http://www.toledoblade.com The Latest News from Toledoblade.com (v5) Thu, 28 May 2026 15:21:39 GMT en-us hourly 1 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/police-fire/2026/05/28/husband-wife-dead-following-west-toledo-murder-suicide/stories/20260528090 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/police-fire/2026/05/28/husband-wife-dead-following-west-toledo-murder-suicide/stories/20260528090#comments Thu, 28 May 2026 14:05:34 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/police-fire/2026/05/28/husband-wife-dead-following-west-toledo-murder-suicide/stories/20260528090 Two people are dead following an apparent murder-suicide in West Toledo early Wednesday afternoon. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/city/2026/05/28/port-authority-ashland-manor-covenant-house-renovations/stories/20260528110 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/city/2026/05/28/port-authority-ashland-manor-covenant-house-renovations/stories/20260528110#comments Thu, 28 May 2026 21:47:40 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/city/2026/05/28/port-authority-ashland-manor-covenant-house-renovations/stories/20260528110 The Ashland Manor and Covenant House apartments could soon be getting new owners — and then renovations. Ashland Manor, at 2030 Ashland Ave., is seen from its east side on May 28. Covenant House, at 702 N. Erie St., is seen from its northeast side on May 28. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/politics/2026/05/28/medicaid-josh-williams-anti-fraud-package/stories/20260527100 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/politics/2026/05/28/medicaid-josh-williams-anti-fraud-package/stories/20260527100#comments Thu, 28 May 2026 21:43:53 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/politics/2026/05/28/medicaid-josh-williams-anti-fraud-package/stories/20260527100 COLUMBUS — Legislation introduced by state Rep. Josh Williams (R., Sylvania Township) is now the Ohio House Republicans’ comprehensive package addressing fraud, waste, and abuse in the Medicaid program. Josh Williams answers a question during a candidate forum of five Republican candidates running for Ohio's 9th Congressional District at The Premier in Toledo on April 13. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/city/2026/05/28/housing-project-opens-seniors/stories/20260531073 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/city/2026/05/28/housing-project-opens-seniors/stories/20260531073#comments Thu, 28 May 2026 20:33:13 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/city/2026/05/28/housing-project-opens-seniors/stories/20260531073 A broken leg wasn’t going to stop Sandra King from getting affordable housing, she said on Thursday. Collingwood Green Living senior housing has a grand opening hosted by the city of Toledo and its partners in a news conference on May 28 in central Toledo. Toledo Mayor Wade Kapsukiewicz centers a ribbon cutting as Collingwood Green Living senior housing has a grand opening hosted by the city of Toledo and its partners in a news conference on May 28 in central Toledo. Toledo Mayor Wade Kapsukiewicz centers a ribbon cutting as Collingwood Green Living senior housing has a grand opening hosted by the city of Toledo and its partners in a news conference on May 28 in central Toledo. Collingwood Green Living senior housing has a grand opening hosted by the city of Toledo and its partners in a news conference on May 28 in central Toledo. U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur Marcy Kaptur welcomes guests as Collingwood Green Living senior housing has a grand opening hosted by the city of Toledo and its partners in a news conference on May 28 in central Toledo. Collingwood Green Living senior housing has a grand opening hosted by the city of Toledo and its partners in a news conference on May 28 in central Toledo. Duey Stroebel, Midwest Regional Administrator, for HUD, speaks about the $5.7M federal contribution as Collingwood Green Living senior housing has a grand opening hosted by the city of Toledo and its partners in a news conference on May 28 in central Toledo. Pastor Mike Hanck, left, of Salem Lutheran Church, Collingwood Green Living senior housing has a grand opening hosted by the city of Toledo and its partners in a news conference on May 28 in central Toledo. Collingwood Green Living senior housing has a grand opening hosted by the city of Toledo and its partners in a news conference on May 28 in central Toledo. U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur Marcy Kaptur welcomes guests as Collingwood Green Living senior housing has a grand opening hosted by the city of Toledo and its partners in a news conference on May 28 in central Toledo. Rosalyn Clemens, Chief of Housing and Neighborhood Sustainability for the city of Toledo, help open Collingwood Green Living senior housing in a news conference on May 28 in central Toledo. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/community-events/2026/05/28/tractor-supply-hosts-lc4-adoption-event/stories/20260528106 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/community-events/2026/05/28/tractor-supply-hosts-lc4-adoption-event/stories/20260528106#comments Thu, 28 May 2026 20:14:16 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/community-events/2026/05/28/tractor-supply-hosts-lc4-adoption-event/stories/20260528106 The Tractor Supply Co. in Oregon will host a Lucas County Canine Care & Control dog adoption event Saturday. Puppies from Planned Pethood take a break in their enclosure during the Puppy Bowl adoption event at Three Dog Bakery in Perrysburg in 2025. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/police-fire/2026/05/28/coroner-s-office-seeking-family-of-recently-deceased-individual-2-4/stories/20260528109 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/police-fire/2026/05/28/coroner-s-office-seeking-family-of-recently-deceased-individual-2-4/stories/20260528109#comments Thu, 28 May 2026 20:10:30 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/police-fire/2026/05/28/coroner-s-office-seeking-family-of-recently-deceased-individual-2-4/stories/20260528109 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/2026/05/28/last-defendant-motel-beating-4-years-prison/stories/20260528102 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/28/last-defendant-motel-beating-4-years-prison/stories/20260528102#comments Thu, 28 May 2026 20:06:24 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/28/last-defendant-motel-beating-4-years-prison/stories/20260528102 The last of six defendants to be sentenced for a Toledo man’s detention, beating, and torture received a four-year prison term Thursday in Lucas County Common Pleas Court. David Cessna appears before Judge Timothy Kuhlman during an arraignment for a kidnapping charge in Toledo Municipal Court in Toledo in 2025. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/suburbs/2026/05/28/conservation-option-for-waterville-bridge-gets-new-consideration/stories/20260522075 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/suburbs/2026/05/28/conservation-option-for-waterville-bridge-gets-new-consideration/stories/20260522075#comments Thu, 28 May 2026 18:34:13 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/suburbs/2026/05/28/conservation-option-for-waterville-bridge-gets-new-consideration/stories/20260522075 The outlook for saving Waterville’s Roche de Boeuf Bridge is growing more positive. The Roche de Boeuf Bridge in Waterville on Friday, March 6, 2026. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/police-fire/2026/05/28/man-charged-with-making-false-bomb-threats-to-multiple-schools/stories/20260528100 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/police-fire/2026/05/28/man-charged-with-making-false-bomb-threats-to-multiple-schools/stories/20260528100#comments Thu, 28 May 2026 17:22:47 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/police-fire/2026/05/28/man-charged-with-making-false-bomb-threats-to-multiple-schools/stories/20260528100 A man from the state of Oregon is facing facing federal charges for making dozens of hoax bomb threat calls to schools and other organizations in Ohio. Ottawa Hills High School. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/politics/2026/05/28/michigan-gov-gretchen-whitmer-says-she-s-not-running-for-president-in-2028/stories/20260528098 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/politics/2026/05/28/michigan-gov-gretchen-whitmer-says-she-s-not-running-for-president-in-2028/stories/20260528098#comments Thu, 28 May 2026 15:55:19 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/politics/2026/05/28/michigan-gov-gretchen-whitmer-says-she-s-not-running-for-president-in-2028/stories/20260528098 Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer threw cold water Thursday on the idea of a 2028 presidential bid, saying that while “there will be a robust group of people running for president, I will not be one of them.” Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer gives a policy speech at an event on April 9, 2025, in Washington. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/politics/2026/05/28/michigan-democrats-get-a-chance-to-make-their-case-for-the-senate-and-their-party-s-future/stories/20260528091 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/politics/2026/05/28/michigan-democrats-get-a-chance-to-make-their-case-for-the-senate-and-their-party-s-future/stories/20260528091#comments Thu, 28 May 2026 13:56:28 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/politics/2026/05/28/michigan-democrats-get-a-chance-to-make-their-case-for-the-senate-and-their-party-s-future/stories/20260528091 MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich.  — Michigan Democrats are hoping to hold on to an open U.S. Senate seat as the party fights to win back a majority in Washington. But they first must settle their own arguments. This combination of photos shows Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., Feb. 6, 2025, in Washington, left, Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow, D-Royal Oak, Aug. 19, 2024, in Chicago, center, and Abdul El-Sayed in Detroit on July 28, 2018. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/daily-log/2026/05/28/coroner-s-rulings-5-28/stories/20260525091 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/daily-log/2026/05/28/coroner-s-rulings-5-28/stories/20260525091#comments Thu, 28 May 2026 10:29:50 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/daily-log/2026/05/28/coroner-s-rulings-5-28/stories/20260525091 The Lucas County Coroner has ruled in the following deaths: 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/daily-log/2026/05/28/toledo-crime-log-5-28-26/stories/20260526106 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/daily-log/2026/05/28/toledo-crime-log-5-28-26/stories/20260526106#comments Thu, 28 May 2026 10:00:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/daily-log/2026/05/28/toledo-crime-log-5-28-26/stories/20260526106 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/2026/05/27/police-release-911-calls-reporting-impaired-school-bus-driver/stories/20260527086 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/police-fire/2026/05/27/police-release-911-calls-reporting-impaired-school-bus-driver/stories/20260527086#comments Wed, 27 May 2026 15:16:37 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/police-fire/2026/05/27/police-release-911-calls-reporting-impaired-school-bus-driver/stories/20260527086 Recordings of 911 calls reporting an incapacitated school bus driver paint a picture of a brief but harrowing experience for students and witnesses alike. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/politics/2026/05/27/ohio-s-data-center-sales-tax-break-needed-for-investment-industry-leader-says/stories/20260527083 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/politics/2026/05/27/ohio-s-data-center-sales-tax-break-needed-for-investment-industry-leader-says/stories/20260527083#comments Wed, 27 May 2026 18:37:06 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/politics/2026/05/27/ohio-s-data-center-sales-tax-break-needed-for-investment-industry-leader-says/stories/20260527083 COLUMBUS — The Ohio Tax Credit Authority will pause consideration of any new data center sales tax exemption requests while the legislature’s Joint Data Center Committee conducts its business, Gov. Mike DeWine announced hours after the committee’s first meeting on Wednesday. Dan Diorio, vice president of state policy for the Data Center Coalition, provides testimony during the first meeting of the Ohio General Assembly's Joint Data Center Committee on May 27. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/community-events/2026/05/27/perrysburg-kicks-off-weekly-concert-series-in-june/stories/20260514118 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/community-events/2026/05/27/perrysburg-kicks-off-weekly-concert-series-in-june/stories/20260514118#comments Thu, 28 May 2026 18:51:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/community-events/2026/05/27/perrysburg-kicks-off-weekly-concert-series-in-june/stories/20260514118 The city of Perrysburg will kick off its 2026 Wednesday at Woodlands concert series beginning June 3. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/community-events/2026/05/27/library-s-summer-read-returns-with-prizes-programs/stories/20260519097 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/community-events/2026/05/27/library-s-summer-read-returns-with-prizes-programs/stories/20260519097#comments Wed, 27 May 2026 21:00:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/community-events/2026/05/27/library-s-summer-read-returns-with-prizes-programs/stories/20260519097 Summer Read, the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library’s annual summer reading challenge, returns June 1. Some of the prize books from the Summer Read program at the Main Library in Toledo on May 20. Nancy Eames, the library's youth services coordinator, holds some of the prize books for the Summer Read program at the Main Library in Toledo on May 20. Items from the Summer Read program at the Main Library in Toledo on May 20. Nancy Eames, the library's youth services coordinator, holds some of the prize books for the Summer Read program at the Main Library in Toledo on May 20. Items from the Summer Read program at the Main Library in Toledo on May 20. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/police-fire/2026/05/27/man-dies-barn-fire-near-luckey/stories/20260527119 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/police-fire/2026/05/27/man-dies-barn-fire-near-luckey/stories/20260527119#comments Thu, 28 May 2026 00:53:56 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/police-fire/2026/05/27/man-dies-barn-fire-near-luckey/stories/20260527119 LUCKEY, Ohio — A 77-year-old man died in a barn fire Wednesday near Luckey, the Wood County Sheriff’s Office said. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/police-fire/2026/05/27/body-camera-footage-shows-toledo-police-officers-shoot-suspect/stories/20260527110 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/police-fire/2026/05/27/body-camera-footage-shows-toledo-police-officers-shoot-suspect/stories/20260527110#comments Wed, 27 May 2026 21:26:23 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/police-fire/2026/05/27/body-camera-footage-shows-toledo-police-officers-shoot-suspect/stories/20260527110 Toledo police on Wednesday released video and 911 audio recordings that led up to the May 17 police shooting of an armed suspect in West Toledo. Screen capture from Toledo police dashcam footage from the scene of a May 17 armed suspect shooting. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/27/6000-acre-solar-project-permit-nixed-ohio-supreme-court/stories/20260527106 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/27/6000-acre-solar-project-permit-nixed-ohio-supreme-court/stories/20260527106#comments Wed, 27 May 2026 21:02:44 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/27/6000-acre-solar-project-permit-nixed-ohio-supreme-court/stories/20260527106 The Ohio Supreme Court overturned a permit that state officials previously granted to a massive, 6,000-acre industrial-scale solar farm and battery operation in Madison County.