Browse past news stories for Woodward High School in Toledo, OH.

• Students pitch in to help those in need (The Toledo Blade)
  posted on November 25, 2009 at 12:56:27 pm
  Eric Zmuda, a freshman at St. Francis de Sales High School, and other students prepare to deliver 50 Thanksgiving baskets to needy area families.
• Jackson talks homes, homework in Toledo (The Toledo Blade)
  posted on November 24, 2009 at 09:48:40 am
  By TOM TROY BLADE POLITICS WRITER The Rev. Jesse Jackson prayed in the home of a woman facing foreclosure, had breakfast with about 100 religious and government leaders, and preached about doing homework and resisting drugs to an assembly at Woodward High School during a five-hour sweep through Toledo yesterday. Mr. Jackson, a Baptist minister, touched on a range of subjects during his visit ...
• Rev. Jackson challenges foreclosures (FOX Toledo)
  posted on November 23, 2009 at 09:35:54 pm
  Upon the request of Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur. Rev. Jesse Jackson paid a visit to Toledo Monday, and talked education and the ongoing foreclosure crisis.
• Jesse Jackson in Toledo to confront foreclosures (The Toledo Blade)
  posted on November 23, 2009 at 07:26:28 pm
  BLADE STAFF Civil rights leader The Rev. Jesse Jackson spent five hours in Toledo Monday as part of an effort to encourage grassroots action to confront the wave of foreclosures that are costing people their homes. Mr. Jackson met with pastors and elected officials at the Indiana Avenue Missionary Baptist Church for breakfast. Then he went to the home of a woman threatened with loss of her home ...
• Jesse Jackson speaks to area students (NBC 24 Toledo)
  posted on November 23, 2009 at 02:10:41 pm
  The Rev. Jesse Jackson will address juniors and seniors at Woodward High School Monday.
• Rev. Jesse Jackson in Toledo to talk foreclosure, education (WTOL 11 Toledo)
  posted on November 23, 2009 at 12:36:18 pm
  Rev. Jesse Jackson is in Toledo by the invitation of Rep. Marcy Kaptur. He's here to talk about the silent epidemic of foreclosure and about the importance of staying in school.
• Man shot, killed while riding bike in North Toledo (NBC 24 Toledo)
  posted on November 20, 2009 at 03:40:39 pm
  A man has died after being shot while riding his bike along a North Toledo street late Friday morning.
• H1N1 being investigated in death of pregnant woman (WTOL 11 Toledo)
  posted on November 6, 2009 at 05:51:09 pm
  Mandy Kimbler died Thursday in a Toledo Hospital. The health department is urging all pregnant women and their spouses to get the H1N1 vaccine.
• Ohio Teen Hit By School Bus (WCMH Columbus)
  posted on November 6, 2009 at 12:07:36 pm
  A high school student was hit by a school bus while in a crosswalk near his school.
• School bus driver cited after Toledo boy is hurt (The Toledo Blade)
  posted on November 6, 2009 at 11:24:41 am
  A Toledo Public Schools bus driver was cited by police in a North Toledo traffic incident that injured a 14-year-old Woodward High School student yesterday, authorities said. Keion Johnson was taken to Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center with injuries that were not life-threatening after he was struck by a school bus about 8:10 a.m. at Lagrange Street and East Central Avenue, police said. Travis ...
• Ohio teen hit by school bus not seriously injured (WFMJ Youngstown)
  posted on November 5, 2009 at 10:58:38 pm
  TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - A 14-year-old Ohio high school student who police say was struck by a school bus while in a crosswalk near his school was treated and released from a hospital.
• Minor injuries for Ohio teen hit by school bus (WFMJ Youngstown)
  posted on November 5, 2009 at 05:13:32 pm
  TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - Police and school officials say a school bus in northwest Ohio hit a high school student while the boy was in a crosswalk. Toledo Public Schools spokeswoman Patty Mazur (MAY'-zur) says the student was taken to a hospital Thursday morning with minor injuries.
• Crash sends teen, driver to hospital (FOX Toledo)
  posted on November 5, 2009 at 02:09:51 pm
  A Toledo Public School student was hit by a bus Thursday morning.
• Click to download unofficial final election results (The Toledo Blade)
  posted on November 4, 2009 at 03:57:46 pm
  BLADE STAFF Bell wins Toledo mayoral race Former city fire chief and political independent Mike Bell is headed back to full-time employment with the city of Toledo, this time as mayor, following a victory Tuesday over endorsed-Democrat Keith Wilkowski. Despite being outspent, Mr. Bell won his first-ever election bid with 52.3 percent of the unofficial vote to replace incumbent Mayor Carty ...
• Bell wins thriller: Ex-fire chief rallies to beat Wilkowski (The Toledo Blade)
  posted on November 4, 2009 at 09:42:40 am
  By TOM TROY BLADE POLITICS WRITER Former city fire chief and political independent Mike Bell is headed back to full-time employment with the city of Toledo, this time as mayor, following a victory Tuesday over endorsed-Democrat Keith Wilkowski. Despite being outspent, Mr. Bell won his first-ever election bid with 52.3 percent of the unofficial vote to replace incumbent Mayor Carty Finkbeiner. He ...
• Rivals for mayor offer city voters clear differences (The Toledo Blade)
  posted on November 1, 2009 at 09:44:10 am
  By TOM TROY BLADE POLITICS WRITER Toledo's fifth strong-mayor election takes place Tuesday, giving Toledoans a choice between two men with roots in city government - one whose background is in fighting fires, the other a veteran of the legal arena. Mike Bell, 54, running as an independent, was city fire chief for 17 years. He faces endorsed Democrat Keith Wilkowski, 53, a lawyer in private ...
• UPDATED -- Man shot and killed by police in Point Place (WTOL 11 Toledo)
  posted on October 29, 2009 at 03:36:13 pm
  Toledo police responded to a call, were attacked and fired several shots killing 29-year-old Pyon Simmons at 2112 Northridge Drive in Point Place after he stabbed his mother.
• Hopefuls issue finance caution (The Toledo Blade)
  posted on October 23, 2009 at 11:24:23 am
  By JC REINDL BLADE STAFF WRITER From center stage of the soon-to-close Ohio Theatre, Toledo's two mayoral hopefuls Thursday night expressed desires to improve quality of life in North Toledo during a candidates forum. Yet both men, independent Mike Bell and the endorsed Democrat Keith Wilkowski, said they weren't in a position to make big promises with the city likely facing another tight budget ...
• Students help as Foley counts TPS successes (The Toledo Blade)
  posted on October 16, 2009 at 10:23:56 am
  By MEGHAN GILBERT-CUNNINGHAM BLADE STAFF WRITER Students helped Toledo Public Schools Superintendent John Foley share his story during yesterday's second annual state of the district address. Cherokee Tabb, a Rogers High School senior, talked about the student organizations he's been part of that helped him learn leadership and responsibility. Reynolds Elementary fifth grader Christian Hollowell ...
• North Toledo's historic Ohio Theatre is closing (WTOL 11 Toledo)
  posted on October 14, 2009 at 04:36:49 pm
  The theatre is closing, although the Lagrange Development Corporation is already starting an effort to buy and restore it.
• Campaigning together (FOX Toledo)
  posted on September 27, 2009 at 11:39:33 pm
  We are weeks away from a mayoral election, so two candidates knocking on doors together is not something you would expect to see. But, when the topic is education, Mike Bell and Keith Wilkowski say it's something they have to do, to get parents and students more aware of the importance of college.  
• Bowling legend ranked with best (The Toledo Blade)
  posted on September 23, 2009 at 08:53:33 am
  John Powell, Jr., a legendary Toledo bowler who became a fervent promoter of the sport and who invested in and managed bowling centers, died Tuesday in his Springfield Township home from complications of diabetes and heart disease. He was 84. He and his wife, June, divided their time between homes in the Toledo area and Palm Harbor, Fla. Mr. Powell was known to generations of bowlers and fans as ...
• Wilkowski, Bell cruise to easy wins (The Toledo Blade)
  posted on September 16, 2009 at 02:48:27 pm
  By TOM TROY BLADE POLITICS WRITER Toledo voters turned out in low numbers yesterday to select lawyer Keith Wilkowski and retired fire chief Mike Bell to run against each other for mayor on Nov. 3 to replace retiring Democratic Mayor Carty Finkbeiner. Voters chose two men who were city department heads, graduated from Woodward High School in 1973, hold University of Toledo diplomas, and live five ...
• Wilkowski and Bell cruise to easy wins in Toledo mayor race (The Toledo Blade)
  posted on September 16, 2009 at 09:15:19 am
  By TOM TROY BLADE POLITICS WRITER Toledo voters turned out in low numbers Tuesday to select lawyer Keith Wilkowski and retired fire chief Mike Bell to run against each other for mayor on Nov. 3 to replace retiring Democratic Mayor Carty Finkbeiner. Voters chose two men who were city department heads, graduated from Woodward High School in 1973, hold University of Toledo diplomas, and live five ...
• Toledoans to choose between Wilkowski, Bell in November (The Toledo Blade)
  posted on September 16, 2009 at 01:32:50 am
  By TOM TROY BLADE POLITICS WRITER Toledo voters turned out in low numbers Tuesday to select lawyer Keith Wilkowski and retired fire chief Mike Bell to run against each other for mayor on Nov. 3 to replace retiring Democratic Mayor Carty Finkbeiner. Voters chose two men who both served as city department heads, graduated in the same Woodward High School class of 1973, hold University of Toledo ...
• Primary Election Today (The Toledo Blade)
  posted on September 15, 2009 at 11:03:00 pm
  BLADE STAFF Toledo voters turned out in low numbers Tuesday to select lawyer Keith Wilkowski and retired fire chief Mike Bell to run against each other for mayor on Nov. 3 to replace retiring Democratic Mayor Carty Finkbeiner. Voters chose two men who both served as city department heads, graduated in the same Woodward High School class of 1973, hold University of Toledo diplomas, and live five ...
• Man, 24, slain on porch in South Toledo (The Toledo Blade)
  posted on September 14, 2009 at 09:46:18 am
  By MIKE SIGOV BLADE STAFF WRITER William Morris, Jr., was awakened early Sunday by gunshots at a party next door. But more shocking for the 19-year-old Old South End resident was learning the bullet that pierced the head of a slain partygoer went through a room in Mr. Morris' house where his 2-year-old nephew was sleeping. Steven Sattler, 24, whose address was not released, was found dead about ...
• Half-dozen candidates take aim at city's top job (The Toledo Blade)
  posted on September 13, 2009 at 10:33:30 am
  By TOM TROY BLADE POLITICS WRITER As Carty Finkbeiner's mayoral term and long political career come to a close, the scramble is on to replace him in the city's top job. The six people running for mayor of Toledo offer a variety of experiences and platforms and come from Republican, Democratic, and independent political affiliations. They will compete in Tuesday's nonpartisan primary, with the ...
• Transplant recipient lived for 17 extra years (The Toledo Blade)
  posted on September 7, 2009 at 10:00:52 am
  Robert "Gene" Cymbolin, 79, who received a heart transplant in 1992 and two years later competed in Olympics-style games for transplant recipients, died of heart disease at his Temperance home yesterday. A quality-control supervisor for the former Libbey-Owens-Ford Co., Mr. Cymbolin suffered a heart attack at work in 1980 and retired on disability after about 30 years with the glass-making firm ...
• Bell pushes fairness, reputation for dependability in mayoral bid (The Toledo Blade)
  posted on August 24, 2009 at 11:05:15 am
  By TOM TROY BLADE POLITICS WRITER Mike Bell's first job after college: brakeman on the railroad, a job he did for about seven years before his father persuaded him to apply for a job on the Toledo Fire Department. Had he stayed with the railroad or followed a college dream to work in a national park out west, Mike Bell might well have been one of many Toledo youths who moved out to find their ...