Toledo officials confident in Collins Park Water Treatment Plant
Share Tweet Share Email Comments Print With the 2017 algal bloom now forming in western Lake Erie, Toledo officials held a news conference Friday to calm fears and assure the public they’re well prepared to conquer any and all toxins that enter the city’s Collins Park Water Treatment Plant. In addition to having high-tech buoys and other instruments providing more advance notice of changing water conditions, officials discussed how they are $130 million into a $5..>> view originalUniversity of Toledo raises free-speech grade
Share Tweet Share Email Comments Print The University of Toledo became freer this year, according to a free-speech advocacy group. The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education — FIRE — produces an annual ranking of speech codes at national universities. It ranks these policies on a scale from red to green, with yellow in between. In FIRE’s 2017 report, UT went from red to yellow. Bowling Green State University was yellow both years. “We strongly encourage f..>> view originalGrant writer demoted after blunders cost Toledo potential $1.1M
Share Tweet Share Email Comments Print Toledo’s onetime grant writer was demoted to the city’s water department with a substantial pay cut after a snafu that cost the city and the Lucas Metropolitan Housing Authority any chance of landing a $1.1 million grant to start a jobs training program. Dorothy Spurlock — a former University of Toledo employee who was fired twice by the school and sued the institution for race, gender, and disability discrimination — was hi..>> view originalFor first time since 1985, state will audit Toledo
Share Tweet Share Email Comments Print The city of Toledo’s books will be audited this year by the state of Ohio rather than a private firm — marking the first time in 32 years the Ohio auditor will conduct the city’s intensive financial review. Mayor Paula Hicks-Hudson last month asked the state auditor to check Toledo’s books following public disclosure that more than $8 million sat idle in a fund for five years and revelations of years of illegally commingling..>> view originalAuthors! Authors! welcomes Alan Alda to Toledo October 5
Share Tweet Share Email Comments Print The Toledo-Lucas County Public Library announced Friday the lineup for its 2017-18 Authors! Authors! speakers series, a program that will bring six notable personalities to Toledo with an emphasis on pop culture and politics. First up is Emmy Award-winning actor Alan Alda, who takes the stage of the Stranahan Theater, 4645 Heatherdowns Blvd., Oct. 5 at 7 p.m. Best known for winning seven Emmys for his role as “Hawkeye” Pierc..>> view originalOhio man sent to prison for slaying over parking space
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - An Ohio man has been sentenced to prison for a slaying that authorities say occurred two months after an argument over a parking space. The Blade reports (http://bit.ly/2vwgqrb ) 24-four-year-old Philando Hudson, of Toledo, received 14 years Wednesday as part of a plea bargain with Lucas County prosecutors. Hudson entered an Alford plea last month to an involuntary manslaughter charge, which means he doesn't admit to guilt but acknowledges there's enough evidence to convict ..>> view originalToledo Zoo to host 'Wild About Art' fair
Toledo Zoo to host 'Wild About Art' fair 2017-08-04T22:24:41Z2017-08-04T22:24:41Z (Source: WTOL) TOLEDO, OH (WTOL) - The Toledo Zoo is set to host the 'Wild About Art' fair this weekend in Toledo.The fair begins at 10 a.m. both Saturday and Sunday. It will close at 5 p.m. both days.The fair invites nearly 100 local and regional artists to display their work for visitors to the zoo.The zoo says some of the animals including the African elephants will make their own work of art as ..>> view originalBlue ribbons in west Toledo neighborhood honor victim of cyber ...
TOLEDO, OH (WTOL) - There was an amazing show of support Friday for a west Toledo teenager who killed himself earlier this week because of cyber-bullying.People who live in the neighborhood that Luken Boyle called home have the blues.But in a positive sense.Blue was Luken’s favorite color.On Friday morning, they wrapped blue ribbons around trees in the Bellevue Road area and Close Park to honor Luken’s life.“It actually gives me goosebumps. I’m so proud to be part of this community ..>> view originalNorth Toledo sex club ready to reopen
Share Tweet Share Email Comments Print A private club in North Toledo promoting bondage and other forms of alternative sexual activity appears to be reopening Saturday night, despite potentially violating the city’s zoning code. Body Shop nightclub, at 5661 Telegraph Rd. — the previous site of Lorain’s Private Studios — is advertising several upcoming events on its website. Body Shop adult nightclub, at 5661 Telegraph Rd., is advertising activities for a pend..>> view originalCorrections officers union president explains what level 4 inmate is
Corrections officers union president explains what level 4 inmate is 2017-08-04T22:41:40Z2017-08-04T22:41:40ZBy Michelle Zepeda, Reporter (Source: WTOL) TOLEDO, OH (WTOL) - With the Toledo Correctional Institute being just 3 miles from downtown and less than a mile from a high school, security inside and outside the facility is obviously an issue for all of us.Right now, 968 inmates call Toledo Correctional Institute home.Forty-eight of those are considered level 4 and require m..>> view original
Tuesday, September 12, 2017
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