London Mitchell
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Veteran broadcast journalist. Host of the podcast/radio program Staying in Contact.
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A driver and their passenger wearing Santa and Mrs. Claus costumes were pulled over for speeding, according to a Facebook post on the Fulton County Ohio Sheriff page.
December 25, 2025 at 10:01 AM
A driver and their passenger wearing Santa and Mrs. Claus costumes were pulled over for speeding, according to a Facebook post on the Fulton County Ohio Sheriff page.
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On Christmas Eve, one Powerball ticket in Arkansas won the second-largest U.S. lottery jackpot ever. The winner can choose between the full $1.817 billion paid out over 30 years or a $834.9 million cash option, both before taxes.
Winner in Arkansas Takes $1.817 Billion Powerball Jackpot
A single ticket drawn Wednesday night won the second-largest U.S. lottery jackpot ever.
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December 25, 2025 at 11:25 AM
On Christmas Eve, one Powerball ticket in Arkansas won the second-largest U.S. lottery jackpot ever. The winner can choose between the full $1.817 billion paid out over 30 years or a $834.9 million cash option, both before taxes.
Sunken treasure. A sea monster. Turning off Niagara Falls. All topics in a new book, Hidden History of Lake Erie. This week in the podcast I'm chatting with the author, Jennifer Boresz Engleking.
Hidden History of Lake Erie
We are again talking with author Jennifer Boresz Engelking, but this time about her new book, The Hidden History of Lake Erie.
New stories about the lake include accounts of a possible treasure aboard...
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December 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Sunken treasure. A sea monster. Turning off Niagara Falls. All topics in a new book, Hidden History of Lake Erie. This week in the podcast I'm chatting with the author, Jennifer Boresz Engleking.
The Arc strongly condemned Donald Trump’s use of the word “retarded” to describe Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. They emphasized that the term is an offensive slur against people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and has no place in public discourse.
December 2, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The Arc strongly condemned Donald Trump’s use of the word “retarded” to describe Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. They emphasized that the term is an offensive slur against people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and has no place in public discourse.
About 300 customers remain without power in South Toledo west of Eastgate south of Glendale. No official word yet from Toledo Edison on the cause.
August 17, 2025 at 12:15 AM
About 300 customers remain without power in South Toledo west of Eastgate south of Glendale. No official word yet from Toledo Edison on the cause.
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BREAKING NEWS: Michigan football fined 10s of millions of dollars, coach Sherrone Moore banned for three games in sign-stealing scandal
Michigan football fined 10s of millions of dollars, coach Sherrone Moore banned for three games in sign-stealing scandal
Michigan football fined 10s of millions of dollars, coach Sherrone Moore banned for three games in sign-stealing scandal.
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August 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
BREAKING NEWS: Michigan football fined 10s of millions of dollars, coach Sherrone Moore banned for three games in sign-stealing scandal
We knew local journalism was shrinking in Ohio and elsewhere. It’s worse than we thought ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/07/14/w...
We knew local journalism was shrinking in Ohio and elsewhere. It's worse than we thought • Ohio Capital Journal
It's hardly news that local news coverage in Ohio's cities and towns isn't what it once was. A new analysis shows that it's been devastated in most small towns, suburbs and cities in the United States...
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July 15, 2025 at 2:37 AM
We knew local journalism was shrinking in Ohio and elsewhere. It’s worse than we thought ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/07/14/w...
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If you are eager for some good news, this is for you. :)
Lake Erie is our LIFE SOURCE—we survive and thrive because of its freshwater. It doesn’t belong to any of us—is held in trust between the US and Canada for all. When I was first elected there were only 2 nesting Bald Eagles left on Lake Erie—now thanks to our conservation efforts there are HUNDREDS.
July 5, 2025 at 8:58 PM
If you are eager for some good news, this is for you. :)
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BREAKING: Brian Wilson, visionary leader of the Beach Boys and a giant of modern music, dies at 82.
Brian Wilson, Beach Boys visionary leader and summer's poet laureate, dies at 82
Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys has died at 82. One of the world’s most beloved and influential musicians, his family posted news of his death to his website Wednesday.
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June 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
BREAKING: Brian Wilson, visionary leader of the Beach Boys and a giant of modern music, dies at 82.
Loretta Swit, who played Major Margaret Houlihan on MASH, has died. She was 87.
May 30, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Loretta Swit, who played Major Margaret Houlihan on MASH, has died. She was 87.
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Approved by Congress in 2022, the plaque honoring law enforcement personnel for defending the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, can’t be installed until House Republican leadership gives the go-ahead.
GOP won’t install Jan. 6 plaque honoring law enforcement, Democrats say
More than three years after it was approved by Congress, a plaque honoring members of law enforcement for defending the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, is instead sitting in a Capitol basement utility room.
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May 23, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Approved by Congress in 2022, the plaque honoring law enforcement personnel for defending the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, can’t be installed until House Republican leadership gives the go-ahead.
NBC news reporting: "One of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s top advisers has recommended that the Defense Department cut ties with Scouting America, known for decades as the Boy Scouts, saying it is too “woke” to support, according to multiple people familiar with the discussions."
April 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
NBC news reporting: "One of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s top advisers has recommended that the Defense Department cut ties with Scouting America, known for decades as the Boy Scouts, saying it is too “woke” to support, according to multiple people familiar with the discussions."
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“We know it’s a tough time to be a journalist, but I think what strengthens all of us is that there is probably no better time to be a journalist because this is when we live our values and we live our mission.”
— Maria Ressa
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— Maria Ressa
Support fact-based journalism.
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March 15, 2025 at 12:33 PM
“We know it’s a tough time to be a journalist, but I think what strengthens all of us is that there is probably no better time to be a journalist because this is when we live our values and we live our mission.”
— Maria Ressa
Support fact-based journalism.
@mariaressa.bsky.social
— Maria Ressa
Support fact-based journalism.
@mariaressa.bsky.social
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Advocates for the government-funded networks, including lawmakers in both the United States and Europe, say the cutbacks will undermine press freedoms and hurt America’s standing in the world. cnn.it/4bzG28I
March 17, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Advocates for the government-funded networks, including lawmakers in both the United States and Europe, say the cutbacks will undermine press freedoms and hurt America’s standing in the world. cnn.it/4bzG28I
The Wallet Hub list of the ten most unhappy cities in the country includes Toledo? I'm not buying it. Methinks Wallet Hub focused on the bad without an offsetting look at the good. Lower housing costs. World class Museum, Zoo, and Metroparks. UToledo and BGSU. Tony Packo's.
March 13, 2025 at 2:56 AM
The Wallet Hub list of the ten most unhappy cities in the country includes Toledo? I'm not buying it. Methinks Wallet Hub focused on the bad without an offsetting look at the good. Lower housing costs. World class Museum, Zoo, and Metroparks. UToledo and BGSU. Tony Packo's.
Spring is on the way! So predicts good ol' Buckeye Chuck!
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February 2, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Spring is on the way! So predicts good ol' Buckeye Chuck!
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The Super Bowl LIX matchup is set with the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs facing off on Feb. 9 in New Orleans.
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January 27, 2025 at 2:55 AM
The Super Bowl LIX matchup is set with the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs facing off on Feb. 9 in New Orleans.
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It’s amazing to me that politicians don’t commit to post first on @bsky.app and to engage with constituents here
THIS is more powerful than CNN , MSNBC, The Post will ever be.
You can broadcast for 9 mins on a declining medium, or engage here and start a real discussion.
Which is more powerful?
THIS is more powerful than CNN , MSNBC, The Post will ever be.
You can broadcast for 9 mins on a declining medium, or engage here and start a real discussion.
Which is more powerful?
January 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
It’s amazing to me that politicians don’t commit to post first on @bsky.app and to engage with constituents here
THIS is more powerful than CNN , MSNBC, The Post will ever be.
You can broadcast for 9 mins on a declining medium, or engage here and start a real discussion.
Which is more powerful?
THIS is more powerful than CNN , MSNBC, The Post will ever be.
You can broadcast for 9 mins on a declining medium, or engage here and start a real discussion.
Which is more powerful?
January 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Dominos could fall. Could Bobby Kennedy, in charge of Health and Human Services, pressure the CDC to stop recommending certain vaccines? And, if so, would that eliminate insurance coverage? And, in turn, wouldn't that make the vaccines too expensive for many parents?
January 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Dominos could fall. Could Bobby Kennedy, in charge of Health and Human Services, pressure the CDC to stop recommending certain vaccines? And, if so, would that eliminate insurance coverage? And, in turn, wouldn't that make the vaccines too expensive for many parents?
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Happy Birthday to the National Guard. Grateful for the brave men and women of the Ohio National Guard, especially the 180th Fighter Wing. Your service and dedication inspire us all — thank you for keeping our skies safe!
December 13, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Happy Birthday to the National Guard. Grateful for the brave men and women of the Ohio National Guard, especially the 180th Fighter Wing. Your service and dedication inspire us all — thank you for keeping our skies safe!
This week in the podcast we discuss the environment. Well worth the listen. www.podbean.com/ew/pb-rvu95-...
Guest: Dennis Slotnick, Climate Reality
My guest for this installment is Dennis Slotnick… representing the Toledo chapter of the Climate Reality Program. The Climate Reality Program works toward a global solution to the climate crisis by ma...
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December 9, 2024 at 4:18 AM
This week in the podcast we discuss the environment. Well worth the listen. www.podbean.com/ew/pb-rvu95-...