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Commissioner calls for $1M from reserves to food banks - 2025-10-30T21:24:45Z
Lucas County Commissioner Anita Lopez will introduce a resolution to provide $1 million in funding to food banks, but she doesn’t believe she has the votes to pass it.

Judge to rule Friday on driver’s responsibility for fatal Centennial Road crash - 2025-10-30T17:18:59Z
A Lucas County judge expects to decide Friday afternoon whether a Fulton County man who conceded being drunk was criminally responsible for a fatal pedestrian crash last year outside Centennial Terrace.

Defiance College offers debt-free education through 1850 Promise - 2025-10-30T17:51:31Z
DEFIANCE — High school seniors can earn a debt-free bachelor’s degree under a newly expanded program at Defiance College.

Congressional redistricting proposal shifts Kaptur's district further right - 2025-10-30T22:00:20Z
COLUMBUS — U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D., Toledo) would face a steeper uphill battle to win re-election under a bipartisan congressional map proposed Thursday by the members of the Ohio Redistricting Commission.

Brown urges Congress to pass deal on ACA subsidies, SNAP - 2025-10-30T20:11:58Z
COLUMBUS — Congress should move quickly to ensure Ohioans don’t see their Affordable Care Act premiums skyrocket when open enrollment begins on Saturday, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Sherrod Brown said during an event in Columbus on Thursday.

City of Toledo's bond rating increases for second year - 2025-10-30T21:06:17Z
The city of Toledo has received back-to-back increases in its bond ratings, receiving the highest rating in more than four decades.

Memorial sign dedicated to fallen state trooper - 2025-10-30T19:56:05Z
State officials on Thursday unveiled a memorial sign honoring the life and service of Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper Jon D. Birchem, who died in the line of duty on Feb. 27, 1967.

Organizations, individuals stepping up to help those losing SNAP - 2025-10-30T19:16:40Z
Jeremy Roehrig put out a call Monday on Facebook for families needing help with food or gas to privately message him.

Waterville Twp. trustees take steps to control data center decisions - 2025-10-30T19:14:42Z
Waterville Township trustees issued a terse statement at Wednesday’s meeting, saying they were bucking the county’s advice and taking control of if and when a data center would be located there.

Have coffee, chat with Whitehouse officials - 2025-10-30T18:50:19Z
Have a conversation with Whitehouse officials from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Nov. 8.

Toledo collects $3.7M on delinquent water bills so far - 2025-10-30T12:30:00Z
About four months after the city of Toledo restarted its collection program for delinquent water bills, about $3.7 million has been collected, officials said.

Event explores ‘how to better advocate for an honest and strong public education system’ - 2025-10-30T14:23:07Z
A representative of Honesty For Ohio Education explained how public education-related bills are introduced and passed by the state legislature and called on area educators and parents to be active participants in the process.

Sylvania school friends engineer a train for Halloween - 2025-10-30T13:54:38Z
Instead of bobbing for apples, watching scary movies, and wearing spooky costumes, a group of friends from Sylvania’s Southview High School have celebrated Halloween by building props used to hand out candy.

Family seniority: Toledo police, fire badges No. 1 share kinship - 2025-10-30T11:04:21Z
The Toledo Police Department’s Officer Melissa Stephens received badge No. 1 last week, becoming TPD’s most senior officer and joining her nephew, Kamal Parker, who holds Toledo Fire’s badge No. 1.

Daily Log: 10/30 - 2025-10-30T04:00:00Z
Births

Toledo Crime Log: 10/30 - 2025-10-30T04:00:00Z
Click on icons in the map to find details of reported crimes. For a full list of all reported crimes in Toledo this week, consult the table below.

City of Toledo says it needs more money for smart water meters; council isn't sold - 2025-10-29T17:27:53Z
The city of Toledo has spent about $84 million to swap old water meters to smart meters, but the city needs more money, and Toledo City Council isn’t sold.

Sit, Stay, Play! Sylvania's first dog park set to open - 2025-10-29T12:04:35Z
Dog owners looking for a safe space in Sylvania where their furry friends can run and play unleashed won’t have to search much longer.

Judge extends deadline for mental illness defense in Kei'mani case - 2025-10-29T19:58:52Z
Serious mental impairment will be raised in the Darnell Jones’ defense against capital murder charges for his daughter Kei’mani Latigue’s death, a defense lawyer said Wednesday afternoon in Lucas County Common Pleas Court.

Property tax reform debate moves to Senate - 2025-10-29T19:42:02Z
COLUMBUS — Residents could soon see significant changes to Ohio’s local property tax system as the Senate begins consideration of several measures that cleared the House in recent weeks.

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Editorial: ‘Bustling factories’ without prosperity - 2025-10-31T04:00:00Z
“The bustling factories of Toledo, Ohio” has a nice ring to it, especially when it comes from a podium with the presidential seal at an international event.

Editorial: LMH redactions revealing - 2025-10-30T04:00:00Z
The investigation of financial irregularities at Lucas Metropolitan Housing has clearly consumed much of the managerial time and attention. That’s the main revelation from the LMH response to Blade Reporter Alex Bracken’s public record request.

Editorial: Ban prop betting in Ohio now - 2025-10-30T03:45:00Z
Sports-crazy Ohio needs to change state law on “prop betting” to maintain faith in the integrity of the underlying athletic competition. It’s getting to be a monotonous issue for The Blade Editorial Board as we’ve continuously advocated elimination of bets on individual athletes’ performance.

Editorial: Trump sowing election doubts - 2025-10-29T03:45:00Z
Speaking to the media in the White House last week, President Trump said: “We can never let what happened in the 2020 election happen again. We just can’t let that happen. I know Kash is working on it, everybody is working on it. And certainly Tulsi is working on it. We can’t let that happen again to our country.”

Editorial: Reagan Foundation wrong on tariff stance - 2025-10-28T03:54:20Z
Reagan Republicans are officially extinct if even the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute in California can’t stand up for the truth about Ronald Reagan’s stance on tariffs.

Editorial: Poll gives hope of bellwether status - 2025-10-27T04:00:00Z
The purplish hue of the latest opinion poll from Bowling Green State University provides some hope that Ohio will have competitive political contests in 2026 and that the Republican candidates for president will have to fight to win this state in 2028.

Editorial: Not what we voted for - 2025-10-26T04:00:00Z
Now in its fourth week, politicians in Washington continue to play the game of government shutdown. Ordinary citizens pay the price while politicians blame each other. Meanwhile, political credibility slides further south. This nonsense has to end.

Editorial: East Wing demo’d - 2025-10-26T04:00:00Z
The renovation at Toledo’s cherished Toledo Museum of Art is off to an awesome start with the temporary removal of marble stones.

Editorial: Challenges await new Japan leader - 2025-10-25T04:00:00Z
Japan’s first female prime minister has taken office, promising to reform Japan’s plateauing economy and to confront China’s militaristic expansion in the Pacific region.

Editorial: Housing agency inquiry shines light - 2025-10-24T04:00:00Z
Enterprising reporting by The Blade is bringing to the public’s attention a case of possible misconduct involving payments to a contractor at Lucas Metropolitan Housing.

Editorial: U.S. enables Putin - 2025-10-23T04:00:00Z
It’s another setback for Ukraine at the hands of what should be its biggest defender in the world, the United States.

Editorial: Medicare directory a complicated mess - 2025-10-23T04:00:00Z
Seeking simple competence in producing a directory of in-network and out-of-network medical professionals should not be too much to ask of the federal government, especially for an administration that is so much more competent and intelligent than everyone who went before.

Editorial: Rossford handles growth successfully - 2025-10-22T03:45:00Z
Rossford has replaced bad problems with good problems. Thanks to successful economic development Rossford has gone from grappling with issues caused by decline to dealing with the challenges of growth.

Editorial: Execution is key at UT - 2025-10-21T04:00:00Z
University of Toledo President James Holloway’s inauguration speech given on Thursday laid out a vision that has good bones.

Editorial: Justice didn’t make cut in D.C. court - 2025-10-20T04:00:00Z
The soft penalty handed to a couple of teenagers from Maryland for severely beating a totally innocent person on the streets of Washington should provide the nation with an opportunity to re-evaluate juvenile justice.

Editorial: Made in Ohio - 2025-10-19T04:00:00Z
Global business headlines announce “Jeep maker Stellantis plans $13 billion investment to boost U.S. manufacturing.” Like Stellantis, Toledo is branded as Jeep maker but unlike Stellantis, has been since the Jeep was created for the U.S. military in World War II.

Editorial: Fix THC law - 2025-10-19T04:00:00Z
A Common Pleas Court judge in Columbus has blocked Gov. Mike DeWine’s declaration of a health emergency and order to clear the shelves in Ohio stores of intoxicating hemp based products.

Editorial: Detroit comeback could inspire others - 2025-10-18T04:00:00Z
There are many architects of Detroit’s downtown renewal, but none more important than billionaire benefactor Dan Gilbert, the founder of Rocket Mortgage, long known as Quicken Loans.

Editorial: GOP owns shutdown - 2025-10-17T02:37:57Z
Bravo to the Toledo, Cleveland, and Akron-Canton airports for declining to show travelers a video in which U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem blames congressional Democrats for the federal government shutdown. Cleveland Hopkins International Airport says it’s too partisan.

Editorial: Risky pension funds - 2025-10-16T04:00:00Z
The nearly overnight collapse of a Cleveland company, now under federal investigation for fraud, should be a cautionary tale for Ohio’s public pension funds’ dangerous practice of investing in private credit.

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Lessenberry: Ranked choice may make Michigan ballot - 2025-10-30T04:00:00Z
DETROIT — Back in 2018, Michigan Libertarians had a remarkably savvy candidate for governor, Bill Gelineau, who ran an underwriting business in Grand Rapids.

Shribman: Canada backs Jays as tensions simmer with U.S. - 2025-10-26T04:00:00Z
MONTREAL — Don’t think of them as Toronto’s team. Think of them instead as Canada’s team.

Lessenberry: Literacy has to start at home - 2025-10-23T04:00:00Z
DETROIT — There’s widespread agreement that Michigan schools are failing their students, especially when it comes to reading, the most important of skills, and the problem is getting worse.

Hussain: Distorted realities, lies, and vendettas of this era - 2025-10-22T04:00:00Z
In the current era where lies are peddled as truths, the very definition of truth has changed.

Shribman: President’s many contradictions reinforced - 2025-10-19T04:00:00Z
What to make of Donald Trump now?

Walton: By superstar standards, Jose Ramirez is a bargain - 2025-10-19T04:00:00Z
Even though baseball fans across the land are preparing for the start of the World Series on Friday, I’m not thinking today about dramatic home runs, dominant pitching, who’s injured, who’s hot and who’s not, and all the drama associated with the fall classic. I’m thinking about Jose Ramirez, the elite star of the Cleveland Guardians, whose season ended in the first round of the playoffs.

Lessenberry: Michigan reformers attempt to take money out of politics - 2025-10-16T04:00:00Z
DETROIT —– What the nonpartisan advocacy group Voters Not Politicians has managed to accomplish in Michigan over the last few years seems almost miraculous. Seven years ago, VNP burst on the scene, a group of mainly young and fresh faces with little to no funding and proclaimed that they intended to amend Michigan’s constitution and take redistricting away from the Legislature.

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.

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