It’s been a heavy news day across northwest Ohio — and a big one in pop culture. Here’s what you need to know from ToledoBuzz’s newsroom this Wednesday afternoon.

An Oregon father got double his partner’s sentence. Justin Soll was sentenced to 10 years in prison Wednesday for the cocaine-related death of his 8-day-old daughter — double what the same judge gave the baby’s mother five days earlier. Judge Joe McNamara cited Soll’s roughly two dozen prior misdemeanor convictions and his failure to regain sobriety, telling him: “You’re a danger to the community when you’re using.”

Chris Rock came clean in GQ. “I was not a great husband,” the 61-year-old admitted in GQ’s 2026 Men of the Year cover story, confessing he cheated three times, watched porn constantly during his marriage, and walked into his first therapy session “crying like a b*tch.” He also teased his self-directed A24 movie, Misty Green.

$20 million lawsuit over a wrongful jailing. A Toledo man who spent five months in jail on charges prosecutors just dropped is now suing the city for $20 million.

ZAYN hits Detroit this Sunday. The biggest solo tour of ZAYN’s career lands at Little Caesars Arena — here’s everything to know before the show.

Lucas County paid $12.4 million toward its downtown hotel debt. The county’s latest bond payment is in — and jail bonds are up next.

Ohio’s blue wave hit the U.S. House. Democrats now hold 8 of Ohio’s 15 House seats after a rough night for Republicans in the midterms.

Lucas County Courthouse, Toledo — Wikimedia Commons (DPLA collection).