http://www.toledoblade.com The Latest News from Toledoblade.com (v5) Wed, 28 Oct 2026 19:10:35 GMT en-us hourly 1 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/community-events/2026/10/28/photo-gallery-toledo-swat-team-rappels-down-hospital-in-special-visit/stories/20261028107 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/community-events/2026/10/28/photo-gallery-toledo-swat-team-rappels-down-hospital-in-special-visit/stories/20261028107#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2026 19:07:30 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/community-events/2026/10/28/photo-gallery-toledo-swat-team-rappels-down-hospital-in-special-visit/stories/20261028107 Members of the Toledo Police Department’s SWAT Team rappelled down the side of Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Toledo on Wednesday, giving patients and families a fun superhero show. Colt Netcher, 5, high fives Wolverine as members of the Toledo Police Department SWAT Team rappel down the side of the Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Toledo on Oct. 28. Josiah Smith, 9, looks up as members of the Toledo Police Department SWAT Team rappel down the side of the Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Toledo on Oct. 28. Ava Hull, 7, smiles as members of the Toledo Police Department SWAT Team rappel down the side of the Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Toledo on Oct. 28. Josiah Smith, 9, looks up as members of the Toledo Police Department SWAT Team rappel down the side of the Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Toledo on Oct. 28. Superman high fives kids as members of the Toledo Police Department SWAT Team rappel down the side of the Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Toledo on Oct. 28. The Flash high fives kids through the window as members of the Toledo Police Department SWAT Team rappel down the side of the Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Toledo on Oct. 28. Dressed as Spiderman Colt Netcher, 5, high fives Spiderman as members of the Toledo Police Department SWAT Team rappel down the side of the Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Toledo on Oct. 28. Kids wait for the next superhero to rappel down as members of the Toledo Police Department SWAT Team rappel down the side of the Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Toledo on Oct. 28. The Green Arrow waves to kids as members of the Toledo Police Department SWAT Team rappel down the side of the Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Toledo on Oct. 28. The Hulk rappels down as members of the Toledo Police Department SWAT Team rappel down the side of the Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Toledo on Oct. 28. The Hulk stops to wave at the kids as members of the Toledo Police Department SWAT Team rappel down the side of the Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Toledo on Oct. 28. A boy waits for the next superhero to rappel down as members of the Toledo Police Department SWAT Team rappel down the side of the Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Toledo on Oct. 28. https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/college/2026/10/28/briggs-mac-hoops-coaches-anonymously-dish-on-league-s-best-tacticians-first-mill/stories/20261028098 https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/college/2026/10/28/briggs-mac-hoops-coaches-anonymously-dish-on-league-s-best-tacticians-first-mill/stories/20261028098#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2026 17:55:38 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/college/2026/10/28/briggs-mac-hoops-coaches-anonymously-dish-on-league-s-best-tacticians-first-mill/stories/20261028098 Sneakers squeaking. Nets swishing. Coaches dishing. College basketball is back! Well, almost.  The games tip off Monday.  Until then, it’s still talking season, and Mid-American Conference coaches have plenty to say about a sport changing faster than a three-on-one break.  Toledo’s Sonny Wilson floats for the short fade away against BGSU in a quarterfinal MAC tournament men’s college basketball game at Rocket Arena Thursday, March 12, 2026, in Cleveland. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/deaths/2026/10/28/dolores-huerta-influential-labor-leader-feminist-and-civil-rights-icon-dies/stories/20261028096 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/deaths/2026/10/28/dolores-huerta-influential-labor-leader-feminist-and-civil-rights-icon-dies/stories/20261028096#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2026 16:15:44 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/deaths/2026/10/28/dolores-huerta-influential-labor-leader-feminist-and-civil-rights-icon-dies/stories/20261028096 Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers union to improve working conditions in the nation's fruit and vegetable fields and coined the phrase “Sí, se puede!” that became a widespread rallying cry, has died. She was 96. Dolores Huerta, the labor leader, civil rights activist and co-founder of the National Farm Workers Association, is seen at the California Democratic Party's 2025 State Convention at the United Farm Workers leader Dolores Huerta, center, leads a rally in San Francisco's Mission District on Nov. 19, 1988, along with Howard Wallace, president of the San Francisco chapter of the UFW, left, and Maria Elena Chavez, 16, the daughter of Cesar Chavez, right, as part of a national boycott of what the UFW claims is the dangerous use of pesticides on table grapes. United Farm Workers co-founder Dolores Huerta looks at a mural of the late Cesar Chavez during a dedication of the Cesar Chavez Monument on the San Jose State University campus in San Jose, Calif., Sept. 4, 2008. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/transportation/2026/10/28/free-rides-to-the-polls-offered-by-tarta-for-election-day/stories/20261024017 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/transportation/2026/10/28/free-rides-to-the-polls-offered-by-tarta-for-election-day/stories/20261024017#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2026 13:00:52 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/transportation/2026/10/28/free-rides-to-the-polls-offered-by-tarta-for-election-day/stories/20261024017 Voters can get free rides to the polls on Election Day, Tuesday, courtesy of the Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority. TARTA offers free transportation to the polls on Election Day. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/environment/2026/10/28/more-plans-are-revealed-for-future-metropark-in-toledo-s-historic-vistula-distri/stories/20261028094 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/environment/2026/10/28/more-plans-are-revealed-for-future-metropark-in-toledo-s-historic-vistula-distri/stories/20261028094#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2026 18:07:16 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/environment/2026/10/28/more-plans-are-revealed-for-future-metropark-in-toledo-s-historic-vistula-distri/stories/20261028094 Two years from now, Metroparks Toledo hopes to open a new Metropark along the Maumee River in the heart of Toledo’s historic Vistula District. Artist rendering of what is expected to be called Vistula Meadows Metropark when it opens in 2028. A waterfront playground and boardwalk will be one of the key features of the future Vistula Meadows Metropark. This is an artist rendition of what it might look like. Another artist rendition of the future Vistula Meadows Metropark. Another artist rendition of the future Vistula Meadows Metropark. Another artist rendition of the future Vistula Meadows Metropark. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/transportation/2026/10/28/utility-work-closes-block-of-superior-street/stories/20261028095 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/transportation/2026/10/28/utility-work-closes-block-of-superior-street/stories/20261028095#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2026 17:31:29 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/transportation/2026/10/28/utility-work-closes-block-of-superior-street/stories/20261028095 Utility work that closed part of a North Toledo street Wednesday morning will continue through Thursday, the Toledo Department of Transportation announced. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/transportation/2026/10/28/halloween-rideshare-credits-aim-to-keep-impaired-drivers-off-roads/stories/20261028091 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/transportation/2026/10/28/halloween-rideshare-credits-aim-to-keep-impaired-drivers-off-roads/stories/20261028091#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2026 14:08:50 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/transportation/2026/10/28/halloween-rideshare-credits-aim-to-keep-impaired-drivers-off-roads/stories/20261028091 Lucas County is one of seven counties where the Ohio Traffic Safety Office is offering rideshare credits to discourage impaired driving around Halloween. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/education/2026/10/28/tps-parents-voice-concerns-about-lack-of-paraprofessionals-at-board-meeting-1-7/stories/20261027113 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/education/2026/10/28/tps-parents-voice-concerns-about-lack-of-paraprofessionals-at-board-meeting-1-7/stories/20261027113#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2026 13:10:36 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/education/2026/10/28/tps-parents-voice-concerns-about-lack-of-paraprofessionals-at-board-meeting-1-7/stories/20261027113 A concerned Toledo Public Schools mother has reiterated her concerns to the school board about a lack of paraprofessionals at Beverly Elementary School. Toledo Public Schools board of education meeting. Toledo Public Schools board of education meeting. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/environment/2026/10/28/mc-tank-transport-announces-claims-reporting-line-for-those-who-have-suffered-a/stories/20261028088 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/environment/2026/10/28/mc-tank-transport-announces-claims-reporting-line-for-those-who-have-suffered-a/stories/20261028088#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2026 12:15:41 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/environment/2026/10/28/mc-tank-transport-announces-claims-reporting-line-for-those-who-have-suffered-a/stories/20261028088 MC Tank Transport has established a claims reporting line for individuals and businesses that suffered losses from the Oct. 20 gaseous chemical leak from its property at 1266 Progress Ave. in North Toledo. The tank that leaked, top front, seen with an air monitor on top during a news conference outside MC Tank Transport, the site of the glycidyl methacrylate leak, in Toledo on Oct. 23. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/environment/2026/10/28/epa-response-to-2023-ohio-train-derailment-will-be-investigated-by-agency-watchdog/stories/20261028086 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/environment/2026/10/28/epa-response-to-2023-ohio-train-derailment-will-be-investigated-by-agency-watchdog/stories/20261028086#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2026 11:18:58 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/environment/2026/10/28/epa-response-to-2023-ohio-train-derailment-will-be-investigated-by-agency-watchdog/stories/20261028086 The Environmental Protection Agency's response to the disastrous 2023 East Palestine train derailment will be investigated after local residents of the small town on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border and Vice President JD Vance pressed for the review. Environmental Protection Agency workers survey Leslie Run in East Palestine, Ohio, on June 12, 2024. This photo taken with a drone shows portions of a Norfolk and Southern freight train, Feb. 4, 2023, that derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/10/28/israelis-await-final-election-results-as-netanyahu-remains-far-from-defeated/stories/20261028087 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/10/28/israelis-await-final-election-results-as-netanyahu-remains-far-from-defeated/stories/20261028087#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2026 11:00:25 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/10/28/israelis-await-final-election-results-as-netanyahu-remains-far-from-defeated/stories/20261028087 JERUSALEM — Anxious Israelis watched election results take shape Wednesday after the highest turnout in over a quarter-century, as no clear winner emerged and weeks of negotiating could lie ahead for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and an array of opposition parties trying to unseat him. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to his supporters at Likud party headquarters in Jerusalem after the release of the first exit poll results in Israel's general election, Oct. 28. https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/bgsu/2026/10/28/2026-week-9-scouting-report-bgsu-football-at-western-michigan/stories/20261028012 https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/bgsu/2026/10/28/2026-week-9-scouting-report-bgsu-football-at-western-michigan/stories/20261028012#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2026 10:57:19 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/bgsu/2026/10/28/2026-week-9-scouting-report-bgsu-football-at-western-michigan/stories/20261028012 BOWLING GREEN — With the first month of Mid-American Conference play concluded, the Bowling Green State University football team now faces Western Michigan, the defending MAC champions, in hopes of snapping a two-game conference skid. Western Michigan quarterback Brock Lowry throws a pass in a loss at Toledo. https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/bgsu/2026/10/28/revamped-bgsu-men-s-basketball-shaping-identity-ahead-of-2026-27-season/stories/20261028021 https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/bgsu/2026/10/28/revamped-bgsu-men-s-basketball-shaping-identity-ahead-of-2026-27-season/stories/20261028021#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2026 10:56:28 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/bgsu/2026/10/28/revamped-bgsu-men-s-basketball-shaping-identity-ahead-of-2026-27-season/stories/20261028021 BOWLING GREEN — Coming off a third straight appearance in the Mid-American Conference tournament, the Bowling Green State University men’s basketball team brings a new-look roster into the rapidly approaching 2026-27 season. Coach Todd Simon instructs his players at the BGSU men's basketball open practice at the Stroh Center practice court Oct.. 22 in Bowling Green, Ohio. Tristan Beckford slams home a basket at the BGSU men's basketball open practice at the Stroh Center practice court Oct.. 22 in Bowling Green, Ohio. Makhi Leach dribbles at the BGSU mens basketball open practice at the Stroh Center practice court Oct.. 22 in Bowling Green, Ohio. Christ Essandoko spins in the post at the BGSU men's basketball open practice at the Stroh Center practice court on Oct.. 22 in Bowling Green, Ohio. https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/ut/2026/10/28/toledo-men-s-basketball-season-preview-rockets-not-shying-away-from-high-expecta/stories/20261028009 https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/ut/2026/10/28/toledo-men-s-basketball-season-preview-rockets-not-shying-away-from-high-expecta/stories/20261028009#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2026 10:54:30 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/ut/2026/10/28/toledo-men-s-basketball-season-preview-rockets-not-shying-away-from-high-expecta/stories/20261028009 Although it was 225 days ago, Toledo men’s basketball’s heartbreaking loss to Akron in the Mid-American Conference title game still stings. The Rockets had their first NCAA Tournament berth in nearly 50 years in their hands until Zips guard Shammah Scott made the game-winning 3-point Toledo’s Sean Jones drives the ball down the court during a University of Toledo men’s basketball team practice at John F. Savage Arena in Toledo on Sept. 21. Tod Kowalczyk, Toledo’s head coach, gives feedback to his team during drills during a University of Toledo men’s basketball team practice at John F. Savage Arena in Toledo on Sept. 21. Toledo’s Austin Parks, right, attempts to rebound the ball during a University of Toledo men’s basketball team practice at John F. Savage Arena in Toledo on Sept. 21. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/personal-finance/2026/10/28/federal-reserve-likely-to-skip-rate-hike-despite-elevated-inflation/stories/20261028085 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/personal-finance/2026/10/28/federal-reserve-likely-to-skip-rate-hike-despite-elevated-inflation/stories/20261028085#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2026 10:50:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/personal-finance/2026/10/28/federal-reserve-likely-to-skip-rate-hike-despite-elevated-inflation/stories/20261028085 WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve is expected to stand pat on interest rates Wednesday even though inflation has accelerated in the past couple of months as the Iran war has caused spikes in oil and gas prices. U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh speaks during the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group in Bangkok, Thailand Oct. 16. https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/10/28/plan-it-calendar-10-29-11-4/stories/20261015091 https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/10/28/plan-it-calendar-10-29-11-4/stories/20261015091#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2026 10:45:29 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/10/28/plan-it-calendar-10-29-11-4/stories/20261015091 Except where indicated, all area codes are 419. Several ofrendas on display during a tour of the Dia De Los Muertos exhibition at the Jose Martinez Memorial Gallery on Oct. 24, 2024 in Toledo. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/daily-log/2026/10/28/daily-log-526/stories/20261026090 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/daily-log/2026/10/28/daily-log-526/stories/20261026090#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2026 10:45:06 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/daily-log/2026/10/28/daily-log-526/stories/20261026090 Births https://www.toledoblade.com/business/real-estate/2026/10/28/real-estate-transfers-10-28/stories/20261028001 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/real-estate/2026/10/28/real-estate-transfers-10-28/stories/20261028001#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2026 10:00:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/real-estate/2026/10/28/real-estate-transfers-10-28/stories/20261028001 Recent real estate transactions in Lucas and Wood counties include the following property transfers recorded with county officials. Real estate transfers https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/10/27/to-the-editor-students-first-this-conservative-veteran-is-voting-yes-for-sylvani/stories/20261028059 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/10/27/to-the-editor-students-first-this-conservative-veteran-is-voting-yes-for-sylvani/stories/20261028059#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2026 10:32:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/10/27/to-the-editor-students-first-this-conservative-veteran-is-voting-yes-for-sylvani/stories/20261028059 Growing up in Martins Ferry, Ohio, and later serving 26 years in the U.S. Air Force, my family lived all over the world. Sylvania Schools Board of Education Kinsel https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/10/27/to-the-editor-acton-is-david-to-gop-s-goliath/stories/20261027003 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/10/27/to-the-editor-acton-is-david-to-gop-s-goliath/stories/20261027003#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2026 10:30:33 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/10/27/to-the-editor-acton-is-david-to-gop-s-goliath/stories/20261027003 It’s not the first time Dr. Amy Acton has ever stood up to a cruel giant. Democrat nominee for governor Dr. Amy Acton speaks with The Blade´s editorial board on Oct. 21 in Northwood. Fedor