http://www.toledoblade.com The Latest News from Toledoblade.com (v5) Thu, 18 Jun 2026 04:47:32 GMT en-us hourly 1 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/daily-log/2026/06/18/daily-log-6-18-4/stories/20260611078 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/daily-log/2026/06/18/daily-log-6-18-4/stories/20260611078#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2026 10:25:31 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/daily-log/2026/06/18/daily-log-6-18-4/stories/20260611078 Births https://www.toledoblade.com/local/police-fire/2026/06/18/washington-township-police-chief-retires-after-42-years-of-service/stories/20260615066 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/police-fire/2026/06/18/washington-township-police-chief-retires-after-42-years-of-service/stories/20260615066#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2026 10:15:24 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/police-fire/2026/06/18/washington-township-police-chief-retires-after-42-years-of-service/stories/20260615066 In small Washington Township, Police Chief Christopher Kaiser is part of the glue that holds the community together. Chief Christopher Kaiser at the police department in Washington Township on June 15. The chief is retiring after 42 years of service. Chief Christopher Kaiser at the police department in Washington Township on June 15. The chief is retiring after 42 years of service. Deputy Chief Eric Hart, left, and Chief Christopher Kaiser interact at the police department in Washington Township on June 15. The chief is retiring after 42 years of service. Chief Christopher Kaiser at the police department in Washington Township on June 15. The chief is retiring after 42 years of service. Chief Christopher Kaiser’s badge on his uniform at the police department in Washington Township on June 15. The chief is retiring after 42 years of service. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/daily-log/2026/06/18/toledo-crime-log-6-18-26/stories/20260616122 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/daily-log/2026/06/18/toledo-crime-log-6-18-26/stories/20260616122#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2026 10:00:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/daily-log/2026/06/18/toledo-crime-log-6-18-26/stories/20260616122 Click on icons in the map to find details of reported crimes. For a full list of all reported crimes in Toledo this week, consult the table below. Toledo police light bar. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/police-fire/2026/06/17/fraud-financial-institutions-on-rise-police-fbi-say/stories/20260616118 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/police-fire/2026/06/17/fraud-financial-institutions-on-rise-police-fbi-say/stories/20260616118#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/police-fire/2026/06/17/fraud-financial-institutions-on-rise-police-fbi-say/stories/20260616118 Area credit unions, Toledo police, the FBI, and the IRS are working to combat financial fraud and to prevent the public from falling victim to scams. Representatives from several area credit unions, the FBI, IRS, and Toledo Police participated in a roundtable discussion on how to prevent fraud at financial institutions. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/education/2026/06/17/teens-draw-imaginary-blood-real-inspiration-at-ut-toledo-health-camp/stories/20260617057 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/education/2026/06/17/teens-draw-imaginary-blood-real-inspiration-at-ut-toledo-health-camp/stories/20260617057#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2026 15:20:02 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/education/2026/06/17/teens-draw-imaginary-blood-real-inspiration-at-ut-toledo-health-camp/stories/20260617057 Charlotte Dvorscak, a rising senior at Fraser High School in Fraser, Mich., already knows she wants to be a neurologist. Jacob Curtis, a St. Francis de Sales senior, practices CPR during the Nursing and Respiratory Care Camp at the Lloyd A. Jacobs Interprofessional Immersive Simulation Center at the University of Toledo Health Science Campus in Toledo on June 16. Jim Oberlander, bachelor of science in nursing program director with the University of Toledo's college of health and human services, instructs the campers on CPR technique during the Nursing and Respiratory Care Camp at the Lloyd A. Jacobs Interprofessional Immersive Simulation Center at the University of Toledo Health Science Campus in Toledo on June 16. Danay Tucker, who just graduated from Lakeview High School in St. Clair Shores, Mich., learns how to do CPR during the Nursing and Respiratory Care Camp at the Lloyd A. Jacobs Interprofessional Immersive Simulation Center at the University of Toledo Health Science Campus in Toledo on June 16. Mya Harrelson, a undergrad senior in the University of Toledo’s respiratory program, instructs Sarah Miles, a senior at Worthington Christian High School, Worthington, Ohio, on intubation technique during the Nursing and Respiratory Care Camp at the Lloyd A. Jacobs Interprofessional Immersive Simulation Center at the University of Toledo Health Science Campus in Toledo on June 16. High school students learn how to intubate during the Nursing and Respiratory Care Camp at the Lloyd A. Jacobs Interprofessional Immersive Simulation Center at the University of Toledo Health Science Campus in Toledo on June 16. Jim Oberlander, bachelor of science in nursing program director with the University of Toledo's college of health and human services, instructs the campers on CPR technique during the Nursing and Respiratory Care Camp at the Lloyd A. Jacobs Interprofessional Immersive Simulation Center at the University of Toledo Health Science Campus in Toledo on June 16. Sarah Miles, a senior at Worthington Christian High School, Worthington, Ohio, practices her intubation technique during the Nursing and Respiratory Care Camp at the Lloyd A. Jacobs Interprofessional Immersive Simulation Center at the University of Toledo Health Science Campus in Toledo on June 16. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/city/2026/06/17/speedway-development-hits-roadblock-committee-recommends-denial/stories/20260617120 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/city/2026/06/17/speedway-development-hits-roadblock-committee-recommends-denial/stories/20260617120#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2026 23:51:07 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/city/2026/06/17/speedway-development-hits-roadblock-committee-recommends-denial/stories/20260617120 During Wednesday’s meeting, Toledo’s Zoning and Planning Committee recommended denying a special use permit for a gas station located at 1322 Bernath Pkwy. Gene Abercrombie, legal counsel, presents a request for a special use permit for a Speedway located at 1322 Bernarth Pkwy. on June 17. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/transportation/2026/06/17/sheetz-development-monroe-and-nantuckett-forward-despite-neighborhood-opposition/stories/20260617127 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/transportation/2026/06/17/sheetz-development-monroe-and-nantuckett-forward-despite-neighborhood-opposition/stories/20260617127#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2026 23:38:01 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/transportation/2026/06/17/sheetz-development-monroe-and-nantuckett-forward-despite-neighborhood-opposition/stories/20260617127 The Toledo Zoning and Planning Committee voted to recommend approval of a special use permit for a Sheetz gas station at Monroe Street and Nantuckett Drive. Alex Siwicki, a representative for Sheetz, presents a request for a special use permit for a gas station located at Monroe Street and Nantuckett Drive on June 17. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/transportation/2026/06/17/adams-summit-streets-to-close-friday-for-parade/stories/20260617089 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/transportation/2026/06/17/adams-summit-streets-to-close-friday-for-parade/stories/20260617089#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2026 22:46:56 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/transportation/2026/06/17/adams-summit-streets-to-close-friday-for-parade/stories/20260617089 Parts of two Toledo streets will close temporarily Friday for the Juneteenth Parade, the Toledo Department of Transportation announced. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/city/2026/06/17/shooting-local-group-calls-community-mentor/stories/20260617115 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/city/2026/06/17/shooting-local-group-calls-community-mentor/stories/20260617115#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2026 21:31:57 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/city/2026/06/17/shooting-local-group-calls-community-mentor/stories/20260617115 The grim statistics stacked up against young men from fatherless homes, as Tramain Rayford sees it, are as daunting as they are defiable. Mick Petersen and Tramain Rayford with The Program Inc. pose for a photo together at Rustbelt Coffee in downtown Toledo on June 17. Na'Kai Hayes, who has participated in the Program Inc. since he was 13, puts on a tie beside volunteer Mick Petersen at an event. Na'Kai Hayes, left, has participated in the Program Inc. since he was 13. Mick Petersen and Tramain Rayford with The Program Inc. pose for a photo together at Rustbelt Coffee in downtown Toledo on June 17. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/community-events/2026/06/17/port-clinton-children-s-author-visit-hayes-presidential-library-museums/stories/20260617119 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/community-events/2026/06/17/port-clinton-children-s-author-visit-hayes-presidential-library-museums/stories/20260617119#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2026 19:55:08 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/community-events/2026/06/17/port-clinton-children-s-author-visit-hayes-presidential-library-museums/stories/20260617119 FREMONT — Port Clinton author Elizabeth Davenport released last month her newest book, Otis at the Grove. A naturalization ceremony was held outside the Hayes Home at the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center in Fremont on Oct. 5. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/education/2026/06/17/ut-board-of-trustees-approves-1-2-billion-budget/stories/20260617112 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/education/2026/06/17/ut-board-of-trustees-approves-1-2-billion-budget/stories/20260617112#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2026 19:15:02 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/education/2026/06/17/ut-board-of-trustees-approves-1-2-billion-budget/stories/20260617112 The University of Toledo Board of Trustees approved a $1.2 billion budget Wednesday while also moving forward with a career-experience requirement for all undergraduates and a new degree program focused on artificial intelligence and analytics. Students walk to and from class at Centennial Mall at the University of Toledo in Toledo in 2017. Matt Schroeder, acting as UT interim president, speaks during an announcement of a $1 million grant for TPS at the University of Toledo in Toledo in 2025. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/politics/2026/06/17/ohio-lawmakers-create-access-to-40m-ptsd-fund-in-corrections-bill/stories/20260617086 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/politics/2026/06/17/ohio-lawmakers-create-access-to-40m-ptsd-fund-in-corrections-bill/stories/20260617086#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2026 18:35:40 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/politics/2026/06/17/ohio-lawmakers-create-access-to-40m-ptsd-fund-in-corrections-bill/stories/20260617086 COLUMBUS — First responders are another step closer to receiving compensation and benefits for suffering post-traumatic stress disorder without an accompanying physical injury. State Rep. Haraz Ghanbari speaks on the Ohio House floor on June 10, 2026. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/police-fire/2026/06/17/coroner-s-office-seeking-family-of-recently-deceased-individual-2-7/stories/20260617101 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/police-fire/2026/06/17/coroner-s-office-seeking-family-of-recently-deceased-individual-2-7/stories/20260617101#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2026 18:30:55 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/police-fire/2026/06/17/coroner-s-office-seeking-family-of-recently-deceased-individual-2-7/stories/20260617101 The Lucas County Coroner’s Office is asking for the public’s help in finding relatives of a man who recently died. The Northwest Ohio Medical Technology Center which houses the Lucas County Coroner's Office, Lucas County Toxicology Lab, and the Lucas County Veterans Service Commission. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/06/17/woman-gets-17-years-for-allowing-husband-to-rape-daughter/stories/20260617102 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/06/17/woman-gets-17-years-for-allowing-husband-to-rape-daughter/stories/20260617102#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2026 18:24:38 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/06/17/woman-gets-17-years-for-allowing-husband-to-rape-daughter/stories/20260617102 A woman who permitted her husband to sexually abuse their 6-year-old daughter for at least half a year has received a 17-year prison term from a Lucas County judge. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/transportation/2026/06/17/holland-sylvania-road-closed-at-railroad-crossing/stories/20260617105 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/transportation/2026/06/17/holland-sylvania-road-closed-at-railroad-crossing/stories/20260617105#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2026 17:38:07 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/transportation/2026/06/17/holland-sylvania-road-closed-at-railroad-crossing/stories/20260617105 Railroad crossing work that closed Holland-Sylvania Road south of Angola Road on Wednesday morning is scheduled to last a week, the Lucas County Engineer’s Office said. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/police-fire/2026/06/17/crime-stoppers-program-seeks-information-on-2020-homicide/stories/20260617108 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/police-fire/2026/06/17/crime-stoppers-program-seeks-information-on-2020-homicide/stories/20260617108#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2026 17:36:31 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/police-fire/2026/06/17/crime-stoppers-program-seeks-information-on-2020-homicide/stories/20260617108 Toledo police are seeking information about the fatal shooting of a 31-year-old man in 2020. Bryan Smith https://www.toledoblade.com/local/suburbs/2026/06/17/maumee-decides-not-to-proceed-with-disc-golf-course-at-towbridge-path/stories/20260617107 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/suburbs/2026/06/17/maumee-decides-not-to-proceed-with-disc-golf-course-at-towbridge-path/stories/20260617107#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2026 17:05:04 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/suburbs/2026/06/17/maumee-decides-not-to-proceed-with-disc-golf-course-at-towbridge-path/stories/20260617107 Maumee Mayor Chelsea Ziss has nixed a proposal for a disc golf course near the Towpath Trail. Peggy Blodgett, front, and other opponents of a new disc golf course walk on a trail in a wooded area where it had been proposed in Maumee on Sunday, May 31, 2026. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/police-fire/2026/06/17/second-old-west-end-fest-shooter-arrested-in-columbus/stories/20260617103 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/police-fire/2026/06/17/second-old-west-end-fest-shooter-arrested-in-columbus/stories/20260617103#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2026 15:04:37 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/police-fire/2026/06/17/second-old-west-end-fest-shooter-arrested-in-columbus/stories/20260617103 COLUMBUS — Police have arrested a second person in connection with the June 6 shooting at the Old West End Festival that sent 12 people to area hospitals with gunshot wounds. Ka Nye Taylor https://www.toledoblade.com/local/community-events/2026/06/17/photo-gallery-wood-county-s-america-250-block-party/stories/20260617088 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/community-events/2026/06/17/photo-gallery-wood-county-s-america-250-block-party/stories/20260617088#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2026 14:25:43 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/community-events/2026/06/17/photo-gallery-wood-county-s-america-250-block-party/stories/20260617088 Residents gathered at the Wood County Courthouse during the county's America 250 block party on Tuesday. Elliot Monts and Dante Monts play checkers inside the Wood County Courthouse. Volunteers served root beer floats to guests at Wood County's America 250 block party at the Wood County Courthouse. From right, Doug Bargiel, Jean Bargiel, and Dean Rochester play patriotic music for guests. The trio are instructors at Guitars for Vets, which uses music to promote healing. Susan Montgomery, a local author, reads her book about the Wood County Courthouse. Wood County Sheriff Mark Wasylyshyn leads a tour of the Wood County Courthouse. The basement was designed to be used as a shelter and medical center in case of emergency during WWII. Wood County Prosecutor Paul Dobson serves an Ohio-frosted cookie to a child. Wood County Sheriff Mark Wasylyshyn leads a tour of the Wood County Courthouse. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/community-events/2026/06/16/after-one-year-toledo-bikers-reckon-with-tragic-death-fellow-cyclist/stories/20260615073 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/community-events/2026/06/16/after-one-year-toledo-bikers-reckon-with-tragic-death-fellow-cyclist/stories/20260615073#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2026 10:20:42 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/community-events/2026/06/16/after-one-year-toledo-bikers-reckon-with-tragic-death-fellow-cyclist/stories/20260615073 To the running and cycling community of northwest Ohio, Roseann Peiffer was the one to beat. Nicole Fuizzotti, president of the Toledo Area Bicyclists, rides her bike near her home in Monclova Township on June 12. Ms. Fuizzotti is a friend of Roseann Peiffer, who was hit by car last year when riding her bike. Roseann Peiffer, of Maumee, Ohio, does the biking portion during the Dooby Du Duathlon at Secor Metropark in Berkey, Ohio, on April 29, 2018. Nicole Fuizzotti, president of the Toledo Area Bicyclists, rides her bike near her home in Monclova Township on June 12. Ms. Fuizzotti is a friend of Roseann Peiffer, who was hit by car last year when riding her bike. Nicole Fuizzotti, president of the Toledo Area Bicyclists, wears stickers in memory of her friend Roseann Peiffer, in Monclova Township on June 12. Mrs. Peiffer was killed last year after being hit by a car while riding her bike. Nicole Fuizzotti, president of the Toledo Area Bicyclists, stands with her racing bike in Monclova Township on June 12. Nicole Fuizzotti, president of the Toledo Area Bicyclists, wears stickers in memory of her friend Roseann Peiffer, in Monclova Township on June 12. Mrs. Peiffer was killed last year after being hit by a car while riding her bike. Nicole Fuizzotti, president of the Toledo Area Bicyclists, rides her bike near her home in Monclova Township on June 12. Ms. Fuizzotti is a friend of Roseann Peiffer, who was hit by car last year when riding her bike. Nicole Fuizzotti, president of the Toledo Area Bicyclists, rides her bike near her home in Monclova Township on June 12. Ms. Fuizzotti is a friend of Roseann Peiffer, who was hit by car last year when riding her bike.