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SK Stokes Kennedy Makes History After Winning HGTV’s ‘A Very Haunted Renovation’
After 31 days inside Bihl Manor, the Long Beach designer took home $50,000 and became the first Black-masc-lesbian winner of an HGTV competition series. Before HGTV’s A Very Haunted Renovation premiered in September, SK Stokes Kennedy told Gaye exactly what she wanted from the experience. “This show is the...
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Most Ohioans Have No Idea This Charming Carousel Museum Exists In Their Own State
A carousel with a sea monster on it is spinning inside an old post office right now. Volunteers carved that sea monster, along with a zebra and roughly 30 other figures, to bring an empty ride back to life. The building holds more than 200 hand-carved carousel figures. Some of...
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New Washington Branch Library takes shape ahead of opening
As workers completed final touch-ups and assembled furniture, Toledo Lucas County Public Library Executive Director Jason Kucsma showed off the new Washington Branch Library ahead of its scheduled Dec. 5 opening. Mr. Kucsma and Rick Ortmeyer, a partner at Bostwick Design Partnership, led members of the media through the $15 million, 20,000-square-foot building. “The investment in the library and property will improve the library’s efficiency,” Mr. Kucsma said. “We kept the community in mind when designing it. They said they wanted more meeting spaces, a place for children, and a lot of natural light.” The new library sits at the front of the eight-acre property near Alexis Road. An operations center behind the library will house its technical services department, warehouse, central purchasing, and logistics operations. Green space, including walking paths and benches, connects Tremainsville Road to the campus. Mr. Ortmeyer said. “The design partnership all came together to make the master plan a reality,” Mr. Ortmeyer said. “All of the design decisions were made to put people first.” He highlighted design features, including the placement of the children’s area farther from the front entrance. It was placed nearest to Alexis so the space is highly visible, he said. “We
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Person throws box of cockroaches at Toledo library staff member, prompting temporary closure
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - A cockroach attack forced the closure of a Toledo library Tuesday. A spokesperson for the Toledo Lucas County Public Library said someone threw a box of cockroaches at a staff member at the Kent Branch Library on Collingwood Blvd on Oct. 27. The branch went into...
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Four New Shows Join the Niswonger’s Spring 2027 Lineup
The Niswonger Performing Arts Center is adding more music, laughter and family fun! Van Wert LIVE has announced four new additions to the Spring lineup: Stars Go Dim, Dog Man The Musical, Guy Penrod and Bluey’s Big Play. Tickets go on sale to the public this Friday, October 30, making this the perfect opportunity to get a head start on holiday shopping.
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Discover Why This Charming Ohio Railway Museum Has Visitors Of All Ages Feeling Like Kids Again
Nobody warned you that a small museum in northern Ohio was going to be the highlight of your year, and yet here we are. The Mad River & NKP Railroad Museum in Bellevue, Ohio has a way of exceeding expectations so thoroughly that visitors walk out looking slightly dazed, like they just watched a magic trick they can’t quite explain.
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Whitehouse hears updates on mural, fire service, library planning
WHITEHOUSE – While the Oct. 20 Whitehouse Village Council meeting was brief, council members and Mayor Rich Bingham touched on several activities going on in the village: a large mural by Dean Davis on the side of CycleWerks, Whitehouse Branch Library planning and Whitehouse Fire Department run volume and plans for covering Swanton Township.
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Toledo Museum of Art launches initiative to donate art books to African libraries
The Toledo Museum of Art (TMA) has launched the initiative Africa Art Library to donate books to libraries on the continent. The museum donated around 100 books to the Koyo Kouoh Library at the Gihanga Institute of Contemporary Art in Kigali, Rwanda, earlier this year and a second set is headed to the Nubuke Foundation in Accra, Ghana, this month.
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Findlay’s Halloween Parade to Celebrate 250 Years of American Champions
FINDLAY, Ohio — The countdown is nearly over! The 2026 Cops & Kids Findlay Halloween Parade presented by loanDepot takes over S. Main St. on Tuesday, October 27, at 7 p.m., bringing together the community for an unforgettable celebration of “250 Years of American Champions.”. Hosted by the...
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Once seized in a drug bust, Jimmy Buffett’s mixer gets new life
FREMONT – The next stop for Parrotheads could be the new Sounds of Sandusky County Museum at the Ohio Recording Company: It is the new home for Jimmy Buffett’s sound studio recording mixer. In addition to the Buffett connection, the mixer still features Drug Enforcement Administration evidence seizure stickers. Sounds of Sandusky County Museum Owner Brennan Willis is quick to point out that Buffett’s recording mixer was not seized by the DEA from Buffett’s secret recording studio, Shrimpboat Sound. Instead, agents took it from the man who bought the mixer from Buffett. The piece will be on display during the museum's opening day, Oct. 24 at 10 a.m. As any modern recording artist knows, the mixer is the technological heart of any studio. Controlled by the right editor, a mixer can be magical lighting in a bottle for a musician’s recordings, putting together all the voices and instruments that create a song. It was inheriting the mixer and the rest of Brownwood Studios from Bob Brown that started off the museum. Willis is a record editor, studio engineer, producer and basically the chief cook and bottle washer with his Ohio Recording Company studio. The building houses the Sounds of Sandusky