WTOL 11 Leading Edge

Diedre Lashley, Executive Director of Bethany House talks about Domestic Violence Awareness Month… Jared Bryan with Dana talks about what the move to EV automobiles means for the company… Author Chris Bores talks about ghosts in the Glass City

D. Paul Zito with Regional Growth Partnership, talks about how local companies can go global.  Also, Tim O’Donnell from Eugene F. Kranz Toledo Express Airport talks about the importance of passenger traffic out of Toledo Express.

The total solar eclipse is coming to Wood County and one local expert says people need to be prepared for the influx of visitors who will almost certainly be coming into the area for the rare event.

This week on Leading Edge, Dan talks veterans. Bob Weinberg, Director of Flag City Honor Flight, and  Charles Hiser  with the Lucas County Veterans Services Commission

Jeff Clegg - President CEO of Toledo Memorial Park on September 11 remembrance  Tess Healy - Coordinator of Momentum Art and Culture Festival  Dr. Marvin Whitfield - on Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Northwest Ohio

Kevin Dalton, President of the Toledo Federation of Teachers and Lori Reffert from Toledo Public Schools talk about the nationwide teacher shortage and what it means for local schools.  

Adrian City Administrator Greg Elliott talks about what is being done for the residents of the Riverview Terrace Apartment Complex, which has been deemed unsafe.  

Gretchen Awad, Director of Northwest Ohio Susan G. Komen, talks about their biggest event of the year, the Race for the Cure.

Sylvania Mayor Craig Stough (R) talks about his 26 years in the office and the what he sees for the future of the city. Bryan Blair, UT athletic director, looks forward to his first Rocket football season as the leader of University of Toledo Athletics.

Pat McColley with the Ohio Dept. of Transportation talks about road projects around the area including the DiSalle Bridge replacement. Lucas County Treasurer Lindsay Webb talks about the demolition of the old Rosemary Apartments building. Amy Boros award winning teacher at Hull Prairie Intermediate School.

Lucas County Health Commissioner Eric Zgodzinski talks about Monkeypox cases in Lucas County.  Penny Tullis and Jonathan Dorcely with the City of Toledo’s Human Relations Commission.

BGSU Political Science professor Sam Melden, Safe Kids Greater Toledo's Gina Veres, ProMedica Oncologist Dr. David Macari