Woman dead after being shot in east Toledo
TOLEDO, Ohio — Toledo police are investigating a shooting in east Toledo early Saturday morning. According to police, officers were dispatched to the corner of Church Street and Prentice Avenue, near Freedom Plaza on Navarre Avenue, around 1 a.m. after receiving a call about a person shot. Responding officers...
Multiple crews respond to house fire in Wood County
WALBRIDGE, Ohio — Crews from multiple departments in Wood County responded to a house fire in Walbridge on Sunday evening. The fire, on the 5700 block of Moline-Martin Road started around 6 p.m. and closed down the road for at least two hours. According to the Lake Twp. Fire...
Editorial: City gets an ‘F’ on Toledo preschool
It was disappointing to see a ruling from Common Pleas Court siding with Toledo City Council against the proprietors of an East Toledo charter school. The case, decided back in August, is a setback for the L. Hollingworth School for the Talented and Gifted. And it’s a setback for East Toledo, which deserves better. The school, at 653 Miami St., was seeking approval to repurpose a couple of properties on its block to expand its preschool business — something we thought the city of Toledo was interested in. The Toledo City Council bent over backward to prevent an expanded charter preschool in East Toledo. The school undoubtedly would have attracted students away from Toledo Public Schools by offering a preschool option.