Since 1950, the Nielsen Company has been monitoring America's television viewing habits. Over the years, the technology has advanced, and now households in the Cleveland market are part of the company's most accurate way of figuring out who's really watching and when. (more )

Ohio legislators are looking at plans to try to lure a bit of Hollywood and its jobs to the Buckeye State. In fact, the House of Representaives has just okayed a tax incentive plan. (more )

A Northeast Ohio school district is believed to be the first in the country to line up for federal bailout money. But Olmstead Falls school superintendent says the 100 million dollars would mean an investment, not a bail out. (more )

UPDATE: The standoff with former Ravenna Police Chief Michael Swartout came to an end just after noon today. Swartout surrendered peacefully and sheriff deputies escorted him into the back of a police vehicle around 12:30 p.m. The standoff began about 1 a.m. Wednesday when deputies tried to serve Swartout with a warrant for felonious assault. That stemmed from an incident Tuesday night in which Swartout shot at his son.

Portage County deputies continue in a standoff with former Ravenna Police Chief Michael Swartout. The trouble began Tuesday night after Swartout allegedly shot at his son and missed. The bullet hit the son's car. Deputies have an arrest warrant for Swartout accusing him of felonious assault, but haven't been able to serve it. Portage County Sheriff Duane Kaley says Swartout has at least implied there will be trouble if deputies try to enter his house southeast of Kent. No one but Swarout is believed to be in the house. Deputies believe he has a number of weapons with him. He lost his job as police chief 10 years ago when he was accused of firing a weapon while intoxicated. (more )

Akron has long been known as the polymer capital of Ohio. Now there's a new use for those plastics that have found their way into everything from baby bottles to fuel cells. It's a plastic surface you can drive over. (more )

The Cleveland Clinic has begun reporting on its website the business ties any of its 18-hundred doctors and researchers may have with drug and device manufacturers. The disclosures are the latest effort by the Clinic to address potential conflicts of interest after financial links surfaced several years ago between its top doctors and the medical industry. WKSU spoke with Dr. Guy Chisolm, chairman of the Clinic's conflict of interest committee. (more )

A Northeast Ohio school district is believed to be the first in the country to ask for federal bailout money. But Olmsted Falls school superintendent sayd the $100 million would be an efficient investment, not a bail out. (more )

Former NPR president Kevin Klose was in Northeast Ohio this week as part of his new job as head of the NPR foundation. Klose was a reporter, bureau chief, and finally an editor of the Washington Post before joining National Public Radio in 1998. WKSU's Jeff St.Clair asked Kevin Klose if public media can fill the void in an era when newspapers are drastically cutting staff. (more )

A state senator wants to increase the size of the body that governs Cuyahoga County. The proposal comes as state lawmakers are considering a less extreme plan for improving Cuyahoga County's efficiency. (more )

The donor that helped create the Kent State Fashion School is supporting it again in a big way. The Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation has made a million-dollar grant. (more )

The latest attempt to do away with mayor's courts in Ohio may go for a vote before this year is through. And it would shut down about 75 such courts in northeast Ohio including the most active in the state. (more )

A panel of Ohio lawmakers has put on hold a plan that would allow the state to buy 700 new breathalyzer machines for law enforcement agencies. (more )

The rough economy is driving more people to seek credit counseling. While at least one non-profit counseling agency in the U.S. is folding without support from banks, Northeast ohio's Consumer Credit Counseling agency says its keeping up with demand. (more )

The latest attempt to do away with mayor's courts, including scores of them in Northeast Ohio, will bring Ohio's supreme Court chief justice to the statehouse Tuesday. (more )

More big cuts in state programs and the layoff of hundreds of state employees are a growing possibility. Governor Ted Strickland and his budget advisors have unveiled some stunning new numbers that show state government is facing a new and growing budget deficit --- actually TWO of them. (more )

Nearly thirty people in the Plain Dealer's newsroom will be getting lay-off notices tomorrow. (more )

Cuyahoga County's treasurer says local governments need to help themselves out of the foreclosure crisis, because state and federal authorities are unable or unwilling to tackle the problem. Treasurer Jim Rokakis will be in Columbus tomorrow pushing a bill to allow Ohio counties to start "land banks" to turn around thousands of foreclosed and abandoned properties. (more )

The last remaining wild specimen of an endangered Asian turtle was saved from the soup-pot by a team of scientists from the Cleveland Zoo. Experts from the Zoo's Asian Turtle Program working in Vietnam say this is not just any turtle. (more )

Contemporary art and music have always had their detractors. Orchestras don't program a lot of atonal music and avant garde art takes a back seat to the old masters in most museums. But in Cleveland, a collaboration between the Cleveland Orchestra and the Museum of Contemporary Art has opened ears, eyes, and minds. (more )