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The Wake Up
What you need to know Monday, March 18, 2019
 
Museum of the Bible says some of its Dead Sea Scrolls fragments likely fake
 
MARY 
WEATHER
 

The morning starts with a chance of flurries but it will end by the afternoon. Skies will be partly cloudy with a high around 40 degrees. It will be mostly clear overnight with lows dipping to the upper 20s. Read more.
 

 
 OVERNIGHT
 


A matriarch’s fight: Woman denies charges, allegations in Pike County mass murder: Fredericka Wagner has spent decades living her tiny two-story farmhouse on more than 1,600 acres in Piketon in southern Ohio. Today, Wagner’s family is separated. Her son, her daughter-in-law and her two grandsons are in jail, awaiting trial for what authorities call one of the most brutal mass murders in Ohio: The execution-style slayings of eight members of the Rhoden family in rural Pike County in April 2016. Authorities accuse Wagner of covering up the homicides. She talks about the investigation, her belief in her family’s innocence and the custody issue some authorities suggest is the motive in the murders. Read more  

Southwest Airlines reduces Cleveland-Las Vegas service, adds flight to Dallas: Southwest Airlines is reducing service between Cleveland Hopkins and Las Vegas to just one flight per week, starting in mid-June. In October, Southwest plans to dip a toe into a new market – Cleveland to Dallas Love Field on Sundays only. The once-a-week flight is a small addition, but observers say it could be meant to test the waters to see if there is interest in the route. Also in October, Southwest is adding a second weekend flight to Tampa, Florida. Read more  

NASA Glenn a rising star as U.S. aims for moon and Mars: NASA Glenn Research Center’s already rising trajectory is swinging even higher. President Trump has asked Congress to give $882 million for Glenn, a boost of 3.8 percent. Not bad for a center that was cutting jobs in the mid-2000s and rumored to be doomed. The center is managing the design of a power and propulsion element for the Gateway platform, which is supposed to orbit the moon long-term. It’s also managing design of a module for power, propulsion, air, water and climate control on the spaceship Orion, which is supposed to visit the moon next year and deliver Gateway’s first part in 2022. Read more  
 

Michelle Obama offers glimpse into her life with Cleveland appearance: Former first lady Michelle Obama appeared in front of a sold-out Playhouse Square crowd, telling them “I am just like you. I failed. I had embarrassing moments. I had losses.” Obama gave the crowd a glimpse into her journey from the south side of Chicago to the White House, as part of an international book tour promoting her autobiography “Becoming.” She spoke about keeping her daughters grounded in a home with tuxedoed butlers and chefs. And she spoke of her new life as a former first lady, a reality that will never be normal, but is inching toward ordinary. Read more  


President Trump addresses GM’s Lordstown plant on Twitter prompting response from local Democrats Read more
 
Chagrin Falls family involved in fatal crash on Pennsylvania Turnpike Read more
 
Tallmadge police searching for missing 17-year-old girl Read more
 
Toddler dies after being found unresponsive at Canton home, police say Read more
 
Small plane crashes in central Ohio; 1 dead Read more
 
Officer fired shot in incident with intoxicated man threatening family members with knife Read more
 
Pacemaker envelope cuts post-surgery infection by 40 percent: Cleveland Clinic study Read more
 
Details released for Beto O’Rourke’s Monday visit to Cleveland Read more
 
Hospital price lists not a ‘silver bullet,’ but first step toward empowering patients Read more
 
Grassroots plan for running, biking loop over downtown bridges deserves support: Steven Litt Read more
 
Favorite photos from the 2019 St. Patrick's Day parade in Cleveland Read more
 
Cleveland breaks Guinness World Record with largest kilt race Read more
 
Berea police locate missing woman Read more