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How to “Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle” When Back-to-School Shopping
Adrian, MI – The Lenawee County Solid Waste and Recycling Department has published tips to practice sustainability while back-to-school shopping. Julie Maurer’s blog post on the County website, titled “Low Waste Back-to-School Shopping,” talked about the Three R’s… Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. Here are a...
Eastwood Eagles | Big Board Friday Countdown
PEMBERVILLE, Ohio — Eastwood overview:. 2023 Record: 9-3 (Advanced to 2nd Round of Playoffs) Head Coach: Sam Cotterman (2nd year) Kadyn Donnell, Senior QB (Honorable Mention All-Ohio) Paul Lautzenheiser, Senior DL (Honorable Mention All-Ohio) Andre Lewis, Senior WR (1st Team All-NBC) Colton Woodward, Senior DB (1st Team All-NBC) Connor...
OVI checkpoint on Front Street in Perrysburg
The Ohio State Highway Patrol, in conjunction with the Perrysburg Police Department, the Perrysburg Township Police Department, and the Wood County Sheriff’s Office, will have an OVI checkpoint from 7 to 10 p.m. Friday on Front Street in Perrysburg. The checkpoint, which is funded by federal grant funds, is planned to deter and intercept impaired drivers. The checkpoint will also be held in conjunction with nearby saturation patrols to aggressively combat impaired driver-related injury and fatal crashes, according to a patrol news release. Call #677 to report an impaired driver.
Homelessness board says it's switching gears, enacting new plan
The Lucas County Homelessness Board will be switching gears in how it will work to decrease homelessness in the county. To better coordinate with providers and understand what needs to be done to address homelessness, the board will enact its Home For Everyone Continuum of Care strategic plan, which will include having actual conversations with residents who are experiencing homelessness and improving data access between organizations that are combating the issue across the county, it announced at a news conference on Wednesday. “We’ve done a lot of work to reform and create [a] culture within the community that’s willing to say, ‘We can do better with each other instead of feeling competitive,’” said Julie Embree, interim executive director for the Lucas County Homelessness Board. “The next piece is: We’ve got to get our data in order.” A substantial piece of the plan, she said, is hearing from people who are suffering and have suffered from homelessness to provide insight on whether or not they believe the plans being proposed will actually work. One such resident is James Barker, a Continuum of Care board member who has struggled with homelessness off and on for a few years.
Annual Chalk the Walk event to honors those lost to overdose
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Thousands of people die every year due to opioid overdose and hundreds are from right here in Lucas County. On Friday, the community will come together to honor them. Chalk the Walk is an annual event held by the Toledo-Lucas County Health Department to remember those...
DeWine announces new initiative to address volunteer firefighter gap
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — There is a growing need for volunteer firefighters across the state. On Friday, Governor Mike DeWine and members of the State Fire Marshal encouraged Ohioans to step up. While the calls for help keep going up, the number of volunteer firefighters is declining. Starting Friday, public service announcements will begin to […]
Proof That Ohio is Full of Bad Drivers
According to a recent study, Ohio drivers have the 2nd most speeding tickets in the United States. Insurify crunched numbers of Ohio drivers in each state with speeding tickets on their driver records over the last 7 years compared to those without,. The Insurify data team compared the number of...
Health insurance remain toughest issue for small businesses
(The Center Square) – For nearly four decades, small business owners across the country in Ohio said the cost of health insurance is the top chronic issue they face. It remains the No. 1 concern in 2024 after the National Federation of Small Business released the 11th edition of its Small Business Problems and Priorities report, a survey conducted every four years since 1982. The national survey samples 40,000 NFIB...
Ohio’s unemployment rate increases for 5th straight month, though filled jobs also increase
COLUMBUS, Ohio — New state economic data released Friday shows that Ohio added jobs in July, but it also shows that the Ohio unemployment rate increased for the fifth straight month. Ohio gained 2,200 full- and part-time jobs during July from the revised June estimate, increasing the total employment...
FirstEnergy agrees to deal to avoid state prosecution | Reporters Roundtable
Akron-based FirstEnergy agreed this week to a deal with the state of Ohio to avoid state prosecution for its role in the House Bill 6 bribery scandal. HB 6 included a billion-dollar nuclear bailout. FirstEnergy, which bribed an Ohio house speaker and a state regulator, is paying another $20 million...
City of Toledo announces road closures, lane restrictions beginning Monday
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - The City of Toledo has announced that multiple roads will be closed beginning Monday. The City says beginning Aug. 19, the following road closures and lane restrictions will be in place:. Northbound Ottawa River Road will be closed between 117th Street and 118th Street. Closed for...
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