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Time to make the macaroons: Newly opened Sylvania bakery already seeing success
Mohamed Smaili is an unabashed perfectionist. The night before his new bakery, Mia Dessert Bar, opened in Sylvania, he slept on a cot in the back of the store at 4024 N. Holland Sylvania Rd. He shouldn’t have worried about opening day. “We sold out of mostly everything,” Mr. Smaili said. After customers cleaned out the cases of croissants and cookies, Nur Smaili took her exhausted husband home and they collapsed.
U.S. Supreme Court sides with Henry County jeweler
NAPOLEON — The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a Henry County jeweler’s claim that police can be sued for filing an unsubstantiated charge leading to arrest even if other charges in the same case were deemed appropriate for prosecution. By a 6-3 vote, the nation’s high court overturned a ruling from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati and found that because a felony money-laundering charge may have been the reason Jascha Chiaverini spent nearly four days in the Henry County jail, he had the right to sue the Napoleon Police Department, several of its officers, the...
Political Rewind: Potential Congressional District Leaders Reside Out of Bounds
On this edition of Political Rewind, the shockwaves reverberating from the massacres in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio dominate the news headlines across the country and here in Georgia. President Donald Trump travels to both cities today to show solidarity with those mourning the devastating events, but the reactions...
Pat Dailey, 'the Jimmy Buffet of the North,' has died, family says
PUT-IN-BAY, Ohio — Local singer-songwriter Pat Dailey, who was perhaps best known for his rowdy shows on Put-in-Bay in Lake Erie, has died at age 83. Dailey’s son Reese, made the announcement on Facebook on Thursday. Lake Erie and the Lake Erie islands featured heavily in Dailey’s songs,...
More legal wrangling over Lake Erie
Over the last 10 years, it seems almost as certain as the likelihood of a green hue in parts of Lake Erie in late summer. If Jamie Farr loves Tony Packo’s, there is a pretty solid chance the good folks of Toledo are trying to sue someone regarding water quality in Lake Erie and are directing their emerald-water ire at Ohio agriculture.
Another block added to $6M Perrysburg uptown revitalization project
The entire Perrysburg uptown will get a makeover beginning next year. City council approved adding a third part to the Louisiana Avenue revitalization project at its meeting Tuesday. This adds $1.4 million to the cost, for a total of $6.2 million to $6.5 million for all three phases. Council had already approved doing the 100 and 200 blocks of Louisiana. This week’s action adds the 300 block. The 300 block will undergo improvements first, in 2025. The 100 and 200 blocks will be done in 2026.
Pittsburgh woman arrested in Ohio after not returning 4 children to legal guardian
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - A Beaver Falls woman was taken into custody in Ohio for failing to return her children to their legal guardian. According to Allegheny County Sheriff Kevin Kraus, 33-year-old Ailah Jones is the biological mother of four children, ages 5 to 11 years old and those kids have been in the custody of a legal guardian for over a year. Also, the guardian has complete authority over custody and had arranged for Jones to visit with the children under the agreement she would return them at 4:30 p.m. on June 15. Jones ultimately did not return the children and hours...
Locos make 180-degree turnaround, rout Xenia
Jul. 6—After a disappointing loss on Thursday night, the Lima Locos bounced back in a big way with a 12-4 win over the Xenia Scouts in a Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League game at Simmons Field on Friday night. The Locos (14-11) scored four runs in the first inning. They had 13 hits, led by Blake Bowen, who went 3 for 5, and four players with two hits — Liam Richards, Kaden Brown, Brooks ...
American Red Cross is looking for blood donors to help with a critical shortage of blood
LIMA, OHIO (WLIO) - Are you looking for something to do this weekend? How about saving a life. The American Red Cross is in critical need of blood, and they are looking for some hometown heroes to step up and donate. On Saturday, July 6th, at the Allen County Chapter House (610 S. Collett St., Lima), they will be holding a blood drive from 8 a.m. until noon. If you can’t make it Saturday, there will be another blood donation at Ohio State Lima on Wednesday, July 10th, from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. To make your appointment, log on to www.redcrossblood.org.
Voter accuracy program going statewide in Ohio
(The Center Square) – A pilot program targeting the accuracy of voter rolls in Ohio is now going statewide. Secretary of State Frank LaRose recently announced a new voter data integrity program that began in six counties and is now going statewide. The program uses county-specific digital dashboards to help identify voter registration discrepancies. “These data […]
Ohio’s first Innovation Hub getting $40M in taxpayer funds
(The Center Square) – More than $40 million in state and local taxpayer money is expected to be spent creating Ohio’s first Innovation Hub. Gov. Mike DeWine recently announced the collaboration, which officials say will enhance northwest Ohio’s position as a global leader in glass science, engineering, technology and production. “Innovation rarely happens without daring ideas and bold risks, and Ohio's new Glass Innovation Hub will be a groundbreaking example...
McCubbin to perform at ‘24 Country Concert
FORT LORAMIE — The homecoming should be twice as nice when Wyatt McCubbin arrives in Fort Loramie July 11. Born in nearby Selma, Ohio, the country music artist will make his fourth Country Concert appearance with a pair of opening-night performances to help kick off the annual three-day music festival.
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