🌱 Mother Pleads Guilty In Son's 2020 Death + Two Winning Lottery Tix

Hello all. It's me, Nicole Fallon-Peek, your temporary host of the Toledo Daily — back in your inbox with all the most important things happening in town.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny. High: 81 Low: 69.

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Here are the top three stories today in Toledo:

1. The mother of Braylen Nobel, a three-year-old who died in a Toledo swimming pool in 2020, has entered a guilty plea in connection to the boy's death. Dajnae Cox is facing attempted child endangerment and obstruction of justice charges after lying to police about what happened the night she found her son in the apartment complex swimming pool. Cox's mother also entered a guilty plea for attempting to obstruct justice in relation to her grandson's death. (13 ABC)
2. A mobile home caught fire early Monday morning at the Byrne Hill Manufactured Home Community. Fire officials did two searches at the home and described the interior as being in "hoarding-like" conditions. The fire investigator declared the mobile home a total loss. (WTOL)
3. Two winning lottery tickets were sold by businesses in the 5900 block of Heatherdowns Boulevard this month. Family Pantry II sold a $20,000 scratch-off and Next Door Pub sold a winning lottery ticket amounting to $20,000. The man who bought the ticket at Next Door Pub will receive $14,400 after taxes. (Subscription: Toledo Blade)

Today in Toledo:

• Pursuit United Release: Toledo At Joseph's Beverage Center (11:00 AM)
• Nintendo Gamers' Guild At Toledo Lucas County Public Library – Toledo Heights Branch (3:30 PM)
• Taco Tuesday Cruise On The Glass City Pearl At Promenade Park (6:30 PM)

From my notebook:

• Great news for Toledo drivers; gas prices have dropped 11.5 cents over the past week. Could gas prices in the two-dollar range be in our future? Our wallets hope so! (WTOL)
• Full- and part-time job opportunities are available in the Toledo area. Available positions include dispatcher customer service, administrative assistant, housekeeper, plumbing project manager, facility coordinator, janitorial crew, and more. Click the link for more details about companies hiring in the area. (Toledo Patch)
• Icy the puppy was born at the end of July. Click the link to fall in love with her sweet face and fill out your adoption application here. (Toledos PET Bull Project via Facebook)

That's it for today! See you all tomorrow for your next update.

— Nicole Fallon-Peek

About me: Nicole Fallon-Peek is a journalist and copywriter with a degree in Media, Culture and Communication from New York University. She has served as a freelance reporter, managing editor, copy editor, and editorial director for a variety of B2B news outlets. She currently co-owns and operates content creation agency Lightning Media Partners.