Special to The Truth When new students enter the Owens Aspire College and Career Readiness program, they’re greeted with three simple but powerful words. “Welcome future graduates.” Roughly 592,000 Ohioans ages 25 and older do […]
By Lafe Tolliver, Esq Guest Column Well, well…we have another incident in which two white Toledo Police Officers were caught with their race and cultural superiority pants down when they rudely addressed some minority teens […]
By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor Fear is a noose that binds until it strangles. – Jean Toomer What happened at the Old West End Festival was not just gun violence. It […]
Toledo continues to prove that we are a city where businesses want to be and where they choose to grow. Recently, I was proud to welcome Green Products Packaging, Corp. to 3600 N. Summit Street. […]
On Saturday evening, while many of our faithful were gathered at Our Lady, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral for the celebration of Holy Mass, shots erupted just blocks away during the 53rd Annual […]
The Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance of Toledo stands in prayer, compassion and solidarity with all those impacted by the mass shooting in our community this weekend. Our hearts are with the victims, their families, witnesses, neighbors, […]
By Ben Jealous Guest Column The party of Andrew Jackson has spent a decade running from him. It should keep the two things he got right. I was 14 the first time I raised my […]
By June Boyd Guest Column Saturday, June 6, 2026, the 53rd Annual Old West Festival became the wild, wild west. Most of us are scratching our heads and asking why? On what began as a […]
“We are heartbroken and hurting alongside our community in the aftermath of the senseless shooting at the Old West End Festival,” the Lucas County Commissioners said in a joint statement. “Our thoughts are immediately with […]
On Saturday night, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement following a shooting and gun violence at Toledo’s Old West End Festival: “Our community is in pain tonight as a result of senseless gun […]