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🌱 Stryker Youth Detention Fentanyl Exposure + Lewis Avenue Crash
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Get on up, Toledo! Let's get you started this Tuesday with everything you need to know going on around Toledo today.
First, today's weather:
Cooler; a little p.m. rain. High: 52 Low: 45.
Here are the top five stories in Toledo today:
- 29-year-old Dalano Lumpkin was killed in a motorcycle crash late Saturday night in the 5200 block of Lewis Avenue between Waybridge and Mayfair. Toledo Police report Lumpkin was killed when a southbound driver, 19-year-old Maricella Morales, failed to yield and turned left in front of him causing the collision. (WTOL)
- The Ohio State Highway Patrol notified the Toledo Police on Saturday of a threatening social media post that referenced a school shooting. Police contacted the mother of the person responsible for the post, who did not know his whereabouts. Toledo Christian Schools also notified authorities of an apparent social media threat, though the suspect denied making the post. (WTOL)
- 25-year-old Keli Redway is facing felonious assault charges after she stabbed a man she was living with several times in the 600 block of Dearborn just before 3 AM Sunday morning. The victim, 33-year-old Everardo Aladana, was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. (WTVG)
- Seven people, including four youths, were hospitalized after fentanyl was released into the air vents at Northwest Ohio Juvenile Detention, Training, and Rehabilitation Center in Stryker, Ohio. Williams County Sheriff's Department Chief Deputy Jeff Lehman reported everyone exposed was expected to survive the ordeal. (Patch)
- Toledo Police are investigating the deaths of 87-year-old Early Bennett and 85-year-old Laura Bennett as a possible murder-suicide on Friday night at a home on Pinelawn. An autopsy is scheduled for today at the Lucas County Coroner's Office. (WTVG)
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Today in Toledo:
- Sanger Kids Book Club - Sanger Branch Library (12:00 AM)
- Nintendo Gamers' Guild - Toledo Heights Branch Library (3:30 PM)
- New Works Children's Improv Workshop - Lagrange Branch Library (4:00 PM)
- Marshmallow Modeling - Mott Branch Library (4:00 PM)
- DIY Aromatherapy Dough - Heatherdowns Branch Library (4:30 PM)
From my notebook:
- The University of Toledo is now making masks optional in its classrooms and teaching laboratories and all non-clinical areas on campus. CDC metrics put Lucas County on a "low level" and the school will continue to monitor local data. (Press Release Desk)
- Jalane Moti Jaleta moved from Ethiopa to enroll at the University of Toledo College of Engineering in 2018. Set to graduate this year, she will be joined by her twin brothers Robera and Roba in the same college and credits the UToledo Center For International Studies and Programs for welcoming her to the school. (Press Release Desk)
- UToledo's Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is hosting the 4th Annual Womxn of Color Symposium on March 25. The event will be held in-person and is a professional development opportunity designed to expand skills, increase knowledge, and enhance networks to promote a more inclusive and supportive environment at the school. (Press Release Desk)
- Volunteers are needed to help assemble over 163,000 meals for families in Ukraine at UToledo's Health Education building April 1 & 2. Students of the Klar Leadership Academy and the John B. and Lillian E. Neff College of Business and Innovation have organized the effort. (Press Release Desk)
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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!