COLUMBUS — Cerssandra McPherson, a paraprofessional working with Toledo Public Schools special education students, is one of two Ohio nominees for the first national Recognizing Inspirational School Employees Award.
A Lucas County judge on Friday ruled a state law financially penalizing Toledo for its red-light and speed camera program was unconstitutional.
Toledo Fire Chief Brian Byrd promoted Captain Michael Posadny and Captain Sharyl Close to battalion chiefs on Friday. Their family and crew members were able to attend a small ceremony at Fire Station 6. According to a release, Posadny and Close were both appointed to the Toledo Fire & Rescue Department on Sept. 11, 1992.
COLUMBUS — Ohio reported 4,278 new coronavirus cases on Friday, the second time a new lower daily figure was seen this week.
COLUMBUS — A Toledo area attorney was among four names submitted to Gov. Mike DeWine on Friday for consideration for appointment to a powerful regulatory panel dealing with the aftermath of a Statehouse scandal surrounding the state's $1 billion bailout of two nuclear power plants.
It’s time to start preparing for tornado season, generally defined as April through June.
Findlay High School football coach Matt Pees has stepped down after one season and is returning to the NFL.
Washington hired Martin Mayhew as general manager Friday, giving coach Ron Rivera a seasoned NFL executive to work with going into his second season.
A federal agency has awarded the University of Toledo’s Lake Erie Center nearly $80,000 to transform the Sandpiper cruise vessel into a floating laboratory to help area teachers provide more hands-on learning experiences along the Maumee River.
LANSING, Mich. — Michigan restaurants and bars can reopen for indoor dining at 25 percent capacity but with a 10 p.m. curfew starting Feb. 1, and concessions can resume at casinos, movie theaters, and stadiums, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Friday.
MADISON, Wis. — The Ohio State basketball team saw a three-game winning streak end Tuesday night when Purdue's Jaden Ivey drilled a stepback 3-pointer with five seconds to secure a 67-65 decision in Columbus.
In what could best be described as a massive regulatory trial balloon, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission started a national discussion about the possibility of extending commercial nuclear-plant licenses out to 100 years for utilities that could prove they could safely operate them that long.
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to send the article of impeachment against Donald Trump to the Senate on Monday, launching the start of the former president’s trial on a charge of incitement of insurrection over the deadly Capitol riot.
WASHINGTON — Public health experts Thursday blamed coronavirus vaccine shortages in part on the Trump administration’s push to get states to vastly expand their vaccination drives to reach the nation’s estimated 54 million people age 65 and over.
While the media focuses on impeachment, let us not forget those on the frontlines battling this pandemic. Retail workers are still experiencing financial difficulties. Many are part time and have poor resources to adequate health-care services.
Congress will likely take up a number of proposals pertaining to election issues in the new session, but one provision from a bill proposed in November demands bipartisan support: establish a nationwide standard that gives election officials an earlier start on counting mail-in ballots.
Ohio’s parks and natural spaces have always been valuable, but as the coronavirus pandemic disrupted normal life in 2020, being able to get out into nature became priceless.
Ellen Marie Palmer, who leavened her lessons with humor during 30 years as a Meadowvale Elementary School teacher, died Jan. 10 in her Temperance home. She was 56.
WASHINGTON — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is proposing to push back the start of former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial to February to give Mr. Trump time to prepare and review his case.
BAGHDAD — Twin suicide bombings ripped through a busy market in the Iraqi capital on Thursday, killing at least 32 people and wounding dozens, officials said in what was the first massive bombing in years, harkening back to darker days of rampant militant attacks.
COLUMBUS — Jacy Sheldon scored 20 points, including a 3-pointer and two free throws in the final 48 seconds, and No. 17 Ohio State beat No. 11 Michigan 81-77 on Thursday, spoiling Naz Hillmon’s 50-point, 16-rebound performance.
Madison Royal-Davis became the second girl to score 2,000 points in Toledo high school basketball history, scoring 27 as Toledo Christian defeated Cardinal Stritch 93-14 on Thursday night.
It was raining 3-pointers in Thursday night's key Northern Lakes League girls basketball showdown between host Northview and Perrysburg.
Northview defeated Perrysburg 66-50 in a Northern Lakes League girls basketball game at Northview High School in Sylvania on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. Click the image above and the arrows on the left and right to view the full gallery.