The Toledo Blade

With the state budget apparently settled, the Perrysburg Board of Education is moving ahead with a Nov. 4 levy request.

As gardeners, we may not always use scientific names in our casual conversations. However, understanding the two-part Latin name of a plant can be just as important as knowing your soil's pH before making those must have plant purchases.

Rusted, rotten, dangerous, and worthless streetlights, which have literally toppled to the ground in Maumee, provide evidence to the corrosive nature of a poorly run and lightly regulated electric utility.

CINCINNATI — Janson Junk allowed one hit in six innings and Agustín Ramírez homered to lead the Miami Marlins over the Cincinnati Reds 5-1 in the opener of a four-game series Monday night.

HOUSTON — José Ramírez and David Fry homered and Brayan Rocchio added a two-run double as the Cleveland Guardians beat the Houston Astros 7-5 on Monday night to snap a 10-game skid.

DETROIT — Keider Montero and three relievers combined on a five-hitter and the Detroit Tigers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 on Monday night.

A pedestrian was seriously injured Monday when he was struck by a pickup on Monroe Street, Toledo police said.

WASHINGTON — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told President Donald Trump he was nominating the U.S. leader for a Nobel Peace Prize as the two took a victory lap Monday to hail their recent joint strikes on Iran 's nuclear facilities as an unmitigated success.

STRYKER, Ohio — U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement has held an average of 80 people at the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio since March, when the facility agreed to house ICE detainees.

KERRVILLE, Texas — Authorities overseeing the search for flood victims in Texas said Monday that they will wait to address questions about weather warnings and why some summer camps did not evacuate ahead of the catastrophic flooding that killed nearly 90 people over the July Fourth weekend.