http://www.toledoblade.com The Latest News from Toledoblade.com (v5) Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:05:47 GMT en-us hourly 1 https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/amateur/2026/04/20/military-marchers-set-out-from-hopkinton-to-start-the-130th-boston-marathon/stories/20260420076 https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/amateur/2026/04/20/military-marchers-set-out-from-hopkinton-to-start-the-130th-boston-marathon/stories/20260420076#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2026 11:48:15 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/amateur/2026/04/20/military-marchers-set-out-from-hopkinton-to-start-the-130th-boston-marathon/stories/20260420076 HOPKINTON, Mass. — Marcel Hug, of Switzerland, breaks the tape to win the men's wheelchair division at the Boston Marathon April 20 in Boston. John Korir, of Kenya, breaks the tape to win the Boston Marathon April 20 in Boston. https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/high-school/2026/04/20/multi-sport-standout-echelberry-adds-to-talented-clay-baseball-core/stories/20260420022 https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/high-school/2026/04/20/multi-sport-standout-echelberry-adds-to-talented-clay-baseball-core/stories/20260420022#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:19:20 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/high-school/2026/04/20/multi-sport-standout-echelberry-adds-to-talented-clay-baseball-core/stories/20260420022 The Clay baseball team is expecting another contending season in the Northern Lakes League, and among the Eagles’ top players is multisport sophomore Landon Echelberry, who transferred from Findlay, and believes the group could be in store for a standout year. Clay pitcher Landon Echelberry hurls against Perrysburg in a high school baseball game at Oregon Recreation Park on April 17 in Oregon. Clay’s Landon Echelberry stiff arms Napoleon’s Quinten Maynard during a high school football game at Clay High School in Oregon on September 12, 2025. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/04/20/powerful-7-5-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-off-japan-tsunami-alert-issued/stories/20260420074 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/04/20/powerful-7-5-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-off-japan-tsunami-alert-issued/stories/20260420074#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:41:07 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/04/20/powerful-7-5-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-off-japan-tsunami-alert-issued/stories/20260420074 TOKYO — An earthquake registering a preliminary magnitude of 7.7 off northern Japan on Monday prompted a short-lived tsunami alert and the advisory of a higher risk of a possible mega-quake for coastal areas there. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/police-fire/2026/04/20/toledo-man-struck-killed-while-riding-motorized-bike/stories/20260420077 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/police-fire/2026/04/20/toledo-man-struck-killed-while-riding-motorized-bike/stories/20260420077#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:40:51 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/police-fire/2026/04/20/toledo-man-struck-killed-while-riding-motorized-bike/stories/20260420077 A 73-year-old Toledo man died after his bicycle was struck by a pickup truck. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/education/2026/04/20/pharmacy-technician-program-newest-addition-tps-workforce-specialty-traini/stories/20260417099 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/education/2026/04/20/pharmacy-technician-program-newest-addition-tps-workforce-specialty-traini/stories/20260417099#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2026 11:42:44 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/education/2026/04/20/pharmacy-technician-program-newest-addition-tps-workforce-specialty-traini/stories/20260417099 Alayna Bui will graduate from high school with 38 college credit hours and enter the University of Toledo’s nursing school as, basically, a sophomore. XR2 is a $3.2 million robotic arm used by the pharmacy department at Mercy Health St. Vincent Medical Center. The Mercy Health system has three of the robots, one each in Toledo at St. Vincent's, in Lima at St. Rita's, and in Youngstown at St. Elizabeth's, said Phil Nelson, director of acute pharmacy services at St. Vincent's. The Toledo Pre-Medical and Health Science Academy in Toledo. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/04/20/doubts-over-talks-between-iran-and-u-s-after-violence-flares-in-strait-of-hormuz/stories/20260420075 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/04/20/doubts-over-talks-between-iran-and-u-s-after-violence-flares-in-strait-of-hormuz/stories/20260420075#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:43:12 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/04/20/doubts-over-talks-between-iran-and-u-s-after-violence-flares-in-strait-of-hormuz/stories/20260420075 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan moved ahead Monday with preparations for a new round of talks between the United States and Iran days before a tenuous cease-fire is set to expire, even as renewed conflict around the Strait of Hormuz raised questions about whether the meeting would take place. A U.S. Air Force Boeing C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft prepares to land at Nur Khan airbase, ahead of second round of negotiations between the U.S. and Iran, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, April 20. Women share a moment as they look at a smartphone at the main gate of the Tehran University as a banner shows portraits of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, and the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini in Tehran, Iran, April 19. An army soldier, left, walks as police officer drives motorcycle on an empty road ahead of second round of negotiations between the U.S. and Iran, in Islamabad, Pakistan April 20. Displaced people cross a destroyed bridge as they return to their villages, following a ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel, in Tayr Felsay village, southern Lebanon April 19. A muslim walks outside a mosque where a commemorative religious event in honor of late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is taking place, organized by the Shiite Muslim Community of Greece in Athens on April 19. https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/04/20/bgsu-scientists-find-evidence-new-volcanic-activity-antarctica/stories/20260419042 https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/04/20/bgsu-scientists-find-evidence-new-volcanic-activity-antarctica/stories/20260419042#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/04/20/bgsu-scientists-find-evidence-new-volcanic-activity-antarctica/stories/20260419042 BOWLING GREEN — Researchers from Bowling Green State University found new evidence that two large volcanic seamounts on the seafloor in Antarctica have been recently active underneath the surface of the ocean. BGSU geology professor Kurt Panter, left, and doctoral student Katie Shanks, right, were part of a voyage to Antarctica that revealed new findings about volcanism in the Ross Sea. BGSU researchers helped to definitively answer that flat-top seamounts in the western Ross Sea are volcanic, not sedimentary. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/labor/2026/04/20/the-job-market-is-so-tough-young-people-are-struggling-just-to-land-internships/stories/20260413002 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/labor/2026/04/20/the-job-market-is-so-tough-young-people-are-struggling-just-to-land-internships/stories/20260413002#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:24:27 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/labor/2026/04/20/the-job-market-is-so-tough-young-people-are-struggling-just-to-land-internships/stories/20260413002 WASHINGTON — Muneeb Iqbal is set to graduate with a master’s degree in integrated design, business, and technology from the University of Southern California next month, but he doesn’t have a job or internship lined up, despite the 4,000 applications he’s tallied over the past year. A jobseeker holds a folder while speaking with a recruiter during the WorkSource North Seattle Career Fair on Feb. 10. Muneeb Iqbal is set to graduate with a master’s degree in integrated design, business and technology from the University of Southern California next month. Enrique Torres is an undergraduate student at the University of Mount Olive in North Carolina. Jessica Lopez, 27, graduated last year with a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Arizona State University. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/labor/2026/04/20/simple-ways-meetings-work-better-employees-autism-spectrum/stories/20260420010 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/labor/2026/04/20/simple-ways-meetings-work-better-employees-autism-spectrum/stories/20260420010#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:24:17 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/labor/2026/04/20/simple-ways-meetings-work-better-employees-autism-spectrum/stories/20260420010 NEW YORK — Before Megan Pilatzke was diagnosed with autism, she wondered why she always felt drained when she got home from work. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/agriculture/2026/04/20/financial-pressure-midwest-soybean-farmers-squeezed-tariffs-iran-war/stories/20260418009 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/agriculture/2026/04/20/financial-pressure-midwest-soybean-farmers-squeezed-tariffs-iran-war/stories/20260418009#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:24:06 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/agriculture/2026/04/20/financial-pressure-midwest-soybean-farmers-squeezed-tariffs-iran-war/stories/20260418009 WAHOO, Neb. — Strong winds whipped around Doug Bartek, a fifth-generation farmer, as he headed into a grain bin to shovel soybeans onto a conveyor chute. The 60-year-old was anxious at the onset of the spring planting season, rattling off the long list of issues affecting his family’s livelihood at their 2,000-acre farm near Wahoo, Neb.. Soybeans from last year's harvest are loaded into a truck at Doug Bartek's farm near Wahoo, Neb., on April 6. Doug Bartek talks about high production costs and tough market conditions for the soybeans he grows on his farm near Wahoo, Neb., on April 6. Doug Bartek shovels soybeans in a bin on his farm near Wahoo, Neb., on April 6. Dalton Bartek works a field to prepare for planting soybeans on his family's farm near Wahoo, Neb., on April 6. Doug Bartek transfers soybeans from a storage bin to a truck on his farm near Wahoo, Neb., on April 6. https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/monday-memories/2026/04/20/monday-memories-hooking-future-fishermen-freshly-caught-walleye/stories/20260420003 https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/monday-memories/2026/04/20/monday-memories-hooking-future-fishermen-freshly-caught-walleye/stories/20260420003#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:23:54 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/monday-memories/2026/04/20/monday-memories-hooking-future-fishermen-freshly-caught-walleye/stories/20260420003 It took Steve Welch only 90 minutes to hook a big one in the Maumee River during the 2005 Walleye run. It was his first time out that season, and he had plenty of company, standing shoulder-to-shoulder in the cold water, bracing against the wind. “It was a madhouse over the weekend,” Gary Lowry at Maumee Tackle, told The Blade. Steve Welch of Toledo shows a walleye he caught while fishing in the Maumee River at Side Cut Metropark in Maumee on April 5, 2005, to Zach Caldwell, 3, left, and Hunter VanDusen, 3, both of Maumee. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/politics/2026/04/20/zoo-asks-levy-decrease-may-lucas-county-911-asks-increase/stories/20260415100 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/politics/2026/04/20/zoo-asks-levy-decrease-may-lucas-county-911-asks-increase/stories/20260415100#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:22:21 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/politics/2026/04/20/zoo-asks-levy-decrease-may-lucas-county-911-asks-increase/stories/20260415100 Across Lucas and Wood counties, voters will decide on a range of property-tax issues from emergency services and public safety levies to roads, construction, and parks and recreation. The annual Orchid Show at the Toledo Zoo opened April 13 in South Toledo. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/19/8-children-killed-domestic-shootings-across-multiple-homes-louisiana-police-say/stories/20260419111 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/19/8-children-killed-domestic-shootings-across-multiple-homes-louisiana-police-say/stories/20260419111#comments Sun, 19 Apr 2026 19:43:14 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/19/8-children-killed-domestic-shootings-across-multiple-homes-louisiana-police-say/stories/20260419111 A man killed eight children, including seven of his own, and shot two women in an attack in a Shreveport, Louisiana, neighborhood that was the nation's deadliest shooting in more than two years, authorities said. Satonia Small, with the organization Something Safe To Do, speaks to the news media and others gathered close to where a mass shooting took place in Shreveport, La., on April 19. Police tape blocks off a house in Shreveport, La., that is one of the locations tied to a mass shooting on April 19. Police gather on Harrison Street near Bernstein Avenue, in Shreveport, La., at a location being investigated for a mass shooting on April 19. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/04/19/editorial-gov-campaigns-disappointing/stories/20260420005 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/04/19/editorial-gov-campaigns-disappointing/stories/20260420005#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2026 03:45:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/04/19/editorial-gov-campaigns-disappointing/stories/20260420005 If the performance in office of Ohio’s next governor is as disappointing as both candidates’ campaigns for office, the state of decline gripping three quarters of the population, including northwest Ohio, will surely accelerate. Dr. Amy Acton, a Democratic candidate for Ohio governor, speaks during a roundtable at UAW Local 14 in Toledo on April 9. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/04/19/to-editor-war-result-failed-negotiations/stories/20260420016 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/04/19/to-editor-war-result-failed-negotiations/stories/20260420016#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2026 03:45:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/04/19/to-editor-war-result-failed-negotiations/stories/20260420016 The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran may be the costliest war in the history of all three countries. For America, not just in dollars, military bases, and equipment, but in trust. Police officers stand guard at a checkpoint on a barricaded road to ensure security ahead of the second round of the U.S. Iran officials talks, in Islamabad on April 19. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/04/19/to-editor-us-does-not-meet-just-standard/stories/20260420015 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/04/19/to-editor-us-does-not-meet-just-standard/stories/20260420015#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2026 03:45:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/04/19/to-editor-us-does-not-meet-just-standard/stories/20260420015 Gasoline prices and fluctuations in the stock market are not the only consequences of the war in Iran. Human suffering and death are real. Injustice is real. Consequences of waging unjust wars are real. Regular gas is priced at $3.97 at a bp gas station in Cincinnati on April 17. https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/Pistons/2026/04/19/paolo-banchero-scores-23-magic-beat-pistons-112-101/stories/20260419126 https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/Pistons/2026/04/19/paolo-banchero-scores-23-magic-beat-pistons-112-101/stories/20260419126#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2026 03:07:47 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/Pistons/2026/04/19/paolo-banchero-scores-23-magic-beat-pistons-112-101/stories/20260419126 DETROIT — Paolo Banchero had 23 points, nine rebounds and four assists to lead the eighth-seeded Orlando Magic to a 112-101 win over the top-seeded Detroit Pistons on Sunday night in Game 1 of their first-round series, extending the longest home playoff losing streak in NBA history. Orlando Magic guard Desmond Bane (3) grabs a rebound in front of Detroit Pistons forward Ronald Holland II, top right. Detroit Pistons forward Duncan Robinson (55) goes to the basket past Orlando Magic guard Anthony Black (0). Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham (2) discusses a play with Detroit Pistons head coach J.B. Bickerstaff, left. https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/pro/2026/04/19/hannah-green-rallies-win-jm-eagle-la-championship/stories/20260419125 https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/pro/2026/04/19/hannah-green-rallies-win-jm-eagle-la-championship/stories/20260419125#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2026 03:03:32 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/pro/2026/04/19/hannah-green-rallies-win-jm-eagle-la-championship/stories/20260419125 LOS ANGELES — Hannah Green won the JM Eagle LA Championship on Sunday for the third time in first four years and the first at El Caballero, holing a 12-foot birdie putt on the first extra hole after a back-nine comeback. Frida Kinhult hits from the second tee during the final round of the LPGA's JM Eagle LA Championship golf tournament at El Caballero Country Club on April 19. https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/pro/2026/04/19/matt-fitzpatrick-delivers-another-playoff-winner/stories/20260419124 https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/pro/2026/04/19/matt-fitzpatrick-delivers-another-playoff-winner/stories/20260419124#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2026 02:56:52 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/pro/2026/04/19/matt-fitzpatrick-delivers-another-playoff-winner/stories/20260419124 HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C.  — Matt Fitzpatrick of England delivered another magnificent shot in a playoff at Harbour Town on Sunday to quiet the pro-American crowd and take down the world's best player, hitting 4-iron to 13 feet for birdie to defeat Scottie Scheffler for his second title in the RBC Heritage. Matt Fitzpatrick, of England, right, hugs his wife Katherine Gaal after winning. Matt Fitzpatrick, of England, poses with the trophy after winning. Matt Fitzpatrick, of England, celebrates after winning. https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/pro/2026/04/19/tyler-reddick-passes-kyle-larson-final-lap-ot-win-nascar-cup-series/stories/20260419123 https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/pro/2026/04/19/tyler-reddick-passes-kyle-larson-final-lap-ot-win-nascar-cup-series/stories/20260419123#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2026 02:37:24 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/pro/2026/04/19/tyler-reddick-passes-kyle-larson-final-lap-ot-win-nascar-cup-series/stories/20260419123 KANSAS CITY, Kan. — NASCAR driver Tyler Reddick is riding the kind of Cup Series hot streak that Michael Jordan once enjoyed in his playing days. Tyler Reddick celebrates in Victory Lane. Tyler Reddick does a burnout after winning. Tyler Reddick celebrates in Victory Lane after winning.