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4 area teams claim girls high school district cross country crowns
St. Ursula, Perrysburg, Genoa and Ottawa Hills were among the teams securing girls district high school cross country championships Saturday. Division I Findlay district FINDLAY — St. Ursula claimed the team crown, winning the tiebreaker against Tiffin Columbian with the higher finishing sixth runner after each posted 44 points.
Emails between BGSU, UToledo athletic directors paint timeline of band halftime performance controversy
TOLEDO, Ohio — WTOL 11 has obtained emails between the athletic directors of Bowling Green State University and the University of Toledo regarding the Rockets' controversial decision to not have the Falcon Marching Band perform at the halftime of the Battle of I-75 football game, a tradition of the storied rivalry.
Spooks and Spokes slow roll bike ride Sunday
BOWLING GREEN — The City of Bowling Green’s Bicycle Safety Commission will host the final slow roll bike ride of the season with a Halloween twist. Spooks and Spokes will be Sunday at 2 p.m. Riders are encouraged to decorate their bikes and dress up in bike-friendly costumes. The ride will begin and end at the city building parking lot, 305 N. Main St. Stops will feature local lore, stories, and some of the city’s haunted locations. Rides are free, family friendly, and open to everyone. Each rider is required to wear a properly fitted helmet and ride a correctly sized bicycle in safe, working mechanical order.
Editorial: Ohio population decline accelerating
To cities, counties, states, and nations demographics is destiny. This is why The Blade Editorial Board has written often on the dire outlook for Toledo and Ohio without a strategy to reverse the population decline everywhere but the Columbus metro. (“Admitting Ohio decline,” July 15, 2023) So it’s good to see the Columbus Dispatch put the issue front and center for Ohio government officials with a report asking why so many counties are left behind. The Ohio Department of Development projects falling population in 74 of the state’s 88 counties over the next 25 years. It begs an even better question; what is the plan to prevent this decline? Read more Blade editorials Thirteen counties — six in central Ohio including Columbus, three in southwest Ohio including Cincinnati, two in suburban Cleveland, one near Dayton, and Wood County next door to Toledo — are the only Ohio locations expected to avoid serious decline.
Spooky season: Wolcott Heritage Center rekindles popular paranormal tours
This month, history and horror come together during the Wolcott Heritage Center’s paranormal tours. Docents at the two-story, 14-room Federal-style mansion home to the Maumee Valley Historical Society are transporting visitors into a world of spine-chilling mystery with ghost stories based on the Wolcott family, the house’s onetime residents. From doors opening on their own to mannequins shifting when no one’s around, those who’ve explored the nearly 200-year-old building have reported inexplicable happenings over the years. “We invite people to come through the house, and we tell stories that have been collected over the years of unexplainable things that have happened to people there,” said Darlene Limmer.
Toledo City Council considering CRA for proposed affordable housing complex
Toledo City Council next Wednesday will consider a Community Reinvestment Area tax exemption that would pave the way for the construction of a new multifamily, affordable housing complex at 3300 Glendale Ave. If approved, the ordinance would provide a 100-percent real property tax exemption for 15 years for taxes that would be generated because of the increased valuation of the property once the project is completed. The Toledo Public School board has approved the terms of the CRA agreement, contingent on council’s passage of the ordinance. Construction of the 50-unit, one and two-bedroom affordable housing complex called The Glen would start soon after the CRA is approved. “They plan to construct it immediately,” Carmen Watkins, administrative specialist with Toledo’s department of economic development, said of the three-story complex. The project is expected to be completed in 2026.
Toledo teacher joins superintendent with a top national honor
Thursday evening Romules Durant, superintendent of Toledo Public Schools, received recognition as the 2024 Urban Educator of the Year at the Council of the Great City Schools’ 68th annual fall conference. And on Friday morning Mona Al-Hayani, a history teacher at Toledo Early College, received the 2024 Queen Smith Award for commitment to urban public education. The award was from the Council of the Great City Schools and McGraw Hill Education. Tonya Harris, communications director for the council, said this was the first time that the recipients for both awards came from the same district. “The council was founded in 1956,” Ms. Harris said. “The Green-Garner Award was first presented in 1990.”
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