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BOWLING GREEN — A Bowling Green teacher was charged Monday with furnishing alcohol to a minor, according to the Bowling Green Police Department.

 A central city man faces additional charges after being indicted in connection to several overdoses and dog fighting. 

A South Toledo man accused of shooting his neighbor during an apparent dispute over a property line was found competent to stand trial on Tuesday. 

Lucas County officials announced on Tuesday a new feature allowing cellphone users to text 911 during an emergency.

The Perrysburg Township Police Department released the identity of two people whose bodies were found Monday at a Perrysburg Township mobile home park.

TEMPERANCE — The Bedford branch of the Monroe County Library will host an informational event about the medical foster home program through the Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System.

BOWLING GREEN — Bowling Green State University has hired a physicist with administrative experience as its provost and senior vice president for academic affairs.

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COLUMBUS — Pamela Jensen, president of ProMedica Memorial Hospital in Fremont and ProMedica Fostoria Community Hospital, has been named to the Terra State Community College Board of Trustees by Gov. John Kasich.

PIONEER, Ohio — In a bizarre series of events Monday, Pioneer Mayor Ed Kidston — whose company, Artesian of Pioneer, has been trying to sell Michindoh Aquifer water to several Toledo-area communities and others east of Williams County for months — told 75 people at a public meeting he’s not even sure if the nine-county aquifer exists.