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Breeding the law: A Quick and Dirty Breakdown of Senate Bill 331

Kelly Thompson

Few recent pieces of Ohio legislation have caused as much outrage among animal rights activists as Senate Bill 331. Sponsored by Senator Bob Petersen...

The Affordable Care Act’s Uncertain Future

David Maxwell Fine

“It’s probably not the greatest health insurance,” says Pat a 64-year-old home health aide from West Toledo, “when I had my cataract surgery it...

TOP DOCS

TCP Staff

Health care is one of those industries everybody eventually needs, but how do you choose who is right for you? Certainly, most of the...

Predatory Payday-Loan Lending, Out of Hand in Ohio and Toledo?

David Maxwell Fine

Darlene*, a single Toledo mom of two children who used to work two jobs and now has a Master’s degree, should have been living...

Who Will Be Jam-pion? Local chefs prepare to compete in 2017’s Jam City

Jeff McGinnis

Jam City, the annual charity event benefiting Food For Thought, where area chefs are challenged to create a gourmet twist on the classic PB&J...

Roadtrip: Sam Beauford Woodshop

Jeff Klima

A great time is just an axe throw away. Adrian, Mich. is the scene of the first annual Great Lakes Woodworking Festival, hosted by...

Roadtrip: Shawshank Redemption Prison

Jeff Klima

If you loved the Stephen King novella that became a classic movie, head out to Mansfield, Ohio in Richland County to experience the Shawshank...

Handmade Toledo’s 10th Maker’s Mart offers new vendors and old favorites

Athena Cocoves

In April 2012, Jessica “Oh Sew Betty” Crossfield first brought more than 80 local and regional makers together for Handmade Toledo’s Maker’s Mart, the...

Bike Guide

TCP Staff

It’s time to saddle up—and we’re not talking about a horse. May is bike month, which entails an array of opportunities to learn, ride,...

There’s No Place Like Home: Toledo Leads Community Awareness through Film

Nicole Green

The sign says “For rent.” But if you know the drill, you know they won’t rent to you. And then you’re humiliated again— another...

Pat O’Connor Music and Arts Festival: Carrying the Torch

Athena Cocoves

Marcia O’Connor was enjoying life with her husband, Pat O’Connor, when he unexpectedly passed away on Dec. 27, 2016. The community joined Marcia in...

Carving Artists in Toledo

TCP Staff

By Angela Conley and Jordan Killam David Picciuto The Vlog Virtuoso: Make Something In a world enamored with video technology and social media, David Picciuto capitalizes through...

Former Mud Hen Billy Bean knocks bullying out of baseball

Jeff Klima

Minor league baseball is hard on fans— you root for your favorite players to succeed, but in doing so, you’re also wishing them on...

Women owned business

TCP Staff

What does it take for a businesswoman to stay on top? The women in charge of some great local businesses shared the secrets to their success.

Bretz Nightclub celebrates 30 years of LGBT acceptance

Joel Sensenig

Since April 1, 1987, Bretz has been a place to be classy, wild, fun, comfortable and simply be yourself. Thirty years later, the nightclub at the far western end of Adams Street is now the longest-running LGBT dance club in Ohio.

Undocumented, in Toledo— and in Trump’s America

Holly Tuey

Unease and fear, always present among undocumented immigrant communities in the United States, has only been is bolstered since the presidential election’s “Build the Wall” rhetoric.

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