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🌱 City Council Vote On Medical Debt Relief + Perrysburg Man Arrested

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Hey, friends! Brad King here with your Tuesday edition of the Toledo Daily, filled with all the local information you need to know right now.

  • Toledo City Council will vote Tuesday on whether to partner with RIP Medical Debt to offer relief for nearly 25,000 Toledoans
  • A Perrysburg man was arrested for assault in Bowling Green
  • Toledo homicides are down as compared to this time last year
  • MacArthur Foundation funds have been used for 10 new grants aimed at improving the local criminal justice system in Toledo

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Humid with a passing shower. High: 76 Low: 60.

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Here are the top stories today in Toledo:

  1. Homicides are down in Toledo this year, with 39 cases so far. As of the same time in 2021 the rate was at 46 but since then the City of Toledo implemented its violence interrupters program with plans to expand into the Lagrange corridor and East Toledo. (WTOL)
  2. Roughly 25,000 Toldoans could see their medical debt reduced if the Toledo City Council votes to partner with nonprofit group RIP Medical Debt to use funds from the American Rescue Plan Act. If passed, the decision could reduce up to $200 million in medical debt. (WTVG)
  3. Toledo Fire & Rescue responded to a house fire that started in a bedroom of a single family home on Daleford Monday afternoon in South Toledo. The fire is under investigation but is believed to have been accidentally started by an overloaded electrical outlet. (WTVG)
  4. 20-year-old Ricardo Oviedo III of Perrysburg was arrested on assault charges and booked in the Wood County Jail after allegedly choking a man in Bowling Green last Friday. The victim alerted a Bowling Green Police Officer after the attack and Oviedo was discovered to have pending warrants from the Wood County Sheriff's Office and Perrysburg Police Department. (BG Independent News)
  5. 10 grants aimed at improving the criminal justice system have been awarded to several local groups by the Lucas County Commissioners thanks to funding from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The MacArthur Foundation Safety + Justice Challenge takes on the racial and ethnic disparities found in the criminal justice system with a goal of reducing the local jail population. (WNWO)

Today in Toledo:

  • Movie and a Craft - Locke Branch Library (3:00 PM)
  • Nintendo Gamers' Guild - Toledo Heights Branch Library (3:30 PM)
  • Teen Hangout - West Toledo Branch Library (4:00 PM)
  • Teen Open Mic Cafe - Toledo Public Library - Main Branch (4:00 PM)
  • Fitness Walking with Owens Community College (6:00 PM)

From my notebook:

  • Imagination Station announces several September events, including the Journey to Space 3D film, the Towering Tinkerer, documentary ZIP Code Matters, and "Whodunit? Mystery Theater." (WTVG)
  • Who's hiring in Toledo? Patch and ZipRecruiter bring you all the latest job postings! (Toledo Patch)
  • Friday saw the Toledo Handball Club gather together to dedicate its handball court complex to George Miller, who led plans to have three-wall handball courts installed in 1973. Since 1975 the Rec Center has hosted the National Three-Wall Championship, with the 71st tournament having begun last Thursday. (WNWO)
  • Several Sylvania residents have offered their lawns as alternative parking for the Dana Open golf tournament as the Highland Meadows Golf Course finds parking to be limited for the popular event. (WNWO)

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— Brad King

About me: I have been a lifelong Northwest Ohio native and University of Toledo grad (Go Rockets!). I'm old enough to remember when the Mud Hens were still playing in Maumee. The Glass City has seen some amazing revitalization and I am so excited to share every update with you!

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