50 years ago: Nationwide contagion of violence touches Toledo
TOLEDO, OH (WTOL) - A half century ago this week, Toledo’s closest “big” city neighbor was burning in one of the worst riots in the nation's history.Toledo itself however, wouldn’t be unaffected by the violence that was infecting the nation.Detroit burnsIn one of the worst and bloodiest civil insurrections in modern American history, Detroit was writhing in a riot that has never been forgotten.When the smoke cleared, over 40 people had been killed and thousands were wounded or injur..>> view originalNew restaurant opens for preview at The Docks, supports Toledo ...
TOLEDO, Ohio (13abc Action News) - Energy, excitement and love of the city: Those are the ingredients that Pier 7's owner believes are the recipe to success for his new restaurant at The Docks in east Toledo. "We're going to bring excitement down to the docks and we want to have a good time doing it," said owner Stephen MacMillan. Pier 7 opened for a preview over the weekend as a way to showcase what it has to offer to the community. "It looks fun. It's a great location," said customer Cal Tut..>> view originalToledo receives nearly $3 million for lead paint upgrades - Toledo ...
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - Toledo officials say the city has received nearly $3 million in federal money to help rid homes and rental units of lead and mold hazards. The Blade reports (http://bit.ly/2ubxFNA ) the $2.9 million U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development grant announced last week allocates most of the money to lead-related improvements and $400,000 for treating other environmental hazards like mold. The money will cover improvements at an estimated 145 housing units in Toledo. A ci..>> view originalToledo residents ambivalent on marijuana greenhouse near their ...
Share Tweet Share Email Comments Print In 1910, Toledo businessman William Bunting opened a cavernous brass factory on Spencer Street, just a short distance from the zoo. Eighty years later, arson badly damaged the building. And today, the vacant warehouse is a neighborhood eyesore, its facade pockmarked with broken windows and crumbling bricks. But soon this once-formidable, now-dilapidated industrial edifice could take on an unlikely new identity: a greenhouse ..>> view originalIn protecting children from lead, Toledo needs to follow in ...
Share Tweet Share Email Comments Print In 2005, Rochester, N.Y., became a trailblazing community in the fight against the lead poisoning of children. More than a decade later, not nearly enough cities have followed in Rochester’s footsteps, but Toledo is thankfully one of the few. As Toledo followed Rochester’s lead in crafting and approving an ordinance to protect vulnerable children from the lead that lurks in older housing stock, Toledo must now follow Rochest..>> view originalReconstruction of Toledo's Bancroft Street to begin Monday
Share Tweet Share Email Comments Print The once-controversial reconstruction of Bancroft Street near the University of Toledo and St. Francis de Sales High School is scheduled to start Monday. And while city officials bowed last year to neighborhood opposition to building a roundabout at Parkside Boulevard, the project’s final plans include no work at that corner, rather than rebuilding it as a conventional intersection. Work at Bancroft and Parkside was dropped ..>> view originalOhio cell towers camouflaged to blend in with surroundings
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - Efforts to turn two looming cell towers in Ohio into faux pine trees to help them blend in with their surroundings are getting mixed reviews from residents. The Blade reports (http://bit.ly/2uihs7w) some residents in Springfield Township have derisively dubbed the towers "frankenpines." Adding branches to the towers in the Toledo suburb wasn't purely an aesthetic decision. It's a zoning requirement for cell towers erected in Springfield Township residential districts. Spring..>> view originalMacomb clerk wants probe into relocation of court records
MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. (AP) - A county clerk in the Detroit area wants the state to investigate the transfer of more than 200,000 circuit court files to a warehouse. The Macomb Daily of Mount Clemens reports (http://bit.ly/2vw07Ix ) Saturday that Karen Spranger has asked Attorney General Bill Schuette's office to look into whether officials in the administration of Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel broke the law. County officials say relocation of the files is part of a renovation of county bui..>> view originalBaby Charlie protesters to rally as hospital reports threats
By GREGORY KATZAssociated Press LONDON (AP) - Protesters who want critically ill British baby Charlie Gard to receive an experimental medical treatment rallied Sunday, while hospital officials say emotions are running so high in the heart-breaking case they have received death threats. A small group of about 20 activists supporting Gard's parents, including some from the United States, gathered Sunday afternoon outside the High Court in London where legal proceedings will resume..>> view originalTPD searching for car thief that led chase, crashed stolen vehicle
TPD searching for car thief that led chase, crashed stolen vehicle 2017-07-23T11:51:23Z2017-07-23T11:51:23Z (Source: WTOL) TOLEDO, OH (WTOL) - Toledo police are still searching for the person who stole a car and led TPD on a chase just after midnight on Sunday.Police said they were responding to a stolen vehicle call on the north side of Toledo.That's when the subject led police on a chase and crashed the stolen car into a backyard located on Sherman near Locust Street.After the ..>> view original
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