By Tom Troy and Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writers Page 11 The special prosecutor assigned to handle an ethics investigation of Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbeiner said he will decide this week whether to approve a plea bargain in the case. Kevin Baxter, Erie County prosecutor, said yesterday that he is reviewing the Finkbeiner case and […]
By Joshua Benton and Fritz Wenzel Blade Staff Writers Page 1 It was a difficult birthing for the new Lucas County Republican Party yesterday, full of fits and starts, anger and accusations. But when it was all over, the Grand Old Party was left with an outlook more optimistic than anything it has been able […]
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By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 15 As expected, Dee Talmage has gotten the nod from a Lucas County GOP committee to be the next party chairman, but a prominent party activist fears the job may be too big for the Ottawa Hills school board member. Ms. Talmage, 58, won the unanimous support of […]
By Joshua Benton and Michael D. Sallah Blade Staff Writers Page 1 Every time you fly out of Toledo Express Airport without passing through dark, dingy hallways, you can thank them. Every time you see the Libbey-Owens-Ford world headquarters in downtown Toledo, you see their work. Every time you watch a freighter pushing slowly past […]
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By Joshua Benton and Chris Osher Blade Staff Writers Page 9 In a perfect world, a public servant wouldn’t need to spend $1,175 to learn how to deal with an angry public. But it’s not a perfect world, at least for the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority. For two days last month, port board President James […]
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By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 1 School’s out. If you believe Toledo Councilman Bob McCloskey, children too often have two options: Do something fun and potentially productive, or get into trouble. “I’d rather spend $10 to put a child in a rec program than $500 to incarcerate him,” he said. And if he […]
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 […]