🌱 Jeep Fest 'Warm Up' Party On Adams + TSA Renovation Nearly Complete

Hey, everybody! It's me, Brad King, your host of the Toledo Daily. Here's all the local news you need to know right now.

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Now, today's weather:

Some clouds, then sunshine. High: 79 Low: 56.

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Here are the top five stories today in Toledo:

1. The renovations at Toledo School for the Arts are nearly complete, allowing for an additional 140 students each year. TSA raised $9.4 million for updates that include larger classrooms and a new cafeteria while construction for the new Black Box Theatre will begin in April 2023. (WTOL)
2. The Toledo Police and U.S. Marshals arrested escaped convict Robert Johnson on Wednesday after he went on the run as he was being transported by a private contractor at the Milwaukee International Airport in November 2021. Johnson had been arrested on charges including robbery with use of force, possession of cocaine with intent to deliver and resisting or obstructing an officer. (WTVG)
3. Toledo's Annual Jeep Fest kicks off Friday for the fifth year in a row. Last year's event brought in 65,000 people from 37 states and there will be a warm up party tonight on Adams Street Uptown. (WNWO NBC 24)
4. The Wild About Art Fair will be at the Toledo Zoo this weekend and will host over 50 local and regional artists, live music and animal painting demonstrations. (WNWO NBC 24)
5. The Maumee Branch Library is offering a free program in caregiving as one in five Americans is caring for another adult. The course will be taught by an instructor from Owens Community College on August 15 from 6 - 7 p.m. (WTOL)

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Today in Toledo:

• Walk with Ease at Wildwood Preserve Metropark (10 a.m.)
• "Chalk, Paper, Scissors: Works on Paper by Paul Brand and Anastasia Wagner" - 20 North Art Gallery (noon)
• Twilight Thursdays at the Toledo Zoo (4 p.m.)
• Jazz in the Garden - Toledo Botanical Garden (6:30 p.m.)
• Toledo Mud Hens vs. Omaha - Fifth Third Field (7:05 p.m.)

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From my notebook:

• The Workforce Development Program is a collaboration between Cherry St. Mission Ministries, Owens Community College, Northwest State Community College, and Opportunity Kitchen and helps provide training in several trades and occupations. (Toledo City Paper)
• Toledo's Division of Water Distribution will be exploring the remaining lead water lines in the Old West End and Junction neighborhoods on August 13 and 20. The officials will be going door-to-door with "Got Lead" t-shirts, city badges, and masks and gloves to test water lines. (WTOL)
• Beginning September 1, the City of Toledo will enforce water shutoffs for unpaid bills, lifting the moratorium that was put in placed through the height of the COVID pandemic. The city's debt forgiveness program will continue accepting applications through October 1. (WTOL)
• The Toledo Police are asking for help identifying a suspect who allegedly robbed a 24-year-old woman at the Circle K on Secor July 24. Footage of the suspect has been released and he reportedly was witnessed entering the Secor Woods Apartments nearby. (WTVG)
• Toledo Food Pantry Southside Life Station receives $100,000 each year through a grant from TANF (Ohio's Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Program) but it only covers about a third of its services. The Southside Life Station is the only area food pantry that delivers fresh groceries right to the doors of those in need. (WTOL)

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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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