Новости за 19.10.2017

As if on cue, Only the Brave — a deeply moving drama about firefighters — arrives in theaters, just as the catastrophic wildfires in Northern California seem to be winding down.

Toledo police announced Thursday the rescue of two sex trafficking victims in the Toledo area.

SAN FRANCISCO — California officials have raised the number of homes and structures destroyed in this month’s wildfires to nearly 7,000 and said Thursday that the number will likely climb as crews continue assessing areas scorched by the blazes that killed 42 people.

The University of Toledo Medical Center and Harbor Behavioral Health have joined a clinical collaboration with the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation to share best practices and other addiction treatment resources, officials announced Thursday.

The words were tough. The rounds were long. But Root Inc. prevailed as the spelling champs.

When University of Toledo senior wide receiver Liam Allen hauled in a 3-yard pass in the fourth quarter against Central Michigan, it may have seemed like a small blip on the radar in a dominant Rockets’ win over the Chippewas.

ANN ARBOR — Jim Harbaugh and John O’Korn didn’t mince words.

As Ohio’s third-ranked Division I football team, Whitmer has displayed an effective, balanced offense and a stingy, opportunistic defense while posting an 8-0 overall record, including a first-place 5-0 mark in the Three Rivers Athletic Conference.

BOWLING GREEN — In a somewhat confusing split ruling, the Ohio Supreme Court appears to have upheld a decision by the Wood County Board of Elections to let voters decide Nov. 7 if they want to amend the Bowling Green city charter to prevent more pipeline construction.

COLUMBUS — With a precious opportunity for recruiting this week, Ohio State’s movements reinforced a key program tenant.

The Lucas County OVI Task Force is holding two sobriety checkpoints late Friday.

COLUMBUS — Those interested in replacing resigned state Sen. Cliff Hite (R., Findlay) have until 4 p.m. on Nov. 7 to apply with the Ohio Senate Republican Caucus.

If the tornado sirens sound in West Toledo, students and staff at West Side Montessori simply walk down the hall to safety.

MINNEAPOLIS — Now that the NFL is providing tickets for an entire youth football team from Minneapolis to attend the Super Bowl, it’s also giving away 500 more free tickets to the game.

Homeless advocate Ken Leslie’s annual Tent City event for Toledo’s disadvantaged, poor, sick, and forgotten is being held at Civic Center Mall again this weekend and, before we get too much farther into this, understand that we’ve just done something Ken doesn’t like by calling it his event because, he’ll argue, it’s not.

Mayoral candidate Wade Kapszukiewicz criticized the city’s effort to compete for the Amazon second headquarters in a campaign news conference Thursday.

Five children and two adults have been taken to hospitals following a chlorine leak at the Catholic Club downtown, Toledo Fire Chief Luis Santiago said.

Toledo Mayor Paula Hicks-Hudson on Thursday marked the groundbreaking of two new 20 million gallon basins to be constructed at the city's water treatment plant.

University of Toledo sophomore wide receiver Diontae Johnson is doing a little bit of everything for the Rockets this season.

Maumee Bay Brewing Company has been a Toledo mainstay since 1995, making a name for itself through continuous experimentation that has resulted in outstanding beers.

BOWLING GREEN — The struggles of the Bowling Green State University football team this season seem to be having an unintended consequence that threatens the long-term success of the program.

WASHINGTON — The number of Americans collecting unemployment benefits fell last week to the lowest level since Richard Nixon was president.

Back at it with our area college football picks for Week 8:

BAMAKO, Mali — The Islamic militants came on motorcycles toting rocket-propelled grenades and heavy machine guns, killing four American service members after shattering the windows of the unarmored U.S. trucks.

Two-time Olympic medalist McKayla Maroney says she was molested for years by a former USA Gymnastics team doctor, abuse she said started in her early teens and continued for the rest of her competitive career.