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🌱 TPD: Missing 14-Year-Old Safe + Cedar Point Employee Assaulted
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Hi all. I'm here right on time with your Thursday edition of the Toledo Daily, full of everything you need to know about what's happening locally.
First, today's weather:
A t-storm around in the p.m.. High: 84 Low: 62.
Here are the top five stories in Toledo today:
- The Toledo Zoo is offering a special after-hours experience every Thursday beginning July 28 and running through August 25. "Twilight Thursdays" will feature half-off admission, live entertainment, additional animal experiences, and happy hour specials. (WTOL)
- Dean Graff of Michigan has been arrested for allegedly assaulting a Cedar Point employee as they were assisting him with his seatbelt on the Steal Vengeance rollercoaster. Graff claimed the employee touched his genitals which led him to strike the victim several times in the head after the ride was over. (WTOL)
- The Rosemary Apartments on N. Detroit Ave. will be demolished, according to an announcement from the Lucas County Land Bank Tuesday. Built in 1923, the structure has been abandoned since the early 2000's. (WNWO)
- Toledo Police have reported 14-year-old Keeyanna Matthews has been found safe after she had been missing since July 2017. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children had issued an 'urgent alert' Tuesday. (WTVG)
- Local food truck Toledo Let's Eat is offering school-aged youth an opportunity to learn the business and get paid thanks to a program sponsored by Pathway Toledo. Youth employees are paid over minimum wage and guaranteed 35-40 hours a week. (WTVG)
Today in Toledo:
- Jazz in the Garden, Toledo Botanical Garden (6:30 p.m.)
- Christopher Titus at Toledo Funny Bone (7 p.m.)
- Prohibition Tour, HEAVY Beer Co., 1301 N. Summit St. (6 p.m.)
- Kindness Rocks! - Heatherdowns Branch Library (1 p.m.)
- Mandala Art - West Toledo Branch Library (4 p.m.)
From my notebook:
- Check out three open houses in the Toledo area. (Toledo Patch)
- Three new breweries are opening in Toledo, including Great Black Swamp Brewing's location on Tedrow Road in South Toledo. Quenched & Tempered Brewing will open on Adams Street in Uptown Toledo and Oncore Brewing is coming to Swanton. (WTOL)
- A man from Toronto contacted the Toledo Legal News threatening to burn down the home of the former Toledo Judge who handled his divorce a decade prior. Toledo Police were notified of the threat. (WTVG)
- Mercy Health held a special training for Toledo's Violence Interrupters on Wednesday with help from the Trauma Recovery Center. (WTVG)
- Brett Donovan, a local contractor, has reported losing more than $2,000 worth of tools after a thief was caught on camera stealing them from his car. Donovan says Toledo Police have not intervened due to the footage being too grainy. (WTOL)
You're officially in the loop for today. I'll see you around!
— 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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