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Ohio Medical Doctor Sentenced to Prison for Health Care Fraud Scheme
July 19, 2024, Press Release from the United States Attorney's Office, Northern District of Ohio: TOLEDO – Ankita Singh, 42, formerly of Maumee, Ohio, was sentenced to 26 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Jack Zouhary, for her role in a durable medical equipment (DME) scheme that defrauded the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicare Program. She was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $4,470,931.02, serve two years of supervised release, and pay a special assessment fee of $600.
Owner of home previously hit by car reacts to Toledo's efforts to slow down traffic in area
TOLEDO, Ohio — New flashing traffic signs could be coming to a roundabout in south Toledo as city council is considering the funding for it. The change is in response to people complaining about drivers speeding through their neighborhood near the roundabout at Byrne Road and Detroit Avenue. Drivers...
Point Place business gets approval from city council to rebuild after tornado damage last year
TOLEDO, Ohio — After thirteen months of patience and persistence, a Point Place business will be getting back to work. Gary's Automotive received damage after an EF-2 tornado touched down in the area last June. "After the tornado, within a few weeks, we found out we were underinsured, by...
Global software outages affect northwest Ohio
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Several local agencies and businesses were affected by Friday’s global outages from a faulty cybersecurity update. CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity firm, said one of its updates affected customers using Microsoft Windows -- leaving behind technological problems across the world. Read more about the incident at the link here.
State issues first algae advisory of 2024 at Maumee Bay State Park
Maumee Bay State Park’s Lake Erie Beach got its first state health advisory for algae a little after 4 p.m. on Friday. The warning was issued by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. The toxin concentration was not disclosed, but swimmers are advised to stay out of the lake and be careful around the shoreline because of a new recreational public health advisory. It is especially important to keep dogs and young children out of the water. A scientist for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration told The Blade on Thursday that Lake Erie’s Summer 2024 algal bloom began south of Monroe and in north Maumee Bay during the first of July, earlier than normal. It is expanding, last known to cover 180 square miles of the lake, and is becoming stronger along familiar territory in the warm, shallow water along the Toledo-to-Monroe shoreline.
Gibsonburg residents concerned about potential impact of CVS closure
GIBSONBURG, Ohio — The CVS pharmacy in the village of Gibsonburg is closing at the end of August, leaving residents in the community concerned. "It's a pillar of this community. It's a staple in our downtown", said Gibsonburg Mayor Steven Fought. The impacts can be varied, including higher costs...
First Solar dedicates 1.3M-square-foot facility in Wood County
A research and development center believed to be the largest of its kind in the Western Hemisphere was commissioned Thursday by First Solar Inc. The Jim Nolan Center for Solar Innovation encompasses 1.3 million square feet in Wood County’s Lake Township, near First Solar’s other Perrysburg-area properties. That project and its upcoming perovskite development line, planned to be commissioned at First Solar’s Perrysburg campus later this year, together represent nearly another $500 million of investments in northwest Ohio. They are expected to create 300 new jobs, mostly at the Nolan Center, the company said. The new research and development facility is dedicated to the late James “Jim” F. Nolan, a former member of First Solar’s Board of Directors and the architect of the company’s cadmium telluride semiconductor platform. A private dedication for the family is planned.
Maumee's murky waters: The ruinous consequences of an environmental crime
For more than 24 years, city of Maumee employees routinely reported to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency that the town was not discharging sewage into the Maumee River. Those affirmations were manifestly untrue. In fact, between 1996 and 2020, the city of Maumee dumped millions of gallons of sewage-contaminated water into the city’s namesake river. What’s more, during portions of that time, the city’s sewer system was not overseen by an appropriately certified sewer collection operator.
This Week In Toledo History
1915 - Toledo Housewives League protests the demolition of the farmer's market on Superior Street. 1927 - Dancer Fritzi Bigelow dances to the “Black Bottom” on a wing of a large airplane flying over Toledo’s Maumee River. She was accompanied by her musical group, which usually plays at the Bayshore Inn.
Toledo unveils options for Jamie Farr Park pool
The city of Toledo is seeking public help choosing one of three options for changes and upgrades to the Jamie Farr Park pool, which authorities say can’t reopen without major repairs once this season is over. The 50-by-80-foot North Toledo pool is in need of $2 million in repairs, Joe Fausnaugh, director of parks and youth services, said Thursday when the city used Jamie Farr Shelter House to unveil the plans. Rather than suggest a $2 million “status-quo” option to repair the pool “as is,” he said, the city is offering the public to choose one of three alternative projects that would each replace the existing pool with one of the following: “This pool is extremely popular,” said Alfonso Narvaez, a neighborhood community leader who attended the event. “I like all three [options], but at the end of the day you see investments into this neighborhood. And that’s really what matters the most, because when you talk to residents they will tell you that they feel forgotten, that the city has left them behind.”
Lucas County Children Services running out of money, adding levy to November ballot
TOLEDO, Ohio — Lucas County voters in November will see a 1.5-mill levy on the ballot for Lucas County Children Services. LCCS Executive Director Randy Muth said the agency is in dire need of money, so if this new levy doesn't pass, there will be financial cuts. Since the agency is predicted to be operating in the red by the end of 2025, Muth said it's necessary to ask taxpayers to help in the short term.
7 Ohio cities ranked among America’s 100 best
Another website created a list of America’s best cities and Ohio landed seven, including Toledo. Resonance Consultancy released the list with New York City at the top and Modesto, California at the other end. The seven Ohio cities fall in between, though none broke the top 25. Columbus ranked...
GLCAP ready to help area residents to stay cool
FREMONT - Great Lakes Community Action Partnership (GLCAP) will help eligible Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca, and Wood County residents stay cool during the summer months through the Summer Crisis Program, taking place now through Sept. 30. Utility bill aid offered through crisis program. The Summer Crisis Program http://www.glcap.org/summercooling provides utility bill...
The Welcome Home They Deserved: Honor Flight Takes Veterans To D.C.
BY AMY MANLEY | MIRROR REPORTER — On Tuesday, June 11, Flag City Honor Flight completed its 27th mission, this time taking 87 veterans to Washington, D.C. Throughout breakfast, a briefing, the pledge, a prayer, the national anthem and boarding the plane, the veterans were repeatedly greeted with enthusiastic thanks for their service to begin their special day. A quiet group as a whole, the hangar still hummed with anticipation as they passed through security and stepped onto the sunshine of the tarmac and through the line of flag bearers from the West Unity Legion Riders.
Bilingual Spanish-English campaign educates on opioid crisis
Zulay Sierra was driving in Lucas County last spring when a billboard caught her eye. “¡QUIERETE!” the black billboard read — a Spanish phrase translating roughly as “care for yourself.” Before arriving in Toledo in 2021, Ms. Sierra worked as an intensive care unit nurse in her home country of Venezuela. When Ms. Sierra discovered that the billboard was part of a bilingual opioid education campaign, she reached out to the organizers, eager to use her medical expertise to help Spanish-speakers in Toledo. “I wanted to support my Latino community,” Ms. Sierra said in Spanish. “This campaign is not only for Hispanics, but also for the American community, to become aware of the damage that the excessive consumption of these narcotics is causing in the new generations — to the point of death.”
Oregon: Zoning changes to be on council’s Aug. 26 agenda
Two zoning matters are slated for the agenda of Oregon City Council’s Aug. 26 meeting following action last week by the city planning commission. A request for a Special Use Exception permit for a townhouse development at 5011 Navarre Ave. received conditional approval from the planning commission and a request to rezone four parcels at 918 S. Wheeling from R-2 to C-4 for a restaurant was also approved.
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