New sporting goods store to open in BG 3-27-13
An Alabama-based sporting goods company has plans to open a new store in Bowling Green.Hibbett Sports plans to open April 13 at 1111 S. Main Street within The Shoppes on South Main.The store plans to...
View ArticleVanderhoff's opens jewelry store
(From left) Bob Beall, Kyle Beall, Pat Aftoora,Tom Beall, and Terry Beall pose in front of a wall of clocks at the Bowling Green location of Vanderhoff Jewelers. (Photo: Shane...
View ArticleTo the Editor: Objects to article on 'traditional prayer'
I respectfully object to the article published on March 22 entitled "A traditional prayer for Good Friday."The article suggests a number of false claims, including• The idea that this prayer is a...
View ArticleTo the Editor: BGSU is shy on common sense
With regards to several issues raised over the past month or so about students, faculty and staff, and the administration at BGSU, here are some thoughts from a 1978 BGSU graduate, a BGSU retiree, and...
View ArticleTroy-Webster Legion Auxiliary 3-27-13
LUCKEY - The auxiliary's March 6 meeting was opened by President Rosemarie Heilman, with 13 members present. Irene Michel led with prayer. The Children & Youth chairperson is sending two monetary...
View ArticleArea Arts Events: 03-27-13
Record Grind tonightThe Open Mind Record Grind will be held tonight from 7:30 to 10 p.m. at Grounds for Thought, 174 S. Main St., in Bowling Green.The Record Grind is an open forum for music lovers to...
View ArticleOtsego grad's photo of canyon catches eye of Smithsonian Magazine
Otsego High School graduate Jason Hatfield has garnered the attention of the Smithsonian Magazine.His photograph of Bryce Canyon renders the night sky in deep blues complemented by the green of the...
View ArticleSports Briefs: 03-27-13
BG hockey adds defensemanSean Walker, a defenseman for Newmarket in the Ontario Junior Hockey League, has verbally committed to play college hockey at Bowling Green starting with the 2013-14...
View ArticleCyprus: cash, security control for banks reopening
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus has imposed limits on money transfers and hired extra security guards as it prepares for the planned reopening Thursday of its banks, which have been closed for almost two...
View ArticleMan charged with shooting deer in Wal-Mart lot
BLAIRSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — They say you can get almost anything at Wal-Mart. But the Pennsylvania Game Commission says one deer hunter took it too far. Forty-year-old Arcangelo Bianco Jr. is charged with...
View ArticleMobile home blaze kills at least three in Western Illinois
CHICAGO (AP) — Authorities say a fire has engulfed a mobile home in western Illinois, killing at least three people. Mercer County Coroner Ron McNall says investigators sifting through the wreckage of...
View ArticleMan hurt flying kite from moving vehicle in California
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A 22-year-old man was critically hurt in Southern California when he fell off the trunk of a car while attempting to fly a kite from the moving vehicle. The Riverside Press...
View ArticleWednesday: 03-27-13
Local Interviews by Larry Weiss for WBGU 88.1 for March 26th, 2013: Larry talks with Lindsay Basalyga, BGSU Women's Soccer Coach. {mp3}WeissInterviews_Basalyga_032713{/mp3}
View ArticleScientists find new gene markers for cancer risk
NEW YORK (AP) — A huge international effort involving more than 100 institutions and genetic tests on 200,000 people has uncovered dozens of signposts in DNA that can help reveal further a person's...
View ArticleEastwood boys stress process in bid for 13th straight title
LUCKEY - Eastwood's boys track and field team is concentrating on daily improvement this season.The Eagles believe if they do that, they'll have a successful season.Eastwood returns 28 lettermen,...
View ArticleClay aims for state title
ROSSFORD - Ryan Clay took little time to enjoy his trip to the state high school track and field meet last season.Instead, the Rossford senior quickly started to look ahead to this season.Less than 24...
View ArticleOtsego considers electronic device policy
TONTOGANY - Otsego high school and junior high students may soon have the ability to use their own digital devices in schools - if their teachers say it's okay.The school board Tuesday night gave a...
View ArticlePemberville American Legion Auxiliary 3-28-13
PEMBERVILLE - The March 6 meeting was opened by President Gwen Schroeder-Zulch, with 11 members present.Carolyn Borcherding announced that five new members are needed for the unit to reach its...
View ArticleLocal Briefs: 03-28-13
Memorial benefit set for SaturdayA memorial benefit for Aliyah Ramsey will be held Saturday from 6 to 11 p.m. at the Bowling Green Eagles on North Main Street.Aliyah died at age 7 of juvenile...
View ArticlePDG adds employees
Poggemeyer Design Group, Inc. has announced that David Koppelman, Gregory Wright and Cindy Westfall have joined its professional staff. Koppelman will serve as manager in the Architectural Department....
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