Good afternoon, Toledo. Here’s what you need to know at midday on this Veterans Day — led by a local media fight with real stakes and a court ruling in a heartbreaking Wood County case, plus the morning’s biggest stories.

The Blade’s owner just sued Lucas County. Block Communications filed suit Tuesday after commissioners voted 2-0 to give the annual delinquent tax-list printing contract to the Toledo Legal News for about $55,000 — over The Blade’s $230,982.57 bid. The suit says the Legal News doesn’t meet Ohio’s test for a newspaper of general circulation and warns the choice could hand delinquent owners a defense against foreclosure. Read the full story: The Blade’s Owner Just Sued Lucas County — Over a $55,000 Tax-List Contract

Appeals court upholds caregiver’s conviction in disabled teen’s harness death. The Sixth District Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that caregiver Jeffery King was reckless when a 19-year-old with autism died tangled in his safety harness in a Wood County group-home van, upholding his patient-endangerment conviction and 12-month sentence. Read the full story: ‘I Just Sat There Watching Him’: Appeals Court Upholds Caregiver’s Conviction in Disabled Teen’s Harness Death

More from this morning on ToledoBuzz:

• Body cam was released today in the fatal Holland-Sylvania chase crash that killed two: Body Cam Released in Fatal Holland-Sylvania Chase Crash That Killed Two
• No charges months after a driver killed 20-year-old Judy Tanner in a Toledo crosswalk — now her mom is suing: No Charges Months After Driver Killed 20-Year-Old in a Toledo Crosswalk — Now Her Mom Is Suing
• After Rossford, Genoa is next: 92% of voters say no to a data center on 430 acres: After Rossford, Genoa Is Next: 92% of Voters Say No to a Data Center on 430 Acres

That’s your lunchtime briefing. We’ll be back this afternoon with more from around Toledo and Northwest Ohio.

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