Black Heritage Council honors citizens
Buy PhotoBlack Heritage Council member Tara Dyer, left, presents Jeffery Jones with a youth award during the council's awards banquet on Saturday. Jones, a fifth-grade student at Benjamin Harris Elementary School, is the youngest recipient of the honor.(Photo: Andrew Carter/The Marion Star)Buy PhotoWALDO - Area residents were honored for their contributions to the community during the Black Heritage Council of Marion County awards banquet held Saturday evening. It marked the 38th year that the c..>> view original'Deadpool' tops 'Gods of Egypt' at box office
Published: Sunday, 2/28/2016 - Updated: 1 minute ago 'Deadpool' tops 'Gods of Egypt' at box office ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — A group of ancient Egyptian deities couldn’t take down the merc with a mouth. Marvel’s antihero blockbuster “Deadpool” continued to dominate North American movie theaters over the weekend, earning an estimated $31.5 million in its third week and besting newcomer “Gods of Egypt,” according to comScore estimates Sunday. The total domestic haul for 20th Centur..>> view originalCollege baseball | Ohio State tops Central Carolina
Freshman Brady Cherry homered twice and senior Nick Sergakis once to lead the Ohio State baseball team over 19th-ranked Central Carolina 3-2 in Conway, South Carolina, on Saturday. The Buckeyes (4-1- 1) scored five runs in the fourth inning to take a 5-2 lead. Junior left-hander Tanner Tully struck out a career-high nine in 5 1/2 innings. “It’s a big win against a great program in their ballpark,” coach Greg Beals said. “The home runs look great on the score sheet, but we did the little things ..>> view originalRudolph man killed in crash
Published: Sunday, 2/28/2016 - Updated: 7 minutes ago Rudolph man killed in crash BLADE STAFF RUDOLPH, Ohio — A 36-year-old man died today after a single-vehicle crash in Wood County. Martin Rosales, 36, died after his vehicle went off Mermill Road, west of Liberty Hi Road in Rudolph, and overturned in a ditch, according to the Wood County Sheriff’s Office. The crash was reported at 8:35 a.m. The crash remains under investigation. Guidelines: Please keep your comments smart and civ..>> view originalStates reduce jobless checks, adding pressure to unemployed
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. >> When Demetrius White recently lost his job as a $10-an-hour forklift driver loading pallets of shampoo, he applied for unemployment benefits to help support his family. That aid will not last as long as it once did, because White is among the first group of people affected by a new Missouri law reducing the duration of jobless benefits. His $200-a-week checks will last no more than three months — just half as long as what has typically been available. “That’s a dramati..>> view originalToledo's most ticketed locations
Published: Sunday, 2/28/2016 - Updated: 1 hour ago Traffic-camera records show city’s most ticketed locations BY DAVID PATCH BLADE STAFF WRITER Now we know why University of Toledo students are called Rockets. Based on records of where the city’s traffic-enforcement cameras take pictures most often, Douglas Road near the University of Toledo generated more than 8,300 tickets last year — nearly twice as many as any of the 42 other fixed-location traffic cameras in the city. City reco..>> view originalGambling addiction sees slight increase in Ohio
More than 35,000 Ohioans were screened for problem gambling in 2015 — an increase of 10,000 over the previous year — and just over 1,000 were diagnosed and/or treated for gambling disorder, another slight increase, according to the Ohio Department of Mental Health Addiction Services.For many residents in Butler County and Ohio, gambling is just another social activity they do for enjoyment that doesn’t cause any harm. But for many others, gambling has ruined families and destroyed lives.It is es..>> view originalTwo taken to hospital after crash
Two Toledo residents were taken to Blanchard Valley Hospital with injuries following a two-vehicle crash at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the intersection of U.S. 224 and Hancock County 140 in Liberty Township. Patricia Goulding, 78, and Leon Grace Jr., 64, were taken to the hospital by Hanco Ambulance, the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office reported. Robert Goulding, 80, was heading west on U.S. 224 with passengers Patricia Goulding and Grace. He approached a traffic light as it turned yellow, and stopped. ..>> view originalFloyd Rose: Disillusioned but still fighting
Published: Sunday, 2/28/2016 - Updated: 5 hours ago BLACK HISTORY MONTH Longtime civil rights leader disillusioned but still fighting The Rev. Floyd Rose: "We should have fought for equality and not integration." BY TOM TROY BLADE POLITICS WRITER In 1988, police remove the Rev. Floyd Rose, left, from a seat reserved for Toledo city councilmen during a protest. Mr. Rose was arrested. The Rev. Isaac Johnson is at right. THE BLADE Enlarge | Buy This Photo ..>> view original3 stabbed when violence erupts at KKK rally
A Ku Klux Klansman, left, uses an American flag to fend off angry counter protesters after members of the KKK tried to start a "White Lives Matter" rally at Pearson Park in Anaheim, Calif., on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016. ASSOCIATED PRESS Enlarge Published: Sunday, 2/28/2016 3 stabbed when violence erupts at KKK rally in California ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — Dozens of protesters who heard about a planned Ku Klux Klan rally were waiting by a Southern California park when six..>> view original
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