Amplifying voices: Local fashion mag realizes longheld dream
When Taylor Shine went to save the final draft of the first-ever print edition of eMPWR Magazine, the entire work was deleted. Shine, eMPWR’s editor-in-chief, was able to redo the entire 72-page magazine just two weeks before its launch party in late March, and has ended up selling roughly 100 copies. “I had to make...
3 arrested, 1 wanted in Monroe County police chase
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Authorities are looking for a driver accused of leading deputies on a pursuit early Saturday morning after arresting three others who were allegedly in the suspect vehicle. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said they identified the alleged police chase driver, but are still looking for him....
Toledo clergy, lay people make final visits to Pope Francis
VATICAN CITY — For 24 Sylvania parishioners, plans for their pilgrimage to Italy changed three times. A year ago, St. Joseph Parish had scheduled to make a Jubilee Year pilgrimage the week after Easter. “We were planning for the Jubilee, and then were wonderfully surprised when the Pope announced that he would...
Woman gets agreed-upon 12 years for shooting party adversary
A woman who shot another during a dispute at a party in 2023 received a negotiated 12-year prison sentence Friday morning in Lucas County Common Pleas Court. Judge Joe McNamara told defendant Ronaysia Miller, 21, that she should use that time to work on her maturity and empathy. “You said all the right words, but I...
Ohio father accused of killing 13-year-old daughter formally charged
A Lucas County Grand Jury indicted Darnell Jones on Wednesday.
New life for the Ottawa Tavern
TOLEDO – The Ottawa Tavern, a beloved and historic local nightclub in Downtown Toledo, has a new lease on life. With their debut show post-reopening now on the books for Thursday, June 12 at 7 p.m. with Gyasi headlining following by Dagger Polyester and Leadfoot Granny, the OT is back in business after a delay early...
’70 percent water’: Drivers say contaminated fuel from gas station has damaged their cars
WILMINGTON, Ohio (WXIX/Gray News) - Several motorists in Ohio are seeking reimbursement for repair expenses after they say contaminated fuel forced them to tow and repair their vehicles. John Toth said he was driving back to Toledo from Hillsboro when he stopped at the ARCO gas station on 7126 OH-73...
Medicaid cuts would impact more than a quarter of Ohioans, children and the elderly...
Budget cuts at the federal and state level have the potential to raise the uninsured rate in Ohio and put health coverage in jeopardy for a large part of the state. A study of state and federal data by the Ohio-based Center for Community Solutions found that more than a quarter of the state’s population receives...
Lenawee County jury convicts Richardo Sepulveda on all charges — except murder
ADRIAN — Jurors convicted an Ohio man on five of six counts in the 1997 "headless, handless" murder trial that concluded Friday in Lenawee County Circuit Court . Richardo Sepulveda, 53, of Cincinnati, was found guilty of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, assault with intent to maim, conspiracy to commit...
We will play price of deleting words like ‘trauma,’ and ‘injustice.’ Issues remain |...
Gabe Davis is the chief executive officer for the Ohio Justice & Policy Center. Chuck D said it best: “Don’t believe the hype.” Equity isn’t an un-American attempt to dismantle our founding principles — it’s as American as apple pie. The very word “equity” is in our Constitution. Sir William Blackstone, one of the...
