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Imagination Station welcomes Rubik’s Cube tournament - 2025-12-30T12:29:13Z
The World Cube Association is bringing an official Rubik’s Cube tournament to Imagination Station for two days in January.

Springfield schools support staff announce plans to strike - 2025-12-30T14:24:55Z
The union representing support staff at Springfield schools announced Tuesday their intention to strike on Jan. 7.

Officials seeking help with Sandusky County arson fire - 2025-12-29T21:32:05Z
GIBSONBURG, Ohio — Authorities are offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the people responsible for a fire that destroyed a Sandusky County home on Monday.

Rescue crews recover body from Maumee River - 2025-12-29T20:24:18Z
The Toledo Fire & Rescue Department’s water rescue unit recovered a body Monday from the Maumee River in downtown Toledo.

Group files to place cannabis bill referendum before Ohio voters - 2025-12-29T21:43:22Z
COLUMBUS — Members of the cannabis industry on Monday filed signatures to place a referendum on the ballot to undo much of Senate Bill 56.

Photo Gallery: Public skate session at Slater Family Ice Arena in Bowling Green - 2025-12-29T23:12:06Z
Families and friends enjoyed a public skate session at Slater Family Ice Arena on Monday in Bowling Green.

Cold winds blow into Toledo, snarl traffic, affect water levels, power - 2025-12-29T15:59:39Z
High wind blew cold air into the Toledo area with a vengeance Monday morning after near-record warmth on Sunday.

'They like to have fun, too': Trampoline park offers sensory-friendly play - 2025-12-29T21:48:12Z
Tim Hartman didn’t know how big the need for sensory-sensitive spaces was until he started getting calls.

Police identify people involved in double-fatal car crash - 2025-12-29T20:45:00Z
Police have identified the people involved in a two-car crash that killed two people and sent a third to the hospital.

17 die on Ohio’s roadways over the Christmas holiday - 2025-12-29T19:28:33Z
COLUMBUS — The Christmas holiday proved deadly for some motorists, with 17 people killed in 14 fatal crashes on Ohio roadways over a five-day period.

Zoo extends Lights Before Christmas through Jan. 4 - 2025-12-29T15:40:21Z
The Toledo Zoo is extending the Lights Before Christmas for an encore, through Jan. 4.

Sylvania schools looking to place 7.9-mill levy on May 5 ballot - 2025-12-29T14:33:19Z
The Sylvania schools Board of Education has taken the first steps to place a levy on the May 5 ballot.

Court date set for owner of dog involved in Whiteford school attack - 2025-12-29T12:58:33Z
The owner of a dog that attacked a mother leaving Whiteford Elementary School with her toddler has a court appearance scheduled next week.

Dave's Running Shop hosts community run at Wildwood - 2025-12-29T12:08:06Z
People who are hoping to run more in 2026 can ring in the new year alongside runners of all paces and abilities in the final of a series of outdoor run meetups hosted by Dave's Running Shop.

Families, tourists get crafty at TMA's winter wonderland - 2025-12-28T21:01:35Z
A Sunday afternoon at the Toledo Museum of Art’s Glass Pavilion was just what Erin Sutton and Alican Demir, of Maryland, needed.

High wind advisory issued for Toledo area, as winter storm sweeps into Great Lakes region - 2025-12-28T20:23:01Z
A high wind warning from the National Weather Service in Cleveland is expected to be in place from 1 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday for Wood and Lucas counties. West winds of 30 to 40 mph are anticipated with gusts as high as 66 mph.

Port Clinton church donates cookbook proceeds to pay-it-forward restaurant - 2025-12-28T20:15:00Z
PORT CLINTON — St. John Lutheran Church donated $540 it raised so far through sales of the church’s cookbook to Bistro 163.

New Year's ball to drop for furry friends - 2025-12-28T18:25:48Z
Pups are invited to Zoom Room Dog Training for a special New Year’s Eve party.

Mom on path of sobriety after superintendent steps in to help son graduate - 2025-12-28T12:14:51Z
Marie Webb said she is finally able to look at herself in a mirror.

Photo Gallery: Great Art Escape at the Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion - 2025-12-27T18:26:34Z
Families made magnets and listened to music during the Great Art Escape on Saturday at the Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion in Toledo.

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Editorial: Opportunistic Putsch - 2025-12-30T05:00:00Z
There are many good reasons to oppose the election of endorsed Republican candidate for Ohio Governor Vivek Ramaswamy.

Editorial: Solar decision right - 2025-12-29T05:00:00Z
After a long laborious process, common sense has prevailed in Hancock County with the approval of a 700-acre solar farm in a rural area between Fostoria and Findlay near the village of Arcadia.

Editorial: Health insurance inaction harmful - 2025-12-28T05:00:00Z
New Year’s Day 2026 brings the latest example of federal government dysfunction that will bring high anxiety to 24 million Americans, including nearly 600,000 Ohioans who rely upon the Affordable Care Act as the marketplace for their health insurance.

Editorial: Stick to sound savings, TPS - 2025-12-28T05:00:00Z
The financial predicament facing Toledo Public Schools is a result of decisions in the Ohio General Assembly that have given parents in the city of Toledo the power to decide how their children are educated.

Editorial: Address homelessness - 2025-12-27T05:00:00Z
The number of people living homeless is on the rise and the city has to be both firm and compassionate.

Editorial: Google backs solar - 2025-12-26T04:00:00Z
Regardless of northwest Ohio’s success in landing another data center in addition to the $800 million Meta facility arising just north of Bowling Green, the artificial intelligence race will protect and create jobs here.

Editorial: Celebrate our values - 2025-12-25T03:00:00Z
The year just concluded has been one of conflict — politically and militarily. We are in an era of a global reset with President Trump pulling the levers.

Editorial: CBS News blues - 2025-12-25T03:00:00Z
The most venerated news broadcast in U.S. history, America’s top rated TV news program for an astonishing 51 years, may have serious flaws in its journalistic process.

Editorial: Property tax politics - 2025-12-24T04:45:00Z
Ohio lawmakers have put their stamp on property tax reform with five bills signed into law Friday by Gov. Mike DeWine. Legislators from both parties combined behind a package fashioned by the governor’s task force on property tax reform.

Editorial: Hotel investment necessary - 2025-12-23T04:45:00Z
Lucas County is holding up its end of a partnership with Glass City Center hotel developer Frank Kass with a $1.5 million cash infusion. It’s a necessary expense that flows from the big, unalterable, decision in 2022 to upgrade the convention center at the cost of $70 million.

Editorial: Ramaswamy checks anti-Semitism - 2025-12-22T04:30:00Z
Ohio’s leading Republican candidate for governor has put himself on the right side of an ugly split in the GOP over anti-Semitism.

Editorial: Audit keeps reading on task - 2025-12-21T05:00:00Z
The audits of Ohio university education curriculums announced last week show us that concrete steps are being taken to re-orient pedagogical policies to improve the teaching of reading to children.

Editorial: Andrus selection needs clarity - 2025-12-21T05:00:00Z
Oregon’s appointment of a new city council member should have been done in a more deliberative manner than what transpired over the last few weeks.

Editorial: New malady affects Trump world - 2025-12-20T05:00:00Z
What might President Trump have been trying to accomplish with his inappropriate remarks about the murders of Rob and Michele Reiner?

Editorial: Good advice from medical pros - 2025-12-19T05:00:00Z
Last week’s Perspectives panel by The Blade and the University of Toledo provided audience members with valuable insights into a few of the big issues facing health care.

Editorial: Be honest in emergencies - 2025-12-18T05:00:00Z
The superintendent of Sylvania Public Schools deliberately misled the parents of an elementary school population and kept her school board in the dark on an incident involving a dangerous dog.

Editorial: Step up nuisance vigilance - 2025-12-18T04:45:00Z
With the city of Toledo facing the possibility of a deficit in the coming year, council is well advised to look hard for reductions.

Editorial: Records’ search motive suspicious - 2025-12-17T05:00:00Z
It is with trepidation that we learn that the Trump Justice Department is demanding to review voter records in Fulton County, Georgia, to determine whether there was election fraud in that state in 2020.

Editorial: Garbage in, out - 2025-12-16T05:00:00Z
President Trump and Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell don’t agree on much, but they both conclude data supplied by the Bureau of Labor Statistics cannot currently be trusted. Without trustworthy data federal economic policy is that old operating warning of the computer revolution: garbage in, garbage out.

Editorial: Measles’ return - 2025-12-16T05:00:00Z
Herd immunity from vaccine requirements to enter school had measles eliminated as a health threat in the United States way back in 2000. But now measles is breaking out in 43 states thanks to bad decisions on vaccine safety.

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Walton: Bad words bring good performance - 2025-12-28T05:00:00Z
I wish my mother, rest her soul, were alive to read this. So I’ll just have to hope they get The Blade in heaven. Mom, it turns out that those times I let slip with a cuss word didn’t make me a bad kid, despite your anguished assertions to the contrary.

Shribman: No longer a big cheese - 2025-12-28T05:00:00Z
MONTREAL — Michael Finnerty finally has woken up. His awakening is a lesson for us all in personal struggle and purpose, in renewal and redemption.

Lessenberry: A fateful year awaits in Michigan politics - 2025-12-25T03:00:00Z
LANSING — Well, it’s Christmas, and I hope everyone reading this, whatever your beliefs may be, is having a wonderful and relaxing day. While this isn’t usually a day for politics, everything seems pervaded by politics these days, and it’s a good day for staring into the fire and thinking about what a difference a year can make.

Shribman: Keep your hat on - 2025-12-21T05:00:00Z
MONTREAL — Time for a holiday-season break from the divisions of the day. Surely you can read about war, protests, economic strains, cultural disputes, AI, cryptocurrency, the White House ballroom, and Donald Trump elsewhere.

Lessenberry: Legal mess means Line 5 still a threat - 2025-12-18T05:00:00Z
CHARLEVOIX, Mich. — Almost eight years ago, when Gretchen Whitmer first ran for governor of Michigan, she called for the ancient oil-carrying pipelines under the Straits of Mackinac to be shut down.

Hussain: An unfair, lopsided American health-care system - 2025-12-17T05:00:00Z
While most western democracies have a comprehensive healthcare system, the United States is still struggling with providing equitable and fair health care for its population. All efforts to reform the health system in the past were vehemently opposed by the Republicans. They were just happy to have an archaic system where health insurance companies and pharma get rich and the poor and uninsured are left out to suffer.

Shribman: Is tide turning in Maine? - 2025-12-14T05:00:00Z
PORTLAND, Maine — An entrenched senator distrusted by both parties. A governor born just 18 months after 79-year-old Donald Trump. An oyster farmer who for years walked around with a Nazi symbol tattoo. Anti-gay remarks in a state generally regarded as welcoming to LGBTQ+ people. Pockets of deep Trump loyalty in a state that he lost three times. Traditional resistance to outsiders and the likelihood of a flood of out-of-state spending.

Walton: Happy Yule, y’all, from Harvey and Harriet - 2025-12-14T05:00:00Z
Christmas is just around the corner, and it’s a relief to know that in a volatile and uncertain world, some things remain as dependable as ice on the driveway. Take the annual holiday letter from the Fizblisters. Please. Harvey and Harriet’s card came this week, as usual with postage due.

Lessenberry: High integrity in election vote count - 2025-12-11T05:00:00Z
DETROIT — Two weeks ago I heard from a faithful reader and former student, a successful professional now past middle age.

Shribman: Canadians have already answered this question - 2025-12-07T05:00:00Z
MONTREAL — We know their names. Some of them are Margaret “Pearl” Fraser of New Glasgow, N.S.; Mary Agnes McKenzie and Carola Douglas of Toronto; Alexina Dussault of Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec; and Margaret Fortescue of York Factory, Man. Among them was Minnie Follette, whose portrait hangs in Age of Sail Heritage Centre and Museum in Port Greville, N.S.

Hussain: Religious discriminations in U.S. - 2025-12-04T14:04:56Z
RECENTLY TEXAS Govdeclared a leading Muslim advocacy organization, the Council of American Islamic Relations, or CAIR, a foreign terrorist group. According to this declaration CAIR can no longer operate in Texas or purchase land in the state. He also banned another minor group, Muslim Brotherhood.

Lessenberry: Michigan to elect a new senator - 2025-12-04T05:00:00Z
DETROIT — Two things about U.S. senators from Michigan in the modern era: They tend to be Democrats, and they stay in office a long time.

Walton: What’s your tipping point? Rules have changed - 2025-11-30T05:00:00Z
At the friendly neighborhood market where we buy our groceries, a sign by the door reminds us of a firm policy at the place: “No Tipping.” The message it conveys seems somehow counterintuitive. If ever there were folks who earned a tip, it is the young people who help customers get their cart of groceries out to the parking lot and loaded into their cars.

Shribman: As parties entrench, an impasse grows - 2025-11-30T05:00:00Z
MARBLEHEAD, Mass. — He helped supply the Continental Army during the early days of the American Revolution. He signed the Declaration of Independence. He shaped the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. He was a member of the House of Representatives, a governor of Massachusetts, and vice president. He lent his name — perhaps the most mispronounced name in American history, even more so than Kamala — to the creative shaping of a congressional district we now call “gerrymandering.”

Lessenberry: Political experiment that didn’t work - 2025-11-27T05:00:00Z
LANSING — Happy Thanksgiving! May your turkey not be dry, and you and yours celebrate happily this year. But when the holiday is over, and government gets back to work, there’s something I won’t be thankful for: Term limits for Michigan’s elected officials.

Mills: How to humanely talk about economics - 2025-11-26T04:45:00Z
“I knew that of course most private-equity investors make the U.S. economy stronger,” the man wrote, a little indignantly. I’d come across the quote, from the City Journal in 2012, while looking for something else. It’s published by the conservative Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, and prestigious enough for Barnes & Noble to sell it.

Shribman: In Netherlands, a lesson in American history - 2025-11-23T05:00:00Z
For nearly two years, the American Cemetery in Margraten, The Netherlands — solemn site of more than 8,300 graves of Americans who died freeing Europe from Nazi rule — displayed commemorative panels honoring the Black military personnel who fought for freedom abroad that they were denied at home.

Lessenberry: Michigan enables corruption - 2025-11-20T05:00:00Z
LANSING — Those of us who have lived most of our lives in big northern industrial states often think of places like Alabama and Mississippi as backward, and states like West Virginia and Louisiana as hotbeds of political corruption.

Hussain: Dick Cheney — a most powerful, controversial vice president - 2025-11-19T05:00:00Z
Dick Cheney, a polarizing figure in American politics, died recently. He left behind a legacy of public service mixed with self-righteous high-handedness.

Shribman: Building on declaration - 2025-11-16T05:00:00Z
WASHINGTON — In the next several days, Simon & Schuster will bring forth a little book, 7 inches tall and 5 inches wide, that should shake the country. It is called The Greatest Sentence Ever Written, and in its mere 67 pages, the author Walter Isaacson reminds us in a torrid time about the enduring values that define a troubled country.

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