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Photo Gallery: Wood County Sheriff's Office car show - 2025-09-06T22:01:18Z
Cars & Cuffs, the Wood County Sheriff's Office inaugural car show, took place in Bowling Green on Sept. 6.

Photo Gallery: Family Fun Day at The Ability Center - 2025-09-06T22:08:52Z
Family Fun Day hosted by The Ability Center took place in Sylvania on Sept. 6.

Third man arrested in fatal shooting of teen - 2025-09-06T13:46:48Z
A Toledo man wanted by police for his role in a June robbery that resulted in the shooting death of a teenager has been arrested.

Families peel back fun at apple festival - 2025-09-06T18:08:53Z
ERIE, Mich. — Sheila Garcia-Apple scoured the field, looking for apples to make apple pie with her granddaughter, Violet Lopez, 4.

Block party celebrates completion of Broadway Street corridor project - 2025-09-06T13:23:29Z
Gone are tracts of barren land, piles of broken asphalt, and noisy bulldozers and dump trucks.

Passion projects: The challenges facing historic buildings in Bowling Green - 2025-09-06T11:30:00Z
BOWLING GREEN — If these buildings could talk ...

Maumee Senior Center hosts 11th annual Health Fair - 2025-09-05T19:25:03Z
Lila and Tim Szozda are just beginning a life of retirement and senior living, the married couple said.

Toledo officials urge votes to bring free outdoor music to four parks - 2025-09-05T20:33:09Z
Stuff the ballot box.

Students, police cadets enjoy playtime at Navarre Elementary School - 2025-09-05T20:06:11Z
Navarre Elementary School was a swarm of activity Friday with young students busy running after and even arresting some Toledo police cadets during their lunch hour.

UT Edward Shapiro Lecture to feature author Lauren Groff - 2025-09-05T17:19:58Z
New York Times best-selling author Lauren Groff is the speaker for the University of Toledo’s Sept. 9 Edward Shapiro Lecture.

Oscar-winning ‘Summer of Soul’ to be screened at West Toledo library - 2025-09-05T17:18:57Z
Summer of Soul, an Academy Award, Critics Choice, and Grammy Award-winning documentary, will be screened at the West Toledo Branch library Monday.

LC4 will open new building Oct. 4; director to transition out of role - 2025-09-05T16:51:17Z
Lucas County Canine Care & Control will be closed Sept. 29 to Oct. 3 while it moves to its new facility and will also be accepting applications to replace LC4’s director, Dave Blyth.

Memorial to honor 9/11 victims, first responders - 2025-09-05T15:55:51Z
A 9/11 memorial ceremony is planned for 9 a.m. Thursday at Toledo Memorial Park, 6382 Monroe St., Sylvania.

Photo gallery: Best pictures for week ending Sept. 4 - 2025-09-05T14:18:54Z
Blade photographers head out every day to capture the triumphs, tragedies, and oddities of life in Lucas County and beyond.

Daily Log: 9/5 - 2025-09-05T04:00:00Z
Births

Coroner’s rulings: 9/5 - 2025-09-05T04:00:00Z
The Lucas County Coroner has ruled in the following deaths:

Developer takes residents’ questions on proposed Westgate-area project - 2025-09-05T02:53:57Z
A proposed new development that would be located opposite the Westgate Village shopping center will likely have new tenants confirmed by the end of the year.

New local affordable housing aims to provide hope for homeless youth, disabled residents - 2025-09-04T21:36:15Z
It’s said “every hero needs a villain,” a local organization’s president said Thursday.

Photo Gallery: Westgate Farmer's Market - 2025-09-04T21:24:03Z
The Westgate Farmer’s Market took place on Sept. 3 in West Toledo. Click the image above to view the full gallery.

Judge refuses to dismiss death penalty in Kei’mani Latigue case - 2025-09-04T18:57:46Z
A judge in Lucas County Pleas Court has denied a request to take the death penalty off the table in the Kei’mani Latigue murder case.

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Editorial: SAVE Act fantasy - 2025-09-07T04:00:00Z
If noncitizens in the United States illegally voted in any significant numbers, Donald Trump would not be president.

Editorial: Husted Kennedy enabler - 2025-09-07T04:00:00Z
When it comes to Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and his leadership as Secretary of Health and Human Services, Republicans should have listened to his uncle, former President John F. Kennedy who observed that “sometimes party loyalty asks too much.”

Editorial: Big help for small business - 2025-09-06T04:00:00Z
Big business gets most of the attention, but out of 32.6 million U.S. businesses fewer than 21,000 employ more than 500 people, according to census data. Developments in Toledo and Perrysburg are notable for their concentration on the vast majority of small businesses that fall below that number of employees.

Editorial: Council conflict unproductive - 2025-09-05T04:00:00Z
The headlines tell a troubling story about local government in Toledo and in Oregon. “Tensions rise with Toledo City councilmen,” and “Feud erupts between Oregon city councilman and economic development foundation head” are not stories that provide confidence in leadership.

Editorial: No Cleveland stop - 2025-09-04T04:00:00Z
We don’t know whether to laugh or cheer.

Editorial: Tariffs on hold - 2025-09-04T04:00:00Z
President Trump’s claim to unprecedented power over trade through unlimited authority to levy tariffs now awaits a crucially important constitutional test of the separation of powers.

Editorial: Four Corners, downtown progress - 2025-09-03T04:00:00Z
There are obstacles to traffic at the corner of Madison Avenue and Huron Street in downtown Toledo. It’s an inconvenience that is good news.

Editorial: Crime is kind of an emergency - 2025-09-02T04:00:00Z
We take a backseat to no other editorial board in disapproving of President Trump’s overreach in sending National Guard troops to fight crime in Los Angeles, Washington, and, potentially, Chicago.

Editorial: Saudi Arabia not worthy of friendship - 2025-09-01T04:00:00Z
It’s funny how demands for justice in the Middle East only focus on Gaza. Why are college students not taking over buildings to protest unjust theocracies like Saudi Arabia, whose criminal justice practices are beyond tolerable?

Editorial: Brown policy Trumped - 2025-08-31T11:08:47Z
Historically Labor Day marks the unofficial end of summer and the start of serious political campaigning. There’s been next to no activity for the Toledo city races this November but the 2026 campaign for U.S. Senate in Ohio is fully engaged.

Editorial: Israel bonds dispute was only for show - 2025-08-31T04:00:00Z
The staged meeting over whether or not to disinvest Lucas County from bonds in the state of Israel had value as political theater but nothing else.

Editorial: Manufacturing needs workers - 2025-08-30T04:00:00Z
Northwest Ohio Manufacturers think they need an image makeover to find the workers they must have to flourish.

Editorial: No American wants a dictator, Donald - 2025-08-29T04:00:00Z
Of all the inappropriate and offensive things Donald Trump has uttered from the Oval Office, maybe none is worse than his recent suggestion that many Americans want to be ruled by a dictator.

Editorial: Follow Oregon’s lead - 2025-08-28T04:00:00Z
With a unanimous vote, Oregon City Council has paved the way for a multibillion-dollar technology-driven investment that will be remembered as an example of courageous leadership for northwest Ohio’s inherent advantage in the economy of tomorrow.

Editorial: Aurora House saved — for now - 2025-08-27T04:00:00Z
It is to the benefit of Toledo citizens — especially those who are mothers struggling with addiction — that two donors have stepped up to help Aurora House make it through 2026, no thanks to Toledo city government.

Editorial: All about Epstein money - 2025-08-28T03:35:44Z
Follow the money!

Editorial: BGSU showing the way - 2025-08-26T04:00:00Z
These are “the good old days” at Bowling Green State University thanks to a well executed strategy the University of Toledo would be wise to emulate where possible.

Editorial: Scandal changes PUCO - 2025-08-25T04:00:00Z
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has practically been a case study on “regulatory capture,” the condition of an oversight body ostensibly serving the public that has become a government agency devoted to the interests of the industry and companies it regulates.

Editorial: Maumee builds bridge - 2025-08-24T04:00:00Z
A unanimous choice for appointment to Maumee City Council after a long deadlock on the decision provides solid hope that the rancor that has rocked Maumee can be resolved and civic harmony restored.

Editorial: Unneeded downtown traffic signals - 2025-08-23T04:00:00Z
It makes perfect sense to remove some of the traffic signals downtown, but it’s an ominous decision nonetheless.

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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.

Lessenberry: Michigan corruption bipartisan - 2025-08-28T03:33:39Z
PONTIAC, Mich. — In recent years, stories about political corruption in Lansing mostly have involved Republicans. Think former Senate Majority Leader Rick Johnson mumbling “I am a corrupt politician,” before going to federal prison for taking bribes.

Hussain: Future of WGTE, other public entities hang in balance - 2025-08-27T03:27:11Z
THE INFAMOUS chainsaw wielded by Elon Musk in the well-circulated video did come into action and chopped off federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. It has been in the crosshairs of Republicans for a long time.

Shribman: Get acquainted with John Buchan - 2025-08-24T04:00:00Z
SPARKLING WINE flowed, hors d’oeuvres were passed, speeches were given. There were panel discussions, an archives tour, a reception and dinner. I wasn’t there, and you weren’t either. Nor was anyone you know. And the occasion? Something you never heard about, involving someone you likely never heard of.

Walton: Is Thomas Jefferson getting government benefits? - 2025-08-24T03:30:37Z
READERS WITH long memories may recall a wonderful old television show called Meeting of Minds, hosted by the great Steve Allen in the late 1970s, in which Steve would interview prominent historical figures portrayed by actors. Conversations with Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, Charles Darwin, and even Aristotle, Cleopatra, and Attila the Hun enlightened viewers and literally brought history to life.

Lessenberry: Democrats need a Trump shadow - 2025-08-21T03:48:33Z
DETROIT — Years ago, I was in the airport in Boston, when I saw a familiar looking man sitting by himself. Eventually, a woman passed by and said hello. “I voted for you!” she said.

Shribman: Back to future with Pat Buchanan - 2025-08-17T03:38:59Z
I SAW the future exactly 30 summers ago while on assignment in Iowa. I just didn’t know it.

Lessenberry: 1st female mayor likely for Detroit - 2025-08-14T03:36:59Z
DETROIT — Most major cities have had female mayors. But not Detroit. Thirty-two years ago, a woman did make it to Detroit’s mayoral runoff for the first time, and until this year, only time. Sharon McPhail was a tough attorney whose positions were mostly to the left of her rival, former Michigan Supreme Court Justice Dennis Archer.

Shribman: Newton’s third law rules Washington politics - 2025-08-10T04:00:00Z
At a time when questions about the rule of law are in the air, it is important to remember that Donald Trump hasn’t overturned Isaac Newton’s third law of motion, which rules Washington, just as powerfully as it rules physical phenomena.

Walton: Did ‘Grandpa George’ sign Declaration of Independence? - 2025-08-10T04:00:00Z
FOR YEARS a frequent topic of discussion among my many relatives named Walton has been the back story about one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, a lawyer from Georgia named George Walton. My brothers and I wondered if we could we possibly be descendants of such an important figure in American history.

Lessenberry: Michigan’s mental health failure behind crime - 2025-08-07T03:34:41Z
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — If it sounded like everyone’s nightmare, that’s because it was. Late in the afternoon of July 26, a man at a Walmart in Traverse City pulled out a knife and began randomly stabbing people. Eleven were badly injured before a man with a gun held him at bay in the parking lot till police arrived.

Hussain: Rabbis: Starving Gazans is terrible assault on Jewish ethics - 2025-08-06T04:00:00Z
Forced mass starvation, just as mass murder, has always been a stain on humanity. Kings and tyrants in a bygone era would lay siege to an enemy fort or a city and force the occupants to eventually lay down arms and leave their fate to the mercy of the invaders. Many times, massacre of men, women, and children would ensue after the surrender. Hunger, starvation, and massacre were the common themes of warfare in a more tribal and savage times in human history. There were no guard rails and no universal code of conduct during warfare to prevent cruel savagery.

Shribman: Who’s a hero during age of Trump? - 2025-08-03T04:00:00Z
JOHN ADAMS and Samuel Adams are in, but John Quincy Adams isn’t. Alan Shepard and John Glenn are in, but Gus Grissom isn’t. Betsy Ross is in, but Ross Perot isn’t. John Wayne is in, but Wayne Newton isn’t. Andrew Jackson is in, but Michael Jackson and Jackson Pollock aren’t. Henry Ford is there, but Ralph Nader isn’t.

Lessenberry: Lobbyist for civility and justice cleared veteran’s name - 2025-07-31T03:57:06Z
LANSING, Mich. — You don’t often meet a lobbyist who became a civil liberties hero. Lobbyists, after all, are people who work for special interests and try to persuade legislators to vote their way.

Walton: Me and you need to talk — or at least sing - 2025-07-27T04:00:00Z
If music is the international language, some of the folks in the song-writing community need a little remedial work on subject-verb agreement. And double negatives. Singular vs. plural too. Tense also, past and present. The pluperfect subjunctive? I shudder at the abuse.

Shribman: Political downward mobility has willing candidates - 2025-07-27T04:00:00Z
Andrew Cuomo, candidate for mayor of New York City, meet John Carney, mayor of Wilmington, Del.

Lessenberry: Campaign dollars or ethnic appeal? - 2025-07-24T04:00:00Z
DETROIT — Some eyebrows were raised last week when it turned out that two-term U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar, a Detroit Democrat, has raised nearly $1.8 million dollars in new campaign funds, not from donations, but by investing in cryptocurrency.

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