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Portage boy’s baking prowess wows fair judges
11-year-old Matthew Fyfe with is cinnamon swirl raisin bread. (Photo: J.D. Pooley/Sentinel-Tribune) PORTAGE - Matthew Fyfe's age - he's just 11 years old - is no reflection on his baking ability.This...
View ArticleMan killed in stadium fall was lifelong Braves fan
ATLANTA (AP) — The mother of a man who died after falling from the upper deck of Turner Field in Atlanta says her son was a life-long Braves fan. Connie Homer of Conyers, Ga., tells The Associated...
View ArticleU.S. retail sales up 0.2 percent in July
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. retail sales edged up in July despite a drop in auto sales. A category of purchases that excludes the most volatile areas rose by the most in seven months, a sign that stronger...
View ArticlePersonals: Dobbs receives Air National Guard assignment
Air National Guard Airman Kathryn M. Dobbs has been newly assigned to the 180th Fighter Wing, at Swanton as a Reserve Component member. Dobbs is the daughter of Elizabeth and Timothy Cope of East...
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ENGAGEMENT: Zieroff & Alvanos
Michael and Linda Zieroff, Perrysburg, announce the engagement of their daughter, Ashley, to Matthew Alvanos, son of Jeff and Lynn Alvanos, Perrysburg. The bride-to-be is a 2012 graduate of Bowling...
View ArticlePrep Roundup: BG boys golf wins tourney (08-13-13)
Bowling Green's boys golf team won the 18-team Toledo Central Catholic Invitational at Stone Ridge Golf Club Monday.BG finished with a 299 total and beat Ottawa Hills on the fifth-man score for the...
View ArticleFarm Briefs: 08-13-13
Bee classes offeredWESTON - Schooner Farms & SoBee Honey are offering a beekeeping class series from "Beekeeping Basics" on up to "Becoming an Apprentice! Series. Classes began earlier this month...
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‘Ohio Means Jobs’ bill signed by governor
File photo. State Representative Tim Brown. (Photo: Kristen Norman/Sentinel-Tribune) State Representative Tim Brown's first bill as a state legislator has been signed into law.The bill, House Bill 2,...
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Grand Rapids plans hushed to soundproof chambers
GRAND RAPIDS - Sound proofing the village council's meeting room has been put on hold.Village Administrator Chad Hoffman told council members Monday night the cost to sound proof the old-fashioned...
View ArticleNu-Tones bringing British Invasion tunes to market
PERRYSBURG - The Nu-Tones will bring the sounds of the British Invasion to the Commodore Schoolyard lawn at the corner of Louisiana and Indiana avenues Thursday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. as part of the the...
View ArticleCounty reports 5 deadly accidents this spring
LIME CITY - The Wood County Safe Communities Fatal Review Committee recently released their report on deadly accidents taking place between April and June of this year.Five such crashes occurred during...
View ArticleVa. residents indicted for trafficking
Four Virginia residents were indicted by a Wood County grand jury Wednesday in a July 18 drug trafficking case.Indicted were William Hill, 49, Pulaski, Va.; Angela Trail, 41, Dublin, Va.; Charles...
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Health department raises opposed
Employees at the Wood County Health District are unhappy with a plan to give raises to managers when they say the department remains understaffed, according to their union.The board of health was...
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Vehicle rolls after Ohio 281 crash, three transported to the hospital
Emergency personnel are seen on scene after an accident at the intersection of Defiance Pike and Liberty Hi Road south of Rudolph, Ohio. (Photo: Enoch Wu/Sentinel-Tribune) RUDOLPH - Three people,...
View ArticleMan arrested with heroin
A Whitehouse man remained incarcerated after heroin and multiple firearms were found in his vehicle early this morning.Andrew Adams, 23, Whitehouse, is being held in the Wood County jail on $12,500...
View ArticleEvelyn K. Hathaway
DESHLER - Evelyn K. Hathaway, 67, of Deshler, died Monday afternoon (Aug. 12, 2013) at University of Toledo Medical Center. Arrangements are pending at Rodenberger Funeral Home, Deshler.
View ArticleTraffic blitz starts Friday
The Wood County Sheriff’s Office’s “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” traffic blitz will begin Friday and run through Sept. 2.During that period, deputies will work additional hours, funded by the grant,...
View ArticleLocal Briefs: 08-13-13
Health board meets Wed.The Wood County Board of Health will hold a special meeting Wednesday at 6 :30 p.m. in the Health District Board Room, 1840 E. Gypsy Lane Road.The meeting is being held because...
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Warrant issued in BG for burglary suspect
Lance Pfaff Police have issued a warrant for a Holland man wanted in connection with a break-in and vandalism at a North Enterprise Street apartment over the weekend.Lance Pfaff, 46, Holland, is...
View ArticleBG POLICE: 08-13-13
BG POLICEAug. 7 incidentsAn arrow was found shot through a garage door in the 900 block of Parker Street.Police units arrived to a location in the 1000 block of Sand Ridge Road and broke up a fight...
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