Tuesday, September 1, 2026

Good Morning! On this day in 1995, more than 10,000 people gathered in Cleveland for the dedication of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The Rock Hall opened its doors to the public the following day.

Ohio drivers are snapping up Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library plates in the singer’s honor, with each $25 contribution funding a full year of monthly books for a child in the buyer’s county. Learn more in Around Ohio.

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Your morning routine has a bigger impact on your day than most people realize. We looked at 10 common morning habits and ranked them based on research findings. Cold showers and workouts didn’t land where you’d expect, and the habit that took the top spot takes less than five minutes. Today on The Flyover Podcast, Ayla counts down all 10 and reveals which one is worth adding to your morning. Tune in here!

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Measles Outbreak Grows in Wayne County

Wayne County has confirmed seven measles cases since the start of August and is investigating 27 more suspected infections.

The county’s first two cases traced back to exposure at a horse sale in Sugarcreek, and Health Commissioner Nicholas Cascarelli said the virus then moved through pockets of unvaccinated residents. One person has been hospitalized.

State figures show 83% of Wayne County kindergartners were vaccinated against measles last year, compared with 88% statewide. Cases tied to the same summer horse sales have also surfaced in Ashtabula and Tuscarawas counties.

Nine out of 10 unvaccinated people exposed to measles will catch it, Cascarelli said, and the virus spreads for four days before symptoms appear. He expects more cases now that school is back in session.

The health department has doubled its outreach clinics and vaccinated more than 700 people against measles.

Cleveland Schools’ Camera Contract Draws Protest

About a dozen protesters rallied outside a closed Cleveland school Sunday, demanding the district end its contract with license plate camera company Flock Safety.

The group, Flock No, says the Cleveland Metropolitan School District has spent more than $600,000 on cameras on and near school property while laying off staff and consolidating buildings. Organizer Bryn Addams called it “money down the drain.”

Sunday’s rally was outside Newton D. Baker School of Arts, which the district closed in 2025.

Some neighbors and district employees told 19 News the cameras help track car break-ins near schools. Board member Jerry Billups said he had concerns about the company but wouldn’t discuss the contract, and the district hasn’t confirmed whether one is active.

The push follows a Highland Heights case in which a police dispatcher ran the same license plate thousands of times, prompting new audit rules.

Yellow Springs Named Ohio’s Most Charming

AFAR, a national travel magazine, named the Greene County village of Yellow Springs the most charming small town in Ohio.

The magazine picked one town of 25,000 or fewer people in every state as part of its coverage of the country’s 250th anniversary. Angola, Indiana, and Bardstown, Kentucky, won in neighboring states.

AFAR pointed to Antioch College, the Little Art Theatre, the restaurant Mazu, Yellow Springs Brewery, and the village’s bookstores and pottery shops.

For visitors who want to get outside, the magazine recommended Clifton Gorge State Nature Preserve, John Bryan State Park, and the Little Miami Scenic Trail. The park’s 752 acres wrap around a limestone gorge cut by the Little Miami, Ohio’s first designated scenic river.

Yellow Springs is home to about 3,700 people, roughly half an hour from Dayton.

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➤ Statewide: Requests for Ohio’s Imagination Library plate have surged since singer and founder Dolly Parton’s death last week. The $25 contribution stays in the buyer’s county and covers a year of monthly books for one child. (See Details)

➤ Cincinnati: A semi’s brakes failed on the Martin Luther King Jr. Drive overpass Sunday afternoon, sending the truck through a concrete barrier and leaving its cab dangling over I-71. Firefighters harnessed the driver and passenger to safety. (See Video)

➤ West Chester: Venus Patel, 45, is among roughly 90 Americans unaccounted for after flash floods swept the Nepal-Tibet border last week. Patel was on a pilgrimage to Mount Kailash and staying at a hotel near the border, and a friend has flown to Kathmandu to search for him. (See Details)

➤ Trumbull County: The Ohio Supreme Court unanimously dismissed Judge David Engler’s suit claiming the 2023 abortion rights amendment stripped juvenile courts of judicial bypass cases involving minors. The state argued Engler lacked standing and filed too late. (See Details)

➤ Springfield: Faith leaders rallied at City Plaza on Sunday to demand ICE release two detained Haitian pastors. Temporary Protected Status for Haitians ended in July, and DHS has told them to seek another visa or self-deport. (See Details)

➤ Dayton: Harry Dittrich, a teacher at Pathway School of Discovery for the past decade, was named one of 13 Lead Advocates in Society for Science’s 2026-27 program. The $5,000 stipend will fund student research projects and science competition entries. (More)

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➤ Cleveland put quarterback Dillon Gabriel on injured reserve Sunday with a back injury that costs him at least four games, three days after he threw three touchdowns against New England. Deshaun Watson opens the season Sept. 13 at Jacksonville, with Shedeur Sanders backing him up. (More)

➤ Aiden Quintanilla, a Toledo fighter, has been boxing about a year and already ranks No. 1 in the nation in his weight class, training at Toledo Ark, a youth center that pairs boxing with mentoring. (Read Story)

➤ Former Ohio State offensive lineman Michael McCullough received a suspended sentence for his involvement in a domestic violence incident last summer. (More)

➤ Yesterday’s Results: U.S. Open | MLB | Soccer

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➤ The Ohio Tax Credit Authority approved up to $159 million in credits over 30 years for Electraaero’s $850 million plant near Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport. Electra expects 1,975 jobs building nine-passenger hybrid-electric planes. (See Details)

➤ Toledo and distributor Al Peake & Sons will open a pilot produce market Sept. 4 at Monroe Street and Detroit Avenue, part of a nearly $3 million rehab of the Swayne Field Shopping Center. It aims to serve 300 families a week through Oct. 24. (See Details)

➤ Coffee Run, a Youngstown-area coffee trailer, opened its first storefront Sunday in Canfield’s WPA Memorial Building on South Broad Street, in the old Barney’s deli space. A line formed at 5 a.m. for the 9 a.m. opening, and owner Darla Schafer says the trailer keeps rolling. (See Details)

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➤ The Huron Hobbit House, a concrete house built into a hillside along the Huron River in 1977 and covered in dirt and ivy, is listed for $850,000. Inside is an ordinary 2,100-square-foot, three-bedroom ranch. The roof has to be mowed. (See Photos)

➤ St. John’s United Church of Christ in Newark set aside Sunday’s services for Dolly Parton, who died Aug. 25 at 80. Pastor Stephen Swisher said he noticed grief across all walks of life, and vocalist Karri Rose Baker sang Here You Come Again and I Will Always Love You. (See Details)

➤ Officers cut a red fox free from a soccer net in Westlake Saturday after it caught a hind leg in the netting. (See Video)

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➤ How do you start your morning? Research shows how 10 popular habits stack up, and which one is the best. (See Ranking)

➤ Regulators say Amazon secretly inflated ad prices for years, with the added costs quietly reaching everyday shoppers. (Hear Details)

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