Local Briefs: 04-24-13
BG Civil Service group meetsThe Bowling Green Civil Service Commission will meet at 3 p.m. Friday in the Personnel Department, located on the top floor of the City Administrative Services Building at...
View ArticleWax museum (04-24-13)
Jack Eberly, a seventh-grader at All Saint’s Catholic School, plays the role of Robert E. Lee at the school’s Wax Museum Monday. Students brought a host of historical figures alive during the...
View ArticleBuckeyes elevate assistant as new hockey coach
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State has elevated assistant coach Steve Rohlik (RAH'-lik) as head men's ice hockey coach, replacing the fired Mark Osiecki. Rohlik has been the associate head coach for the...
View ArticleHaslams try to halt fallout from FBI raid on Pilot
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee's Haslam family is furiously trying to control the damage following a federal investigation into the family business that could threaten to unravel decades of growing...
View ArticleFDA device will screen for fake medicines overseas
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials are making a high-tech screening device available to African authorities to help spot counterfeit malaria pills in hopes that the technology may eventually be...
View ArticlePolice say five people found dead in small Illinois town, suspect also dead
MANCHESTER, Ill. (AP) — Five people were found shot to death Wednesday at a house in a tiny west-central Illinois town and a suspect was fatally wounded in a police chase and exchange of gunfire with...
View ArticleWednesday: 04-24-13
Local Interviews by Larry Weiss for WBGU 88.1 for April 24th, 2013: Larry talks to Chris Frasor & Veronica Ramos about the Southern Wood County Relay for Life. {mp3}WeissInterviews_Relay_042413{/mp3}
View ArticleBoston area honors slain MIT officer
BOSTON (AP) — As bagpipes wailed, more than 4,000 mourners paid their respects Wednesday to an MIT police officer who authorities say was ambushed in his cruiser by the Boston Marathon bombers, while...
View ArticleArias spectacle grows as trial seat sold for $200
PHOENIX (AP) — Ticket scalping is nothing new in the sports and music world, but for a murder trial? Dozens of people flock to court each day for a chance to score one of a handful of seats open to the...
View ArticleDurham edges Mud Hens (04-25-13)
DURHAM, N.C. - Despite hitting three home runs, Toledo dropped a 9-8 decision to Durham in International League play Wednesday. The Mud Hens are 6-15.Nick Castellanos, John Lindsey and Brad Davis...
View Article'Plant Purple-Grow Hope' campaign in its third season
TOLEDO - More Northwest Ohio garden centers this spring are teaming up with an Arizona-based biomedical research organization to fight pancreatic cancer through the sale of purple flowers, which...
View ArticleGarden Club: 04-25-13
Bowling Green Women's Garden GroupSix members and two guests attended the April meeting of the Bowling Green Women's Garden Group. The meeting was held at Wolf's Blooms & Berries.Before the program...
View ArticlePrep Roundup: Perrysburg tennis posts win (04-25-13)
Perrysburg's boys tennis team won every match in straight sets Wednesday to post a 5-0 victory over Norwalk in the first round of the Ohio Tennis Coaches Association tournament.The Yellow Jackets will...
View ArticleSports Briefs: 04-25-13
BGSU baseball rained outWednesday's Bowling Green State University-Wright State baseball game was rained out. No makeup date has been set yet.The Falcons will be back in action this weekend at Kent...
View ArticlePrep Individual Stats: 04-25-13
BASEBALL(Top 10)HITTINGBATTING AVERAGE(min. 2 AB per team game)Player, Team Avg.T. Jaso, Lakota .727Fleming, PB .538Delas, PB .525Durham, PB .462Russell, NW .425Coffield, EA...
View ArticleArea Events: 04-25-13
Discovery Telescope talk setTOLEDO - The Toledo Astronomical Association will present J.D. Smith on May 3 at 7:30 p.m. in the fourth floor classroom of McMaster Hall.The assistant professor of...
View ArticleCivil War collector's show to be May 4-5 at Mansfield
MANSFIELD - The 36th annual Ohio Civil War Collector's Show will be held at the Richland County Fairgrounds, Mansfield, on May 4 - 5. Show times are 9-5 on May 4 and 9-3 on May 5. Admission is $6;...
View ArticleThomas Davidson
Davidson, Thomas N., 64, of Tipp City, passed away Tuesday, April 23, 2013. He was born December 9, 1948 in Toledo, Ohio, the son of William A. and Leona (Roth-Jacobi) Davidson. He was a 1966 graduate...
View ArticleMAC Baseball: 04-25-13
MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCEBASEBALLEAST DIVISIONTeam (Overall) W LBuffalo (21-17) 11 4Kent State (20-20) 9 6Miami (19-20) 9 6BOWLING GREEN (14-20) 8 7Akron (9-29) 6 9Ohio...
View ArticleSophia V. Hall
Sophia Viola (Koons) Hall, age 90, of Perrysburg, Ohio, died Saturday, April 20, 2013 at Whitehouse Country Manor. She was born in Hammonsburg, Ohio, on September 9, 1922 to Charles A. and Jennie A....
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