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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 »

A Cuyahoga County Grand Jury on Monday indicted Anthony Sowell on charges of kidnapping to engage in a sex act, rape, felonious assault and attempted murder. The charges come with violent offender and sexual predator specifications. Full Story »

Juan Perez used the Internet between Jan. 29 and Feb. 20 to seek sex with a 12-year-old Berea girl and used a Webcam to send live video to a 13-year-old girl and her 15-year-old brother in Berea. Full Story »

A group that promotes equal rights for gay, bisexual and transgender people plans to deliver to Cleveland City Council thosands of postcards in support of anti-discrimination legislation. Full Story »

Activists will tie yellow ribbons around trees and poles in memory of murdered and missing people. Full Story »

Cleveland police and fire investigators converged on the old Lafayette Elementary School shortly after noon Monday. The property is about two blocks away from Anthony Sowell's house on Imperial Avenue. Full Story »

Police are looking for 56-year-old David L. Kromer. He may be driving the victim's car, a tan 2002 GMC Envoy with license plate AXS 6883, or his car, a dark blue Jeep Cherokee with plate DQW 3569. Full Story »

Looking at news from around the state. Full Story »

Several families in what has become known as the "Clyde cancer cluster" say they are growing impatient with state and county health officials who promised earlier this year to provide a detailed analysis of an off-the-charts cancer spike in their community. Full Story »

The football season is only halfway finished, and already we're looking into history for a worse team than this year's Browns. Could it be the revival squad of 1999? Here are more of the editors' local choices for this morning's Plain Dealer: Full Story »