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Anthony Wayne school board accepting applications for vacant seat - 2025-10-14T16:44:00Z
The Anthony Wayne school board is looking for applicants to fill a vacant seat in the new year.

Library hosts evening of literary-themed activities with Art Loop: Literati - 2025-10-14T16:47:35Z
The Toledo Lucas County Public Library will host Art Loop: Literati, a free, family-friendly event featuring poetry and author readings, live music, word games, literary-themed art activities.

Hear the creepy history of vampires, spooktacular legends at History Roundtable - 2025-10-14T18:32:45Z
FREMONT — The last session of History Roundtable will focus on spooky and enchanting legends, such as vampires and werewolves, just in time for Halloween at the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums.

Coroner identifies man killed in workplace accident at First Solar - 2025-10-14T14:15:41Z
The employee at First Solar who died Monday suffered critical injuries while working on a machine at the company’s facility at 28101 Cedar Park Blvd.

Toledo councilmen use funding to improve districts — despite less money - 2025-10-14T11:15:30Z
Although the city of Toledo’s District Improvement Program received less funding this year, city council members are making the most of it.

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Head Start still enrolling preschool students - 2025-10-13T19:14:33Z
FREMONT — The Great Lakes Community Action Partnership continues to enroll preschool students for its Head Start program for the 2025-26 school year.

Rossford breaks ground on new school using no taxpayer dollars - 2025-10-13T20:35:35Z
Aside from the location — side-by-side on Lime City Road, off of State Rt. 795 — Rossford’s new middle school will share something else with the R, the district’s multipurpose building.

'It's not over, but at least we're here': Locals hopeful but wary with signs of peace in Gaza - 2025-10-13T22:46:08Z
Jews read from the Hebrew Bible this past Shabbat a passage saying that for everything there is “a time to be born and a time to die ... a time to weep, and a time to laugh.”

Businesses rejoice as Secor Road work reaches milestone - 2025-10-13T21:40:24Z
Traffic is now flowing to businesses on Secor Road, and owners are celebrating a small win — the opening of the intersection at Secor and Laskey.

Halim Clinic to hold community open house - 2025-10-13T21:13:49Z
The Muslim physicians who opened the Halim Clinic in Toledo drew on the character and generosity of the Prophet Mohammed.

Employee dies at Perrysburg-area First Solar facility, company says - 2025-10-13T19:06:22Z
An employee died following an “incident” at the First Solar facility at 28101 Cedar Park Blvd., company officials announced Monday.

Maumee hosting rain barrel workshop; registration limited - 2025-10-13T17:15:52Z
The City of Maumee is hosting a rain barrel workshop, including all the tools and supplies for participants to make their own water-collection bin.

No Kings rallies aim to gather peaceful protesters in Toledo area - 2025-10-13T17:15:33Z
Protesters will gather in cities across the region on Saturday for a second day of No Kings rallies.

Maumee gets $900,000 for safety improvements on Dussel Drive - 2025-10-13T10:00:00Z
Maumee has been awarded almost $1 million for safety improvements to Dussel Drive.

Annual apple butter festival has a bit of everything - 2025-10-12T22:01:32Z
GRAND RAPIDS, Ohio — The Grand Rapids Applebutter Fest had it all Sunday: football, Halloween, electioneering, bluegrass, bullet jewelry, deep-fried Oreos, Christmas decorations in October, and yes, apple butter.

Players will protect virtual Ottawa Park in first Toledo-based video game - 2025-10-12T13:00:00Z
The city’s Department of Parks and Youth Services is Toledo’s biggest and best video game developer.

Photo Gallery: Halloween dog costume contest at O-Deer Diner - 2025-10-12T22:16:21Z
A Halloween dog costume contest took place at O-Deer Diner in Perrysburg on Oct. 12. Click the image above to view the full gallery.

Small grant program open for conservation efforts - 2025-10-12T20:45:00Z
Small grants of up to $2,500 for conservation education programs and materials are available for organizations, the Ohio Forestry Association Foundation announced Wednesday.

Health department offering vaccinations ahead of respiratory virus season - 2025-10-12T18:11:36Z
MONROE — The Monroe County Health Department is offering flu, coronavirus, and pneumonia vaccinations ahead of the respiratory virus season.

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Editorial: Peacemaker for Middle East - 2025-10-14T04:00:00Z
President Trump deserves the world’s credit and appreciation for his successful efforts to finally corral Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into a cease-fire.

Editorial: Anti-poverty perspective - 2025-10-13T04:00:00Z
It’s become a cliche that the most important factor in success is simply showing up. You can’t wish your way to achievement.

Editorial: THC brings DOA driving - 2025-10-12T04:00:00Z
Now they tell us.

Editorial: A new direction paved for council - 2025-10-12T04:00:00Z
In her closing remarks to Toledo City Council, outgoing President Carrie Hartman said that her new job as the director of governmental relations at the University of Toledo is a “tremendous opportunity” for both UT and the city of Toledo.

Editorial: Let’s go back to having evidence - 2025-10-11T04:00:00Z
The testy testimony of our U.S. attorney general to a Senate committee on Tuesday revealed the contempt that the Trump Administration has for Congress.

Editorial: Pritzker defends lawlessness - 2025-10-10T04:00:00Z
Chicago is putting U.S. dysfunction and disunity on display with conduct of Mayor Brandon Johnson and Gov. JB Pritzker that presumes Illinois is exempt from federal law.

Editorial: Electric demand exceeds supply - 2025-10-09T04:00:00Z
Lucas County electric bills are up — way up — 55 percent from 6.3 cents per kilowatt hour to 9.75 cents.

Editorial: Relief for farmers - 2025-10-09T01:34:46Z
President Trump’s plan to bail out soybean farmers with a subsidy check, as was done in 2018, is the predictable consequence of what he called “Liberation Day” — the start of the tariffs policy.

Editorial: 23 bypass progresses — toll road or not - 2025-10-08T04:00:00Z
Progress continues on the decades-long needed highway connection between Toledo and Columbus. The preliminary plan from the Ohio Department of Transportation, mandated by the Ohio General Assembly, has produced multiple viable options for a bypass from U.S. 23 to I-71.

Editorial: Partners have power - 2025-10-07T04:00:00Z
The best opportunity to unlock the promise of individual and collective potential is through the power of partnership.

Editorial: Let’s keep AI in its place - 2025-10-06T04:00:00Z
We applaud the legislation offered by an Ohio lawmaker to ban artificial intelligence systems from having human rights such as the ability to marry and own property.

Editorial: Blade endorsements for Toledo City Council Set out on new path - 2025-10-05T04:00:00Z
Toledo voters have the chance this year to upset the course of Toledo’s torpid city government and inject some new energy and creativeness into the business of boosting the quality (and quantity) of life in town.

Editorial: Dumpster only part of solution to blight - 2025-10-04T04:00:00Z
The proposed city council solution to the problem of unsightly “set-outs” of evicted tenants’ is one that will add to the cost of rent in Toledo while marginally improving the streetscape of some city neighborhoods.

Editorial: DeWine property tax task force fails - 2025-10-03T04:00:00Z
Ohio’s property tax mess is a $20 billion-plus problem the Republican establishment running state government shows no inclination to fix.

Editorial: No shutdown wins - 2025-10-02T04:00:00Z
The government shutdown is a game of chicken being played at the expense of the American citizen.

Editorial: What about solar? - 2025-10-01T04:00:00Z
Ohio Senate President Rob McColley (R., Napoleon) looks at the state economy as a four-legged stool, according to his presentation at the Ohio Chamber of Commerce Impact Ohio Toledo Regional Conference.

Editorial: Peace deal good - 2025-10-02T03:39:09Z
A workable, reasonable solution to the brutal conflict in Gaza has emerged from the Trump White House. Hamas must disarm and release all Israeli hostages, living and dead. In return Israel will release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and agree to creation of a Palestinian state.

Editorial: Where cost cuts kill - 2025-09-30T04:00:00Z
There’s strong evidence that private equity-owned hospitals put financial success ahead of quality health care.

Editorial: Shift pension reform target - 2025-09-29T04:00:00Z
The Ohio General Assembly and Gov. Mike DeWine have united educators in anger over the attempt to take over the State Teachers Retirement System. It’s a preview of the disgust ahead when taxpayers get asked to put more money in the state pensions.

Editorial: Retribution arrives - 2025-09-28T04:00:00Z
President Trump was elected president promising to bring retribution to Washington. The presidentially prodded indictment of former FBI Director James Comey makes good on that campaign pledge — with potentially seismic consequences to Washington and to the country.

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Shribman: Fort Sumter has much to say about American division - 2025-10-12T04:00:00Z
CHARLESTON, S.C. — On an artificial island 4 miles from downtown stands an unlikely reminder of the cost of national disunion, a granite monument to discord, both a reminder of the price of division and a warning to contemporary political warriors.

Lessenberry: Michigan budget battles just beginning - 2025-10-09T04:00:00Z
LANSING — “Laws are like sausages — it is best not to see them being made.” Though that quote is often wrongly attributed to Mark Twain, it was actually said by Otto von Bismarck, the first and greatest chancellor of the 19th century old German Empire.

Hussain: Absolute power corrupts absolutely - 2025-10-08T04:00:00Z
IT HAS been merely seven months since Donald Trump swore to uphold the U.S. Constitution. If these seven months are any indication of what is to come in his remaining term, all democracy loving Americans of all political hues should realize that the country is hurtling toward autocracy and dictatorship.

Haworth: Hamas doesn’t want peace - 2025-10-08T03:31:07Z
THE POLITICAL world is alight with anticipation and excitement after President Trump released his 20-point peace proposal for Gaza, built around three central pillars: immediate de-escalation, humanitarian relief and redevelopment, and a long-term political framework.

Shribman: Muddy modern line between religion and politics - 2025-10-05T04:00:00Z
Of the many changes in our politics — the movement of political power from the Northeast and Midwest to the South and West, the coarsening of our national conversation, the transformations wrought by technological change, including the internet and social media — the one that might be the most astonishing is the dramatic increase in the prominence of religion in political life.

Walton: Big Fitz — a tragedy on our vast inland sea - 2025-10-05T04:00:00Z
Five weeks from tomorrow, the date “10 November” will once again be seared into the public consciousness, reminding Toledo and northwest Ohio of what we all lost on that date half a century ago.

Lessenberry: Doug Jones more important than Dow Jones - 2025-10-02T03:42:20Z
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — Several years ago, Jim Hightower, a witty former Texas agricultural commissioner who sometimes bills himself as “America’s Favorite Populist,” gave a speech in Southfield, a major Detroit suburb, and I was asked to introduce him. Mr. Hightower, one of the last Democrats to win statewide office in Texas, told me he asked a waitress that morning if she knew about all the new jobs the economy was supposedly creating.

Shribman: Canada, Mexico eye pact amid American turmoil - 2025-09-28T04:00:00Z
MONTREAL — Hardly noticed in the United States amid its worries about domestic tranquility was an important, telling, and symbolic development that prompted bold-faced headlines here.

Lessenberry: Vice President Vance ignorant on Mich. history - 2025-09-25T04:00:00Z
DETROIT — Last week, Vice President JD Vance made a speech in the reliably Republican mid-Michigan city of Howell, mainly to promote the Trump Administration’s economic policy. But he also charged that there was a violent crime wave in Detroit, and suggested the governor ask the Trump Administration to ask for troops.

Hussain: Pakistan-Saudi Pact’s a new wrinkle in Middle East - 2025-09-24T04:00:00Z
Recently Pakistan and Saudi Arabia entered a defense pact that stipulated that any attack on Pakistan would be considered an attack on Saudi Arabia and vice versa. Considering the deteriorating climate in the Middle East this pact has more than a symbolic significance. Pakistan is the only country in the Arab/​Muslim world to possess nuclear weapons.

Walton: If phone doesn’t ring, it’s me - 2025-09-21T04:00:00Z
What is it about leaving a voice mail message that befuddles us so? Comments that might sound pithy or clever in a face-to-face, two-way conversation tend to lose their zip when we are speaking all by ourselves into someone else’s cell phone voice mail.

Shribman: Keep an eye on Maine - 2025-09-21T04:00:00Z
OGUNQUIT, Maine — The Old Dirigo State. The Lumber State. Down East. The Switzerland of America. The Polar Star State. The Pine Tree State. Vacationland.

Lessenberry: Mayor Duggan always full of surprises - 2025-09-18T03:40:51Z
CHARLEVOIX, Mich. — This popular little resort town is nearly 300 miles north of Detroit, and in some ways seems like another world. Life revolves around tourism, boating, and Lake Michigan, and other mainly outdoor recreational pursuits. One house on a typical broad, leafy street displays a sign, “If you’re lucky enough to be up north, you’re lucky enough,” a sentiment with which most of the thousands of summer and fall tourists would enthusiastically agree.

Shribman: Could our leaders pass citizenship test? - 2025-09-14T04:00:00Z
Th overhaul of American attitudes toward immigration has many fronts. One is the border, both the southern and northern frontiers. Another is workplaces — Mexican restaurants, manufacturing plants like the Hyundai facility where hundreds of Koreans recently were arrested — where the undocumented are found. A third is this week’s emphasis on sanctuary cities, which harbor many of the migrants Donald Trump is targeting.

Lessenberry: Michigan Con-Con once again on ballot - 2025-09-11T03:34:07Z
LANSING — Even though millions already have been spent on next year’s midterm elections in Michigan, the fact is that I don’t really know who is going to be on the ballot in a single race, and neither does anyone else.

Hussain: Thoughts and prayers all over again - 2025-09-10T03:34:05Z
WHEN I heard about yet another shooting in a church in Minneapolis on Aug. 27, I also heard the same old, stale, and blatantly insincere comments and statement: It is not the time to talk politics of gun violence. Let us pray for the victims. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families.

Walton: Mankind’s greatest achievement: stretch pants - 2025-09-07T04:00:00Z
Stretch pants, it must be acknowledged, are the Rodney Dangerfield of fashion. No respect. No respect at all.

Shribman: Giuliani’s very bad Labor Day weekend - 2025-09-07T04:00:00Z
NORTH CONWAY, N.H. — The radio station around here has a popular morning feature called Talk of the Towns, and in the past week, the talk of the towns, and of New Hampshire more generally, has been Rudolph Giuliani’s injury in an automobile accident.

Lessenberry: An ethical professional philosophy in action - 2025-09-04T04:00:00Z
GROSSE POINTE FARMS, Mich. — When I first began covering Jack Kevorkian’s assisted suicides back in the early 1990s, I asked his colorful lawyer, Geoffrey Fieger, about the medical examiner’s findings. While Kevorkian said the causes of death were medically assisted suicides, Oakland County’s medical examiner, Dr. Ljubisa Dragovic, was ruling all the ones in his jurisdiction homicides.

Shribman: Heaven beckons to Trump - 2025-08-31T04:00:00Z
Donald Trump has begun to worry that he might be going to hell.

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