CHICAGO — A day after viral videos of a bloodied man being dragged off an overbooked United flight by aviation security fueled criticism of the airline, Twitter users are using the platform to poke fun at the airline’s tactics.
TOKYO — Toshiba Corp., whose U.S. nuclear unit Westinghouse Electric Co. has filed for bankruptcy protection, reported unaudited earnings today and projected a 1.01 trillion yen ($9.2 billion) loss for the fiscal year that ended in March.
The Maumee softball team made a statement in the Northern Lakes League opener Monday when the Panthers built an early lead on perennial power Springfield, then held off a late comeback attempt by the host Blue Devils.
COLUMBUS — There will be no attendance records broken at Ohio Stadium for this season’s Ohio State spring football game.
ANN ARBOR — The answer was straightforward, and it came with no hesitation or much thought.
There is a genius out there somewhere in the marketing section of heaven who is legendary for one brilliant and highly effective strategy: free samples. If you have walked through Cheese Haven in Port Clinton and been drawn in by the siren song of a tiny wedge of Bierwurst sausage, then you know how sharp the “free samples” hook can be.
The Bryan softball team has a pretty tall order this spring.
Do you have your tickets yet for Saturday’s No Show No Dinner Gala to benefit the SeaGate Food Bank of Northwest Ohio? If not, you’d better hurry. You won’t want to miss this uneventful evening.
The major U.S. stock indexes ended last week in about the same place they started, but don’t mistake that for an uneventful week.
Mardi Gras, the day before Ash Wednesday, is the last hurrah ahead of Lent.
Young entrepreneurs at local universities don’t need to get on TV to make their killer-idea pitches pay. A pair of Shark Tank-style events at Bowling Green State University and the University of Toledo are throwing local students right into the entrepreneurial deep end. This is the kind of real-world experience business students with bright ideas need.
FAYETTE, Ohio — Donald L. “Skeeter” Stiriz, a former Fayette village councilman who owned and operated The Pizza Place in Delta, Fayette, Stryker, and Morenci, Mich., died Sunday at St. Luke’s Hospital. He was 80.
The University of Toledo will begin an upgrade of the main campus water system in May paid for with $2.75 million in state money.
A celebration to mark the first Edward Drummond Libbey Day will take place Monday at the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library’s downtown site.
Work on the DiSalle Bridge will require lane closings on southbound I-75 today, along with closing the South Avenue entrance ramp, the Ohio Department of Transportation announced.
Bowling Green resident Kerri Wendt keeps score as her sons Gavin, 6, center, and Collin, 9, play at the Par 2 Golf Course in South Toledo. With the advent of warmer weather, Par 2 is now open seven days a week from 11 a.m. until dusk. After a threat of showers overnight, at least some sunshine is in the forecast the remainder of the work week, though daytime highs will be a bit cooler than they have been the last few days. For more on the local forecast, visit ToledoBlade.com/weather.
Sewer construction that closed part of Green Valley Drive on Monday is scheduled to continue for about three weeks, the city transportation division announced.
BERLIN HEIGHTS, OHIO — An Elyria man died Sunday when a vehicle ran a stop sign and struck his motorcycle at State Rts. 61 and 113, officials said.
Toledo Public Schools is seeking participants for the Elementary and High School Chess Tournament on Saturday at the Scott Park Campus of the University of Toledo, 2225 Nebraska Ave.
DUNDEE, Mich. — A new partnership between the village and an anti-sex trafficking organization will bring a diversion program for people who pay for sex.
A long-time paraprofessional for Toledo Public Schools accused of breaking an student's wrist was arraigned Monday in Lucas County Common Pleas Court.
The showdown for the vacant Toledo City Council at-large seat has begun with two men who both have history in city government and all four of the endorsed Democrats running in November for the post vying for the appointment.
FINDLAY — Findlay police are looking for nine people involved in the thefts last week of multiple vehicles from a business.
PUT-IN-BAY — Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial will receive significant upgrades this summer.
Waterville City Council unanimously authorized the city’s administration to present a settlement offer to Hank’s Plumbing and Heating for its delayed completion of the city’s water line connection to Bowling Green.
