By Colleen McCain and Joshua Benton Staff Writers Page 1A New Superintendent Mike Moses faced daunting problems when he took the job. The district was in debt, the school board divided and a bond program desperately needed. “The district was pretty upside-down,” Dr. Moses said. “The board was in crisis.” That was Lubbock in 1989, […]
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By Joshua Benton Staff Writer Page 21A Officials of The Hockaday School will break ground Wednesday for an addition to its Lower School, the first step in a $27.5 million expansion and renovation of the school’s buildings. “It’s a very exciting time for the school,” said Liza Lee, the school’s headmistress. “We haven’t really done […]
By Joshua Benton Staff Writer Page 1A RICHARDSON – There’s no better excuse for a party at Rose Harp’s house than a presidential debate. For each election of her 30-year career as a government teacher – the last 25 of them at J.J. Pearce High School in Richardson – Mrs. Harp has invited her students […]
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By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page B2 Ohio’s first online charter school is about to open for business, and parents and students seem excited. “The limits are sky high,” said Larry Terry, 49, of Risingsun, whose son Josh is one of the first students enrolled at the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow. “So many kids […]
By Joshua Benton and Michael D. Sallah Blade Staff Writers Page A1 It’s likely the Adams County, Ill., courthouse had never housed a scene more surreal than it did on Aug. 23, 1985. Everything seemed inverted: a doctor accused of poisoning people, and his boss saying he didn’t mind. On that day, Dr. Michael Swango, […]
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By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page A1 Mayor Carty Finkbeiner said he is willing to provide “any appropriate assistance” to make Toledo the home of the PT Cruiser, DaimlerChrysler’s hot new retro vehicle. “I don’t want DaimlerChrysler to feel bashful about asking the state of Ohio and the city of Toledo for assistance if […]
By Joshua Benton and Michael D. Sallah Blade Staff Writers Page B1 The president of the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority wants a raise. Port board members will discuss an approximately $7,000 increase in salary for James Hartung at its regular meeting tomorrow. While several board members say Mr. Hartung deserves more than the $129,960 he […]
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By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page A1 The FBI is investigating a former employee of the United Way of Greater Toledo for allegedly stealing nearly $300,000 in donor funds, officials said yesterday. “It’s [one] employee who, from my perspective, was breaking the law,” Robert Lucas, the organization’s president, said. United Way officials would not […]
By Michael D. Sallah and Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writers Page A6 ORLANDO, FLA. — Johnny Cochran thinks that one of his colleagues on the O.J. Simpson “Dream Team” deserves a break. “I’m betting on him,” Mr. Cochran said yesterday this week about F. Lee Bailey, thea famed lawyer whose disbarment has been recommended in […]
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By Michael D. Sallah and Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writers Page A1 In 1981, F. Lee Bailey was still at the top of his game. The defense attorney to the stars – with clients like Dr. Sam Sheppard and Patricia Hearst behind him, and O.J. Simpson still to come – was visiting a friend, wealthy […]
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