The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Jerome Lewis, 31, of Richmond Heights, was sentenced Monday to three years of probation for public housing fraud and ordered to pay $25,000 in restitution. Full Story »

When Mark McCombs was a Parma patrolman, he stole night-vision goggles worth nearly $3,000, flashlights and chargers, a 30-round magazine, 23 bags of gun parts and three lasers. Full Story »

A state trooper in northwest Ohio who was once honored for making the most DUI arrests has been charged with drunken driving Full Story »

A 42-year-old Amherst man was sentenced to eight years in prison for two burglarizing two Amherst homes in March, assaulting the owner of one home and setting the house on fire in the second. Full Story »

An 18-year-old Lorain man was arrested Sunday, accused of raping a 13-year-old relative. Full Story »

A closer look at what's happening around the state. Full Story »

Today's paper has more from the Northeast Ohio horror story, a "good read" on the impact of a rock 'n' roll icon, and much more among the editors' local choices for the day. Full Story »

Paula Dowdy, 25, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter Friday and agreed to testify against her brother, Shaun Dowdy, 22, in the New Year's Day killing of Djuan Newsome. Full Story »

RTA fares will not rise next year, but bus routes will be reduced or eliminated to help balance the budget, said officials of the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. Full Story »

Jennifer McCalla, a mathematics teacher at Normandy High School in Parma, is the only Ohio educator to win a $25,000 National Educator Award this year Full Story »

Randall Simmons Jr. beat Daniel Glover with a club and kicked and punched him, before dragging up the street and robbing him. Full Story »

The Ohio Department of Transportation is trying to complete repairs so all lanes on the bridge can reopen by the end of the month. Full Story »

Cleveland's homicide count for 2009 has nearly equaled its total for all of 2008 -- and it's still early November. Full Story »

Many organizations will honor veterans today and Wednesday, which is Veterans Day. Full Story »

Law enforcement officials in eastern North Carolina near two Marine Corps bases are checking unsolved rapes and homicides for connections to Anthony Sowell. Full Story »

Some community activists in Cleveland have called for the formation of a centralized missing persons unit that would investigate all cases of missing persons in Cuyahoga County. Full Story »

Nearly two weeks after the discoveries of 11 dead woman at a home on Imperial Avenue in Cleveland, the crimes that occurred at Anthony Sowell’s home still captivate a neighborhood and a city desperate for answers. Full Story »

Two more women found inside of a home in the 12200 block of Imperial Avenue were identified on Monday. Full Story »

A breeder from Columbus has sued a North Ridgeville animal clinic over a breeding mix-up that almost killed her champion show dog. Full Story »

Cleveland State University President Ronald Berkman hired a former colleague from Florida International University, George Walker, to be CSU's vice president of research and graduate studies. Full Story »

Cuyahoga County Commissioner Peter Lawson Jones objected to the $300,000 severance deal given Adam Wasserman, and Henry Eckhart of Common Cause Ohio said the port board owes the public truth and openness. Full Story »

Many organizations will honor veterans Tuesday and Wednesday, which is Veterans' Day. Tuesday The Crile Archives Center for History Education, which covers military from World War I on, will hold an open house from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.... Full Story »

Kim Yvette Smith, 44, identified as the ninth of 11 women found dead in the house of Anthony Sowell. Full Story »

Janice Webb is the most recent woman identified as being among the 11 dead bodies removed from the house of suspected serial killer Anthony Sowell. Full Story »

Rep. John Boccieri's vote on health-care reform has angered his "friends." As for his enemies, they never liked his politics anyway. Full Story »