Raindrops cover a window on North St. Clair Street in downtown Toledo, Ohio on Monday April 29, 2019. THE BLADE/REBECCA BENSON
Best of the Blade: April 28-May 3
The Blade Staff
May 6, 2019
Women’s marathon winner Amy Manning, of Cincinnati, right, reacts as Christian Floyd, of Columbus, runs through the finish ribbon at the Glass Bowl meant for the women’s marathon during the Mercy Health Glass City Marathon in Toledo on Sunday, April 28, 2019. THE BLADE/KURT STEISS
A black-throated green warbler seen during the at first day of The Biggest Week in American Birding at the Magee Marsh Wildlife Area in Oak Harbor, Ohio, on Friday, May 3, 2019. THE BLADE/KURT STEISS
Kaylee Potrzebowski, 9, reacts after getting a foul ball as the Toledo Mud Hens host the Louisville Bats during a baseball game at Fifth Third Field in downtown Toledo, Ohio on Wednesday May 1, 2019. THE BLADE/REBECCA BENSON
Ken Loye (cq), front, and Dale Lewis, both from Olmsted Falls, Ohio, use telephoto lenses and flashes to get their pictures during the at first day of The Biggest Week in American Birding at the Magee Marsh Wildlife Area in Oak Harbor, Ohio, on Friday, May 3, 2019. THE BLADE/KURT STEISS
Raindrops cover a window on North St. Clair Street in downtown Toledo, Ohio on Monday April 29, 2019. THE BLADE/REBECCA BENSON
Grace Dunbar smiles at a classmate while taking a break from working on a MANIKENĀ® during anatomy class at Ottawa Hills High School on Tuesday, April 30, 2019. THE BLADE/AMY E. VOIGT
Toledo goalie Pat Nagle makes his 27th save against Cincinnati in the third period of Game 3 of the Central Division hockey finals at the Huntington Center in Toledo. THE BLADE/LORI KING
A heavy police presence on the scene of a standoff looking down Chestnut Street in Adrian, Mich., Wednesday, May 1, 2019. Authorities say the man involved in the standoff is deceased. The home involved in the standoff is the one with the fence knocked down. THE BLADE/KURT STEISS
Elijah Rugut, of Toledo, arrives at the Glass Bowl for his first place finish in the men’s marathon during the Mercy Health Glass City Marathon in Toledo on Sunday, April 28, 2019. THE BLADE/KURT STEISS
Jason Sybert talks to attorney Jane Roman as he is taken into custody following his arraigned in Lucas County Common Pleas Court Wednesday, May 1, 2019 in Toledo. The Toledo Public Schools substitute teacher is accused of having sex with a Bowsher High School student. THE BLADE/DAVE ZAPOTOSKY
Jon Burkart (cq), a 16-year-old junior, “votes” as Frank LaRose, Ohio Secretary of State, watches after he spoke to students about voting and what his office does at Whitmer High School in Toledo on Wednesday, May 1, 2019. THE BLADE/KURT STEISS
Joey Apgar uses a piece of plastic to keep her head dry as she and her grandson, Ryker Kline, 5, of Holland, walk through the rain on North St. Clair Street after visiting the Imagination Station Tuesday, April 30, 2019 in Toledo. She said she had left her umbrella in the car. THE BLADE/DAVE ZAPOTOSKY
Workers from Salenbien Trucking & Excavating of Dundee, Mich. remove debris after demolishing a building at South Detroit Avenue and Byrne Road Wednesday, May 1, 2019 in South Toledo. The building, which formerly housed a Hungry Howie’s Pizza shop, was destroyed to make room for a roundabout. THE BLADE/DAVE ZAPOTOSKY
Marion Risk, left, gets a hug from friend Nila Jobe, right, during his 100th birthday party at Collingwood Presbyterian Church on Sunday, April 28, 2019. THE BLADE/AMY E. VOIGT
Toledo Mud Hens pitcher John Schreiber blows bubble sin the dugout during a baseball game agains the Columbus Clippers Thursday, May 3, 2019, at Fifth Third Field in Toledo, Ohio. THE BLADE/JEREMY WADSWORTH