• South Toledo man gets 10 years after arrest with 13 pounds of fentanyl

    Ricardo Rivera, 41, of the 1400 block of Western Avenue was arrested after federal agents seized some six kilograms - approximately 13 pounds - of fentanyl that Rivera had placed in a car that was followed and stopped just south of Bowling Green last May. Rivera said he was "sending the drugs back for heroin" when the driver, Andres Mendez, was stopped heading south on I-75 by federal agents who called the seizure one of the largest ever in northwest Ohio. Michael Freeman, an assistant U.S. Atto
  • Fund helps aid Toledo domestic violence shelters

    Money generated by filing fees in domestic relations court and marriage license fees continue to help fund two Toledo domestic violence shelters. Both Bethany House and YWCA Domestic Violence Shelter for 2017 received about $48,800 from such fees, which counties collect and then distribute to shelters, as required by state law.
  • Trio rescued on frozen Lake Erie after ATV falls through ice

    The Blade in Toledo reports the trio was riding an all-terrain vehicle on the frozen lake near East Harbor State Park when the ice cracked and the vehicle sank on Sunday.
  • Collection agency to add 500 jobs to area

    The third floor of ProMedica's Ebeid Institute on Madison Avenue will house a call center for Credit Adjustments Inc., slated to bring 500 jobs to the area. A Defiance-based debt-collection company will open a Toledo call center Monday with 17 employees and plans to add 500 more local jobs over the next three years, the company announced.
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  • Kucinich in Toledo

    Dennis Kucinich came to Tony Packo's for the Toledo edition of his big announcement: He is running for the Democratic nomination for governor of Ohio. He stood in the restaurant mostly alone, save for the news media and a woman from the legalize-marijuana movement in Michigan.
  • Women take to the streets of Toledo for I Rise Unity March

    Hundreds marched along Adams Street Sunday in Downtown Toledo chanting 'Love Trumps Hate' and carrying signs reading 'Fight Like A Girl: Vote.' "We're trying to come out and make a difference but we've got a long way to go," said Trevor Black.

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