Libbey High News

Marker to be dedicated at former Libbey High School site  Toledo Blade

An Ohio History marker will be dedicated Saturday at the former Edward Drummond Libbey High School campus. The dedication is slated for 11 a.m. Saturday ...

I-Team Gets Answers: The old Libbey High School property  13abc Action News

What's next for the old Libbey High School property? The I-Team gets the answers.

Charles 'Chuck' Johnson (1943-2019)  Toledo Blade

Charles “Chuck” Johnson, a native south-sider who served as a funeral director and embalmer for more than 40 years at Neville Funeral Home and Lucas ...

Wild turkeys again have strong presence in their historic range  Toledo Blade

DEFIANCE — The Maumee and Auglaize rivers amalgamate here in a fusion of two major waterways that drain thousands of acres of farmland, and provide a ...

Our Towns Calendar: 4/15  Toledo Blade

Secor Metropark program, 10001 W. Central Ave.; April Wildflower Walk (all ages) 11 a.m.-noon Wednesday, discover which wildflowers carpet our forest floors.

Our Towns Calendar: 4/8  Toledo Blade

Concert with Jim Scott at Maumee Valley Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 20189 N. Dixie Hwy., 1 p.m. Sunday. Jim Scott collaborated with Pete Seeger and ...

Zeb Jackson is Toledo's next great player  Toledo Blade

Please excuse Zeb Jackson's modesty. This summer between his sophomore and junior years of high school has been, as usual, filled with Amateur Athletic ...

Wil Haygood chronicles triumph amid turmoil at an Ohio high school  Toledo Blade

The year was 1968. The assassinations of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy led to riots in an already divided country. Yet, during a time of ...

Reunion keeps Libbey school spirit alive  Toledo Blade

For the Cowboys, it had been a historic fortress of royal blue and gold. Built in 1923, Libbey High School had a rich history, but in 2010, its walls were ...

Digitizing Toledo schools yearbooks saves school traditions  Toledo Blade

Nostalgia is now just a click away thanks to an ongoing effort to digitize local high school yearbooks and post them online. The Toledo-Lucas County ...

Toledo native William Buford to play in The Basketball Tournament  Toledo Blade

COLUMBUS — William Buford will return to the The Basketball Tournament as part of the Ohio State alumni team. The Toledo native and Libbey High School ...

Our Towns Calendar: 3/4  Toledo Blade

Secor Metropark programs, 10001 W. Central Ave.; Winter Tree ID 5:30-6:30 p.m. Wednesday, in the National Center for Nature Photography (NCNP) classroom ...

Three authors to speak in Toledo this fall  Toledo Blade

The Toledo Lucas County Public Library has announced three speakers as part of its Authors! program for the fall season. Popular award-winning actor Sally ...

Edwin L. Nazar (1928-2018) Rubber firm heir's creativity led to invention  Toledo Blade

Edwin L. Nazar, who, as he ran the manufacturing firm his father started, combined creativity with discipline gained from a military academy education and ...

MLK Basketball Classic has produced great memories and community support  Toledo Blade

Former Libbey High School basketball coach Leroy Bates, former Scott coach Ben Williams, and former Blade sports writer Clyde Hughes wanted to do ...

Longtime Common Pleas Court Judge Charles Doneghy has died  Toledo Blade

Charles Doneghy, who spent 32 years as a judge in Lucas County Common Pleas Court and Toledo Municipal Court, died Tuesday. He was 80. The Ottawa ...

Larry Cook to be inducted into OIAAA Hall of Fame  Sandusky Register

Larry Cook will be honored Monday in Columbus. The retired teacher, coach and athletic director has been chosen to join an elite group of members of the Ohio ...

Buford is living his dream as pro basketball player  Toledo Blade

Part of a series on nine local athletes being inducted into the African American Legacy Project's Sports Legends Hall of Fame. William Buford has always ...

'Tigerland' author speaks in Toledo  Toledo Blade

Wil Haygood did what he's been known to do for 30 years Thursday night at Bowsher High School in front of nearly 200 people: He told a story. And that ...

Toledo celebrates Rogers girls basketball state champions  Toledo Blade

The whooping cheers, celebratory signs, and ample crowd Saturday made one thing clear: Toledo loves its championship-winning Lady Rams. Rogers High ...

Heads or tails, Ohio State or Michigan? Jerry Krall let the coin decide  Toledo Blade

Waiting at the front door of his tidy Rossford ranch the other morning, Jerry Krall greeted us with a wave and a pumped fist. “Go Blue!” he shouted. Then ...

This week in Toledo sports history: Jim Jackson, Hall of Famer  Toledo Blade

This week in Blade sports 10, 20, and 30 years ago,the Mud Hens were short on players going into Labor Day, though two players had a darn good reason, and ...

William Benson | Obituaries  Leader-Telegram

(Arthur) William (Bill) Benson, age 86, of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, died Sunday, December 30, 2018.

Facing demolition, old Libbey school is back up for sale  Toledo Blade

The Toledo Public School district plans to put the shuttered Libbey High School up for auction, the latest attempt to find an alternative use for a ...

Libbey's contents auctioned  Toledo Blade

Craig Walter craned his neck up Monday, admiring the high ceilings of the former Libbey High School's top floor. His eyes locked onto the wood beams that ...

Our Towns Calendar: 9/3  Toledo Blade

Berkey ○ Secor Metropark program, 10001 W. Central Ave.: Photography Basics (ages 8 and up) at the National Center for Nature Photography (NCNP) ...

Anthony Brown gets his wish: A pro basketball contract  Toledo Blade

Even for the people closest to Anthony Brown, the past year has been downright unbelievable. For years, there has been buzz in the Toledo basketball scene ...

John Forrest Fellhauer (1939-2018)  Toledo Blade

John Forrest Fellhauer, a retired longtime Spanish teacher at area high schools, a community volunteer, and a man of many hobbies, died Aug. 23 at his ...

Our Towns Calendar: 3/18  Toledo Blade

Bowling Green ○ The Wood County Chapter of Ohio Genealogical Society meeting at the Wood County District Public Library 2nd floor meeting room, 251 N. ...

Virginia L. Edwards  Sentinel-Tribune

Virginia L. Edwards, age 66, of Cygnet, Ohio passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 3, 2019 at the Regency Hospital of Toledo in Sylvania, Ohio.

Kenneth Gallock (1936-2018)  Toledo Blade

Kenneth Gallock, a longtime salesman as his father had been for the Mellocraft Co., the Toledo-founded distributor of cleaning supplies, and a University ...

Our Towns Calendar: 10/8  Toledo Blade

Bowling Green ○ Tea Series at the Wood County Historical Center and Museum, 13660 County Home Rd., 7-9 p.m. Thursday. Topic: Evening Tea “The Show ...

The preacher and the physician  Toledo Blade

This is a tale of two Toledo heroes, and healers — Chet Trail and Pam Oatis. The Rev. Chet Trail, now Bishop Chet Trail, is known to most Toledoans as an ...

Constance Rombach  Sentinel-Tribune

Constance "Connie" Rombach, age 75, died on Aug. 30, 2017.

Clarene E. Veroneau (1935-2018)  Toledo Blade

Clarene E. Veroneau, whose interests in culture and performance extended from childhood variety shows she directed to her teaching career and folk dancing ...

I-Team Gets Answers: Are dogs allowed at Maumee Bay State Park off-leash  13abc Action News

TOLEDO (13abc Action News) - The rules recently changed and it left many confused. Now the I-Team gets you answers. Will dogs be allowed to go off leash at ...

Danuta "Donna" Lange (1940-2017)  Toledo Blade

Danuta “Donna” Teresa Lange, who along with her husband, Walt, co-owned an award-winning Fulton County tree farm lauded by the state of Ohio as a model ...

Paul L. 'Butch' Wilson [1941-2014]; Bookmaker tied to local politicians  Toledo Blade

PORT SAINT LUCIE, Fla. — Paul L. “Butch” Wilson, a South Toledo bar owner and bookmaker who befriended politicians and public employees before his flight ...

On behalf of 'Big Daddy,' $2500 raised for Alzheimers  Press Publications Inc.

His family and friends lost a hero when James E. “Big Daddy” Derr passed away on February 5, 2002, after battling a combination of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, ...

Longtime Blade editor/writer Chet Sullwold dies  Toledo Blade

Chester ”Chet” Sullwold, who worked at The Blade for more than six decades as an editor, reporter, columnist, and copy editor, died Thursday at his Toledo ...

Former WTOL Sports Director Orris Tabner dies at age 83  WTOL.com

Orris Tabner was the Sports Director at WTOL for nearly 40 years, from 1959 until his retirement in 1996. He passed away Dec. 1 at the age of 83.

As UConn Plays On, Prized Recruit Nate Miles Flounders  New York Times

A former Connecticut recruit, Nate Miles is a stark reminder of what many regard as the cynical and broken system of college recruiting.

Libbey devotees hang on to hope buyer will step forward this week  Toledo Blade

Abandoned chalkboards serve as farewell messages for the former Libbey High School. Before the building was shuttered, before its contents were sold, ...

James B. Chamberlin; 1925-2013: Founder of area ski shop loved sailing, winter sports  Toledo Blade

James B. Chamberlin, co-founder of a leading area ski shop whose eager interest in sailing and winter sports fueled his career, died Dec. 27 in Hospice of ...

J. Ronald Bowman (1930-2017): Judge worked to bring attention to Korean War  Toledo Blade

J. Ronald Bowman, a retired judge of Lucas County Common Pleas Court and a retired Army National Guard major general, who as a Korean War combat ...

Buford to start pro career in Spain  Toledo Blade

William Buford will begin his professional basketball career overseas. The former Libbey and Ohio State star will play this season in Santiago, Spain for ...

William Niehous; 1931-2013: Abducted OI exec inspired  Toledo Blade

William Niehous, an Owens-Illinois Inc. executive whose kidnapping and nearly 3½-year captivity by Venezuelan guerrillas made international news and whose ...

Toledoan cast in L.A. revival of 'Zoot Suit'  Toledo Blade

Matias Ponce, born and raised in Toledo's South End, is on his way to building his acting career in Los Angeles. Ponce is appearing in the Los Angeles revival ...

Old post office could be razed by end of year  Toledo Blade

The fate of Toledo's historic former post office building is in limbo. The Jefferson Center at 13th Street and Madison Avenue, which was once Toledo's ...

8 African-Americans honored for efforts  Toledo Blade

Sara Taite-Trail, a freshman at St. Ursula Academy, stared in amazement at the collection of mementos and a collage of photos of African-Americans, most of ...

Preservation of Jefferson Center gains ground  Toledo Blade

As long as the full Toledo Board of Education approves, the historic Jefferson Center — the former Central Post Office — will not come tumbling down. At a ...

Sandi Howard (1942-2017): Jail matron 1st female to head road patrol | Toledo Blade  Toledo Blade

Sandi Howard of Springfield Township, a retired Lucas County sheriff's lieutenant and the department's first female command officer to be assigned to road ...

Pastor takes long road home for retirement  Toledo Blade

A racial injustice 55 years ago still makes the Rev. George Thomas grieve. In December, 1960, he and his close friend, the Rev. George Williams, were driving in ...

Orris Tabner (1932-2015): Area broadcaster known for folksy delivery of sports  Toledo Blade

Orris Tabner, who was welcomed into Toledo homes twice nightly for decades over WTOL-TV, Channel 11, and delivered sports news with authoritative ease, ...

Massive 'Building for Success'program gets mixed reviews  Toledo Blade

So big was the project, so vast its purported benefits to the city and its schools, and yet it barely passed. Toledo Public Schools broke ground a decade ...

Gardens among projects proposed by city officials for use at former school sites  Toledo Blade

Vacant lots where schools once stood now dot Toledo neighborhoods. There's the former Fulton Academy site in Old Towne, the Nathan Hale Elementary spot ...

Nathan Hale elementary to be razed by year's end  Toledo Blade

The former Nathan Hale Elementary school has rejoined the demolition list after a last-ditch effort to reuse the building failed. The school -- shuttered ...

Norfolk Southern railroad eyes demolition of Sumner Street bridge  Toledo Blade

The Norfolk Southern railroad has formally asked Toledo officials for permission to tear down a bridge over its tracks near downtown Toledo that once was ...

At 79, social activist still making a difference  Toledo Blade

If it looks as though Barbara Eikost is “all over the place,” as it were, your eyes are not fooling you. One day you might see Mrs. Eikost talking with volunteers at ...

John W. Potter, 1918-2013: Former Toledo mayor initiated downtown development  Toledo Blade

Retired U.S. District Judge John W. Potter, who died Thursday in Toledo Hospital at age 94, presided as Toledo's mayor during a time when the city's ...

Karl W. Wolfert; 1931-2014: Retired butcher served generations of customers  Toledo Blade

Karl W. Wolfert, 82, a butcher, grocer, and sausagemaker who, like his father, offered generations of customers *fresh*-cut meat, personal *service*, and ...

5th suspect sought in slaying of CrossFit gym owner  Toledo Blade

The last suspect in a band of five, all charged with some role in the robbery and shooting death of a local gym owner, continues to elude Toledo police. ...

Elizabeth 'Betty' Nesper  Sentinel-Tribune

Elizabeth "Betty" G. (Holtgrieve) Nesper, 85, of Perrysburg, Ohio died Friday, October 23, 2015.

Port Clinton's kids speak to all of us  Toledo Blade

Sixty years ago, Robert Putnam earned spending money as a paperboy for The Blade in Port Clinton. Today, he is one of the best-regarded political ...

Herral Long; 1929-2014: Photographer known for his art  Toledo Blade

Herral Long, an award-winning photojournalist who captured news events with artistry during a Blade career that spanned the second half of the 20th century ...

2 die in South Toledo apartment fire  Toledo Blade

EDITOR'S NOTE: This version corrects the name of Miracle Riley as who alerted an upstairs neighbor. Dressed in her pajamas, standing on the stoop of the ...

Toledoan's offer definitely 'divine'  Toledo Blade

The Rev. Randall “Fats” Blakely, pastor of a newly founded South Toledo church, was visiting Manifested Word Church on Easter Sunday when the pastor, the ...

Collard greens aren't just for Southern cuisine  Toledo Blade

Have you ever tried collard greens for dinner? “Some people might think it is a weed,” said Glenn Stubblefield of Toledo. “But collard greens have been on ...

Clay goes for 3-peat  Toledo Blade

After running the table in City League play en route to softball titles the last two years, Clay saw its streak of 26 consecutive wins in CL play and ...

Oh, say — can you sing all of the words to the Star-Spangled Banner?  Toledo Blade

Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light ... Surely, you recognize the opening line to a poem penned 200 years ago today. The tough question: Can you ...

Gaston commits to New Hampshire  Toledo Blade

Ariel Gaston, a senior point guard who helped seventh-ranked Start (23-3) win the City League girls basketball championship and reach the Division I state ...

Jefferson site removed from teardown list  Toledo Blade

The Jefferson Center was saved from the wrecking ball Wednesday after the Toledo Board of Education removed the historic building from a demolition list. ...

Feds claim executrix drew up fake will to steal fortune  Toledo Blade

To put it politely, Martin Fewlas was frugal. Friends and relatives said that Mr. Fewlas was a shrewd investor and collector who had an eye for a good ...

It was 40 years ago that the Cleveland Cavaliers prepared for their first NBA draft  Plain Dealer

It was 40 years ago when the freshly minted Cavaliers were busy plotting not one draft, but two in order to fill out their expansion roster.

Stop Pretending to Be Offended by Everything  Reason

Lena Dunham received plenty of criticism for her insufferable New Yorker piece titled "Dog or Jewish Boyfriend? A Quiz." In it, the creator of Girls weighs the pros ...

Not All Drunk Sex Is Rape: What WaPost Study Gets Wrong (and Right) - Hit & Run : Reason.com  Reason

DreamstimeThe Washington Post recently offered intellectual support for the oft-cited—and much-maligned—claim that 1 in 4 or 1 in 5 women are raped in ...

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