• KeyBank Produce Arcade opens at West Side Market

    PHOTO BY DEBBIE SADLON Saturday January 10, 2026; West Side Market’s Key Bank Produce Arcade: The first Saturday at the new Key Bank Produce Arcade which opened on Friday January 9th. Kerlos Salib, owner of the Habib’s Produce stand, offers some vegetables to a customer. On Friday January 9th the newly renovated KeyBank Produce Arcade…


  • Historic buildings still standing at Pearl and Memphis

    by Lynette Filips    The months (and years) go by quickly and thus another month has passed with seemingly nothing having moved forward with the projected demolition of the doomed buildings in the Old Brooklyn Community Development Corporation’s (OBCDC’s) revitalization plan for the northwest corner of Memphis Ave. and Pearl Rd.  Sheets of new plywood…


  • Fairview Park cold case is still cold

       Authorities are still looking for any information to help find out what happened to the teenage girl that went missing in 1977 from Fairview Park. Yvonne Regler went missing from a Sunoco gas station located on Lorain Road. She was a resident of North Olmsted. It was early afternoon on August 8th when she…


  • Cleveland Fell in National Cultural Standing, Report Says

    by Bruce Checefsky    Cleveland ranked 50th overall and 23rd among large communities in the 2025 Southern Methodist University (SMU) Arts Vibrancy Ranking. The SMU index measures arts supply, demand, public support, cost of living, and population size. In past years, Cleveland reached as high as 12th among large communities, yet it falls behind for…



  • Public school funding under attack by Ohio lawmakers

    PHOTO BY BRUCE CHECEFSKY Friday, December 12, 2025; Tremont Montessori School building, 2409 W. 10th Street: The Tremont School building is one of the school buildings that the Cleveland Metropolitan School District has decided to close as part of its Building Brighter Futures plan. The Montessori school in the building now will move to be…


  • Cleveland Board of Education adopts Building Brighter Futures Plan

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Tuesday, December 9, 2025; Cleveland Board of Education Meeting, Max Hayes High School, 2211 W. 65th Street: Hispanic Roundtable Chairman José Feliciano urges the Board of Education and the Cleveland Metropolitan School District to be mindful of the needs of bilingual English language learners, to retain sufficient properly trained bilingual teachers,…


  • Sisters Haven offers a welcoming home to pregnant and parenting women experiencing homelessness or crisis

    PHOTO BY GREG ROSENBERG Friday, December 12, 2025; Sisters Haven Open House, 1986 W. 99th Street: Sisters Haven’s founders Shena Maddox, Yvonne Murchison, and Julie Mallett are prepared to greet guests at the Open House for Sisters House, a residential home for pregnant or parenting women experiencing homelessness or crisis. PHOTO BY GREG ROSENBERG Friday,…


  • Documentary airs in recognition of history Cleveland’s “Shock Theater”

    IMAGE CREATED BY KEVIN KELLY This January marks the 63rd anniversary of Shocker Theater where Ernie Anderson as the host “Ghoulardi” offered commentary on featured horror shows from 1963 to 1966 on WJW-TV8 in Cleveland.    (Plain Press January 2026) January 18, 2026, marks the 63rd anniversary of Shock Theater. The show aired in 1963, at 11:20…


  • January 2026 community board

    AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS HOMEWORK HELP AT THE LIBRARY: All K-12 students can receive free help with their homework at select branches of the Cleveland Public Library, including the Fulton Branch (3545 Fulton Rd., 216-623-6969), the South Branch (3096 Scranton Rd., 216-623-7060), and the West Park Branch (3805 W 157 St, 216-623-7102). The help is available 4pm-5:30pm,…