Новости за 03.03.2017

John F. Meier, one of the longest-serving chief executive officer of any local publicly held company and a stalwart member of Toledo's business community, died Thursday at ProMedica Ebeid Hospice Residence in Sylvania. He was 69.

A crash this afternoon on I-75 northbound in Toledo closed two lanes of traffic.

After only seven months on the job, the Rev. Jeff Putthoff has resigned as president of St. John’s Jesuit High School and Academy in Toledo.

The Lucas County Board of Elections bogged down in votes on appointments of director and deputy director today, sending the issue to Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted to decide.

WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen signaled today that the Fed will likely resume raising interest rates later this month to reflect a strengthening job market and inflation edging toward the central bank’s 2 percent target rate.

PITTSBURGH — Two brothers who own a military-supply business, a civilian Army employee and two others have been charged with a $6 million scheme to overcharge the Defense Department for Humvee window frames, federal prosecutors said today.

CLEVELAND — A medical examiner says Cuyahoga County saw the number of fatal overdoses from heroin and fentanyl double during the first two months of this year compared with same period in 2016.

LOS ANGELES — Arnold Schwarzenegger said Friday that he’s through with The New Celebrity Apprentice, and he’s blaming President Donald Trump for the television reality show’s recent poor performance.

Toledo police arrested a teen Thursday in connection to the city's most recent homicide.

A St. Louis man and former reporter was arrested today for making some of the threats against Jewish community centers and other institutions that have been part of a surge of intimidation nationwide.

HAMILTON, Ohio — A judge has temporarily blocked a sheriff’s office from releasing video that captured a nonfatal shooting by a 14-year-old student at a southwestern Ohio school last year.

DUBLIN — A mass grave containing the remains of babies and young children has been discovered at a former Catholic orphanage in Ireland, government-appointed investigators announced today in a finding that offered the first conclusive proof following a historian’s efforts to trace the fates of nearly 800 children who perished there.

MOSUL, Iraq — Thousands of civilians fled Mosul overnight as Iraqi forces advanced north of a sprawling military base near the city’s airport today.

The three-member streets committee of the Ottawa Hills Village Council was met with applause early today when they delivered their recommendation to leave Secor Road as-is.

WASHINGTON — Vice President Mike Pence used a private email account to conduct public business as Indiana’s governor, according to public records obtained by the Indianapolis Star.

MOSCOW — Russia today decried the uproar in the United States over Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ meetings with the Russian ambassador as a replay of McCarthyism, voicing regret over the lack of any substantive dialogue with Washington.

LUCAS COUNTY

A Toledo man died early today from injuries suffered in a hit-skip incident in the central city last week.

NEWPORT, MICH. — A Monroe man died of his injuries following a single-vehicle crash on Newport South Road around a mile south of Swan Creek Road on Thursday night, officials said.

Briggs column: Browns need to cash in on draft picks

TRAC foes Notre Dame, Whitmer to meet again for district crown

Saturday’s Division I girls district basketball championship will be a rematch of last year’s final, as Notre Dame and Whitmer of the Three Rivers Athletic Conference advanced with easy wins in Thursday night’s semifinals at Central Catholic’s Sullivan Center.

In a battle featuring two determined and talented sophomores, Oak Harbor dug deep to hold off a tenacious Rogers team in a tight Division II district semifinal Thursday night.

INDIANAPOLIS — Just up Maryland Street from the iconic St. Elmo Steak House here is the world’s largest meat market, where more than 300 college football prospects have gathered to prove they are the next prime pro-ready cut.

INDIANAPOLIS — The window to contend still is propped open for the Detroit Lions.