Blade sports columnist David Briggs and sports writer Nicholas Piotrowicz debate who will win the NBA Finals, which begin tonight with Game 1 hosted by Golden State.
Playing the game “the right way” has paved a perfect path for the Maumee baseball team’s run to state.
TIFFIN — After nearly squandering its chance at reaching a second straight boys Division II lacrosse state championship game, St. Francis de Sales regrouped in a New York minute Wednesday night to take a 9-8 victory in sudden-death overtime against Hunting Valley University School in a state semifinal played at Heidelberg University’s Hoernemann Stadium.
DUBLIN, Ohio — It’s not often that you get nauseous accepting your dream job.
The Toledo Symphony presents legendary opera star Renee Fleming in a one-night-only gala concert. On May 13, Fleming retired from the Metropolitan Opera in New York with a final performance in the role for which she was probably most famous, Marschallin in Richard Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier.
Whirlpool Corp., which previously won two decisions confirming that foreign manufacturers Samsung and LG illegally “dumped” low-priced washing machines onto the U.S. market, on Wednesday took steps to stop the dumping practice permanently.
Perrysburg Municipal Court has launched a diversion program for drug addicts to keep them out of jail and without a conviction.
Sylvania is the place to be this weekend for art shows and the community’s annual music and art festival.
Guadalupe “Lupe” Flores, Jr., a barber and business owner who was honored by the government of Belgium for his service at the Battle of the Bulge during World War II, died Monday at Heritage Village of Waterville. He was 93.
In ancient times, faces of former rulers were chiseled off of monuments in an attempt to change history. In recent times, antiquities in Palmyra were destroyed by ISIS.
The boating season is officially open. The annual Opening of the Port ceremony presented by the Toledo Yacht Club, Bay View Yacht Club, Toledo Sailing Club, and Maumee River Yacht Club was Saturday at the Maumee River Yacht Club at Walbridge Park.
COLUMBUS — A University of Toledo law graduate who made racially charged statements against police on his bar exam lost his bid Wednesday before the Ohio Supreme Court to reverse a decision barring him from taking the bar exam this year.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, a wild and wonderful vaudeville-style musical farce opening Friday at the Toledo Repertoire Theatre, has deep comedy roots, all the way back to ancient Rome.
As Baldemar Velasquez reflects on 50 years of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee, he can’t help but think about the organization’s future.
Early America came alive for more than 1,400 history enthusiasts at the Stranahan Theater Wednesday night, where celebrated biographer Ron Chernow talked about the character of the country’s Founding Fathers, especially Alexander Hamilton, the penniless orphan from the West Indies who eventually became the nation’s first Treasury Secretary.
Ye Olde Cock n’ Bull Tavern keeps things simple.
COLUMBUS — In a case reminiscent of the battle against tobacco, the state of Ohio on Wednesday sued five major drug manufacturers, blaming their marketing practices for fueling a painkiller addiction crisis that claims thousands of lives a year.
The Old West End Festival returns to Toledo on Saturday, celebrating the character and quirks of one of the city’s oldest and most distinct neighborhoods.
The Supreme Court has ruled that the North Carolina legislature relied excessively on race in drawing congressional districts after the 2010 Census. Conservative Justice Clarence Thomas joined four of the Court’s liberal justices in striking down the district lines the state drew.
Ken Lortz, director of United Auto Workers Region 2B covering all of Ohio and Indiana, retired Wednesday in a quiet, planned departure from the union post he has held for eight years.
The city of Toledo has even more money to spend on capital projects — marking the third time the municipal budget has had an infusion of unexpected cash this year that can be used to fix crumbing streets.
Whirlpool Corp., which previously won two decisions confirming that foreign manufacturers Samsung and LG illegally “dumped” low-priced washing machines onto the U.S. market, on Wednesday took steps to stop the dumping practice permanently.
JUPITER, Fla. — Police in Florida have released video of Tiger Woods’ DUI arrest .
WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Joe Biden is launching a political action committee amid speculation that he may run for president in 2020.
NEW YORK — CBS’ effort to brand itself as the home of hard-edged newscasts has achieved commercial success in the morning, but not so much in the evening — and CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley paid the price for it with his job.
