September 17, 2008
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Transportation
Toledo-area drivers fret as gas prices leap again
While Hurricane Ike's residual wind and rain affected the Toledo area for only a few hours on Sunday, the storm's impact on local gasoline prices lingers. And experts say it could be felt for the rest of September. Despite falling crude-oil prices on world markets, gasoline prices in the United States shot up last week as Gulf Coast refineries closed in anticipation of the approaching hurricane.
September 17, 2008
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Police
Man shot near South Toledo bar
A man was shot in the back early Wednesday outside an Old South End club by one of two males who fled the scene, Toledo police said.
September 17, 2008
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Politics/Elections
Biden blasts McCain during Maumee visit
Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden lashed out Wednesday morning at Sen. John McCain during a town square-type rally in Maumee that started his two-day bus tour of Ohio.
September 17, 2008
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Accidents/Vehicular
Republic, Ohio teen dies after crashing into school bus
REPUBLIC, Ohio — A local teen died Wednesday morning after he crashed his car into the back of a stopped school bus, according to the Ohio Highway Patrol.
September 17, 2008
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Regional News
Findlay mayor wants city to have economic development director
FINDLAY — Mayor Pete Sehnert has proposed that after 10 years of stagnant economic development in Findlay, the city needs to have a full-time economic development director not associated with GreaterFindlay Inc.
September 17, 2008
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Police
Bowling Green man robbed during home invasion
BOWLING GREEN – A Bowling Green man said he was assaulted and robbed early Wednesday by three masked intruders who broke into his Fairview Avenue apartment.
September 17, 2008
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Regional News
Monroe pair help fuel-less Pennington
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition host Ty Pennington found himself in an extreme situation: Out of gas and standing next to his vehicle along a Michigan highway at night.
September 17, 2008
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Politics/Elections
McCain, Palin seek to convert NE Ohio Democratic voters
VIENNA, Ohio — Casting himself as an opponent of Sen. Barack Obama, Wall Street, and Washington, Sen. John McCain joined his running mate, Gov. Sarah Palin, yesterday in an appeal for working-class votes in Ohio
September 17, 2008
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Politics/Elections
Obama rolls out plan for Great Lakes
The Obama-Biden campaign yesterday rolled out a five-point plan for improving the Great Lakes, including a commitment of $5 billion to help the region move faster on sewage work and other overdue projects that were identified in an unprecedented needs inventory in 2005.
September 17, 2008
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World
Official: US Embassy in Yemen hit by car bomb
A car bomb targeting the U.S. Embassy hit the front gate of the compound in Yemen's capital on Wednesday, causing unspecified casualties, a U.S. spokesman said. Ryan Gliha, the embassy spokesman, told The Associated Press by telephone that there was a second explosion that followed the initial one, but did not know what caused it.
September 17, 2008
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Courts
Ohio justices weigh Blade effort to recover Seneca County's deleted e-mails
COLUMBUS — The Ohio Supreme Court yesterday considered the question of when a deleted file ceases to be a public record as The Blade asked it to force the Seneca County commissioners to recover deleted e-mails from their computer hard drives.
September 17, 2008
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Police
Rare book from Hayes Presidential Center surfaces overseas, FBI says
Federal authorities recently found the second of two missing rare books taken this summer from Fremont's Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center, but returning the book to its rightful place is not a simple matter, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Tom Secor.
September 17, 2008
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Police
Man found in Maumee River identified
GRAND RAPIDS, Ohio — A Michigan man whose body was found Tuesday evening face down in the Maumee River near the Mary Jane Thurston Park dam had gone there to fish earlier in the afternoon, reports show.
September 17, 2008
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Accidents/Vehicular
Authorities identify man injured in crash near North Baltimore
NORTH BALTIMORE, Ohio — Authorities Wednesday released the name of the man hurt the night before when his sport-utility vehicle and the camper-trailer it was towing overturned on I-75 near this Wood County community.
September 17, 2008
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Lucas County
Lucas County backs loan of $1.5M for Ford plant
A $1.5 million loan to Maumee Authority Stamping Inc. was approved 2-1 by the Lucas County commissioners yesterday, moving forward a plan to reopen the closed Ford plant.
September 17, 2008
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Regional News
Wood County waste district ponders where to make cuts
BOWLING GREEN — As the Wood County Solid Waste District continues to look for ways to do its job with less revenue, its director said yesterday the county may have to rely on the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency to license and inspect landfills, investigate complaints of illegal dumping, and perform related tasks.
September 17, 2008
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Lucas County
Board of LCIC hears recommendations to improve effectiveness
The Lucas County Improvement Corp. needs a constant source of funding — perhaps provided by an increase in the county’s real estate conveyance fee — as well as a smaller, nonpolitical board and a more focused mission statement, according to former University of Toledo President Dan Johnson.
September 17, 2008
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Regional News
First Solar tax breaks OK’d
BOWLING GREEN — Wood County commissioners approved 15-year, 100 percent property tax abatements yesterday for First Solar Inc.’s Perrysburg Township complex, where two projects costing an estimated $136.5 million are planned.
September 17, 2008
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Politics/Elections
Bill seeks to let court workers join unions
State Rep. Matt Szollosi, (D., Oregon) has introduced a bill in the Ohio House of Representatives that would allow court employees to unionize.
September 17, 2008
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National
House approves offshore drilling bill
WASHINGTON — The House voted last night to open waters off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts to oil and gas drilling but only 50 or more miles out to sea and only if a state agrees to energy development off its shore.
September 17, 2008
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Police
Man admits killing near Southwyck, police report
A South Toledo man who was arrested Monday in San Bernardino, Calif., confessed to killing a homeless woman found strangled in a shed near the Southwyck Shopping Center in June, police said.
September 17, 2008
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City of Toledo
Toledo weighs crackdown on noise violations
Toledo City Council yesterday revised proposed changes to the municipal code that would make it easier to enforce violations of the city's sound ordinance and crack down on bars with loud music.
September 17, 2008
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K-12 Education
Swanton board spurns arbiter in teacher talks
SWANTON — The Swanton Local Board of Education decided last night to return to the bargaining table instead of accepting a union proposal to settle stalled contract talks through binding arbitration.
September 17, 2008
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Courts
Police impersonator pleads guilty
BOWLING GREEN — A former Bowling Green man admitted yesterday that he pretended to be a police officer and detained three women outside a downtown bar.
September 17, 2008
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Courts
Man arraigned in robbery spree
The man sought for the armed robberies of four South Toledo businesses was arraigned yesterday after he was arrested the night before — soon after striking again in Springfield Township, Toledo police said.
September 17, 2008
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Weather
HE DOES WINDOWS
The Crowne Plaza hotel downtown gleams in the late summer sun as Jeremy Bick of Glenn’s Building Services in Toledo washes windows. More sunshine is expected
September 17, 2008
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Accidents/Vehicular
Trucker dies in collision in work zone on State Rt. 2
OAK HARBOR, Ohio — A northeast Ohio man was killed yesterday when his tractor-trailer struck the rear of a box truck in a construction zone on State Rt. 2 near State Rt. 19 and caught fire, closing the road for about nine hours, the Ohio Highway Patrol said.
September 17, 2008
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Police
Maumee nurse admits to prescription drug theft
A former nurse at the Hospice of Northwest Ohio admitted yesterday in Lucas County Common Pleas Court to stealing leftover pain medication for her own use.
September 17, 2008
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Obituaries - News
Coach admired for innovations in varied career
Hilton H. Murphy, 91, a retired Toledo Public Schools commissioner of athletics admired for his innovations and a DeVilbiss High School head football coach, died yesterday in the Hospice of Northwest Ohio, Perrysburg Township, from complications of pneumonia.
September 17, 2008
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City of Toledo
Custom Deco isn't moving, Toledo mayor says
Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbeiner yesterday said Custom Deco Inc., an East Toledo glass decorating and sales firm purchased nearly two years ago by Boelter Beverage Group of Waukesha, Wis., will remain in the city.
September 17, 2008
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City of Toledo
Charity goal set for city workers
Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbeiner yesterday announced the city's employees United Way charitable giving campaign and set a goal of $120,000.
September 17, 2008
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Courts
Man pleads not guilty in 1995 Toledo slaying
A Toledo man charged for the 1995 murder of a woman who was found strangled in a north-end park pleaded not guilty yesterday in Lucas County Common Pleas Court.
September 16, 2008
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Accidents/Vehicular
Man killed in fiery crash in Ottawa County
OAK HARBOR - A man was killed Tuesday morning when two tractor-trailer rigs collided on State Rt. 2, closing the road in both directions near State Rt. 19, about seven miles north of the village, authorities said.
September 16, 2008
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National
Stocks fluctuate as investors mull future of AIG
NEW YORK - Stocks fluctuated Tuesday following a report that the government is considering extending aid to troubled insurer American International Group Inc. — the latest in a string of companies that investors worry could be undone by a shortage of cash.
September 16, 2008
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Police
Man wanted for several store robberies gets arrested
The person sought in armed robberies of four South Toledo businesses was arrested Monday night soon after striking again in Springfield Township, Toledo police said.
September 16, 2008
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Accidents/Vehicular
Driver hurt as SUV, trailer overturn
One person was hurt and traffic was limited to one southbound lane on I-75 north of Hancock County’s Allen Township Road 114 last night after a sport-utility vehicle towing a camper trailer overturned, the Ohio Highway Patrol said.
September 16, 2008
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City of Toledo
Frisch children offered college aid
Hollywood may be packing up and leaving town, but the fire of generosity it lit in northwest Ohio continued to burn yesterday, including scholarships to two local colleges for the Frisch boys.
September 16, 2008
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Lucas County
Lucas County commissioners OK loan to help re-open Maumee plant
The Lucas County Commissioners on Tuesday morning approved — by a vote of two to one - a $1.5 million loan to Maumee Authority Stamping Inc., to help it re-open Ford Motor Co.’s closed stamping plant.
September 16, 2008
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Politics/Elections
Biden makes first solo visit into Michigan
At Flat Rock High School, Joe Biden used the market woes to detail the tough economic times Michigan voters already know.
September 16, 2008
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Courts
Ex-militiaman is sentenced for document fraud
Ronald Cole acknowledges his criminal past — one full of federal crimes, membership with the militia, and an overwhelming distrust of the government.
September 16, 2008
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Suburban News
Maumee retailer plans $3.5M expansion
A long-time locally-owned appliance store in suburban Toledo will spend $3.5 million to enlarge its showroom by four-fold and expand into bedding and furniture.
September 16, 2008
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Suburban News
Sylvania merger question to be on ballot
Voters in Sylvania and Sylvania Township will have their chance to vote on a merger commission Nov. 4, the Lucas County Board of Elections decided unanimously yesterday.
September 16, 2008
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Accidents/Vehicular
Carey woman hurt as car hits building
FINDLAY — A Carey, Ohio, woman was hurt yesterday when her car crashed into a block building owned by the city of Findlay along State Rt. 568, east of State Rt. 330 in Biglick Township, the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office said.
September 16, 2008
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Suburban News
New Sylvania water contract will cut bills
Sylvania City Council last night unanimously approved a water contract with the city of Toledo that will trim monthly water bills by about $1.50 per customer.
September 16, 2008
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Police
Amber Alert child reported found
A 1-year-old Michigan boy seen in northwest Ohio hours after he was reported missing has been found, authorities said.
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