The Toledo Zoo’s governing board voted Monday afternoon to request a renewal of its five-year operating levy this fall, and for the second straight time that request will include a reduced tax rate.
The University of Toledo men’s basketball program’s available scholarship is accounted for.
A culling operation that was designed to remove an excess of white-tailed deer from certain Metroparks Toledo properties to mitigate the negative ecological impact these deer have on the landscape due to over-browsing has completed another successful season.
COLUMBUS — As Ohio lawmakers consider regulating sports betting nearly three years after the Ohio Supreme Court opened the door, businesses across the state are seeking to ensure that the state's four casinos and seven racetrack slots parlors won't be the only players.
COLUMBUS — Ohio reported 1,934 new coronavirus cases Monday, just the 21-day average of 1,914.
BOWLING GREEN — The Bowling Green State University men’s basketball team has picked up a second commitment through the transfer portal in as many days.
Appointment slots are still available for a low-cost canine vaccination and microchip clinic April 24 at the Lucas County Canine Care & Control office.
LANSING, Mich. — The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday that Michigan should “close things down” to help address surging coronavirus infections, days after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer instead urged people to voluntarily restrict certain activities.
A Toledo man awaiting sentencing in Ottawa County for his role in a fatal overdose pleaded guilty Monday to felony charges in Lucas County stemming from police pursuits.
CLEVELAND — TThe Cleveland Browns remain in active pursuit of defensive end Jadeveon Clowney, a person familiar with the situation told the Associated Press on Monday. The free agent visited the team last month and could do so again.
FINDLAY — An Oregon man accused of leading police on a high-speed vehicle pursuit away from a domestic-violence scene apparently drowned when he drove a sport-utility vehicle into a pond, authorities said.
The Solheim Cup is coming to Inverness Club in 2021 and, to help local golf fans track participants, each week The Blade will provide updated team points standings.
OAK HARBOR — Registration for the 2021 Biggest Week In American Birding festival is underway, with festival organizers staging an all-virtual event this year due to the lingering impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
With crime spiking in Toledo, knowing when and where trouble is lurking may be critical for those looking to stay out of harm’s way.
Prior to the 2020-21 Trine University men’s basketball season, the program never won a Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association tournament championship.
COLUMBUS--One man broke two windows in the Ohio Statehouse to enter early Monday morning and then used a fire extinguisher to spray the marble floor of the massive rotunda down with white chemicals.
MINNEAPOLIS — The judge in the George Floyd murder case refused a defense request to sequester the jury Monday, the morning after the death of a Black man during a traffic stop triggered unrest in a suburb just outside Minneapolis.
COLUMBUS — For the first time in its history, the Ohio General Assembly counts among its members three practicing physicians.
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. — Police in a Minneapolis suburb where a Black man was fatally shot during a traffic stop say the officer who fired intended to use a Taser, not a handgun.
LOS ANGELES — Marcus Morris, Sr. scored a season-high 33 points, Paul George added 32 and the Los Angeles Clippers capped a nine-game homestand with a 131-124 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Sunday night.
The news that Amy Acton, the former director of the Ohio Department of Health, will not run for the U.S. Senate is something of a shame. That’s not because she would certainly be a good senator, or even a good candidate. Those are unknowns. But she would have been different.
If America’s manufacturing base — particularly the manufacturing in our region — is going to revitalize and grow, then manufacturing is going to need a dedicated advocate in the White House.
The United States’ predominant domestic problem is an inadequate number of living-wage jobs.
Dr. Richard “Dick” Loeffler, a longtime orthopedic surgeon who co-founded his own practice and once served as the chief of orthopedics at St. Charles Hospital, died on April 3 in his Sylvania home. He was 89.