Sylvania News

Police have narrowed the search for someone impersonating a health inspector. Officers say the man walked into two Mexican restaurants and claimed to be and inspector.

Michael Kersey, right, one half of the "Mr. Atomic" art studio, looks at some of his work after putting it up for visitors during the first night of the Maple and Main Art Fair on Main Street in Sylvania.

A new art fair will take over the streets of downtown Sylvania this weekend. The first Maple and Main Art Fair will run from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday.

Donald Covrett, a former Ottawa Hills and Sylvania Township firefighter who skippered a sailboat in a solo race on Lake Erie from Toledo to Buffalo in 1982, died Wednesday in Ebeid Hospice Residence, Sylvania.

They say Melody Hawkins and Mariah Autry went to the home to confront someone about an earlier theft.

The owner of the Movement Dance Co.'s studio, on West Sylvania Avenue in Sylvania, has noticed an uptick in business and a changing in dancing styles in demand.

TARTA is looking at switching from a property tax to a sales tax. It is the only Ohio transit authority that still collects a property tax.

Here are the crimes reported to Sylvania and Sylvania Township police departments in the past week.

Sylvania City Council has approved a loan of up to $50,000 to Highland Meadows Golf Club for fence improvements along Erie Street.

ZOOtoDO is a chic, black-tie and tennis shoes affair that's strictly for the grown-ups. With over 50 of the area's finest restaurants and caterers and live music on multiple stages, ZOOtoDO spotlights the sophisticated side of The Toledo Zoo.

Fire chased a Sylvania family from their home this Memorial Day. The blaze broke out at a house along Bentbrook Drive in Sylvania Township.

Ohio Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash in Ottawa County. It happened a little after 2:00 Monday afternoon near State Route 579 and Elliston Trowbridge Road.

Sister Jane Mary Sorosiak has finished the ceramic art that will be mounted on the four corners of the Main Street Bridge in Sylvania, and says she's pretty happy with the results.

A ribbon-cutting for the first phase of the Sylvania River Trail will be held at 11:30 a.m. June 5 in the South of Monroe district.

Sylvan Pantry, 5502 Monroe St., Sylvania Township, inspected May 15. Hot water knob broken at the three-compartment sink.

Toledo, county, state, and federal government offices are closed today in observance of Memorial Day.

The Blade seeks gardeners for Weed It & Reap who are as varied as what they grow.

What probably started as a by-the-book business relationship turned into a conspiracy between a business owner and a corporate-level auditor to allegedly defraud the company, the government, employees, and an insurance agent, investigators said on Wednesday.

Here are the crimes reported to Sylvania and Sylvania Township police departments in the past week.

Greg Hall would like to build a memorial gazebo as part of his Eagle Scout project.