Last Top Stories: WWII vet honored for service

• WWII vet honored for service

  

  Published: Friday, 11/6/2015 WWII vet honored 70 years after brave action BY VANESSA McCRAYBLADE STAFF WRITER Gen. Lance Talmage, left, salutes World War II veteran and University of Toledo Professor Emeritus Richard Perry after giving him the Soldier’s Medal during a ceremony. THE BLADE/AMY E. VOIGT Enlarge | Buy This Photo ..

  >> view original



• 4 accused of link to terrorism

  

  Published: Friday, 11/6/2015 EX-TOLEDOAN AMONG THOSE INDICTED 4 are accused of having link to terrorism Suspects allegedly gave money, aid to al-Qaeda BY JENNIFER FEEHANBLADE STAFF WRITER Four men accused of providing financial support to global terrorist Anwar Al-Awlaki were indicted Thursday on multiple terrorism-relat..

  >> view original



• Hickey faces new harassment claims

  

  Published: Friday, 11/6/2015 - Updated: 8 minutes ago WASHINGTON LOCAL Hickey faces new claims he harassed Board member files complaint BY NOLAN ROSENKRANSBLADE STAFF WRITER Hickey THE BLADE/JEREMY WADSWORTH Enlarge | Buy This Photo ..

  >> view original



• UT turns to its leaders

  

  Published: Friday, 11/6/2015 Rockets turn to leaders after season’s first loss BY NICHOLAS PIOTROWICZBLADE SPORTS WRITER Facing a recuperation period following a November loss, the University of Toledo football team is calling on its leadership to save its bid for a league title. In all four seasons under coach Matt Campbell, the Rockets have lost at least one game in November, but the responses have varied. In both 2012 and 2013, UT’s first late-season loss turned into a second straight defeat. Last season Toledo went in the completely opposite dir..

  >> view original



• Truck catches fire on Skyway

  

  Published: Friday, 11/6/2015 Truck catches fire on southbound Skyway Falling debris closes Craig bridge; 2 get minor burns BY RYAN DUNNBLADE STAFF WRITER A southbound tractor-trailer burns after it hit a I-280 barrier on the Veterans’ Glass City Skyway on Thursday. BENJAMIN SWANSON Enlarge &#..

  >> view original



• Jury finds gunman guilty in shooting

  

  Published: Friday, 11/6/2015 INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER IN WAUSEON Jury finds gunman guilty in shooting Self-defense claim falls short BY JENNIFER FEEHANBLADE STAFF WRITER Cordoba Enlarge WAUSEON — An Archbold, Ohio, man who claimed he shot and killed a man in ..

  >> view original



• Libbey stock falls on lower sales

  

  Published: Friday, 11/6/2015 Libbey stock falls on lower sales Weakness in retail sector, international results cited BY TYREL LINKHORNBLADE BUSINESS WRITER In spite of lower sales, Libbey’s third quarter profits were up 21 percent. THE BLADE Enlarge | Buy This Photo ..

  >> view original



• Raceway Park rezoning gets OK

  

  Published: Friday, 11/6/2015 Commission OKs rezoning Raceway Park Goal is to turn former track into storage for new vehicles BY MARK REITERBLADE STAFF WRITER Remnants of a building that once stood at the former Raceway Park in Toledo. THE BLADE/LORI KING Enlarge | Buy This Photo &..

  >> view original



• New cheetahs arrive at zoo

  

  THE BLADE/DAVE ZAPOTOSKY Enlarge | Buy This Photo Published: Friday, 11/6/2015 New cheetahs arrive at Toledo Zoo &#..

  >> view original



• TARTA backs contact talk with Spencer Twp.

  Published: Friday, 11/6/2015 TARTA backs contact talk with Spencer Twp. BY DAVID PATCHBLADE STAFF WRITER Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority staff may discuss providing transit service to Spencer Township under contract, but that doesn’t mean the agency’s board of trustees will approve whatever terms might be struck with the township. Such was the message the transit board gave Thursday when it passed a resolution allowing discussions or dialogue between the agency and Spencer Township, but not “negotiations,” a term several trustees said might make them f..

  >> view original