Breaking News

Mass shooting at Toledo festival injures 12

At least 12 people were wounded as gunfire erupted Saturday near a busy street festival in Ohio. Some people at the event in Toledo scrambled for cover while others rushed to help the victims. No suspects were in custody hours afterward, Toledo Deputy Police Chief Joe Heffernan said. He said ...

Protecting protectors

When the life of Trooper Nicholas Cayton of the Canfield Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol was tragically cut short last Oct. 16 when a truck slammed into the back of his cruiser on state Route 11, the weight of loss hit hard. Cayton, 40, a husband and father of two children, was honored ...

Ax tax drive stalls again

A proposed constitutional amendment to consider abolishing property taxes in Ohio won’t be on the Nov. 3 ballot because the group collecting signatures has again failed to get enough people to sign petitions. This is the second year in a row that the Committee to Abolish Ohio Property Taxes, also called AxOhioTax, tried to qualify for the ballot as it failed to do so in 2025. Brian Massie, a leader of the group, announced Friday on Ohio Political News, a right-wing political podcast, that not enough signatures were collected. The group had to submit petitions with 413,488 valid ...

Mass shooting breaks out at Toledo summer festival

Multiple people were shot Saturday near a busy community street festival in Toledo, Ohio, and a search for the suspects was ongoing as victims were taken to nearby hospitals, police said. Toledo police officers responded to a report of a person shot near the Old West End Festival at about 5:30 p.m. When they arrived, they found multiple shooting victims, the police department said in a statement. Police said “many victims” were transported to medical facilities but did not provide further details on the injuries and how many people were shot. Authorities also did not provide any ...

Outgoing Boardman Township administrator preps for kidney transplant

BOARDMAN — As Jason Loree prepares to end his career as Boardman Township administrator, he is also preparing for a new beginning. After years of declining kidney function and an increasingly urgent search for a donor in recent months, Loree is scheduled for a transplant June 30. While ...

Dem Senate candidate: Maine has got my back

BAR HARBOR, Maine (AP) — Graham Platner, the insurgent Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine, hosted his first major campaign rally on Friday night as reports continue emerging about his history with women. Last weekend, his campaign wrestled with stories about sexually explicit ...