Toledo OH

A former director at a Toledo-area nonprofit has been convicted of filching funds from the charity, reports the Ohio Attorney General's Office. The man in question, Thomas Ostrosky, admitted to the theft of upwards of $207,000 on Wednesday, including dollars from unwitting elderly citizens who had intended their...

A Michigan man long blamed for the disappearance of his three sons at Thanksgiving in 2010 has been charged with their deaths, court records show.

The Sandusky County Health Department's Sanitation Division reported the following critical violations during food inspections between Oct. 1 and Oct. 31. Asian Buffet, 1114 Oak Harbor Road, Fremont. Violations: Uncovered meats and vegetables in walk-in cooler; stuffed mushrooms were not at least 135 degrees; flan...

LENAWEE COUNTY, Mich. – A Lenawee County man said it was “nerve-wracking holding on to a ticket worth so much money” after he discovered that he won a $25,000 a year for life prize from the Michigan Lottery. Douglas Higgins, 67, of Onsted, matched the five white...

In recent news, residents of West Toledo have reported a significant increase in helicopter activity in the area. The unusual sightings have been accompanied by the sound of sirens at various times, and one individual even reported seeing a state trooper making a sudden U-turn on Sylvania. The cause of this activity...

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - The need for housing is growing. Habitat for Humanity finds that nearly half of all adults in the United States struggle with housing insecurity. That lack of housing is having a direct impact on the homeless population. More families are turning to shelters for help. You...

Two of America’s largest health insurers are trying their hand at a different profession — the practice of medicine. Aetna and Cigna have announced that they may unilaterally “downcode” some types of care — and pay physicians less than what patients’ conditions would ordinarily warrant. Submit a letter to the editor...

TOLEDO, Ohio — Equality Toledo has reported a surge in demand for its no-barriers food pantry, with the number of families seeking assistance nearly four times the number of people in recent weeks, as the future of SNAP benefits remained uncertain during the government shutdown. Executive Director Brent Rabie...

TOLEDO – Happyland Fragrances could be the best-kept secret in Toledo. Ever hear of it? Likely not, unless you’re a patron of perfumes, a connoisseur of colognes, or a fan of, well, fragrances. Its products – in bottles of an ounce or ounce and a half-plus – are...

The idea of the newspaper reporter or editor downing drinks at the bar is a staple character in fiction. Whether it’s a case of life imitating art or vice versa, that picture of city journalists elbowing for space in the local tavern was true for some Blade ink-stained wretches in the not-so-distant past right here...