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Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz and other city officials kicked off Toledo's residential road repair season with an informal, but ceremonious waving of the green flag at a news conference at Prentice Park on Tuesday in East Toledo.

In some of his first interviews since being released from police custody in the Bahamas, Brian Hooker told CBS and NBC on Tuesday he is choosing to believe his wife is still alive and plans to go back out and search for her.

A Night at the Depot, a program at the Wolcott Heritage Center, will examine the golden age of rail travel.

The Collaborative and Group 4 Architecture, Research + Planning will design the Toledo Lucas County Public Library’s new branch library in South Toledo.

NEW YORK — Phil Collins, Iron Maiden, Billy Idol, Queen Latifah, Oasis, Sade and Joy Division/New Order will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, along with first-time nominees Wu-Tang Clan and the late Luther Vandross.

Anna Toney, executive director of Leadership Toledo, will be leaving her position on May 15.

Maumee Valley Country Day School will host its annual TEDx event, featuring 10 local high school students, from 5 to 8 p.m. at the school on April 24.

Michigan’s high-school graduation rate reached a new high last year, but test scores indicate only 27 percent of students left prepared for college.

Toledo City Council President Vanice Williams said a police officer’s takedown of a 15-year-old girl was unnecessary, based on her review of body and dash camera footage.

As Ohio’s primary Election Day inches closer, Republican candidates running for Ohio’s 9th Congressional District are trying to prove they have what it takes to unseat the longest-serving woman in Congress.

Advanced Specialty Hospitals of Toledo has announced plans to close May 1.

ISLAMABAD — The standoff between the United States and Iran deepened Tuesday as the U.S. declared it had blockaded Iran's ports, Tehran threatened to strike targets across the region, and Pakistan said it was racing to bring the sides together for more talks.

The Su­per Mario Gal­axy Movie en­joyed oth­er­worldly suc­cess at the box of­fice in its sec­ond week­end in the­aters.

NEW YORK — More than a thousand movie stars, writers, directors and other Hollywood professionals announced their “unequivocal opposition” to the proposed Paramount merger with Warner Bros. Discovery in an open letter published Monday.

The long abandoned Roche de Boeuf Bridge is much more than an historic artifact linking Lucas and Wood counties. It’s the essence of Waterville’s civic self-image. Because of that Gov. Mike DeWine should listen to the community and give the bridge one more reprieve from demolition.

ON JAN. 20, 2025, the first day of President Trump’s current term of office, he signed an executive order, No. 14160. Executive Order 14160 purported to end birthright citizenship for — and strip American citizenship from — children of unauthorized immigrants and immigrants legally but temporarily present in the United States, such as those on student, work, or tourist visas.

The city of Perrysburg is seeking volunteers to help with its Great American Cleanup efforts.

TAMPA, Fla. — Nikita Kucherov scored 27 seconds into overtime to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a 4-3 victory against the Detroit Red Wings on Monday night.

NEW YORK — Grace VanSlooten, a Toledo native and former Notre Dame Academy standout, heard her name called during Monday’s WNBA draft, as she was selected in the third round (39th overall) by the Seattle Storm.

COLUMBUS — Anti-Semitism continues to be a significant problem in Ohio and across the world, Gov. Mike DeWine said Monday, despite the efforts of Holocaust survivors and liberators to ensure the atrocities committed by the Nazis are never forgotten.

The Toledo Zoo’s annual Orchid Show, featuring over 2,000 exotic orchid species in the ProMedica Museum of Natural History, opened Monday. The show, which runs through May 3, is open daily and is included with zoo admission. The zoo is at 2 Hippo Way. For more information, visit toleodzoo.org/events/orchid-show.

WASHINGTON — President Trump refused to apologize to Pope Leo XIV on Monday after criticizing the pontiff for his opposition to the war in Iran — and he sought to explain away a now-deleted social media post depicting himself as Jesus by saying he had thought the image was of him as a doctor.

WASHINGTON — Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell of California announced Monday he will resign from Congress following multiple sexual assault allegations that prompted loud bipartisan calls for him to step down.