OHIO CITY - The Village of Ohio City is proud to announce Don and Carolyn Walker as the 2025 Lambert Days Grand Marshals, honoring their deep roots in the community and decades of service and dedication to the town they’ve always called home.
John W. Lambert was an American automobile manufacturer pioneer and inventor. He is the inventor of the first practical American gasoline automobile. He is also the Father of the Gradual Transmission. In 1891, he built a working gasoline automobile and took it on the streets of Ohio City for experimental drives. On one occasion his vehicle, which was carrying Lambert and James Swoveland, hit a tree root causing the buggy to smash into a hitching post. Injuries from the accident were minor. This was the first recorded incident of an automobile wreck
Jackie “Jack” Dean Suman, age 77 of Defiance, passed away on Saturday June 28, 2025 at ProMedica Toledo Hospital.
As temperatures climb well into the 90s and beyond this summer, concerns over high school athletes practicing outdoors in the heat have taken center stage. From football scrimmages to conditioning sessions, the balance between preparation and player safety is becoming increasingly difficult to manage, especially with heat index values climbing into triple digits.
The Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Ohio - Toledo Colony met Saturday, June 28, 2025 in Bryan, Ohio at 11:30 a.m. at Season’s Coffee & Bistro for a luncheon meeting. After dining, the meeting was opened by Toledo Lt. Governor Edmond Trafford. Officers and Members were introduced and future activities.
Recently, I was talking with someone about Ford’s wages. Older UAW workers told CEO JimFarley, “None of the young people want to work here. Jim, you pay $17 an hour, and they are so stressed.” This was from an interview with journalist and biographer Walter Isaacson at the Aspen Ideas Festival recently.
VAN WERT - Get ready, Van Wert. The Little Mermen & The Princess Pals are bringing the ultimate Disney-meets-rock concert to town, and it’s anything but your typical tribute band. They return to the Feel Good Friday stage this Friday, the Fourth of July, at 7:30 p.m.
I thought I knew myself pretty well, but then this old-age thing hit . . . hard. Both physically and psychologically.
PAULDING, OH: Jack R. Hoffman, age 88, passed away on Saturday, June 28, 2025, at Vancrest of Payne. Jack was born on April 18, 193,7 in Noble County, IN to…
The Kiwanis Club of Paulding County was privileged to have T.R. Echols (Local Author and Pastor) as the guest speaker at the June 12, 2025, club meeting. T.R. Echols came at the invitation of Elecia Wobler (Owner, Keepsake Beads by EAW & Boutique). T.R. Echols spoke about how he transformed his childhood storytelling into a published work that reaches young readers and listeners alike. Inspired by his 3 young boys at the time of creation. His heartwarming tale, Tenuke the Eskimo, is available both as a beautifully bound hardcover edition and as a fully dramatized audiobook featuring Hollywood talent.