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Unhealthy air moderates in northern Ohio - 2025-07-05T11:57:14Z
Air quality in Lucas County  is improving through the morning hours after a 7 a.m. reading of 155, an unhealthy rating from airnow.gov. AccuWeather also reported unhealthy air quality for the area. Some reports had pointed to smoke from fireworks as a contributor. By 9:30 a.m., the reading for the area had improved to a rating of 98, in the moderate category as reported by airnow.gov.

Freedom without a price tag: Lucas County’s bail reform changing pretrial justice - 2025-07-05T15:27:47Z
A Lucas County courtroom experiment is reshaping the front lines of American justice, replacing cash bail with compassion, and proving that freedom doesn’t depend on the size of a wallet.

Former Port Clinton firefighter says speaking out about harassment ruined her life - 2025-07-05T13:23:45Z
PORT CLINTON — She said it was her duty to speak up, but the regret will forever haunt her.

University of Toledo to open new Douglas Road bridge - 2025-07-05T11:00:00Z
The University of Toledo will open its new pedestrian bridge over Douglas Road Tuesday with a 10 a.m. ribbon cutting ceremony outside Savage Arena near the bridge’s western anchor.

Photo Gallery: 4th of July Fireworks at the Glass City Metropark - 2025-07-05T03:29:55Z
Toledoans celebrated the 249th birthday of the United States during the 4th of July Fireworks at the Glass City Metropark in downtown Toledo on July 4.

Carol Moseley Braun shares her historic career with new memoir, Toledo visit - 2025-07-04T17:58:11Z
Carol Moseley Braun, the first African-American woman elected to the U.S. Senate, looks back on her historic career in her new memoir Trailblazer.

Photo Gallery: Independence Day 1813 at Fort Meigs - 2025-07-05T01:09:40Z
Independence Day 1813 took place at Fort Meigs in Perrysburg on July 4.

Photo Gallery: Fourth of July at Harvard Circle - 2025-07-04T22:19:01Z
Kids and parents alike gathered for Fourth of July at Harvard Circle in Toledo on July 4. The event included arts and crafts and a watermelon eating contest.

75 new citizens join 4th of July celebration at Sauder Village - 2025-07-04T20:43:56Z
ARCHBOLD, Ohio — Bernice Ruhe and her daughter Ashley Baumgartner moved from Canada to the United States in 2000.

Governor signs bill banning police ticket quotas - 2025-07-04T12:36:32Z
COLUMBUS — It won’t take effect in time to affect July 4 travelers, but Gov. Mike DeWine this week signed into law a bill prohibiting police departments from imposing ticket or arrest quotas on their officers.

Greater Toledo International Youth Orchestra members travel to China - 2025-07-04T19:34:45Z
More than a dozen Toledo-area musicians explored five Chinese cities in June, making lasting connections with people from across the world.

Photo Gallery: Naturalization Ceremony at Sauder Village - 2025-07-04T19:31:19Z
75 people take the Oath of Citizenship during a Naturalization Ceremony Friday, at Sauder Village in Archbold.

Utility work to close part of Nebraska Avenue for 3 days - 2025-07-04T18:47:38Z
Utility work will close part of Nebraska Avenue in central Toledo early next week, the Toledo Department of Transportation announced.

Owens Community College honeybees support community garden - 2025-07-04T16:00:00Z
About 20,000 bees live tucked away on Owens Community College’s Perrysburg Township campus, quietly pollinating the surrounding grassland and nearby community garden.

Man killed in East Toledo stabbing - 2025-07-04T16:40:11Z
A 35-year-old man died early Friday after being stabbed in East Toledo, police said.

Ottawa County leads the way again as Ohio's bald eagle population rises - 2025-07-04T13:47:48Z
Just in time for the July 4 holiday weekend comes news that America’s national bird, the American bald eagle, continues to rise in population across Ohio and is once again doing especially well in the northwest part of the state.

Photo gallery: Best pictures for week ending July 3 - 2025-07-04T12:16:22Z
From fireworks to American football played by Italian teams, Blade photographers head out every day to capture the triumphs, tragedies, and oddities of life in Lucas County and beyond.

Photo Gallery: 3rd of July fireworks at Fort Meigs - 2025-07-04T03:12:14Z
Locals celebrated early by gathering to view the 3rd of July fireworks at Fort Meigs in Perrysburg on July 3. Click the image above to view the full gallery.

Judge orders officer who mistreated dog to not possess animals - 2025-07-03T22:04:32Z
A Toledo police officer received suspended jail time and a year’s “inactive” probation after pleading no contest in Toledo Municipal Court to animal cruelty charges.

Ohio, U.S. EPA considering additional action following Toledo sewer overflows - 2025-07-03T21:51:13Z
Toledo officials said in June that the Arlington sewer overflows were unavoidable following a massive May 25 sewer collapse, but the Ohio EPA said this week it is considering additional penalties with the U.S. EPA.

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Editorial: DIY STRS reform - 2025-07-05T04:00:00Z
The “midnight rider” inserting controversial provisions into the Ohio budget in the wee hours before the vote wasn’t an outlaw like the Allman Brothers band made famous in song but rather state lawmakers banishing elected teachers pension board members to permanent irrelevance.

Editorial: Celebrate success - 2025-07-04T04:00:00Z
The United States has set a world record of uninterrupted constitutional governance since we declared independence from Great Britain 249 years ago.

Editorial: Mayor MIA on mine - 2025-07-03T04:00:00Z
We are told — by the contractor — that the city of Toledo is in urgent need of a place to deposit drinking water treatment material. Thus the contractor is seeking a zoning change to allow a 110-acre sand and clay mining operation in South Toledo at Angola Road and Airport Highway.

Editorial: Vetoes make sense - 2025-07-03T04:00:00Z
Ohio school districts that have managed to save some money have been spared the requirement of having to spend down those reserves, thanks to a sensible line-item veto by Gov. Mike DeWine before he signed the state budget into law Monday night.

Editorial: Bar hate merchants - 2025-07-02T04:00:00Z
One thing the United States doesn’t need more of is hate speech. Thus, the U.S. State Department’s decision to deny a visa to an entertainer whose act includes leading the audience in a chant of “Death to the IDF” is an easy call.

Editorial: H2Ohio cut crazy - 2025-07-01T04:00:00Z
After six years of effort the H2Ohio program, created by Gov. Mike DeWine and the Republican controlled General Assembly, is finally starting to show some results in improving Lake Erie water quality.

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Lessenberry: Questioning election results becoming routine - 2025-07-03T04:00:00Z
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — Throughout the entire Biden administration, Donald Trump and many of his supporters claimed that the 2020 election had been stolen from him. He never conceded defeat, even though he had lost by 7 million votes and a decisive Electoral College margin of 306 to 232. Despite dozens of court rulings upholding the election results, and studies that failed to turn up any evidence of fraud, he never admitted that President Joe Biden had been legitimately elected.

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