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IKEA Coming to Crocker Park in Spring 2027
The Swedish furniture giant’s Cleveland outpost will be one of its new smaller-format stores, clocking in at around 80,000 square feet.
Mark Oprea
Mark Oprea is a staff writer at Scene. He's covered Cleveland for the past decade, and has contributed to TIME, NPR, Narratively, the Pacific Standard and the Cleveland Magazine. He's the winner of two Press Club awards.
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Chrissy Cavotta’s Port Royale Brought the Runway to the Cuyahoga Riverfront
Alley Cat played host to the fashion guru’s annual swimwear show in Cleveland.
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XCSB Signs Five Year Lease for Studio Spot in Waterloo
The rebel offshoot of Cleveland State’s shuttered college radio station also debuted a listening app.
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Slavic Village to Vote on Project Finalists in $100,000 Participatory Budgeting Pilot Program
Ten proposals, including a pet food fund and a plan to remediate lead-infested gardens, will be narrowed down to three when People’s Budget CLE’s pilot experiment ends in August.
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Citizens Bank Ends Financing for Private Prison Companies, Local Campaign Credits Public Pressure
“These inhumane private prisons are places of overcrowding, neglect, malnutrition, isolation, suffering and preventable death,” said organizers of the campaign.
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Cuyahoga County Council Advances Proposal to Return Sheriff to Elected Position
A 7-4 vote on Tuesday moved forward the possibility of returning the position to the ballot instead of being appointed by the executive amid debates about turnover and accountability.
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NEON Workers Win Wage Theft Lawsuit Against Their Employer
Cleveland courts decided this week that about a dozen current and former employees of the low-cost healthcare organization were owed thousands of dollars in unpaid checks.
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State Shouldn’t Renew TownHall’s Liquor License, Council Says
Councilman Austin Davis has led a campaign to strip Bobby George’s TownHall in Ohio City of its liquor license in the wake of his recent felony conviction.
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Cleveland City Council Warily Approves Flock Safety Renewal
The temporary extension keeps Cleveland’s 100 license plate readers operating while officials seek bids for a replacement before the contract expires in December.
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Hermione Malone Steps Down as Cleveland International Film Festival Director
Malone helmed CIFF for two years. Her tenure included accusations of a ‘toxic’ work environment, financial uncertainty, and a successful 50th anniversary.
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Cleveland Public Library Employees Vote to Approve Strike
Union members have been without a new contract since January and are seeking raises, staffing improvements and safety measures from CPL leadership.
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City Club of Cleveland Hosts Fervid Flock Safety Debate Days Before Final Council Vote
Flock’s Joshua Thomas and cybersecurity expert Jen Golbeck debated the public value of Flock’s license plate readers in a particularly heated conversation on Friday.