Toledo news

• Testing begins near sunken barge

  04-11-2015 19:25 via toledoblade.com
  KELLEYS ISLAND -- A Coast Guard contractor is expected to start taking deep samples of Lake Erie's bottom near a sunken petroleum barge after analysis of a surface sheen identified "significantly weathered, degraded" oil, a spokesman said today.
  
  Read more

• Police probe shooting in West Toledo

  04-11-2015 17:23 via toledoblade.com
  Toledo police are investigating an early-morning shooting in West Toledo.
  
  Read more

• No oil leak found in sunken Lake Erie barge

  04-11-2015 17:20 via toledoblade.com
  Divers looking for the source of seeping oil near a sunken barge on the bottom of Lake Erie haven’t located any active leaks, but they did find four open hatches on the wreckage, the U.S. Coast Guard said today.
  
  Read more

• Class resumes at Westfield school

  04-11-2015 15:54 via toledoblade.com
  A TPS school was on lockdown for a short time early today after school officials received a call that a student may be coming to school with a gun.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Perrysburg residents approve levies

  04-11-2015 14:38 via toledoblade.com
  
  Perrysburg residents re-elected two city councilmen, approved school district and refuse levies  on Election Day Tuesday.
  
  Read more

• Traffic resumes on northbound I-280

  04-11-2015 13:39 via toledoblade.com
  A car hit a deer on northbound I-280 in Northwood early today, closing the right lane to traffic for about an hour, authorities said.
  
  Read more

• The Blade's full election coverage

  04-11-2015 08:14 via toledoblade.com
  
  Hicks-Hudson wins mayoral election
  
  Read more

• Hicks-Hudson wins mayoral election

  04-11-2015 08:11 via toledoblade.com
  Toledo Mayor Paula Hicks-Hudson decisively won the seat Tuesday that she was elevated to in February upon the death of former Mayor D. Michael Collins, besting six other challengers, including two former mayors.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Legal pot receives firm rejection

  04-11-2015 07:39 via toledoblade.com
  
  COLUMBUS — Ohio voters soundly nipped in the bud a proposal that would have made the state the first east of Colorado to legalize pot for both recreational and medical use and build an estimated $1 billion-a-year commercial industry around it.
  
  Read more

• Ottawa Hills approves deer cull

  04-11-2015 07:31 via toledoblade.com
  
  A contentious issue in Ottawa Hills was settled at the ballot box Tuesday when village voters approved a measure to allow deer hunting.
  
  Read more

• Voters in Oregon OK 3.95-mill levy to fund schools

  04-11-2015 07:21 via toledoblade.com
  Shortly before an automatic timer shut off the lights in the Clay High School library, Oregon Superintendent of Schools Hal Gregory advised several dozen supporters they were free to go home if they wished, comfortable that the district’s levy request would pass.
  
  Read more

• Fremont backs Ballville Dam removal

  04-11-2015 07:18 via toledoblade.com
  
  Fremont voters declared a decisive end to the long-running debate over the Ballville Dam Tuesday, voting to remove it.
  
  Read more

• Zoo's levy renewal passes easily

  04-11-2015 07:16 via toledoblade.com
  
  The Toledo Zoo continues to have the support of the majority of Lucas County voters.
  
  Read more

• Incumbents earn re-election in Sylvania

  04-11-2015 07:05 via toledoblade.com
  With nearly all the votes counted today, four incumbents were solidly on their way to re-election to four full-term seats in the Sylvania City Council race.
  
  Read more

• Revision approved in how Ohio redraws districts

  04-11-2015 06:59 via toledoblade.com
  COLUMBUS — Despite worries that voters might be suspicious of a complicated constitutional amendment affecting the inner-workings of government, Ohioans Tuesday overwhelmingly agreed to overhaul how the state redraws state legislative districts every decade.
  
  Read more

• Voter turnout climbs over last mayoral election

  04-11-2015 06:56 via toledoblade.com
  
  Voters turned out in higher numbers Tuesday than in Toledo’s last mayoral election, after a campaign featuring seven candidates for the top spot and a statewide question to legalize marijuana.
  
  Read more

• Mayor MacKinnon earns 2nd Rossford term

  04-11-2015 06:54 via toledoblade.com
  
  Neil MacKinnon III will have another four years as mayor of Rossford after defeating challenger Pam Duricek by 63 percent to 36 percent in unofficial results.
  
  Read more

• Election Day: Suburban races

  04-11-2015 06:54 via toledoblade.com
  
  Neil MacKinnon III will have another four years as mayor of Rossford after defeating challenger Pam Duricek by 63 percent to 36 percent in unofficial results.
  
  Read more

• Ujvagi holds onto narrow lead for his 4th trip to city council

  04-11-2015 06:48 via toledoblade.com
  
  Veteran politico Peter Ujvagi appears to have won a return trip to Toledo City Council to fill the vacant seat that represents East Toledo and the old south end. Otherwise, the makeup of council won’t look any different; all four challenged incumbents easily retained their seats.
  
  Read more

• Eichenberg in line for spot in Toledo; close race follows

  04-11-2015 06:45 via toledoblade.com
  
  The Toledo Board of Education race was tight late Tuesday night.
  
  Read more

• Incumbent takes first contested B.G. mayor’s race since ’99

  04-11-2015 06:42 via toledoblade.com
  Bowling Green Mayor Richard Edwards held onto his office Tuesday, winning the city’s first contested mayoral race since 1999.
  
  Read more

• Incumbent takes contested B.G. mayor’s race

  04-11-2015 06:42 via toledoblade.com
  
  Bowling Green Mayor Richard Edwards held onto his office Tuesday, winning the city’s first contested mayoral race since 1999.
  
  Read more

• Monroe voters reject 20-year levy to build new fire station

  04-11-2015 06:38 via toledoblade.com
  MONROE — A tax issue that would have financed the construction of a fire and paramedic station in Monroe was narrowly rejected as part of a sparse roster of municipal elections Tuesday in Michigan.
  
  Read more

• Lucas Co. Auditor shows latest Online AREIS innovations

  04-11-2015 06:33
  
  Lucas County Auditor Anita Lopez is demonstrating more user-friendly technology to make it easier for taxpayers to keep track of their properties and what they're paying in levies. Ms. Lopez offered the demonstration of upgrades to the The county auditor stated the upgrades were necessary, because AREIS had become an aging infrastructure and the technology had become outdated.
  
  Read more

• Oregon tabs four council members

  04-11-2015 06:07 via toledoblade.com
  Steve Hornyak, Sandy Bihn, Kathleen Pollauf, and Tim Zale were all elected to the Oregon City Council during today's election.
  
  Read more

• Workers split on UAW deal

  04-11-2015 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  United Auto Workers are splintered nationally and locally on the proposed four-year contract with General Motors Co., although early voting seems narrowly in favor of the deal.
  
  Read more

• Teen's video of song goes viral

  04-11-2015 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Cancer survivor Calysta Bevier said her life has taken a “breathtaking” turn of events since her powerful, heartfelt rendition of singer Rachel Platten’s hit song, “Fight Song,” went viral after being shared on Facebook Oct. 16 by popular talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres.
  
  Read more

• Survey recognizes Findlay

  04-11-2015 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  FINDLAY — An online finance website has named the Flag City among the finest small cities in the country.
  
  Read more

• Specials offered this week for adoptions of cats, pocket pets

  04-11-2015 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  The Toledo Area Humane Society is full of felines and pocket pets waiting to be adopted.
  
  Read more

• Senior facility gets festive lights

  04-11-2015 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Jordan Dascani, 17, could have been outside playing her favorite sport on an unseasonably warm and sunny morning.
  
  Read more

• Scientists comparing algae bloom of 2015 to ’11

  04-11-2015 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is working on an assessment of the 2015 western Lake Erie algae bloom to see how it stacks up against the 2011 record bloom, one of the agency’s top scientists told The Blade on Tuesday.
  
  Read more

• Sale of Edison Plaza in the works

  04-11-2015 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  The Toledo Edison Plaza building, a downtown signature edifice that has been owned by the utility and later its parent company for nearly 43 years, soon might have a new owner.
  
  Read more

• Robert O'Brien: 1926-2015; Turf specialist grew his family business

  04-11-2015 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Robert E. O’Brien, who with his late brother Donald expanded a small-family business into lawn mowers and, in time, equipment to groom golf courses and athletic fields, died Sunday in his Sylvania Township home. He was 89.
  
  Read more

• Road dispute goes to mediation

  04-11-2015 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Fort Meigs Road residents and the city of Perrysburg are heading to court-mandated mediation in a dispute over the purchase of land to widen the road.
  
  Read more

• Regan has come full circle

  04-11-2015 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  It’s a lot easier to tell jokes to strangers, even thousands of them, than it is to a small group of pals.
  
  Read more

• OSHA fines two local firms

  04-11-2015 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  A recreational vehicle dealer in Rossford and a plumbing and heating contractor in Findlay have been fined by federal safety inspectors after inspections uncovered workplace safety violations at work sites.
  
  Read more

• Man pleads guilty to 2 West Toledo bank holdups

  04-11-2015 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  Late last spring, John Lee Robinson robbed a West Toledo bank. The next day, he did it again.
  
  Read more

• Man in pickup charged in crash with police car

  04-11-2015 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  Toledo police said a man found in the passenger seat during a crash with a police cruiser was driving the pickup.
  
  Read more

• Holiday cheese back at The Andersons

  04-11-2015 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  The Blade and The Andersons are bringing back a Toledo Christmas tradition: the ceremonial slicing of the 4,800-pound Holiday Cheddar at 3 p.m., Nov. 14 at The Andersons Toledo Store, 4701 Talmadge Rd.
  
  Read more

• 6-month-old girl dies in 3-vehicle crash near Bryan

  04-11-2015 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  BRYAN — A 6-month-old girl died after being injured Monday in a three-vehicle crash in Pulaski Township, authorities said.
  
  Read more

• 2 hurt in head-on crash of SUV and motorcycle

  04-11-2015 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  Two people were injured in a head-on crash in central Toledo, authorities said.
  
  Read more

• 1 wounded in shooting in central Toledo

  04-11-2015 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  A man was shot Tuesday in central Toledo, authorities said.
  
  Read more

• Schimmel wins Northwood mayor post

  04-11-2015 04:37 via toledoblade.com
  Northwood will have a new mayor after 16 years with Mark Stoner at the helm.
  
  Read more

• Bowling Green keeps Edwards at mayor

  04-11-2015 04:08 via toledoblade.com
  BOWLING GREEN — Bowling Green Mayor Richard Edwards held onto his office, fighting off a challenge from a local coffee shop owner and winning the city’s first contested mayoral race since 1999.
  
  Read more

• Port Clinton elects new mayor

  04-11-2015 03:52 via toledoblade.com
  PORT CLINTON — Port Clinton’s Democratic Mayor Vincent Leone, 52, fell today to independent Hugh Wheeler, Jr., 49, a heavy equipment mechanic.
  
  Read more

• Montz wins soundly in Tiffin

  04-11-2015 03:47 via toledoblade.com
  TIFFIN — Tiffin Mayor Aaron Montz, 30, a Republican, soundly defeated independent David Sauber, 61, who is a former Seneca County commissioner.
  
  Read more

• MacKinnon reelected mayor in Rossford

  04-11-2015 03:44 via toledoblade.com
  Neil MacKinnon III will have another four years as mayor of Rossford after 80 percent of the vote is in and he holds a 63 percent lead over Pam Duricek.
  
  Read more

• Ottawa Hills approves deer hunt

  04-11-2015 03:41 via toledoblade.com
  Ottawa Hills voters approved a measure that will allow bow hunting to control the village’s deer population
  
  Read more

• Hicks-Hudson leading with more than half reporting

  04-11-2015 03:40 via toledoblade.com
  
  Mayor Paula Hicks-Hudson leads her six opponents in the contest to serve as Toledo mayor, with 54.4 percent of precincts reporting.
  
  Read more

• Hicks-Hudson has commanding lead in mayor's race

  04-11-2015 03:40 via toledoblade.com
  
  Mayor Paula Hicks-Hudson leads her six opponents in the contest to serve as Toledo mayor, with 72.6 percent of precincts reporting.
  
  Read more

Follow @Toledo_News_ on Twitter!