Prep Roundup: 03-15-13
Junior high resultsEIGHTH GRADEGIRLS BASKETBALLPerrysburg defeated McCord, 45-24 in the opening round of the Northern Lakes League tournament. Mariah Copeland scored 21 points and Hailey Wenzelman had...
View ArticleBGSU to present 'The Merry Widow' on March 22 & 24
The Bowling Green State University Department of Theatre & Film, in conjunction with the BGSU Opera Theater and The College of Musical Arts, will present "The Merry Widow" on March 22 and 24.The...
View ArticleMargery T. Burchfield
Margery T. Burchfield, 86, of Bowling Green, passed away Thursday (March 14, 2013).Arrangements are pending with Deck-Hanneman Funeral Home & Crematory.
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Health board plans to own its building in 7 years
In seven years, the Wood County Health District will own the building it is using on East Gypsy Lane Road.At Thursday's board meeting, members unanimously voted on a lease-to-own agreement with the...
View ArticleRuby Sprague
Ruby Sprague, 95, of Swanton, died this morning (March 15, 2013) in Perrysburg.Arrangements are pending with Peinert-Dunn Funeral Home, Waterville.www.peinertfuneralhome.com
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Larry E. Webster
Larry Edward Webster, 72, of Idaho Falls, passed away March 13, 2013, at his home.He was born February 25, 1941, in Kenton, Ohio. His parents are Ray Webster and Marguerite Ellen Lawrence Webster. He...
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Marcene E. Hall
Marcene E. Hall, age 84, passed away Monday, March 11, 2013 at Swan Pointe Care Center where she resided. The daughter of Tracy and Grace Chambers, she was born Jan. 22, 1929 in Portage, OH. Marcene...
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Theresa O. Alexander
Theresa O. Alexander, 58, of Findlay, OH and formerly of Toledo, OH, died Monday, March 11, 2013, in her home. She was born in Toledo on January 21, 1955, to Arthur and Bernice (Filipovich) Nichols....
View ArticlePioneering polio surgeon Jacquelin Perry dies
DOWNEY, Calif. (AP) — Dr. Jacquelin Perry, a world-renowned orthopedic surgeon who pioneered treatments to help polio patients regain movement, has died at age 94 in California. Perry died Monday at...
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Jeffrey J. Light
Jeffrey J. Light, 56, went to join his heavenly Father on March 11, 2013 at St. Mary's Hospital in Evansville. He was born on October 26, 1956 to Jean (Miller) and Frank Light. He graduated from North...
View ArticleCDC: Rare rabies death was from kidney transplant
Four people received donated organs from a man unknowingly infected with rabies, leading to a rare human death more than a year later that has authorities scrambling to treat the other three patients,...
View ArticleWorker who set fire to sub sentenced to 17 years
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A shipyard worker who set fire to rags aboard a nuclear submarine because he wanted to go home was sentenced to a little more than 17 years in federal prison Friday for the blaze...
View ArticleAuction house: We found Titanic violin
LONDON (AP) — The violin played by the bandmaster of the Titanic as the oceanliner sank has been unearthed, a British auction house said Friday. Survivors of the Titanic have said they remember the...
View ArticleCrash cause: Teen fell asleep
WAYNE - A village teen was hospitalized at the University of Toledo Medical Center following a crash Thursday on Wayne Road.The Wood County Sheriff's Office said that at 7:37 a.m. Chelsi Bodi, 18, was...
View ArticleFBI says fed agent killing justified
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An immigration agent was justified in fatally shooting a colleague who opened fire on their boss in a federal office building last year, the FBI has determined. The wild...
View ArticleEx-JPMorgan exec says Dimon withheld data from U.S.
WASHINGTON (AP) — JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon held back showing federal regulators reports in May that revealed the bank had accumulated billions of dollars in trading losses, according to...
View ArticleElmwood FFA teams take second, advance to state
The Elmwood FFA recently experienced success at the District 1 FFA Ag. Mechanics Skills Career Development Event by capturing second place. The competition for the contest took place on Feb. 28, at the...
View ArticleFree seminar set
The Wood County Extension office is holding a "Local Agronomic Update" meeting, including a free seminar on crop management with the latest university data.The topic of the program is "Utilizing Cover...
View ArticleInvestors in $7 billion swindle could soon get payout
HOUSTON (AP) — Investors in a $7 billion Ponzi scheme orchestrated by former Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford could finally begin getting back some of what they lost in the next few months, after a...
View ArticlePhotographer of musicians to speak Thursday at Owens
Area residents are invited to gain insight into the lives of some of the most well-known contemporary musicians of the 20th century as part of a free lecture presentation by photographer Baron Wolman...
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