By Dave Murray TCC Web Editor WEDNESDAY, March 12, 2025--Back by popular demand, the free Getting Your Affairs in Order workshop will be held again this year from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, April 5, at the McMaster Center at the Main Branch of the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library, downtown at 325 N. Michigan St., Toledo. To attend you must register by...
BY DAVE MURRAY, TCC Web Editor MONDAY, Feb. 10, 2025 -- Bishop James Robert Alan Culp, emeritus pastor of First Church of God in Toledo, will be inducted into the Lucas County Wall of Friends at 11 a.m. tomorrow by the Lucas County Board of Commissioners in their meeting room off the lobby on the first floor of One Government Center...
Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025-- Toledo Community Coalition member Erika White will be sworn in today as House District 41 Representative in the Ohio House of Representatives. The ceremony, which is open to the public, is at 11:30 a.m. at Communications Workers of America Local 4319 headquarters, 705 Lime City Road, in Rossford, Ohio, where she has been president. Ms. White, a...
By David Murray, TCC Web Editor MONDAY, JAN. 16, 2023--Bishop Robert A. Culp, founder of the Toledo Community Coalition, past president of the Toledo chapter of the NAACP, and long-time pastor of First Church of God in Toledo, was awarded this year's Governor's Humanitarian Award by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and the Ohio Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Commission for...
By David Murray, TCC Web Editor THURSDAY, Dec. 15, 2022--Anyone concerned about the ongoing lead poisoning of Toledo's children needs to attend a public hearing before Toledo City Council at 3 p.m. on Dec. 22. The hearing has been called to review yet another lead poisoning prevention law City Council is considering. The meeting will be held in City Council Chambers...
By David Murray, TCC web editor THURSDAY, Oct. 6, 2022--With the City of Toledo inching closer to implementing a lead-safe law approved in 2020 and 2021 requiring most rental units in the city to be certified as lead free, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is hosting two public training sessions for residents and lead removal contractors. The first program--"Understanding Lead"--will be held...
FRIDAY, Aug. 5, 2022 -- Lucas County Children Services will hold a safety fair for families in Lucas County focusing on violence prevention, gun safety, lead safety, fire safety, and water safety. The event will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 27 at 711 Adams St., at the Lucas County Training Center, and its adjacent...
By Dave Murray TCC Web Editor MARCH 10, 2022--With violent crime spiking in Toledo, as in cities across the country, the Lucas County Health Department's Office of Minority Health is sponsoring a Community Violence Prevention Forum from 5 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, April 13, at the Main Branch of the Toledo-Lucas County Public library, 325 North Michigan St., in downtown Toledo. Toledo...
Nov. 30, 2021 -- The Toledo Racial Equity and Inclusion Council (TREIC) invites you to attend a Data Walk, an interactive guided tour and discussion regarding racial and ethnic disparities in the Greater Toledo area. The Data Walk will be held on Friday, December 10th from 1:00 – 4:00 pm at the United Way of Greater Toledo, 1001 Madison Avenue, Toledo,...
By Dave Murray, TCC Web Editor FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 2021 -- Billed as a "Conversation with Commissioner JoJuan Armour," a former NFL linebacker and now the city's program manager for the Mayor's Initiative to Reduce Gun Violence, a Town Hall Meeting on Gun Violence will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 17, at Scott High School. With more fatal...
