Lily Moore-Eissenberg
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Nurdles All the Way Down
Concerned citizens are collecting plastic pellets called nurdles from Texas waterways in an effort to hold polluters and regulators accountable. → Read More
Support for President Trump remains high in tiny Coshocton, Ohio
COSHOCTON, Ohio — These days, three souls bring Sam Bennett hope — his wife, Debbie; God, and President Trump. Like most of his neighbors in Coshocton — population 11,000 — Mr. Bennett hasn’t once looked back since voting for Mr. Trump in 2016. Mr. Bennett is a soft-spoken man of 60 with close-set eyes and an easy smile, devoted to Christ and the collection of mining artifacts in his kitchen.… → Read More
At county jails, Corso's workers tell story of immigration enforcement
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Time ticked slower in Calhoun County jail’s Unit L as the last of the women detained in recent Ohio immigration raids wondered why they hadn’t left yet. Cristina Hernandez-Mendez, 21, was scanning in plants at Corso’s Flower and Garden Center in Castalia, Ohio, in early June when federal agents raided the nursery and its sister store in Sandusky, detaining more than 100… → Read More
Neighbor charged after Toledo home spray-painted with N-word
Toledo police say a woman spray-painted “Hail Trump” and a racial slur on a neighbor’s home early Saturday, about 2 miles from — and just hours before — Toledo’s annual African-American Parade. Patricia Edelen, 47, of the 600 block of Ogden Avenue, is charged with criminal mischief, ethnic intimidation, and criminally damaging property, all misdemeanors, court records show. Toledo Police… → Read More
African American parade hailed as 'coming together' moment
Too far from the street to be struck by flying lollipops — but close enough to grab a few treats for himself — Richard Jones, 72, brandished a box of pink Nerds and grinned. “I just love the support for the community and what goes on the city of Toledo,” he said. “And, of course, the candy!” It was Mr. Jones’s fifth time attending Toledo’s African American Parade, part of the 14th annual African… → Read More
Area churches launch bible schools for adults
A few decades can turn a childhood chore into a cherished tradition. That’s what adult vacation Bible school has taught Judy Beeker, 56, a Methodist, librarian, and devoted bible school student at St. John’s Lutheran Evangelical Church in McComb, Ohio. “I enjoy the fellowship with people from other churches,” she said. “You just leave with a good feeling.” Pastor Ralph Mineo leads a prayer… → Read More
Toledo police investigate dine-and-dash allegations against councilman
Toledo police detectives are investigating allegations that City Councilman Tyrone Riley left a local restaurant without paying the bill his companions racked up during a campaign meeting Tuesday. Mohamed Mahmoud, the owner of Andy’s Bar on Dorr Street, filed a complaint with police Wednesday alleging that Mr. Riley attempted to leave his establishment without paying and has done so in the past.… → Read More
Toledo Councilman Tyrone Riley accused of dine-and-dash
Owners of a South Toledo bar and pizzeria filed a complaint with police alleging City Councilman Tyrone Riley attempted to leave the restaurant without paying his $76 bill, a move they said the councilman has pulled in the past. Two brothers, Mohamed and Akram Mamoud, took over ownership of Andy’s Sports Bar and Jojo’s Pizza, located at 4941 Dorr St., in January. They told The Blade Wednesday… → Read More
Toledoans find ways to keep cool in the summer swelter
Camped out in the shade next to Promenade Park, Jaclyn Palmer, 64, said she likes to absorb the heat on summer days to prepare for colder months. “I kind of store it up for the winter,” she said. On Saturday, temperatures hit a high of 93, with a heat index of 101, said National Weather Services hydrometeorological technician Martin Thompson, while a heat advisory was issued until 10 p.m.… → Read More
Labor shortages cost small area farms
SWANTON — When he arrived in Ohio for his first summer of farm work in the United States at 16, Fernando Mora landed in a countryside bustling with migrant workers like himself. He moved around rural Ohio with his family for several decades, digging up potatoes, harvesting tomatoes, plucking small, tasty strawberries from low bushes, and returning to Mexico come fall. Finding work wasn’t a… → Read More
U.S. Rep. Kaptur visits detention center, offers aid
U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur visited a Michigan detention center Monday morning to meet with migrant workers detained in the recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement illegal immigration sting in Sandusky and Castalia, Ohio. In a special holding facility at Calhoun County Jail in Battle Creek, Mich., about 30 women from Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador, and the Dominican Republic tearfully shared their… → Read More
Lucas Co. courts aim to keep pace with parental termination appeals
For too long only three attorneys in Lucas County were available to represent indigent parents trying to fight termination of their parental rights — an unacceptably low number as the opioid epidemic ravages families, legal community leaders said. But a recent training session hosted by the Toledo Bar Association aimed to provide attorneys with the tools they need to work such cases. The session… → Read More
Change, children celebrated at annual SmithFest
Harold Young, 6, smiles after winning a bicycle during the seventh annual Smith Fest Saturday, June 16, 2018, in Smith Park in Toledo. The festival featured horse rides from the Toledo Horsemen Club, a number of sports lessons, the opening of Roosevelt Pool, and a bike give-away. The Blade/Katie Rausch Enlarge | Buy This Image When her name was called, Sa’Nia Tucker kept her cool. She strode… → Read More
ProMedica, LISC court potential community development investors
Low-income areas in Toledo may receive infusions of capital in coming months, following an educational presentation at ProMedica offices on a new federal program designed to drive long-term capital to needy communities. Created by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, the Opportunity Zones Program incentivizes investment in census tracts defined by moderate to low income levels and high… → Read More
Pomaraderie: Competitive dance teams increasingly join varsity ranks
A kickboxing fight? A fierce adaptation of “Heads, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes?” The sounds coming from the gym at St. Ursula Academy marked a near-daily tradition not for the faint of heart. It would probably be an exaggeration to say the bursts of 14 female adolescent voices shouting “HA!” could have shattered windows. Probably. It was the school’s dance team, and they were practicing “pom” — a… → Read More
Central Catholic coach reflects on track-side rescue
As she tried to bring the collapsed student back to life, Angie Knannlein-Rahman was hyper-aware of the shadow the student’s mother cast over the scene. “I was thinking, ‘I’m not going to let these parents watch their son die on the cement today,’” said Ms. Knannlein-Rahman, who is the Central Catholic High School throw coach and a Mercy Health St. Charles Hospital ICU nurse. Recently, she led… → Read More
Shooters, makeshift barricades occupy imaginations of local schoolchildren
For children growing up under the specter of shootings, school supplies and sports equipment have taken on new meanings. Textbooks, staplers, and pencils are some of the items local students have been told to throw if an active shooter ever entered their classroom. Rebecca Hovey and Marisol Gonzalez, both 13, think of the emergency buckets at their future high school, Waite, when news of another… → Read More
Ohio’s Senior Citizen Hall of Fame will induct 3 locals
As a girl, Dorothy Gackstetter didn’t act her age. Her father taught her how to drive a team of horses when she was 7, and she learned how to use a gun to shoot fowl soon after. Dorothy J. Gacksetter of Graytown will be inducted into Ohio's Senior Citizens Hall of Fame. Dept. on Aging Enlarge Now, at 85, Mrs. Gackstetter continues to defy expectations. One of 12 inductees to the Ohio Department… → Read More
Competitive dance teams increasingly join varsity ranks
A kickboxing fight? A fierce adaptation of “Heads, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes?” The sounds coming from the gym at St. Ursula Academy marked a near-daily tradition not for the faint of heart. It would probably be an exaggeration to say the bursts of 14 female adolescent voices shouting “HA!” could have shattered windows. Probably. It was the school’s dance team, and they were practicing “pom” — a… → Read More
Med students no more: UT students awarded degrees
Iyad Manaserh believes in destiny. It was destiny that he got roundly rejected by top medical schools his first time applying. It was destiny when he web-searched the University of Toledo’s College of Medicine and Life Sciences after hearing the name on Grey’s Anatomy. It was his destiny to apply. Thank God he watched that episode, he said in the commencement speech he delivered Friday to an… → Read More