Summer Read Kicks Off Monday!
Summer Read is back at the Toledo Library and kicks off Monday! This year, more than ever, we know it is important to keep kids’ academics on track. Summer Read helps stop the summer academic […]
Year: 2022
Whitmer Speech and Debate Team Wows at National Tournament
By Jordyn Taylor The Truth Reporter For most Americans, speaking in public is their biggest fear– even greater than death. For a group of students at Whitmer High School, it’s their greatest enjoyment. Over the […]
Howard to Offer Free Virtual Journalism Program for High School Students
The Howard University Multicultural Media Academy invites high school students to attend a free journalism workshop from June 20 to July 1, 2022. The virtual 10-day program is open to U.S. high school students in ninth through […]
Things Past Telling by Sheila Williams
c.2022, Amistad $25.99 341 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor A life well-lived. That’s what you want them to say when you’re gone: that you used up every shred of the time on Earth […]
Larry Lanting: Learning From Brothers United Not to Cut Corners
By Dawn Scotland The Truth Reporter Larry Lanting, originally from Huntsville, AL, moved to Toledo into Birmingham Terrace in 1993 after his parents separated. There, Lanting started selling drugs. “I’ve been in and out of […]
Local Phi Delta Kappas Donate to Freedom School
By Dawn Scotland The Truth Reporter The local Beta Gamma Chapter of the National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa, Inc. held a pre-conference community event at the Monroe Street United Methodist Church as part of […]
Rep. Hicks-Hudson announces $4.9 Million in New Capital Funds for Lucas County
Ohio House of Representatives passes $3.5 billion capital budget Special to The Truth State Representative Paula Hicks-Hudson (D-Toledo) announced the passage of the capital budget, HB 687, by the Ohio House of Representatives last week. […]
Same Folks with Different Strokes
By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor One of the prices that we paid for integration was the disintegration of the black community. – Ed Smith Black Republicans are running for public office […]
MLK Jr Academy Students Visit the Capital
The Truth Staff Thirty-three fifth and sixth graders from MLK Jr. Academy for Boys and their five adult chaperones left Toledo by chartered bus on May 23 for Washington, D.C. and experienced the trip of […]
Local Phi Delta Kappa Recognition Banquet
By Dawn Scotland The Truth Reporter The Beta Gamma Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa, Inc. held a public recognition banquet Friday June 3, 2022 at the Hilton Garden Inn Perrysburg as a part of the […]