BG POLICE: 08-21-13
BG POLICEAug. 8 citations: Driving under suspension, one headlight: Janae Collick, BG.Expired registration: Lily Schmidt, BG.Marked lanes, unsafe vehicle/cracked windshield: Stephanie West, Weston.No...
View ArticleMary Catherine Wichman
Mary Catherine Wichman, 92, of Decatur, Ga., and formerly of Bowling Green, died Tuesday (Aug. 20, 2013).Arrangements are pending with Dunn Funeral Home, Bowling Green. www.dunnfuneralhome.com
View ArticleDarlene (Swartz) Green
Darlene (Swartz) Green, of Toledo, died 8-16-2013.Born 10-2-1950 to Omer and Anora Swartz Sr., Bradner. one of eight brothers and nine sisters.Worked at Libby Glass for 30 years. Survivors: four...
View ArticleDuane Baker Jr.
Duane Baker Jr., 51, of Fostoria died Aug. 8, 2013. Survivors include his mother, Ruth, children, Ruthanne, Thomas, Brittany and Brieanna, and sisters, Vicky and Sheryl. He was preceded in death by his...
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Public forums point out BG school’s poor communication
A composite of responses from six community forums hosted by Bowling Green Schools shows the district needs to do a better job of communicating with its constituents.The forums were scheduled over the...
View ArticleFalcon Health Center open house tonight
Wood County Hospital (WCH) will host a community open house tonight from 6 to 8 for the new Falcon Health Center (FHC), a $5 million university health center that will be owned and operated by the...
View ArticleAlleged kidnapper arrested
A woman wanted in connection to a kidnapping that started in Toledo on Sunday and continued with a reported robbery later in the day in Bowling Green was arrested Monday night.Brittany Long, 20,...
View ArticleLocal Briefs: 08-21-13
BG home catches fire; no injuriesNo injuries were reported after a house fire on McKinley Drive early this morning.Bowling Green firefighters responded to the residence at 722 McKinley Drive after they...
View ArticleLatta hosts veterans' forum
Congressman Bob Latta will host a Veterans' Forum from 7:to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday at Owens Community College, Audio/Visual Classroom Center.Ohio Representative Tim Brown and Senator Randy Gardner will...
View ArticleProstitution stings net 20 arrests
More than 20 people were arrested during prostitution stings operated by the Wood County Sheriffs' Office during July and August.The busts were conducted in conjunction with the Rossford, Northwood,...
View ArticleFormer BGSU student guilty of false distress call
CLEVELAND (AP) - Authorities say an Ohio man who pleaded guilty to making a false distress call prompting a massive search on Lake Erie must serve three months in federal custody and pay nearly...
View ArticleSuspect's family wants DNA test on Hannah Anderson
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The family of a man suspected of kidnapping a 16-year-old girl and killing her mother and younger brother has asked for paternity tests to determine if the suspect fathered the...
View ArticleAmerican Air trainee accused of bomb threats
DALLAS (AP) — A man who nearly became an American Airlines flight attendant has agreed to plead guilty to phoning in bomb threats against another airline. American said Wednesday that it fired the man...
View ArticleJazz great felt at home in Bowling Green
Jazz pianist and radio personality Marian McPartland, who died at her home Tuesday at 95, had a special relationship to Bowling Green. The host of “Piano Jazz,” an NPR staple, performed here a number...
View ArticleSchool bus crashes in Kansas, several children hurt
BONNER SPRINGS, Kan. (AP) — Several children are injured after their school bus crashed in northeast Kansas, but officials say no one was seriously hurt. The bus overturned Wednesday afternoon in...
View ArticleACT: Third of high school grads not college ready
WASHINGTON (AP) — Almost a third of this year's high school graduates who took the ACT tests are not prepared for college-level writing, biology, algebra or social science classes, according to data...
View ArticleU.S. home sales hit 5.4M in July, highest since '09
WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time since 2009, previously occupied U.S. homes are selling at a pace associated with a healthy market. Sales jumped 6.5 percent in July to a seasonally adjusted annual...
View ArticleFund grows for family of Australian slain in Oklahoma
ADA, Okla. (AP) — Chris Lane loved baseball, but knew it wouldn't make him a star. Instead, the Australian youth with a quirky passion for America's pastime came to the U.S. for a college education,...
View ArticleJack Daniel's prepares for its largest expansion
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Jack Daniel's is being served a $100 million-plus expansion of its rural Tennessee distillery to flex more muscle in the growing whiskey market. The investment amounts to the...
View ArticleYosemite-area wildfire balloons in size overnight
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A wildfire outside Yosemite National Park has more than tripled in size and still threatens about 2,500 homes, hotels and camp buildings. Fire officials on Thursday said the fire...
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