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CCNO board keeps immigration contract
(TFP Photo/Barrett Dorner)
Protestors and concerned community members attended a Correction Center of Northwest Ohio (CCNO) board meeting in Stryker, Ohio on June 25 to oppose the current contract to house federal immigration detainees.
Despite community opposition, which included pleas made by community members during the board meeting and a letter-writing campaign earlier in the week, the board voted to keep the current ICE agreement.
Lead testing events in Toledo offer vital health resource
(TFP Photo/Barrett Dorner)
Toledoan Arselia Ruiz brought her two children, Aaryn, 4, and Alesanera, 7, to the testing site at the church. They already get tests at their annual pediatrician appointment, but she’s worried about the time in between.
“I’m worried they’ll get a hold of it,” she said. The home she rents was built before 1978, meaning lead paint was likely used. She’s nervous her kids will find peeling paint or chips.
“I have to watch my kids like a hawk,” she said.
Barrett Dorner presents this story as a prequel to a longer update on Toledo’s Lead Safe Ordinance.
Donation bins: Charity or profit?
(TFP Photo/Barrett Dorner)
Cons, confusion and—in one case—connections to a cult are among the reasons Toledo-area charities say they want a crackdown on donation bins that siphon money away from their missions.
Goodwill Industries of Northwest Ohio is leading the charge, concerned that for-profit companies are using donation-style bins that most people associate with local charities to mislead well-intentioned people.
“It’s unfortunate because they think they’re helping people here and sometimes they’re not,” Goodwill vice president Tim Kravolic said.
Barrett Dorner investigates problematic bins for well-meaning clothing donors in this story.