CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland-based paint maker Sherwin-Williams has become the first "Official Paint of NASCAR."

The company was welcomed as an official sponsor at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, N.C., underscoring its support of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing.

According to The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer (bit.ly/14nk5RU), terms of the two-year agreement were not released.

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Institute of Art is set to break ground next month for the second and final phase of a $63.5 million expansion and renovation project that began in 2009.

The first phase started with renovation of the art college's Joseph McCullough Center for the Visual Arts.

The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer (http://bit.ly/1484Soc ) reports the final phase calls for a four-story addition to the McCullough Center. Groundbreaking for the second phase is scheduled June 26.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Mandated budget cuts at the Pentagon may soon affect the Ohio National Guard civilian ranks.

About 1,800 civilian employees of the Ohio Guard may be required to take 11 unpaid days off under the Department of Defense budget-cutting plan.

The furloughs would run July 8 through Sept. 30, the end of the federal budget year.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Some of the Amish sentenced in beard-cutting attacks on fellow Amish in Ohio are upset with federal prison education requirements.

The U.S. Bureau of Prisons has required some to study for high school equivalency certificates. The Amish claim that violates their First Amendment rights.

Defense attorney Edward Bryan, who represented the leader of the group, tells The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer (bit.ly/14B2mq5) that he intends to write a letter of protest to prison officials.