By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 1 SANDUSKY — The prosecutor met the mayor once before, before a tale of broken laws twisted their futures together. It was at a Lucas County Democratic Party dinner a few years ago. Kevin Baxter, Erie County’s prosecutor and a rising star in the Democratic Party, was introduced […]
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By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 22 A veterans’ tradition may be dying with the men who fought World War II. For years, just before Memorial Day, veterans have placed American flags on the graves of their deceased comrades at Calvary Cemetery. Now there aren’t enough living veterans to do the job, leaders say, […]
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 16 Rita “Robin” Halbert, a mother and worker with an interest in journalism, died Saturday at Lake Park Nursing Home, Sylvania. She was 85. Born in 1912 in Fremont, she attended St. Joseph High School. There she developed an early interest in writing, and served as the first […]
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 18 CLYDE — A Clyde High School teacher was one of 14 people arrested yesterday during a drug bust at the high school, police said. Social-studies teacher Jerry Evans was charged with cocaine trafficking and was being held last night in the Sandusky County jail. He was arrested […]
By Joshua Benton and Jack Baessler Blade Staff Writers Page 1 COLUMBUS — By a 31-2 vote, the state Senate approved a bill supporters say will modernize and reform the way port authorities in Ohio are set up. One provision, potentially affecting the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority, will allow port board members to live and […]
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By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 17 In the continuing saga of a possible municipal electric company, one Toledo councilman wants to get the federal government involved. Peter Gerken, who has been the council’s strongest proponent of a city utility to compete with Toledo Edison Co., is asking the U.S. Department of Justice to […]
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By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 15 DEFIANCE — Margene Steingass, a pharmacist who had worked for four decades in area drug stores, died Saturday at her home. She was 71. She had faced a lengthy battle with cancer, according to her son, Paul. Mrs. Steingass was born and raised in Tiffin, until her […]
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 12 Toledo’s criminals might have more beds to call home at the region’s largest jail, if the city council passes a proposed ordinance tomorrow. The city is allotted 229 beds at the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio, which houses criminals from jurisdictions throughout the region. For the use […]
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By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 17 CYGNET — A tractor-trailer rig didn’t stop when it approached a traffic jam on southbound I-75 yesterday, slamming into stopped traffic and injuring six people, the Ohio Highway Patrol said. A total of eight vehicles were involved in the crash, which occurred about 4:30 p.m., about one […]
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By Joshua Benton and Carl Ryan Blade Staff Writers Page 21 Gary Hutchison, first-term president of the Perrysburg school board, publicly apologized yesterday for leaking details of a secret board plea bargain to the mother of an accused criminal – an act that has left some board members wondering if they can trust their president. […]