Torch Sparks Rockefeller Building Fire

A demolition crew’s torch sparked a fire Friday inside downtown Cleveland’s historic Rockefeller Building, causing an estimated $150,000 in damage but no reported injuries.

The sixth-floor blaze began during work in an elevator shaft, sending flames through windows and smoke across the Warehouse District.

Crews battling the second-alarm fire rigged an exterior pipe to supply water to upper floors because the vacant tower lacked a standpipe.

K&D Group bought the 1905 landmark in April for $5.13 million and plans to turn the building into roughly 275 apartments.

Ohio Towns Ration Road Salt

Northeast Ohio communities plan to ration road salt as Morton Salt’s Fairport Harbor mine enters its fourth week of a shutdown with no reopening date.

The Ohio Department of Transportation said a 50,000-ton stockpile would fill about 30% of local orders, including just 379 of the 1,200 tons Rootstown Township requested.

South Russell’s replacement salt could push its bill above $260,000—more than two and a half times what was budgeted. Trumbull County plans to stretch its roughly 14,000 tons by mixing salt with aggregate.

A geologist warned that water could dissolve salt and weaken the mine’s support pillars about 2,000 feet underground.

Elder, Princeton Head to Paycor Stadium

Elder and unbeaten Princeton will meet Friday at Paycor Stadium for a Division I regional football title, the game’s second straight year at the Cincinnati Bengals’ home field.

Elder beat Greater Catholic League rival St. Xavier 27-23 behind two last-second goal-line stops and quarterback Kaden Estep’s 215 rushing yards and three rushing touchdowns.

Princeton beat Archbishop Moeller in a 40-36 shootout, piling up 514 yards as Key’Sean Torbert accounted for four touchdowns.

The winner will advance to a state semifinal Nov. 27. You can find more tournament information on the Ohio High School Athletic Association’s website.

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➤ Statewide: Ohio’s median monthly rent fell nearly 3.7% from a year earlier to about $1,300, a decline that one housing advocate said shows “supply and demand still works.” (More)

➤ Canton: The National First Ladies’ Library and Museum announced plans for a $4.5 million addition for 2028, featuring a Kennedy-era replica of the White House West Sitting Hall. (More)

➤ Athens: Confirmed E. coli cases among Ohio University students rose to 11 from four reported earlier this week, prompting more cleaning and disinfection measures across campus. (More)

➤ Morristown: The historic Black Horse Inn has reopened with an Underground Railroad experience exploring the people, safe houses, and routes that helped enslaved people escape to freedom. (More)

➤ Findlay: The city plans to use $24 million in FEMA funding to restore hundreds of acres along the Blanchard River to native wetlands, helping to reduce runoff and flooding. (More)

➤ Port Clinton: Superintendent Patrick Adkins will retire Aug. 1, 2027, after 23 years leading Port Clinton City Schools and more than three decades total with the district. (More)

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➤ Ohio State receiver Jeremiah Smith became the Big Ten’s career receiving yards leader against Northwestern, surpassing former Purdue receiver John Standeford’s 3,788-yard mark in just three seasons. The Buckeyes snapped their two-game losing streak with a 28-19 home win. (More)

➤ Cincinnati fell 41-13 at Iowa State as the Cyclones’ Aiden Flora rushed for 216 yards and scored three first-quarter touchdowns. The Bearcats have lost 12 consecutive November contests. (More)

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➤ Cincinnati Reds great Joe Morgan’s 1975 and 1976 World Series rings and both MVP awards were listed for auction Saturday at the Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory. (More)

➤ Researchers named a 53-million-year-old beetle preserved in French amber Cnopus twentyonepilotorum, in honor of Columbus band Twenty One Pilots. (More)

➤ Holiday Junction has returned, featuring historic model trains and a miniature city at the Cincinnati Museum Center’s Union Terminal and continuing an eight-decade tradition. (More)

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