Toledo Public Schools will ask voters to approve a new tax on the May ballot to help the district tackle a $30 million budget deficit. The Toledo Board of Education during a special meeting Tuesday approved a first-ever 0.75 percent earned income tax that would generate $18.1 million a year for the district.>>
Toledo City Councilman Joe McNamara officially declared himself a candidate for the state Senate on Monday and said Democrats in the state Senate should wait until the primary to fill an expected vacancy in the Senate.>>
Throughout his trial and again at his sentencing Monday, Michael Swiergosz said his actions on the April day he took a loaded gun into a retirement village and held his ex-wife hostage were about ensuring the welfare and security of his four children.>>
Although evaluations for 13 Sylvania school administrators aren't due to be finished for more than a month, supporters of one of them - Northview High School Principal Stewart Jesse - tried Monday night to ensure his performance review will get extra scrutiny from the board of education.>>
Updated: 5:37 am Study links autism to mother's age Women who give birth after age 40 are nearly twice as likely to have a child with autism as those under 25, but it is unlikely that delayed parenthood plays a big role in the current autism epidemic, California researchers reported Monday.>>
Updated: 6:18 pm Cribs recalled after 3 deaths WASHINGTON — Government safety officials Tuesday announced a recall of more than 500,000 drop-side cribs sold at Buy Buy Baby, Kmart, Wal-Mart and other stores after the death of three infants.>>
Updated: 7:19 am Author, jazz musician active in community organizations Kurt P. Ardrey, a playwright, poet, theater director, and jazz musician who served with community organizations in Toledo and Monroe, died Wednesday at Toledo Hospital, where he was taken after suffering an apparent heart attack. He was 69.>>
Updated: 6:18 pm Weather-related crashes kill 2 on Michigan freeways DETROIT — At least two Michigan deaths and numerous accidents were being partly blamed on a major snowstorm that pushed into the state and was expected to dump up to 10 inches of snow on some areas.>>
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