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Ribs are curved, just like grins. Put the two together, and you had some rib-tickling fun at the 16th annual Northwest Ohio Rib-Off at Promenade Park. In this 1999 Blade archive photo, Nick Delventhal, 6, takes a big bite out of a rib bone, creating an oversized grin. That event pitted 16 restaurants and caterers...

A Monroe County man has set a new state record for a flathead catfish, according to the Michigan DNR.

Lucas County’s latest roundabout opened Friday evening at Hill Avenue and McCord Road, but only after an impatient pickup truck driver tore up part of its grass seeding after illegally driving into the not-yet-open circle. The Lucas County Engineer’s Office said replacing an entire portion of the grass seeding...

Dogs and Jeeps just go together like peanut butter and jelly. That’s what Samantha Parrish, the head trainer at Zoom Room, a canine training and recreation center in Perrysburg, said as she explained why Zoom Room will be part of Toledo Jeep Fest this year. The annual festival will be held Aug. 1-3. For the first...

TOLEDO, Ohio — Two years after trucking company Roadway Express closed its doors, hundreds of former employees are finding ways to reconnect and support each other as they rebuild their lives. On Saturday, former workers and their families gathered at Walbridge Park in south Toledo for a picnic organized...

State and county agencies will increase traffic enforcement efforts on state Route 2 in Erie and Ottawa counties to reduce traffic zone crashes amid summer tourism traffic. A release sent on Friday said the Erie and Ottawa sheriff’s offices were joining forces with the Ohio Department of Transportation and the State...

TOLEDO, Ohio — An unidentified person is dead after being struck by a car in south Toledo on Saturday night. According to a Toledo police press release, the crash happened on the Anthony Wayne Trail near Collingwood Boulevard around 11:45 p.m. Police say a car being driven by a...

TOLEDO, Ohio — A pickup truck was flipped on its side on the Veterans Glass City Skyway Bridge on Sunday evening after a crash. The crash happened around 4:45 p.m. in the northbound lanes of I-280. It’s unknown what caused the crash, which badly damaged two passenger vehicles including...

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - A man faces multiple felony charges after police said he led them on a high-speed chase in a stolen car Saturday night. Police arrested Zaveyon Carrington, 19, around 7:20 PM Saturday, according to jail records. Officers said Carrington didn’t stop when they tried to pull him...

PORT CLINTON, Ohio — The Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a suspicious death in Port Clinton on Saturday. The sheriff’s office says they responded to a home on the 2600 block of East Harbor Road just after 1 p.m. where they found 86-year-old Warren Taylor, who was deceased.