5/18/2013 11:46 PM
Toledo's dirty little secret
BY JEFF GERRITT BLADE DEPUTY EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR
This column is one in a series of commentaries this year in The Blade on violence in the Toledo area, and possible solutions. …

5/19/2013 12:48 AM
Abandonment, hope, and a man who hangs in
BY KEITH C. BURRIS BLADE ASSOCIATE EDITOR
A few days ago, I spent a couple of hours riding around blighted Toledo with ex-Mayor Jack Ford and his friend Weldon Douthitt, who was celebrating his 80th birthday. We were surveying the city’s housing stock — some of its many abandoned homes and forgotten neighborhoods. …

5/19/2013 12:27 AM
Administration scandals cross sacred lines
BY DAVID SHRIBMAN POST-GAZETTE EXECUTIVE EDITOR
Any presidential administration should know better than to mess with the press or the Internal Revenue Service. …

5/18/2013 10:58 PM
Vote sets up bad scenario for OHSAA
BY DAVE HACKENBERG BLADE SPORTS COLUMNIST
The Ohio High School Athletic Association and its member schools have a potential mess on their hands. …

5/18/2013 10:53 PM
Morels tasty target for spring hunters
BY MATT MARKEY BLADE OUTDOORS EDITOR
These hunters slip into the forests and woods of Ohio and Michigan each spring, unarmed. They move about as discreetly as possible, and with a sense of purpose — heads down, eyes scanning back and forth as if they are looking for a lost coin or a piece of trace evidence. …

5/18/2013 1:34 AM
‘Save Me’ needs saving from itself
BY TK BARGER BLADE RELIGION EDITOR
I’m not sure if I want this prime-time religion.

5/17/2013 11:29 PM
Emotional and physical abuse brought into the light in Cleveland
BY MARILOU JOHANEK BLADE COLUMNIST
The decade-long brutality endured by three Cleveland women behind boarded-up doors and windows is a secret no more. …

5/17/2013 1:05 AM
All praise for Papa Grande: It’s his turn
BY DAVE HACKENBERG BLADE SPORTS COLUMNIST
Detroit fans love Jose Valverde.

5/17/2013 12:27 AM
Anglers get caught up in so many fishing options
BY MATT MARKEY BLADE OUTDOORS EDITOR
It’s hard not to put the spotlight on a nine-pound walleye pulled from the Maumee River, or an oversized cooler dragged up the bank of the Sandusky River, stuffed with more than 100 white bass. …

5/16/2013 9:46 PM
Harryhausen had a ‘special effect’ on film
BY KIRK BAIRD BLADE ENTERTAINMENT COLUMNIST
Despite industry acclaim, including a lifetime achievement Academy Award in 1991 and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Ray Harryhausen is unknown to most moviegoers. …