Diana Dixon proves she's a living miracle after tragedy
When the opportunity presents itself, Diana Dixon shares her story with people she meets on the road.
When the opportunity presents itself, Diana Dixon shares her story with people she meets on the road.
PORT CLINTON — We all love to talk about the glory days and recall with excitement those snapshots off the calendar that we consider the best of times. We relish the memories and relive those periods when it seemed like the planets were perfectly aligned, the sun was always shining, the fish were biting, and the harvest was overwhelming.
Phoenix Overton opened her eyes, saw Santa, smiled, and then fixed her gaze at a pair of shoes she got for Christmas.
LIVONIA, Mich. — There were whispers about Devin Bush Jr. before the season began.
COLUMBUS — As the confetti fell at Lucas Oil Stadium and Ohio State celebrated its Big Ten championship, the Buckeyes sincerely believed they were going to the College Football Playoff.
This week in Blade sports 10, 20, and 30 years ago, bowling and high school holiday tournaments were in full swing, the Toledo and Bowling Green men notched big basketball wins, Jack Mewhort made his college commitment, and Genoa native Bryan Smolinski talked about life in the NHL.
First, the GOP gave the Pentagon funding goodies. Then they rammed through an unread, ill-considered, tax bill that shifts more wealth to the rich while increasing the nation’s deficit.
“Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow” wasn’t just a well known lyric from Nat King Cole’s 1946 hit “The Christmas Song” back in November 1957. It was clearly the inspiration for the above Blade photo by Lee Merkle, who caught 3-year-old Jeanne Kime shopping with her father Clifford at one of Toledo’s many downtown stores during the Christmas holiday season.
DUNDEE, Mich. — Todd Opperman, Dundee’s police chief and a former long-time Monroe County sheriff’s deputy, died suddenly Dec. 18 at his Temperance residence. He was 42.
Toledo, county, state, and federal government offices will be closed Monday in observance of the Christmas holiday.
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TECUMSEH, Mich. — A Lenawee County project to resurface a road linking Tecumseh and Clinton has received a state economic-development grant to pay almost half the cost.
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If all you want for Christmas is to spend time with your loved ones and share a hearty holiday meal without having to worry about cooking and cleaning up afterward, these restaurants will be open on Dec. 25 to grant your wish.
The long-debated zoning for a piece of land in Rossford has once again come to the forefront.
Instead of sleeping in or watching television during the first Friday of their Christmas break, more than 60 students from the greater Toledo region opted to wrap Christmas presents from their regional toy drive donated to ProMedica Toledo Children’s Hospital.
A Maumee accounting firm’s generosity will ensure more veterans have an opportunity to visit the nation’s war memorials in Washington.
The already comatose U.S.-Russian relations have suffered even more from the recent Russian Olympic ban.
We should thank a low-pressure system from the Plains states for our White Christmas, according to the National Weather Service.
The grounds of University House, the official residence of the Bowling Green State University president, include a large manicured lawn. But behind the green lawn is an equally important but less obviously tended space, a short-grass prairie that the university is carefully returning to its native state.