Новости за 07.03.2017

An early Tuesday morning fire at a south Toledo residence is being investigated as an accident, officials said.

DEFIANCE — Two men accused of selling large quantities of marijuana were arrested Monday in Defiance after a six-month undercover investigation.

Toledo City Council could vote today on a 2017 budget with changes that allocate another $3 million for residential street repaving and allow new police officers to be hired earlier in the year, The Blade has learned.

A Lucas County grand jury today declined to indict any Sylvania Township police officers in the fatal shooting of a township resident last summer.

Amazon, go ahead and hand over the recordings in that murder case.

COLUMBUS — Ohio State coach Urban Meyer said today that wide receiver Alex Stump will transfer out of the program.

COLUMBUS — Those seeking tickets to attend Gov. John Kasich’s State of the State address on April 4 in Sandusky may submit their names for a lottery by noon on March 24.

A purported charity that encouraged youth toward door-to-door collections in Toledo and Columbus has shut down for donor violations, state officials said today.

The city of Toledo issued a water boil advisory through 5 p.m., March 11 for the area near downtown including 20th Street from Madison to Jefferson avenues.

Betty Sutton, a former Democratic congressman from northeast Ohio, announced her candidacy today for governor in 2018.

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. — Lottery officials say a New York couple has won $10 million on a scratch-off ticket, the single largest cash prize for scratch-off games in the state lottery’s history.

WAUSEON — Though their client was not present, attorneys for accused murderer James Worley were in Fulton County Common Pleas Court today.

OLMSTED FALLS, Ohio — A suburban Cleveland Boy Scouts troop leader suspected of raping a 15-year-old boy has been arrested and terminated from work as an auxiliary policeman.

A portion of U.S. 20 in Perrysburg Township is closed in both directions because a vehicle trailer breaking in two.

PARIS — Today WikiLeaks published thousands of documents purportedly taken from the Central Intelligence Agency’s Center for Cyber Intelligence, a dramatic release that appears to provide an eye-opening look at the intimate details of America’s cyberespionage toolkit.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Mark and Jennifer Swartz moved into their first home in November. Today, only a section of floor was left of their three-bedroom, two-bath home in Oak Grove, Missouri, after a storm system that dropped more than 30 tornadoes across the Midwest tore it apart.

Toledo men wallop BGSU in MAC tournament

There are several shades of color that call northwest Ohio home, foremost among them scarlet and gray as well as maize and blue.

COLUMBUS — Ohio State had the blessing and the curse of being the youngest team in the Football Bowl Subdivision last season. The Buckeyes forced a whopping 29 players with freshman eligibility onto the field en route to earning a place in the College Football Playoff and finishing 11-2.

The game could be football or foosball, Four Square or Connect Four, pie eating or cow tipping.

The housing crisis will be one of the primary issues up for discussion at a 7 p.m. gathering Wednesday at Wild Birds Unlimited. Bluebirds need a place to live and nest, and in their search for a suitable site, they can use a hand from humanity.

COLUMBUS — In a rare move, the Ohio Supreme Court on Monday reversed itself after narrowly ruling two months ago that prosecutors must prove the weight of actual cocaine and not fillers to justify stiffer possession and trafficking sentences.

A Lucas County jail corrections officer was fired Monday, and a second officer previously resigned as a result of theft charges from Walmart in Holland.

Herbert Hoover Gill, the former president of Gladieux Corp. and a competitive golfer and sailboat racer, died Monday at Hospice of Northwest Ohio in South Toledo. He was 88.