construction start (photos)

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A city design-review committee greenlighted refined plans Thursday for a 187-unit apartment tower on Euclid Avenue, where developer Stark...

Bratenahl mansion with harbor views asks $1.25 million: House of the Week

BRATENAHL, Ohio -- "This is the home your future self has been asking for." That's how real estate agent...

January home sales rose in Ohio, nationwide, though Midwest lags other regions

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- January home sales topped last year's kickoff levels, as more buyers apparently jumped into the market...

Finally serious about illegal immigration? Maybe: Kevin O’Brien

Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto won't be visiting the United States after all.Marco Ugarte / Associated Press  Mexico just...

DeVos is in; will Puzder get out? Kevin O’Brien

President Donald Trump and Labor Secretary-designate Andy Puzder, who may represent Senate Democrats' best chance to deny Trump a...