The Wake Up

The Cleveland Museum of Natural History gets hit by a ransomware attack See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ohio Secretary of Statehas a new strategy to pay the postage for your mail-in ballot See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Parma leads the way and gets lots of support in seeking to postpone football to spring See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ohio schools can't replace face masks for students with face shields See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

And let's have some fun as Troy Smith ranks the best songs of the 1980s See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

And 10 people are indicted in the May 30 Cleveland riot See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Big 10 cancels the fall football season See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

And Cleveland crimes go unsolved because of a spat over who should conduct a test on seized guns See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

FirstEnergy's legal troubles keep growing in the brib See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

President Donald Trump visits Northeast Ohio. And newly released body-cam footage shows a Cleveland police officer firing pepper spray in a peaceful protester’s face during the May 30 demonstration downtown. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Limited contact tracing data shows that dozens of coronavirus outbreaks in Ohio since July 1 were associated with bars and restaurants. And DeWine has postponed today’s coronavirus briefing because of President Donald Trump’s visit to Northeast Ohio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

FBI agents raided the downtown Cleveland offices of a company with ties to a Ukrainian oligarch. And Dick Goddard has passed away at the age of 89. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Studies show that the health effects of the coronavirus could be long-lasting. And with fewer commuters on the road, soot pollution is down significantly in Greater Cleveland. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

And Ohio looks like a swing state in the 2020 presidential election, as the state emerges from its first weekend of liquor sales ending at 10 p.m. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Ohio House ousts Speaker Larry Householder on the day Householder gets indicted See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Why does Dave Yost fear the method being used to oust Larry Householder as House speaker? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine lifts his daycare restrictions while effectively ending the county fair season because of the coronavirus See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

And the Cleveland Clinic, one of the debate hosts, retakes the number 2 spot on theAmerica's best hospitals. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

FirstEnergy and its officers could be in for a a wallop from shareholder lawsuits as a result of the Statehouse scandal See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

President Donald Trump is sending the feds to Cleveland, but they say this will not be like Portland See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

And Ohio has a statewide coronavirus mask mandate starting at 6 p.m. today See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Feds say FirstEnergy bribed Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder with $60 million for nuclear bailout bill. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Some Democrats don't want Ohio Republican John Kasich as a key speaker at their convention. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ohio is finally citing bars and nightclubs for violating the coronavirus rules See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A virus is going to wipe out a lot of Northeast Ohio rabbits See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Cleveland City Council struggles with how to enforce mask requirements See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Why did a lying Cleveland police officer keep his job after he falsely kept a man locked up for eight months? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

monitor issues scathing report about lax discipline given to officers by longtime Public Safety Director Michael McGrath See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Video shows Cleveland police wantonly firing pepper spray pellets at a guy who was just trying to get into his apartment building See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Summit and Lorain counties join Cuyahoga in coronavirus Code Red See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The coronavirus surge in Ohio just keeps getting worse See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

People under 40 account for the most coronavirus cases in Ohio now See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Coronavirus hospitalizations, suddenly, are climbing in Ohio See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine turns the coronvirus battle over to local governments, but Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson's mask requirement has no teeth yet. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

DeWine also creates a new threat level map for the coronavirus in Ohio See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Silence from Cleveland City Hall on the non-breach of the Justice Center See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

And some good news: The mortality rate for Covid-19 has been dropping steadily in Ohio See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Why does Cuyahoga County's former finance director say she was fired in the lawsuit she just filed? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

And what is Cleveland Councilman Matt Zone thinking He didn't think it was relevant that his police officer son was present for a riot that was the subject of a hearing he chaired at City Council? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

You can get rid of your front license plate next week See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A multi-state investigation is launched because two guys took too many fish during a Lake Erie trip See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and First Lady Fran DeWine get coronavirus tests, live on television See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

And Case Western Reserve University quantifies the damage of lead poisoining See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

And Ohio Republicans are really down on their former chairman, Matt Borges See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A man speaks out about losing his eye when a police officer fired a bean bag round during the May 30 protest in downtown Cleveland, and there is a COVID-19 hotspot in southwest Ohio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Attorney General Dave Yost are calling for police reforms, a lawyer says Cleveland city officials are denying record requests by falsely claiming the records don’t exist, and the CEO of the Greater Cleveland Partnership announced his plans to step down. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

And Governor Mike DeWine says it’s unlikely that the NFL Hall of Fame Game and induction later this summer can include fans due to the coronavirus. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

And Cleveland is considering limiting the number of dollar stores in the city. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

And the Ohio House has voted down a proposed ban on selling of Confederate flag memorabilia at county fairs, and Cleveland Housing Court will resume eviction hearings today for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

And a Dayton-area state senator has lost his job as an emergency room physician after he made racist comments during a committee meeting, and Mayor Frank Jackson says he thinks calls to defund the police are "completely unrealistic." See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.