http://www.toledoblade.com The Latest News from Toledoblade.com (v5) Wed, 02 Sep 2026 06:46:24 GMT en-us hourly 1 https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/pro/2026/09/01/trevino-singles-go-ahead-run-8th-reds-beat-wild-card-chasing-padres-4-3/stories/20260901117 https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/pro/2026/09/01/trevino-singles-go-ahead-run-8th-reds-beat-wild-card-chasing-padres-4-3/stories/20260901117#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2026 02:52:40 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/pro/2026/09/01/trevino-singles-go-ahead-run-8th-reds-beat-wild-card-chasing-padres-4-3/stories/20260901117 CINCINNATI — Jose Trevino drove in the go-ahead run with a bases-loaded single in the eighth inning, lifting the Cincinnati Reds to a 4-3 victory over the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night. Cincinnati Reds' Nick Lodolo pitches. https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/guardians/2026/09/01/gavin-williams-whiffs-1-7-innings-and-leads-guardians-6-1-win-over-blue-jays/stories/20260901116 https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/guardians/2026/09/01/gavin-williams-whiffs-1-7-innings-and-leads-guardians-6-1-win-over-blue-jays/stories/20260901116#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2026 02:48:28 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/guardians/2026/09/01/gavin-williams-whiffs-1-7-innings-and-leads-guardians-6-1-win-over-blue-jays/stories/20260901116 CLEVELAND — Gavin Williams struck out a career-high 13 and allowed just two singles in seven innings, leading the Cleveland Guardians to a 6-1 win on Tuesday night over the Toronto Blue Jays in a matchup of teams in the thick of the AL wild-card race. Cleveland Guardians' Gavin Williams pitches. https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/high-school/2026/09/01/late-goal-gives-northview-boys-soccer-tie-anthony-wayne/stories/20260901097 https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/high-school/2026/09/01/late-goal-gives-northview-boys-soccer-tie-anthony-wayne/stories/20260901097#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2026 02:14:07 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/high-school/2026/09/01/late-goal-gives-northview-boys-soccer-tie-anthony-wayne/stories/20260901097 Anthony Wayne maintained constant pressure on Northview in a battle between two of the area's premiere boys soccer programs on Tuesday night, but the Wildcats managed a 1-1 tie thanks to a phenomenal late goal. Anthony Wayne's Kennedy Doro is fouled by Northview's Chase Szymanski. Northview's Tawfik Jabaly heads the ball. Anthony Wayne's Matt Hansen and Northview's Gentry Stevens battles for control of the ball. Northview's Zaid Al Naqib leaps for the ball. Northview's Tawfik Jabaly heads the ball. Northview goalie Matt Bartlett keeps the play in front of him. Northview's Gentry Stevens kicks the ball away from Anthony Wayne.. Anthony Wayne Kennedy Doro battles Northview's Chase Szymanski. Northview's Tyler Greene heads the ball. Northview goalie Matt Bartlett keeps the play in front of him. Anthony Wayne plays Northview. Anthony Wayne's Kennedy Doro is fouled by Northview's Chase Szymanski. Northview's Kyle Parker leaps toward the ball against Anthony Wayne. Northview's Tawfik Jabaly tries to control the ball against Anthony Wayne. Northview's Zaid Al Naqib dribbles the ball through a thicket of Anthony Wayne. Northview's Zaid Al Naqib battles for control of the ball against Anthony Wayne's Brennan Halloway. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/politics/2026/09/01/merrin-urges-congress-pass-clarity-act/stories/20260901111 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/politics/2026/09/01/merrin-urges-congress-pass-clarity-act/stories/20260901111#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2026 23:45:17 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/politics/2026/09/01/merrin-urges-congress-pass-clarity-act/stories/20260901111 Former Republican state Rep. Derek Merrin is urging Congress to pass the Clarity Act, throwing his support behind blockchain technology and the crypto industry. From left, Stand With Crypto’s Chief of Staff Wade Preston and Republican candidate for Ohio's 9th congressional district Derek Merrin participate during a forum on blockchain technology on Sept. 1 at The Mez in Toledo. Republican candidate for Ohio's 9th congressional district Derek Merrin before a forum on blockchain technology on Sept. 1 at The Mez in Toledo. At center, Stand With Crypto’s Chief of Staff Wade Preston and Republican candidate for Ohio's 9th congressional district Derek Merrin participate during a forum on blockchain technology. Republican candidate for Ohio's 9th congressional district Derek Merrin. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/transportation/2026/09/01/city-announces-two-road-closures-starting-wednesday/stories/20260901099 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/transportation/2026/09/01/city-announces-two-road-closures-starting-wednesday/stories/20260901099#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2026 22:59:37 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/transportation/2026/09/01/city-announces-two-road-closures-starting-wednesday/stories/20260901099 The city of Toledo announced that two roads will be closed in the coming days for construction projects. A 'road closed' sign closeup at the Ohio Dept. of Transportation on July 1 in Maumee. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/city/2026/09/01/council-moves-toward-commitment-disability-initiative/stories/20260901101 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/city/2026/09/01/council-moves-toward-commitment-disability-initiative/stories/20260901101#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2026 22:26:21 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/city/2026/09/01/council-moves-toward-commitment-disability-initiative/stories/20260901101 Toledo City Councilman Sam Melden is heading a new community initiative aiming to make the city more disability-friendly. Councilmember Sam Melden speaks. Ash Lemons, executive director of the Ability Center, speaks as he supports legislation to implement policies and programs that will make the city more accessible to people with disabilities and older adults. The Sight Center Executive Director Tim Tegge. Councilman George Sarantou speaks. Councilwoman Theresa Morris speaks. Council member Nick Komives speaks. Councilman Mac Driscoll listens. Councilman John Hobbs listens. Councilwoman Erin Kramer listens. Council President Vanice Williams listens. Councilwoman Cerssandra McPherson listens. Council member Theresa Gadus listens. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/09/01/waiter-describes-tackling-restaurant-gunman-as-trial-starts/stories/20260901093 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/09/01/waiter-describes-tackling-restaurant-gunman-as-trial-starts/stories/20260901093#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2026 15:50:35 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/09/01/waiter-describes-tackling-restaurant-gunman-as-trial-starts/stories/20260901093 When Kayda Valone saw her ex-husband striding for a second time into the Warehouse District restaurant where she and her parents were dining on a spring evening last year, she immediately activated her phone’s video recorder and propped it on the table. Defendant Matthew Exton enters the courtroom at the Lucas County Courthouse in downtown Toledo on Sept. 1. Defendant Matthew Exton appears in court for his attempted murder trial at the Lucas County Courthouse in downtown Toledo on Sept. 1. Defendant Matthew Exton speaks with his lawyer Ronnie Wingate at the Lucas County Courthouse in downtown Toledo on Sept. 1. Defendant Matthew Exton speaks with his lawyer Ronnie Wingate at the Lucas County Courthouse in downtown Toledo on Sept. 1. Defense attorney Ronnie Wingate makes his opening remarks for his defendant Matthew Exton at the Lucas County Courthouse in downtown Toledo on Sept. 1. Defendant Matthew Exton enters the courtroom at the Lucas County Courthouse in downtown Toledo on Sept. 1. Defendant Matthew Exton speaks with his lawyer Ronnie Wingate at the Lucas County Courthouse in downtown Toledo on Sept. 1. Defendant Matthew Exton enters the courtroom at the Lucas County Courthouse in downtown Toledo on Sept. 1. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/09/01/postal-service-executive-order-rushed-sloppy-whistleblower/stories/20260901109 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/09/01/postal-service-executive-order-rushed-sloppy-whistleblower/stories/20260901109#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2026 21:54:50 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/09/01/postal-service-executive-order-rushed-sloppy-whistleblower/stories/20260901109 The U.S. Postal Service is poised to launch a hastily built, error-riddled computer system that could jeopardize the process of mail voting relied upon by one-third of all voters, according to a whistleblower statement released Tuesday by Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal. Delivery vans are parked during a protest staged as part of a countrywide National Day of Action on July 28 outside the main United States Postal Service headquarters in northeast Denver. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/09/01/house-passes-short-term-funding-bill-shutdown-election/stories/20260901110 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/09/01/house-passes-short-term-funding-bill-shutdown-election/stories/20260901110#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2026 21:44:56 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/09/01/house-passes-short-term-funding-bill-shutdown-election/stories/20260901110 WASHINGTON — The House passed a short-term measure Tuesday to fund the federal government into early December, a move designed to avoid a chaotic shutdown as lawmakers campaign for reelection. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R., La.) pauses before he meets with reporters ahead of a vote on a stopgap funding bill and a resolution targeting socialist policies, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, on Sept. 1. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/09/01/us-strikes-iran-tehran-fires-back-hostilities-flare-again/stories/20260901108 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/09/01/us-strikes-iran-tehran-fires-back-hostilities-flare-again/stories/20260901108#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2026 21:41:23 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/09/01/us-strikes-iran-tehran-fires-back-hostilities-flare-again/stories/20260901108 WASHINGTON — The U.S. military hit targets in Iran on Tuesday and Tehran fired missiles and drones in response as hostilities flare once again in an intermittent war that has lasted more than six months. One U.S. strike hit a home hosting a wedding, killing two people and wounding dozens, local officials said. Cars and residential buildings damaged in a U.S.-Israeli strike on March 8 remain in ruins in Tehran, Iran, on Aug. 27. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House on Aug. 31 in Washington. A small boat sails past cargo ships and other commercial vessels anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, on Aug. 5. https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/mud-hens/2026/09/01/toledo-mud-hens-overcome-indianapolis-indians-rally-to-earn-9-7-victory/stories/20260901107 https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/mud-hens/2026/09/01/toledo-mud-hens-overcome-indianapolis-indians-rally-to-earn-9-7-victory/stories/20260901107#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2026 03:26:32 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/mud-hens/2026/09/01/toledo-mud-hens-overcome-indianapolis-indians-rally-to-earn-9-7-victory/stories/20260901107 The Toledo Mud Hens watched a four-run lead evaporate Tuesday against the Indianapolis Indians, but a three-run response earned Toledo a 9-7 home victory. Tied at 5 in the fourth inning, Mud Hens third baseman Jace Jung led a bounce-back charge with a sacrifice fly and right fielder Corey Julks Toledo’s Corey Julks makes contact with the ball while batting during an International League baseball game between the Toledo Mud Hens and Indianapolis Indians at Fifth Third Field in Toledo, Sept. 1. Toledo’s James Outman runs after making contact with the ball during an International League baseball game between the Toledo Mud Hens and Indianapolis Indians at Fifth Third Field in Toledo, Sept. 1. Toledo’s Austin Gomber throws a pitch during an International League baseball game between the Toledo Mud Hens and Indianapolis Indians at Fifth Third Field in Toledo, Sept. 1, 2026. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/stock-market/2026/09/01/stocks-slip-wall-street-under-pressure-higher-oil-prices-rising-bond-yields/stories/20260901106 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/stock-market/2026/09/01/stocks-slip-wall-street-under-pressure-higher-oil-prices-rising-bond-yields/stories/20260901106#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2026 20:46:18 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/stock-market/2026/09/01/stocks-slip-wall-street-under-pressure-higher-oil-prices-rising-bond-yields/stories/20260901106 Stocks closed broadly lower Tuesday as another round of U.S. military strikes on Iran sent oil prices higher, stoking worries about stubbornly high inflation. A bond market sell-off deepened, putting more pressure on stocks. Options trader Anthony Spina works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Aug. 27. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/city/2026/09/01/diocese-toledo-decries-citys-landmark-designation-efforts/stories/20260901100 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/city/2026/09/01/diocese-toledo-decries-citys-landmark-designation-efforts/stories/20260901100#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2026 20:37:23 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/city/2026/09/01/diocese-toledo-decries-citys-landmark-designation-efforts/stories/20260901100 Toledo is seeking to designate two former churches as landmarks, but the Diocese of Toledo said the decision “is a mistake” and threatened legal action if the process continues. Sacred Heart Catholic Church in East Toledo on April 2. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/community-events/2026/09/01/caldecott-medal-winner-visit-mazza-museum-artist-talk/stories/20260820112 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/community-events/2026/09/01/caldecott-medal-winner-visit-mazza-museum-artist-talk/stories/20260820112#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2026 20:30:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/community-events/2026/09/01/caldecott-medal-winner-visit-mazza-museum-artist-talk/stories/20260820112 FINDLAY — Caldecott Medal winning artist Rebecca Kunz will visit the Mazza Museum in Findlay on Sept. 19. The University of Findlay's Mazza Museum on Feb. 13, 2024. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/community-events/2026/09/01/friends-wood-county-parks-fall-native-plant-sale-set-sept-12/stories/20260823094 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/community-events/2026/09/01/friends-wood-county-parks-fall-native-plant-sale-set-sept-12/stories/20260823094#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2026 20:25:22 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/community-events/2026/09/01/friends-wood-county-parks-fall-native-plant-sale-set-sept-12/stories/20260823094 The Friends of the Wood County Parks will be holding their Fall Native Plant Sale on Sept. 12 at the W.W. Knight Nature Preserve, 29530 White Rd., in Perrysburg. All of the plants are local genotypes from seeds collected, cleaned, stratified, sowed, and grown at the J.C. Reuthinger Memorial Kids look for frogs during Wood County Park District nature camp at W.W. Knight Nature Preserve in Perrysburg on July 23. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/community-events/2026/09/01/used-book-sale-support-river-raisin-battlefield/stories/20260831089 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/community-events/2026/09/01/used-book-sale-support-river-raisin-battlefield/stories/20260831089#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2026 20:18:17 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/community-events/2026/09/01/used-book-sale-support-river-raisin-battlefield/stories/20260831089 MONROE — A used book sale is coming to River Raisin National Battlefield Park. The visitor center at River Raisin National Battlefield Park in Monroe on Dec. 26, 2018. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/police-fire/2026/09/01/toledo-police-identify-suspect-in-accident-involving-rep-kaptur/stories/20260901096 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/police-fire/2026/09/01/toledo-police-identify-suspect-in-accident-involving-rep-kaptur/stories/20260901096#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2026 18:48:51 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/police-fire/2026/09/01/toledo-police-identify-suspect-in-accident-involving-rep-kaptur/stories/20260901096 Toledo police have identified the driver allegedly involved in a crash that sent U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D., Toledo) and her campaign manager to the hospital last month. Jahiem D. Wright https://www.toledoblade.com/local/politics/2026/09/01/dewine-announces-ohio-pediatric-cancer-navigation-program/stories/20260901094 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/politics/2026/09/01/dewine-announces-ohio-pediatric-cancer-navigation-program/stories/20260901094#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2026 17:07:08 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/politics/2026/09/01/dewine-announces-ohio-pediatric-cancer-navigation-program/stories/20260901094 COLUMBUS — Ohio parents of pediatric cancer patients should spend more time with their children and less time deciphering the American health-care system, Gov. Mike DeWine said Tuesday. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine speaks at a news conference on June 16 in Columbus. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/labor/2026/09/01/cornerstone-building-brands-to-close-walbridge-facility-104-to-lose-jobs/stories/20260901088 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/labor/2026/09/01/cornerstone-building-brands-to-close-walbridge-facility-104-to-lose-jobs/stories/20260901088#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2026 12:48:07 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/labor/2026/09/01/cornerstone-building-brands-to-close-walbridge-facility-104-to-lose-jobs/stories/20260901088 Cornerstone Building Brands Inc. will close its Perrysburg Township facility by Dec. 31, putting 104 workers out of a job. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/police-fire/2026/09/01/student-suffers-minor-injuries-after-science-experiment-accident/stories/20260901092 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/police-fire/2026/09/01/student-suffers-minor-injuries-after-science-experiment-accident/stories/20260901092#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2026 15:44:16 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/police-fire/2026/09/01/student-suffers-minor-injuries-after-science-experiment-accident/stories/20260901092 A teenage student at Maumee Valley Country Day School suffered accidental burns to the face during a class experiment with gunpowder. Toledo fire crews respond to a hazardous materials call at Maumee Valley Country Day School in South Toledo after a science experiment went wrong on Sept. 1, 2026. Toledo fire crews respond to a hazardous materials call at Maumee Valley Country Day School in South Toledo after a science experiment went wrong on Sept. 1, 2026. Toledo fire crews respond to a hazardous materials call at Maumee Valley Country Day School in South Toledo after a science experiment went wrong on Sept. 1, 2026.