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September 1, 2023

Cleveland Afternoon Update

Weather

Some Cleveland suburbs did not turn on tornado sirens during last week’s storms; here’s why

Twelve tornadoes touched down in northern Ohio last week, but some Cleveland suburbs did not sound the alarm about the severe storms.

By Molly Walsh | mwalsh@cleveland.com

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Education

Ohio Arts Council awards nearly $700K to Cleveland area schools to fund arts education through CARE

Developed originally for the Cleveland Metropolitan School District, the Cleveland Play House's CARE program not only exposes kids to the arts but also gives them a way to deal with the stressors and traumas of daily life. The Ohio Arts Council has awarded nearly $700,000 to fund teaching residencies using the CARE curriculum to 17 individual Cleveland schools, as well as two other area schools.

By Brenda Cain, cleveland.com

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News

Whopper of a lawsuit claims Burger King used deceptive ads to dupe customers

A class action lawsuit claims Burger King's advertising made its menu options appear to be larger servings than they really are.

By Robert Higgs, cleveland.com

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Subscriber Exclusive

Imprisoned ex-Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder transferred back to Ohio

Householder, who's starting a 20-year sentence for corruption, is back in Ohio after federal prison officials briefly sent him to Oklahoma.

By Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland.com

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Sports

Sports 4 Cle

What to expect from the Browns defense; Bengals, Steelers 2023 team previews: Friday’s Sports 4 CLE

Watch as host Dave Bacon talks Browns with Garrett Bush and Lance Reisland; previews the 2023 Bengals with Marisa Contipelli; and the 2023 Steelers with Alan Saunders of Steelers Now.

By Ashley Bastock, cleveland.com

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Ohio State

Don’t like the Ohio State football vs. Indiana point spread? Here’s another option: Tyler Shoemaker’s ‘Betting the Buckeyes’

Tyler Shoemaker, the official sports betting expert of Buckeye Talk, makes his pick for the Ohio State football game vs. Indiana, and shares some of his other best bets for this weekend in college football.

By Tyler Shoemaker

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Guardians

Guardians jump on ‘unique opportunity’ to bolster pitching staff (Podcast)

Paul Hoynes and Joe Noga look at where all the pieces fit after Cleveland's waiver wire frenzy.

By Joe Noga, cleveland.com and Paul Hoynes, cleveland.com

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Entertainment

Entertainment

Sweet Pork Wilson’s smokes Cleveland-style barbecue at new neighborhood hangout

Sweet Pork Wilson's is a new barbecue joint on the corner of Madison Avenue and W 117th Street. Jason Brooks, who owns Cleveland's newest barbecue restaurant, smokes everything from brisket to wings to burgers.

By Alex Darus, cleveland.com

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Travel

Frontier Airlines to fly daily between Cleveland Hopkins and San Juan, Puerto Rico in January

Frontier is also resuming service from Cleveland to two popular Florida destinations, Sarasota and Miami.

By Susan Glaser, cleveland.com

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Entertainment

Bookseller’s stock speaks volumes

This story first published in 1996, about John T. Zubal, who at the time owned nearly 200,000 square feet of storefront and warehouse space in the former Church World Press and an adjacent building. Before Church World Press, the place was a religious publishing company, so words seem very much at home here.

By Karen Sandstrom, The Plain Dealer

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