COVERING CLEVELAND’S WEST SIDE FOR 55 YEARS

News Analysis

The Happy Dog on the affordability crisis

Bruce Checefsky

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November 2026

W. 25th Street/Pearl Road

Viewing the changing streetscape at Pearl and Memphis

Lynette Filips

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November 2026

Commentary

What is a newspaper to a community?

Roldo Bartimole

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November 2026

Community Board: November 2026

Free events, including: including the WinterLand holiday kickoff, a free family picture day, and the Day of the Dead celebration

November 2026 (Print Version)

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News Analysis

If levies fail to pass, County should seek reimbursement for tax abatements

Chuck Hoven

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November 2026

News Analysis

Surveillance in a lab coat: The human cost of the Lutheran Hospital strike

David Ellison

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November 2026

Consent Decree

Federal Consent Decree Monitoring Team reports significant compliance upgrades in recent discipline assessment

Plain Press

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November 2026

Housing

Cleveland City Council updates lead certification program

Plain Press

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November 2026

City of Cleveland

City Council says no to funding repairs for soon to be closed Huntington Field

Plain Press

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November 2026

Elections

Issues 10 and 11 to protect vital services in Cuyahoga County

Che Gadison

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November 2026

Letter to the Editor

Worker regrets contribution to building war machines

Erik Ault

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November 2026

Elections

Reader thanks Plain Press for article about FBI investigation that found no voter fraud

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November 2026

W. 25th Street/Pearl Road

Viewing the changing streetscape at Pearl and Memphis

Lynette Filips

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November 2026

Health

Legal Aid may be able to help with kinship care issues

Tonya Sams

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November 2026

Medicaid

Medicaid recipients may have to meet new requirements to keep benefits

Tonya Sams

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November 2026

Utilities

Winter Crisis Program Begins on November 1

Plain Press

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November 2026

STORIES BY NEIGHBORHOOD

Bellaire-Puritas

Brooklyn Centre

Clark Fulton

Cudell

Detroit Shoreway

Edgewater

Jefferson

Near West Side

Old Brooklyn

Ohio City

Stockyard

Tremont

West Park

West Boulevard

Westown

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October 2026 (Print Version)

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October 2026

Churches

Architecturally significant piece of Old Brooklyn history ripped apart

Lynette Filips

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October 2026

Health

October’s real-life horror: rabies on the rise

Plain Press

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October 2026

Medicaid

Medicaid and SNAP recipients now required to meet work requirements

Che Gadison

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October 2026

News Analysis

Institutional memory lapse results in Cleveland students being short-changed

Chuck Hoven

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October 2026

Health

City of Cleveland launches Community Crisis Response Bureau to transform behavioral health emergency response

Plain Press

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October 2026

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