Zack Lemon
The Toledo Blade
Toledo, OH, United States
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Jed's restaurant gives downtown Toledo new option
A bit more than six years after Jed’s at the Yard served its last chicken chunks in downtown Toledo, a new Jed’s location will open on Superior Street in the coming weeks. Hollie Hartle previously owned the Jed’s at Holland-Sylvania and Angola roads, one of seven locations in the Toledo area. She decided the time was right to get back into the business, especially in downtown Toledo. “I think… → Read More
Gun owners weigh in on national debate at Swanton shooting range
Nikki Cassidy had never shot a gun before Sunday, when she joined her husband at Cleland’s Outdoor World for the new owner’s first brunch and bullets event. “It was scary but exhilarating,” Mrs. Cassidy said. “It’s a weird feeling. I don’t know how to explain it. It’s something you have to experience.” Ken Shields has owned the longtime Swanton store since February, and hosted the Sunday morning… → Read More
McKinley, Marshall to become STEMM schools
Toledo Superintendent Romules Durant speaks about the upcoming transition of two of the district's schools to a Science, Technology, Engineering, Math and Medicine (STEMM) model. Marshall and McKinley elementary schools will move to the STEMM model in the fall. The Blade/Katie Rausch Enlarge | Buy This Image Toledo Public Schools is converting McKinley and Marshall elementary schools into STEMM… → Read More
Ohio considers altering its bail system
Mary Smith, owner of Smith Bonds & Surety, talks about a bill designed to reform the state's bail system during an interview in her office Wednesday, April 4, 2018, in Toledo. THE BLADE/DAVE ZAPOTOSKY Enlarge | Buy This Image The United States Constitution outlaws excessive bail along with cruel and unusual punishments, while the Ohio Constitution guarantees almost everyone the right to bail… → Read More
Toledo's homeless, poor give praise at Easter service
Rev. Cedric Brock, pastor at Mt. Nebo Missionary Baptist Church and president of Toledo's Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance, preaches during an Easter service at Cherry Street Mission's Life Revitalization Center on Sunday. The Blade/Amy E. Voigt Enlarge | Buy This Image When Dan Rogers, president and CEO of Cherry Street Mission Ministries, came to the Interdenominational Ministerial… → Read More
Perrysburg teacher resigns after investigation into inappropriate contact
Perrysburg High School teacher Jeffrey Hauge resigned following a district investigation into communications with former students, according to public records obtained by The Blade. Mr. Hauge, 48, of Bowling Green, sent sexual messages to at least two former students from the class of 2013, both of whom alerted district officials, records show. After an investigation, he resigned prior to any… → Read More
Site Selection magazine ranks Toledo 3rd in economic development projects
In 2017, the Toledo metropolitan area saw 31 major business projects built — good enough to rank the city third in Site Selection magazine’s Governor’s Cup Awards. “Each March, we rank them quite simply where the dirt is turning,” Gary Daughters, senior editor of the magazine, told Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz at ProMedica’s downtown headquarters Monday. “Mr. Mayor, the dirt is turning here in… → Read More
Cowboys shoot straight for military fund-raiser
Not much can be more quintessentially American than shooting guns on horseback to support the troops, and that’s exactly what happened this past weekend at the WB Ranch in Swanton. “It is a rush,” Joe Coalter, a professional rodeo announcer, said in between calls at the Cowboys for Veterans annual cowboy mounted-shooting competition. “It’s an extreme sport.” Deseree Lothes hits her target in the… → Read More
Four Dem candidates for governor debate gun laws, drug policy
The four Democratic candidates for Ohio’s governor seat met at Bowsher High School Wednesday night, attempting to distinguish themselves from one another in the final two months of the primary season. State Sen. Joe Schiavoni (D., Boardman), former federal consumer watchdog Richard Cordray, former Cleveland congressman Dennis Kucinich, and former Ohio Supreme Court Justice William O’Neill… → Read More
Perrysburg students show off tech to visiting international teachers
A group of 20 Hull Prairie Intermediate school students spent about three months building portable, solar-powered learning libraries, and on Tuesday they got the chance to show those off to their schoolmates along with 21 teachers from 21 countries who were visiting for the day. “We’re just fifth and sixth graders and we get to work with all this tech,” Blake Turner, a 5th grade student, said.… → Read More
Perrysburg students show off tech to visiting international teachers
A group of 20 Hull Prairie Intermediate school students spent about three months building portable, solar-powered learning libraries, and on Tuesday they got the chance to show those off to their schoolmates along with 21 teachers from 21 countries who were visiting for the day. “We’re just fifth and sixth graders and we get to work with all this tech,” Blake Turner, a 5th grade student, said.… → Read More
Ohio, Michigan struggle in U.S. News & World Report rankings
Ohio, and the people who live here, are in bad shape — at least when compared to 39 other states in the union, according to U.S. News & World Report’s annual Best States rankings. The state joined its neighbors on all sides for a poor showing in the rankings, which are based on the state’s health care and education systems; its safety and affordability, and its economic opportunity. Ohio… → Read More
Human trafficking discussed at Woodville forum
WOODVILLE — Human trafficking is not just an inner-city problem, Detective Sgt. Amy Gloor of the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office said Sunday, and the best thing that small towns can do for traffickers is to think the problems have not reached their communities. “In the last two years, I’ve worked six cases that involved kids from Ottawa County,” Sergeant Gloor said as one of two panelists at a… → Read More
Landlords sue Bowling Green over tenant restrictions
BOWLING GREEN — Rose Hess has lived in her east-side Bowling Green home since 1964, when she arrived in the city as a graduate student. In that time, Bowling Green State University has increased its enrollment but has not built new dormitories to house students, pushing them into the residential market. Many have moved into single family homes, but a 1975 Bowling Green zoning ordinance caps the… → Read More
Landlords sue Bowling Green over tenant restrictions
BOWLING GREEN — Rose Hess has lived in her east-side Bowling Green home since 1964, when she arrived in the city as a graduate student. In that time, Bowling Green State University has increased its enrollment but has not built new dormitories to house students, pushing them into the residential market. Many have moved into single family homes, but a 1975 Bowling Green zoning ordinance caps the… → Read More
Toledo man accused of fatally injuring infant
An eight-month-old infant died Wednesday, and an East Toledo man is accused of causing her fatal injuries. Zachery Shadix, 25, of the 1300 block of Felt Street is now charged with murder after originally facing charges of felonious assault and endangering children. He is accused of injuring Gabrielle Walker, his girlfriend’s daughter, by causing a head injury, a contusion on the body, and a… → Read More
Sen. Brown visits UT to pitch new anti-trafficking bill
Sex trafficking and drug addiction are often found together, said Cara Rearick, a mental health counselor for A Renewed Mind, which is why she is glad to see a bill in the U.S. Senate designed to tackle the intersection of the two issues. “Traffickers, as we know too well, often exploit drug addiction or expose victims to drugs for the first time to control or force victims into prostitution,”… → Read More
Roundtable highlights challenges, opportunities in local manufacturing economy
Technical and job skills training has allowed northwest Ohio’s production economy to rebound, but more assistance is necessary, according to educators, employers, union representatives, and U.S. House members gathered at the Advanced Manufacturing Training Center on the University of Toledo’s Scott Park campus. U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D., Toledo) brought U.S. Reps. Steny Hoyer (D., Maryland) and… → Read More
Monroe County sheriff faces lawsuits from four retirees
Four retired Monroe County Sheriff’s Deputies have filed lawsuits against the county’s current sheriff, Dale Malone, for what they claim are violations of their civil right to carry a handgun in retirement. The federal lawsuits, filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, claim Mr. Malone barred them from using the county’s gun range, a necessary step in preserving their… → Read More
Strike ends at Dana Inc.’s Toledo Driveline plant
A labor protest by a group of about 50 workers marching outside Dana Inc.’s Toledo Driveline plant, which supplies axles for Jeeps made at the Toledo Assembly Complex, ended after about eight hours Wednesday. Workers said they were protesting the lack of a union contract and plant working conditions. But the protest actually was connected to an inter-union dispute between the United Auto Workers… → Read More