Gun back back event this Saturday gives community members a secure and responsible way to remove unwanted guns from their homes. Dismantled firearms will be turned into art and garden tools.

While most of the museum's guards have stayed on with the new company, employees who reached out to Toledo Free Press expressed hurt and concern about the way the transition has been handled. Protective Services was the largest department at the Toledo Museum of Art.

This weekend will be the last chance to see many of the iconic galleries in the west wing before they close for renovation until 2027(!) I came away from this town hall with a better understanding of the project, and hope it will all be an overall positive end result. @toledofreepress.bsky.social

The MultiFaith Council of NW Ohio has been quietly going about the work of promoting peaceful dialogue and seeking common spiritual ground in our community for nearly 25 years. I enjoyed chatting with members of this fascinating, welcoming group of people last month. @toledofreepress.bsky.social

AOL still is offering dial up service?? Who knew. Not for much longer though. We were a Netscape Navigator home. 😆 but I definitely used AIM. End is near for the landline-based service that got America online in the ’90s - wapo.st/4mahyXZ

Nobody likes to pay taxes but they cover so many essential services. In the name of saving homeowners $$ lawmakers are toying with making some pretty big changes to the property tax system in Ohio. If you cut property taxes, how or where do you make up the difference on that funding?

"Success sequence" or "stress sequence?" Ohio bills would require high schools to teach students to graduate, get a job and marry before having kids to avoid poverty. Similar bills being introduced and passed in other states. What groups are behind this sudden push? @toledofreepress.bsky.social

🤮 seeing these all over our yard.

National Museum of the Great Lakes expansion is set to open this Saturday! The major addition includes a historic pilothouse experience. The museum has seen dramatic visitor growth since relocating to #Toledo in 2014. @toledofreepress.bsky.social

Some amazing future conservationists out at #MageeMarsh during the #BWIAB last weekend! #wildlife #birding youtu.be/IPpdGBDwH9k?...

Young birders took the lead on a hike the Ohio Young Birders Club sponsored at Magee Marsh during the #BWIAB #conservation #birding toledofreepress.com/young-birder...

The U.S. Department of State has overseen cultural exchange programs as a means of cultivating mutual understanding between Americans and people of other countries for decades. Supporters worry these diplomacy-building initiatives risk losing federal funding in 2026. @toledofreepress.bsky.social

Ottawa NWR is 'epicenter' of the Biggest Week in American Birding. Federal cuts are putting essential operations there at risk. NOTE: New Trump admin budget proposal for 2026 calls for additional $342 million in cuts for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. #bwiab @toledofreepress.bsky.social

ONWR is 'epicenter' of the Biggest Week in American Birding. Federal cuts putting essential operations there at risk. NOTE: Trump admin budget proposal for 2026 calls for additional $342 million in cuts for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. @biggestweekbirding.bsky.social @toledofreepress.bsky.social

The Trump administration has released its proposed budget for 2026. WaPo breakdown reveals admin’s distorted priorities. wapo.st/4iMk4RM It’s worth a read to understand briefly all the things these agencies do that will start to impact people at the local level when they go away.

The final honor guard for Pope Francis included migrants, prisoners, transgender people, the homeless and others selected by the Vicariate of Rome as a symbol of the late pope’s mission of inclusion and outreach. Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM

None of this is normal. 😱

The beautiful sound of spring at Maumee Bay State Park.

An eclectic group united their voices at the Monroe Street United Methodist Church on April 6 to commemorate the anniversary of Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence, the famous anti-war speech delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. @toledofreepress.bsky.social

Where is our humanity?

Our latest story explores the implications of the new law requiring Ohio districts to adopt religious release time policies and ties that into the LifeWise organization’s push for similar state laws nationwide.

New story posted today.

Episode two includes a discussion of our TFP coverage of LifeWise Academy, with special guest Keith Comer of respectpublicschools.com

Episodes one and two of 'Behind the Byline with Jaden Jefferson,' my new podcast with the @toledofreepress.bsky.social, are out now! Listen on Spotify 🎧 or at ToledoFreePress.com 💻 (A new edition is up every Wednesday.)

"Today we were informed by the White House that if AP did not align its editorial standards with President Donald Trump’s executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, AP would be barred from accessing an event in the Oval Office." www.ap.org/the-definiti...

I was so excited this kind security guard was willing to flip the switch to make the night sky effect in The Cloister at @toledomuseum.bsky.social for me last weekend on the last day the gallery would be open until 2027. Listen to how the chatter quiets as everyone takes it in.

❗New Post Alert ❗The Toledo Museum of Art closed its Cloister Gallery on Sunday for a two-year renovation and Toledo Free Press reporter Laurie Bertke was there to capture patron's memories. Lots of photos, too! toledofreepress.com/patrons-pay-... Thank you for your support!

Toledo - go see the Cloisters Gallery at the Toledo Museum of Art before it closes Sunday until 2027! It’s apparently going to be moved so this is your last chance to see it the way you remember it. Lots of people visiting to take pictures today.

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Ohio school districts will soon be required to have a religious release time policy, paving the way for an expansion of LifeWise Academy. While supporters praise it, some parents say their kids have been bullied for not participating, and point to school day disruption

Today I received an email from LifeWise marketing stating it has received community interest signatures from people in 50 percent (!) of public school districts NATIONWIDE. The nonprofit started in Ohio; catch up on the background with part one of the Toledo Free Press series here -

In this second part of a Toledo Free Press series looking at the spread of LifeWise Academy, I spoke with a parent who has done extensive data collection to give us a broad perspective on the full impact this program is having on public schools including missed instructional hours.