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A for-profit day-care operator based in Toledo will explore applying for about $13 million in federal funds to administer the Head Start program locally.

A Toledo man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for a heinous crime. Fredrick Coffey faced a judge this afternoon and was sentenced to life in prison for raping a 12 year old girl.

OREGON, OH The city of Oregon has begun the final phase of its bike trail project, which will go from Pearson Park all the way to the Maumee Bay State Park.

A man and woman from Toledo were indicted by a Lucas County grand jury Thursday in connection with the robbery of a 72-year-old woman inside her Oregon apartment.

Oregon is working with the Lucas County Land Reutilization Corporation to rid neighborhoods of tax delinquent and bank foreclosed houses to reduce the risk of neighborhood blight and lower property values.

The Oregon City Council is reading the new piece of legislation for the first time Monday night.

Police filed 28 criminal charges against 10 people Friday, all stemming from the January raids on three Internet cafes in the city.

Data for 2011 is not complete. The department receives information on crimes from about 70 percent of the state's law enforcement agencies.

Oregon City Council approved an agreement to purchase a portion of property at 7055 Corduroy Road for $20,000 for the Wolf Creek Riparian Corridor.

The force was not strong with a man in Portland, Ore., who was sentenced to 45 days in jail and a mental health evaluation after police said he attacked some toy store customers with light sabers in December.

MTV's Made series about teenagers and college-age people trying to achieve their goals is focusing on Clay High School in Oregon this week.

Read more: Local , State , Crime , Ohio , Oregon Ohio , Clay High School Ohio , Cody Van Hersett , Cody Van Hersett Fatal Accident , Clay High , Clay Hockey , Cody Van Hersett Killed , Lyle Schmidt , Fatal Crash , Cody The semi driver who pulled out in front of 16-year-old Cody Van Hersett on January 12 pleaded no contest o one count of vehicular ... (more)

A man and woman are being held in the Lucas County jail for robbing a 72-year-old woman inside her Oregon apartment.

OREGON, OH - A man accused of vehicular homicide in the death of a popular Clay High School hockey player entered a plea Monday.

Darlene Garand, a special education teacher whose outlook won over students and who was a founder of the Oregon Community Theatre who brought a comic flair to musicals and a believable intensity to dramatic roles, died Thursday in Mercy St.

Jon Michael of Artic Diamond Ice Sculptures in Cincinnati unleashes a tiger from about eight blocks -- about 2,400 pounds -- of ice at the Toledo Zoo as part of its Winter Weekends program.

Buckeye Cable Sports Network is honoring Cody Van Hersett, the Clay High School hockey player killed in a Jan.

In another victory for clean air in the battle against coal-fired plants, First Energy Thursday said it will retire six of its dirtiest power plants in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland by September 1. The Ohio-based utility will retire these plants: Bay Shore Plant, Units 2-4, Oregon, Ohio; Eastlake Plant, Eastlake, Ohio; Ashtabula Plant, Ashtabula, ... (more)

Oregon police have arrested a man who, they say, broke into a Starr Avenue apartment complex and stole change from washers and dryers in a laundry facility.