Ideastream News

06/18/2026

Friday marks 10 years since the Cleveland Cavaliers changed history and ended the city’s championship drought after rebounding from a 3-1 series deficit to win the 2016 NBA Finals.

The team’s Game 7 win marked a memorable Father’s Day for Northeast Ohioans that year. The citywide celebration and parade that followed highlighted one of Cleveland’s best-ever summers.

We recently asked fans to reminisce on their favorite memories from June 19, 2016. Where were you that night?

📹 by Grace Claxon, Charlotte Jons & Sonya Suri / Ideastream Public Media

06/18/2026

Backers of two amendments that would have allowed Ohioans to vote on repealing the ban on same-s*x marriage and extending legal protections to women, LGBTQ+ and disabled people won’t be submitting petition signatures to get on the ballot this November.

Ohio Equal Rights had planned to put two amendments on this November's ballot but is changing its plans.

06/18/2026

Ohio’s attorney general says he will continue to uphold the state’s death penalty law, in spite of a call for abolishment of the capital punishment yesterday from Gov. Mike DeWine, who appointed him AG.

Ohio’s attorney general said he will continue to uphold the state’s death penalty law, in spite of a call for abolishment of the capital punishment from Gov. Mike DeWine, who appointed him AG.

06/18/2026

The nonprofit treatment center New Directions in Pepper Pike has stopped accepting new admissions and announced it would end residential services June 30.

New Directions in Pepper Pike will close June 30 after 45 years. Local experts say the closure reflects shifting priorities in federal and local funding.

06/18/2026

U.S. Rep. Shontel Brown and other local and statewide elected officials called for answers during a press conference Wednesday regarding why the FBI raided a voter registration group in Northeast Ohio last week.

Brown and other local and statewide Democrats allege the raid amounts to an attempt at voter suppression.

06/18/2026

Several Cleveland City Council members at a committee meeting Thursday gave a cold reception to the proposal by Mayor Justin Bibb's administration to extend the city's contract with Flock Safety for vehicle surveillance cameras.

The city's contract with Flock Safety expires on June 29.

06/18/2026

Cars featured in “Nash Bridges” and “Fast & Furious” headline a Father’s Day car show in Akron while Vermilion’s signature fish festival celebrates for its 60th edition.

Kick back at a car show in Akron, learn about the science of light in Cleveland or check out Vermilion’s half-century old fish fest this weekend in Northeast Ohio.

06/17/2026

What does it take to age well, if we even have control over it? That's the question the "Sound of Ideas" will explore next week.

If you're in your 50s or beyond, we want to hear what you think has helped you feel your best later in life. Share your secrets!

Maybe you're an Olympic athlete like Lester Carney, pictured here both recently and while earning his silver medal in the 200-meter dash at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. Maybe you've taken a more laidback approach to your lifestyle, and that's suited you just fine.

Leave us a comment or email us at [email protected] to share your insight.

06/17/2026

It's a weekend of firsts for the Waterford Players as the group performs its first major production on its new home stage.

The theater group is preparing for opening night of "Jesus Christ Superstar," its first major musical production since its founding in 2023.

06/17/2026

A small team is learning how to prevent a tragedy in the basement of a Butler County office building. They’re a part of LOSS/DOSS, Local Outreach Su***de Survivors and Drug Overdose Survivor Support Team.

The Ohio Department of Behavioral Health recently developed a program to train those funding behavioral health initiatives in prevention science.