The Toledo Blade

1 day ago | toledoblade.com | Eric Taunton

(1931-2025) Wilbur Lewis, Sr., known for his strong Christian faith, love for his family, and dedication to his country, died May 26 at St. Vincent’s Medical Center. He was 93. His youngest daughter, Jennifer Lewis, said her father died from a gradual decline in his health, which she suspects was a result of old age. “Nature kind of took its course,” Ms. Lewis said. “His organs just began to shut down.”She said her father was an intelligent and wise man who loved his family and God.

2 days ago | toledoblade.com | Lillian King

Less than a year after Swell Magazine’s inaugural issue, Emily Rippe Desmond is already back with the sequel. Swell’s second issue, Ripe, came out in March. The name is inspired by Desmond and her collaborators’ experiences bringing the overall magazine to fruition with its first issue, Contagious — an unexpectedly long process for a pandemic project that took nearly four years to complete.

2 days ago | toledoblade.com | Debbie Rogers

BOWLING GREEN — When property tax abatement is making headlines, it’s usually to give a big business a break. In a new Bowling Green subdivision, however, abatement is going right back to homeowners and families. The Toussaint Springs Subdivision, at the corner of Brim and West Newton roads, officially broke ground Tuesday, with 120 homes planned.

2 days ago | toledoblade.com | Jim Provance

COLUMBUS — Ohio Senate Republicans on Tuesday proposed going to a flat income tax rate over the course of two years. The provision was part of a massive amendment to the proposed next two-year budget that was adopted by the Senate Finance Committee. The move reduces the current top rate of 3.5 percent, which applies to those earning more than $100,000 a year, to 3.18 percent in the first year then to 2.75 percent for a fully flat tax in 2027.

2 days ago | toledoblade.com | David Patch

A man already serving state time for a gun charge arising from a downtown Toledo incident in which he was shot by police received 30 months in federal prison Tuesday for a separate gun charge filed after a shooting in a central Toledo apartment. Darnell Peppers, 25, of the 700 block of Searles Road, will receive about 15 months’ credit for time he served in federal custody awaiting the current case’s resolution.