Lucas County News

IT MUST be nice to be a government employee and not have to live by the same rules as the rest of us lesser mortals.

If you haven't flown in a while and plan to take to the skies this holiday season, brace yourself.

After weeks of criticism for killing hundreds of adoptable dogs this year, and repeated calls for his firing, Lucas County Dog Warden Tom Skeldon succumbed and submitted his resignation yesterday, effective Jan.

A city of Toledo employee was arrested yesterday by the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force for allegedly raping a 7-year-old girl, authorities said.

An Ottawa Hills police officer charged with shooting a motorcyclist during a May traffic stop will go to trial in Lucas County Common Pleas Court on Feb.

A man was seriously injured around midnight Wednesday in an East Toledo melee that involved several men brandishing bats and guns, authorities said.

County commissioners approved Tuesday a six-year extension with First Energy Solutions to supply electricity for customers of the Northwest Ohio Aggregation Coalition.

In response to Nov. 12's forum letter "Fort Hood shooter is terrorist": This letter is neither about Maj.

The Toledo-Lucas County Health Department received 7,000 dosages of H1N1 vaccine Tuesday, barely more than a third of last week's supply but enough to supply all of the clinics scheduled in coming days.

This, in todays' paper. Sounds like the best way to get the dog catchers attention-get in his pocketbook!! rticle published November 14, 2009 Prominent vet supports boycotting dog-tag fees Cut in funding could force warden to change Photo Dr.

A group trying to prevent repeated floods in Findlay is using $300,000 in state money to buy 7 flood-prone properties.

A northwest Ohio man sentenced to die for beating his 87-year-old neighbor to death with a hammer in 1994 will instead serve a life sentence because he is mentally retarded.

The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Over the Top Circus continues performances today through Sunday at the Lucas County Arena, 500 Jefferson St.

Anne Warner's week was ruined the moment she opened the Sunday newspaper. There in The Blade, in a breed-by-breed chart of every dog euthanized this year by the Lucas County dog warden, were numbers for collies and border collies: 10 and seven dogs, respectively, euthanized in 2009.

Here's a switch: The Internal Revenue Service, whose job includes tracking down those who don't pay their taxes, is trying to track down those who didn't get their refunds.

Ritter Planetarium, of The University of Toledo's College of Arts and Sciences, and the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library will collaborate to take visitors on a journey to the center of our galaxy when they unveil unprecedented mural-sized images of the Milky Way's core as seen by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, Spitzer Space Telescope, and Chandra ...

Lucas County Commissioner Ben Konop intends to urge fellow commissioners today to dismiss Dog Warden Tom Skeldon or initiate a major reorganization at the county dog pound to demote the warden and relieve him of dog adoption responsibilities.

The Lucas County Health Department is looking into whether a pregnant Swanton woman died from the H1N1 virus.

There were candlelight vigils, calls for resignations, and reports that fewer dogs should be killed by Lucas County Dog Warden Tom Skeldon, but the warden says he's doing a fine job and that "criminal elements" are part of the opposition against him.

FREMONT -- City hall was once again packed Thursday night as residents came to hear more about what other states and municipalities are doing about vicious dogs.